The next heroine in Heroes of the Storm is D.Va. And she even brings abilities that you can only dream of in Overwatch.
With D.Va, the next Overwatch heroine enters the Nexus of Heroes of the Storm soon. Hana Song brings all her skills from the hero shooter, but also has a few additional abilities that shooter players would surely be eager for.
We take a quick look at D.Va’s abilities:
- D.Va’s trait has two states: Mech Mode and Pilot Mode. In Mech Mode, she has access to all her normal abilities and can move while firing. If the mech is destroyed, she switches to Pilot Mode, where she is very fragile but deals high single-target damage and can ultimately call her mech again.
- Booster works just like in Overwatch. D.Va charges in the desired direction for a few seconds and deals damage upon contact with enemies. The ability can be canceled early.
- Defensive Matrix projects a shield right in front of the mech. Enemies within the field deal heavily reduced damage. D.Va can move in the meantime but cannot change the direction of her mech’s view. This ability can also be canceled early.
- If desired, D.Va can trigger Self-Destruct. She exits her mech, which explodes after a relatively long delay, dealing massive damage. The mech can be moved with Booster beforehand and then stopped at the desired location. After the explosion, D.Va can immediately call her mech again. Self-Destruct can only be triggered if D.Va has taken and/or dealt enough damage beforehand.
- D.Va’s first heroic ability is Bunny Hop and works only in Mech Mode. D.Va’s mech jumps multiple times on the ground, dealing area damage. Hit enemies are slowed down. D.Va can move while using the ability.
- The second heroic ability Big Gun can only be used in Pilot Mode. It deals high damage in a straight line with a short cooldown and drastically reduces the time until D.Va can call a new mech.
