Overwatch - New Hero: Wrecking Ball (AKA Hammond) - Update: Out Now!

Alucrid · Jun 28, 2018

Tekku said:
So he's in constant third person view when he goes into orb mode? This means that he can easily peak around corners and avoid sniper and sudden burst fire. The first hero that has this advantage?

anyone can peek with an emote

Vicious17 · Jun 28, 2018

Buttchin-n-Bones said:
Oh right lmao

I honestly forgot, people just call him soldier or 76

Well...both wrecking and ball are...longer than soldier 76...?

I had to look it up to be sure lol. To be honest, I thought it was just "Soldier 76" and not "Soldier: 76".

Sou Da · Jun 28, 2018

You can literally not get the point on volskaya with this dude swinging in place.

ZangBa · Jun 28, 2018

Well that's certainly an interesting hero. See ya, Roadhog, get flushed.

Only reason anyone could be mad at the name is if they just like complaining about something and can never be happy.

Deft Beck · Jun 28, 2018

WB looks super fun. I wonder if people are going to call him Hamtaro or something, like how everyone calls Winston "Monkey"

Kayo Police · Jun 28, 2018

How the fuck does Seagull already have the finesse down on Hammond.

Boy is dipping and diving.

AlexFlame116 · Jun 28, 2018

Deft Beck said:
WB looks super fun. I wonder if people are going to call him Hamtaro or something, like how everyone calls Winston "Monkey"

Oh I'm definitely calling him Hamtaro. I don't mind the name Wrecking Ball at all!

But I freaking love Hamtaro lol.

Jerm · Jun 28, 2018

Deft Beck said:
WB looks super fun. I wonder if people are going to call him Hamtaro or something, like how everyone calls Winston "Monkey"

for some reason my friend group has always called Winston "Harambe"

V-Faction · Jun 28, 2018

SPIDER-MAN 2

LiK · Jun 28, 2018

Deft Beck said:
WB looks super fun. I wonder if people are going to call him Hamtaro or something, like how everyone calls Winston "Monkey"

I call him Hammy. Too late.

Anubis · Jun 28, 2018

Spinluck said:
Tracer, Reaper, Junkrat, Roadhog, Soldier 76, Sombra, Widow, Doomfist, and... you getting me yet breh?

I get it but what about Winston, Lucio, pharah, sombra, etc lol

5taquitos · Jun 28, 2018

The Real Jeremy said:
for some reason my friend group has always called Winston "Harambe"

You need new friends of theyre still keeping that meme alive.

Out_Of_Ammo · Jun 28, 2018

he has crazy mobility with his hook.

TwoCoins · Jun 28, 2018

Hammond's mech sounds straight like ED-209. I love it.

Deft Beck · Jun 28, 2018

The Real Jeremy said:
for some reason my friend group has always called Winston "Harambe"

People've called him Harambe less over time in my experience, at least in quick play.

Now I've heard of people called Brigette "Baguette"

TheCongressman · Jun 28, 2018

Kayo Police said:
How the fuck does Seagull already have the finesse down on Hammond.

Boy is dipping and diving.

Can I get a link?

Solidsnakejej · Jun 28, 2018

Some early numbers
HP: 500 normal health + 100 Armor HP (600 total)

Quad Cannons: 80 rounds | ~25 rounds/sec |100-110 damage/sec | ~1.75 - 2 second reload

Damage Falloff unknown.

Roll: 1 second cooldown | No Damage

Reloads Quad Cannons if in Ball mode for more than reload time.

Adaptive Shield: 14 second cooldown | lasts 7 seconds

Gain 100 shield HP + 100 shield HP for every additional enemy nearby. Cap unknown (assumed +700 total).
can be used in either mode.

Grappling Claw: 5 second cooldown | 50 damage to enemies if swinging at full speed

must hold down button to swing.

Piledriver: 10 second cooldown | 100 damage

Minefield: Launches 14-15 mines | lasts ~16 seconds | 125 damage per mine.

Can use in either mode.
covers ~12-13 meter diameter.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiv...me_initial_hp_damage_and_cooldown_numbers_on/

Jerm · Jun 28, 2018

5taquitos said:
You need new friends of theyre still keeping that meme alive.

Overwatch literally came out four days before that event so it's just something that stuck, it's not even a meme anymore to us it's literally just his name. "Monkey" is relatively dumb as fuck

ghibli99 · Jun 28, 2018

It's been a really long time since I last played, but that is just adorable. ^__^

Syf · Jun 28, 2018

Yea I'm gonna have to come back to play around with this, looks super fun.

Buttchin-n-Bones · Jun 28, 2018

LiK said:
I call him Hammy. Too late.

This is guaranteed to be the comm mic spam to focus the hero

Acidote · Jun 28, 2018

TheCongressman said:
Can I get a link?

https://www.twitch.tv/a_seagull

pikachief · Jun 28, 2018

Buttchin-n-Bones said:
I think the reason some people aren't happy with WBs name is that Wrecking Ball is the only hero thus far that has two words separated by a space as their name.

He's also the only hero named after an object.

Z-Beat · Jun 28, 2018

If you grapple to that center tower in front of the control point on the Ilios map you can do his wrecking ball boost forever

TheCongressman · Jun 28, 2018

Acidote said:
https://www.twitch.tv/a_seagull

Nice thanks.

PSqueak · Jun 28, 2018

pikachief said:
He's also the only hero named after an object.

Bastion? Sombra?

1000% H · Jun 28, 2018

The Real Jeremy said:
Overwatch literally came out four days before that event so it's just something that stuck, it's not even a meme anymore to us it's literally just his name. "Monkey" is relatively dumb as fuck

Nah, relative to Harambe, Monkey sounds like pure brilliance.

Waffle · Jun 28, 2018

Swinging like a pendulum on the enemy spawn site exit lol.

Titik · Jun 28, 2018

Would Hammond's shield feed Symmetra's primary gun? If she can catch them that is.

AlexFlame116 · Jun 28, 2018

Oh my gosh the hamster squeaks are adorable!

Geoff Goodman is now live with Seagull.

TheGamingNewsGuy · Jun 28, 2018

I used the grappling hook to bash someone off the ledge in King's Row

Anbec · Jun 28, 2018

How does he communicate? with the robot or just sounds like Bastion? Haven't been able to watch any videos

Solidsnakejej · Jun 28, 2018

Lead Designer Geoff Goodman on now
https://www.twitch.tv/a_seagull

Kayo Police · Jun 28, 2018

Anbec said:
How does he communicate? with the robot or just sounds like Bastion? Haven't been able to watch any videos

The Robot talks for him and he makes hamster sounds.

AlexFlame116 · Jun 28, 2018

Apparently Hammond's concept has been around since the days of pre-Overwatch.

Anbec said:
How does he communicate? with the robot or just sounds like Bastion? Haven't been able to watch any videos

The robot is his "voice" but you can still hear him squeak.

FiXalaS · Jun 28, 2018

Anbec said:
How does he communicate? with the robot or just sounds like Bastion? Haven't been able to watch any videos

mech translates hamster language to English

pikachief · Jun 28, 2018

PSqueak said:
Bastion? Sombra?

I meant both together. Wrecking and ball are also much more commonly used words than sombra and bastion.

I think the real reason people dont like it tho is cuz its terrible. (And we've never had a teased hero use a different name than what was teased before so its like name recognition whiplash)

AlexFlame116 · Jun 28, 2018

Seagull asking about Jetpack Cat.

LiK · Jun 28, 2018

AlexFlame116 said:
Oh my gosh the hamster squeaks are adorable!

Jeff Goodman is now live with Seagull.

Watching now.

janusff · Jun 28, 2018

okay this got me cracking up. Lmao

T.Rex In F-14 · Jun 28, 2018

I can't quite articulate why but I am not really feeling him. Maybe it will change when I finally get to play him but so far he hasn't landed with me. Kinda bothers me that the grappling hook line clips through everything.

Azzanadra · Jun 28, 2018

Looks super stupid, I thirst for more tanks in this game (Rein main over) but both of the DLC Tank characters have truly terrible designs. Orisa looked bad enough but this? Jesus, easily the laziest League of Legends-tier design in the game so far.

DatManOvaDer · Jun 28, 2018

Azzanadra said:
Looks super stupid, I thirst for more tanks in this game (Rein main over) but both of the DLC Tank characters have truly terrible designs. Orisa looked bad enough but this? Jesus, easily the laziest League of Legends-tier design in the game so far.

Hella · Jun 28, 2018

Hammond the Hamster.

Hammy finally getting his due.

Plywood · Jun 28, 2018

They couldn't just call him Hammond?

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt

YourFriendLevi · Jun 28, 2018

Azzanadra said:
Looks super stupid, I thirst for more tanks in this game (Rein main over) but both of the DLC Tank characters have truly terrible designs. Orisa looked bad enough but this? Jesus, easily the laziest League of Legends-tier design in the game so far.

lmao he's the best character in the game now

FUNKNOWN iXi · Jun 28, 2018

Plywood said:
They couldn't just call him Hammond?

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt

Yeah, seems weird that they didn't considering he's like Winston.

SlothmanAllen · Jun 28, 2018

Amazing character design!

PSqueak · Jun 28, 2018

pikachief said:
I meant both together. Wrecking and ball are also much more commonly used words than sombra and bastion.

I think the real reason people dont like it tho is cuz its terrible. (And we've never had a teased hero use a different name than what was teased before so its like name recognition whiplash)

Everybody is gonna call him Hammond or a nick name anyways, so it's all good.

gig · Jun 28, 2018

FUNKNOWN iXi said:
Yeah, seems weird that they didn't considering he's like Winston.

Winston doesn't know he's alive. No one does. Him being called Hammond would make zero sense in voice lines,

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