“It’s hard to argue with a missile screaming down your six.” - Sky Reaper Pilot, Johan Lahiri - Swedish Digital Operations Force
The Sky Reaper is the first of eight new champions we want to profile for you all. When Upload launches in the coming weeks, eight new “Champions” will take place of our existing drones, so we wanted to make sure we lay out what you can expect from each.
The Sky Reaper is probably the most straightforward of our champions - something akin to your “Assault” class in a lot of shooters, but then again - not a lot of shooters have to worry about 360 degrees of attackers and flying at high altitudes through a dense cityscape, but you get the picture.
The Sky Reaper is sort of our “Everyman” champion, with decent flight handles, good armor, and his machine guns and homing missiles are very effective even if they’ve got a long reload time. It’s a thing of beauty to find a good corner to camp on while defending the package, peak out, fire a missile, and watch it go to work on the attackers. Just remember - there’s a long wait between uses, so you’re going to rely on those machine guns to keep you safe between the missiles.
What happens when you need to go on the defensive? The Sky Reaper comes equipped with a limited use timed invulnerability module (think super-charged shielding) that lets you get out of dodge in a hurry. And to help the team, you also have a healing bubble skill that allows you to keep your team and yourself alive while defending the package.
And of course, last but not least - the good ol’ smoke screen. Pop this beauty when you need to hide from attackers, or if you just want to set up the perfect ambush around a chokepoint.
With all these tools at its disposal, it’s hard to believe the Sky Reaper is just one of eight unique champions coming to the game with the Upload content drop. Stay tuned for more details on the remaining seven in the weeks to come.