Baptiste Spotlight
[Intro]
Healing, Damage and Immortality, Overwatch’s latest hero Baptiste does it all, so let's
take a look at his lore, his abilities and how to get started with Overwatch’s newest
character.
[Lore & Backstory]
Baptiste’s story begins when he was a young boy during the Omnic Crisis where he, along
with millions of other children were orphaned by the conflict.
With only limited opportunities and resources available he enlisted in the military, specifically
the Caribbean Coalition, a pan-island force formed in response to the war.
Baptiste was fueled by an innate desire to help people, and so specialised in becoming
a combat medic for an elite branch of the organisation.
Eventually the war ended and his service was complete, but now his unique skill set was
much less useful.
However one opportunity did present itself, when Talon offered him a position in their
organization.
For the first time ever Baptiste got a taste of the good life.
Talon’s missions were much easier than fighting a war, and the pay was also much better.
He was even able to fund a clinic in his hometown.
However slowly his units orders escalated in brutality, expanding into assassinations
and operations with civilian casualties.
Baptiste soon realised he was part of a cycle of violence just like the one that killed
his parents and destroyed his community all those years ago.
He was disgusted with what he had become, so he abandoned Talon and set out to forge
a new path.
However leaving Talon isn’t that easy.
Baptiste knew too much so the Council dispatched operatives to silence him.
Agent after agent came after him but the few that found him were never heard from again.
Today Baptiste travels the world, healing where he can and fighting where he must.
He knows that he cannot undo his past, but that making a difference now is what really
matters.
[Gameplay Overview]
Baptiste is a support character who brings a lot to the table.
His primary fire is a 3 round burst, its most effective at medium range and rewards accuracy
and recoil control.
His secondary fire is a projectile which heals any allies near its point of impact.
However it cannot be used to heal himself.
Regenerative Burst however will heal him, along with any other nearby allies.
Also worth noting this is a buff that will remain on allies even if they move away from
you, it's not an aura that they need to stay in.
His next ability is Immortality Field.
This creates a wide circular zone inside which all allies are immune from dying.
Their health will be locked at a minimum amount and so long as they remain in the field it
can drop below that.
Then his Passive Ability is Exo Boots.
By crouching for a short while he can charge up the boots to give him a much greater vertical
jump.
Finally his ultimate is Amplification Matrix.
This creates a zone that will double all the damage and healing effects of friendly projectiles
that pass through it.
Overall these skills come together to make Baptiste more than just a healer.
The Immortality Field is one of the strongest abilities in the game, able to counter ultimates
on a similar level to D.VA’s Defence Matrix.
However keep in mind the device itself can be destroyed, shutting the field down early.
His primary fire deals reasonable damage, provided you can control the recoil to maximise
accuracy.
His healing is also very reliant on accuracy, the projectiles have an arc to them and are
not that fast, meaning you will need to account for that when trying to heal over longer distances
or onto moving targets.
The Exo Boots are useful for reaching the high ground and getting into a hard to reach
spot, however they have very limited use in combat and don't provide much of an escape
option.
Finally the Ultimate, this can be used either defensively to boost healing by placing it
behind your team, or offensively by placing it in front of them to boost damage.
[Combinations & Counters]
Baptiste works best with heroes who he can stick fairly close to, he needs teammates
to protect him if he gets flanked and he needs a team who are in range of his healing projectiles
and immortality field.
This makes character like McCree, Reinhardt and Orisa a good fit, anyone who’s going
to be staying nearby and can provide reliable defence.
He’s less effective at working with heroes like Pharah who will be up in the air where
he can’t heal them.
His damage drop off, recoil and projectile healing will also make him less effective
in long ranged encounters, however he will shine on maps with medium ranged and close
quarters fighting like such as Kings Row.
On maps like this his healing, immortality field and ultimate will be very effective.
[Outro]
Batisite is great new addition to the game who brings a lot of new mechanics and opens
the door for some new tactics.
However this is only the basics on how to get started with this hero, so please leave
your own tips in the comments below, you never know, a future teammate might be watching
this video right now!
As always this is James for Curse saying thanks for watching, and enjoy the game!