So I recently posted my idea for a siren themed character for Overwatch and I decided to revamp it a bit. I want to preface this by saying that my ideas for this character are very personal and largely based around my personality and wants from a character. I wanted the basis of the siren to be someone who manipulates emotions and has a grasp of the human mind and persuasion. I would love a character who is pretty androgynous and mysterious. I feel like Blizzard does a great job with diversity and would be a great place for a character like this.
Also- This is in no way a complete version, I welcome feedback greatly.
Name- Siren
Age- 26
Occupation- Former psychology student experimented on to act as a weapon for Talon.
Affiliation- Talon, but wishes to help Overwatch.
Siren has always been fascinated by the mind and spent his early years of college focusing on social psychology. During his study he found himself very intrigued by persuasion and empathy. The subtle ways in which humans can be influenced through emotion drove most of his research. Talon gained knowledge of his research and before he could finish his studies he was taken to their facility and tortured for his insights. He wouldn’t willingly participate, and since they couldn’t get the information from him to fuel weapons they would turn him into a weapon instead. Now brainwashed by similar methods to Widowmaker he is one of their most formiddable assets. His ability to manipulate the emotions of others has given Talon the edge in many situations. Where Widowmaker was made devoid of emotion, Siren is encouraged to utilize them fully.
Primary fire- Fast moving light projectiles that emit from a specialized weapon glove.
Ability 1- Rapport- Siren creates an empathic link with an ally and converts damage done during rapport into healing and can switch targets similar to mercy beam targeting. Can press the alternate fire to release a burst heal equivalent to the damage dealt during link.
Ability 2- Impress me- Upon activation Siren reduces the cooldowns of their linked ally by a quarter. (Example- Zarya bubble cooldown goes from 10 seconds to 2.5 for one use.) This ability has a 12 second cooldown itself and only works on abilities that haven’t been activated yet in order to keep with the timing.
Ability 3- Charm- Siren blows a kiss projectile at an enemy and upon impact the enemy’s damage is halved for the next 5.5 seconds. (This ability works like sleep dart, except it reduces damage instead of completely incapacitates the target)
Ultimate- Empathy- Siren creates an empathic link with the enemy team in a certain radius so any damage they deal while linked is dealt back at half the power. (Example- If a link is created with a widowmaker and she deals a fully charged headshot she will receive 150 damage back) The enemies can leave the radius, so this works to either punish aggression and lack of strategy, or to create space and prevent a push.