Lego Overwatch

Lego Overwatch is a Lego theme based on the video game of the same name, licensed from Blizzard Entertainment. The theme was first introduced in 2018.[1][2][3]

Lego Overwatch
SubjectOverwatch
Licensed fromBlizzard Entertainment
Availability2018–Present
Total sets9
CharactersBastion, D.Va, Genji, Hammond, Hanzo, Jesse McCree, Junkrat, Mercy, Pharah, Reaper, Reinhardt, Roadhog, Shimada Henchmen, Soldier: 76, Tracer, Widowmaker and Winston
Official website

Premise
Main article: Overwatch (video game)

The theme focused on fictional Overwatch team, battling against the "Omnics". Set sixty years into the future of a fictionalized Earth, thirty years after the resolution of what is known as the "Omnic Crisis."[4] Before the Omnic Crisis, humanity had been in a golden age of prosperity and technology development. Humans developed robots with artificial intelligence called "Omnics", which were put to use to achieve economic equality, and began to be treated as people in their own right. The Omnic Crisis began when the worldwide automated "omnium" facilities that produced them started producing a series of lethal, hostile robots that attacked humankind. Initially, individual countries responded with various programs: the United States developed its Soldier Enhancement Program to produce elite fighters, for example, while Germany assembled the knight-like Crusaders. When these efforts failed to ward off the Omnics, the United Nations quickly formed Overwatch, an international task force combining these individual programs to combat this threat and restore order.[5]

Characters
Main article: Characters of Overwatch
  • Bastion: He is a combat robot-turned-explorer. It can Reconfigure between a mobile form outfitted with a submachine gun (Configuration: Recon) and a stationary form equipped with a Gatling gun (Configuration: Sentry). It also has the ability to Self-Repair and quickly regain lost health, and its Ironclad passive reduces damage taken.[6] It is usually accompanied by a small bird named Ganymede, who was building a nest on it when it reactivated, and both humanizes Bastion and makes it relatable.[lower-alpha 1]
  • D.Va: Her real name Hana Song, is a South Korean mecha pilot and former pro gamer from Busan. She pilots a combat mecha armed with twin Fusion Cannons, shotgun-like weapons that require no ammunition or reload time. Her mecha is equipped with rocket Boosters for short bursts of flight, as well as a Defense Matrix that allows it to shoot enemy projectiles out of the air. She can also fire a volley of Micro-Missiles that do splash damage on impact. D.Va's ultimate ability, Self-Destruct, overloads and detonates her mecha, dealing massive damage to all enemies in a huge radius within line of sight. If her mech is destroyed (either by her ultimate or in combat), she ejects and continues to fight on foot, armed with a mid-range Light Gun, until her mecha can be summoned again.[9]
  • Genji Shimada: He is a Japanese cyborg ninja. His main attack method is to throw three Shurikens, either in quick succession or simultaneously in a horizontal spread. His abilities are Swift Strike, a quick dashing lunge with good range, and Deflect, a defensive stance that briefly ricochets projectiles back at enemies with his wakizashi. His Cyber-Agility allows him to double-jump and run up walls. Genji's ultimate ability is Dragonblade, during which Genji unsheathes the odachi on his back and delivers powerful, sweeping melee attacks. In his origin story, Genji transforms from a slacker to a superhero.[10][11] His family—the Japanese Shimada crime family—ordered his eldest brother Hanzo to kill Genji for his selfish and hedonistic behavior (as shown in the short Dragons[12][13]and referenced in-game Hanamura map by a shrine devoted to Genji.). Before he could die, Overwatch found him and their chief doctor, Mercy, restored Genji as a cyborg. After quelling the rogue artificial intelligence in the first Omnic Crisis, Genji left the Overwatch team to find peace with his new body, mentored by the Omnic Shambali monk Zenyatta.When Winston reactivates Overwatch years after the first Omnic Crisis, Genji is one of the first to return.[5] [14]
  • Hammond: He is a super-intelligent hamster mechanic and adventurer, who competes in battles piloting a large spherical mech suit with two forms: a quadrupedal form used for firing his Quad Cannons, his main attack, and a nearly perfectly spherical form which gives him the ability to Roll around the battlefield but without any primary attack. He can engage a temporary Adaptive Shield that increase in strength with the more enemies that are nearby. He can use a Grappling Claw to attach to a surface, switching the mech to its Roll form, and which he can then swing around, gaining momentum and damage enemies in his path, and release at any time. He can execute a Piledriver that slams his mech into the ground, damaging and launching nearby enemies into the air. Hammond's ultimate is Minefield, which deploys a number of proximity mines around him that damage opponents.[15][16]
  • Hanzo Shimada: He is a Japanese archer, assassin and mercenary. He wields the Storm Bow and is equipped with specialized arrows, including Sonic Arrows to detect enemies and Storm Arrows to fire six weaker shots in rapid succession. He is also able to Wall Climb, enabling him to reach vantage points, and Lunge forward while in mid-air. His ultimate ability is Dragonstrike, in which he unleashes a spiraling spirit dragon that can travel through obstacles to deal damage in a straight line. Hanzo is the elder brother of Genji, and the heir to the head of the Shimada clan.[17]
  • Jesse McCree: He is an American bounty hunter and vigilante with a cybernetic arm and a Wild West motif. He carries his Peacekeeper six-shooter, with its primary fire that can shoot single shots with high accuracy at moderate range, and its alternate fire allowing him to Fan the Hammer to quickly unload any remaining ammo at close range in rapid fire with some loss of accuracy. He can quickly dodge attacks using his Combat Roll ability which also instantly reloads his revolver, and can throw a Flashbang grenade a short distance which stuns enemies and interrupts their abilities. McCree's ultimate ability is Deadeye, which allows him to line up shots on every enemy in his sight, with resulting damage proportional to the time spent aiming.[18]
  • Junkrat: His real name Jamison Fawkes, is an Australian scavenger, mercenary and anarchist. He carries a Frag Launcher that fires grenades and employs Steel Traps and remote-detonated Concussion Mines; when he is killed, several primed grenades are released from his body in a final attempt to get back at the attacker (Total Mayhem). Junkrat's ultimate ability is RIP-Tire, a self-propelled truck wheel loaded with explosives that he's able to manually steer and detonate.[19] [20][21]
  • Mercy: Her real name Angela Ziegler, is a Swiss field medic and first responder. She wears a winged Valkyrie suit, which allows her to rush towards targeted teammates through the air (Guardian Angel), as well as slow her own descent while falling (Angelic Descent). She wields a Caduceus Staff that alternately heals her teammates or boosts their damage output, and also carries a medium-range Caduceus Blaster as a sidearm. Her Resurrect ability allows her to revive one fallen ally. Her ultimate ability is Valkyrie, which boosts her healing and attack boosts, firing rate, Resurrect cooldown, gives her the ability to fly, and gives her infinite ammunition for a brief period.
  • Pharah: Her real name Fareeha Amari (Arabic: فريحة أمري‎, romanized: farihat 'amri), is an Egyptian security officer. She wears the Raptora Mark VI, a jetpack-equipped combat suit, and wields a Rocket Launcher as her primary weapon. She has a Wedjat (Eye of Horus) tattoo around her right eye. Her abilities are Concussive Blast, a rocket with powerful knockback but no damage, and Jump Jets, a quick jetpack-assisted vertical ascension comparable to a rocket jump. Her passive ability allows her to Hover in the air, which is paired well with her Jump Jets ability. Pharah's ultimate ability is Barrage, where she fires a continuous stream of small air-to-ground rockets at targets, while she is frozen still in place. [22]
  • Reaper: His real name Gabriel Reyes, is an American mercenary and terrorist, originally a founding member of Overwatch, now a leading member of Talon. He is attired in a black hooded trenchcoat with a white skull mask and wields twin Hellfire Shotguns. His abilities are Shadow Step, a medium-range line of sight teleport, and Wraith Form, a brief period of invincibility and speed increase. He was able to heal himself by consuming the souls of fallen enemies, visible as red burning "Soul Globes" on the ground but later was changed to a passive ability called The Reaping which allows him to steal a 30% heal from the damage he deals. Reaper's ultimate ability is Death Blossom, a twin shotgun gun kata which deals massive damage in a short radius around him.[23][24][25] [26][27]
  • Reinhardt Wilhelm: He is a German soldier and adventurer, and one of the founding members of Overwatch. He wears a heavy suit of Crusader power armor, and carries a rocket-powered war hammer (Rocket Hammer) as his primary weapon. His main ability is a wide hard-light Barrier Field mounted on his arm that allows him to protect himself and teammates behind him from enemy fire. He may also launch a flaming projectile that ignores enemy barriers (Fire Strike), or use a rocket booster to Charge into the enemy lines, crushing them against walls. His ultimate ability, Earthshatter, makes him slam his hammer against the ground, sending out a shockwave that incapacitates enemies in front of him. Reinhardt Wilhelm is a decorated Bundeswehr veteran from Stuttgart who lives under a knightly code of chivalry. He served as lieutenant to Colonel Balderich von Adler, commander of the Crusaders, which served alongside the regular army to act as their shield. [28][29]
  • Roadhog: His real name Mako Rutledge, is Junkrat's Australian[30] enforcer and bodyguard. He wields a Scrap Gun that fires shrapnel in a mid-range automatic firing mode, or a short-range shotgun-like single shot. He also carries a NOS canister filled with "Hogdrogen" to self-heal (Take a Breather), and employs a Chain Hook to pull distant opponents towards him. His ultimate ability, Whole Hog, allows him to put a top loader into his scrap gun, firing it in full auto mode with increased knockback, wider spread, and no need to reload. [31]
  • Soldier: 76: His real name Jack Francis Morrison, is an American soldier-turned-vigilante and a founding member of Overwatch. He wears a facemask with a visor and carries an experimental Heavy Pulse Rifle equipped with an underbarrel launcher that fires three Helix Rockets. His abilities are Sprint, a forward run with no duration limit or cooldown, and Biotic Field, a deployable device which regenerates the health of allies in the immediate vicinity. His ultimate ability, Tactical Visor, puts up a head-up display that allows his rifle to automatically track enemies in his line of sight for a brief period, similar to an aimbot. [23][32][33]
  • Tracer: Her real name Lena Oxton, is a British pilot and adventurer. She wields dual rapid-fire Pulse Pistols, and is equipped with a "chronal accelerator" which grants her the ability to either jump forward in time, crossing many meters in a split second (Blink) or rewind three seconds into the past to heal and restore ammunition (Recall). Her ultimate ability is Pulse Bomb, an explosive charge that sticks to enemies, exploding after a brief delay for massive damage.[34]
  • Widowmaker: Her real name Amélie Lacroix, is a French sniper and assassin. She wields the Widow's Kiss, a versatile rifle that fires in full automatic at close-range, and can convert into a sniper rifle for long-range kills. She also uses a Grappling Hook to reach high ledges and Venom Mines to disable enemies. Her ultimate ability is Infra-Sight, which activates her recon visor to highlight all enemies through walls for her and her team, similar to a wallhack.[35]
  • Winston: He is a genetically engineered gorilla, scientist, and adventurer. He wields a short-range Tesla Cannon that electrocutes enemies at close range, and wears armor that incorporates a Jump Pack, allowing him to make leaps across great distances and damage foes on landing. He can also deploy a Barrier Projector that provides a temporary spherical shield to protect himself and teammates from enemy fire. Winston's ultimate ability is Primal Rage, in which he briefly gives in to "the beast within" to get massively increased health and powerful melee attacks with knockback, although he foregoes his primary weapon.[36]

Sets

In 2018, The Lego Group had a partnership with Blizzard Entertainment.[37][38] It announced that the Omnic Bastion (set number: 75974)[39][40] is an exclusive promo set only available in Blizzard's online shop and BlizzCon.[41][42] The set contains 182 pieces and based on the “Omnic Crisis” orange version from the video game. It's costing £22.50 or $25.00. It's sold at BlizzCon in November.

In 2019, it was officially announced by The Lego Group that the first wave sets that based on the Overwatch video game would be released on 3 January 2019.[7] The 6 sets[43][44] being released were Tracer vs. Widowmaker (set number: 75970),[45][lower-alpha 2] Hanzo vs. Genji (set number: 75971),[45] Dorado Showdown (set number: 75972),[45][46] D.Va & Reinhardt (set number: 75973),[45][47][48] Bastion (set number: 75974)[45][49][50][51] and Watchpoint: Gibraltar (set number: 75975).[45][lower-alpha 2] Later, it also announced that the second wave sets would be released on 2 October 2019.[52] The 2 sets[53][54][55] being released were Wrecking Ball (set number: 75976)[56] and Junkrat & Roadhog (set number: 75977).[56] Each of the sets features 16 core characters, named Bastion, D.Va, Genji, Hammond, Hanzo, Jesse McCree, Junkrat, Mercy, Pharah, Reaper, Reinhardt, Roadhog, Shimada Henchmen, Soldier: 76, Tracer, Widowmaker and Winston were introduced.[57] It's also designed primarily for children aged 8 to 10 years old.

Web shorts

How Heroes Play Tribute Video (2019 shorts)

How Heroes Play Tribute Video released a short film via YouTube, on February 20, 2019, that is inspired by both the Overwatch animated series.[58][59]

Wrecking Ball chasing Junkrat & Roadhog inside Junkertown (2019 shorts)

Wrecking Ball chasing Junkrat & Roadhog inside Junkertown released a short film via YouTube, on December 5, 2019, that is inspired by both the Overwatch animated series.[60]

See also

Notes
  1. Bastion was also the first character to be made available in Lego form through official collaboration between Blizzard and The Lego Group.[7] A limited-time event in 2019 allowed players the opportunity to earn a Bastion skin based on the Lego version.[8]
  2. Tracer vs. Widowmaker (set number: 75970) can combine with Watchpoint: Gibraltar (set number: 75975).

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