What abilities arent lore?

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Three years later and i still have no idea how reaper hides his shotguns

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in the short infiltration you can see reaper going all wraithy as he summons a shotgun out of nowhere. it seems he can summon them himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og5-Pm4HNlI&feature=youtu.be 2.23

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It
didn’t end very well in the short.
Wait, someone do the math for me please. Hanzo did fire an arrow that was so powerful, it knocked Genji back and break the paper lantern thing behind him. Not only that, it knocked him back a short distance.

Judging by the fact that Genji is a cyborg, and mechanical parts are not light weight (or it is made of some lightweight and sturdy material which does exist now), How strong are Hanzo’s arms?

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Let’s see:
D.Va:
actually used most of her skills in the short. Ejecting and getting a new one is likely bs though

Orisa:
Arguably fortify is made up, supercharger is definitely, nothing would exist that magicly makes a person do more damage with both guns and melee, especially on a peace loving bot

Reinhardt:
largely checks out except for Earthshatter

Roadhog:
the first that largely does not work out, given the amount of superman strenth pulling a Rein of D’Va mech would take. He takes gas, but it does not “heal” him in universe like that. Possibly Wholehog is fine, if you believe he carries that attachment everywhere

Winston:
laregly ok, he would be able to jump pac and taze, and he did make that barrier. Primal Rage is way more gamey then what was portrayed in shorts though

Hammond:
again most of his skills are believable, if a bit gamey. Minefield is hard to believe unless they are warped in somehow.

Zarya:
actually believable, if you buy into her gun being capable of all that.

Geez that is just the tanks. I might continue this later, kind of fun

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The bow actually amplifies strength of the user. That is why people don’t just throw arrows.

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Still, that is some really, really powerful bow + arm strength.

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Here this might be some thing you are interested in,

https://www.wired.com/2014/12/much-energy-bow-goes-kinetic-energy-arrow/

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Orisa uses fortify in her origin short. and i don’t see why you think supercharger is impossible to exist. it could work the exact same way nano boost, or mercy’s damage boost works. its very believable. if hanzo can summon a dragon for no explained reason i think orisa could increase her allies damage easily.

how is minefield hard to believe? thats nothing unrealistic about it.

why? whats wrong with earth shatter?

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Oh sorry, didn’t know. I wasn’t around when Orisa buildup was happening, just when she got released. I didn’t remember any mention of it so I assumed they were different tech.

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I’m pretty sure every ability ingame is lore. But, the lore variant of any given ability is usually much more powerful. Tracer’s blinking for instance. She seems to have nearly infinite blinks in the cinematics.

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he lived in a radioactive wasteland for 20 years. i’m sure that would make him pretty strong.

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Earthshatter can be seen in the Dragon Slayer comic being used against the biker gang (page 8 of the comic).

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I forget, but in real life or his imagination?

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id say the bubble thing was added later on. Im sure it has something to do with the suit Zarya wears that makes the bubbles work like they do.

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Michael made a statement that Hanzo still posesess the scatter Arrow in the lore iirc. Perhaps hinting that he has multiple Arrow types.