During the Overwatch League Grand Finals tonight, on November 4th 2022, the Overwatch team will be teasing the latest hero to join the roster of heroes in Overwatch 2.
This new hero is guaranteed to be a tank, which will hopefully shakeup the cemented meta in the pro level and beyond. But many players have already placed their bets on who the newest tank might be.
Early October, the Overwatch 2 Game Director Aaron Keller revealed a few details about who this tank might be, expressing that the player base will love him. While the gender reveal was more of a slip of the tongue on a live broadcast, it narrowed down the options. Keller further stated, “It’s someone that players have seen before.”
These two details significantly reduce the pool of who the new tank hero might be, and many have come to the conclusion that we can expect to see Mauga at the OWL Grand Finals. And the case for Mauga is compelling.
Much of what we know about Mauga is drawn from Baptiste’s short, What You Left Behind, a story included in Overwatch’s Short Story Collection. Beyond revealing Mauga’s relationship with Baptiste, these short stories show Mauga as tall, muscular, and he self-describes as being a “big dumb brute”. Though this assertion is more cunning on Mauga’s part than not, as he’s very intelligent.
Further cementing Mauga’s role as tank is his statement to Baptiste when they first met, “With you at my back, we can do anything. You’re the best medic in Talon. You keep me alive, and I’ll protect you. No one stands a chance.”.