…And Steals an Artifact
Recap for people who haven’t seen the Season 13 trailer: at the end, blue team’s spawn for Oasis University is shown. The big spiky goo thing hovering at the center of the room has seemingly popped and purple shards are all over the room. Phreak left his tag behind, but it’s plural (Phreaks) rather than singular, implying a gang rather than just the one guy was behind this.
What these guys wanted with the mysterious spiky goo crystals is obviously unknown. I doubt we’ll be getting many hints until we actually play the new tank, but the old concept art for Phreak could have some clues. The abilities they listed for him were: Cannon, Stomp, and Attract. I’m thinking the crystals would work best with the ‘cannon’ ability, like him firing a bunch of projectiles for a short period, sort of like Bastion’s old ult. Could even do some light DOT where they land to work as his space control. Stomp seems like a Mauga thing, and Attract has already been done for Zarya’s ult and Orisa’s old Halt.
But again, that concept art was from back in early stages of planning when the game was still called Titan. Who knows how much of his initial design will carry over to now. I imagine Moira’s gonna be pissed about the break-in either way lol.