Overwatch 2 Devs Tease NEW Hero 37! - PvE Release News

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Executive Producer Jared Neuss went on an impromtu livestream and discussed NEW Heroes and PVE content!
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:15 Weapon Inspects
01:48 Pink Mercy
02:23 NEW Support Hero Clues
06:57 PvE Announcement Soon
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[@YourOverwatch]

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[@KevinBrevin]

He brought up D2 with a good seasonal/yearly model… wait most people hate the model but it is very good for a pve game so uh don’t hope too too much but maybe

[@virgobro2025]

dead game my dude. How much you paid to promote it?

[@thecockatoo1693]

@@virgobro2025 if you think ow2 is dead then you clearly don’t keep up with it at all. It’s very much alive haha

[@virgobro2025]

dead game, enjoy

[@TitanTerrastoya]

@Your Overwatch the new support is definitely going to be overlord

[@TheLiamMacKinnon]

This man really focused on mercy’s attractiveness for what 😭😭😭

[@dookieshoes3585]

I honestly couldn’t tell if this video was parody or not…but it kept going

[@emma6648]

Down bad

[@bakedrabbits]

average overwatch player

[@pokotate]

it's giving "top 10 hottest female sonic characters" lol

[@weatherreport8471]

Least horny ow player

[@terranleadr]

I just want a support that heals more the closer your teammates are to the objective... It's lonely there at times.

[@sousasigor]

died here LOL HAHAHAHAHA

[@joxbackup851]

Payload hero

[@awesomesauce5974]

I feel your pain, i really do

[@darioignaciocontrerasruz5861]

What a waste of a hero that would be

[@virgobro2025]

I want a game that isn't pure shit

[@NerdySatyr]

I feel like the new support will be something like, damage mitigation or damage sharing, spread out between yourself and the target so easier to sustain/harder to burst, Otherwise something like an Objective focused support, maybe you can leave a pet/clone on the cart to push it whilst you join your team etc

[@BushSage]

That second idea is just copied from valorant isnt it?

[@NerdySatyr]

@@BushSage Wouldn't know I never played it past like, it's first week

[@oneandonly3924]

@@NerdySatyr never even played it

[@MrPepper0ni]

@@BushSage to be completely honest even if it was its not like valorant is exactly original either lol

[@goostickygames]

nah ur thinking of io from paladins lol

[@ASpicyGator]

I could see a smoke being one of the most requested features which might also fit the support role.

[@gloptech5841]

Maybe a smoke that detects people like nanobots or something

[@aeonbloodmoon3180]

Maybe an ultimate that creates a field of mist/smoke and you and you team can move with it

[@courtellis8226]

Just more visual noise

[@VampiresAreRealGuys]

@@gloptech5841 like widow ult and hanzo arrow? id rather have something that blocks vision

[@BushSage]

@@VampiresAreRealGuys blocking vision is way less valuable than people think in a game like Overwatch, that and it causing too much visuals. In a game like Val, you only have to deal with X smokes per game, but as an ability, it'll be way too spammable and just visually obnoxious.

[@SILK97]

Can’t lie, I’m nervous for the new release. OW is finally progressing to some state of satisfying/ balanced gameplay. Pls don’t scuff it whoever you are Hero 37

[@emma6648]

We need a support that have shotguns that do as much damage as reapers….

[@dizzymoosic]

@@emma6648 we need a support that does as much damage as kiriko but is a single shot hitscan. so like ashe but "support." yep

[@mateuszzielinski2166]

@@emma6648 we need a support that just explodes the entire map with a tactical nuke and immediately wins the game for your team

[@IIIllllIIIIIlll]

they will fuck it up, cant trust blizzard on support heroes/abilities

[@qenzo72]

Ramattra was probably the first hero that wasn't broken on release, and he was the most recent so maybe, just maybe, 37 will be the same

[@Suchti0352]

I think it's realistic to think that they are going to announce pve with the next Season, and maybe even release a part of it. Season 4 is where they would usually have the archives event and if they follow the loose pattern then Soujourn would also get a new Mythic skin in that season. Keep in mind that she also plays a important part in the OW lore and that they are working on a cinematic about her. All of these could play into a potentially big pve announcement.

[@Zabor-ny3co]

I wish to be excited but Blizzard has disappointed so much lately that i do not get high hopes like i used to anymore. Now they got so greedy tgat they'd be capable to make us pay the PVE as well Update: I didnt know the plan to sell the PVE was a thing decided times ago

[@falloutboy691]

@@Zabor-ny3co They were always clear from 2019 that the PvE expansion would be something extra, so of course it would be paid. Wtf...

[@blazex224]

This would be a surprise but realistically this is way too early, more likely early 2024 and we get an announcement at Blizzcon before this

[@blazex224]

@@Zabor-ny3co It was never going to be free. They’ve always said PVE was going to be paid

[@MarpyPlarpy]

@@Zabor-ny3co Remember the fact that OW2 PVP is the free section of OW2 as a whole, the actual paid section is the PVE + Campaign.

[@CaptRespect]

The new support spawns speedy gocarts. The carts give you speed and armor and blue shells. It makes it easy to push the chokes.

[@UnappreciatedSupportMain]

I just want Overlord for the next support. I think he's adorable. and a mech support would be cool as hell.

[@RetronicBruh]

Nah I want a fckn Mutant Character. Half human half animal type monstrosity.

[@xelanis_]

​@@RetronicBruh that's not "cute" though...

[@thesmilingman3590]

Yeah! Overlord would fit the cute character

[@pondpasta]

exactly what i was thinking! i love overlord and would looove more content of him

[@UnappreciatedSupportMain]

@@xelanis_ But I think he's adorable =D

[@F1P1AdacoL]

For me I would love them to add like mini story modes for the characters. Where you maybe have to do a couple of missions in there story line. Just so you can learn more about the characters in game and enjoy there stories

[@tommylee652000]

YOU DO KNOW THERE IS A COMIC SET FOR FREE FOR ALL OF THE HEROS BACKSTORY

[@refertopfp9627]

​@@tommylee652000 And we have Origins for each hero along with cinematics for a few, but still know jack-shit about the ingame world. Hero missions would provide good content, backstory, and maybe even some skins. I don't see a single reason why we shouldn't have them.

[@tommylee652000]

@@refertopfp9627 so your telling me you have Jack shit for ingame story but what would happen is the comic book story will be done as you ingame mission story's. But if you read and watch the cinematic it gives you the whole story

[@refertopfp9627]

@@tommylee652000 The fuck it does. The only actual story we have is 3 missions Overwatch was on, and 3 important cinematics. Literally no one is going to read the Overwatch comics, dude.

[@tommylee652000]

@@refertopfp9627 so your going to come at me for something you won't read make sense you wanted backup on this one. Cause your saying you back story but you won't read the stuff you already have so why give you more. If your to lazy to read what already is out there.

[@klok1014]

Theres still plenty that can be added to the game when it comes to gameplay, but there just has to be some creativity. For instance, like how ana can give buffs and debuffs with her potion, similar things can be added in new ways. For instance, a buff that gives an ally life steal for the next few seconds. Theres a lot to be put out there, it just has to be thought out, well designed, and balanced.

[@exart8409]

An ability that can auto refresh every cooldown a teammate has would be so dope and broken

[@ReaveIdono]

If someone gave me life steal on Soldier I'd go crazy lol.

[@klok1014]

@@exart8409 double immortality field or double resurrection would go crazy lol

[@TheOtakuFoxBronie]

@@klok1014 you mean lamp suzu?

[@cherrycola4476]

I'm hoping we get a junker support

[@Ferchovicente]

lol

[@cherrycola4476]

@@Ferchovicente make her tiny Tina

[@KumiChan2004]

@@cherrycola4476 Her healing ability could be crumpets. She could hand them out to her allies to heal them.

[@jktuert8630]

Would be cool. Though i would like to see Mauga or Symm manipulative greedy boss. Besides no way junker would "cute as mercy".

[@ReaveIdono]

​@Jktu Ert Junkerqueen is "cute" underneath that makeup. And Ball is technically a junker too so he's also cute.

[@Mars-et8vc]

Would be cool if it were a torb like support. U place turrets that heal teammates and u can focus on just shooting. It would at least be unique

[@3therspark63]

There was a experimental patch with Sym having healing turrets instead... and it was fun but trash. Selecting your target for a heal is crucial

[@orakekileer1552]

@@3therspark63 maybe if it was their secondary way of healing and the support had another form of healing that would also make the turret target that teammate

[@primroseprom]

@@3therspark63 I mean they could do what they’re doing with Ash’s ult. Make it so the turret(s) fires on whomever you’re healing and then, once that person’s at full health, it switches to the lowest person and goes from there.

[@peregrinus524]

That would be cool yeah, but they said that this support would interact with your team, and that's the opposite of interactive

[@orakekileer1552]

@@peregrinus524 where did they talk about the new hero and changes? Everyone keeps saying that they said but I can’t find anything

[@black369ace7]

My guess is that the new support will deploy a jump pad to allow heroes that have limited movement to get to higher places. This would also fit into the builder support that we’re currently lacking.

[@michaellin4553]

Sounds vaguely like old support symmetra

[@willwunsche6940]

What about a launch tunnel that would shoot teammates onto where aimed potentially high ground quickly for example

[@mkwsoxfan]

@@willwunsche6940 Donkey Kong barrel to blast you where you aim it haha

[@willwunsche6940]

@Fultonian My dumb not very thought out idea probably better for single player was more along the lines of something like of a limited time spawable man cannon from Halo Infinite with more depth as a short range ability (angling for your whole team to take in a slim time window) and using a different technology. My only fear of them using a jump pad is it might be compared to Apex Legends, mess with map design if not an ultimate like Apex Legends, and I feel it may be slightly obsolete compared to dive heroes or symettra tp. An angleable jump pad that allows your team to engage with a rein shield up in like a short 4-5 second window but cc lock you into that direction would add more depth in allowing certain path engages, with the disadvantage of being slower and less flexible than tp but not being able to be broken. Think certain spots like the defenders side of the walkway next to the church in Dorado if aimed straight up than the entirity of your team could get to church high ground slightly faster even if they are slower heroes like zen, cass, rein, ana, etc. Wouldn't be entirely broken or destroy map design but the ability could help improve movement options on certain maps and with engagements as a niche Another option is maybe a buildable light bridge that would allow you to walk up on air slightly for several seconds at the downside you can be shot through it, but the upside it allows you to play more positions and make temporary places and power positions on the map

[@samzamzow8314]

My prediction for the new cute support is some spin on the Zarya bubble that feeds some type of charge bar for the support. Maybe the charge bar is a gust of wind that pushes people away the more charge is available similar to like a Lucio boop. Maybe the wind effect could also have some healing built into it that scales based on the energy consumed.

[@javirodriguez1432]

i like that concept

[@orakekileer1552]

A wind support could be cool and really flexible when designing I think

[@lucasguerreiro1956]

I would say that the "new" mechanic will be some type of a damage reduction or a shield(not healing) or some type of heal bot, like sym turrets but focused on healing allies

[@davidrich27]

That was my thought, though calling it a “new mechanic” is a stretch, since they experimented with healing Sym turrets in OW1.

[@DiegoSanchez-fj8fs]

Like a hero that leaves turrets around the map and those turrets heal teammates ?

[@lucasguerreiro1956]

@@DiegoSanchez-fj8fs Yep. Obviously, there's a limit, 4 or 5? Short range, direct beam, with a low health priority, something like that LOL. As a support you could heal and have fun withe the shooting part of the game, low damage, but you could accumulate some sort of damage bar and buff your turrets temporarily, healing 2 targets or a direct number buff.

[@lucasguerreiro1956]

@@davidrich27 Yeah, but since it's not in the game actually, its new. BUT, i think the correct word is 'fresh'.

[@MeatSlap30]

@@davidrich27 never even heard of that tbh so maybe he hasn’t

[@chargedelementscr]

Mark my words: it’s going to be a support with a vertical mobility ability for the whole team (kind of like a horizon q in apex). It’s something the community has wanted, i’m sure, and is a completely new mechanic (barring sym if you wanna count that) Edit: lol I was right

[@BridgyP]

I was thinking the same thing. Players have been asking for jump pads for ages. Could be fun for a hero to do that as a signature ability

[@matrixyst]

i also think this is pretty likely, would be incredibly surprised if they didn't do this for the upcoming support or the one after

[@SporadicV2]

Finally: Genji triple jump

[@kroth3049]

I could see the next support being a proactive support. All supports in this game are basically reactive with healing, and last-ditch saves. A support that is proactive with something like shields and/or damage reduction and/or slows would add something new to the game.

[@spiderodoom]

We used to have something akin to that when Brigette would give armor packs, instead of just healing packs.

[@mycelia_ow]

Isn't mercy technically protective? You could use her in that way anyway, it's just not ideal to pocket one target 100% of the time.

[@mycelia_ow]

That's a brilliant point and highlights the flaws in Blizzard's creative design philosophy. Indeed, why is every support reactive? They blend DPS with supports (Moira, Kiriko, Baptiste) but none with tanks. Brig shield only for herself so it doesn't count.

[@kroth3049]

@@mycelia_ow Healing is always reactive unless it has overhealing (basically shielding) because healing won't occur until the person takes damage. Shielding happens no matter what. But its a gray line but there is no support focused on proactive supporting

[@edelweiss_bani]

Old Sym used to count as a support and she would give shields. She had one version where she gave shields as her ult, and another version where she gave shields as an actual ability. i dont remember which version came first. Brig used to give armor which makes you take reduced damage as well. All of those things were proactive but were later taken out of the game. Sadly, i doubt that blizzard will add another support that gives overhealth because every time they have given a character the ability to provide overhealth for their teammates, that ability gets removed (except with Lucio. He is the only support who can still give overhealth)

[@6riffln64]

It might be a support that grants infinite ammo for a short duration, but that's also just an idea

[@MyLullabye]

My friends and I have been waiting for PvE for a long time now. Seeing that it could potentially come out in some way within 1-2 seasons actually sounds really exciting.

[@virgobro2025]

All my friends quit playing the game entirely. I am losing interest.

[@somebodyanonymous5725]

@@virgobro2025 oooooo nobody cares

[@clickbait7396]

I think we'll either have a flying support, like what echo would've been before she got stolen by the DPS role. Or like that Angelic blessing concept for mercy, where she could use it on a teammate to give them a GA that they can use for a few seconds after. I would personally prefer the first one but I don't see how it could fit well with the more supportive supports that they're aiming for, so I guess we'll get a jump pad or something that helps with vertical mobility.

[@AloneInTheDork]

Please not more clones for the BattleMercy Army. I thought it was raining, but it was just the foam dripping from their mouths.

[@clickbait7396]

@@AloneInTheDork you will suffer the wrath of Katrina. I can hear them. your fate is sealed.

[@muysli.y1855]

Oh nice another noob comb like Pharmercy

[@xOxWintersEchoxOx]

Jet pack cat 🐱

[@Micbemac]

Maybe a support that can provide some sort of evade decoy. Target a friendly unit and a double of them appears that is target able for a few seconds.

[@thawingkarma233]

Lowkey really want the new support to be Overlord from the Meka squad. Although I don’t really know how they would plan to place the Meka heroes in roles other than tank (due to their size), it would be really interesting and hyped to see them coming as new heroes in the future.

[@sussysunday_1687]

I really hope it’s overlord, he has a really cool design and will 100% be a support hero, and the drones will be an interesting mechanic

[@thawingkarma233]

@@sussysunday_1687 For sure. Also they said the new support will be “cute like Mercy”. Overlord is cute 😳 and his mech is literally a flying type, like Mercy 😳🤭. It would be awesome if it was Overlord, not only because of him being the new hero, but it would also confirm that they will bring the other Meka pilots into the game as well! If that’s not hype, I don’t know what is. 😤

[@ReaveIdono]

I think DvA breaks the game a lot when they add stuff to it. I remember them saying this somewhere so I doubt we'll get more Meka people. I'd love for it to happen, though

[@thawingkarma233]

@@ReaveIdono Yeah, that’s why I said it’d be difficult. One thing they could do is, since they’re a team of 5, make it so that they have a perk where their health is reduced based on how many Meka heroes are stacked in the same team, similar to what they did in Arcade modes where if more than 1 tank is on the team, their max hp is reduced. But ofc they would have to add a positive effect of some kind to make up for the lost hp. It’s not impossible, it’s just really tricky and would most likely cause BIG balance issues, which is most likely the reason as to why they’re avoiding the other Meka squad pilots, but it’d be fun to have them as playable heroes still. Also I think it’s important to note this, just in case because some people might get the wrong idea, BUT: If they were to make other Meka heroes, they wouldn’t have pilot (baby) modes. The reason being is that it would be wayyy too OP to have a team of 5 heroes with a second life and also because Eject is an ability that is special and unique to Dva, who is the only pilot reckless enough to blow up her own mech in order to save her country (lore wise).

[@drln1ghthaunter]

In terms of size I suppose they could go along the lines of having their mechs as ultimates only (potentially underwealming as you'd spend most of the time without it) or as a 'transformation' ability which instead has a risk of the remeching/demeching animation becoming a little clanky if it's being done frequently.

[@pacman10704]

I think the support might be something that deploys multiple "pets" to assist your team

[@Wzrd100]

Absolutely not

[@IIIllllIIIIIlll]

not pets, but maybe drones would be possible

[@curlydolltv]

@@Wzrd100i hope it is just so u look stupid for de confirming something like u know for sure

[@lukewaffle5024]

My main idea for a while is damage sharing with a teamate, maybe some sort of bind between the support and another teamate and they heal based on how much their bonded hero takes damage?

[@DiegoSanchez-fj8fs]

Can u explain me in a easier way? I’m kinda stupid

[@hnry841]

​@@DiegoSanchez-fj8fs Imagine this: You walk out of spawn and get instantly killed by a widow (you have 200hp, widow did 200 damage). The new support now links themselves to you, and when you walk out of spawn and get headshot again you take 100 damage (still having 100hp left) and the support also takes 100 damage despite not being the one that got hit, but because they were sharing your damage to save you. I really like this idea and it could provide a real counter for 1-shots.

[@sniclops15]

I feel like a future support could have more of a deployable-syle gameplay. A mobile health pack with limited charges, or perhaps a more powerful variant of Soldier's biotic field. We don't have a support with that kind of mechanic yet, but I do remember when Sym had a shield generator deployable as an ult while she was still classified as support. Could be interesting to see

[@MeatSlap30]

So kinda like how torb used to throw armor packs?

[@chasepewitt3439]

Idk if I’m confused or smthing but brig has health packs that’s already a thing

[@sniclops15]

@Chase Pewitt Her health packs automatically go to the target. What I mean is placing down a stationary health pack with similar properties to Sombra's hacked packs (I.e Cannot be picked up by enemies and has a fast recharge)

[@chasepewitt3439]

@@sniclops15 understand now thanks for explaining and not being a dick ab it. That is definitely a interesting idea I think that would be a pretty cool mechanic

[@paprikawhatuira2129]

I think the new mechanic could possibly be team verticality. Like perhaps a jump pad or something like that for positioning and could even be used to pull out of certain ults that work in a spherical shape.

[@SaintoftheHonest]

I feel like an interesting mechanic could be an area of effect that slows down projectile speed and all character movement inside it. I don't mean like Ravenous Vortex just being +50 to gravity, I mean more in the line of time dilation

[@anthonyanderson9771]

This reminds me of a Playstation 1 game called zone of the enders. The final boss had the power to compress space. So it looked like he was teleporting but really just just controlling distances. This could be that the hero elongates space making it take longer to travel the usual perceived distance.

[@nixtypikal]

I mean slowing projectiles sounds cool but how would it work with hitscan?

[@anthonyanderson9771]

@@nixtypikal they'd become projectile I'd imagine. I'm interested to hear how easy/difficult it would be to code.

[@unownow5624]

Still waiting for jettpack cat..

[@MrCornWolf]

Cowards

[@garrybuseeofficial3114]

Calling it now, the new ability they're talking about is a smoke screen/bomb

[@emma6648]

And hopefully scans can’t see through it, IE: widowmaker ult or trap, hanzo scan, sombra hack, solider ult

[@mateuszzielinski2166]

@@emma6648 that would be dumb because the entire point of this game is counterplay. It would be better if the smoke is extremely strong by itself, however it is countered by scans

[@grazi4u]

a want a flying support that moves like echo or pharah. not all mercys can stay in the air lol

[@xoxopenquin]

I’d love to see a support that focused on debuffing enemies

[@uhitsethan]

lmao

[@discretfallen8082]

No please not another sombra.

[@LilypadOW]

5:48 this is very sharp I agree. thinking of apex legends -> octane jumppad or pathfinders zipline. also Valkyrie‘s airlift which is like pharah picking up her teammates and carrying them to spawn . so something between a mei wall lifting someone and a sym tp edit: holy shit this turned out to be right

[@ayr1190]

I'm just saying, a controller type character that's able to send attack and heal/protection drones would be pretty sick. Just imagine if the ult was a giant drone that you could drive and fly on for some time, have guns like ball, and have a shield on it.

[@catcandiez]

sounds like overlord would fit that

[@Brosefish1019]

My guess? An Ant Man style character that can change the hit box sizes of your teammates. A cooldown to make them small, an ultimate that makes them bigger with more health with bigger weapon hitboxes

[@apocalypseap]

One of the supports could be able to place jump pads similar to the one in Oasis on that one map.

[@blturn]

We hope for a shrink/growth ray support. They added the ability to change the size of heroes in the workshop years ago, seemed random.

[@gamebuster800]

Hah that’d be great

[@orakekileer1552]

Like a cute antman type support would be interesting

[@ItzzCrystal]

Lol so you can step on them 😂

[@gamebuster800]

@@ItzzCrystal Or become very hard to hit

[@phobosdeimos231]

They could add an ult that resets all cooldowns one time for everyone or speed up cooldowns in the area of effect so it's ends up being halved. Maybe a straight buff on a single target that speeds up ability cooldowns. I always thought a cool debuff would be, like in final fantasy titles, zombie. Healing does damage. So you could zombie everyone and transcendence into them and kill them all or your own zen could instantly kill you all if you got zombied beforehand. Valkyrie would be offensive and defensive in that way where it would tether to zombies and allies for the heals. Make the hero like a Moira experiment. Seems very Moira like. Could be a zombie? Maybe it gets downed when it dies and you have to kill it again or it will reanimate. Maybe you can't heal it either, all it's kit heals it and that's how you balance it. Just seems like a nightmare to program.

[@sph9564]

Kiriko

[@Djitterbug]

Man’s just saying things

[@ritter8542]

He just did an announcement of a prediction for an announcement of an announcement that was amazing

[@VVizard_G6]

Maybe a teleportation character? That can freely reposition their teammates? But that's way too grief related

[@XxTh3LastOnexX]

I think they should add a support that has the ability to pull or even fly a teammate out of danger

[@fjebdbdjzndjd5026]

I don’t know if having a power over your teammates movements is a good idea honestly, in low elo it could be a mess, could it?

[@godhelpusallc1219]

@@fjebdbdjzndjd5026 has the same energy as mei walling a 5man shatter

[@JohnLongPig]

I think “poised” was the word you were looking for when describing Mercy, especially vis-a-vis Bap.

[@rickorlicki3946]

I think shield link (being close heals your shield) or some sort of ability that allows a non healer to heal with their bullets

[@grafilth341]

what about a support that drops healing stations and then can do smaller healing outside of those healing stations, or a support that can drop healing stations and some deployable cover

[@TooFrossty]

The new support is going to be one of dva’s friends, there’s a support mech guy with little drones that follow his teammates in the lore. I forget his name. But he seems to follow that “cute anime pout and blush” thing i think he’s goin for with that statement, and he can’t say dva or maybe did then went back on it because it’d be too obv

[@liberalstchenel596]

Overlord

[@Lolia.]

I think what they meant by calling the next support hero "cute like Mercy" is that the playstyle and "design" will be similar, while also being appealing to the female demographic. I've always said OW needs more cute heroes :P Character design is more important than most think, it's the first thing that attracts you to play a certain hero. Perhaps the Mercy mains/one tricks will learn to play this new support if it's cute and stop fighting over whoever gets to play Mercy lol. Of course, all heroes will become cute when Blizz finally accepts that we need magical girl themed skins for the whole roster :3

[@momdad1818]

Magical girls 🔛🔝

[@KyreeWYA]

I don’t have the pink mercy skin but I do appreciate ppl who have it cause of charity towards B-cancer. My granny survived it and is still alive. Thank you to the ones who have it and use the skin🙏🏾❤️

[@denzen8370]

Maybe a zero gravity (floaty) type movement skill for the support and allies? Gravity manipulation in Overwatch is rare but not unheard of due to Sig and Zarya so I'm thinking that. That or some sort of portable bounce pad something like that

[@AssassinBlade16]

I'm think Overlord (Meka Team) is the upcoming support. He could help players with mobility. Kinda like a claw machine grabbing teammates. Imagine Cassidy/Soldier ulting from the sky carried by Overlord.

[@broad_cat]

Love the nitpicking on the word 'cute'. This is the content I'm subbed for. FWIW yeah, Mercy hot. I mean, the back mole on that Pink Mercy skin doing some heavy lifting.

[@valen123456]

One thought I have had is a support healer who can give healing effects too other players. This can be done as an ultimate via something like a.deployable health station. The character drops it creating a healing aura like Lucios, except that by interacting with the station (like with Symmetras teleporter) both the hero and any ally pick it up and gain the healing aura for the stations duration. They can move around like normal but provide support as well, allowing any character (even flyers or fast moving tanks) to briefly become healers too.

[@GoodieSenpai]

i want to say the new ability would be like a gravity lift. or something to help other heroes move up in the air or in a particular direction.

[@NeoNeko99]

Mercy is not cute, she's mommy

[@Diversagon]

Jqueen is mommy

[@Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty]

Nah, she's cute.

[@emma6648]

Rammatra is mommy

[@mreggjr6365]

If this pve fails, then I think overwatch 2 will probably slowly die.

[@tmccoy33]

You think a PVP game thats been out since 2016 will fail because their PVE content wasnt up to par? lmfao bring back quality education

[@mreggjr6365]

@@tmccoy33 keyword on *Slowly*

[@emma6648]

@@tmccoy33 wasn’t that the whole selling point of OW2 though?

[@J0CK]

​@@emma6648 they didn't really sell it, they forced it and fluff the execution of it

[@gryph0n55]

Honestly what I’d like to see is a support with single target speed boost. Like the support attaches a tether to a teammate and while it’s attached both the support and who it’s attached to has a movement speed boost. Speed boost is such a ubiquitously useful mechanic that I feel like it heavily limits variety by having Lucio be the only character with non-ult access to it. And frankly I’d like a support that can be used for speed boosting for one teammate, since many times you might wanna be using a speed boost but you’re only really doing it for one teammate. For example, your team comp might have damage that are fine without a lucio boost and generally play at range or high ground, but your tank is like a rein who greatly benefits from speed boost. In that instance you’re limiting yourself and the way your team can play because if you wanna give the rein some speed then you gotta play Lucio, which means your damage either have to forgo any help from one of their two supports, or the team HAS to be stacked up on each other. A single target support allows you to pocket speed boost someone, while allowing the support to still have options for healing beyond an AoE, allowing teammates you’re not worried about giving a speed boost to to still benefit from your healing. It also means more aggressive and active strats/comps can exist without borderline necessitating Lucio in them.

[@kungan8348]

i think support concept that are not in overwatch 2 are like healing turret, and health pack generator basically, or bring back somewhat of old sym or torb

[@BushSage]

I like the idea of a support that can anchor the team sending them a lifeline that they can use to retreat kind of like Thresh from LoL. Basically ways to have a mobility support that doesn't just speed boost.

[@ReuniclusArms]

The new ability will be akin to fornite building. If it's Sanjay, building hard light bridges and/or ramps for the team to get onto high ground

[@olderoscendant]

I'm guessing a hero that either makes standing barriers that cant be passed through, but can be destroyed or adds additional vertical movement.

[@brandondennis7527]

...that's just mei wall.

[@olderoscendant]

@@brandondennis7527 Mei has one big wall. I'm thinking multiple smaller instances to provide cover.

[@AethericSoul]

In terms of new abilities not seen before, the only two that come to mind are some sort of jump utility which I think is kinda lame tbh but another that I think could be more interesting is a new ability to place down health packs. I’m thinking like a mini health pack is able to be placed and used by the team as needed. They’d have to balance obviously but in terms of other ideas, I don’t know what else they’d have in mind. We’ll see I guess.

[@kpopismygaypop2045]

I think the soon (tm) is gonna be when archives is suppose to come out? I can't remember if we get anniversary or archives first, or if we get anniversary this soon still.

[@DEML91]

I can see a support that deploys a jump pad to give vertical mobility to every hero , something like Octane in Apex.

[@cruchinggo4678]

If Maximilien bcomes a support, his ultimate whould be to summon a car when teammates can jump in to be protected

[@MarvoldX]

my guess the new michanic will be "allow allie to pass through walls" or maybe a confusion effect for enemies that mess up with thier keybinds like reverse keys and aim

[@CaptRespect]

the new support spawns and invisibilty cloak. During the ult, player weapons are replaces with wands that can cast death spells. You have to pickup and wave your mouse around, so it stays balanced.

[@tau-5794]

Also saying "Up" into voice chat spawns a broom that you can fly around on, but it only works if you say it just right.

[@damesurina2629]

Im gonna guess its perhaps a surveillance support like for cypher in val. Unless u count symm turrets, its a completely new mechanic

[@michaelb9537]

I like how he says season 6 weapon inspections without referencing source n stuff

[@rorrim3147]

A support mechanic that we havent seen before that is more support heavy that takes skill to use but not aim? could be like swapping places with teammates perhaps your rien pins in you swap them with your kiriko and then they teleport back to the team everyones safe. alternatively could be a real time strategy game character like the sims manipulating terrain creating their own chokes ect

[@kaptainkool101]

I feel like a builder support (like Sym or Torb) isn't an insane idea out of this world.

[@GroovyG19]

“Calm down son, it’s just a drawing.” Really making sure he got that mercy part across lmao

[@jiaxinli8811]

Finally, prediction of an announcement of the announcement is coming

[@thezerowulf2046]

I feel like the support ability could be something like a thresh lantern

[@crumblyburgers]

My guess for the mechanic or interaction that theyve teased is an ultimate that gives another player an ultimate.

[@anthonyanderson9771]

That's helpful!

[@Backfisch5927]

I think the new character could maybe give more/infinite ammo to you, as long as their ability is on you, but then again infinite ammo characters exist.

[@Bfrd25]

Thank you for bringing back Jetpack Cat hype

[@sailorpIuto]

maybe the new support lets you jump or if its a mech like dva then you can get on it and have them fly you somewhere?

[@caseyvertz8861]

Anniversary of OW 2016 is around the corner; I would assume this is the "soon" refereed to with the first iteration of PVE being set to launch in October at the return of Blizzcon.

[@K0VAKS]

Imagine a support character that has a cannon that can launch one of your team across the map. Imagine the flanks you could do by launching your rein into the backline

[@user-ug1th8gt8o]

My thought is the new support is overlord with minimap

[@Ghostalking]

With on less tank, I wonder if it’ll be a Brigitte type support in that they would have some shield or protective mechanic to allow them to protect the people they’re healing and cover the backline As for PVE, I predict that it’ll follow PVP and introduce the characters, map, and plot points that get released. I feel like some of the more recent characters were supposed to be introduced that way before joining (like the Lucio PVE demo which had us meet Lucio and discover Rio) so they’ll likely have all the events up to the most recent hero released at that time, then they’ll go seasonally with the PVP

[@tau-5794]

I've had an idea for a while of a support with sort of a mishmash of abilities. Two semi-auto hitscan pistols, a barrier ability that projects in front of them for a limited time (E), an aoe heal similar to regen burst but on lower cooldown (Shift), a passive that lets you wall jump, sort of like Lucio but you can't stick to walls and have to constantly bounce to gain altitude, and an ultimate that traps enemies in a sort of arena, that creates a large cylindrical barrier like Sym's ult, however enemies are only able to enter, not leave until the timer runs out or the barrier is destroyed. Teams have to decide whether they want to risk being trapped in the arena with something like a Dva bomb, or leave their teammate to die without any heals. It would have to have a pretty low duration since trapping a team trying to reach the objective on overtime sounds completely sadistic. Absolutely zero idea about the hero's personality, design, or whether they'd even be balanced.

[@dajunonator]

If we look at Apex’s mechanics maybe the new support could offer something like Revenant’s death totem

[@deawinter]

Ohhh, what about a builder healer? Turrets that can heal teammates, or provide some other kind of buff… I mean, we got rid of sym’s shield generator for a reason, but I think an AOE buff construct is definitely in the realm of possibility. Something like that could definitely lend itself to a more team-focused, cute play style too.

[@Doc_Chris]

I’ve had this idea for a while as well. Turrets that either a) send out a healing beam within a certain radius to heal the closest/most damaged target, or b) heal an entire radius around themselves (like soldier’s heal, except weaker). Automated healing like that would have to be pretty nerfed I think in comparison to active heals, obviously, but could be an interesting dynamic

[@HanaTheSloth]

​@Doc_Chris they said they wouldn't do the turret thing. Too hard to implement and to touchy.

[@No-pz1hq]

damage reversal? Where you can hold a charge on someone and the longer you hold, the more damage dealt to them is reflected back on the enemy. Damage reflected heals the support to be self sufficient by supporting, ult could be a reflection wall that acts like a mirror wall where you can see and shoot around angles without peaking them?

[@stonnyj]

Maybe the new mechanic could be make people jump higher or something along those lines

[@MadMaxx89]

A building hero, jump pad or something like that maybe.

[@drewdreds]

I’m thinking the hero will give some kind of verticals movement ability, like octane jump pad

[@CaptainIglo]

The New support hero's ult is going to have a mechanic where you can pop it on your ally or an enemy. If you cast it on an enemy it will increase the model size by 2,5x but reduces their damage by 50% for 6 seconds. If you cast it on an ally it actually shrinks them down but increases their damage output (not as much as nano but a fair amount) That's gonna be fun!

[@Ori_fr]

U say this as if u designed the new hero

[@carzman35]

Buddy how tf do you know what that would be

[@TheOtakuFoxBronie]

What if their ult was like a respawn point. Like their respawn time is SLIGHTLY shortened and they drop a destroyable teleporter esq respawn point for their team. Imagine a support that heals through walls, or has a trap like ability for when they get dove like a genji deflect or a bsorb like sigma. A totem support that can heal in areas and their ult is a summon like Bob. A omnic anthro that goes full animal mode for a sci-fi druid. So many options.

[@MemeBeans5]

Imagine if the new mechanic could be like going underground for a fewseconds

[@TheNerd]

My semi educated guess is, that Freedo already knows who the new hero is and when they are going to be announced.

[@calebthesponge9191]

Maybe they will have a way to get ur team on high ground. Like a jump pad or something

[@andresmarez8352]

What about like an octanes últ from apex style of mechanic? Just guessing as to what could be left in terms of support mechanics

[@jonathanscholl2527]

The first mechanic that comes to mind for support would be a way to put heros like bastion in places normally out of reach. Like the opposite of Rammatra's pull down ability instead of you can't jump like at all you jump really high so low verticality Heros can get to various high points with ease.

[@Connwaer-13]

Jump pads or something with anti gravity being given temporarily to the team or an AOE of anti gravity might be a cool new mobility ability 5:46

[@noahpalin6402]

What if the new support is the mech pilot who looks really friendly and has drones (can't remember his name). Imagine if his drone gives a flight (or hover) ability to teammates!?!?

[@upwitch8208]

guys it’s literally jetpack cat… a new mechanic where you can interact with your teammates = attaching to a teammate and following them… and cats are cute 🥰

[@shap7296]

what about a support similar to mercy with her tether but they could pull a player back to their position with a button prompt from the player being pulled

[@zebfeatherly4768]

Can't believe I just watched an announcement of an announcement of an announcement for PVE

[@boiofbois4232]

My bets are on either iggy from the tracer comic or overlord from meka squad

[@Mr_BB_Man]

i think a new utility mechanic could be something like Octane from Apex where they place a jump pad or something. that would be fun