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Overwatchwill be add a new paladin in the form of Baptiste the combat medic . Blizzard Entertainment divulge previous yesterday that Jean - Baptiste Augustin , who was first teased with the release of a cabalistic letter of the alphabet less than a workweek ago , would bejoiningOverwatch ’s rosteras its 30th hoagy sometime soon .
Overwatchhas just kicked off another season of the Overwatch League ( OWL ) , a professional esports league maintained by the game ’s developer . With Activision Blizzard announcingmass layoff this month , it ’s fair for fans to inquire what that means for the time to come of competitive leagues maintained by Blizzard like the OWL . Despite this , and othercontroversies Blizzardhas dealt with recently , the 2nd season of the OWL has been a hit from a broadcast medium stand , and has already featured some memorable moment , including the first winnings for the Shanghai Dragons squad , whose lifetime record now sits at 1 - 42 .
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Things may get shake up with the institution of a newfangled character , though . Blizzard revealedOverwatch ’s newest champion in a teaser trailer on Twitter , detail the tragical backstory of Baptiste . The graphic symbol was orphan by the Omnic warfare , a worldwide catastrophe that see human beings struggle robot which served as the catalyst for many ofOverwatch ’s roll becoming heroes . After that , Baptiste pick out to join the reprehensible organization Talon , most far-famed for being the place of use for other popular heroes such as Sombra and Widowmaker .
The alphabetic character that in the beginning teased Baptiste also heel him as a defector from Talon , and the character confirm that he ’s had a change of hearts , as he tell in his origin television that he made the wrong alternative early in his life . The trailer then roll with the closest thing we have to a confirmation of what Baptiste ’s gameplay mechanics will entail : " I am conk out to push for a better reality . For some , that means a patch . For others , a bullet . "
From the sound of that description and his part as a combat medic , it sounds like Baptiste will be a support fictional character who is capable to separate between healing and impairment dealings . None of Baptiste ’s power have been revealed yet , and his tone ending engagement is only tagged as " number soon , " but the letter he was teased in also suggested he was a " beneficial stroke . "
character that straddle the short letter between two roles are often the trickiest to balance . They ’ll sometimes be too hapless at both roles and unplayable , or too adept at both , invalidating character on either side thanks to their tractableness . Blizzard has had proceeds withOverwatchbalance before , too , but with the OWL in full swing and histrion around the world watching , a finely - tune up Baptiste could makeOverwatchmore exciting than it has been in some time .
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