A Deep Dive on New Brawler Tank Mauga with The Overwatch 2 Team
Mauga is large and ferociously in charge. ’s newest tank hails from Samoa and is a force to be reckoned with, a high-damage brawler wielding two chainguns and one of the game’s most intimidating new ultimates, Cage Fight.
While some leaks manifested ahead of 's reveal, they did little to affect fan excitement at the reveal of the brash Samoan mercenary and his fiery personality. Bumping ’s roster to an impressive 39 heroes in total, Mauga bolsters the tank class as an attack-oriented monster with no barrier to speak of.
Instead of a shield, Mauga enables nearby allies to essentially lifesteal with his Cardiac Overdrive ability aura, CCs and disorients enemies with his Overrun abilities, and isolates and impairs them with his particularly brutal ultimate, which traps foes in a cylindrical cage while granting him unlimited ammo. We explore ways to counteract and contend with this ultimate in greater detail below.
increases its roster slowly throughout the year, releasing only one hero at a time following careful consideration and experimentation, often using a PTR and professional players to test. Not the case here, as per Hero Producer Kenny Hudson: “He’s not a hero that Overwatch League got their hands on.”
saw a small panel discuss Mauga’s creation and explore his new kit and application (and counters), including Hudson, Lead Hero Designer Alec Dawson, Senior Test Analyst Foster Elmendorf, and Senior Character Artist Rakan Khamash. As the chat began, players around the world had the chance to test Mauga themselves over the BlizzCon weekend in advance of his proper introduction to the game near the end of the year.
2023 has already seen the addition of two support class heroes – Lifeweaver and Illari – but its tank class
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