With a long post on the official website of Overwatch 2, Blizzard talked about the design of the Queen of Junker, the new playable character who will join the already rich cast of the multiplayer shooter, also explaining in detail the skills in his possession.
The Queen of the Junker, who just yesterday we saw in action in a gameplay trailer, is actually not a completely new face for Overwatch fans, as the Junkertown map is full of references to the character and some details about his character emerge. also from some Roadhog and Junkrat dialogues.
To make the Queen of the Junkrats, then, Blizzard used what it called a “descendant design” system.
“The Junkertown map showcases his tough, almost brutal personality, and we wanted his skills and play style to respect that energy. This type of design, building a character’s paraphernalia based on his identity, it’s called descendant design. The Queen of the Junker was present in the Overwatch narrative well before we designed her playstyle, so the community had enormous expectations of her royalties.”
Blizzard also spoke in detail about the Queen of Junker Skill Kit. It is a tank devoted to the offensive, which uses the “Crusher”, a sort of shotgun with a small dispersion particularly effective at short range.
The hero also has a secondary fire, which is the “Toothed Blade”: upon activation, he throws a blade at enemies that inflict damage and wounds that damage the unfortunates over time. Additionally, his magnetic gauntlet can summon the knife by reactivating secondary fire, attracting any enemy that has been directly hit.
The passive ” Adrenaline Rush ” instead is the centerpiece of her set, since it gives her heals based on all periodic damage of her abilities, which apply wounds that slowly drain the health of enemies. Thanks to this sort of vampiric passive, the Queen of the Junker can take more damage and survive longer when surrounded by enemies.
Una delle due abilità attive della Junker Queen è “Mattanza”, con la quale colpisce con l’omonima ascia tutti i nemici di fronte a sé, ferendoli e attivando la passiva “Scarica di Adrenalina”. Blizzard svela che inizialmente il personaggio utilizzava l’ascia come arma principale, come una sorta di tank melee a mo’ di reinhardt, ma di aver cambiato idea in corso d’opera relegando l’arma a un’ abilità , un po’ come la Spada del Drago di Genji.
“The character of the Queen of Junker has always been described with an ax, so this was the starting point of the design. Mattanza consists of a huge slashing ax that wounds all enemies in front of her, dealing periodic damage and activating Adrenaline Rush. The Queen of the Junker calls her ax “Slaughter”, inspiring, even more, the importance of skill in her paraphernalia.
We thought the ax might be her main weapon, but we know that creating a Melee hero in Overwatch comes with a whole host of challenging challenges. For example, Genji’s Dragon Sword was supposed to be his main weapon, but it didn’t fit the game well: eventually, it became the powerful Ultra known to players. We didn’t want the Junker Queen to take such a path, so we incorporated the ax into this ability. ”
The Junker Queen’s other ability is ” Command Shout “, which boosts her survival while also helping teammates around her, increasing health (200 points for herself and 100 for allies in range) and the movement speed (+ 30%) of the team.
” Being the first movement speed boost for the entire team since Lúcio, Command Shout helps the Queen of Junker close the gap between her and the opposing team. Her ability to reduce distance was intentionally designed as a benefit from movement speed, rather than as something more discreet like a dash or a teleport because we thus further reiterate the concept of who throws his head down in battle. He makes his way through enemies with force, with aggression unstoppable that demands its own space. It only improves its effectiveness in being “in charge” and leading the team into battle through bottlenecks or cutting off the enemies flanking it. ”
To complete the kit of the Queen of the Junker there is the Ultra ” Fury “, with which it hurls itself forward hitting the enemies with the ax. The unfortunates receive damage, injuries that damage them over time, and for a short time cannot receive healing from their companions, a series of penalties that could prove fatal if this move is used with the right timing.
” Fury is one of the Junker Queen’s most powerful survivability assets; it applies a lethal wound to anyone in its path, giving her an opportunity to restore an enormous amount of health with Adrenaline Rush based on the number of wounds she can manage. inflict. ”
You can try the Queen of the Junker, as well as Soujorn and another hero yet to be revealed, in the Overwatch 2 beta scheduled for June 28, here’s how to participate. We remind you that instead, the full game will be available from 4 October 2022 for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
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