Overwatch 2’s new tank hero Ramattra revealed at OWL Grand Finals

Coming to you, the next great hero Overwatch 2 isn’t exactly new. At the end of last year’s analogue, players got to meet Ramattra, the Omnic activist better known as Ramattra. OverwatchStorm Rising was an archive event. That event’s cliffhanger reveal of a menacing Omnic teaming up the villain Doomfist finally paid off on Friday at the Overwatch League Grand Finals, when Blizzard Entertainment revealed the new tank-class character coming to Overwatch 2The next month.

Ramattra joins the Overwatch 2 roster on Dec. 6, debuting alongside the game’s second season. He’ll be the game’s 11th tank character, and will bring a unique mechanic to the tank group: Ramattra has two forms, a standard Omnic form and a hulking second form, called Nemesis.

Ramattra fights in his Omnic standard form using his staff, which can fire projectiles and create barriers to his team. But when Ramattra hulks out, using an ability on a cooldown, he becomes a gigantic brawler capable of powerful melee attacks that will strike fear into “squishies” on the opposing team. Overwatch developers described Ramattra’s transformation as “scary” and “menacing,” turning him from a fairly standard-sized hero into one of the game’s largest. That change into his more aggressive Nemesis form makes him deadlier, but it also makes him a much bigger target for attacks like Ana’s sleep dart or Zenyatta’s orb of discord.

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Ramattra offers tank players new options. It allows them to choose whether they want to protect their team by using more ranged attacks and obstacles, or lead the charge into battle. His punches, while in Nemesis form, can pierce through barriers, lead hero designer Alec Dawson said, providing counters to “bubbles” from heroes like Winston and Zarya.

Blizzard didn’t divulge too much about Ramattra’s ability kit or his stats during a press briefing on Thursday, and instead focused on the Omnic’s narrative place in Overwatch’s world.

According to Blizzard’s official origin story, Ramattra was built as a war machine for the Omnic Crisis, but he put down his weapons, seeking tranquility alongside Zenyatta. Ramattra followed this peaceful path for some time before finally leading Null Sector. He fought to ensure the survival of his people through all means.

“Omnics and humans have tried to coexist, but as you’ve seen in the lore, that has not been going well for them,” lead narrative designer Gavin Jurgens-Fyhrie said. “Ramattra is tired of waiting and has grown impatient. He has formed this organization with some allies to fight for the freedom of the Omnic people and win their safety at any cost.”

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It sounds, like Kiriko’s Ramattra will be available to players via Overwatch 2’s battle pass. The premium version will be available immediately to players who have paid for it. Other players will have to upgrade to the free version to unlock the card. Asked whether Blizzard plans to change the required battle pass level — which was 55 for Kiriko — for Ramattra’s release, art director Dion Rogers deferred, saying that the Overwatch team is regularly evaluating its plans. “It’s a constant conversation for our team,” Rogers said.

Ramattra, along with a new map that the developers claimed has unspecified connections to the new hero, will appear in season 2. For season 2, there will be more heroes and a support-class new character. Overwatch 2In 2023.