Summary
- Missed opportunity for Ashe to get an Avatar skin due to shared voice actress.
- Blizzard opted for other Avatar characters, like Aang and Zuko, for Overwatch 2 skins.
- Season 14 of Overwatch 2 brings new collaboration cosmetics, buffs, and events.
An Overwatch 2 player pointed out the missed opportunity for Ashe to get a skin as part of the crossover with Avatar: The Last Airbender. Since Overwatch 2 collaborated with One-Punch Man, Blizzard has periodically released cosmetics in partnership with well-known pop culture names, like the most recent with Avatar.
Ashe, in particular, was one of the characters that got a Cowboy Bebop skin, the team-up that brought cosmetics inspired by the popular 1998 anime to Overwatch 2. The collab dressed the leader of the Deadlock Gang as Faye Valentine, one of the main characters in the anime who joins Spike Spiegel and Jet Black during their adventures. Even BOB got a new makeover inspired by Faye's ship. Now, a Overwatch 2 player has imagined what skin could have been given to Ashe from Avatar.
Redditor R2d2s_bleeper lamented that Overwatch 2 didn't announce a skin for Ashe based on June, one of the characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender. The reason for the player's sadness lies in the fact that both characters are voiced by Jennifer Hale, a well-known voice actress who has worked on Mortal Kombat 1 (Kronika), Bayonetta 3 (Bayonetta), and X-Men '97 (Jean Grey). The OP also notes that BOB could have received a cosmetic inspired by the badger mole, a giant blind mammal found in the Earth Kingdom of the Avatar universe.
Overwatch 2 Expands Collab List With Avatar: The Last Airbender Skins
While some Redditors agreed with the missed opportunity, others noted that June makes only a few appearances in Avatar: The Last Airbender and that Blizzard opted instead for more popular characters. Players may even already know which Avatar skins Overwatch 2 will get, as a leak revealed the cosmetics of Aang, Zuko, Toph Suki, and Appa for Zenyatta, Genji, Venture, Kiriko, and Orisa. One of the highlights is Venture, who, after getting skins a little different from their standard outfit, will receive a collaboration cosmetic.
The Avatar: The Last Airbender collab is one of the features awaiting players in Overwatch 2 Season 14. Launched on December 10, one of the highlights is the introduction of Hazard, the newest Overwatch 2 hero with considerable mobility and the potential to deal damage to enemies. Blizzard also confirmed the start of the Avatar collaboration on December 17, potentially bringing more cosmetics beyond the skins. Other features introduced by the update include buffs to heroes such as Soldier: 76, Ashe, and Baptiste, nerfs to Mauga and Pharah, and the start of the Winter Wonderland event.
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