Cole Cassidy

Cassidy is a calm man, rarely showing intense emotions with an element of carefreeness. Although he was once an outlaw, Cassidy is always looking to do the right thing, trying to atone for his past. He often acts polite and respectful towards both his team and strangers but can be cocky at times. He is also appreciative of weapons and prefers for them to be treated with care, as verified by his dialogue with Reaper. Additionally, he seems to be pretty charming, evidenced by his brief conversation with Ana before a match starts.

Fancying himself as a justice bringing cowboy and having an appearance to match, Cassidy usually makes multiple references to Western films and culture, as shown by his voice lines and quotes during battle. He also seems to joke about himself being wanted dead by multiple groups, according to his reaction to seeing his picture on a dartboard in Route 66.

Cassidy was originally a member of the Deadlock Gang. In an Overwatch sting operation at Route 66, Cassidy was captured alongside several other gang members. Overwatch was impressed with his skills and gave him the option of becoming a member of Blackwatch rather than going to prison. He accepted, and began to serve with training from Gabriel Reyes.

When Overwatch began to decline and Blackwatch's rebellion was beginning, Cassidy opted to leave Overwatch and cut off all contact with its members. He resurfaced after its collapse as a mercenary.

Using his Peacekeeper, Cassidy takes out targets with dead-eye precision and can perform a combat roll to dive out of danger, and instantly reload his weapon in the process. Anyone who gets too close will be Strucker by his magnetic grenade. He can run and gun, as well as stand in place and shoot everyone in his sights in the blink of an eye. He is also a battle genius, as shown in his showdown with the entire Deadlock Gang, where he shoots surfaces in the environment to trigger certain events, and brings down a rockslide to take cover from Ashe's fire. While not in his arsenal (at least not in-game), Cassidy can utilize grenades and other explosives to his advantage, to either blind his opponents or incapacitate them, without waiting for them to detonate-- he can even shoot them before they even land.

As a gun for hire famous for his meritorious skill, parties big and small seek his mercenarism. However, he only fights for causes that he believes are just. Cassidy enjoys serving justice with his own two hands. One of his arms is robotic, it is unknown what happened to him. It is also unknown if it boosts his performance in any way, since he shoots with his right, human arm.

In gameplay, his Peacekeeper revolver contains 6 rounds per clip, and it takes 1-2 seconds to reload. His primary fire shoots a heavy bullet that deals 35-70 damage, which can headshot. Alternatively, he can Fan the Hammer to release all of his bullets in less than a second to pump close range enemies full of lead, dealing up to 300 points of damage, enough to instantly kill most heroes. By using Combat Roll, this split second movement ability instantly reloads his gun, and he can then potentially do a double fan-the hammer.

His Magnetic Grenade is a close range projectile that hinders and destroy enemies. His ultimate ability is Deadeye, which has an insane range of 200 meters for him to quickly deal severe damage to all enemies in sight, with a high chance of killing. Cassidy will always targets from left to right.