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*Tracer is the 'mascot character' of ''Overwatch'',<ref>2015-03-13, [http://overwatch.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/pax-east-2015-overwatch-hands-on-review PAX East 2015 Overwatch Hands-On Preview]. ''Blizzplanet'', accessed on 2015-03-2015</ref> and its centerpiece hero. She has been called the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone Rosetta Stone]" of the game. Her design used to include a jacket.<ref>2015-05-27, [http://overwatch.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/blizzcon-2014-overwatch-origins-panel-transcript/4 BlizzCon 2014 – Overwatch Origins Panel Transcript]. ''Blizzplanet'', accessed on 2015-05-31</ref>
  
*Tracer is the 'mascot character' of ''Overwatch'',<ref>2015-03-13, [http://overwatch.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/pax-east-2015-overwatch-hands-on-review PAX East 2015 Overwatch Hands-On Preview]. ''Blizzplanet'', accessed on 2015-03-2015</ref> and its centerpiece hero. She has been called the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone Rosetta Stone]" of the game. Her design used to include a jacket.<ref>2015-05-27, [http://overwatch.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/blizzcon-2014-overwatch-origins-panel-transcript/4 BlizzCon 2014 – Overwatch Origins Panel Transcript]. ''Blizzplanet'', accessed on 2015-05-31</ref>
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*Tracer is the first hero to be confirmed to appear as a hero in ''[http://heroesofthestorm.gamepedia.com/Heroes_of_the_Storm Heroes of the Storm]''.<ref name="Game">{{cite web|url=http://www.game.co.uk/en/m/overwatch-318723?pageSize=40&errorViewName=mProductDisplayErrorView&searchTerm=Overwatch&top_category=|title=Game.come - Overwatch Origins Edition|accessdate=2015-11-05}}</ref>
   
 
*A Tracer statue will go on sale at some point in the future.<ref>2015-07-10, [http://heroes.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/sdcc-2015-blizzard-booth-photos SDCC 2015 – Blizzard Booth Photos]. ''Blizzplanet'', accessed on 2015-07-26</ref>
  
*A Tracer statue will go on sale at some point in the future.<ref>2015-07-10, [http://heroes.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/sdcc-2015-blizzard-booth-photos SDCC 2015 – Blizzard Booth Photos]. ''Blizzplanet'', accessed on 2015-07-26</ref>

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Tracer


Tracer-portrait

"Cheers, Love! The Cavalry's Here!"

Real Name
 Lena Oxton
Age
 26
Occupation
 Adventurer
Affiliation
 Overwatch (formerly)
Role
 Offense
Health
 150


Tracer is an Offense hero in Overwatch.

Summary

With a unique ability to control the speed of her own passage through time, Tracer zips and blinks around the battlefield, eluding attackers and sneaking past defenses. A perfect skirmisher hero, Tracer is fragile but hard to hit, keeping one step ahead of her attackers while she harasses and harries the enemy team. Tracer excels at getting behind enemy lines, but it is inadvisable to move her through chokepoints.[1] Should she find herself blinking into an ambush, she can rewind time to her position and state a few seconds earlier, giving her a second chance.

The developers consider Tracer to have one of the most unique play styles in Overwatch.[2]

Official tips

Abilities

Tracer's abilities are regulated by energy.[3]

Ability Icon Description
Pulse Pistols Ability-tracer1 Tracer rapid-fires both of her pistols.
Blink Ability-tracer2 Tracer zips horizontally through space in the direction she’s moving, and reappears several yards away. She stores up to three charges of the blink ability and generates more every few seconds.
Recall Ability-tracer3 Tracer bounds backward in time, returning her health, ammo and position on the map to precisely where they were a few seconds before.
Pulse Bomb
(Ultimate ability) 		Ability-tracer4 Tracer lobs a large bomb that adheres to any surface or unfortunate opponent it lands on. After a brief delay, the bomb explodes, dealing high damage to all enemies within its blast radius.

Strategy

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Story

Icon-tracer
"Cheers, Love! The Cavalry's Here!"

The former Overwatch agent known as Tracer is a time-jumping adventurer and an irrepressible force for good.[4]

Overwatch

" So, you want to hear my story. It all started a few years ago. Overwatch was looking for a hotshot pilot to test their next-generation teleporting fighter: The Slipstream. Enter: Lena Oxton (call sign: “Tracer”). [giggles] That’s me! It was the opportunity I had trained for my whole life. But on my first flight, the teleportion matrix malfunctioned; and I disappeared."
TracerSlipstream

Tracer by the Slipstream

Lena Oxton (call sign: "Tracer") was the youngest person ever inducted into Overwatch's experimental flight program. Known for her fearless piloting skills, she was handpicked to test the prototype of a teleporting fighter, the Slipstream. But during its first flight, the aircraft's teleportation matrix malfunctioned, and it disappeared. Lena was presumed dead.

Tracer-chronal

Tracer, suffering from chronal disassociation

She reappeared months later, but her ordeal had greatly changed her: her molecules had been desynchronized from the flow of time. Suffering from "chronal disassociation," she was a living ghost, disappearing for hours and days at a time. Even for the brief moments she was present, she was unable to maintain physical form.

Overwatch's doctors and scientists were stumped, and Tracer's case seemed hopeless until a scientist named Winston designed the chronal accelerator, a device capable of keeping Tracer anchored in the present. In addition, it gave Tracer the ability to control her own time, allowing her to speed it up and slow it down at will. With her newfound skills, she became one of Overwatch's most effective agents.[4]

Post-Overwatch

"You know, the world could always use more heroes."

Since Overwatch's dissolution, Tracer continued to right wrongs and fight the good fight wherever the opportunity presented itself.[4] Such an opportunity came when Widowmaker and Reaper attacked a museum, trying to steal Doomfist's gauntlet. Tracer fought them alongside Winston. The villains were forced to retreat. Tracer complimented two young boys that had helped her in the aftermath, commenting that the world could always use more heroes.[5]

Tracer Gameplay Videos

Trivia

Tracer-statue

Tracer statue

  • Tracer is the 'mascot character' of Overwatch,[7] and its centerpiece hero. She has been called the "Rosetta Stone" of the game. Her design used to include a jacket.[8]
  • A Tracer statue will go on sale at some point in the future.[10]
  • Tracer conceptually began with the idea of a hero that blinked across the map.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 2015-08-08, GAMESCOM LIVESTREAM PANEL W/ THE DEVS. Blizzpro, accessed on 2015-08-22
  2. ↑ 2015-10-16, Overwatch Pre-Beta Livestream Recap. Overpwn, accessed on 2015-10-17
  3. ↑ 2014-11-24, BlizzCon 2014 – Overwatch Unveiled Panel Transcript. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2015-03-08
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Tracer, Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed on 2014-12-17
  5. ↑ 2014-11-07, Overwatch Cinematic Trailer. YouTube, accessed on 2014-11-30
  6. ↑ 2014-01-19, OVERWATCH EASTER EGG IN HEROES OF THE STORM. Blizzpro, accessed on 2015-02-01
  7. ↑ 2015-03-13, PAX East 2015 Overwatch Hands-On Preview. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2015-03-2015
  8. ↑ 2015-05-27, BlizzCon 2014 – Overwatch Origins Panel Transcript. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2015-05-31
  9. ↑ Game.come - Overwatch Origins Edition. Retrieved on November 5, 2015.
  10. ↑ 2015-07-10, SDCC 2015 – Blizzard Booth Photos. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2015-07-26
  11. ↑ 2015-08-08, GAMESCOM LIVESTREAM PANEL W/ THE DEVS. Blizzpro, accessed on 2015-08-22

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