A rebranded Overwatch keeps expanding as a new season of Reign of Talon is about to release on April 14, bringing with it a new DPS hero, Sierra, who seems like a crossover between several existing heroes, for better or for worse.
Sierra was announced today, April 9, and is going to be available with the release of the second Reign of Talon season on April 14, i.e., this coming Tuesday. She is a fast, lethally precise DPS who can utilize grappling hooks, apparent auto-aim, and a carpet-bombing ultimate that can blow the entire enemy team sky high.
From the onset, she appears like a crossover between Pharah, Soldier 76, and Widowmaker, utilizing one ability from each of their kits. The grappling hook is a spitting image of Widowmaker’s selfsame ability, the aim assist is straight ripped out of Soldier’s ultimate, and the carpet bombing bit is all too reminiscent of Pharah’s own AOE rocket barrage. At any rate, she is a new hero, a blazingly fast one at that, who will almost certainly prove way too disruptive for a Widowmaker main such as myself.
What sets Sierra apart from these heroes is her reliance on her drone, Dorothy, which both lets her grapple onto it and aids her in battle. On top of the mentioned abilities, Sierra also seems to have a basic impact grenade that deals damage in a cone, allowing her to chunk several enemies at once, even if she doesn’t have her Ultimate on standby.
The auto-aiming ability has an extra quirk that requires Sierra to land a “targeting” dart onto an enemy before she is allowed to auto-aim them to death, so that’s at least one extra hurdle she’ll have to hop over to gain access to another hero’s literal Ultimate ability.
Either way, we’ll see how and to what extent Sierra will impact the Overwatch meta, though something tells me she is going to be way over-tuned and overpowered on release, which is something I am thoroughly not looking forward to.
Overwatch‘s Season 2: Summit launches on April 14.
