Not too lengthy after tweeting out a flower emoji earlier in the present day, the Overwatch 2 staff revealed the latest support hero, Lifeweaver, to the joy of followers the world over.
Not solely is he one other help so as to add to the record, however his pansexual nature, his seems, and the hints of his equipment are making gamers giddy to hop on Overwatch 2 and check out him out when he releases alongside season 4.
Love at first sight for Lifeweaver
To place it mildly, followers are swooning over Lifeweaver’s seems as a lot as his gameplay. The primary Thai hero within the recreation has tall, lengthy flowing hair and an enormous cherry blossom on his again. His design is becoming for the Overwatch franchise however gives a singular look to separate him from others.
His clothes shares the same vogue to Symmetra, however the colours are lighter, becoming the help look. For followers who favored the seems of the current Cupid Hanzo pores and skin, there may be additionally some overlap with how Lifeweaver seems.
There are lots of replies to the reveal simply admitting how engaging Lifeweaver is. Probably the most widespread tweets is a reference to the favored youngsters present Spongebob Squarepants that each content creator Nathan “KarQ” Chan and the Overwatch League staff Vegas Eternal tweeted out.
The social lead for Team Brazil’s Overwatch account also chimed in, merely asking when within the week Lifeweaver is out there for a date.
To finish off the admiration posts, we now have one from popular artist Angela Zeigler, simply attempting to calm herself down.
Lifeweaver equipment reactions
As extra details about Lifeweaver was launched, followers received extra of an understanding of how he performs as effectively.
One of the reactions online noticed that Lifeweaver’s ability to build a platform for his allies brings in a component of the outdated constructing gameplay of Fortnite, though to a minor extent.
One other popular content creator, WarnTV, received to play the brand new hero and talked about their potential teamwork with Symmetra, the opposite hero who focuses on creation in Overwatch 2.
We additionally had a community post that focuses on using Lifeweaver’s kit to troll his allies more than help them. With the potential to drag allies, it’d be capable to be used to mess up ally ultimates.
Blizzard said in a tweet today that followers can anticipate to “study extra” about Lifeweaver tomorrow.
