Day: January 27, 2026

January 27, 2026 Nix Du 4:33 am Topic: Overwatch Design Studies Fan design of Overwatch’s heroes, levels, events, and balancing. Expand Hero Info Aside from his position as Talon’s accountant, Maximillen is the figure behind many impactful events. Gambling on the edge of conflicts, he uses wealth and connections to build his own power. RoleSupport SubroleTactician Health150 health + 100 shields Perk XP1750 (minor) 4600 (major) Passives Subrole: Tactician Passive️ Store excess ultimate charge. Ult charge stored: up to 25% Backed Hand Passive️ Give your excess ultimate charge to your Ace. Ult charge given: up to 25% Additional notes Voice Lines Ace is selected with Max’s ultimate “Ace in Play”. Only grants excess charge stored via the Tactician subrole passive. Grants via ult points instead of fixed percentage. The target ally hears a surging sound on activation. Weapon Executive Wristwatch ️ Type Weapon (Primary Fire) Effect Type Hitscan Two-round burst hitscan weapon. Damage: 40 (per round) Headshot: ✓ (x2) Rate of fire:2 rounds per 0.8s Ammo:24 Reload time:1.5 seconds Additional notes Voice Lines Shot radius: 0.12m (same as Illari) Damage falloff range: 25-45m (longer than Ashe, shorter than Illari) Damage falloff rate: 50% Recovery time reduces when alternating between primary and secondary fire. Elimination: “The house always wins.” Breach Laser ️ Type Weapon (Secondary Fire) Effect Type Beam – Hitscan Three short beams with a rotating triangular spread. Damage: 135/s (45 per beam) Headshot: x Range: 13m Spread:3.6 degrees (initial) – 2 degrees (after 0.75s) Additional notes Voice Lines Beam radius: 0.1m (less than Symmetra’s minimum radius) Rotation speed: 180 degrees/s Narratively, Max uses this weapon to cut holes on doors and walls, hence the name and the spinning 3-dots pattern. Elimination: “Think twice before you get close.” Abilities Spade E️ Type Ability Cooldown 8 seconds Effect Type Melee + Projectile Slash and fling a piercing card. Place a Spade on enemies hit, allowing allies to lifesteal from them. Damage: 40 (slash) + 40 (projectile) Headshot: x Slash Range: 4m Projectile Speed:70m/s Projectile Size:0.35m Spade duration:4s Ally Lifesteal Rate:30% (15% on tanks)Stops applying when ally already has more than 40% lifesteal. Additional notes Voice Lines The slash and projectile themselves lifesteals too. The slash’s animation allows enemies at range to react to the following projectile. Enemies with Spade see a overlay effect on their screen. Healing from Spade charges Max’s ultimate ability. To self/target: “Bleed the pot.” To allies: “Claim your cuts from them.” Heart Shift️ Type Ability Cooldown – Effect Type Targeted + Area Heal an ally over time. The ally earns additional area healing on damage dealt and area speed boost on elimination. Selection Range: 25m Solo Healing: 20/s Area Healing: 20/s Area Healing Radius: 12m Area Healing Duration: 3s after dealing damage Speed Boost:30% Speed Duration: 3s afer elimination Additional notes Voice Lines The AOE healing triggers like Brigitte’s Inspire passive, unstackable and lasts for full duration even when allies leave its range. Max cannot place Heart on himself. Heart expires after losing Max’s LOS for 7 seconds. Healing from Heart charges Max’s ultimate ability. “Go earn your healings.” “Make my investment worth it.” “Go, impress me.” On elimination: “Well done.” On elimination: “Stay in motion, agent.” Ace In Play Q Type Ultimate Ability Cost 2400 pts Effect Type Targeted Place an Ace on an ally. During its uptime, the Ace carrier instantly revives on death and places a Spade on their eliminators. Enemies don’t know who carries the Ace until the they get very near. Selection Range: 25m Cast Time: 0.6s Initial Healing: 100 Ace Uptime: 7s Ace Reveal Range: 5m Ace Health On Revive:Up to 350 Additional notes Voice Lines Enemies can hear when Max ults, but can’t see the Ace icon over the ally until they’re up close. All enemies see the Ace icon from the moment when one enemy sees it. Max can give himself the Ace. This enables many mind games such as: Max let his allies play aggressively, tricking enemy backline into thinking they have the Ace, while Max keeps the Ace to survive a brutal dive. The Ace cannot revive from an environmental death. With Max’s passive, he always gives excess ult charge stored to his Ace. This can be used to quickly ready an important ally ult. Ult charged: “I am ready to deploy the Ace.” On deploy, to enemies: “An Ace is on the table. Play wise.” On deploy, to Ace/self: “Fear nothing, my Ace!” On deploy, to allies: “Ace deployed.” On revive, to enemies: “YOU MISPLAYED.” On revive, to Ace: “Now, shall we continue?” Perks Cut for Two Minor Perk Heart’s area healing increases by 50% when you are in its range. No Exceptions Minor Perk You can damage and kill your Ace. This puts a Spade on yourself too. Lethal Conduct Major Perk Your laser beam attack bounces between your Spade carriers. Contingency Major Perk Reset Spade cooldown when your Heart, Spade, or Ace carrier dies. The House (Weapon) Primary Fire Smart pistol with red dot scope. Damage: 35-17.5 Falloff range: 20-35m Rate of fire: 3 shots/s Projectile speed: hitscan Projectile radius: 0.1m Notes: The weapon’s gun play is clicky, clean and controlled, with modest audio and tactile recoil animation, but no actual recoil. “Predictable.”(On crit elimination) “You should have folded.”(On elimination) Bounty Shot – Alt Fire Take aim to release a shot that applies Bounty on hit, healing anyone who damages them. Cooldown: 6s Damage: 60-30, plus 40 over 4s Falloff Range: 30-45m Projectile speed: 125m/s Projectile radius: 0.2m Bounty uptime: 6s Bounty lifesteal rate: 25% Notes: Bounty’s healing charges Max’s ultimate. “Bleed the pot.”(To self/target) “Claim your cuts from them.”(To Allies) Joint Stake (E) Select an ally to echo healing received and partially transfer damage taken, going both ways. Cooldown: 0s Healing echo rate: 33% (generate extra) Damage transfer rate: 33% (deducted from ally) Out of sight uptime: 3s Damage transfer stops when the transfer target is below 33% health. Notes: Echoed healing charges Max’s ultimate. “Our interests aligns.” ”We share the stake