Overwatch 2 - New Hero MIRAGE Concept | Abilities & Backstory
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
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An Egyptian agent of Helix Security and a protector of the tomb of the god program, Anubis.
Mirage is a unique take on a sand assassin type of hero that utilizes subterfuge with her Sand Clone ability. Her weapons are fearsome throwing knives that she can coat with a deadly snake venom to do extra damage. Mirage when cornered can summon a mighty sandstorm to a target area that can blind enemies and their abilities and reveal them to her for a counter attack.
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00:00 - Mirage Story
01:18 - Mirage's Abilities - Hry
Dude how have you not blown up yet? your ideas are amazing!!
Well I do tend to watch what I eat...HAHA! Jokes aside I HAVE NO IDEA! I'm just out here doing these cause they are fun and I like editing. If people like them then that's a big bonus! 😂
My only concern is with visual clutter and on screen effects that her venom would do (think green edge of screen similar to venom mine) and her ult absolutely oblitering the ability for teammates and enemies to see what's going on.
I get what you're saying, but it would be not much different than having an extra Genji on the field when she's using her Viper Venom, otherwise a Kiriko in her standard basic fire. I personally think her ult would be really fun and it would change up gameplay and make it less stale as tactics will become important against it, if only for 8 seconds. Not to mention, even though its hard to see for allies also, they gain sight to all enemies within the Sandstorm while its active. I pictured it exactly like Widowmaker's ult in this sense. So targeting enemies wouldn't be as much of a problem, it would just take some getting used to. Also there was a prototype video for dynamic weather back in 2019 from bizzcon, which I drew visual inspiration from for the Sandstorm. czcams.com/video/mHKKCzKpVyE/video.html&ab_channel=cakechieveables (But obviously more crazy than this).
this is pretty cool, imagine everyone poppin' their ults on the final fight/hold and you casting the sandstorm, i wonder how op it'll be if not even bob can aim, widow cant aim, no turrets, no nothing. Although knowing blizzard, surely they would make it a debuff instead of an aoe effect and so kiriko can just cancel that char's ult by presing E
It would be!! Though if the enemy team has a Hanzo or Widow ult, then the Sandstorm becomes a little useless. You're definitely right about blizzard 😂
What do you thinks separates her from a dps kiri? As the clone could just be used like old translocator, a getaway tool.
What do you think prevents this character from being a 275 hp backline obliterater.
Along with that, giving her a blind? She sounds fun to play as, but I'm not so sure she's gonna be fun to play against... at all.
Even if game design philosohpy is harsh, I'm all for these videos though. Keep it up!
Hey thanks for the feedback!! 😁😁 Some concepts work in game, some may not. Personally I think her abilities are really unique and would be super fun in game, as we need it to break up the current roster of hero abilities and her Sandstorm would be a decent ability to do just that. She'd definitely need some tweaking, which I'm thinking would more be around her basic attack and Viper Venom ability, as currently like you said she's a bit of a backline obliterator. But as for her other abilities, it would be no different than having an extra Genji or Kiriko style player on the enemy team for her basic attack, Reapers teleport for another example of her Sand Clone ability, although with the added switch and fake copy and then the 8 second Sandstorm, which like I mentioned in the vid if you have a Hanzo or Widow to counter, it's essentially a useless blind which an enemy team can easily wait out, or they just hunker down around their tank and his shield and wait it out. Probably lower her HP also 😅😂
I thought the same at first but she doesn’t have the mobity/sustain to be a back line hero. And besides the same argument could be made for Roadhog and Junkerqueen.
I like the idea. (I know it’s hard to design so keep it up but these are just some ideas from someone who competes at the highest levels of this game)
1. I like the background and how it ties into the story but we have 1 and a half Egyptian characters. I feel like the helix and the tomb aspect could be kept but she could have moved into Anubis. Maybe a Hebrew or Palestinian hero? (Just ideas though)
2. Idk if I understood this correctly but does the viper thing stack on every knife in the 5 burst? Cause that will just shred tanks.
3. At the end of the day she is in a weird spot because I see her playing like a Hanzo or an Ashe where she will poke and use her movement to get away from a dive mostly because she does not have enough movement to be a back line or dive character. (Maybe if you gave her a barrel role not like cass but more like a long range combat dive, as a 3rd ability and gave her falloff damage)
3. In the current meta her poison will be broken because of DPS damage passive. (That is why Ashe is so good rn) maybe instead of it doing 75 damage over 5 seconds make it do 15 damage every 5 seconds for 25 seconds? That will stop any self healing passive but not make the DPS healing reduction passive too good.
4. While sandstorm is a cool idea one of the core ideas of overwatch 2 is too remove visual clutter and it doesn’t work well with the sniper playstyle I explained earlier. Maybe make it so that she has like 5 dust devils that she can place anywhere on the map and they sorta more around in a little area where they are placed and they either do a good amount of damage or just bump people around. That would be good at cutting of retreats and rotations. (Or you could do something if you make it so that she is a little more brawly/ flanky where 5 dust devils spiral out from you and deal damage to anyone who runs into them.)
All for all this hero doesn’t fit very well team work wise with any characters so she would definitely need a few tweaks but I love the idea.
Hey thanks for the feedback!! Definitely could change her nationality, Egypt just seemed relevant due to Anubis and her sort of assassin agent persona. 😁 No, Viper Venom cannot stack, can't remember if I put that in the video, but you cannot spam the poison effect, otherwise that would be a beast of an ability, even if it only does 75 damage over 5 seconds! Her movement ability was me definitely trying something new. It's sort of a mixture between Reapers teleport and the ability to summon a clone that can fake attack and the ability to switch whenever you wish only once, so long as the clone is active. I think she'd be quite strong in the right hands, without being too insanely strong for just anyone without skill. I do love the damage rework of the poison! That could also work really well! 😁 Also I get what you're saying with the Sandstorm, but I feel this game really needs something to shake it up and Sandstorm would do just that. I took inspiration from this dynamic weather test back in 2019 czcams.com/video/mHKKCzKpVyE/video.html&ab_channel=cakechieveables I think its doable and doesn't look that bad, obviously Sandstorm would be a little more chaotic and it pays homage to her heritage being of the desert. For something that only lasts 8 seconds I feel they could make it work in game. Dust Devils is a wicked idea though! But I see that more of a wind element user inspired kit.
If I can say, this looks like a heavy mix between kiri and Ana without the support benefits. The sand clone also seems like a weaker version of sombras ability pre-rework (mostly her tele seems much more noticeable).
If I can suggest, what about turning her into a backlines assassin centric hero? With her background, her Sand Clones shouldn’t be teles but what if you create “mirages” of your team? It could trick enemies with fake teammates that disappear after a couple seconds or shot. Maybe if an enemy is close enough to a “mirage” dissipating, they’ll be disoriented for a bit.
Kiri because of the basic attack and Ana because of the poison right? 😆 Funnily enough through drafting I had her Sand Clone as a Sand Illusion where she could select a target and make a copy and it would attack and confuse, even contemplated it exploding when it died to do damage. Her LShift was going to be able to copy enemies and allies around her creating fakes and an even funnier ability I had was the mischief magic arcade game where she could turn into objects. But I just felt it was too much and she needed a more versatile kit with movement abilities to help her maneuver the field. I did have another ability called Shifting Sands which allowed her to basically push enemies away from her, but didn't fit her kit either. Sandstorm was always going to be there. My friend also was telling me about a hero in Apex called Mirage and that he had similar abilities, so I tried to steer clear of too many copy abilities, not to mention we have Echo's ult. I like your thinking though! 😁😁
I definitely would main! Nice work
Me too! She'd be so much fun with the clone and the Sandstorm ult! Thank youuu! 😁😁
dude this is amazing
I wish!!!! 😂😂 I'd love to design hero concepts all day!
It looks really good and I especially like the lore connections
Had you considered making the primary weapon a regular knife/that one knife from black ops 4 that shoots out the blade? I think that would do a lot to assuade the kiriko comparisons. Furthermore you could then make switching something you can do as many times as you want, which would allow you to chase someone into a corridor and place it down, essentially cornering them by yourself.
Also with the skin tone and white hair she looks a lot like mirage from the incredibles. Was this a purposeful nod?
Hey! Thanks for the comment! 😁Ah I have not played black ops 4. I will have to sus it out! Sounds quite interesting.
Oh wow! You're legit the first person to recognize the reference!!! 🤑🤑 Of course it did also work out well as she was Egyptian and her lore was based there. But yes, Mirage was initially inspired from the Incredibles character. I have a knack for getting my inspiration from names and characters and then drawing abilities from them and embedding them into the lore or a story somehow.
This would be a perfect hero to have on game
Also them being the head protector of Anubis’ prison is perfect and expands well on Helix Security
Does Mirage have a relationship with Pharah?
Thank youuu! 😁 I didn't really picture her as the head of helix, but she is very up there in terms of ranking in Helix for sure. And she would be very aware Pharah, seeing as she'd probably either worked with or assigned missions to pharah and her group. She may have even been aware of Ana before the recall and pharah leaving to join overwatch. Though haven't delved too much into that story in my head beyond that! 😂😆
These concepts are fun, only suggestion i have is, Try to incorperate different nationalities we havent seen in game with new characters. Im curious to see what you could come with for characters from places like from the many countries in south america or africa. Or any untouched country. Maybe something viking/norse inspired. A scottish or an irish character etc. :p
That's such a brilliant idea!! 😄 I do have a really long list of concepts that I just jot down whenever I get ideas and there are some like that. Though usually I try to stick with incorporating them into the current story so that I can utilize already made scenic art and videos for characters for the backstory videos as it makes editing a tad easier! But I'll definitely look into it further as a Viking hero would be freaking WICKED!!! 😆😆
@@jezjhart oh ik the b-roll cinimatic stuff is part of it, i do like how you use it to tie into pre-existing lore lol I just make the point since overwatch is all about diff nationalities and a diverse cast even if they double or triple up on a nation sometimes, looking at you junkers and ninjas lol if you do make a viking he must be a tank imo xD
@@damiadwalker8464 Oh I definitely get what you're saying though!! 😁😁 The next one im working on should be up this weekend. He's a tank from Europe. Just working on his art now and tweaking his abilities. Have written the story script but a little bit to do 🥲🥲
@@jezjhart i look forward to it
I think her poison and ultimate would not be good for the game. People already complain so much about the DOT effects in the game, and with ultimates like lifeweaver and rammatras for exmaple, people complain about the screen clutter already being horrible. I can support these with my own experiences too.
Hey thanks for the feedback!! 😁Some ideas will work, some will need tweaking. I personally think her Sandstorm ability would give this game what it needs, which is more interesting heroes and abilities as they're kinda getting really repetitive, especially when you play the game heaps. Players will find ways around the Sandstorm and it only lasts 8 seconds. The poison will definitely need some tweaking, even if it only lasts for 5 seconds. 😂
Wow! She would be amazing! Only thing I don't like is that this isn't real, haha.
Hahaha! 😭😭I feel that!!
Immediately clicked LOL
Faster than I'm posting to my socials!! 😆😂😂
so just kiriko main weapon, teleport ability because everyone will just instantly know it's a clone and therefore it has no other purpose than to just tp you.
Slower than Kiriko's attack speed. Also more Genji when using Viper Venom. The E ability is a Sand Clone, the teleport/switch is a secondary feature, whether you use it is up to the player and the switch shows no indicator to the enemy when doing it, so its entirely possible to fool them, especially when the Sand Clone attacks nearby enemies and can take damage. You could use the clone behind an enemy and attack them in front, they could ignore the clone and go for you then you can switch and go behind the enemy and deal further damage. Like any ability it will take precision and skill to use in game, just got to be creative. 😄
@@jezjhart yes i know the teleport is a secondary feature but im saying that the clone isn't usefull at all and therefore people would just use it for the tp