DWOAH: Tracer vs The Scout

Deadliest warriors of all history

Tracer vs The Scout

I'm runnin' circles around ya and through time itself!

Lena Oxton aka Tracer info:

Height: 5 foot 4

Weight: 110lbs

Weapons: Pulse Pistols, Pulse Bomb

Strengths: One of, if not the, fastest human in her universe even without her augmentations, Can control her ‘own time’ thanks to the Chronal Accelerator on her chest granting her the ability to speed up even more to almost literally teleport and even rewind herself to heal any wounds within the last few seconds and return to where she was previously, Unnatural reflexes able to react to and dodge Widowmaker’s Sniper shot from mere feet away from her the same moment the Assassin pulled the trigger, Extremely durable able to withstand bullets and at least two Rocket and Grenade hits, Crack shot with her Pistols.

Weaknesses: Physically one of the frailest characters in the Overwatch line up and if caught off guard can easily be taken down, Can only ‘blink’ three times before the Accelerator needs to recharge, Her Chronal Accelerator can malfunction is pushed too hard.


The Scout info:

Height: 5 foot 10

Weight: 152lbs

Weapons: Assorted Shotguns (e.g. Scattergun, Force-A-Nature, Shortstop etc), Assorted Pistols (e.g. Pistol, Pretty Boy’s Pocket Pistol etc), Assorted Baseball Bats (e.g. Bat, Sandman, Boston Basher etc).

Strengths: Is the fastest man in his universe hitting 17mph casually and 22.5mph at full sprint with a fully charged Baby Faced Blaster, Able to kill men more than twice his size with a few hits of his Bat, Can double jump and even triple jump whilst holding the Winger Pistol, Can hit a Baseball hard enough to clear several hundred yards and stun someone for several seconds with it, Durable enough to survive bullets/rockets/getting set on fire, Crack shot with his Shotguns and Pistols, Can increased his damage output and durability with Bonk! Atomic Punch or Crit-A-Cola, Extreme pain tolerance to the point he could walk around comfortable with a live Dove (Archimedes) sealed in his rib cage.

Weaknesses: Easily the frailest character in the TF2 line up and if caught off guard can easily be taken down, Extremely thick headed and hot blooded always running into a fight without thinking.

Battle begin!

Humming to himself Winston carefully applied the finishing touches to his upgraded Shield Generator, oh so gently locking the mechanism into place with a pair of tweezers before letting out a relieved sigh “finally finished, now to test it” he commented turning around for a moment to retrieve the activation button.

When he turned back around however the Shield Generator was gone “what? Where could it have gone?!” he panicked, his eyes frantically searching the desk before picking it up to look beneath it.

“Lookin’ for this Chuckles?”.

Jumping at the suddenly voice behind him Winston turned around to find a young man casually sitting on the desk behind him, the Shield Generator in his hand “be careful with that! You have no idea what it does!” the Gorilla exclaimed swiping at the Scout to snatch back the Generator only for the Bostonian to just jump effortlessly over him landing behind him.

“Don’t know, don’t care, boss lady wants it though so I gotta take this, later Pancakes!” the Scout smirked before jumping on Winston, using his head as leverage to leap higher diving straight out of an open window leaving Winston stumbling before the Gorilla quickly gave chase.

Upon reaching the window the Scout had jumped through Winston quickly realized that he wasn’t going to fit and with the Scouts speed he was already too far away to be caught prompting him to call for plan B “Tracer, do you copy?” he called through his communicator “there’s an intruder in the base and he’s trying to escape with important tech, he must be stopped at all costs!”.

“Already caught sight of him love, don’t worry, he’s not going anywhere” Tracer promised having noticed the Scout jumping out of one of the top windows of Watchpoint Gibraltar quickly using her Blink ability to catch up with him and standing in front of him forcing the Scout to make a hard stop “and just where do you think you’re going?”.

Startled by Tracer’s sudden appearance the Scout turned on his heels to prevent himself from falling over “whoa! Watch it there babe! I’m walking here!” he exclaimed before taking off again trying to run around Tracer only to have her Blink in front of him to block him again, repeating the action several times before he let out a growl of frustration “look doll, I normally don’t go for hitting women but you’re pushing on my last nerve here!” he stated pulling his Sandman Bat from his back “move or you’re in for a world of hurt”.

“Sorry love, as tempting as that sounds I can’t let you leave with Winston’s invention there” Tracer replied unfazed by the Scout’s threat.

His scowl turning into a smirk Scout gripped his Bat tighter “you doll, you ain’t smart” he commented before suddenly swinging at her bringing the Bat down hard on her head.

Well he would have if the Overwatch agent hadn’t Blinked out of the way moving behind him pressing one of her Pistols to the back of his head “too slow”.

As she pulled the trigger however Scout crouched down at almost unnatural speed dodging the flurry of bullets before swinging around to strike at Tracer’s legs. Before his Bat could hit her Tracer showed off her insane reactions again hopping up over it and Blinking away as the Scout drew his Pocket Pistol the moment his Bat swing missed and opened fire on her “stay god damn still!” Scout barked as he took off after her firing his Pistol repeatedly in her direction as Tracer evaded every shot returning fire with her Pistols quickly making Scout evade as much as she was.

As Scout leapt out of the way of another barrage of bullets reloading his Pistol as he hit the deck he heard Tracer zip behind him along with feeling her grab the Generator from his belt “hey! Finders keepers!” he protested aiming his Pistol up only to have it kicked out of his hand “ah! Bitch!” he hissed rolling out of the way of another bullet barrage drawing his Scattergun from his back.

With his better Weapon ready Scout hopped to his feet again upon seeing Tracer running back to the base “oh no ya don’t!” Scout exclaimed taking off after her, his natural speed easily allowing him to catch up to Tracer as the Overwatch agent threw the Generator back through the window to Winston.

Turning around after returning the Shield Generator to Winston Tracer gasped to see Scout right behind her, only just diving out of the way as he pulled the trigger sending a Shotgun blast at her point blank, the shells grazing her side as she hit the dirt. Grunting as her side burned from the gun shot Tracer returned fire hitting Scout in the shoulder and arm forcing him back “back off!” she growled through gritted teeth getting back to her feet as she heard a familiar beeping on her belt making her smirk “Pulse Bomb’s ready!”.

“Pulse what now?” Scout questioned as he fired another shot at Tracer only for her to Blink out of sight again darting right behind him again “what are you?” he growled before feeling something getting latched onto his back.

“Later love!” Tracer then tittered Blinking away as Scout realized what was on his back was beeping.

“Ah shit!” the Scout was only able to let out before the Pulse Bomb went off sending him flying several dozen yards through the air before landing hard against a boulder splitting it in two. Grunting as he lifted his head Scout spat out a tooth as well as gravel “ok, that freaking hurt” he wheezed rolling himself over “gonna need a boost for this”.

Reaching down he pulled out a can of Bonk! Atomic Punch cracking it open before downing its contents, the almost deadly concoction taking effect immediately making his eyes dilate and his body shake and glow “hell yeah! This what I’m talking ‘bout!” he exclaimed hopping to his feet and taking off back towards the base at blinding speed with his Sandman back in hand.

Convinced that the Bomb had done its job Tracer let out a relieved sigh turning around to head back into the base only to stop at the sound of rapid footsteps behind her along with a battle cry of “BONK!”. Upon hearing this she ducked to avoid the first Bat swing causing it to whiff through the air “BONK! BONK! BONKBONKBONK!!!” Scout continued to shout as he swung again and again only for Tracer to show off her unnatural reflexes time and time again dodging every swing “oh for the love of…BONK!” the Scout shouted one final time this time scoring Tracer straight in the head with a sickening ‘crack’ sending her flying straight into and through the base wall whilst also breaking the Sandman Bat.

“Ah crap” Scout sighed dropping the handle of the Sandman before drawing his Force-A-Nature Shotgun and strutting through the hole in the wall to find Tracer in the rubble barely able to move “ya shouldn’t have messed with me sweetheart” he stated with a wicked grin as he stood over Tracer, the Overwatch agent weakly raising her head to look at him “yeah you’re fast and all but me? I’mma force of nature” he smirked before aiming his Weapon one handed at her “any last words?”.

Lifting her head higher Tracer just smiled weakly up at him “ever had the feeling of Déjà vu?” she retorted before activating her Revert ability, suddenly disappearing in a flash of blue light as the Scout fired, the shells smashing into the floor where she had once been as she went back in time several seconds to stand where she was when the Bat had hit her.

Gasping as she came back into reality Tracer smiled as the agony in her head disappeared and with that she rushed back towards the Scout. “What the?” the Scout gasped realizing that Tracer had gone only to grunt with pain as she Pistol whipped him across the back of the head making him stumble before whipping around cranking a shot off at Tracer to which she Blinked out of the way.

“Bitch!” Scout exclaimed drawing his Shortstop and firing all four shells at Tracer before she kicked it out of his grasp “that’s it! It’s bashing time!” he then proclaimed pulling out his Boston Basher before going on the mad offensive again, swinging the Spiked Bat wildly not truly aiming causing every missed swing to make the Bat rebound off every surface hitting the Scout back inflicting damage on him rather than Tracer.

Growling with annoyance as Tracer suddenly retreated to the much wider space of the outdoors Scout then tossed his Basher away to redraw his Force-A-Nature Shotgun before rushing outside as well. Upon exiting the base Scout jumped to evade gunfire from Tracer shocking her as he then proceeded to jump again mid-air to get even more height before firing his Shotgun straight down to propel himself higher, as if flying as he sailed straight for her, the glare of the sun temporarily blinding her as he drew his Frying Pan.

The sound of the Pan striking Tracer echoed through the valley around Watchpoint Gibraltar as the agent was knocked clean on her ass, her head spinning as Scout raised his arm for another hit before recoiling as Tracer fired blindly at him hitting him several times in the chest and shoulders making him stumble back.

As the Scout staggered back Tracer heard the beep of her Pulse Bomb activating again bringing a smile back to her lips as she hopped back onto her feet “ok, you would not believe how much this hurts” the Scout quipped as blood poured from his chest and mouth before gasping as Tracer Blinked right in front of him pressing her Pulse Bomb to his chest and Blinking away “oh for fucks sake!”.

Those were Scouts final words as the Bomb went off taking him with it, his blood and body parts flying everywhere staining the ground whilst Archimedes flew free. Raising her arm to shield her face from the explosion and splatter Tracer then watched as Scouts cap gently floated down in front of her promptly snatching it out of the air “eh, not really my style but it’s kinda cute” she commented putting the hat on before heading off towards the base to check on Winston and tell him that the intruder had been dealt with.

Winner: Tracer

My second match up that ScrewAttack has done before but this time I agreed with their outcome, however there was a few things about that battle that inspired me to write my own version in which I believe the Scout would have actually acted and how the battle could have been made better in my opinion.

First, Tracer stealing the briefcase, Tracer is a hero and would be above stealing in my opinion, Scout on the other hand is a Mercenary and very little is above him so to me having him steal something from Overwatch would have made more sense.

Second, Tracer killed Scout too quickly, despite being the frailest TF2 character Scout is still far more durable than normal men and in my opinion it would take more than a single Pulse Bomb to take him down.

Third, Tracer survived several full contact hits from the Sandman, this is something that despite me believing that Tracer would always win I had to call bullshit on, because of Tracers seemingly meagre health bar it would take only three hits max to take her down especially since Scout can kill characters like Pyro and DemoMan who are far more durable than Tracer in the same amount of hits. In my opinion he’d never be able to hit Tracer more than once if he was lucky because of Tracers near god-like reflexes, if she can dodge a point blank Sniper shot, she can dodge a dude swinging his arm at her.