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| "Imagination Is The Essence Of Discovery." | |
Real Name |
Winston |
Age |
29 |
Occupation |
Scientist, Adventurer |
Affiliation |
Overwatch (formerly) |
Role |
Tank |
Health |
400 (Open queue) 550 (Role queue) |
Armor |
100 |
Winston is a Tank hero in Overwatch.
Summary
Official tips
- Winston is a highly mobile tank that leaps around, creating chaos.
- Barrier Projector creates a protective sphere that blocks enemy fire.
- Primal Rage heals Winston and transforms him into a bestial juggernaut.
Abilities
| Ability | Icon | Description |
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| Tesla Cannon | 
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Winston’s weapon fires a short-range electric barrage for as long as he holds down the trigger. |
| Jump Pack | 
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Assisted by his energy pack, Winston lunges through the air, dealing significant damage and staggering nearby enemies when he lands. |
| Barrier Projector | 
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Winston’s shield projector extends a bubble-shaped field that absorbs damage until it's destroyed. Allies protected by the shield can return fire from within it. |
| Primal Rage (Ultimate ability) |
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Winston embraces his animal nature, significantly boosting his health and making him very difficult to kill, strengthening his melee attack, and allowing him to use his Jump Pack ability more frequently. While raging, Winston can only make melee and Jump Pack attacks. |
Strategy
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Story
A super-intelligent, genetically engineered gorilla, Winston is a brilliant scientist and a champion for humanity's potential.[1] When he loses his temper, Winston becomes a raging ape. In his off-time, he enjoys peanut butter and bananas.[2]
Pre-Overwatch
The Horizon Lunar Colony was established as a first step for humanity's renewed exploration of space. Among its residents was a group of genetically enhanced gorillas that were intended to test the effects of prolonged habitation in space.
One gorilla displayed such rapid brain development from the gene therapy that he was taken under the wing of Dr. Harold Winston, who taught him science and inspired him with tales of human ingenuity. The young gorilla passed his days assisting with the scientists' experiments, watching the distant blue world outside his habitat window, dreaming of the endless possibilities that awaited him there.
But his life was thrown into chaos when the other gorillas led an uprising, killed the mission scientists, and claimed the colony for their own. Taking on the name of his beloved human caretaker, Winston built a makeshift rocket and escaped to Earth. There he found a new home with Overwatch, an organization that represented everything he had come to admire about humanity. Winston was finally able to live up to the heroic ideal that had been instilled in him.[1]
Overwatch
Winston designs the chronal accelerator
While with Overwatch, Winston fought and defeated Doomfist.[3] He was also responsible for designing the chronal accelerator, providing a solution to Tracer's chronal disassociation.[4]
Post-Overwatch
Winston back in action
Now with the fall of Overwatch, Winston again went into seclusion, once again cut off from the world he believes in, but longing for the days of heroism to return.[1] He had such a chance when Reaper and Widowmaker attempted to retrieve Doomfist's gauntlet. Teaming up with Tracer however, he was able to stop the heist, and engaged in pursuit of the villains.[3]
As part of his intent to reform Overwatch, Winston headed for Watchpoint: Gibraltar, an old Overwatch outpost that had once stood guard over the Mediterannean. He intended to launch a satellite drone in an effort to restore Overwatch's communications network.[5]
Winston Gameplay Video
Trivia
The Winston statue
- Winston was one of the hardest characters to animate due to the numerous armor pieces he wears. His rage mode also presented problems due to the changes in movement animation.[6] His design was "top-down" (where developers start with story/art/flavor elements and develop abilities around those ideas afterwards).[7]
- A statue of Winston was present at GamesCom 2015.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Winston, Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed on 2014-12-09
- ↑ 2014-11-24, BlizzCon 2014 – Overwatch Unveiled Panel Transcript. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2015-03-08
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 2014-11-07, Overwatch Cinematic Trailer. YouTube, accessed on 2014-11-30
- ↑ Tracer, Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed on 2014-12-17
- ↑ 2015-03-06, PAX East 2015 Blizzard Panel | Blizzplanet (1/2). YouTUbe, accessed on 2015-03-19
- ↑ 2015-05-27, BlizzCon 2014 – Overwatch Origins Panel Transcript. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2015-05-31
- ↑ 2014-11-24, BlizzCon 2014 – Overwatch Unveiled Panel Transcript. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2015-03-08
- ↑ 2015-08-06, GamesCom 2015 – Overwatch Life-Size Statues by FX Deco Studio. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2015-08-20
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