Sombra Officially Revealed For Overwatch

After a long while of teasing, Blizzard has finally revealed Sombra at Blizzcon 2016 as the newest character of Overwatch. Here are her details from the official website.

The above is a look at Sombra’s animated short, titled “Infiltration.” Infiltration follows Reaper, Widowmaker, and Sombra as they attempt to assassinate a high-priority target. But, when the operation doesn’t go as planned, the Talon agents are forced improvise…

Sombra Overview:

Role: Offense

Difficulty: ★★★

Stealth and debilitating attacks make Sombra a powerful infiltrator. Her hacking can disrupt her enemies, ensuring they’re easier to take out, while her EMP provides the upper hand against multiple foes at once. Sombra’s ability to Translocate and camouflage herself makes her a hard target to pin down.

 

Abilities

• Machine Pistol: Sombra’s fully-automatic machine pistol fires in a short-range spread.

• Hack: Sombra hacks enemies to temporarily stop them from using their abilities, or hacks first aid kits to make them useless to her opponents.

• Thermoptic Camo: Sombra becomes invisible for a short period of time, during which her speed is boosted considerably. Attacking, using offensive abilities, or taking damage disables her camouflage.

• Translocator: Sombra tosses out a translocator beacon. She can instantly return to the beacon’s location while it is active (including when it’s in mid-flight).

• EMP: Sombra discharges electromagnetic energy in a wide radius, destroying enemy barriers and shields and hacking all opponents caught in the blast.

Sombra Story

Real Name: ░░░░░░ , Age: 30

Occupation: Hacker

Base of Operations: Dorado, Mexico

Affiliation: Talon, Los Muertos (formerly)

 

“Everything can be hacked… and everyone.”

One of the world’s most notorious hackers, Sombra uses information to manipulate those in power.

 

Long before she took up the alias “Sombra,” ░░░░░░ was among the thousands of children who were left orphaned in the aftermath of the Omnic Crisis. With much of her country’s infrastructure destroyed, she survived by utilizing her natural gifts with hacking and computers.

 

After ░░░░░░ was taken in by Mexico’s Los Muertos gang, she aided it in its self-styled revolution against the government. Los Muertos believed that the rebuilding of Mexico had primarily benefited the rich and the influential, leaving behind those who were most in need of assistance.

 

Following her many conquests, ░░░░░░ was supremely confident in her skills, but she was caught unprepared when she stumbled into the web of a global conspiracy—one that had also noticed her. With her security irreparably compromised, ░░░░░░ was forced to delete all traces of her identity and went into hiding.

 

She later reemerged as Sombra, upgraded and determined to find out the truth behind the conspiracy she had uncovered. Sombra launched an even more audacious string of hacks, and her exploits earned her no shortage of admirers, including Talon. She joined the organization’s ranks and is believed to have contributed to its massive cyberattacks against corporations with strong ties to their governments. These efforts incited a popular revolution in Mexico against LumériCo and breached the security of Volskaya Industries, the manufacturing arm of Russia’s anti-omnic defense.

Finally, Blizzard also announced Overwatch League, what is being called the “world’s premier esports ecosystem,” which aims to turn distinguished amateurs into “superstar athletes” and give fans from around the world a professional team to root for.

Overwatch is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.