"I'm not an monkey, I'm a scientist!"

[Respect Winston] (http://assets.vg247.com/current//2015/06/overwatch_winston.jpg)

"A super-intelligent, genetically engineered gorilla, Winston is a brilliant scientist and a champion for humanity's potential.

The Horizon Lunar Colony was established as a first step for humanity's renewed exploration of space. Among its residents was a group of genetically enhanced gorillas that were intended to test the effects of prolonged habitation in space.

One gorilla displayed such rapid brain development from the gene therapy that he was taken under the wing of Dr. Harold Winston, who taught him science and inspired him with tales of human ingenuity. The young gorilla passed his days assisting with the scientists' experiments, watching the distant blue world outside his habitat window, dreaming of the endless possibilities that awaited him there.

But his life was thrown into chaos when the other gorillas led an uprising, killed the mission scientists, and claimed the colony for their own. Taking on the name of his beloved human caretaker, Winston built a makeshift rocket and escaped to Earth. There he found a new home with Overwatch, an organization that represented everything he had come to admire about humanity. Winston was finally able to live up to the heroic ideal that had been instilled in him.

Now with the fall of Overwatch, Winston has gone into seclusion, once again cut off from the world he believes in, but longing for the days of heroism to return." [-Overwatch website] (https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/winston/)

Equipment:

• [Tesla Cannon] (http://i.imgur.com/d659sd3.gifv) - generates a cone of electricity 8 meters in front of Winston that bypasses shields. [Cinematic footage of it in action.] (http://imgur.com/8PMg1hy.gifv)

• [Jump Pack] (http://i.imgur.com/irkklvx.gifv) - boosts Winston's jumping ability. In-game this propels him about 20 meters forward.

• [Barrier Projector] (http://i.imgur.com/cQDpBQc.gifv) - creates a spherical barrier that lasts for six seconds (in-game) or until it is destroyed. It has 600 hit points, 100 more than Winston himself. In-game this means that the barrier can survive 5 direct hits from Pharah's rocket launcher.

Feats:

Strength:

• Has the strength of an [adult male gorilla.] (http://i.imgur.com/x05uPhi.gifv)

• [Cracks the ground with a Jump Pack-assisted punch] (http://i.imgur.com/SZdOoI5.gifv)

• [Hammer throws a mook.] (http://imgur.com/uRE4dXZ.gifv)

Durability:

• [Is fine after a Barrier Projector prototype blows up in his face.] (http://imgur.com/NWgr8Ku.gifv)

• [No-sells a long fall.] (http://imgur.com/LKnwHy6.gifv)

• [Tanks multiple sniper bullets.] (http://i.imgur.com/rtYLQ3T.gifv)

• [Winston's armor seems to be pretty bullet-resistant in general.] (http://imgur.com/DXybfbw.gifv)

• [Tanks a close-range barrage from Reaper and Widowmaker.] (http://i.imgur.com/cjhsPj7.gifv)

• [After tanking through Reaper's Death Blossom,] (http://i.imgur.com/xIb6DDx.gifv) going into [Primal Rage] (http://imgur.com/EeUEXIf.gifv) appears to either heal him or cause him to ignore injury.

• [Runs through multiple grenades in pursuit of Reaper and Widowmaker (also shows off his agility with the Jump Pack).] (http://i.imgur.com/5o6mTZ2.gifv)

• [It takes four tasers working together to simply pin Winston down.] (http://imgur.com/Q9bluqt.gifv)

• [Is only knocked out for only a few seconds] (http://imgur.com/Vp5eFUB.gifv) after [a barrage from Reaper and a heavy object falling on top of him.] (http://imgur.com/KlvdCsl.gifv)

Other:

• Defeated Doomfist, a villain who could "level a skyscraper" with his gauntlet (character statement, unknown if this means in a single punch or not, although the gauntlet does have [considerable power] (http://imgur.com/bbyYYsi.gifv)).

• Winston is a very gifted engineer and scientist. In addition to building a makeshift rocket to escape the lunar colony, he designed all of his equipment and Tracer's cronal accelerator, which keeps her anchored in time.