Blizzard revealed Overwatch 2‘s Hero 45 in a short cinematic trailer: a brand new hero named Vendetta, aka La Lupa. She hails from Italy, appears to have Talon connections within the household, makes use of a big sword made of sunshine, and is slated to debut in December at the beginning of Overwatch 2 season 20.
The trailer exhibits Vendetta combating on the Colosseo map withn a sword manufactured from hard-light, Overwatch-speak for a strong substance produced from, properly, gentle. It is what Symmetra makes use of to create constructs in battle, and hard-light is tied to the Vishkar company in Overwatch lore alongside Lifeweaver’s biolight tech. How that matches in with Vendetta’s story, which, apparently, entails working by means of points her father left behind, stays to be seen, although you possibly can most likely anticipate a good bit of latest lore to drop with Vendetta. Blizzard is beginning to take Overwatch 2‘s story extra critically, three years after launch, and even added a brand new story part to the sport menu that features hero background shorts and different post-Omnic Disaster tidbits.
“Denied her inheritance and solid apart, La Lupa clawed her approach into legend by means of the brutal world of area fight within the Colosseo,” Blizzard’s official description reads. “With each victory, her affect grew. However past the world, whispers of Vendetta’s previous proliferate, hinting at a historical past that ties her legacy on to the unique Overwatch battle in opposition to Talon. Having carved out her place among the many area’s elite, she cuts down enemies with ruthless, regal precision. Beneath the floor, her ambitions run deeper. Every gladiatorial victory is a calculated step in direction of one thing better.”
Assuming Vendetta’s equipment is the best way it appears in her trailer, it looks like she is likely to be the primary all-melee harm character and the second melee-only character within the sport. (Reinhardt’s hearth strike means he does not depend.) She will not be restricted to smacking up-close enemies like Brigitte is, although. The trailer exhibits Vendetta hurling her sword at a distant foe, earlier than flying by means of the air to seize it once more and observe up.
Vendetta is Overwatch 2‘s third new hero for 2025, following Freja’s launch throughout season 16 and Wuyang’s at the beginning of season 18. Blizzard launched three new heroes in 2024 as properly, however Vendetta breaks the sample a bit. 2024’s heroes included a tank, a assist, and a harm vendor, however Vendetta is that this yr’s second harm character, bringing the overall variety of playable characters in that class to twenty.
