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Drawing Overwatch Interactions - Episode 01: "The Cute Guy" I drew this last year and it's still my favorite hero interaction in OW 2 so far! Reposting this and labeling it "Episode 01" just for fun. I'll definitely make more, I just don't know how consistent it will be. LOL

questionable influence..

Jokes (not really) aside, the fact that they both trained is so interesting to me because of how visible it is on what they actually trained him on.

Because you can see it in the way Cassidy fights-

Alright so to me it's obvious that Ana trained Cassidy in marksmanship and movement of the battle field. The marksmanship one is a canon fact meanwhile the movement is just seen in, well, how they move.

Both of them tend to stay lower to the ground when they don't have a vantage point, using running, jumping and rolling as their go too in order to get out of danger, not only that but their stances are very similar;

But there is also the fact that you can see what he learned from Gabe as well, specifically battle strategy, close range combat and hand-to-hand combat. As I've mentioed in previous posts, though Cassidy is one of the best shots in lore (canonically the only person who has been stated to have the ability to out shoot him is Ana, the best sniper in the world), he is more of a close range sniper then a full distance sniper. This is because of Gabriel's teachings.

Both in lore and in game, Reaper is a close range fighter, and we see this translated to Cassidy. Cassidy could fight long range, he'd need to change his gun but he'd still be able to do it, but he chooses to fight at a closer range more often than not, we see this in New Blood #3 and in Train Hopper. As for battle strategy and hand-to-hand, both Cassidy and Reaper take a more subtle surprise attack approach to combat, not only that but Cassidy is always on guard (that could be a thing he got from both Ana and Gabe tho), both of them rely of close ranged stealth attacks.