Swarm

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Michael Russo "AKA Swarm" is the arch-rival to Tracer who now serves as an ant-hero of Overwatch.

## Likes and Dislikes

**Likes**

* Flight
* Drone Technology
* Old Fashioned (Favorite Drink)
* Dancing
* New York City (Home Town)
* Fighting
* Tracer (Arch Rival/ Ex-Girlfriend)
* Whisky
* Luxury
* Parties
* Electric Swing (Favorite Music Genre)

**Dislikes**

* Being Told What to Do
* Beer
* Losing his Cool
* Tracer (Arch Rival/ Ex-Girlfriend)
* Broccoli
* Losing a Fight
* Malfunctions
* Being Late
* His Former Life

## Weapon: Capone Class Tommy Gun

Swarm's signature weapon is a self-modified Tomson submachine gun, more well-known as a Tommy gun. The gun itself fires laser blasts rather than bullets in green color and has a barrel that can fire 50 shots. The gun itself also has a form of grenade launcher located just bellow the nozzle which fires out his shakedown grenades. The most powerful aspect of the gun is a form of laser tracker that was modified by Swarm himself which allows his drones to attack where he aims.

Damage: 10

## Abilities

### Drone Mafia (Passive)

Swarm gets a small drone after every 1 minute or whenever he does a kill or an assist (Able to have a maximum of 10 drones at a time). The drones will stay by Swarm's side and fire out a machine gun fire dealing 10% of his weapon's damage whenever he attacks with his Target Capone class Tommy Gun, aiming wear he fires. Whenever Swarm is damaged and has at least 1 drone, he will have the damage reduced by 20%, but will also destroy one of his drones.

### Hit Contract (Targeted)

Swarm fires a small tracker on a target for 30 seconds. When the tracker is active, Swarm will be able to see the target through walls for the duration. If the target with the tracker is killed while it is active, Swarm will gain 1 battle drone. If Swarm performs the kill himself, he instead gets 2 drones and has the cooldown of Hit Contract reduced to O.

### Kingpin's Command (Area of Effect)

Swarm commands his drones to fly around him in a circle for 5 seconds, firing for the duration of the ability. While the ability is active, each drone will deal 20% of your primary weapon's damage. If an enemy with a hit contract is damaged by this attack, they will be dealt an additional 10% damage from the ability. This ability cannot be used unless Swarm has a minimum of 5 drones active.

### Shakedown (Area of Effect)

Swarm fires a special grenade in front of him, landing after a 1-second arc. Upon impact, the grade releases a wave of energy reducing enemy armor and shield. In addition, the weapons of enemies caught in the blast have their ammunition of the current clip reduced to 0. If an enemy with a hit contract is struck with this ability, their speed is reduced by 30% for 5 seconds, doubling the effect of armor and shield reduction.

### Hostile Takeover (Ultimate)

Swarm increases his maximum drone limit to 30 and summons drones equal to 3x his total drone count rounded up. After summoning the drones, they will swarm around the map, attacking any enemy on sight for 10 seconds. While this ultimate is active, the attack power of the drones is equal to 100% of Swarm's basic attack power and can be attacked, each drone having a total health pool of 75. Drones will target and pursue any enemy with a hit contract within their radius. After the duration of the ultimate is expired, the maximum drone limit is reset to 10 with all drones returning to Swarms side. Any drone in excess of 10 will self-destruct dealing damage in a small radius when it crashes.

## Voice Lines

"Say hello to my little friend!"- activating his shakedown ability

"You're on my list now"- hitting an enemy with his hit contract ability

"Don't feel too bad, it was an offer you couldn't refuse"- one of his Kill Line

"I never wanted it to end this way lena..."- kill line against Tracer

"So how about that cannoli"- One of his kill lines

"Spread the word, shoot to kill!"- activating his ultimate ability

## Trivia

* Swarm is slightly inspired by the Italian mafia of New York City
	+ Swarm is also named after a former capo of the Columbo family named Michael Franzese
* Swarm's line "say hello to my little friend!" during his shake-down attack is a quote from the Al Pachino movie Scarface.
* Swarm's and Tracer's relationship was loosely based on Kay Adams and Michael Corleone from The Godfather