I see a new clarity in your eyes.
The Overwatch team has been working on Hero 31 for a while, now. And the time has finally come that he can be revealed. This is finally the day of Sigma.
Brilliant astrophysicist Dr. Siebren de Kuiper’s life changed forever when an experiment gone wrong gave him the ability to control gravity; now, Talon manipulates him to their own ends.
De Kuiper was considered a pioneer in his field. His life’s work involved devising a way to harness the power of gravity. Equally known for his groundbreaking research and eccentric personality, he conducted most of his studies from his lab in The Hague. Believing that he was close to achieving his goal, he performed his most important experiment on an international space station.
But something went wrong, triggering the brief formation of a black hole. De Kuiper was only exposed to its power for a moment, but he suffered serious psychological damage. The area around him began to experience strange fluctuations in gravity, peaking and dropping in time with his reactions. He had to be evacuated immediately.
Upon returning to Earth, De Kuiper was quarantined in a secret government facility. Between his ravings about the patterns of the universe, the psychic damage he sustained, and the gravitic anomalies happening around him, he was deemed unsafe and detained for years under the name “Subject Sigma.” Isolated and unable to control his powers, De Kuiper retreated into his own mind. He thought he would never see the outside world again.
When Talon discovered De Kuiper’s existence, they infiltrated the facility and broke him out, planning to use his brilliance and research to further their plans. In their custody, De Kuiper slowly gained control of his powers. Now, gravity moved according to his will, and he was closer than ever to achieving his life’s goal. But the same experiment that had opened his mind had also fractured it, and he struggled to keep the pieces together.
De Kuiper continues to develop his powers in hopes of unlocking the secrets of the universe, unaware that Talon is using both him and his research.
Sigma will be the first Talon tank we’ve had. And more importantly, he’s actually bringing a few removed abilities back in his kit, with a twist.
Namely, he has a more controllable version of Symmetra’s old barrier ability, and his primary fire functions similarly to Hanzo’s scatter, only it creates an AoE effect after a certain distance post-bounce. His ultimate has similar targeting to Doomfist’s ult, too. He does have abilities that aren’t just a spin on those oldies but goldies, though. Kinetic Grasp allows him to gather incoming projectiles and convert them to armor, and Accretion gathers debris and uses it to knock opponents down.
Sigma is in the PTR right now, so it shouldn’t be too long until he goes live proper.
Source: Polygon
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