Blizzard 'Overwatch' New Hero Orisa Now Available To Play, Here’s What This New Hero’s Abilities & Power

by Gloven Ramos / Mar 21, 2017 05:43 AM EDT

As the new female tank hero and due to her physical appearance, Orisa is one of the oddest hero in the "Overwatch" game.

Almost every update, Blizzard added a new hero to their popular first-person online game. And for the latest addition, the new female tank hero Orisa join the other heroes in the amazing world of the "Overwatch" game.

Orisa was announced and revealed lately this month as a part of an upcoming update to the "Overwatch" game. With its physical appearance, this new female hero is one of the oddest among the playable characters in the game.

Build and designed by Efi Oladele, a brilliant 11-year-old engineer, Orisa is programmed to keep peace in Numbani. She is built from the scraps of the City's decommissioned OR15 defense bots.

This new hero is also having a pack of powerful abilities, such as; an automatic projectile cannon that delivers sustained damage, a graviton charge which she can detonate, a stationary barrier, and other more. Her main weapon is called Fusion Driver, an automatic gun with good range and accuracy even at a distance. Being a tank hero, Orisa is one of the powerful attackers in "Overwatch" game, but with slow agility.

"Orisa can attack from long range, fortify her own defenses, launch graviton charges to slow and move enemies, and deploy a Supercharger to boost the damage output of multiple allies at once." Blizzard's statement about the new "Overwatch" hero.

Before Orisa was announced by Blizzard to "Overwatch" game, fans and critics expecting Doomfist as the new hero coming this month's update. Ever since the studio teased about Doomfist, many rumors and speculations about him spread throughout the internet, one of these is being voiced by the famous actor Terry Crews.

Blizzard released Orisa together with the new "Overwatch" update on March 21. The latest update on the PTR realm include some changes to Lucio and his ability, a new route has been added to Eichenwalde, and a tracking system has been added to Assault and Assault/Escort Maps.