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Echo hits the Overwatch test realm as a damage dealing copycatSay it again
Say it again
A whole year-and-a-bit after she wasfirst teased in Ashe’s reveal trailer, flying holo-faced robot Echo is finally playable inOverwatch. Well, the test realm, at least. An Echo in more than name, Blizzard’s latest brawler is a flying robot thief who can nab any other hero’s abilities with her unprecedented ultimate.
If you want to get your hands on Echo’s toolset, head on over to theOverwatchPTR and, well… hope to god your match loads faster than the rest of your team. You know the rules. New character on the test realm means it’s fastest fingers first.
You can learn something from every situation.Echo is now testing on the PTR!✈️https://t.co/TDhOnSDFOFpic.twitter.com/zWBdl2E8Wj— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch)March 19, 2020
You can learn something from every situation.
Echo is now testing on the PTR!
✈️https://t.co/TDhOnSDFOFpic.twitter.com/zWBdl2E8Wj
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch)March 19, 2020
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Besides being able to fly briefly (and glide indefinitely), Echo’s big twist is her ultimate ability, Duplicate. This lets her become an opposing hero for a few seconds. During this time, her ultimate generates 500% faster, letting her line up and fire off any other ultimate in the game. That’s wild. I can’t even begin to guess how this’ll pan out in competitive play.
The rest of her kit works well enough. A volley of Sticky Bombs that explode after a short delay, and a terrifying Focusing Beam that does quadruple damage against targets with under half health. Brutal damage-dealers, if a little less characterful than outright nicking people’s stuff like the flying crime robot Echo makes out to be.
Read more about her abilitieson the Overwatch site.
Revealed earlier this week, Echo is Overwatch’s first new hero sinceSigma graced us with his floating toeslast year. Expect Echo to fly around on the test realm for a few weeks before hitting the game’s live servers.
