Primal Rage

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Primal Rage is Winston’s powerful ultimate ability in Overwatch that greatly boosts his survivability and mobility while forcing him into a frenzied melee-focused state.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Primal Rage canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hero ability ⓘ
ultimate ability ⓘ
activationType ultimate ⓘ
altersHeroState changes Winston’s abilities to melee attacks and jumps ⓘ
disables Winston’s primary weapon ⓘ
puts Winston into enraged state ⓘ
appearsInGame Overwatch ⓘ
audioEffect unique voice lines and sound effects during activation ⓘ
belongsToFranchise Overwatch franchise ⓘ
linked to: Overwatch
cooldownBehavior replaces normal abilities for its duration ⓘ
counteredBy anti-heal effects that reduce survivability ⓘ
crowd control abilities that limit Winston’s movement ⓘ
designedFor close-range engagements ⓘ
endsWhen ultimate duration expires ⓘ
gameModeUsage used in Competitive Play ⓘ
used in Quick Play ⓘ
used in professional Overwatch esports ⓘ
grantsBenefit enhanced jump cooldown ⓘ
rapid health regeneration from support healing due to larger health pool ⓘ
reduced vulnerability to burst damage compared to normal state ⓘ
significant health increase during duration ⓘ
strong knockback on melee attacks ⓘ
introducedIn base release of Overwatch ⓘ
platformAvailability Nintendo Switch (Overwatch version) ⓘ
linked to: Nintendo Switch

PC ⓘ
PlayStation platforms ⓘ
Xbox platforms ⓘ
postEffect Winston returns to normal health and abilities after it ends ⓘ
primaryFunction force melee-focused combat ⓘ
increase mobility ⓘ
increase survivability ⓘ
publisher Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
requiresHero Winston must be alive to activate ⓘ
resourceCost requires full ultimate charge ⓘ
risk limited ranged damage output during ultimate ⓘ
roleAssociation tank hero ability ⓘ
strategicUse displace enemies from objectives ⓘ
secure environmental kills by knocking enemies off the map ⓘ
separate enemy team formations ⓘ
stall objectives by staying alive longer ⓘ
synergizesWith ally crowd control that keeps enemies in range ⓘ
ally healing to sustain Winston during ultimate ⓘ
teamRole disruption ⓘ
peel for allies ⓘ
space creation ⓘ
usedByHero Winston ⓘ
visualEffect Winston appears more feral and animated ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winston → ultimateAbility → Primal Rage ⓘ
Winston → ability → Primal Rage ⓘ