Echo (Overwatch)

==Summary==
To chart the origins of the Echo project, it is important to delve into the personal history of Singaporean scientist Dr. Mina Liao, who would later become perhaps best known as one of the founding members of Overwatch. But prior to joining the organization, Dr. Liao was widely considered one of the preeminent experts in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, and an employee of Omnica Corporation. There she worked on the team that was responsible for the design and creation of the omnics that would ultimately wage war against humanity during the Omnic Crisis. Ultimately, it was this expertise that led her to be recruited into Overwatch to help stop her creations.
Even that catastrophe was not enough to dissuade Liao of her firmly held belief in the potential artificial life and its power to transform the lives of humanity for the better. She dreamed of improving upon the original omnic designs. These theories would become the foundation of the Echo project. However, due to Overwatch’s restrictions on artificial intelligence research and development after the Omnic Crisis, Liao was forced to limit Echo’s capabilities. What she created was a multirole, adaptive robot that could be programmed to learn different functions: anything from medical support to construction: but had serious limits to its independent decision making. Critically, Echo had multiple layers of protections, failsafes, and security to keep it under control. Echo was used successfully on test missions alongside Overwatch strike teams, but Overwatch leadership was reluctant to put it into full service.
However, the truth was that Liao had programmed Echo with a powerful, general artificial intelligence that learned by observation. After thousands of hours in the scientist’s presence, much of Liao’s behaviors (including her speech), were adopted by the Echo robot. This secret that was known by very few, including Blackwatch agent Cole Cassidy, who had, at times, been assigned to guard the scientist. When Liao was killed in attack on an Overwatch facility, Overwatch’s leadership was reluctant to continue pursuing such a dangerous project, and all development on Echo was shut down, and the robot was placed into quarantine.
Having joined up with the new Overwatch team to defend Paris against the Null Sector incursion, for the first time, Echo is seeing action as a full-fledged team member. But as she is exposed to new people, new ideas, and new situations without Dr. Liao to guide her, no one knows how she might evolve in the future.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , likely , potentially higher, higher with Self-Destruct System
Name: Echo
Origin: Overwatch
Gender: Genderless, Female Programming
Age: Unknown
Classification: Multirole Adaptive Robot
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Base Abilities=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Inorganic Physiology (Type 2), Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2 and 3), Flight, Vehicular Mastery (Skilled Pilot), Energy Projection, Explosion Manipulation (Via Sticky Bombs), Information Analysis, Adaptation, Transformation, and Power Mimicry (Able to perfectly copy the skills and abilities of those she comes in contact with, ingraining them in her code and adapting to be able to utilize them perfectly at a moment and being able to transform into people she has copied at will), Accelerated Development (Due to her programming she is able to integrate and instantly master new skills)
|-|Copied Abilities=Possesses all the abilities of Brigitte, Genji, Cassidy, Mei, Mercy, Pharah, Tracer, Winston, Ana, Reinhardt, Soldier: 76, Torbjörn, Doomfist, Moira, Reaper, Sigma, Sombra, Widowmaker, Baptiste, Ashe, Bastion, D.Va, Hanzo, Junkrat, Lúcio, Orisa, Roadhog, Symmetra, Wrecking Ball, Zarya, and Zenyatta
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Attack Potency: Building level, likely Large Building level (Destroyed numerous Nullifiers, which should be comparable to Bastion, during the Null Sector attack on Paris. Due to her duplication ability she is able to perfectly mimic the strength of other Overwatch characters), potentially higher (Able to transform into and match the strength of Winston and Doomfist), higher with Self-Destruct System
Speed: Subsonic Movement Speed (Able to move this fast), Hypersonic+ Reactions and Combat Speed (Can keep up with other Overwatch characters as well as transform into and directly match their speed.), Massively FTL+ Perceptions ()
Lifting Strength: Unknown, potentially Class 1
Striking Strength: Building level, likely Large Building level, potentially higher
Durability: Building level, likely Large Building level, potentially higher with Barrier Shield
Stamina: Superhuman, possibly Infinite (Echo is a robot, hence, lack biological characteristics and traits)
Range: Varies between Tens of Meters to Hundreds of Meters with energy attacks, potentially higher with copied abilities
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Echo is a hyper-advanced evolutionary robot programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence, versatile enough to fill multiple battlefield combat roles and reconfigure herself on the fly to adapt to new situations. She possesses dual-function programming, able to be programmed to learn different functions, anything from medical support to construction, as well as learn new abilities and skills through observation. Her mimicry is such that after spending extensive time with her creator she became a virtually identical copy in personality, behavior, and mannerism, and during her time in active combat with Overwatch she was in a constant state of adapting to all of her team members— constantly watching them, learning to do what they did, and the way they did it. Echo's ability to modify her behaviors, reconfigured herself, and learn from those around her made her the ultimate mission aide)
Weaknesses: Can only us the powers of those she transforms into and must transform into someone else to use a different set of powers
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Tri-Shot: Echo fires 3 shots of energy at once in a triangle pattern.
*Sticky Bombs: Echo fires a volley of sticky bombs that detonates after a delay.
*Flight: Echo surges forward quickly, then can fly freely.
**Glide: Echo can glide while falling.
*Focusing Beam: Echo channels a beam for a few seconds, dealing very high damage to targets with less than half health.
*Duplicate: Echo duplicates a targeted enemy hero and gains use of their abilities.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
Category:Characters
Category:Overwatch
Category:Genderless Characters
Category:Female Characters
Category:Game Characters
Category:Video Game Characters
Category:Heroes
Category:Good Characters
Category:Artificial Characters
Category:Robots
Category:Machines
Category:Inorganic Beings
Category:Self-Sustenance Users
Category:Flight Users
Category:Vehicular Masters
Category:Pilots
Category:Energy Users
Category:Explosion Users
Category:Information Analysis Users
Category:Adaptation Users
Category:Transformation Users
Category:Power Mimicry Users
Category:Accelerated Development Users