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Ramattra is the new Tank slated for release in Season 2
The day before the Overwatch League finals, Blizzard announced that they would finally reveal the game’s 36th hero on their official Twitter account. Anticipation buzzed in online spaces as fans felt the hype around the event. Roadmaps from previous announcements promised a new Tank for the team-based multiplayer game’s 2nd competitive season. Would their months-long speculations about a certain heavy assault specialist from Talon finally get confirmed?
With hundreds of thousands of eyes on Overwatch League’s livestream, players of the largely popular sequel were hungry for more content. But when the announcement trailer was shown, fan predictions were once again eluded with a completely new character.
Ramattra is a rebel who seeks a new life for all Omnics through revolution. Done with the pacifism and mere advocacy, this hardy veteran chooses to fight for what is left of his generation, inciting a new conflict.
The veteran’s tough story sheds light on an important facet of the Omnic struggle. In the origin trailer, we see that his people continue to be oppressed by their human counterparts. We learned that he was once a monk much like Zenyatta, but differed in philosophies. Ramattra bore witness to the world’s cruelty against his brethren and, despite learning the ways of peace, now leads “Null Sector” to take up arms and fight for survival.
“No more.”
Ramattra, The leader of Null Sector, is on a mission to create a better world for his people. pic.twitter.com/3UQGuqiHsh
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) November 5, 2022
It was also revealed that Ramattra would have a “Nemesis Form”, transforming the omnic into a frightening melee combatant on the battlefield. Overwatch’s newest warmachine reflects Zenyatta’s design in a subtle way. Whereas both find harmony in their goal to protect all omnics, Ramattra breaks off from Shambali ideology in his willingness to use whatever means necessary to achieve it.
Ramattra made his first appearance at the very end of the story archives mission “Storm Rising” where he was seen having a conversation with Doomfist. The supervillain proposed a partnership between visionaries, wanting to aid the omnic general’s goals with Talon’s resources. Knowing Akande Ogundimu’s beliefs surrounding strength and worldwide conflict, it’s no wonder that he would support Ramattra’s second omnic war.
Omnics are sentient robotic beings first created by “omnium factories” owned by the now inoperative “Omnica Corporation”. Fusion cores within these massive facilities were enough to cause nuclear fallouts, and were all later shut down due to corporate fraud. One day, these factories awakened of their own will and began to wage war on mankind in what became known as the Omnic Crisis. Overwatch was a key player in fending off the large-scale attacks before they were dismantled by the United Nations. But now they must band together to face a new omnic threat: Null Sector.
Many factors related to the Null Sector invasion are being introduced, and only time will tell how much impact the 36th hero will have in Overwatch 2’s PvE mode once it swings around in 2023. As the year comes to a close, the threads connecting the various villains in Overwatch’s overarching plot pull tighter. Fans of the franchise still hope to see some of their theories come to life, but many are interested to see how this conflict unfolds — and to determine its cost.
The next season will also see a new map release, a new battlepass, and 30+ new skins plus a new mythic release.
Overwatch Season 2 arrives on December 6, 2022. Follow us for more updates on ESTNN.
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