Overwatch Baptiste Reunion Challenge Event Begins

Overwatch has officially started Baptiste’s Reunion Challenge. The event features the hero’s war-torn history, as revealed in the “What You Left Behind” short story.

Beginning June 18 until July 1, players get the chance to win a total of 10 new rewards that include an epic Combat Medic Baptiste skin, a player icon, and eight sprays. To get the rewards, players need to get wins in Quick Play, Competitive Play, or Arcade. In game rewards include:

• Win 3 Games : Player Icon
• Win 6 Games : Sprays
• Win 9 Games : Epic Skin

In between playing, players have the option to go to Twitch and Overwatch streams. This allows them to unlock additional Baptiste-themed cosmetics. To be eligible for the Twitch Drops, players must link their Blizzard account to their Twitch account.

Other items players can get during this event are:

• What You Left Behind short story by Alyssa Wong
• Free Baptiste t-shirt when spending at least $35 on Overwatch gear

Baptiste was announced back in February as the newest hero to join the Overwatch roster. Jean-Baptiste Augustin plays a support role and is the 30th hero to be a part of the game. Being a battle-hardened combat medic, Baptiste can make use of a wide range of weapons and experimental devices with the goal of not only supporting allies, but taking out enemies.

In his story, Baptiste hails from Tortuga, Haiti, and was one of the millions of children that were orphaned due to the Onmic Crisis. Because of the limited opportunities, Baptiste had no choice but to join the military and be part of the Caribbean Coalition. Since he still wanted to help people, he decided to become a combat medic. After completing his military service, he found it difficult to find a demand for his unique skills. This resulted in his joining the Talon mercenary group. While it allowed him to experience the easy life, he would later learn what Talon was all about and leave the group.

Aside from his unique skills, Baptiste has a special movement ability called Exo Boots. With this, Baptiste is able to jump higher especially when starting from a crouched position.

Baptiste officially was made playable back on March 19.