New Overwatch Hero Is Already Available on Test Sever

A new Overwatch hero, who was recently announced at BlizzCon, is already available for testing on the Test Server. Let’s take a closer look at Moira’s kit and the other changes of the update.

Moira – Support

Moira’s biotic abilities enable her to contribute healing or damage in any crisis. While Biotic Grasp gives Moira short-range options, her Biotic Orbs contribute longer-range, hands-off damage and healing; she can also Fade to escape groups or remain close to allies in need of support. Once she’s charged Coalescence, Moira can save multiple allies from elimination at once or finish off weakened enemies.

Abilities

	BIOTIC GRASP Using her left hand, Moira expends biotic energy to heal allies in front of her. Her right hand fires a long-range beam weapon that saps enemies’ health, healing Moira and replenishing her biotic energy.
	BIOTIC ORB Moira launches a rebounding biotic sphere; she can choose between a regeneration effect that heals the allies it passes through, or a decay effect that deals damage to enemies.
	FADE Moira quickly teleports a short distance.
	COALESCENCE Moira channels a long-range beam that both heals allies and bypasses barriers to damage her enemies.

Other PTR changes

Ana

Biotic Rifle

• Damage increased from 60 to 70

Developer Comment: Ana has been outshined by other support heroes lately. Boosting her damage will help her defend herself and make her more threatening to the enemy team.

Mercy

Resurrect

• Cast time increased from 0 seconds to 1.75 seconds
• Mercy’s movement speed is now reduced by 75% while casting
• Can now be interrupted when Mercy is knocked back, stunned, or hacked

Valkyrie

• When activated, Resurrection no longer has a cast time
• While active, casting Resurrect does not reduce Mercy's movement speed

Developer Comment: We feel that Mercy’s recent rework has been successful, but her Resurrect ability still feels too strong and frustrating to play against. Now that it has a cast time, there is more room for enemies to counter the ability. However, casting Resurrect happens instantly when Valkyrie is active. This should make her feel powerful when she transforms on the battlefield.

While these changes will be available for all platforms in the future, at the moment the update is available only on Public Test Region and only for PC users.