Only today on Overwatch: The Thunder Doomfist Skin

is releasing a very special Doomfist skin in honor of Overwatch – Season 2 Champion: San Francisco Shock.

Blizzard is releasing the Overwatch skins right after the Archives 2020 event. Who knows this tweet from the official Overwatch League account promising “Shock the World”?

Unlike other Overwatch skins, this one carries much more weight for fans and is even somewhat tinged with sentimentality. That’s because it’s dedicated to the champions of last year’s OWL. In fact, three of them, Grant “Moth” Espe, Jay “Sinatraa” Won and Matthew “Super” DeLisi, were involved in the skin process. Due to the extraordinary nature of the occasion, David Kang, Blizzard’s Senior Concept Artist, spoke up:

“The biggest inspiration for this skin was to create a kind of supernatural elemental being, with the theme of volcanic chaos. He’s made of molten lava in a rock body, and we gave him a bit of a championship feel with some gold and obsidian for his glove.”
In addition, Anaheim Game Studio released a cool promo video showing off the skin in all its glory and interviewing the champions of Shock themselves:

Molten Lava, Mysterious Monster, and Gold Worthy of a Champion? We’re impressed.

For those who want to take the Molten Creature into battle with Obsidian and Gold Gauntlet, it’s not too late. The skin will be available until April 9. And don’t miss it, there are new patch notes for Overwatch.

Overwatch

Overwatch is a computer game by Blizzard Entertainment (Diablo 3, World of Warcraft) and a first-person shooter with individual fantasy elements. The game was released in May 2016.

In Overwatch, the player must choose between 21 unique characters, which can be freely selected in a loosely held classification system (offensive and defensive class, unit and tanks).

A character’s three to four different abilities can be controlled and activated through the mouse and keyboard. The game modes already vary from scoring points to cargo hauling. Team play is required in both modes, as each character takes on a specific role in the battlefield (e.g. heal teammates, provide backup, or secure defensive lines).

The name Overwatch derives itself from a fictional elite military unit that came together when robots tried to subjugate humanity in a near future. Individual characters are associated with this unit in the game, while others oppose it. It is not yet known whether the storyline will continue in multiplayer.

Brawl

Brawl is a game mode in which time-limited rule variations of the well-known modes are drawn. Sometimes completely new game modes are used in Brawls.

Rule variations include, for example, the restriction to certain heroes or classes, changes to the cool-down times or certain cards. New game modes that have been playable so far include a soccer game and a PvE mode.

Usually, Brawls are restarted as Brawl of the Week every Tuesday at 22:00 UTC and are then playable for a week. On certain occasions, such as – Season al events, Brawls may also be playable for a longer or shorter period of time.

The game mode is comparable to the card chaos from Hearthstone and was activated for the first time in the beta phase on March 22, 2016 through a patch.

Actions

  • Arcade: More health, shorter skill and ultimate cooldowns, and faster resurrection after death.
  • Girl Power: Female heroes only.
  • Head’s Up!: McCree, Genji, Hanzo, and Widowmaker. Only head hits count.
  • High Noon: High Noon on Route 66, only head hits with McCree count.
  • Highly Offensive: Only offensive heroes. Limit is two of the same hero per team.
  • Junkenstein’s Revenge: Soldier, Hanzo, Ana, Mc Cree only (1 each). The first co-op PVE mode in Overwatch. Part of the – Season al event Halloween Horror.
  • Justice rains from Above: Only Mercy and Pharah playable.
  • Moba Watch: Only unique heroes per team. No hero switching allowed.
  • Mystery Heroes: Upon death, you will be resurrected as a randomly selected Hero.
  • Overly Defensive: Only defensive heroes. Limit is two of the same hero per team.
  • Show Your Support: Support Heroes only. The limit is two of the same Hero per team.
  • Super Shimada Bros: Welcome to Hanamura. Only Hanzo and Genji are playable. Shorter skill cooldowns, longer ultimate cooldowns.
  • Tanks A Lot: Tank heroes only. Limit is two of the same hero per team.
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Only McCree, Reaper and Roadhog playable.
  • We’re all Soldiers now: Only Soldier: 76 playable on control cards.
  • Lucioball: Lucio only: Soccer mode, 3 vs 3.
  • Yeti Hunt: Five meis against a yeti that has the characteristics of Winston.

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