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* SkillGateCharacter: Arguably even more than Mercy. Moira can pump the heals like no other, she can easily self-heal with ''Biotic Orb'' or ''Biotic Grasp'', and ''Fade'' is a tremendously powerful 'get out of jail free' card at a ridiculously low 6-sec cooldown. What she lacks though, are game-''making'' or game-''changing'' abilities. ''Coalescence'' heal isn't going to keep your allies alive under heavy damage unlike ''Transcendence'', she has no ability to start fights like ''Nano-Boost'', and she doesn't have any tool other than healing to actually increase her teammates' survivability like ''Immortality Field'' or ''Armor Kit''.
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* SkillGateCharacter: SkillGateCharacters: Arguably even more than Mercy. Moira can pump the heals like no other, she can easily self-heal with ''Biotic Orb'' or ''Biotic Grasp'', and ''Fade'' is a tremendously powerful 'get out of jail free' card at a ridiculously low 6-sec cooldown. What she lacks though, are game-''making'' or game-''changing'' abilities. ''Coalescence'' heal isn't going to keep your allies alive under heavy damage unlike ''Transcendence'', she has no ability to start fights like ''Nano-Boost'', and she doesn't have any tool other than healing to actually increase her teammates' survivability like ''Immortality Field'' or ''Armor Kit''.
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* ContraltoOfDanger: Her voice is deep and commanding to convey that she's not a nice lady.
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* BareYourMidriff: Her ''Banshee'' skin reveals quite a bit of her waistline and pubis.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Not Moira herself but she certainly has a talent for inflicting these onto ''other'' people. Whatever procedures she performed to keep Gabriel Reyes alive turned him into the dreaded and incredibly unhinged Reaper whose in a state of constant, immortal agony because of her experiments. Then there's the case with Widowmaker whose true persoanlity is suppressed but nontheless [[AndIMustScream self-aware]] of the monster she's been turned into.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Not Moira herself but she certainly has a talent for inflicting these onto ''other'' people. people.
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* AGodAmI: When she really starts going on a tear she shows shades of this, along with a [[EvilLaugh maniacal cackle.]] Her catchphrase is even "Surrender to my will!"
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-->'''Moira''': Dr. Zhou, I'm interested in your colleagues' research into [[CryonicsFailure the long term long-term effects of cryogenic freezing]].\\
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* LackOfEmpathy: As another huge contrast to Mercy whose defining strength can be her strong empathy for others, Moira lacks it entirely, [[ItsAllAboutMe only caring for her own personal gain]] and using her experiments to test the limitations of human kind to appease her own curiosity, no matter how badly she might screw someone over in the process.
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* LackOfEmpathy: As another huge contrast to Mercy whose defining strength can be her strong empathy for others, Moira lacks it entirely, [[ItsAllAboutMe only caring for her own personal gain]] and using her experiments to test the limitations of human kind humankind to appease her own curiosity, no matter how badly she might screw someone over in the process.
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* NerdGlasses: Her "Foundation" spray reveals she wore a pair of giant, oval-rimmed glasses as a child.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She's very clearly supposed to take after Music/DavidBowie's Ziggy Stardust persona, which, coupled with her androgynous appearance, makes her resemble Creator/TildaSwinton. Her unlockable "Glam" and "Moon" skins makes it even more obvious.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She's very clearly supposed to take after Music/DavidBowie's Ziggy Stardust persona, which, coupled with her androgynous appearance, makes her resemble Creator/TildaSwinton. Her unlockable "Glam" and "Moon" skins makes make it even more obvious.
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** ''Retribution'' all but confirms this as she's the only one who has a very satisfied look on her face upon taking out her share of guards and when [[spoiler: Gabriel shoots Antonio, setting off the alarm that triggers the plot]] she offers a very pleased smirk that heavily contrasts Cassidy's anger but even then that's small potatoes to her response to Junkrat offering to be her lab assistant.
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** ''Retribution'' all but confirms this as she's the only one who has a very satisfied look on her face upon taking out her share of guards and when [[spoiler: Gabriel shoots Antonio, setting off the alarm that triggers the plot]] she offers a very pleased smirk that heavily contrasts Cassidy's anger but even then then, that's small potatoes to her response to Junkrat offering to be her lab assistant.
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* SmugSmiler: While the other supports have warm and inviting expressions in their icons, Moira's smile looks far more self satisfied than friendly. It's something of a default expression if she isn't glowering. At her worst, she has [[https://overwatch.gamepedia.com/File:MoiraOrigin2.jpg quite an unnerving]] SlasherSmile
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* SmugSmiler: While the other supports have warm and inviting expressions in their icons, Moira's smile looks far more self satisfied self-satisfied than friendly. It's something of a default expression if she isn't glowering. At her worst, she has [[https://overwatch.gamepedia.com/File:MoiraOrigin2.jpg quite an unnerving]] SlasherSmile
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* VilerNewVillain: She debuted several patches after the game's initial roster of Talon villains, and is notably less sympathetic compared to the others. She's seemingly motivated purely by her ambition for scientific progress alone which leads to a commonly held belief that she was not only the creator of Reaper but possibly Widowmaker, putting the kidnapping, torture, and brainwashing of an innocent woman under her list of misdeeds.
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* VilerNewVillain: She debuted several patches after the game's initial roster of Talon villains, villains and is notably less sympathetic compared to the others. She's seemingly motivated purely by her ambition for scientific progress alone which leads to a commonly held belief that she was not only the creator of Reaper but possibly Widowmaker, putting the kidnapping, torture, and brainwashing of an innocent woman under her list of misdeeds.
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* WickedCultured: On top of her aristocratic tone and NoblewomansLaugh, she expresses herself in a distinctively eloquent and well-spoken manner, often using flowery turns of phrase where simpler ones would have worked just as well. Her dialogue in ''Retribution'' upon reaching the museum shows she has quite the fondness for art and she shares Gabriel's fondness for elaborate costumes. On top of that, if she looks through the telescope on the Horizon map, she'll quote Creator/OscarWilde.
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* WickedCultured: On top of her aristocratic tone and NoblewomansLaugh, she expresses herself in a distinctively eloquent and well-spoken manner, often using flowery turns of phrase where simpler ones would have worked just as well. Her dialogue in ''Retribution'' upon reaching the museum shows she has quite the fondness for art art, and she shares Gabriel's fondness for elaborate costumes. On top of that, if she looks through the telescope on the Horizon map, she'll quote Creator/OscarWilde.
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* Her weapon is '''Biotic Grasp''', a twin set of gauntlets which unleash two distinct types of close-range beams. Her primary fire, '''[[HealingHands Regeneration]]''', releases a spray to heal allies (but requires a meter to use), while her secondary fire, '''[[LifeDrain Decay]]''', locks onto and continuously damages a single target, healing her and charging up her '''Regeneration''' much faster.
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* Her weapon is '''Biotic Grasp''', '''[[LifeDrain Biotic Grasp]]''', a twin set of gauntlets which unleash two distinct types of close-range beams. Her primary fire, '''[[HealingHands Regeneration]]''', releases a spray to heal allies (but requires a meter to use), while her secondary fire, '''[[LifeDrain Decay]]''', locks onto and continuously damages a single target, healing her and charging up her '''Regeneration''' much faster.
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* {{Bifauxnen}}: She has short hair, a rather angular face, a slim build, and a low voice. But what really puts it over the edge are the shirt and tie she wears in [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ETybQd4uRE&t=30s her origin story video]] and in some of her sprays. And then her "Glam" and "Moon" skins are pretty much knock-offs of Ziggy Stardust, {{Music/David Bowie}}'s most {{Bishonen}} stage persona.
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* {{Bifauxnen}}: She has short hair, a rather angular face, a slim build, and a low voice. But what really puts it over the edge are the shirt and tie she wears in [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ETybQd4uRE&t=30s her origin story video]] and in some of her sprays. And then her "Glam" and "Moon" skins are pretty much knock-offs of Ziggy Stardust, {{Music/David Bowie}}'s most {{Bishonen}} glamourous stage persona.
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* EvilGenius: Of the scholarly variety (EvilSorceror and MadScientist) in fact she EMBODIES this.
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* EvilSorcerer: It's She really likes the look, dressed in a flowing black tunic, attacking like she's casting spells, and her biotic pack giving the shape of a high-collar. She's actually using technology, but her powers are essentially MagicFromScience.
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* KnightOfCerebus: Though many Talon operatives fit the bill fine, Moira is the only one who lacks a sympathetic backstory to justify her more wicked deeds. She's seemingly motivated purely by her ambition for scientific progress alone which leads to a commonly held belief that she was not only the creator of Reaper but possibly Widowmaker, putting the kidnapping, torture, and brainwashing of an innocent woman under her list of misdeeds.
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* KnightOfCerebus: Though many Talon operatives fit the bill fine, having moments of sympathy and levity to balance their villainy, Moira is the only one who lacks a sympathetic backstory to justify her more wicked deeds. She's seemingly motivated purely by deeds, and her ambition for scientific progress alone which leads to a commonly held belief that she was not only the creator sense of Reaper but possibly Widowmaker, putting the kidnapping, torture, humor is very dark and brainwashing of an innocent woman under her list of misdeeds.condescending toward others.
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* SquishyWizard: Zig-zagged. She is a 200 HP character with no armour or shields and can quickly fall to burst damage, but in a protracted duel, she can use ''Biotic Grasp'' and ''Biotic Orb'' to heal herself. Her ''Fade'' is actually one of the most powerful escape abilities in the game by now - after being patched, she can use it to escape stuns, letting her survive otherwise utterly lethal combos including some dreaded ultimates. Teams with good communications will call out when she has used ''Fade'' because she's borderline unkillable before it.
* TheSociopath: Tics off a few boxes and fits the traditional definiton even more than the rest of her Talon pals. She tends to view most human life as disposable lab rats, even refrencing to downed foes as "guinnea pigs", and as shown with the creation of Reaper, has the power to inflict terrible fates that she deems scientific miracles. She also has a fairly obvious sadistic streak and is so goal-oriented and emotionally cold she seems blissfully unaware of how unlikeable it makes her. The only slightly noble personality trait she has thus far is her appreciation for Omnic life, but even that might be more of a passing fascination on understanding how their technology works more than genuine empathy.
* TheSociopath: Tics off a few boxes and fits the traditional definiton even more than the rest of her Talon pals. She tends to view most human life as disposable lab rats, even refrencing to downed foes as "guinnea pigs", and as shown with the creation of Reaper, has the power to inflict terrible fates that she deems scientific miracles. She also has a fairly obvious sadistic streak and is so goal-oriented and emotionally cold she seems blissfully unaware of how unlikeable it makes her. The only slightly noble personality trait she has thus far is her appreciation for Omnic life, but even that might be more of a passing fascination on understanding how their technology works more than genuine empathy.
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* SquishyWizard: Zig-zagged. She is a 200 HP character with no armour armor or shields and can quickly fall to burst damage, but in a protracted duel, she can use ''Biotic Grasp'' and ''Biotic Orb'' to heal herself. Her ''Fade'' is actually one of the most powerful escape abilities in the game by now - after being patched, she can use it to escape stuns, letting her survive otherwise utterly lethal combos including some dreaded ultimates. Teams with good communications will call out when she has used ''Fade'' because she's borderline unkillable before it.
* TheSociopath: Tics off a few boxes and fits the traditionaldefiniton definition even more than the rest of her Talon pals. She tends to view most human life as disposable lab rats, even refrencing referencing to downed foes as "guinnea "Guinea pigs", and as shown with the creation of Reaper, has the power to inflict terrible fates that she deems scientific miracles. She also has a fairly obvious sadistic streak and is so goal-oriented and emotionally cold she seems blissfully unaware of how unlikeable it makes her. The only slightly noble personality trait she has thus far is her appreciation for Omnic life, but even that might be more of a passing fascination on understanding how their technology works more than genuine empathy.
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!!Moira O’Deorain
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Age:''' 48
!!!'''Occupation:''' Geneticist; Minister of Genetics of Oasis
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Dublin, Ireland; Oasis, Iraq
!!!'''Affiliation:''' Talon; Blackwatch (formerly)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Moira Origin Story'' (focus)
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Masquerade" (cameo), "Retribution"
!!!'''Appearances (Archives events):''' Retribution
!!!'''Appearances (short stories):''' "Code of Violence"
!!Moira O’Deorain
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Age:''' 48
!!!'''Occupation:''' Geneticist; Minister of Genetics of Oasis
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Dublin, Ireland; Oasis, Iraq
!!!'''Affiliation:''' Talon; Blackwatch (formerly)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Moira Origin Story'' (focus)
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Masquerade" (cameo), "Retribution"
!!!'''Appearances (Archives events):''' Retribution
!!!'''Appearances (short stories):''' "Code of Violence"
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!!Moira O’Deorain
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Age:''' 48
!!!'''Occupation:''' Geneticist; Minister of Genetics of Oasis
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Dublin, Ireland; Oasis, Iraq
!!!'''Affiliation:''' Talon; Blackwatch (formerly)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Moira Origin Story'' (focus)
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Masquerade" (cameo), "Retribution"
!!!'''Appearances (Archives events):''' Retribution
!!!'''Appearances (short stories):''' "Code of Violence"
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Individual Pages: [[Characters/OverwatchDVa D.Va]] | [[Characters/OverwatchReinhardt Reinhardt]] | [[Characters/OverwatchRoadhog Roadhog]]\\
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'''OTHERS'''\\
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'''Age:''' 48\\
'''Occupation:''' Geneticist; Minister of Genetics of Oasis\\
'''Base of Operations:''' Dublin, Ireland; Oasis, Iraq\\
'''Affiliation:''' Talon; Blackwatch (formerly)\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Moira Origin Story'' (focus)\\
'''Appearances (comics):''' "Masquerade" (cameo), "Retribution"\\
'''Appearances (Archives events):''' Retribution\\
'''Appearances (short stories):''' "Code of Violence"
'''Age:''' 48\\
'''Occupation:''' Geneticist; Minister of Genetics of Oasis\\
'''Base of Operations:''' Dublin, Ireland; Oasis, Iraq\\
'''Affiliation:''' Talon; Blackwatch (formerly)\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Moira Origin Story'' (focus)\\
'''Appearances (comics):''' "Masquerade" (cameo), "Retribution"\\
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!!Moira O’Deorain
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Age:''' 48
!!!'''Occupation:''' Geneticist; Minister of Genetics of Oasis
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Dublin, Ireland; Oasis, Iraq
!!!'''Affiliation:''' Talon; Blackwatch (formerly)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Moira Origin Story'' (focus)
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Masquerade" (cameo), "Retribution"
!!!'''Appearances (Archives events):''' Retribution
!!!'''Appearances (short stories):''' "Code of Violence"
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Humanity is shackled... I will find the key."'']]
->''"Science will reveal the truth."''
->Voiced by: Creator/GenevieveOReilly (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Sarah Souza (Latin American Spanish), Esther Solans (European Spanish), Déborah Perret (French), Creator/MieSonozaki (Japanese), Mi-na Lee (Korean), Creator/MarcellaSilvestri (Italian), Magdalena Cielecka (Polish), Isis Koschdoski (Brazilian Portuguese), Alexandra Lange (German), Natalia Kolodyazhnaya (Russian)[[/note]]
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Equal parts brilliant and controversial, scientist Moira O'Deorain is on the cutting edge of genetic engineering, searching for a way to rewrite the fundamental building blocks of life.
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Over a decade ago, O'Deorain made waves when she published a controversial paper detailing a methodology for creating custom genetic programs that could alter DNA at a cellular level. It seemed like a promising step toward overcoming diseases and disorders and maximizing human potential.
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Dissent among her peers soon followed. Many considered her work to be dangerous because of its perceived ethical shortfalls, and O'Deorain was even accused of having the same unchecked desire for scientific advancement that some believed had caused the Omnic Crisis. In addition, other geneticists were unable to reproduce the results of Moira's research, which further called her discoveries into question. Instead of kickstarting her career, her paper seriously damaged her reputation.
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She received a lifeline in an offer from an unlikely source: Overwatch's covert ops division, Blackwatch. She continued her work in the shadows while developing new weapons and technologies for the organization. Her employment was a closely kept secret until it was uncovered during inquiries following the Venice incident. Many high-ranking Overwatch officials disavowed all knowledge of her affiliation with them.
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After Overwatch was disbanded, O'Deorain was forced to turn to unconventional sources of funding. This time, she was invited to join the scientific collective that had founded the city of Oasis. Yet some have whispered that the shadowy Talon organization had already been supporting her for years, aiding her experiments in exchange for utilizing the results for their own purposes.
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Though O'Deorain will go to any lengths to make scientific breakthroughs, her work is still unknown to most of the world. But now that she has been freed from all constraints, it is only a matter of time before everything changes.
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Moira is a Support armed with high area-of-effect abilities that alternate between potent healing for her allies and raw destructive power for her enemies.
* Her weapon is '''Biotic Grasp''', a twin set of gauntlets which unleash two distinct types of close-range beams. Her primary fire, '''[[HealingHands Regeneration]]''', releases a spray to heal allies (but requires a meter to use), while her secondary fire, '''[[LifeDrain Decay]]''', locks onto and continuously damages a single target, healing her and charging up her '''Regeneration''' much faster.
* '''[[EnergyBall Biotic Orb]]''' allows her to create two different types of rebounding orbs that can either heal nearby allies or damage nearby enemies.
* '''[[FlashStep Fade]]''', allows her to become invulnerable as she teleports a short distance in front of her.
* Her ultimate, '''[[KamehameHadouken Coalescence]]''', causes Moira to fire a gigantic laser in front of her that heals allies and can pass through barriers to damage enemies.
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* AirplaneArms: At least to others in-game, she trails her arms behind her when she runs. Oddly, playing her in first-person view has her palms in front of her for clarity purposes.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Her primary goal in a nutshell is for humanity to achieve peak evolution and has no problem testing out her theories on herself and others, regardless of the consequences.
* AnimalMotifs: Not nearly as much or as obvious as [=D.Va=] but Moira tends to be associated with rabbits in a few sprays and icons and is seen experimenting on one in her origin video. In this case it's used more as point of comparison as she's a predator attacking a weaker prey.
* AreaOfEffect: Like Lucio, Moira's healing (through ''Biotic Grasp's Regeneration,'' her healing ''Biotic Orb,'' and ''Coalescence'') has an area-of-effect. Unlike Lucio, however, her healing abilities cannot be used constantly (''Biotic Grasp'' has a resource meter that has to be replenished by doing damage or waiting, ''Biotic Orb'' will disappear after replenishing a set amount of HP and has a significant cooldown, and ''Coalescence'' is an [[LimitBreak ultimate]]). Additionally, her damage-based ''Biotic Orb'' and ''Coalescence'' provide area-of-effect ''damage.''
* ArmorPiercingAttack: ''Coalescence'' bypasses barriers like Reinhardt's and Orisa's shields, preventing them from protecting their teammates from the beam or stopping Moira's teammates from being healed by the beam. The only blockade it cannot pass is Mei's Ice Wall.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Mercy calls Moira out on her unethical research, Moira asks her if she can deny the breakthroughs and discoveries she achieved. Mercy cannot answer, as Moira predicted.
* BackAlleyDoctor: Has shades of this. Moira's main hurdle is that her methods were highly controversial in the field of medicine which made her an outsider and forced her to work in the shadows. In fact, she's brought into Blackwatch almost ''specifically'' because her illicit means could better aide Gabriel Reyes with his condition.
* BaddieFlattery: Despite her and Mercy not getting along for the most part, Moira is still impressed by Mercy's impressive intellect and even offers an invitation to Oasis, possibly in a Minister position.
-->'''Moira:''' I know we have our differences, but your brilliant mind would be welcome among my colleagues in Oasis.
-->'''Mercy:''' No thank you. You and your colleagues discredit the field of science. I want nothing to do with it.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Implied. Her "Nervous" spray and "Coinin" player icon depict one of her lab bunnies looking concerned as if saying ThisIsGonnaSuck. On the other hand, there is a spray showing her [[PetTheDog seeming quite friendly with dogs.]]
* BareYourMidriff: Her ''Banshee'' skin reveals quite a bit of her waistline and pubis.
* BerserkButton:
** Her tone gets noticeably more defensive and angrier ([[TranquilFury if still deadpan]]) when a fellow scientist or medic character questions her experiments.
--->'''Mercy:''' Describing your work as unethical would be a kindness.\\
'''Moira:''' "But the true question is whether or not you can deny my discoveries. ''(quiet pause)'' No. I didn't think so.\\
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'''Winston:''' Overwatch had good reason to shut down your research.\\
'''Moira:''' I shouldn't be surprised at such a narrow opinion coming from a ''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis jumped. Up.]] [[FantasticRacism Ape.]]''
** She also gets audibly impatient whenever [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Sigma]] starts going off on one of his aimless rambles, presumably because she's assigned with monitoring him and she's heard them all before.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She has short hair, a rather angular face, a slim build, and a low voice. But what really puts it over the edge are the shirt and tie she wears in [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ETybQd4uRE&t=30s her origin story video]] and in some of her sprays. And then her "Glam" and "Moon" skins are pretty much knock-offs of Ziggy Stardust, {{Music/David Bowie}}'s most {{Bishonen}} stage persona.
* BigBadEnsemble: Is part of Talon's Inner Council, making her one of the principal antagonists of the setting alongside Reaper and Doomfist, without getting into Vishkar (who may or may not be connected to Talon through Sanjay), the God Programs, and the Conspiracy.
* BilingualBonus: She has several quotes in Irish.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Her "Banshee" Legendary skin for the 2018 Halloween Terror event gets rid of her pupils and irises entirely for white, vacant eyes.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: To Moira, if it helps scientific progress, it is good. It's for this that she completely lacks any prejudice towards omnics; while she doesn't care about them (or many others) as people, she finds even the concept of prejudice woefully backwards and a limiting factor on the technology used to create them.
* BlushSticker: A look at her "Foundation" spray shows her child self had a pair of these. Noteworthy in that nearly no other younger versions of the heroes features this detail.
* BoyishShortHair: She has short and spiky hair that furthers emphasizes her {{Bifauxnen}} appeal.
* BrightIsNotGood: She uses the same bright yellow biotics technology used by Mercy and Ana to heal, but also weaponizes it similarly to Ana with her damaging abilities.
* ColdHam: Almost always speaks in a low and controlled voice but is still prone to some exuberant speech patterns and has quite expressive, dramatic body language.
* CombatMedic: While she doesn't have as high raw DPS as Zenyatta and her healing is stronger stat-wise, she has just as many options for damaging her enemies as much as healing her allies, usually making her pretty deadly in a one-on-one fight. In fact, her main weapon/healing option requires her to perform the former in order to do the latter, including healing herself. Her ''Biotic Orb'' in particular can be devastating against divers, especially in closed spaces.
* ContraltoOfDanger: Her voice is deep and commanding.
* CoolMask: She wears a silver mask on her right eye that's slightly reminiscent of the one popularized in ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. Her Year of Rat Legendary dresses her in ogre themed mask dancer attire, reminiscent of the Talchum (탈춤).
* CripplingOverspecialization: Subverted; Moira's specialization is survivability and extremely powerful healing. However, this comes as a cost of her being the only Support hero that offers no utility that can save teammates from extremely high burst damage or from abilities that nullify her powerful healing like Ana's ''Biotic Grenade'' or D.Va's ''Defense Matrix''. This USED to be the main weakness that held her back prior to Sigma's launch because you could always run another Hero with supportive capabilities/a third healer if absurd survival is what you needed. POST Sigma though with the amount of options to run support had shrunk immensely (You now can only run 2 supports, in the specific support category; many players treated characters like Soldier Torbjorn or Sombra as support heroes at High skill levels). With these changes the meta shifted heavily to high survivability and the importance dealing with barriers. Moira is not only the support with the best solo survivability and best overall healing to ensure the same for her team, but her orbs also penetrate barriers, and her ultimate does the same. This lead to Moira quickly ascended in usage due to no other support being able to completely bypass barriers at a time where good barrier usage shut down practically everything. This lead Moira to being generally considered one of the best healers in the game even after barriers as a whole got nerfed solely because of how she can fit into just about every team as the main healer.
* CreepyLongFingers: She has very long, crooked fingers. Along with her FemmeFatalons, it only makes her look more like an evil sorceress.
* DamageOverTime: Her weaponry doesn't do a lot of damage upfront, but she has ''infinite'' ammo and her ''Biotic Grasp'' is difficult to dodge unless you get out of range (which is difficult since it's quite long). This adds up to a lot of damage over time, so it's easy to get picked off by Moira if you aren't paying attention.
* DarkActionGirl: A villainous female fighter like her Talon teammates Widowmaker and Sombra, but she might actually have them beat in the "dark" department, given that she doesn't really have any sympathetic backstory to her. While Widowmaker was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy forced into evil by no choice of her own]] and Sombra was at least orphaned as a youth and later targeted by the Conspiracy, Moira is fully committed to scientific advancement, no matter the cost.
* DarkIsEvil: In addition to wearing an all black outfit, some of her attacks use dark energy.
* DeadlyDoctor
* DeadpanSnarker: She has an icy, classy sense of humor.
-->''(after killing an enemy)'' "Thank you for your contribution."
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Goes barefoot in her Banshee outfit.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Moira seems genuinely fond of her old teammates from Blackwatch, and tries to reminisce on old times. Including with the ones who are [[HeelFaceTurn now with the good guys.]] But she also seems completely unable to understand why things have changed, or why Genji and Cassidy hate her so much now.
* DrJerk: Moira is ''not'' the nicest person around, and if anything there are next to no characters who can get along with her. Precisely ''because'' of her methods as a doctor. Her dismissive and condescending responses when confronted over the matter don't help.
* DualityMotif: She has heterochromia, her [[{{Bifauxnen}} gender expression is very androgynous]] and she wields both the healing and decaying capabilities of Biotic tech. Her left arm is normal and is used to heal, while her right is full of TaintedVeins and is used to kill, and her ''Coalescence'' ult [[YinYangBomb combines the two.]] Further, she combined the aesthetics of a sorceress, but with explicitly [[MagicFromTechnology science-based powers.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: She showed up on the Talon Council in Doomfist's "Masquerade" comic three months before her official reveal.
* EnergyBall: Her ''Biotic Orb'', which can be set either to heal or to hurt. The orb itself will perform its function by lashing energy tendrils toward its intended target, so its area of effect is significantly bigger than the orb itself.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite her EvilutionaryBiologist credentials, she bluntly criticizes the way the British government treats Omnics when she spawns on King's Row.
-->'''Moira:''' The government here has such medieval views towards omnics.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To Mercy. While Mercy is a kind-hearted doctor who seeks to save lives through ethical methods, Moira is more of a MadScientist who seeks to push the boundaries of what science can achieve. One of her experiments included Gabriel Reyes, who was at least partially responsible for turning Reaper's genetic problems into his so-called "curse". She even has her own Blackwatch version of the [[https://i.imgur.com/QhX2LiM.png Valkyrie suit]], which is notably RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver and features a headpiece that resembles curled horns in contrast to Mercy's [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine brighter palette]] and [[HolyHalo angelic halo]], as well as being a reversed version of her halo. They also have [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/4380978d13dc1ba7abb062c3a3a87c8f/tumblr_oz0ozg8mhT1saswrso1_1280.png matching sprays]] of them standing back to back, as well as [[https://shipping.fandom.com/wiki/File:Light_and_Shadow.png another one]] where Mercy is looking up ("Light") and Moira is looking down ("Shadow").
** Also to Zenyatta. The Omnic monk uses his spirituality to help all and his abilities seem to be rooted in mysticism and exploiting the forces of harmony and chaos. Moira's abilities share the same color scheme and use of spherical shapes, but are firmly rooted in the setting's scientific achievements and she intends to advance her experiments regardless of what stands in her way.
* EvilGenius: Of the scholarly variety (EvilSorceror and MadScientist) in fact she EMBODIES this.
* EvilIsAngular: She's very sharp, both in character design and mental acuity, with a very pointy chin and prominent cheek bones; elongated, bony fingers; long, sharp nails; her sleeves have wide, flowing ends that taper at the bottom; her shoes are pointy with a few Spikes of Villainy on them; and when she runs, her arms trail behind her, turning her entire body into an arrow.
* EvilLaugh: Her laugh emote titled "How Amusing" is a rather [[NoblewomansLaugh haughty]] but nontheless mocking and cruel one.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: The hand she uses for killer biotic energy is paler than the other, has longer and sharper fingernails, and the tips of her fingers are a sickly purple.
* EvilRedhead: She has red hair and works for Talon. And if you check the page for that trope, traditionally red hair is supposed to be a mark of a witch, to add to her sorceress theme.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: She's noted as having an insatiable desire for human advancement, not unlike the scientists who helped start the Omnic Crisis. The City of Oasis noticed this and invited her to become their Minister of Genetics.
* EvilSorcerer: It's actually technology, but her powers are essentially MagicFromScience.
* EvilSoundsDeep: She has a distinctively low voice.
* {{Facepalm}}: One of her sprays shows her doing this, and she also has an emote of it.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Building off her DualityMotif, Moira wears a silver mask only over her right eye and in many of her legendary skins, her RedRightHand will bare a single glove or wrapping of some sort. She also has a habit of painting her nails on one hand a entirely different color than the other.
* FatalFlaw: '''Impatience.''' As elaborated on during many of her interactions in ''Overwatch 2'', Moira's dedication to scientific progress at any cost is so extreme that it has led her to resort to increasingly unsafe, unethical methods in search of ''a'' result, not necessarily the ''desired'' or ''optimal'' result that her patrons may want. She successfully revived Gabriel Reyes as Reaper, but whatever remained of his human form has been horribly disfigured, possibly beyond repair, and he's stuck in a rapid and painful state of cellular regeneration and degeneration. She transformed Amelie Lacroix into Widowmaker per Talon's orders in order to create the ultimate killing machine devoid of any feeling or emotion, but several lines of dialogue indicate that Moira failed to fully erase Amelie's original personality per Talon's intent, as Widowmaker has started to display much more self-awareness, having developed quite the ego taking pride in her skills as a sniper and learning to take some form of enjoyment in her new life while still reminiscing fondly about her old one.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Not Moira herself but she certainly has a talent for inflicting these onto ''other'' people. Whatever procedures she performed to keep Gabriel Reyes alive turned him into the dreaded and incredibly unhinged Reaper whose in a state of constant, immortal agony because of her experiments. Then there's the case with Widowmaker whose true persoanlity is suppressed but nontheless [[AndIMustScream self-aware]] of the monster she's been turned into.
* FemmeFatalons: To further her sorceress-like appearance. They look somewhat similar to Sombra's hacking cybernetics, though presumably are used quite differently.
* FingerTenting: Featured in both her "Steepling" victory pose and "Plotting" spray. "Plotting" itself is a ShoutOut to the famous "[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Pose]]."
* FriendToBugs: Her "Foundation" spray shows her child self hapily analyzing a pray mantis, black widow spider, and a scorpion. One can only assume these are pets for the time being until they're sentenced to [[CreepyChild the jars of fluid the other creatures at her feet are submerged in.]]
* FlashStep: ''Fade'' looks this way, briefly making her untargetable and invisible before she reappears a short while later.
* ForScience: She's constantly seeking new advancements in genetics and biotics technology, regardless of whether or not it's used to heal or inflict grievous harm. Her origin story states that she doesn't like ''ethical'' restrictions, and turned to Blackwatch to move her experiments forward, and later joined Talon so that nobody could tell her what she can or cannot do.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Most of her interaction with former Overwatch and Blackwatch members are antagonistic. Even on her side, Reaper makes it clear that he isn't thrilled about his condition, which was largely Moira's doing.
* AGodAmI: When she really starts going on a tear she shows shades of this, along with a [[EvilLaugh maniacal cackle.]] Her catchphrase is even "Surrender to my will!"
* {{Goth}}: As it's the darker color swap of her "Glam" Legendary, her "Moon" skin encompass Gothic glam rock fashion akin to ''{{Music/KISS}}'' complete with black hair, black lipstick and nails, and a choker.
* GracefulLoser: Moira's respawn quotes are oddly humble, which is a huge contrast to her usually haughty demeanor.
-> "There was a flaw in my approach."
-> "We all must make sacrifices in the name of Science."
* GradualRegeneration: While ''Biotic Grasp's Regeneration'' can be sustained for more potent burst healing, even a quick spritz will apply a temporary regeneration status buff to allies, allowing Moira to conserve her resources.
* HartmanHips: Not as obvious as others due to her choice of clothing but Moira's hips are noticeably more pronounced than the rest of her narrow physique. Her "Blackwatch" and "Scientist" skins especially highlight this.
* HealingShiv: ''Coalescence'' is capable of both healing allies and damaging enemies, although it's much more effective at doing the former.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] You would expect someone with Moira's personality to expect other people to pay the price for the new world she wants to create. But her respawn lines show that she accepts personal sacrifices [[ForScience for the cause]] philosophically, and we also see that she is willing to perform painful and probably dangerous experiments on herself.
* InkSuitActor: She bears a certain amount of resemblance to the actress playing her, [[http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/monmothma-684156.jpg Genevieve O'Reilly]].
* InsufferableGenius: Very much so, especially around Cassidy who she deems BookDumb throughout most of ''Retribution''. She's generally very high and mighty about the benefits of scientific achievement, be it her own or others, and her flowery speech and victory poses always radiate a sense of pompous arrogance.
-->''(during a kill streak)'' "My keen analytical mind detects a pattern forming."
* {{Jerkass}}: She's smug, condescending, and snarky, seeming to look down on everyone around her and doesn't get along with a great majority of the cast, not that it seems to bother her.
* KamehameHadoken: ''Coalescence'' fires a large, continuous beam in front of her. In an interesting twist, it also functions as a HealingShiv.
* JumpScare: Does this in her "Boo!" emote where she turns her back and pretends to be walking away only to fade and make a face with her arms outstretched while a ScareChord plays.
* KickTheDog: She has a pre-game interaction with Mei that's... pretty brutal.
-->'''Moira''': Dr. Zhou, I'm interested in your colleagues' research into [[CryonicsFailure the long term effects of cryogenic freezing]].\\
'''Mei''': Oh... well, yes, I'm sure... maybe... ''(sniffs)''
* KnightOfCerebus: Though many Talon operatives fit the bill fine, Moira is the only one who lacks a sympathetic backstory to justify her more wicked deeds. She's seemingly motivated purely by her ambition for scientific progress alone which leads to a commonly held belief that she was not only the creator of Reaper but possibly Widowmaker, putting the kidnapping, torture, and brainwashing of an innocent woman under her list of misdeeds.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Wears an especially long one in her origin video as part of her work attire. This was made into a skin during the 2019 Archives Event.
* LackOfEmpathy: As another huge contrast to Mercy whose defining strength can be her strong empathy for others, Moira lacks it entirely, [[ItsAllAboutMe only caring for her own personal gain]] and using her experiments to test the limitations of human kind to appease her own curiosity, no matter how badly she might screw someone over in the process.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A [[MadScientist scientific variant]]. Moira is a villainess with no regard for ethical guidelines in the name of technological advancement, looks like a sorceress with a black robe and [[CreepyLongFingers witch-like fingers]], has offensive abilities which wield biotic energy that are highly reminiscent of magic, and conducts herself with an arrogant and aristocratic air.
* LeanAndMean: She's one of the tallest and thinnest humanoid female characters in the roster, even standing a few inches above some male heroes.
* LifeDrain: Moira's damaging biotic energy siphons the life energy from her enemies, healing herself and filling her biotic meter, allowing her to heal her teammates. This is demonstrated in one of her emotes where she releases some life-giving biotics with her left hand, then drains them away with her right hand.
* MadScientist: She's considered such by the populace at large, and she doesn't appear to deny it or care much. And on that note, she considers Reaper's condition to be a ''success''.
-->'''Moira:''' Your body seems to be adapting well to the changes, Gabriel.\\
'''Reaper:''' You call ''[[BlessedWithSuck this]]'' well?
* MagicFromTechnology: Many of her abilities are basically this: she uses hand gestures to attack and use her abilities instead of any obvious weapons, teleports in a flash of shadow, and describes her weapons as "her will imposed on reality," a common description of magic.
* MeaningfulName: Deoradhain (anglicised as Deorain) is Irish for "exile".
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Her primary weapon(s) behave unlike any other in the game. Her actual damage comes from her secondary fire, which is a beam-type weapon that infinitely [[LifeDrain drains her enemy]] so long as her target is vulnerable, in range, and in her relatively small crosshairs. Her primary fire is a healing spray that's meter-based in lieu of an ammo/magazine system, recharging slowly over time, but filling much faster from using her secondary, [[CombatMedic necessitating she regularly use both]].
* NavelDeepNeckline: Her "Glam" and "Moon" skins have plunging necklines that go down to her stomach.
* NerdGlasses: Her "Foundation" spray reveals she wore a pair of giant, oval-rimmed glasses as a child.
* TheNicknamer: Back in Blackwatch, Moira rarely ever referred to Cassidy by name and would simply call him "cowboy".
* NinjaRun: Moira runs around the battlefield with her head tilted forward and her arms back with posture that would make ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' proud.
* NoblewomansLaugh: A short but suitably aristocratic one.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She's very clearly supposed to take after Music/DavidBowie's Ziggy Stardust persona, which, coupled with her androgynous appearance, makes her resemble Creator/TildaSwinton. Her unlockable "Glam" and "Moon" skins makes it even more obvious.
* NoCureForEvil: Played with. Moira's healing is more potent than her damage, but what she lacks, in contrast with other supports/healers, are utility and buffs.
* NoBrows: Though it didn't make it to her final model, Moira's concept art has her lacking her natural eyebrows and instead the [[UnusualEyebrows two metallic black implants in her forehead]]. For sake of compromise, her "Glam" and "Moon" skins have her eyebrows completely shaved off.
* NoSocialSkills: More than once she's been shown to be so caught up in her own thoughts that she can't read social cues or understand what kinds of responses or topics are inappropriate. Her bringing up the cryogenic freezing with Mei is her most blatant example and during "Retribution" she takes Reyes' joke about anyone being hungry when they approach an outdoor restaraunt literally.
-->'''Gabriel:''' Am I the only one who feels hungry?
-->'''Moira:''' That could be an unforseen side effect.
-->'''Gabriel:''' I was making a joke...
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite having a [[DeadpanSnarker dry sense of humor]], Moira constantly presents herself as classy, dignified and is well convinced she's [[InsufferableGenius the smartest, most cultured person in the room]], but even she doesn't seem to be above pulling childish pranks as seen with her [[JumpScare "Boo!" emote.]]
* NotSoStoic: Despite how professional and composed she presents herself as, having to listen to Sigma's [[TalkativeLoon philosophical ramblings]] when she's trying to work quickly wears her patience thin.
-->'''Sigma:''' Can one know that one knows nothing? / If the universe is a simulation, why aren't there more elephant seals?\\
'''Moira:''' ''(through gritted teeth)'' [[SarcasmMode It thrills me to put aside my preparations and humor your brilliant inquiries, Doctor. It]] ''[[SarcasmMode thrills]]'' [[SarcasmMode me.]]\\
'''Sigma:''' [[SarcasmBlind Kind words. Thank you!]]
* ObviouslyEvil:
** To a perhaps even greater extent than Widowmaker and Reaper. Not only does she wear all black, but she looks and acts like an evil sorceress. She also lacks any sympathetic background, unlike Amélie and Gabriel.
** She even had this in her earlier days with Blackwatch. On top of her already then-controversial reputation, one has to wonder what they were expecting when she had a [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black-colored]] ''devil''-themed Valkyrie suit.
* OddNameOut: Out of all the other playable Talon agents, she's the only one who doesn't have a code name.
* OlderThanTheyLook: The art style doesn't make it exactly obvious, but Moira is in her late forties, yet doesn't look older than 30.
* OurBansheesAreLouder: She has a "Banshee" Legendary skin for the 2018 Halloween Terror event.
* PetTheDog: Literally. One of her sprays shows her with pet dogs, seeming quite fond of them. Less literally, she also seems genuinely committed to science and considers discrimination against omnics medieval. Her respawn voicelines also indicate that, while she'll happily experiment on others, she accepts any personal sacrifices philosophically as well.
* PainfullySlowProjectile: Not as slow as Symmetra's ''Photon Projector'' orb, but Moira's ''Biotic Orb'' is fairly slow moving and can usually be sidestepped fairly easily to minimize potential damage [[DamnYouMuscleMemory (unless you try your first instinct and move backwards from the same direction, in which case it'll keep pace with you)]], but this also means that it's better at healing allies as it's easier to keep them close to the orb. Its ability to [[PinballProjectile bounce off walls]] further increases its healing and damage potential in tight spaces.
* PinballProjectile: A rather [[PainfullySlowProjectile slow-moving]] example, but her ''Biotic Orbs'' bounce off of nearby terrain, which can make closed, indoor spaces a blessing for allies with her healing orb or a terror for enemies with her damage orb.
* PowerFloats: She's capable of levitating for short periods of time while performing ''Coalescence''. While this makes sense with Mercy who has a stylized JetPack built into her suit, it's not implied Moira has one of her own or if it's perhaps one of the many results of her experiments.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her damage orbs as well as the highlights of her suit are colored the same shade of dark purple.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Her origin trailer shows her doing experiments on herself or at least applying her research to enhance herself. A couple of her sprays also show this, especially "Self Experimentation", which shows her fighting through the pain as her right arm suffers the effects of an injection.
* RedRightHand: The hand she uses for harming looks noticeably paler and sicklier than the one she heals with. Her [[ProfessorGuineaPig "Self-Experimentation"]] spray shows that her arm also has TaintedVeins.
* ReverseArmFold: Moira is a frequent user of this pose, as seen in her "Prim" victory pose and the ''Retribution'' opening cutscene.
* {{Sadist}}: If her ''Biotic Grasp'' lines are anything to go by, Moira seems to derive immense joy from the suffering of others, often times moaning in pleasure or commenting with malicious glee on how her opponent is decaying before her.
--> "Tell me how this feels."
--> "Your body decays."
** ''Retribution'' all but confirms this as she's the only one who has a very satisfied look on her face upon taking out her share of guards and when [[spoiler: Gabriel shoots Antonio, setting off the alarm that triggers the plot]] she offers a very pleased smirk that heavily contrasts Cassidy's anger but even then that's small potatoes to her response to Junkrat offering to be her lab assistant.
-->'''Junkrat:''' You looking for a lab assistant? [[MadBomber I'm great with chemicals!]]
-->'''Moira:''' Certainly. We should begin by testing your tolerance for pain.
-->'''Junkrat:''' Uh what's pain got to do with science?
-->'''Moira:''' Everything, [[TermsOfEndangerment my strange little friend.]]
* SkillGateCharacter: Arguably even more than Mercy. Moira can pump the heals like no other, she can easily self-heal with ''Biotic Orb'' or ''Biotic Grasp'', and ''Fade'' is a tremendously powerful 'get out of jail free' card at a ridiculously low 6-sec cooldown. What she lacks though, are game-''making'' or game-''changing'' abilities. ''Coalescence'' heal isn't going to keep your allies alive under heavy damage unlike ''Transcendence'', she has no ability to start fights like ''Nano-Boost'', and she doesn't have any tool other than healing to actually increase her teammates' survivability like ''Immortality Field'' or ''Armor Kit''.
* SmugSmiler: While the other supports have warm and inviting expressions in their icons, Moira's smile looks far more self satisfied than friendly. It's something of a default expression if she isn't glowering. At her worst, she has [[https://overwatch.gamepedia.com/File:MoiraOrigin2.jpg quite an unnerving]] SlasherSmile
* SquishyWizard: Zig-zagged. She is a 200 HP character with no armour or shields and can quickly fall to burst damage, but in a protracted duel, she can use ''Biotic Grasp'' and ''Biotic Orb'' to heal herself. Her ''Fade'' is actually one of the most powerful escape abilities in the game by now - after being patched, she can use it to escape stuns, letting her survive otherwise utterly lethal combos including some dreaded ultimates. Teams with good communications will call out when she has used ''Fade'' because she's borderline unkillable before it.
* TheSociopath: Tics off a few boxes and fits the traditional definiton even more than the rest of her Talon pals. She tends to view most human life as disposable lab rats, even refrencing to downed foes as "guinnea pigs", and as shown with the creation of Reaper, has the power to inflict terrible fates that she deems scientific miracles. She also has a fairly obvious sadistic streak and is so goal-oriented and emotionally cold she seems blissfully unaware of how unlikeable it makes her. The only slightly noble personality trait she has thus far is her appreciation for Omnic life, but even that might be more of a passing fascination on understanding how their technology works more than genuine empathy.
* TheStoic: Moira possesses a near uncanny level of calmness no matter the situation, hardly ever raising her voice or thinking dire situations are the right time to make sarcastic commentary. She only truly shows any signs of agitation, [[TranquilFury albeit a very controlled and cold one,]] whenever her scientific methods are challenged by the likes of Winston and Mercy.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Technically ''everyone'' is on the receiving end of this [[TheFriendNobodyLikes when paired with her]], though this trope is in full force with [[{{Foil}} Mercy]] who she seems to have some history with, see BerserkButton.
* TokenEvilTeammate: She fits the villainous support role very well. Unlike most of the other villains, she completely lacks a sympathetic backstory and is written as a MadScientist bent on "improving" humanity in any way possible. Cassidy in particular thinks hiring her to Blackwatch was a ''terrible'' idea.
* VillainousCheekbones: She has distinctly angular features, befitting her "evil sorceress" design.
* VillainProtagonist: A bad guy narratively but is still a selectable player character.
* VisionaryVillain: She doesn't have any inherently "evil" motivations, and her overall goal is to improve humanity through genetic modification. Unfortunately, [[MadScientist she really doesn't care for things like ethics]], and she'll even be a part of [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Talon]] if it means she can continue her work.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Quite a few skins dye her hair from red to white including ''Pale'', ''Banshee'', and ''Ice Empress''.
* WickedCultured: On top of her aristocratic tone and NoblewomansLaugh, she expresses herself in a distinctively eloquent and well-spoken manner, often using flowery turns of phrase where simpler ones would have worked just as well. Her dialogue in ''Retribution'' upon reaching the museum shows she has quite the fondness for art and she shares Gabriel's fondness for elaborate costumes. On top of that, if she looks through the telescope on the Horizon map, she'll quote Creator/OscarWilde.
* WinterRoyalLady: Her ''Ice Empress'' skin invokes this complete with a fur trim, CoolCrown, and PrimAndProperBun.
* YinYangBomb: She has a theme of mingled energies, opposing philosophies or ideas, healing and hurting, and her ultimate is an actual healing/damaging beam attack.
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!!Moira O’Deorain
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Age:''' 48
!!!'''Occupation:''' Geneticist; Minister of Genetics of Oasis
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Dublin, Ireland; Oasis, Iraq
!!!'''Affiliation:''' Talon; Blackwatch (formerly)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Moira Origin Story'' (focus)
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Masquerade" (cameo), "Retribution"
!!!'''Appearances (Archives events):''' Retribution
!!!'''Appearances (short stories):''' "Code of Violence"
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Humanity is shackled... I will find the key."'']]
->''"Science will reveal the truth."''
->Voiced by: Creator/GenevieveOReilly (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Sarah Souza (Latin American Spanish), Esther Solans (European Spanish), Déborah Perret (French), Creator/MieSonozaki (Japanese), Mi-na Lee (Korean), Creator/MarcellaSilvestri (Italian), Magdalena Cielecka (Polish), Isis Koschdoski (Brazilian Portuguese), Alexandra Lange (German), Natalia Kolodyazhnaya (Russian)[[/note]]
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Equal parts brilliant and controversial, scientist Moira O'Deorain is on the cutting edge of genetic engineering, searching for a way to rewrite the fundamental building blocks of life.
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Over a decade ago, O'Deorain made waves when she published a controversial paper detailing a methodology for creating custom genetic programs that could alter DNA at a cellular level. It seemed like a promising step toward overcoming diseases and disorders and maximizing human potential.
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Dissent among her peers soon followed. Many considered her work to be dangerous because of its perceived ethical shortfalls, and O'Deorain was even accused of having the same unchecked desire for scientific advancement that some believed had caused the Omnic Crisis. In addition, other geneticists were unable to reproduce the results of Moira's research, which further called her discoveries into question. Instead of kickstarting her career, her paper seriously damaged her reputation.
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She received a lifeline in an offer from an unlikely source: Overwatch's covert ops division, Blackwatch. She continued her work in the shadows while developing new weapons and technologies for the organization. Her employment was a closely kept secret until it was uncovered during inquiries following the Venice incident. Many high-ranking Overwatch officials disavowed all knowledge of her affiliation with them.
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After Overwatch was disbanded, O'Deorain was forced to turn to unconventional sources of funding. This time, she was invited to join the scientific collective that had founded the city of Oasis. Yet some have whispered that the shadowy Talon organization had already been supporting her for years, aiding her experiments in exchange for utilizing the results for their own purposes.
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Though O'Deorain will go to any lengths to make scientific breakthroughs, her work is still unknown to most of the world. But now that she has been freed from all constraints, it is only a matter of time before everything changes.
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Moira is a Support armed with high area-of-effect abilities that alternate between potent healing for her allies and raw destructive power for her enemies.
* Her weapon is '''Biotic Grasp''', a twin set of gauntlets which unleash two distinct types of close-range beams. Her primary fire, '''[[HealingHands Regeneration]]''', releases a spray to heal allies (but requires a meter to use), while her secondary fire, '''[[LifeDrain Decay]]''', locks onto and continuously damages a single target, healing her and charging up her '''Regeneration''' much faster.
* '''[[EnergyBall Biotic Orb]]''' allows her to create two different types of rebounding orbs that can either heal nearby allies or damage nearby enemies.
* '''[[FlashStep Fade]]''', allows her to become invulnerable as she teleports a short distance in front of her.
* Her ultimate, '''[[KamehameHadouken Coalescence]]''', causes Moira to fire a gigantic laser in front of her that heals allies and can pass through barriers to damage enemies.
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* AirplaneArms: At least to others in-game, she trails her arms behind her when she runs. Oddly, playing her in first-person view has her palms in front of her for clarity purposes.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Her primary goal in a nutshell is for humanity to achieve peak evolution and has no problem testing out her theories on herself and others, regardless of the consequences.
* AnimalMotifs: Not nearly as much or as obvious as [=D.Va=] but Moira tends to be associated with rabbits in a few sprays and icons and is seen experimenting on one in her origin video. In this case it's used more as point of comparison as she's a predator attacking a weaker prey.
* AreaOfEffect: Like Lucio, Moira's healing (through ''Biotic Grasp's Regeneration,'' her healing ''Biotic Orb,'' and ''Coalescence'') has an area-of-effect. Unlike Lucio, however, her healing abilities cannot be used constantly (''Biotic Grasp'' has a resource meter that has to be replenished by doing damage or waiting, ''Biotic Orb'' will disappear after replenishing a set amount of HP and has a significant cooldown, and ''Coalescence'' is an [[LimitBreak ultimate]]). Additionally, her damage-based ''Biotic Orb'' and ''Coalescence'' provide area-of-effect ''damage.''
* ArmorPiercingAttack: ''Coalescence'' bypasses barriers like Reinhardt's and Orisa's shields, preventing them from protecting their teammates from the beam or stopping Moira's teammates from being healed by the beam. The only blockade it cannot pass is Mei's Ice Wall.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Mercy calls Moira out on her unethical research, Moira asks her if she can deny the breakthroughs and discoveries she achieved. Mercy cannot answer, as Moira predicted.
* BackAlleyDoctor: Has shades of this. Moira's main hurdle is that her methods were highly controversial in the field of medicine which made her an outsider and forced her to work in the shadows. In fact, she's brought into Blackwatch almost ''specifically'' because her illicit means could better aide Gabriel Reyes with his condition.
* BaddieFlattery: Despite her and Mercy not getting along for the most part, Moira is still impressed by Mercy's impressive intellect and even offers an invitation to Oasis, possibly in a Minister position.
-->'''Moira:''' I know we have our differences, but your brilliant mind would be welcome among my colleagues in Oasis.
-->'''Mercy:''' No thank you. You and your colleagues discredit the field of science. I want nothing to do with it.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Implied. Her "Nervous" spray and "Coinin" player icon depict one of her lab bunnies looking concerned as if saying ThisIsGonnaSuck. On the other hand, there is a spray showing her [[PetTheDog seeming quite friendly with dogs.]]
* BareYourMidriff: Her ''Banshee'' skin reveals quite a bit of her waistline and pubis.
* BerserkButton:
** Her tone gets noticeably more defensive and angrier ([[TranquilFury if still deadpan]]) when a fellow scientist or medic character questions her experiments.
--->'''Mercy:''' Describing your work as unethical would be a kindness.\\
'''Moira:''' "But the true question is whether or not you can deny my discoveries. ''(quiet pause)'' No. I didn't think so.\\
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'''Winston:''' Overwatch had good reason to shut down your research.\\
'''Moira:''' I shouldn't be surprised at such a narrow opinion coming from a ''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis jumped. Up.]] [[FantasticRacism Ape.]]''
** She also gets audibly impatient whenever [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Sigma]] starts going off on one of his aimless rambles, presumably because she's assigned with monitoring him and she's heard them all before.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She has short hair, a rather angular face, a slim build, and a low voice. But what really puts it over the edge are the shirt and tie she wears in [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ETybQd4uRE&t=30s her origin story video]] and in some of her sprays. And then her "Glam" and "Moon" skins are pretty much knock-offs of Ziggy Stardust, {{Music/David Bowie}}'s most {{Bishonen}} stage persona.
* BigBadEnsemble: Is part of Talon's Inner Council, making her one of the principal antagonists of the setting alongside Reaper and Doomfist, without getting into Vishkar (who may or may not be connected to Talon through Sanjay), the God Programs, and the Conspiracy.
* BilingualBonus: She has several quotes in Irish.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Her "Banshee" Legendary skin for the 2018 Halloween Terror event gets rid of her pupils and irises entirely for white, vacant eyes.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: To Moira, if it helps scientific progress, it is good. It's for this that she completely lacks any prejudice towards omnics; while she doesn't care about them (or many others) as people, she finds even the concept of prejudice woefully backwards and a limiting factor on the technology used to create them.
* BlushSticker: A look at her "Foundation" spray shows her child self had a pair of these. Noteworthy in that nearly no other younger versions of the heroes features this detail.
* BoyishShortHair: She has short and spiky hair that furthers emphasizes her {{Bifauxnen}} appeal.
* BrightIsNotGood: She uses the same bright yellow biotics technology used by Mercy and Ana to heal, but also weaponizes it similarly to Ana with her damaging abilities.
* ColdHam: Almost always speaks in a low and controlled voice but is still prone to some exuberant speech patterns and has quite expressive, dramatic body language.
* CombatMedic: While she doesn't have as high raw DPS as Zenyatta and her healing is stronger stat-wise, she has just as many options for damaging her enemies as much as healing her allies, usually making her pretty deadly in a one-on-one fight. In fact, her main weapon/healing option requires her to perform the former in order to do the latter, including healing herself. Her ''Biotic Orb'' in particular can be devastating against divers, especially in closed spaces.
* ContraltoOfDanger: Her voice is deep and commanding.
* CoolMask: She wears a silver mask on her right eye that's slightly reminiscent of the one popularized in ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. Her Year of Rat Legendary dresses her in ogre themed mask dancer attire, reminiscent of the Talchum (탈춤).
* CripplingOverspecialization: Subverted; Moira's specialization is survivability and extremely powerful healing. However, this comes as a cost of her being the only Support hero that offers no utility that can save teammates from extremely high burst damage or from abilities that nullify her powerful healing like Ana's ''Biotic Grenade'' or D.Va's ''Defense Matrix''. This USED to be the main weakness that held her back prior to Sigma's launch because you could always run another Hero with supportive capabilities/a third healer if absurd survival is what you needed. POST Sigma though with the amount of options to run support had shrunk immensely (You now can only run 2 supports, in the specific support category; many players treated characters like Soldier Torbjorn or Sombra as support heroes at High skill levels). With these changes the meta shifted heavily to high survivability and the importance dealing with barriers. Moira is not only the support with the best solo survivability and best overall healing to ensure the same for her team, but her orbs also penetrate barriers, and her ultimate does the same. This lead to Moira quickly ascended in usage due to no other support being able to completely bypass barriers at a time where good barrier usage shut down practically everything. This lead Moira to being generally considered one of the best healers in the game even after barriers as a whole got nerfed solely because of how she can fit into just about every team as the main healer.
* CreepyLongFingers: She has very long, crooked fingers. Along with her FemmeFatalons, it only makes her look more like an evil sorceress.
* DamageOverTime: Her weaponry doesn't do a lot of damage upfront, but she has ''infinite'' ammo and her ''Biotic Grasp'' is difficult to dodge unless you get out of range (which is difficult since it's quite long). This adds up to a lot of damage over time, so it's easy to get picked off by Moira if you aren't paying attention.
* DarkActionGirl: A villainous female fighter like her Talon teammates Widowmaker and Sombra, but she might actually have them beat in the "dark" department, given that she doesn't really have any sympathetic backstory to her. While Widowmaker was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy forced into evil by no choice of her own]] and Sombra was at least orphaned as a youth and later targeted by the Conspiracy, Moira is fully committed to scientific advancement, no matter the cost.
* DarkIsEvil: In addition to wearing an all black outfit, some of her attacks use dark energy.
* DeadlyDoctor
* DeadpanSnarker: She has an icy, classy sense of humor.
-->''(after killing an enemy)'' "Thank you for your contribution."
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Goes barefoot in her Banshee outfit.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Moira seems genuinely fond of her old teammates from Blackwatch, and tries to reminisce on old times. Including with the ones who are [[HeelFaceTurn now with the good guys.]] But she also seems completely unable to understand why things have changed, or why Genji and Cassidy hate her so much now.
* DrJerk: Moira is ''not'' the nicest person around, and if anything there are next to no characters who can get along with her. Precisely ''because'' of her methods as a doctor. Her dismissive and condescending responses when confronted over the matter don't help.
* DualityMotif: She has heterochromia, her [[{{Bifauxnen}} gender expression is very androgynous]] and she wields both the healing and decaying capabilities of Biotic tech. Her left arm is normal and is used to heal, while her right is full of TaintedVeins and is used to kill, and her ''Coalescence'' ult [[YinYangBomb combines the two.]] Further, she combined the aesthetics of a sorceress, but with explicitly [[MagicFromTechnology science-based powers.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: She showed up on the Talon Council in Doomfist's "Masquerade" comic three months before her official reveal.
* EnergyBall: Her ''Biotic Orb'', which can be set either to heal or to hurt. The orb itself will perform its function by lashing energy tendrils toward its intended target, so its area of effect is significantly bigger than the orb itself.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite her EvilutionaryBiologist credentials, she bluntly criticizes the way the British government treats Omnics when she spawns on King's Row.
-->'''Moira:''' The government here has such medieval views towards omnics.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To Mercy. While Mercy is a kind-hearted doctor who seeks to save lives through ethical methods, Moira is more of a MadScientist who seeks to push the boundaries of what science can achieve. One of her experiments included Gabriel Reyes, who was at least partially responsible for turning Reaper's genetic problems into his so-called "curse". She even has her own Blackwatch version of the [[https://i.imgur.com/QhX2LiM.png Valkyrie suit]], which is notably RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver and features a headpiece that resembles curled horns in contrast to Mercy's [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine brighter palette]] and [[HolyHalo angelic halo]], as well as being a reversed version of her halo. They also have [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/4380978d13dc1ba7abb062c3a3a87c8f/tumblr_oz0ozg8mhT1saswrso1_1280.png matching sprays]] of them standing back to back, as well as [[https://shipping.fandom.com/wiki/File:Light_and_Shadow.png another one]] where Mercy is looking up ("Light") and Moira is looking down ("Shadow").
** Also to Zenyatta. The Omnic monk uses his spirituality to help all and his abilities seem to be rooted in mysticism and exploiting the forces of harmony and chaos. Moira's abilities share the same color scheme and use of spherical shapes, but are firmly rooted in the setting's scientific achievements and she intends to advance her experiments regardless of what stands in her way.
* EvilGenius: Of the scholarly variety (EvilSorceror and MadScientist) in fact she EMBODIES this.
* EvilIsAngular: She's very sharp, both in character design and mental acuity, with a very pointy chin and prominent cheek bones; elongated, bony fingers; long, sharp nails; her sleeves have wide, flowing ends that taper at the bottom; her shoes are pointy with a few Spikes of Villainy on them; and when she runs, her arms trail behind her, turning her entire body into an arrow.
* EvilLaugh: Her laugh emote titled "How Amusing" is a rather [[NoblewomansLaugh haughty]] but nontheless mocking and cruel one.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: The hand she uses for killer biotic energy is paler than the other, has longer and sharper fingernails, and the tips of her fingers are a sickly purple.
* EvilRedhead: She has red hair and works for Talon. And if you check the page for that trope, traditionally red hair is supposed to be a mark of a witch, to add to her sorceress theme.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: She's noted as having an insatiable desire for human advancement, not unlike the scientists who helped start the Omnic Crisis. The City of Oasis noticed this and invited her to become their Minister of Genetics.
* EvilSorcerer: It's actually technology, but her powers are essentially MagicFromScience.
* EvilSoundsDeep: She has a distinctively low voice.
* {{Facepalm}}: One of her sprays shows her doing this, and she also has an emote of it.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Building off her DualityMotif, Moira wears a silver mask only over her right eye and in many of her legendary skins, her RedRightHand will bare a single glove or wrapping of some sort. She also has a habit of painting her nails on one hand a entirely different color than the other.
* FatalFlaw: '''Impatience.''' As elaborated on during many of her interactions in ''Overwatch 2'', Moira's dedication to scientific progress at any cost is so extreme that it has led her to resort to increasingly unsafe, unethical methods in search of ''a'' result, not necessarily the ''desired'' or ''optimal'' result that her patrons may want. She successfully revived Gabriel Reyes as Reaper, but whatever remained of his human form has been horribly disfigured, possibly beyond repair, and he's stuck in a rapid and painful state of cellular regeneration and degeneration. She transformed Amelie Lacroix into Widowmaker per Talon's orders in order to create the ultimate killing machine devoid of any feeling or emotion, but several lines of dialogue indicate that Moira failed to fully erase Amelie's original personality per Talon's intent, as Widowmaker has started to display much more self-awareness, having developed quite the ego taking pride in her skills as a sniper and learning to take some form of enjoyment in her new life while still reminiscing fondly about her old one.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Not Moira herself but she certainly has a talent for inflicting these onto ''other'' people. Whatever procedures she performed to keep Gabriel Reyes alive turned him into the dreaded and incredibly unhinged Reaper whose in a state of constant, immortal agony because of her experiments. Then there's the case with Widowmaker whose true persoanlity is suppressed but nontheless [[AndIMustScream self-aware]] of the monster she's been turned into.
* FemmeFatalons: To further her sorceress-like appearance. They look somewhat similar to Sombra's hacking cybernetics, though presumably are used quite differently.
* FingerTenting: Featured in both her "Steepling" victory pose and "Plotting" spray. "Plotting" itself is a ShoutOut to the famous "[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Pose]]."
* FriendToBugs: Her "Foundation" spray shows her child self hapily analyzing a pray mantis, black widow spider, and a scorpion. One can only assume these are pets for the time being until they're sentenced to [[CreepyChild the jars of fluid the other creatures at her feet are submerged in.]]
* FlashStep: ''Fade'' looks this way, briefly making her untargetable and invisible before she reappears a short while later.
* ForScience: She's constantly seeking new advancements in genetics and biotics technology, regardless of whether or not it's used to heal or inflict grievous harm. Her origin story states that she doesn't like ''ethical'' restrictions, and turned to Blackwatch to move her experiments forward, and later joined Talon so that nobody could tell her what she can or cannot do.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Most of her interaction with former Overwatch and Blackwatch members are antagonistic. Even on her side, Reaper makes it clear that he isn't thrilled about his condition, which was largely Moira's doing.
* AGodAmI: When she really starts going on a tear she shows shades of this, along with a [[EvilLaugh maniacal cackle.]] Her catchphrase is even "Surrender to my will!"
* {{Goth}}: As it's the darker color swap of her "Glam" Legendary, her "Moon" skin encompass Gothic glam rock fashion akin to ''{{Music/KISS}}'' complete with black hair, black lipstick and nails, and a choker.
* GracefulLoser: Moira's respawn quotes are oddly humble, which is a huge contrast to her usually haughty demeanor.
-> "There was a flaw in my approach."
-> "We all must make sacrifices in the name of Science."
* GradualRegeneration: While ''Biotic Grasp's Regeneration'' can be sustained for more potent burst healing, even a quick spritz will apply a temporary regeneration status buff to allies, allowing Moira to conserve her resources.
* HartmanHips: Not as obvious as others due to her choice of clothing but Moira's hips are noticeably more pronounced than the rest of her narrow physique. Her "Blackwatch" and "Scientist" skins especially highlight this.
* HealingShiv: ''Coalescence'' is capable of both healing allies and damaging enemies, although it's much more effective at doing the former.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] You would expect someone with Moira's personality to expect other people to pay the price for the new world she wants to create. But her respawn lines show that she accepts personal sacrifices [[ForScience for the cause]] philosophically, and we also see that she is willing to perform painful and probably dangerous experiments on herself.
* InkSuitActor: She bears a certain amount of resemblance to the actress playing her, [[http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/monmothma-684156.jpg Genevieve O'Reilly]].
* InsufferableGenius: Very much so, especially around Cassidy who she deems BookDumb throughout most of ''Retribution''. She's generally very high and mighty about the benefits of scientific achievement, be it her own or others, and her flowery speech and victory poses always radiate a sense of pompous arrogance.
-->''(during a kill streak)'' "My keen analytical mind detects a pattern forming."
* {{Jerkass}}: She's smug, condescending, and snarky, seeming to look down on everyone around her and doesn't get along with a great majority of the cast, not that it seems to bother her.
* KamehameHadoken: ''Coalescence'' fires a large, continuous beam in front of her. In an interesting twist, it also functions as a HealingShiv.
* JumpScare: Does this in her "Boo!" emote where she turns her back and pretends to be walking away only to fade and make a face with her arms outstretched while a ScareChord plays.
* KickTheDog: She has a pre-game interaction with Mei that's... pretty brutal.
-->'''Moira''': Dr. Zhou, I'm interested in your colleagues' research into [[CryonicsFailure the long term effects of cryogenic freezing]].\\
'''Mei''': Oh... well, yes, I'm sure... maybe... ''(sniffs)''
* KnightOfCerebus: Though many Talon operatives fit the bill fine, Moira is the only one who lacks a sympathetic backstory to justify her more wicked deeds. She's seemingly motivated purely by her ambition for scientific progress alone which leads to a commonly held belief that she was not only the creator of Reaper but possibly Widowmaker, putting the kidnapping, torture, and brainwashing of an innocent woman under her list of misdeeds.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Wears an especially long one in her origin video as part of her work attire. This was made into a skin during the 2019 Archives Event.
* LackOfEmpathy: As another huge contrast to Mercy whose defining strength can be her strong empathy for others, Moira lacks it entirely, [[ItsAllAboutMe only caring for her own personal gain]] and using her experiments to test the limitations of human kind to appease her own curiosity, no matter how badly she might screw someone over in the process.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A [[MadScientist scientific variant]]. Moira is a villainess with no regard for ethical guidelines in the name of technological advancement, looks like a sorceress with a black robe and [[CreepyLongFingers witch-like fingers]], has offensive abilities which wield biotic energy that are highly reminiscent of magic, and conducts herself with an arrogant and aristocratic air.
* LeanAndMean: She's one of the tallest and thinnest humanoid female characters in the roster, even standing a few inches above some male heroes.
* LifeDrain: Moira's damaging biotic energy siphons the life energy from her enemies, healing herself and filling her biotic meter, allowing her to heal her teammates. This is demonstrated in one of her emotes where she releases some life-giving biotics with her left hand, then drains them away with her right hand.
* MadScientist: She's considered such by the populace at large, and she doesn't appear to deny it or care much. And on that note, she considers Reaper's condition to be a ''success''.
-->'''Moira:''' Your body seems to be adapting well to the changes, Gabriel.\\
'''Reaper:''' You call ''[[BlessedWithSuck this]]'' well?
* MagicFromTechnology: Many of her abilities are basically this: she uses hand gestures to attack and use her abilities instead of any obvious weapons, teleports in a flash of shadow, and describes her weapons as "her will imposed on reality," a common description of magic.
* MeaningfulName: Deoradhain (anglicised as Deorain) is Irish for "exile".
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Her primary weapon(s) behave unlike any other in the game. Her actual damage comes from her secondary fire, which is a beam-type weapon that infinitely [[LifeDrain drains her enemy]] so long as her target is vulnerable, in range, and in her relatively small crosshairs. Her primary fire is a healing spray that's meter-based in lieu of an ammo/magazine system, recharging slowly over time, but filling much faster from using her secondary, [[CombatMedic necessitating she regularly use both]].
* NavelDeepNeckline: Her "Glam" and "Moon" skins have plunging necklines that go down to her stomach.
* NerdGlasses: Her "Foundation" spray reveals she wore a pair of giant, oval-rimmed glasses as a child.
* TheNicknamer: Back in Blackwatch, Moira rarely ever referred to Cassidy by name and would simply call him "cowboy".
* NinjaRun: Moira runs around the battlefield with her head tilted forward and her arms back with posture that would make ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' proud.
* NoblewomansLaugh: A short but suitably aristocratic one.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She's very clearly supposed to take after Music/DavidBowie's Ziggy Stardust persona, which, coupled with her androgynous appearance, makes her resemble Creator/TildaSwinton. Her unlockable "Glam" and "Moon" skins makes it even more obvious.
* NoCureForEvil: Played with. Moira's healing is more potent than her damage, but what she lacks, in contrast with other supports/healers, are utility and buffs.
* NoBrows: Though it didn't make it to her final model, Moira's concept art has her lacking her natural eyebrows and instead the [[UnusualEyebrows two metallic black implants in her forehead]]. For sake of compromise, her "Glam" and "Moon" skins have her eyebrows completely shaved off.
* NoSocialSkills: More than once she's been shown to be so caught up in her own thoughts that she can't read social cues or understand what kinds of responses or topics are inappropriate. Her bringing up the cryogenic freezing with Mei is her most blatant example and during "Retribution" she takes Reyes' joke about anyone being hungry when they approach an outdoor restaraunt literally.
-->'''Gabriel:''' Am I the only one who feels hungry?
-->'''Moira:''' That could be an unforseen side effect.
-->'''Gabriel:''' I was making a joke...
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite having a [[DeadpanSnarker dry sense of humor]], Moira constantly presents herself as classy, dignified and is well convinced she's [[InsufferableGenius the smartest, most cultured person in the room]], but even she doesn't seem to be above pulling childish pranks as seen with her [[JumpScare "Boo!" emote.]]
* NotSoStoic: Despite how professional and composed she presents herself as, having to listen to Sigma's [[TalkativeLoon philosophical ramblings]] when she's trying to work quickly wears her patience thin.
-->'''Sigma:''' Can one know that one knows nothing? / If the universe is a simulation, why aren't there more elephant seals?\\
'''Moira:''' ''(through gritted teeth)'' [[SarcasmMode It thrills me to put aside my preparations and humor your brilliant inquiries, Doctor. It]] ''[[SarcasmMode thrills]]'' [[SarcasmMode me.]]\\
'''Sigma:''' [[SarcasmBlind Kind words. Thank you!]]
* ObviouslyEvil:
** To a perhaps even greater extent than Widowmaker and Reaper. Not only does she wear all black, but she looks and acts like an evil sorceress. She also lacks any sympathetic background, unlike Amélie and Gabriel.
** She even had this in her earlier days with Blackwatch. On top of her already then-controversial reputation, one has to wonder what they were expecting when she had a [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black-colored]] ''devil''-themed Valkyrie suit.
* OddNameOut: Out of all the other playable Talon agents, she's the only one who doesn't have a code name.
* OlderThanTheyLook: The art style doesn't make it exactly obvious, but Moira is in her late forties, yet doesn't look older than 30.
* OurBansheesAreLouder: She has a "Banshee" Legendary skin for the 2018 Halloween Terror event.
* PetTheDog: Literally. One of her sprays shows her with pet dogs, seeming quite fond of them. Less literally, she also seems genuinely committed to science and considers discrimination against omnics medieval. Her respawn voicelines also indicate that, while she'll happily experiment on others, she accepts any personal sacrifices philosophically as well.
* PainfullySlowProjectile: Not as slow as Symmetra's ''Photon Projector'' orb, but Moira's ''Biotic Orb'' is fairly slow moving and can usually be sidestepped fairly easily to minimize potential damage [[DamnYouMuscleMemory (unless you try your first instinct and move backwards from the same direction, in which case it'll keep pace with you)]], but this also means that it's better at healing allies as it's easier to keep them close to the orb. Its ability to [[PinballProjectile bounce off walls]] further increases its healing and damage potential in tight spaces.
* PinballProjectile: A rather [[PainfullySlowProjectile slow-moving]] example, but her ''Biotic Orbs'' bounce off of nearby terrain, which can make closed, indoor spaces a blessing for allies with her healing orb or a terror for enemies with her damage orb.
* PowerFloats: She's capable of levitating for short periods of time while performing ''Coalescence''. While this makes sense with Mercy who has a stylized JetPack built into her suit, it's not implied Moira has one of her own or if it's perhaps one of the many results of her experiments.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her damage orbs as well as the highlights of her suit are colored the same shade of dark purple.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Her origin trailer shows her doing experiments on herself or at least applying her research to enhance herself. A couple of her sprays also show this, especially "Self Experimentation", which shows her fighting through the pain as her right arm suffers the effects of an injection.
* RedRightHand: The hand she uses for harming looks noticeably paler and sicklier than the one she heals with. Her [[ProfessorGuineaPig "Self-Experimentation"]] spray shows that her arm also has TaintedVeins.
* ReverseArmFold: Moira is a frequent user of this pose, as seen in her "Prim" victory pose and the ''Retribution'' opening cutscene.
* {{Sadist}}: If her ''Biotic Grasp'' lines are anything to go by, Moira seems to derive immense joy from the suffering of others, often times moaning in pleasure or commenting with malicious glee on how her opponent is decaying before her.
--> "Tell me how this feels."
--> "Your body decays."
** ''Retribution'' all but confirms this as she's the only one who has a very satisfied look on her face upon taking out her share of guards and when [[spoiler: Gabriel shoots Antonio, setting off the alarm that triggers the plot]] she offers a very pleased smirk that heavily contrasts Cassidy's anger but even then that's small potatoes to her response to Junkrat offering to be her lab assistant.
-->'''Junkrat:''' You looking for a lab assistant? [[MadBomber I'm great with chemicals!]]
-->'''Moira:''' Certainly. We should begin by testing your tolerance for pain.
-->'''Junkrat:''' Uh what's pain got to do with science?
-->'''Moira:''' Everything, [[TermsOfEndangerment my strange little friend.]]
* SkillGateCharacter: Arguably even more than Mercy. Moira can pump the heals like no other, she can easily self-heal with ''Biotic Orb'' or ''Biotic Grasp'', and ''Fade'' is a tremendously powerful 'get out of jail free' card at a ridiculously low 6-sec cooldown. What she lacks though, are game-''making'' or game-''changing'' abilities. ''Coalescence'' heal isn't going to keep your allies alive under heavy damage unlike ''Transcendence'', she has no ability to start fights like ''Nano-Boost'', and she doesn't have any tool other than healing to actually increase her teammates' survivability like ''Immortality Field'' or ''Armor Kit''.
* SmugSmiler: While the other supports have warm and inviting expressions in their icons, Moira's smile looks far more self satisfied than friendly. It's something of a default expression if she isn't glowering. At her worst, she has [[https://overwatch.gamepedia.com/File:MoiraOrigin2.jpg quite an unnerving]] SlasherSmile
* SquishyWizard: Zig-zagged. She is a 200 HP character with no armour or shields and can quickly fall to burst damage, but in a protracted duel, she can use ''Biotic Grasp'' and ''Biotic Orb'' to heal herself. Her ''Fade'' is actually one of the most powerful escape abilities in the game by now - after being patched, she can use it to escape stuns, letting her survive otherwise utterly lethal combos including some dreaded ultimates. Teams with good communications will call out when she has used ''Fade'' because she's borderline unkillable before it.
* TheSociopath: Tics off a few boxes and fits the traditional definiton even more than the rest of her Talon pals. She tends to view most human life as disposable lab rats, even refrencing to downed foes as "guinnea pigs", and as shown with the creation of Reaper, has the power to inflict terrible fates that she deems scientific miracles. She also has a fairly obvious sadistic streak and is so goal-oriented and emotionally cold she seems blissfully unaware of how unlikeable it makes her. The only slightly noble personality trait she has thus far is her appreciation for Omnic life, but even that might be more of a passing fascination on understanding how their technology works more than genuine empathy.
* TheStoic: Moira possesses a near uncanny level of calmness no matter the situation, hardly ever raising her voice or thinking dire situations are the right time to make sarcastic commentary. She only truly shows any signs of agitation, [[TranquilFury albeit a very controlled and cold one,]] whenever her scientific methods are challenged by the likes of Winston and Mercy.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Technically ''everyone'' is on the receiving end of this [[TheFriendNobodyLikes when paired with her]], though this trope is in full force with [[{{Foil}} Mercy]] who she seems to have some history with, see BerserkButton.
* TokenEvilTeammate: She fits the villainous support role very well. Unlike most of the other villains, she completely lacks a sympathetic backstory and is written as a MadScientist bent on "improving" humanity in any way possible. Cassidy in particular thinks hiring her to Blackwatch was a ''terrible'' idea.
* VillainousCheekbones: She has distinctly angular features, befitting her "evil sorceress" design.
* VillainProtagonist: A bad guy narratively but is still a selectable player character.
* VisionaryVillain: She doesn't have any inherently "evil" motivations, and her overall goal is to improve humanity through genetic modification. Unfortunately, [[MadScientist she really doesn't care for things like ethics]], and she'll even be a part of [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Talon]] if it means she can continue her work.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Quite a few skins dye her hair from red to white including ''Pale'', ''Banshee'', and ''Ice Empress''.
* WickedCultured: On top of her aristocratic tone and NoblewomansLaugh, she expresses herself in a distinctively eloquent and well-spoken manner, often using flowery turns of phrase where simpler ones would have worked just as well. Her dialogue in ''Retribution'' upon reaching the museum shows she has quite the fondness for art and she shares Gabriel's fondness for elaborate costumes. On top of that, if she looks through the telescope on the Horizon map, she'll quote Creator/OscarWilde.
* WinterRoyalLady: Her ''Ice Empress'' skin invokes this complete with a fur trim, CoolCrown, and PrimAndProperBun.
* YinYangBomb: She has a theme of mingled energies, opposing philosophies or ideas, healing and hurting, and her ultimate is an actual healing/damaging beam attack.
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