The latest Overwatch hero is playable beginning right now for a restricted time. Juno, a help hero Blizzard started teasing way back to final yr’s BlizzCon, brings a space-age aptitude to the hero shooter when she joins the roster as a part of Season 12 when it launches on August 20. Based mostly on Juno’s reveal trailer, it already appears to be like like she’ll be shaking up the meta and placing her fellow help heroes out of a job.
Juno’s hero trial interval will give gamers an opportunity to check out her equipment beginning on July 19 (that’s right now) and thru July 21. The one sport mode that the trial hero will likely be excluded from is aggressive play. If you’re frightened about not getting an opportunity to check out Juno for your self throughout the weekend, then ensure to play among the No Limits mode as it can allow you to select any character, even when a teammate has already chosen them. I don’t assume enjoying with a bunch of Junos operating round gives you one of the best concept of what her affect on the meta will likely be, however no less than you’ll get a really feel for her equipment.
Based mostly on the trailer, it appears to be like like Juno will likely be an extremely cell help character that threatens to make multiple present hero out of date. Juno’s predominant assault is a burst fireplace pistol that heals allies and damages allies, which feels like a fusion between the performance of Ana’s rifle and the texture of Mercy’s pistol. In relation to secondary fireplace, Juno has homing missiles that additionally heal or harm different heroes accordingly. She will additionally glide, hover, and double leap to get across the map in addition to dropping down a hoop that can enhance ally motion. That makes her sound like one of the cell characters the sport has needed to date, and many see parts of Phara, Lucio, and Mercy in her equipment. Lastly her Final, Orbital Ray, buffs ally harm whereas additionally therapeutic.
Total, the mobilitty, therapeutic, and even dps potential of Juno makes many see her as a doable substitute for characters like Mercy, Lucio, and Kiriko. Help mains inquisitive about Juno’s equipment and the way it would possibly make your hero of selection rather less interesting might wish to strive her out for yourselves whereas her trial is offered.
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