Winston by Heimerdingerer

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Winston

By: Heimerdingerer
Last Updated: Mar 17, 2017
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Winston

Science Gorilla

Winston is a highly mobile tank that leaps around, creating chaos.

Combat Trait

1
Tesla Cannon
Can move while attacking. Deals damage to nearby enemies for 50% of damage dealt to the primary target and deals 10% more damage per second the longer he attacks a target up to 10 stacks.

Primary Abilities

1
Jump Pack
Jump to target location and knock enemies into the air for .5 seconds, dealing a small amount of damage.

Cooldown is refreshed on an enemy hero's death.

8 second cooldown.
2
Barrier Projector
Covers an area with a barrier that blocks projectiles and shields Winston and his allies with a small amount of shielding as long as they stay within the barrier. Allies continue to gain shields up to an X amount that regenerates every 1 second or until the shield dissipates or breaks from giving shielding to allies.

Shield serves as a shield battery to give nearby allies shielding. Shield will break upon giving an X amount of shielding to allies.

Lasts 8 seconds.

16 second cooldown.
3
Wind Up
Charges up his Tesla Cannon's power. Increases the range, and radius by 30% along with granting 3 stacks of Tesla Cannon.

5 second duration. 15 second cooldown.
4
Primal Rage: Jump
Jump and land at target location stunning enemies for .5 second and dealing moderate damage.

4 second cooldown.

Cooldown is refreshed on an enemy kill and deals 60% extra damage when cooldown refresh is triggered.
5
Primal Rage: Roar
Roars and debilitates nearby enemies, reducing their movement speed and increasing their damage taken by 25% for 2 seconds.

8 second cooldown.

Cooldown is refreshed on an enemy kill and slows movement speed by an additional 25% when cooldown refresh is triggered.
6
Primal Rage: Smash
Smashes down in a small circle around Winston dealing a small amount of damage and knocking enemies into the air for .5 seconds.

2 second cooldown.

Secondary Abilities

1
Dig In (Lvl 4 talent)
Take a seat and dig into a jar of peanut butter. Heals Winston rapidly over 5 seconds for 5% of his total health every second. Unable to do other actions while digging in.

60 second cooldown.
2
That's Not Mine (LVL 4 Talent)
Throws a banana peel onto the ground that is hidden until activated. The enemy slips and are stunned for 1 second. Can have three peels out at one time.

8 second cooldown. Can hold a maximum of 3 bananas at a time.
3
Nutty Goodness(Lvl 20 Talent)
Encase yourself in a giant jar of peanut butter becoming immune to all damage and unable to take any action for 3 seconds. While encased, heal for 30% of your total health over 3 seconds.
4
Hidden Stash(Lvl 20 Talent)
Drops a box of bananas that heals nearby allies and himself for 30% of their health over 7 seconds. If the box is destroyed it explodes healing allies with half of the remaining healing available.

Heroic Abilities

1
Primal Rage
Gain increased health and replace his abilties.

Uses melee attacks that cause him to charge a short distance.

15 second duration. 90 second cooldown.
2
Peanut Butter Barrage
After a short delay, drops a barrage of peanut butter jars that deals damage and slows enemies in the targeted area by 50% and an additional 1 second after leaving the area. Lasts 5 seconds.

80 second cooldown.

Special Mount

1
Banana
When you need to split.

Talents

Level 1:

-Quest: Static Shock: Continuously damage enemies for at least 250 seconds. Every 10 seconds increases the damage of his Tesla Cannon by 1.5%. Quest Completion: Reduces the cooldown of Wind-up by 3 seconds. His Gun gets a glowing blue hue to it, similar to Butcher's Axe upon full stacks.

-Quest: Peanut Butter Hunt: Changes the appearance of health globes to peanut butter jars. Each jar increases his health by 30. Up to a maximum of 20 stacks. Quest Completion: Increases his movement speed by 10%.

-Quest: Homemade Peanut Butter: Every enemy hero kill increases Winston's HP regen by 2 hp/s up to 15 stacks. Quest Completion: Enemy kills cause his abilities to cooldown 50% faster and heal Winston for 20% of his total health over 5 seconds. Peanut Butter splat animation upon a kill.



Level 4:

-Dig In: Take a seat and dig into a jar of peanut butter. Heals Winston rapidly over 5 seconds for 5% of his total health every second. Unable to do other actions while digging in.

60 second cooldown.

-That's Not Mine: Throws a banana peel onto the ground that is hidden until activated. The enemy slips and are stunned for 1 second. Can have three peels out at one time.

8 second cooldown. Can hold a maximum of 3 bananas at a time.

-Jump Pack a Punch: Jump Pack deals additional damage and has its cooldown reduced by 2 seconds.

-Electrified Array: Barrier Projector applies a stack of Tesla Cannon every second and deals untalented secondary target Tesla Cannon damage to all enemies in the barrier.



Level 7:

-Expanded Field: Increases the radius of Barrier Projector by 20% and increase it's duration and shield amount by 30%.

-Expanded Tesla: Increases the radius of Tesla Cannon's damage to nearby enemies by 20%. Additionally increases the damage to nearby enemies to 75% up from 50%.

-Expanded Blast Zone: Increases the radius and range of Jump Pack by 30%.



Level 10:

-Primal Rage:Gain increased health and replace his abilties. Uses melee attacks that cause him to charge a short distance.

15 second duration. 90 second cooldown.

-Peanut Butter Barrage: After a short delay, drops a barrage of peanut butter jars that deals damage and slows enemies in the targeted area by 50% and an additional 1 second after leaving the area. Lasts 5 seconds.

5 second duration. 80 second cooldown.



Level 13:

-Jump to Action: After using Jump Pack, Winston gains two stacks of spell armor reducing damage from spells by 30%.

-Armored Barrier: Remaining under Barrier grants Winston 50% armor.

-Electrical Current: Increases the duration of Wind Up by 3 seconds and gain an additional stack of Tesla Cannon whenever Winston gains a stack.

-Thundering Rage: Deals 23.92 (+4% per level) damage per second to nearby enemies.



Level 16:

-Debilitating Jump: Enemies you land on with Jump Pack are silenced for 1 second.

-Barrier on the Go: Barrier follows Winston wherever he goes.

-Powerhouse: Increases the amount of Tesla Cannon stacks that can be had by 5. Each stack of Tesla Cannon gains an additional 5% damage.



Level 20:

-Nutty Goodness. Encase yourself in a giant jar of peanut butter becoming immune to all damage and unable to take any action for 3 seconds. While encased, heal for 30% of your total health over 3 seconds.

-Hidden Stash: Drops a box of bananas that heals nearby allies and himself for 30% of their health over 7 seconds. If the box is destroyed it explodes healing allies with half of the remaining healing available.

-[Primal Rage] Uncontrolled Rage: Extends the duration of Primal Rage by 10 seconds, increases the health bonus by an additional 20%. His basic abilities while under Primal Rage also stun for an additional .5 seconds.

-[Peanut Butter Barrage]A Sticky Situation: Increases the radius and duration of Peanut Butter Barrage by 50%. Also causes enemy's attack speed to be slowed by 50%.

Skin Ideas

Explorer Winston: Taken from Overwatch.


Thunder Guard Winston: Skin similar to Zarya's Thunder Guard Skin.

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