Hero 30 Speculation Thread

Story Discussion
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Now that we have hero 29, and its Ashe, we can move on to speculating on hero 30. Who are the most likely candidates? Who are the least likely? Here are my thoughts:

Top 5 - In no particular order:

  • Maximilien - Everyone’s favourite casino-running Talon-leading omnic. He makes a presence, is a popular choice, and fills that “evil” omnic niche that we have been wanting since launch. For gameplay potential, he can fill a lot of possible roles. Most speculation I hear is gambling related, but I prefer to think of something more along the lines of a mafioso styled kit, complete with a Chicago Monaco Typewriter and a whole De Niro inspired persona.

  • Sanjay Korpal - When we first saw Sanjay, he was Symmetra’s superior and… Really boring. Now he’s on Talon’s council of leaders, and we (or at least I) want to learn more about him. Thanks to his ties with Vishkar, his gameplay potential is seemingly limitless. Tank? Support? Damage? He can be anything you want him to be (but that’s probably tank or support.) Hard Light is such a flexible technology, that it should be hard to make restrictions on what is and isnt possible for Sanjay.

  • Lynx Seventeen - A lot of people like the hacker omnic from Zarya’s comic. Their antenna convey lots of character, they are another omnic, and their ties to hacking bring lots of potential. For gameplay potential, rather than an offensive hacker like Sombra, they could explore supportive hacking functionality, such as CDR or cleansing.

  • The Queen of Junkertown - Welcome to Junkertown! She’s a former mech champion, and is currently the ruler of the destroyed Omnium turned city Junkertown. She has ties to Junkrat, Roadhog, and Hammond, and has potential to further explore the story of the outback, or maybe even tie it in to the rest of the world. Her gameplay potential is also broad. There’s a variety of weapons around her throne, but the biggest thing is her history as mech champion. Maybe she will get an ult that puts her into a mech (Like HotS Tychus), or maybe she will have a very irregular mech like Repulse (concept art, but without the mouth laser) or like the Tallboys (Dishonoured). A mostly exposed attachment of scrap seems very Junker to me.

  • Hamid Faisal - Who is Hamid? He is an archaeologist from Oasis who is currently set up at the dig site on Petra. He also has ties to Ayutthaya and Ilios, which are two of the most detached maps in the lore (the others being tourist traps in California.) Making him playable should allow us to learn more about all these dig sites and why they exist, and more about the rampant archeology in the Overwatch world as a whole. Gameplay wise, Hamid is an unknown. If they want him to be an Indiana Jones styled support with a whip, he can be a support. If he is a Lara Croft styled akimbo pistol dps, sure. If they want him to be a tank in a big excavation suit with laser drills that throws boulders, that works too. He can do anything really, since we dont know a thing about him.

Honourable(?) Mentions:

  • Sven - Torb’s old friend. He was part of the Ironclad guild, and built the massive Titan in Torb’s comic Destroyer, and he had a stun gun in the comic… But he kinda fell off the map since. Maybe we can see him in the future, but I think we need to see Sven pop up again first.

  • MEKA - Casino can explore lore with potential ties to Monaco, Overlord can explore a cool summoner style hero with vertical mobility, D.Mon is extremely popular and can contrast D.Va’s personality, and King has… Uhh… If they want to make a hero who has artillery, King’s an option I guess? There are a lot of them, and they’re a popular group, but if any of them ever become playable, they need time.

  • Ex-Overwatch agents - Emre Sarioglu was a name drop that didn’t really have any lore past him being a Turkish PFC. Fio was a Blackwatch Pilot deployed to Retribution. Mirembe and Kimiko were cameos in Recall and in Legacy. Wildebeest was Recalled and turned into Reinhardt/Orisa/Brigitte. Theres lots of choices but they are all… Really minor, and probably not going to be playable anytime soon if ever.

  • The Dead - I know someone is gonna mention them, so I’m just gonna put my thoughts on them here. Antonio, Sojiro, Harold Winston, Gerard, they’re all dead. And they’re probably gonna stay dead. The whole “Haha, you thought I was dead but I was alive the whole time” plotline that people love to bring up… Is almost entirely abused in universe. Tracer, Widow, Mei, Bastion, Soldier 76, Reaper… Were all thought to be dead in universe, but were first introduced to us as alive, so that plotline didn’t effect the viewer. Even Ana was left with an ambigious fate of “was”, rather than ever being explictly killed off. The only time someone was killed off and later brought back to life was Genji (Killed in Hanzo’s bio, but very prominent as a mysterious cybrog ninja in promotional material), and arguably Orisa (The OR-15s were introduced to us, killed off, and then a week later one was rebuilt by Efi). There isn’t really a need to bring back Antonio or Gerard, and it’s probably better for the plot and character arcs that they stay dead.

  • Liao - Liao is a name and a founder of Overwatch. Maybe they got retconned out of existence when First Strike was cancelled, who knows. But I doubt we will hear more about Liao anytime soon. Maybe after hero 30, but not before.

What are your thoughts? Who are you expecting? Who do you want to see from the lore?

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I feel out of everyone you just mentioned only Sanjay, Max and the Junker queen have any chance of becoming heros.

Sanjay could be possible because i think he has great plot significance. Junker queen and max simply because of popularity in the community, similar to doomfist before his release

Out of all the post launch heroes only brigitte and doomfist were named/known to us from a previous animated short or comic so i think it will be a completely new character like Ashe

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We knew about Ana Amari for a year before she was made playable. Sombra was known for a year (Introduced on map in Dorado), and even that is excluding the 4 month ARG. Doomfist was around since the very first cinematic trailer. Brigitte had many many many appearances, and Hammond was teased in the Horizon Lunar Colony map teasers, and then again when the map was reworked to give him a room.

Orisa was not named, mostly because she literally didn’t exist, but there were many teasers about Numbani, and about omnic quadrapeds (which became the OR15s), but I’ll give you Orisa.

Moira was also not named, but she did get lots of teaser. She was teased in Masquerade as the 5th leader of Talon we saw, and the only one of the 5 we didn’t already know. She also had teasers on Oasis, most noteably a Reaper/Sombra interaction about visiting a friend.

Ashe is the exception when it comes to predicting characters. We had literally nothing to go off on for her, she came out of nowhere. She is the exception. She is not the rule.

I actually think Hamid Faisal is the most likely to be either hero 30 or 31, just based on how Blizzard likes to tease new heroes. His many mysteries in Petra feel very much like the Quien Es Sombra cookie trail.

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I’m thinking the next hero (or HERO 30) will be new to the lore of Overwatch. They can hype up Echo, Liao, TJQ or Max for that matter but I think they will surprise us all.

If they are going for diversity of the characters, it should be South East Asian. There are many countries to be used on the Overwatch lore. I’m a filipino so I should be bias towards my country but there are many SEA country representatives to choose from.

Thailand - I mean they have a map of Thailand in the Overwatch lore in the game now so this one is easy. The culture of Thailand itself is very rich and it is the more popular country of the bunch. The character can be a martial arts trainer with robotic features.

Singapore - Another popular country. Given the technology of Singapore and its former ties with UK and its Chinese roots, this is also a good choice. I mean Overwatch is set in the near future so what better way that it came to a technologically advance country of SEA. They could get a scientist character with ingenious inventions. Who knows?

Malaysia - Pretty much also a no brainer. Malaysia is advertised as “Truly Asia” by the media and it truly is. Culture is rich and diverse. Its cheap. And its also a booming metropolis. They could add a character that’s Dark and mysterious with hood/hijab and all.

Philippines - Bias or not, it can be a suitable choice for the devs. Listen, one can think filipinos as arrogant or corrupt but hey we have are good points too. Our country is very rich in culture so what better way for the devs to explore their next Overwatch character here is the Philippines. The character could be a corrupt politician working for talon to a hardworking lady scientist who develops robotic pets/farm animals as assault waepons like an eagle (The Philippine Eagle) for scouting or a Carabao for riding.

Indonesia - If not for Philippines, I think I’m leaning towards this Country as the next character. Much like my country, Its also rich culturally and with all the rainforest in the world to explore for their next animated short. lol. Kidding aside, Indonesia is an excellent lore building country.

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. I really want to see what’s going on with the excavation team, because Blizz delivered us maps with hints that’s something is going on (the rock tablet in Oasis, Ilios, Ayuttaya, and Petra) and yet we don’t know anything, just a couple of names and shady things.

I know eveyone is pointing Hamid Faisal, but did you noticed the bag with the name Blaise written on it? I want to see some kind of Indiana Jones guy!
Blizzard can give us whatever hero they want with that, they could be old Overwatch agent, some archeology student, adventurer, scientist, bad guy, good guy, Omnic or human, and I really want to see what they’re gonna do with this potential character(s)!

. Echo is going to be a hero, that’s 100% sure, but Jeff said it could take a couple of years so :woman_shrugging: but we’ll see her at some point, she was a concept they had from the begining so…

I’m going to make enemies with my next statement but hey, I don’t really mind :blush: :

I’m not going with the … what’s the name… popular trend?(sorry if it’s not the right word, i’ll edit that later) that Max, Sanjay and the Queen are going to be next.

I don’t want them to. Because from a lore point, “side characters”, and what I mean by that, I mean that important characters that are in the lore but are not be playable yet should remain unplayable.

I want Max and Sanjay be the villains, the guys that are plotting behind without being personnaly invested in the “action/missions”. Yeah, I want to know more about them, but not by them becoming playable :woman_shrugging:

And I feel like the Queen is really “static” : she remains in Junkertown, on her throne. Ok, she was a war hero/revolutionnaire whatever, but unlike the Junkers and Wrekking Ball, who are adventurous and exploring/going to explore the world.

That being said, if the Queen or Sanjay/Max become playable with a good story/plot well that’s ok, but I just don’t want them ruined because they were on the fans expectations for so long :no_mouth:

I felt a bit the same about Brigitte before she was announce, but her hero stroy and backstory made sense because she was Reinhardt squire and was part of his story so =)

But I really want Blizzard to suprise us with new characters, or like they did with Hammond (all the clues were there, it was a hamster and not a monkey, I loved searching all the clues) or Moira.

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I think Junker Queen is in the works since she is one of the most wanted heroes from the fans but probably not hero 30 as she would be a good release for Blizzcon (Blizzcon to me seems like a better reveal than early year’s reveal).

If I’m to think outside the box, a leader of the Los Muertos Gang is a possible “hidden” hero.

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I wonder if Blizzard will plan something special for Hero 30 since it is their 30th hero. Like maybe a live stream event reveal or a mini ARG.

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Speaking of Singapore, its speculated this is where Doomfist was arrested, based on the background of Doomfist Origins.

Who’s to say it’s not Hamid “Blaise” Faisal, or that Blaise is just a brand. But agreed, I want to see this character expanded, it will make a cool design, and expand the lore.

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I mostly meant actually seen in previous comics/shorts but thats alright

You’re right anyway as some were teased heavily or mentioned.

Im still hoping for another unknown hero but im open to anyone as long as theyre interesting

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I posted this on a YT video and it got favorable reviews so here it goes.

Hero 30 can be an anti-stun support hero. One ability he/she has is sort of like Orisa’s fortify, the hero is able to throw an “anti stun” pack at a hero (like how Brig does for her armor packs) and that hero cannot be stunned for 2-3 seconds.

The other ability I haven’t thought of. It can maybe be a healing ability, similar to Lucio’s amp up or Zen’s harmony orb. But the healing wouldn’t be that significant (maybe equal to a Zen orb) since the primary function of this character is anti-stun. Another thought would be providing shield (like Symms former shield gen but maybe not that much shield) for a 2-3 second period on a player.

For the heroes gun/damage output, I haven’t thought of anything. Open to any suggestions.

The ultimate can be a team anti-stun. Like Lucio’s AOE or Brig’s AOE with armor, anyone standing within this heroes AOE for 5-6 seconds cannot be stunned. If we do the shield idea, then anyone in the AOe also gets a small amount of shield. for the duration of the ult and carries onward until the other team damages it off of you (like Brig’s armor in Rally).

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I was not looking for gameplay suggestions for faceless kits. I was looking for character speculation on this story discussion board.

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  • Hero Name - Dreamer
  • Real Name - Unkown
  • Affiliation - Independent
  • Heritage - Greenland
  • Age - 41
  • Relations to other heros - Good friends with Zenyatta, Dreamer was a student of Zenyatta a couple of years before genji. knows about doomfist and Efi Oladele, listens to Lucios music.
  • Summary of backstory - He grew up in Greenland with a loving family and lhe learned alot in school, he was more than 5 years ahead of everyone else in his class, he knew english fluently and over 50 digits of pi at 4 years of age, when he was 5 he fled from his home to “become greater”, he had his own shack that he made different inventions, and he had been working on a plane for a while, he said to himself: “today is the day that i test the plane, and fly to atlantis!” The plane had all sorts of abillities, wich are powerful in their own way, and some are kinda useless, but anyway he called his plane, Then he started the motor of the plane, that was now out on the big frozen lake right outside of the shack, and he flew. He flew so far, He felt the air flowing through his long, braded hair. He had made his own working power generator, that gets power by wind, so the plane could fly forever, after a while he saw land. He saw a big palace. He landed. He then stepped out of the plane and was greeted by Zenyatta, and as he had never seen an omnic before, he was frightened. He ran away, and he found a cave and hid in it, he then got out his portable bed, and his plushie called “Fadi”, a brown bear. He ate some food that he had with him and then went to sleep, Zenyatta was very worried for the new kid. He was searching for him all night, and of course he found him. Zenyatta picked the boy up, and took him to his secret room. (new 3v3 map perhaps?) When the little boy waked up he was very scared, but zenyatta meditated and that made him feel calmer. After that they became very good friends and Zenyatta discovered many things about the young boy, but there was one thing that he never said, His name…
  • Category - Support
    Gameplay Details
    HP - 200 (150 hp, 25 sheild, 25 armor)
    Primary fire - Slime launcher - Shoots out green pools of slime that slowly damages the enemy and reduces speed by 60%. takes 1 ammo per slime pool, has 15 pools before reload. he has a 4 second reload, giving him the longest reload in the game to date.
    Secondary Fire - Magic Grenades - Dreamer throws a grenade that heals allies that you hit and reduces all of their ability cooldowns by 6 seconds - takes 10 ammo.
    Lshift/Ability 1 - Brade swing - he starts spinning and his long brades (that are now down to hes feet) grab on to any enemies that gets in its way, and throws them away after 2 seconds, 4 second cooldown.
    E/Ability 2 - Calculate - Gives an ally a pair of glasses that predict where the shot is going to go. works well with junkrat. 8 second cooldown.
    Q/Ultimate - Fly Away - “Im going to atlantis” calls the plane and gets in to it, now he is basically d.va with unlimited boosters, the plane has 1500 HP (500 HP and 1000 armor), its active for 30 seconds, while that seems like a while, its a very weak ult. The plane is primarily used to boop of enemies of the map, as it has a big knockback scalar, it has two abilities, “Smokefield” throws out smokebombs from the bottom of the plane, which creates a field of smoke for 10 seconds, which Dreamer can use once during the ultimate, and “Restore” which gives the plane full HP, which is on a 25 second cooldown, so if you use it once in the first five seconds u can use it twice.
    Passive - Believe - gives everyone in a small radius 2 sheild (very slowly declining) for every damage they take.
    Other Information - nope, i have alot to tell you about Dreamer, but thats it for now. if you want to know more you can reply with questions and i will aswer them.
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as a swede i would like this. alot.

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Out of who we know from the story already, Sanjay is probably the only one I’m interested in right now, from a lore perspective I’m wanting more characters from either talon or overwatch to flesh out the story a bit more

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Echo is probably going to be a support and since she is confirmed not to be Hero 30, it’s most likely going to be a tank.

I am thinking D.Mon or Junkertown Queen.

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Maybe I should have specified that, when I said faceless kits, I meant no OCs. This is the story discussion board, and I wanted to talk about the characters in the story and their odds to become playable, not some OC.

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Quite a few of the named NPCs would make for interesting heroes. I’d most like to see Hamid (or one of the other archaeologists) so we can learn about what they’re digging for.

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Sven is an interesting character that they could explore, and Chu expressed interest in revisiting the character. He would be a welcome addition in my eyes.

Agreed, Sanjay is who I am looking forward to most, ever since he was revealed to be on Talon’s council. Not only does he have limitless gameplay potential, he can show us more about Talon, the council of leaders, and its influence on Vishkar. He might even tell us more about Lucio’s dad or Utopaea.

Personally, I would put Junker Queen over D.Mon. The MEKA members still feel too fresh to me, and D.Mon as a gameplay design doesn’t feel all that compelling to me. My mind could definitely change, but I just see her as requested because its the only other girl in the squad, who can contrast D.Va’s personality.

I would give MEKA as a whole… 2020 at the earliest. Theres so many to choose from, they all have interesting designs that can develop new things for many things (Casino for Lore, D.Mon for Character, Overlord for Gameplay, King for… He’s kinda lame imo, but works as an artillery tank).

Yes! Hamid can tell us so much about, not only the digsite in Petra, but also in Thailand and Ilios. I wonder if he has ties to Talon as well. Athena has her voiceline on Ilios about Talon unearthing an artifact, but the tablets on Petra imply that the archaeologists from Oasis have been working up there instead. Perhaps they are one and the same? Maybe all of Oasis is Talon funded, and not just Moira and (potentially) the archaeologists.

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I’m kind of hoping we get a dude, been a long while since a human male, plus either of those characters will probabaly end up having widowmaker face.

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If by “Widowmaker face” you mean the one Ashe has, which is nowhere close to Widowmaker, I’d be perfectly fine with that