Members of the Overwatch 2 team discuss the game's 39th hero Mauga, a fiery tank brawler with a nasty new ult.
Quick Links Mauga is large and ferociously in charge. Overwatch 2’s newest tank hails from Samoa and is a force to be reckoned with, a high-damage brawler wielding two chainguns and one of the game’s most intimidating new ultimates, Cage Fight.
BlizzCon 2023 saw a small panel discuss Mauga’s creation and explore his new kit and application , including Hudson, Lead Hero Designer Alec Dawson, Senior Test Analyst Foster Elmendorf, and Senior Character Artist Rakan Khamash. As the chat began, players around the world had the chance to test Mauga themselves over the BlizzCon weekend in advance of his proper introduction to the game near the end of the year.
Gunny is an incendiary chaingun, and will proc burning tick-damage after steadily firing on an enemy. Cha-cha is a “volatile chaingun,” which will cause critical damage on enemies which are already burning. While the two guns can be fired simultaneously, smartly managing burn and crit potential adds a fresh mechanical layer and rewards accurately tracked combatants for Mauga players.
The ultimate is a ring around him, so if you can get above it, you can shoot down into it pretty effectively. So, Pharah from a distance is pretty solid. If you can get Widowmaker up on a ledge from a distance, she can fire into it. I think those kinds of things will develop over time. But there are definitely pretty clear counters, once you get used to it.
“Any heal that doesn't go through the barrier won't go through it. If you're outside of it and you throw Moira's orb into it, the orb will go through it because it's a barrier. But if you're Ana and stuck outside of it, you can't heal your friends unless you commit to being inside of it, too.
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