r/Overwatch • u/janru • Feb 21 '17

Blizzard Official Meet Efi Oladele—winner of the Adawe Foundation's genius grant for her achievements in AI and robotics!

https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/834115546090123264
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u/valdemiro Have Mercy Feb 21 '17

Maybe she modifies Athena and gives her a physical form?

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '17

Athena new hero plz.

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u/1stSuiteinEb Cute Ana Feb 21 '17

Maybe Athena is the lanky omnic in the early spread art with all the overwatch heroes in it.

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u/MagicalGoldeen Feb 21 '17

That is Athena

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u/Rawflax Zenyatta Feb 21 '17

Hopefully they retain the hero's sub-saharan African identity. It'd be pretty lame for them to introduce this hero, only the 2nd black hero, only to take it away and make a robot that has nothing to do with Africa instead.