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Ramattra is a character who first appeared in the 2022 video game Overwatch 2, a Blizzard Entertainment–developed first-person shooter.
In 2017, lead concept artist Qui Fang was developing designs for Overwatch's "Null Sector", a villain group of sentient robots called omnics. While working on them, one in particular stuck out to him and the development team: a "pharaoh" type unit intended to be a lieutenant. Deciding he would make a great playable character for the game, they chose to develop him further. Early planned concepts were designed to keep an Egyptian theme, and his abilities were based around wielding nanites resembling sand. However, as they developed the character into a leader and protector of his people, later iterations leaned into shepherd and nomadic archetypes, giving him a large crooked staff as a main design point. While the staff was originally intended to have a lantern of nanites suspended from it, they simplified it visually into a swirling orb.
During development they realized they needed to give the character "size and mass" to be able to fulfill his intended role as a "Tank" type of character visually as well as functionally, so they gave him a secondary form called "Nemesis". The "form" is actually a sort of suit that encases his actual body, with early concepts having sand envelop his body fully to make him significantly larger. The finalized design incorporated a large secondary set of arms extending from his shoulders, with his original arms crossed over his chest to help him look further intimidating. His multiple arms in this mode were inspired by earlier concepts of fellow Overwatch character Zenyatta, whose design was also inspired by religious archetypes of multi-armed figures.
Ramattra stands 6'4" tall. Triangular shapes were heavily used in his design such as his cape, head and hair, and according to Fang were done to give him an "air of powerfulness, intimidation and just make him feel a little sinister." Meanwhile, his skeletal aspects and heavy use of purple in his color scheme were added to keep him consistent with the look of other Null Sector units.
Like other Overwatch characters, Ramattra received skins, unlockable cosmetic items to change his in-game appearance. The two forms the character had caused some difficulty for the design team, as they had to make sure any skin they developed would fit both characters while maintaining the same visual silhouettes so players could identify them at a glance. In particular, a skin themed after the Greek mythological figure Poseidon added more human aspects to his design, emphasizing his physique while his Nemesis form took inspiration from the mythological kraken.
Ramattra is an R-7000 Ravager, a commando Omnic created by the "god program" Anubis during the Omnic Crisis; Ravagers became particularly hated by humans because of their actions during the war, and Ramattra is one of the few remaining. Seeking a purpose for himself beyond war, Ramattra joined the Shambali, an order of Omnic monks in the Himalayas, under the tutelage of Tekhartha Mondatta. It was during this time that he first met Zenyatta and introduced him to the teachings of the Shambali, considering him a brother. However, Ramattra broke with the Shambali because of humans' continued oppression against Omnics and Mondatta's insistence on peace with humans, and left on a crusade to liberate Omnics from human control. He became one of the founders of Null Sector, and planned out the King's Row uprising, which was defeated by Overwatch (played out in Uprising, one of Overwatch's Archive events). The failure of the uprising led Ramattra to more extreme measures; after the surviving leaders abandoned him, he began to forge Null Sector into an army to liberate all Omnics, whether they wished to be freed or not.
He was briefly introduced during the 2022 Overwatch League playoffs. Prior to his announcement, Ramattra also first appeared in the story-based game mode "Storm Rising", where he is offered an alliance with Talon by Doomfist. He was released in Overwatch 2 on December 6, 2022, along with the second season of the game during its early access period.
In Overwatch, Ramattra is classified as a Tank-class character, designed to absorb large amounts of damage from the enemy team in team compositions while protecting their teammates. In his primary form his weapon fires a stream of projectiles at enemies. Ramattra can convert to his Nemesis form by activating an ability with the same name, which in addition to changing his attacks will grant him additional health and increase his movement speed. The ability however only lasts a short duration before reverting him back to his primary form, after which a "cooldown" period starts before it can be activated again. While active his attacks will change, generating waves of energy by punching the air with his large fists. Alternatively he can hold the alternate fire to "Block", taking further reduced damage from any attacks directly front of him, though causes him to move more slowly while held.
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Ramattra
Ramattra is a character who first appeared in the 2022 video game Overwatch 2, a Blizzard Entertainment–developed first-person shooter.
In 2017, lead concept artist Qui Fang was developing designs for Overwatch's "Null Sector", a villain group of sentient robots called omnics. While working on them, one in particular stuck out to him and the development team: a "pharaoh" type unit intended to be a lieutenant. Deciding he would make a great playable character for the game, they chose to develop him further. Early planned concepts were designed to keep an Egyptian theme, and his abilities were based around wielding nanites resembling sand. However, as they developed the character into a leader and protector of his people, later iterations leaned into shepherd and nomadic archetypes, giving him a large crooked staff as a main design point. While the staff was originally intended to have a lantern of nanites suspended from it, they simplified it visually into a swirling orb.
During development they realized they needed to give the character "size and mass" to be able to fulfill his intended role as a "Tank" type of character visually as well as functionally, so they gave him a secondary form called "Nemesis". The "form" is actually a sort of suit that encases his actual body, with early concepts having sand envelop his body fully to make him significantly larger. The finalized design incorporated a large secondary set of arms extending from his shoulders, with his original arms crossed over his chest to help him look further intimidating. His multiple arms in this mode were inspired by earlier concepts of fellow Overwatch character Zenyatta, whose design was also inspired by religious archetypes of multi-armed figures.
Ramattra stands 6'4" tall. Triangular shapes were heavily used in his design such as his cape, head and hair, and according to Fang were done to give him an "air of powerfulness, intimidation and just make him feel a little sinister." Meanwhile, his skeletal aspects and heavy use of purple in his color scheme were added to keep him consistent with the look of other Null Sector units.
Like other Overwatch characters, Ramattra received skins, unlockable cosmetic items to change his in-game appearance. The two forms the character had caused some difficulty for the design team, as they had to make sure any skin they developed would fit both characters while maintaining the same visual silhouettes so players could identify them at a glance. In particular, a skin themed after the Greek mythological figure Poseidon added more human aspects to his design, emphasizing his physique while his Nemesis form took inspiration from the mythological kraken.
Ramattra is an R-7000 Ravager, a commando Omnic created by the "god program" Anubis during the Omnic Crisis; Ravagers became particularly hated by humans because of their actions during the war, and Ramattra is one of the few remaining. Seeking a purpose for himself beyond war, Ramattra joined the Shambali, an order of Omnic monks in the Himalayas, under the tutelage of Tekhartha Mondatta. It was during this time that he first met Zenyatta and introduced him to the teachings of the Shambali, considering him a brother. However, Ramattra broke with the Shambali because of humans' continued oppression against Omnics and Mondatta's insistence on peace with humans, and left on a crusade to liberate Omnics from human control. He became one of the founders of Null Sector, and planned out the King's Row uprising, which was defeated by Overwatch (played out in Uprising, one of Overwatch's Archive events). The failure of the uprising led Ramattra to more extreme measures; after the surviving leaders abandoned him, he began to forge Null Sector into an army to liberate all Omnics, whether they wished to be freed or not.
He was briefly introduced during the 2022 Overwatch League playoffs. Prior to his announcement, Ramattra also first appeared in the story-based game mode "Storm Rising", where he is offered an alliance with Talon by Doomfist. He was released in Overwatch 2 on December 6, 2022, along with the second season of the game during its early access period.
In Overwatch, Ramattra is classified as a Tank-class character, designed to absorb large amounts of damage from the enemy team in team compositions while protecting their teammates. In his primary form his weapon fires a stream of projectiles at enemies. Ramattra can convert to his Nemesis form by activating an ability with the same name, which in addition to changing his attacks will grant him additional health and increase his movement speed. The ability however only lasts a short duration before reverting him back to his primary form, after which a "cooldown" period starts before it can be activated again. While active his attacks will change, generating waves of energy by punching the air with his large fists. Alternatively he can hold the alternate fire to "Block", taking further reduced damage from any attacks directly front of him, though causes him to move more slowly while held.