Overwatch’s newly announced mech-based hero is presented as a sword-and-shield counterpart to D.Va, combining a piloted machine with more defensive, close-range gameplay. The development team says the character was designed with lessons learned from D.Va’s technically complicated implementation, which has historically created extra bugs and maintenance work.

Unlike D.Va, whose pilot and mech mechanics made her underlying systems unusually tangled, the new hero’s design is intended to be more manageable. The article frames this as both a gameplay addition for players seeking a protective frontline role and a technical improvement that should make the hero easier for Blizzard to update and balance.