Reaper
Gabriel "Reaper" Reyes is an Damage class hero in Overwatch.
Abilities[edit]
The Reaping
| |||
Ability: Passive
Affects: Self
Reaper steals health from his enemies as he damages them.
| |||
|
Hellfire Shotguns
| |||
Ability: Weapon
Affects: Enemies
Reaper tears enemies apart with twin shotguns.
| |||
|
Wraith Form
| |||
Ability: Cooldown
Affects: Self
Reaper becomes a shadow for a short period of time. While in this form, he takes no damage and is able to pass through enemies, but cannot fire his weapons or use other abilities; ammo refilled to max after use.
| |||
|
Shadow Step
| |||
Ability: Cooldown
Affects: Self
After marking a destination, Reaper disappears and reappears at that location. During the animation, Reaper is completely invincible until the last 0.5 seconds.
| |||
|
Death Blossom
| |||
Ability: Ultimate
Affects: Enemies
In a blur of motion, Reaper empties both hellfire shotguns at breakneck speed, dealing massive damage to all nearby enemies.
| |||
Q
|
Lore[edit]
The Reaper is an extremely volatile mercenary, a ruthless and remorseless killer responsible for terrorist attacks across the world . . . In New Mexico, where scientist Siebren de Kuiper was kidnapped from a black site facility. In Russia, amid an assassination plot against Volskaya Industries’ Katya Volskaya. In Venice, where the body of Talon leader Augusto Vialli was found amid the carnage. Even in more public places—the Overwatch Museum in New York—Reaper was narrowly thwarted in stealing the Doomfist gauntlet. Survivors have described a black shadow ghosting unscathed through the most hellish battlefields. The few bodies recovered of those he kills are pale, empty husks drained of life, their cells showing signs of intense degradation. It is possible that he is a byproduct of failed genetic alteration which forces his cells to simultaneously decay and regenerate at a hyper-accelerated rate.
Those tracking his movements have begun to see a pattern in his appearances. They believe that the Reaper is hunting former Overwatch agents and systematically eliminating them, a hypothesis supported by his infiltration of Watchpoint: Gibraltar, where he sought a list of the names and locations of former Overwatch agents. His breach was only partially successful, as he and his team were driven into retreat by Winston.
The truth, known to few, is that the Reaper is former Blackwatch Commander Gabriel Reyes, long thought deceased in the destruction of Overwatch’s Swiss Headquarters. After Overwatch’s capture of Doomfist, Reyes was swayed to Talon’s side, frustrated by the bureaucracy and red tape that constantly kept him from attaining true justice in Overwatch. In Egypt, Reyes came face to face with two other restless ghosts from his past: former Overwatch Strike Commander Jack Morrison and Captain Ana Amari. Though the three comrades had little to say to each other, their paths are likely to cross again.
After all, their names are among the many on Reaper’s list.
Trivia[edit]
- Reaper's origin is that of Blackwatch Gabriel Reyes as revealed by the origin edition skin for the character. [1]
- Reaper was featured in the Overwatch animated short, Recall.
- Voiced by Keith Ferguson
Version History[edit]
Balance Patch History | |
---|---|
Patch Version | Balance Changes |
Patch 1.32[note 1] | |
| |
Patch 1.30[note 2] | |
| |
Patch 1.22[note 3] | |
| |
Patch 1.13.0.2a[note 4] | |
| |
Patch 1.12.0.2[note 5] | |
| |
Patch 1.11.1.2A[note 6] | |
| |
|