Widowmaker

[e][h] Widowmaker

"One shot, one kill."

Hero Information

Role:

Damage

Real Name:

Amélie Lacroix

Age:

33

Relations:

Occupation:

Assassin

Base of Operations:

Annecy, France

Affiliation:

Talon

Release Date:

2015-10-27

Base Stats

Hitpoints:

175

Amélie "Widowmaker" Lacroix is a Damage class hero in Overwatch.

Abilities

Widow's Kiss (Assault)
	Ability: Weapon Affects: Enemies Widowmaker’s versatile sniper rifle is ideal for scope-aimed shots at distant targets. Should targets close to medium range, the rifle can also be fired in fully-automatic mode.
M1  Damage: Ammo: Reload Time: Fire Rate:  3.9-13  35  1.5 Seconds  .1 seconds

Widow's Kiss (Sniper)
	Ability: Weapon Affects: Enemies Widowmaker’s versatile sniper rifle is ideal for scope-aimed shots at distant targets. Should targets close to medium range, the rifle can also be fired in fully-automatic mode.
M2  Damage: Headshot Multiplier: Full Charge Time: Ammo: Reload Time: Fire Rate: Falloff Damage:  12-125  2.5x  0.9 Seconds  35 (5 used per shot)  1.5 Seconds  1 Round per Second  Up to 50% damage falloff from 60-85 meters

Grappling Hook
	Ability: Cooldown Affects: Self Widowmaker launches a grappling hook towards the location she’s aiming at – when the hook connects with a scalable surface, she’s quickly drawn towards it, allowing her to expand her view of the battlefield and evade or flank targets.
SHIFT  12 seconds Cancel Range: Max. Range:  Bounces off a surface if the distance between you and the hook is under 2 meters, canceling the hook and not costing any cooldown.  20 meters

Venom Mine
	Ability: Cooldown Affects: Enemies Widowmaker adheres a swiftly-arming venom mine to nearly any surface. When a target wanders within range of the mine’s motion trigger, it explodes, delivering poison gas to any enemies in the vicinity.
E  15 seconds Damage: Duration: Stackable:  15 per second  5 seconds  No

Infra-Sight
	Ability: Ultimate Affects: Self Widowmaker’s recon visor allows her to see the heat signatures and health bars of her targets through walls and objects for a moderate amount of time. This enhanced vision is shared with her allies, however the effect stops if Widowmaker dies during her ultimate.
Q  Duration:  15 seconds

Lore

Widowmaker is the perfect assassin: a patient, ruthlessly efficient killer who shows neither emotion nor remorse.

It is believed that in her former life, Widowmaker was married to Gérard Lacroix, an Overwatch agent spearheading operations against the Talon terrorist organization. After several unsuccessful attempts to eliminate Gérard, Talon decided to change its focus to his wife, Amélie. Talon operatives kidnapped her and subjected her to an intense program of neural reconditioning. They broke her will, suppressed her personality, and reprogrammed her as a sleeper agent. She was eventually found by Overwatch agents, apparently none the worse for wear, and returned to her normal life.

Two weeks later she killed Gérard in his sleep.

Her mission complete, Amélie returned to Talon, and they completed the process of turning her into a living weapon. She was given extensive training in the covert arts, and then her physiology was altered, drastically slowing her heart, which turned her skin cold and blue and numbed her ability to experience human emotion. Amélie was gone.

Now, Widowmaker is Talon's most effective assassin, feeling little save the satisfaction of a job well done.

Trivia

• Voiced by Chloe Hollings

Version History

Balance Patch History
Patch Version	Balance Changes
June 14, 2016 Patch
	Widow’s Kiss Alternate Fire (Scoped Shot) Base damage decreased from 15 to 12 Note: Scoped shot damage multiplier remains unchanged Headshot damage multiplier increased from 2x to 2.5x Players must now wait for the unscoping animation to completely finish before scoping Infra-Sight Ultimate cost increased by 10%
April 6, 2016 Patch
	Fixed an issue where Widowmaker’s scope graphic wasn’t rendering when scoped in
November 20, 2015 Patch
	Widow's Kiss Scoped shot damage has been slightly reduced Scoped shots will now consume 3 bullets instead of 1
November 9, 2015 Patch
	Infra-Sight Widowmaker can no longer gain ultimate charge while Infra-Sight is active