Blizzard Entertainment unveiled Sombra, the newest hero joining the Overwatch playable roster, at BlizzCon 2016.
Here are Sombra’s details via the official Overwatch website:
Biography
- Real Name: ░░░░░░
- Age: 30
- Occupation: Hacker
- Base of Operations: Dorado, Mexico
- Affilation: Talon, Los Muertos
One of the world’s most notorious hackers, Sombra uses information to manipulate those in power.
Long before she took up the alias “Sombra,” ░░░░░░ was among the thousands of children who were left orphaned in the aftermath of the Omnic Crisis. With much of her country’s infrastructure destroyed, she survived by utilizing her natural gifts with hacking and computers.
After ░░░░░░ was taken in by Mexico’s Los Muertos gang, she aided it in its self-styled revolution against the government. Los Muertos believed that the rebuilding of Mexico had primarily benefited the rich and the influential, leaving behind those who were most in need of assistance.
Following her many conquests, ░░░░░░ was supremely confident in her skills, but she was caught unprepared when she stumbled into the web of a global conspiracy—one that had also noticed her. With her security irreparably compromised, ░░░░░░ was forced to delete all traces of her identity and went into hiding.
She later reemerged as Sombra, upgraded and determined to find out the truth behind the conspiracy she had uncovered. Sombra launched an even more audacious string of hacks, and her exploits earned her no shortage of admirers, including Talon. She joined the organization’s ranks and is believed to have contributed to its massive cyberattacks against corporations with strong ties to their governments. These efforts incited a popular revolution in Mexico against LumériCo and breached the security of Volskaya Industries, the manufacturing arm of Russia’s anti-omnic defense.
Overview
- Role: Offense
- Difficulty: Three Stars
Stealth and debilitating attacks make Sombra a powerful infiltrator. Her hacking can disrupt her enemies, ensuring they’re easier to take out, while her EMP provides the upper hand against multiple foes at once. Sombra’s ability to Translocate and camouflage herself makes her a hard target to pin down.
Abilities
- Machine Pistol – Sombra’s fully-automatic machine pistol fires in a short-range spread.
- Hack – Sombra hacks enemies to temporarily stop them from using their abilities, or hacks first aid kits to make them useless to her opponents.
- Thermotic Camo – Sombra becomes invisible for a short period of time, during which her speed is boosted considerably. Attacking, using offensive abilities, or taking damage disables her camouflage.
- Translocator – Sombra tosses out a translocator beacon. She can instantly return to the beacon’s location while it is active (including when it’s in mid-flight).
- EMP – Sombra discharges electromagnetic energy in a wide radius, destroying enemy barriers and shields and hacking all opponents caught in the blast.
Here’s Sombra in action:
Sombra’s animated short, dubbed “Infiltration,” follows Reaper, Widowmaker, and Sombra as they attempt to assassinate a high-priority target. But when the operation doesn’t go as planned, the Talon agents are forced to improvise.
Blizzard also announced the creation of the Overwatch League, a world-class sports ecosystem for professional Overwatch competition. Through it, Blizzard promises that “teams will have stability, players will have careers, and fans will have a new set of heroes to take them into the future of Overwatch.”