Torbjörn
Torbjörn "Torbjörn" Lindholm is a Damage class hero in Overwatch.
Abilities[edit]
Rivet Gun
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Ability: Weapon
Affects: Enemies
Torbjörn fires rivets at long range, or ejects molten metal from his gun in a short, close-range burst.
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Forge Hammer
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Ability: Weapon/Turrets
Affects: Enemies
Torbjörn uses his multipurpose hammer to repair his turret. In a pinch, it can also be swung as a weapon.
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Deploy Turret
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Ability: Cooldown
Affects: Enemies
Torbjörn deploys a self-building turret by throwing it in front of himself, making him able to throw it on high grounds he can't reach. Can be manually destroyed while alive and dead.
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Destroy Turret
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Ability: Cooldown
Affects: Enemies
Torbjörn destroys his turret.
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F (Interact)
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Overload
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Ability: Cooldown
Affects: Self
Torbjörn goes wild: He runs faster, shoots faster, uses his hammer faster and gets additional health in the form of temporary armor.
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Molten Core
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Ability: Ultimate
Affects: Enemies
After overheating his personal forge, Torbjörn shoots pools of molten slag from his mechanical arm. These cover the floor and deal huge amounts of damage to enemies and enemy turrets, including Baptiste's Immortality Field.
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Lore[edit]
Before the Omnic Crisis, Torbjörn had gained notoriety for designing weapons systems used by countries around the world. However, his belief that technology must serve a better vision for humanity put him at odds with his employers, who desired to control his weapons using networked computer intelligence.
Torbjörn had a deep mistrust of sentient robotic intelligence, and while many of his peers wrote this off as paranoia, his worst fears were realized when the robot populations of the world turned against their human creators during the Omnic Crisis. Because of his engineering genius, he joined the original Overwatch strike team, and his many inventions proved integral to ending the crisis. In the years that followed, Overwatch became an international peacekeeping force, and Torbjörn remained a critical resource for all of its technological needs and signature weapons systems. Among the work that bears his seal are Reinhardt Wilhelm’s evolved Crusader armor, Ana Amari’s biotic rifle, and the system that helped stop Null Sector’s assault on King’s Row.
In the aftermath of Overwatch's fall, many of Torbjörn's weapons—from his days in Overwatch and long before—were stolen or stashed away around the world. He pursued the misuse of these weapons wherever they occurred, even confronting and disabling a retrofitted Titan unit terrorizing Boklovo, which was being piloted by an old colleague.
But not all his weapons have come to bad ends. In Europe, his daughter Brigitte chose to carry on his legacy by serving as squire and armorer for Reinhardt Wilhelm, who continues to fight on the side of justice. And in his native Sweden, Torbjörn came face to face with an oddly peaceful Bastion unit that threw his jaded perspective into disarray. The once-lethal killing machine had befriended local wildlife, inexplicably growing beyond its original wartime protocols. Torbjörn “adopted” the curious Bastion unit, and their close relationship led the engineer to question his antipathy toward robots, AI, and omnics.
Feeling responsible for his creations, Torbjörn is determined to stop them from falling into the wrong hands and wreaking havoc on the innocent.
Trivia[edit]
- His agent ID at Overwatch was 3945_48.
- Voiced by Keith Silverstein
Version History[edit]
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Patch Version | Balance Changes |
April 5, 2016 Patch[note 1] | |
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February 18, 2016 Patch[note 2] | |
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February 9, 2016 Patch[note 3] | |
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