It’s been less than a week since Jeff Kaplan made the announcement of the newest addition to the Overwatch roster, and Moira is already live on the game’s public test region. Moira, along with a few other hero changes and minor bug fixes, went live into test today. The DFTG team gave her a quick test run in and really enjoy her playstyle.

Moira, who joins the support class, is a former member of Overwatch/Blackwatch and an inner council member of the terrorist organization Talon. Being a geneticist, players can see her ability to wield both healing properties for her team and also darker abilities to take the life of her enemies too. These dualistic properties can be seen in many of her moves including her ultimate which shoots a long-range beam that can heal friendlies and damage enemies, at the same time. Take a look at her abilities in action:

Here is a look at the moves Moira has at her disposal:

Biotic Grasp: Using her left hand, Moira expends biotic energy to heal allies in front of her. Her right hand fires a long-range beam weapon that saps enemies’ health, healing Moira and replenishing her biotic energy.

Biotic Orb: Moira launches a rebounding biotic sphere; she can choose between a regeneration effect that heals the allies it passes through, or a decay effect that deals damage to enemies.

Fade: Moira quickly teleports a short distance.

Coalescence: Moira channels a long-range beam that both heals allies and bypasses barriers to damage her enemies.

The Talon geneticist is not the only thing released in PTR, below are the patch notes for the latest PTR patch from Blizzard:

PATCH HIGHLIGHTS

New Hero: Moira (Support)

Wielding both regenerative and degenerative technologies at her fingertips, Moira O’Deorain is Talon’s ambitious geneticist who seeks to rewrite the building blocks of humanity by any means necessary.

Moira’s cutting-edge capabilities make her a mobile healer and damage dealer capable of adapting to any situation. Her main attack is Biotic Grasp, which she can use to either heal allies or sap an enemy’s life force. Biotic Grasp’s primary fire sprays a cone of energy that heals all teammates within range, draining biotic energy while active, which will replenish slowly over time. Her alternate fire is a beam that tethers to the closest enemy, dealing damage and siphoning health. Draining her foes’ health regenerates Moira’s biotic energy even faster, allowing more healing for her allies.

Her Biotic Orb ability launches a sphere of energy that bounces around the battlefield, healing nearby allies or damaging enemies until it dissipates. Fade enables Moira to disappear out of sight and into the shadows, granting her a sprint and making her invulnerable for its duration. When Moira’s ultimate is ready to be unleashed, she can cast Coalescence—a powerful, long-range beam of chaotic energy that pierces through barriers to heal allies or damage enemies in its path.

HERO UPDATES

Ana.

• Biotic Rifle
  • Damage increased from 60 to 70

Mercy

• Resurrect
  • Cast time increased from 0 seconds to 1.75 seconds
  • Mercy’s movement speed is now reduced by 75% while casting
  • Can now be interrupted when Mercy is knocked back, stunned, or hacked
• Valkyrie
  • When activated, Resurrection no longer has a cast time
  • While active, casting Resurrect does not reduce Mercy’s movement speed

BUG FIXES

General

• Fixed several issues that prevented the announcer voice lines from playing correctly in Competitive, Elimination, and Capture the Flag game modes
• Fixed a bug that caused the announcer’s “player eliminated” voice line to play for the eliminated player
• Fixed a bug that caused the announcer’s attack and defense voice lines to play for the incorrect team
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from progressing past the Helix Rocket demonstration in the tutorial

A.I.

• Fixed an issue that affected the Bastion Bot’s movement when defending Objective A on Eichenwalde
• Fixed a bug that prevented bots from defending Objective A on certain maps

Heroes

• Fixed an issue that prevented Junkrat’s RIP-Tire from casting properly while jumping
• Fixed an issue causing Roadhog’s Chain Hook to latch on to enemy players for longer than intended
• Fixed an issue that made Roadhog’s Chain Hook appear to come from off screen

Maps

• Fixed a bug that caused some objects to uncharacteristically fly across the room when shot on Horizon Lunar Colony

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