Day: March 11, 2026

March 11, 2026 Nix Du 9:12 am Topic: Overwatch Design Studies Fan design of Overwatch’s heroes, levels, events, and balancing. Sort by: Best Expand Menu 💡View Design Process ⬇ Hero Info A raging maniac and a fearless Junker arena fighter, Geiger earned the respect from Junkerqueen and now serves as her right hand man, protecting Junkertown from outcasts and invasions. RoleDamage SubroleFlanker Health200 health + 50 armor Perk XP1750 (minor) 4600 (major) Official concept art from overwatch wiki Passives Subrole: Flanker Passive️ Health packs restore more health. Extra health restored: 75 Sneak Shot Passive️ Hold Quick Melee to shoot a dagger. Cast Time: 0.4s Damage: 40 (quick melee) + 60 (projectile) Projectile Speed: 125m/s Projectile Size: 0.2m Additional notes Voice Lines Can trigger from either Right Click or Quick Melee. Quick Melee happens instantly, and the dagger is shot after 0.4s of holding. Quick Melee’s 1 second cooldown begins after the cast of Sneak Shot, similar to Venture’s Clobber passive. Can bind to right click too. “Oi, hold this for me.” “Little sting for ya.” “Blink and bleed.” On elimination: “Knife in the pocket, mate.” Weapon Gutwrench ️ Type Weapon (Primary Fire) Effect Type Projectile Piercing boomerang blade that flies back early when another blade is fired.[Hold to quickly juggle blades at close range.] Damage:30 (fly out) + 10 (return) Headshot: ✓, x2 (fly out) x (return) Projectile Speed:60m/s (fly out)90m/s (return) Projectile Radius:0.25m Range:40m Fire Rate:1 shot per 0.25s ~ 0.67s Ammo:18 Reload Time:1s Additional notes Voice Lines Inspired by official concept art. Tap faster to fire faster with a shorter range. Hold to juggle the blades on maximum fire rate (1 shot per 0.25s) within 15m range. The blade returns between 0.25s (minimum) and on max range. Also returns when hitting map collision. Maximum DPS: 160 (15m, all body) 280 (15m, all crit) When enemies are beyond 15m, the player needs to tap fire based on enemy distance, recalling the blades at the right time so they don’t travel for unecessary distances. On elimination: “Come back here, ya little ripper.” On elimination: “Boomerang with teeth.” On elimination: “Bite this murder stick ya drongo!” On elimination: “That blade knows the way home.” Abilities Cyclone E️ Type Ability Cooldown 8 seconds Effect Type Melee + Movement Spin and move in third person, reducing damage taken. Bounce towards current movement direction when hitting enemies. Duration: 2s Speed Boost: 300% for 0.45s (initial)50% (default)300% for 0.35s (bounce on enemy hit) Initial Speed Boost: 300% for 0.35s Damage:50 Damage Reduction:65% Enemy Knockback:3m Additional notes Voice Lines When starting the ability or hitting an enemy, Geiger accelerates towards his current movement input. Each enemy can only be hit by Cyclone once per second. When multiple enemies are stacked or lined up, Cyclone can zip through them very fast. Cyclone is still vulnerable to all types of CC. “Try hittin’ the crazy bit!” “Full scrap tornado!” “Later, ya dogs.” On elimination: “You’re in the blender!” Vaultbreaker Shift️ Type Ability Cooldown 8 seconds Effect Type Melee + Movement Slam a crowbar to pole-vault into the air. Cast time: 0.3s Slam range: 4m Slam damage: 90 Pole vault cast time: 0.2s Pole vault distance: 6-12m (horizontal)3-8m (vertical) Additional notes Voice Lines The combined cast time before Geiger pole-vaults is 0.5s. Geiger can do a short/long/high jump by holding S/W/Space when casting the ability, similar to Winston’s Leap. Geiger can attack mid-air after a short recovery. “Open up!” “Crowbar down, Geiger up!” “Watch the landing, mate!” On elimination: “Broke ya bones!” On elimination: “That’s scrapwork, mate.” Rust Ripper Q Type Ultimate Ability Cost 2400 pts Effect Type Projectile Throw a sawblade frisbee to bounce between enemies and apply Bleed. As it returns, strike it back to enemies with any Melee attack. Cast Time: 0.4s Projectile Speed: 40m/s Projectile Radius: 0.5m Bounce Range: 12m Damage: 80 (impact) + 100 over 2s (bleed) Maximum Strikebacks:3 (4 total throws) Additional notes Voice Lines When bouncing, sawblade becomes a strong projectile that can’t be mitigated by Defense Matrix, Kekkai Sancturary, etc. When bouncing, sawblade slightly homes but can’t hit target with no LOS. After all hits are done, it returns like Junkerqueen’s Gracie. Geiger can strike the frisbee back towards aiming direction with Quick Melee, Cyclone, or Vaultbreaker. Rust Ripper ends when the Sawblade reaches 3 throws or when a throw misses. Geiger is encouraged to combo abilities with Rust Ripper. For example, striking back the sawblade while hitting enemies with Cyclone/Sneak Shot. To enemies/self: “Round trip through the meat!” To allies: “Saw out, limbs in danger!” On strikeback, to enemies/self: “One more round!” On strikeback, to enemies/self: “Do it again!” On strikeback, to enemies/self: “Stike thrice!” On elimination: “Bleed me a river!” Perks Blood Storm Minor Perk Gutwrench gain 15% lifesteal against enemies within 10 meters. Flexible Steel Minor Perk Cyclone bounces 20% further when hitting an enemy. Dopamine Crush Major Perk Vaultbreaker hit increases attack and reload speed by 25% for 2 seconds. Adrenaline Shot Major Perk Sneak Shot hit reduces ability cooldown by 25%. Design Process Hero Fantasy In my heart Geiger is the coolest and the most definitive “Junker” by a huge margin. In the Wastelander cinematic, he’s a crazy fearless crackhead with a million different melee weapons. But at the same time he fights with intelligence and knows to respect an enemy with integrity. Geiger’s hero fantasy is a blade dancing brawler. Unlike Vendetta, he demands less resource to bounce between groups of enemies, and deals consistent mid-range AOE damage when enemies are pressed into tight spaces. Weapon To differentiate him from Vendetta, Reaper and Venture, I wanted Geiger’s weapon to be more range-flexible with one special gimmick. Initially, that gimmick was bouncing blades. But then Mizuki happened – maybe for the best, since the redesign is more focused and more skill-expressive. The redesign was inspired by Invisible Woman’s boomerang shots in Marvel Rivals, plus one twist: Player can increase the fire rate by tapping faster, at the cost of its range. Holding the key will