Overwatch: 25 Best Skins You Must Unlock

2. Bastion – Gearbot

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Bastion’s Blizzcon 2016 skin is surely Overwatch’s rarest unlockable, only available by purchasing a virtual ticket to Blizzcon that year. Luckily, its rarity is the most interesting thing about it and the whistling pacifist robot has far superior skins which anyone can obtain. Tombstone bedecks the character with a RIP motif whilst Antique turns it into an ornate automaton. The latter gives Bastion some human-like facial features which remove some of what makes the hero so distinctive.

Steambot sees Bastion adopt a steampunk-inspired appearance, but Gearbot improves on this greatly, making his rusted and decaying metalwork look like he’d fit right into Bioshock’s Rapture. You might think it hard to give a character as downright cute as Bastion an edgy makeover but Gearbot does an admirable job of giving the omnic some grit.

The best thing about Bastion’s skins is how they give Ganymede, its feathered companion, a makeover as well. The bird can be a rooster, a dove, a cardinal and much more, but surely his best look is that of Gearbot; a pigeon wearing a monocle. Fancy.

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