The revamped skill kit would increase the rate of energy depletion of the Defense Matrix, effectively reducing its use time by half, but would allow her to use her main weapon while boosting. Namely, the developers found that D.Va was being used more frequently to absorb damage through her Defense Matrix and was not being played offensively.
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In August 2017, in response to their observations of the meta-game, Blizzard planned to introduce changes to D.Va to be tested in the Public Test Realm (PTR) server and evaluated before full release. Her "Defense Matrix" ability was changed to be toggled on and off at will with a resource meter rather than being a single-use ability with a cooldown. The character's ultimate ability was eventually buffed the cost and explosion delay were reduced and the possibility for the activating player to be killed by their own ultimate ability was removed. Kaplan also said the development team would be exploring improvements to her damage output and survivability but would "probably pick one direction or the other". The discussion of buffing D.Va coincided with a discussion on nerfing the character McCree, who had been noted to eliminate tank characters too quickly game director Jeff Kaplan said D.Va's buffs would take longer to develop and implement than the changes to McCree. There was little that person could do because her mobility." Despite agreeing with feedback calling D.Va under-powered, Goodman said improvements to the character "are unlikely to take the shape of increasing her damage output significantly", adding "the goal is that she should be a viable aggressive initiation tank, much like Winston can be". Īccording to Goodman, early in her development, D.Va was able to deal more damage but her damage output was lowered because "she would fly into someone's face, destroy them, and fly away. Goodman attributed this and her low damage output to the game's character balancing, stating "every character in the game has strengths and weaknesses, it's part of what makes the teamplay work well". They are this way for a similar reason: They are both very mobile and hard to kill." Because she lacked a shield, D.Va was also noted to take more damage than other tank characters when facing multiple opponents. Soon after the game's release, D.Va was noted for having a low damage output the game's principal designer Geoff Goodman said "D.Va's damage is definitely on the lower side, much like Winston's. The designers initially based the mech's stickers and artwork on a cat theme, but later changed it to a rabbit because they thought its short-range booster rockets made it look as though it was bunny hopping. The game's assistant art director Arnold Tsang was inspired by mecha anime and manga for D.Va's look. One of Overwatch 's initial character concepts was a hero who piloted a mech the designers ultimately decided that the pilot could eject if their suit sustained critical damage and fight outside without protection. D.Va is designed as a tank character who uses a highly mobile pink mech suit in battle, and acts as a "skirmisher". Voice actor Charlet Chung provides the character's English- and Korean-language voices.
Her ultimate ability allows her to self-detonate her suit, dealing heavy enough damage to all enemies in her line of sight to eliminate most characters.ĭ.Va has been well received by critics and players, particularly among Overwatch 's female and LGBT fanbase.ĭ.Va, along with Genji and Mei, was announced in October 2015 at BlizzCon she was one of the final heroes to be introduced into Overwatch prior to its official release. If her suit is destroyed, she can eject from it and survive long enough to call in a new suit. Within the game, D.Va is a tank character who can deal a stream of damage and, for a short time, neutralize incoming attacks. Within the Overwatch narrative, the Korean government's Mobile Exo-Force of the Korean Army (MEKA) recruits D.Va and other gamers to help quell an uprising by robotic Omnics, using their video-game-playing skills to control weaponized mech suits.
In Overwatch lore, D.Va is a pro- eSports gamer named Hana Song ( Revised Romanization: Song Ha-na) ( 송하나) from Busan, South Korea. In English-language media, D.Va is voiced by Charlet Chung. Outside of Overwatch, D.Va also appears as a playable character in the crossover multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game Heroes of the Storm and as a gameplay announcer in StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. She features in the franchise's related animations and literary media. She was introduced at launch in their 2016 first-person hero shooter video game of the same name and again appeared in its 2022 sequel, Overwatch 2. D.Va is a fictional player character developed by Blizzard Entertainment for their Overwatch franchise.
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