Blizzard Reveals Overwatch Hero Doctrine And Escort Map GRIMSVÖTN At BlizzCon
The pre-season interview puts the mechanical detail on the record ahead of Season 5, and Blizzard is shipping a hitscan support whose right-click Infuse rewrites what each other ability does.
Reporting from 1 source: GAME Watch (Impress).
Blizzard announced the support hero Doctrine and the Escort map WATCHPOINT: GRIMSVÖTN at BlizzCon 2026, held September 12 and 13 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Doctrine arrives with Season 5, and a limited-time trial runs from September 12 to September 15. Executive Producer Ben Bell and Associate Game Director Alec Dawson also detailed the hero's aim-based kit.
Doctrine is an aim-based hitscan support, per Executive Producer Ben Bell and Associate Game Director Alec Dawson at the BlizzCon venue. Left-click attacks and heals. Shrouded Momentum on Shift moves the hero at high speed horizontally while reducing damage taken, and Invigorating Drones on E sends a drone to one ally for continuous healing plus an attack-speed buff.
The right-click ability, Infuse, waits for your next input and changes it: left-click turns attacks into large piercing shots and strengthens healing, Shift turns high-speed movement into free flight, and E attaches the drone to Doctrine instead of an ally. The ultimate, Deliverance, releases a swarm of drones that reduces enemies' maximum HP and grants allies overhealth.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- GAME Watch (Impress) 待望の新シーズン開幕直前「オーバーウォッチ」開発者インタビュー【BlizzCon】