{"id":1873773,"date":"2026-04-09T09:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1873773"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:59:42","slug":"the-next-new-overwatch-hero-is-sierra-and-weve-been-given-a-brief-look-at-what-she-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1873773","title":{"rendered":"The next new Overwatch hero is Sierra, and we&#8217;ve been given a brief look at what she can do"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The next new Overwatch hero is Sierra, and we&#8217;ve been given a brief look at what she can do<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Tango foxtrot over.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/overwatch-sierra.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A close-up of a feminine soldier with tanned skin and pink hair poking out from under a beret.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"overwatch-sierra.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Blizzard<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-04-09T09:59:42+00:00\">April 9, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/overwatch-hero-sierra-revealed?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          4 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"9119d4ea-0759-4638-a43f-12b785ec8fc7\" data-name=\"Overwatch\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Overwatch\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Overwatch\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Overwatch\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Overwatch\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Overwatch\" title=\"Follow Overwatch\"><br \/>\n  Follow Overwatch<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Blizzard has announced 51st <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/overwatch\">Overwatch<\/a> hero Sierra, a damage-role character, who&#8217;ll be added to the game when Season 2 of Reign of Talon launches next Tuesday, 14th April. She&#8217;s the first of five new heroes still to come to the competitive shooter this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sierra&#8217;s abilities haven&#8217;t been discussed in detail but have been teased in a CGI introduction cinematic. Sierra has tanned skin, long pink-tinged hair and a southern American accent, and notably doesn&#8217;t look like the other female heroes in the game &#8211; at least not yet. This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blizzard-reveals-overwatch-hero-anran-reworked-look\">a problem Blizzard had to rectify with new hero Anran<\/a> recently. Sierra also uses a flying arm bot as a kind of grappling hook, and packs a plasma-firing rifle.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Overwatch - Official Sierra Cinematic Hero Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y0wGyVUfqeM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Y0wGyVUfqeM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Overwatch &#8211; Official Sierra Cinematic Hero Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Sierra&#8217;s reveal trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y0wGyVUfqeM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lxz-055QD6Q\">In her Summit Breach trailer<\/a>, Sierra battles newish hero Emre on a bridge over a canyon, pelting him with bursts of rifle fire before shooting a kind of homing beacon that attracts a barrage of plasma missiles. We don&#8217;t see her ultimate ability in the trailer or anything else she can do, but I expect Blizzard will fill in the details soon.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, Sierra is the first of five more heroes being added to Overwatch this year &#8211; one in each of the game&#8217;s new Reign of Talon seasons. Reign of Talon launched in February with an expansion-sized update which brought five additional heroes to the game.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blizzards-big-plan-to-put-overwatch-back-on-top\">there won&#8217;t only be new heroes added to Overwatch this year<\/a>. Notably, Season 2 &#8211; which we now know releases 14th April &#8211; includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/overwatch-proper-switch-2-version-coming\">a proper Switch 2 version of Overwatch<\/a>. Blizzard also intends to tinker with maps and game modes, and overhaul some existing heroes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/overwatch-expansion-brings-players-surging-back\">Overwatch &#8211; formerly Overwatch 2 &#8211; has been revitalised<\/a> courtesy of this new, yearly expansion plan that Blizzard has embarked on. Players are returning in large numbers and this has created an exciting relaunch kind of moment, bolstered by years of updates and necessary changes Blizzard has already made to the game. As I wrote recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/i-havent-been-this-excited-about-overwatch-in-10-years\">I haven&#8217;t been this excited about Overwatch in 10 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Blizzard has announced 51st <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/overwatch\">Overwatch<\/a> hero Sierra, a damage-role character, who&#8217;ll be added to the game when Season 2 of Reign of Talon launches next Tuesday, 14th April. She&#8217;s the first of five new heroes still to come to the competitive shooter this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sierra&#8217;s abilities haven&#8217;t been discussed in detail but have been teased in a CGI introduction cinematic. Sierra has tanned skin, long pink-tinged hair and a southern American accent, and notably doesn&#8217;t look like the other female heroes in the game &#8211; at least not yet. This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blizzard-reveals-overwatch-hero-anran-reworked-look\">a problem Blizzard had to rectify with new hero Anran<\/a> recently. Sierra also uses a flying arm bot as a kind of grappling hook, and packs a plasma-firing rifle.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Overwatch - Official Sierra Cinematic Hero Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y0wGyVUfqeM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Y0wGyVUfqeM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Overwatch &#8211; Official Sierra Cinematic Hero Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Sierra&#8217;s reveal trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y0wGyVUfqeM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lxz-055QD6Q\">In her Summit Breach trailer<\/a>, Sierra battles newish hero Emre on a bridge over a canyon, pelting him with bursts of rifle fire before shooting a kind of homing beacon that attracts a barrage of plasma missiles. We don&#8217;t see her ultimate ability in the trailer or anything else she can do, but I expect Blizzard will fill in the details soon.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, Sierra is the first of five more heroes being added to Overwatch this year &#8211; one in each of the game&#8217;s new Reign of Talon seasons. Reign of Talon launched in February with an expansion-sized update which brought five additional heroes to the game.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blizzards-big-plan-to-put-overwatch-back-on-top\">there won&#8217;t only be new heroes added to Overwatch this year<\/a>. Notably, Season 2 &#8211; which we now know releases 14th April &#8211; includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/overwatch-proper-switch-2-version-coming\">a proper Switch 2 version of Overwatch<\/a>. Blizzard also intends to tinker with maps and game modes, and overhaul some existing heroes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/overwatch-expansion-brings-players-surging-back\">Overwatch &#8211; formerly Overwatch 2 &#8211; has been revitalised<\/a> courtesy of this new, yearly expansion plan that Blizzard has embarked on. Players are returning in large numbers and this has created an exciting relaunch kind of moment, bolstered by years of updates and necessary changes Blizzard has already made to the game. As I wrote recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/i-havent-been-this-excited-about-overwatch-in-10-years\">I haven&#8217;t been this excited about Overwatch in 10 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News The next new Overwatch hero is Sierra, and we&#8217;ve been given a brief look at what she can do Tango foxtrot over. 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