Notes

Oooooookay. So here's version 1.0 of Gui Montag, he's the first hero I've tried to make from the ground up. I've wanted a ranged warrior in this game since I decided early on that I was gonna main warriors. Then they introduced Rexxar, and while he is very cool and I do love him, he's not what I had in mind for a ranged warrior. Then came Zarya, and whilst she's my fave OW hero, her presence in the Nexus worried me, because she filled a similar role to what I felt my perceived ideal ranged Warrior would be; a Firebat.



So onto Gui here. I wanted a Firebat to be the essential "peel" warrior with his area denial and knockback. He's got a lot of damage, but not a lot of health to mitigate that. So if you can get past his defenses, you've got yourself an easy target. His DOT isn't quite as strong as Lunara, but it's better than pre-20 Nazeebo. He's got one crazy Heroic ability that can be used to lock enemies into an area or to prevent them from entering and another that gives him passive upgrades to his basic attack and trait. I tried to make his 13 tier be the only "themed" tier as it's traditionally always seemed to have survival stuff on it. His damage is definitely on the high side for a warrior, but it can be avoided with correct positioning and situational awareness. He'll go really well with other heroes that have good CC.



Some clarifying points. His basic attack is short ranged and the cone isn't super wide, enough to hit 2 minions at the same time at the widest part. It gets slightly bigger with Advanced Delivery Systems but all in all it's not meant to be able to reliably hit more than one Hero without them mis-positioning into it.



Thermal Charges is similar to Hammer's mines, except in a straight line. Their explosion radius by default is large enough that it slightly overlaps, so hitting a hero with two blasts is possible but they need to be pretty close to right in between them. Taking Optimized Blasting at 1 makes the double hit much easier.



Indelible Flame. This is a talent that I'm actually super proud of. Obviously it pairs really well with things like Inner Fire and Get Out of the Kitchen. His 20 overall has some really strong options so letting Gui hit the late game is something that you want to avoid similar to Cho'Gall.



Lemme know what y'all think! Maybe he's a bit OP with the numbers the way they are now, but overall as someone who's not quite a tank, and not quite a bruiser I find where he's sitting to be decent.



