Overwatch’s new hero is a Guardian Robot tank named Orisa who was created by Efi

Blizzard has announced the new Overwatch hero and the Guardian Robot named Orisa is playable from today on the PTR.

Orisa is a Guardian Robot in Overwatch hailing from Numbani and was built from parts pulled of one of the “short-lived OR15 defense robots.”

These parts were purchased by Efi Oladele, who spent the bulk of her grant money to acquire one of the decommissioned OR15 bots.

As previously reported, she believed that Numbani needed a protector. She felts an upgraded OR15 was just the thing, apparently. So, she repaired and “reconfigured the robot” with a personality core.

Orisa is a Tank with two star difficulty rating. She can use a protective barrier in order to protect teammates and attack from long range as well. She is able to fortify her defenses, “launch graviton charges to slow and move enemies,” and deploy a Supercharger which will boost damage output of multiple allies at once.

Here abilities are:

• Fusion Driver – Orisa’s automatic projectile cannon delivers sustained damage, but slows her movement while she fires it.
• Fortify – Orisa temporarily reduces damage she takes, and cannot be affected by action-impairing effects.
• Halt! – Orisa launches a graviton charge which she can detonate, slowing nearby enemies and pulling them towards the explosion.
• Protective Barrier – Orisa throws out a stationary barrier that can protect her and her allies from enemy fire.
• Supercharger – Orisa deploys a device to increase damage inflicted by allies within her line of sight.

We’ll have more on the new hero shortly.

Overwatch’s new hero is a Guardian Robot tank named Orisa who was created by Efi posted first on http://ift.tt/2k0LiGW