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11	! Olivia Colomar / Sombra
12	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sombra_portrait.png]]
13	[[caption-width-right:300:''"In my world, there are no secrets."'']]
14	!!!'''Species:''' Human cyborg\
15	'''Age:''' 30 (''1''), 32 (''2'')\
16	'''Birthday:''' December 31st\
17	'''Occupation:''' Hacker\
18	'''Base of Operations:''' Castillo, Mexico\
19	'''Affiliation:''' Los Muertos (formerly), Talon (currently)\
20	'''Appearances (shorts):''' ''Infiltration'' (focus), ''Sombra Origin Story'' (focus), ''A Great Day''\
21	'''Appearances (comics):''' "Reflections" (cameo), "Masquerade", "Searching"\
22	'''Appearances (short stories):''' "What You Left Behind" (cameo), "Code of Violence"
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25	-> ''"Everything can be hacked… and everyone."''
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27	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CarolinaRavassa (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Lourdes Arruti (Latin American Spanish), Anahí de la Fuente (European Spanish), Creator/ChiwaSaito (Japanese), Lara Trautmann (German), Creator/KimYeonwoo (Korean), Emmanuelle Rivière (French), Tiziana Martello (Italian), Anna Cieślak (Polish), Carol Crespo (Brazilian Portuguese), Veronika Sarkisova (Russian)[[/note]]
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29	One of the world's most notorious hackers, Sombra uses her skills to manipulate those with power to get what she wants.
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31	Olivia Colomar was just one of hundreds of children orphaned by the Omnic Crisis. In order to survive in the world, she learned how to hack and manipulate people to get what she wants. She eventually joined Los Muertos on their rebellion against the government. After a while, she thought she was at the top of the world until she discovered a conspiracy that has spread out globally — and the conspiracy noticed her. Knowing that she was in danger, she erased all traces of her existence and re-emerged into the world as the woman named Sombra.
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33	With her new identity, she launched a wide-spread string of hacks in order to figure out the truth about the conspiracy, which led her to be noticed by many people, including those within the ranks of Talon. She eventually joined Talon, and has assisted them on multiple attacks against organizations with ties to the government. But in reality, she is using Talon as a way to help her get what she wants.
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35	Sombra specializes in using stealth to disrupt her foes and ambush weakened enemies.
36	* Her weapon is a fully-automatic '''Machine Pistol''', best used at close range.
37	* Using '''[[HollywoodHacking Hack]]''', Sombra can target and channel onto an enemy, marking them if left uninterrupted. Hacked enemies are briefly prevented from using their abilities are revealed across the map to Sombra and her team. '''Hack''' can also be used on health packs, temporarily only allowing Sombra and her team to use them while increasing their respawn rate.
38	* Her passive, '''[[InvisibilityCloak Stealth]]''', turns Sombra invisible and gains bonus movement speed after a few seconds of being out of combat, lasting until she attacks, '''Hacks''' an enemy, or is damaged.
39	* She can throw out a '''[[DamageOverTime Virus]]''' which deals damage over time to the first enemy hit. '''Virus''' will deal damage faster against '''Hacked''' enemies.
40	* '''[[{{Teleportation}} Translocator]]''' is a fast, throwable beacon that she teleports to after a brief delay. Teleporting also reduces the cooldown of her '''Stealth'''.
41	* Her ultimate, '''{{EMP}}''', releases an electromagnetic blast that damages all enemies around her by a large percentage of their current health and '''Hacks''' them.
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43	[[AC:Previous Abilities]]
44	* Sombra's old passive, '''[[InjuredVulnerability Opportunist]]''', let her deal bonus damage to '''Hack''' victims, while also personally allowing her to detect enemies at least than half health through walls.
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48	* AchillesHeel: Sombra's ability to turn invisible and sneak behind enemy lines is useless when the enemy has ways to detect invisible enemies… like Widowmaker's ''Infra-Sight'' or Hanzo's ''Sonic Arrow''. Especially Hanzo, as ''Sonic Arrow'' is not an ulti, and can be spammed with impunity. Downplayed however, for Sombra players who prefer a more direct playstyle, using the ''Translocator'' as a substitute for FlashStep to outmaneuver the enemy and riddle them full of holes.
49	* AHeroToHisHometown: Despite her working with the NebulousEvilOrganization Talon, she is revered in her hometown of Dorado as a hero.
50	* TheAlcoholic: It's only implied, but she was seen in the same bar as Cassidy (where it's implied that she drunk him under the table) in the "Reflections" comic, she has a respawn quote that translates to "I'm ready for that drink now"[[labelnote:original]]"Ya estoy lista para ese trago"[[/labelnote]], and has "I need a drink" as an Anniversary voice line.
51	* AlternateRealityGame: The lead-up to her reveal was an ARG which started from July 2016 and lasted up until her announcement in November. Sombra had placed clues across official Overwatch trailers which led to numerous decryptions, separate websites, and a lot of waiting.
52	* AmbiguouslyEvil:
53	** She technically works for Talon, but it's obvious to anybody who has seen her short (and even other members of Talon itself) that she's using them for her own ends. The most evil thing we see her do is blackmail Katya Volskaya, and she's apparently in direct opposition of the conspiracy. However, we don't know whether her motives for opposing them are benevolent, selfish, or even if she's trying to take them down at all. That said, she still seems to have no problem with using lethal force against anyone who gets in her way, and she seems to have no problem with carrying out Talon's agenda when it doesn't immediately clash with hers, as shown in ''Masquerade''. And her pre-fight conversation with Hanzo has her actually try to recruit him; so even if she isn't Talon's most loyal operative, she at least doesn't appear to be bothered by their agenda.
54	** In "Searching", it's revealed that [[spoiler:Sombra is regarded as a hero in Dorado]], and if her conversation with Zarya suggests anything, [[spoiler:Sombra is actually preparing herself for a greater threat and that she is using Talon for this]]. This makes her either an AntiHero or an AntiVillain depending on your view point and [[HiddenAgendaVillain her true ulterior motives]].
55	* AmbiguousSituation: She supposedly tries to unravel a massive conspiracy, represented by an Eye, which has its fingers in every major organization in the Overwatch world, ranging from Talon and Overwatch to Vishkar and Oasis. However, she is also an UnreliableNarrator and not nearly as smart or clever as she thinks she is, so it is possible that she has blown the conspiracy way out of proportion.
56	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: While under stealth, Sombra can [[SeeTheInvisible still get her cover blown by accidentally bumping into enemies or being revealed by enemy abilities]] such as Hanzo's ''Sonic Arrow''. Even if the player never sees it being used, the screen will helpfully flash ''"DETECTED!"'' in red text to let them know they've been spotted.
57	* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: A {{Downplayed}} example: She uses a very modern looking machine pistol that goes at odds with the more futuristic and complex weapons used by other characters.
58	* ArcNumber: During her AlternateRealityGame, 23. On top of being a reference to the fact she would be the 23rd playable character in the game, the number 23 was also used for multiple rotating ciphers to crack many of the codes.
59	* ArchEnemy: As of the "Searching" comic, she has been set up as one to Zarya, as she is the only character who knows her real name, Olivia Colomar, the very thing that would threaten her position again if it were ever exposed.
60	* AscendedMeme:
61	** During her ARG, fans obsessed over a [[RedHerring suspicious, but ultimately irrelevant not-clue]] in the form of circular artifact in Dorado's sky nicknamed the "skycode." In the final product, the skycode is one of Sombra's unique sprays, and her "Amused" emote has her generate one, then laughing at it. It even includes musical tones as a reference to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4w7ey1/the_sombra_skysong/ a fan's suggestion to decode it by making music from it.]]
62	--->'''Sombra:''' Do you ever just take a moment and just... look up at the stars? I'm told you can find all sorts of things there.
63	** Another minor one also from the ARG revolved around Bastion being an espresso machine[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the clues in the ARG revolved around several uncovered [=LumériCo=] messages, most of them about an espresso machine that was on the fritz and needed replacing. Around the same time, another clue was found in the [=LumériCo=] bank in Dorado where Bastion would beep in Morse code to a specific screen. This mutated into a joke that Sombra had somehow planted Bastion as an espresso machine to deliver the message[[/labelnote]]. It was first referenced in her [[https://imgur.com/QetS1Ti Archives-exclusive "Espresso" spray]], and later referenced in an interaction between her and Bastion where she'll comment how "You would make a good barista."
64	* BadassBoast: Her selection quote, "Everything can be hacked… and everyone."
65	* BaitAndSwitch: Her "Hacking" highlight intro in a nutshell, where it initially presents someone else's intro, [[https://gfycat.com/BigColdGopher only for it to be suddenly interrupted by Sombra.]]
66	* BalanceBuff:
67	** Sombra was given a pretty hefty rework in anticipation of ''Overwatch 2'', toning down (while not outright eliminating) her incredible disabling utility while upping her damage potential. Her ''Hack'' and ''EMP'' only [[PowerNullifier disable enemy abilities]] for one second, but as a tradeoff, hacked targets are revealed to Sombra's team for a much longer duration, Sombra herself deals bonus damage to hacked enemies, and ''EMP'' also deals its own burst of [[PercentDamageAttack percent-health damage]] (specifically 40% of an enemy's current health). Sombra was also allowed to now use ''Hack'' without being completely decloaked from stealth, though her health-pack hacking is also much more reduced, and ''EMP'' no longer goes through or shatters shields.
68	** Sombra received another rework in October 2023 in order to further streamline her gameplay as a proper Damage hero, toning down some of her more unintuitive and/or annoying elements in the process. ''Translocator'' could previously be plopped down wherever and grant Sombra an instant escape button out of most situations (something that was especially annoying in ''Overwatch 2'' due to the broad reduction of crowd control that could stop her), and it was changed so that the ability teleports her on a set timer, streamlining her maneuverability while encouraging more active use along with her team rather than the simple "drop near a health pack, engage enemy solo, instantly escape, rinse and repeat" strategy of before. Her ''[[InjuredVulnerability Opportunist]]'' passive was removed in exchange of making her ''Stealth'' into an automatic passive, and the new damaging utility from her hacking ability came in the form of a new ability: ''Virus'', a damage-over-time ability that steroids her individual damage, but enables enemies just enough time to notice and defend against an enemy Sombra popping out from stealth and trying to kill them.
69	* BarefootLoon: In keeping with the (complete absence of) style with the one and only Radical Edward, Sombra ditches shoes and goes fully barefoot in her Ed skin for the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' collaboration. Though it's also a {{subversion}}, though only '''''very''''' slightly, in that Sombra's soles - much like the rest of her body - are artificial augments, likely made of a skin-like carbon fiber and are visibly more gray than the rest of her skin. That said, for her, she's basically completely unshod, and unlike with Ed who's had her entire life to toughen up her feet, not so much the case for Sombra!
70	* BayonetYa: Her machine pistol has a bayonet attachment in her Talon skin, although it is simply [[OrnamentalWeapon ornamental]].
71	* BecomingTheCostume:
72	** Her "Tulum" skin has her use surfer's slang such as "Hey dude" and "Aloha".
73	** Her "[[VideoGame/DiabloIII Demon Hunter]]" skin gives her a few miscellaneous, but spooky lines, the most notable changing her ultimate callout to "¡La oscuridad te espera!"[[labelnote:Translation]]"The [[VideoGame/DiabloIII darkness awaits you!]]"[[/labelnote]]
74	** Her "Agent Colomar" skin transforms her into a more outright benevolent PlayfulHacker and one of Overwatch's top operatives. She's still got a bit of an edge to her but her dialogue is noticeably more professional and less {{Jerkass}}-y.
75	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Most of the Talon leaders, especially Doomfist and Reaper, regard her as a silly annoying incompetent jokester and not much of a threat, when she would inevitably betray them. However, her actions so far of helping Baptiste to evade Talon's capture has directly led him to join Overwatch, Talon's arch enemy, as well as keeping secrets about the survival of Ana Amari and Jack Morrison, both of whom are actively doing everything they can to bring Talon down.
76	* {{Blackmail}}: She does this to Katya Volskaya. All she wants is a "friend", but if she doesn't comply, she'll reveal to the public that their greatest new weapon to fight the Omnics [[spoiler:was supplied to them by the Omnics themselves]], including an implied threat aimed at her daughter. This backfires on her when Katya sends Zarya after her.
77	* BoringButPractical: Her weapon is nothing more than a low-tech machine pistol, similar in appearance to an [=H&K MP7=]. What makes her stand out is that the guns of other characters who use regular bullets are all highly stylized and even futuristic looking. Cassidy's revolver, Reaper's shotguns, Ana's sniper rifle, and especially Soldier: 76's assault rifle all have futuristic styles to them.
78	* BoyishShortHair: Sombra gains one such hairstyle with her "Talon" skin, where she also has dyed her hair red to better fit in with Talon's color motif.
79	* BrokenMasquerade: She uncovered a conspiracy running deeper than Overwatch, Talon, or any other group in the setting.
80	* {{Calacas}}: Health packs and enemies hacked by Sombra display electronic sugar skulls, and she also wears calavera face paint in her Los Muertos skins.
81	* ChildProdigy: She's been a hacker since she was a young child, using her talents to get into the Los Muertos gang.
82	* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Sigma, due to his mental state, often [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny forgets things and gets easily distracted]]. Sombra takes the time to keep him in check and is completely patient with him, much to the ire of other Talon members.
83	-->'''Sigma:''' Hm... Why does this place feel familiar?
84	-->'''Sombra:''' We've been here, viejito! This is where Max lives.
85	-->'''Sigma:''' Ah, yes, Maximilien! His collection of Greek sculptures is quite charming.
86	* ColorMotifs: More blatant than almost any other hero, her outfit, abilities and sprays have a purple/violet coloring theme. Sombra fits the wisdom and exoticism bills of the interpretations. Like how purple is interpreted as being poisonous, Sombra's hacking abilities can be seen as such. Her skull theme and her association with the Los Muertos Gang also fits the colors' association with death.
87	* CombatPragmatist: Sombra's direct combat capability is rather lacking, but ''boy'', does she make it up for it with extremely dirty tactics. Sneaking behind enemy lines to disable their medipacks, preying on critically-wounded enemies thanks to her passive, setting up ''Translocator'' as an instant escape route when things get hot, disabling their key player's ability… The list goes on.
88	* ConfusionFu: Sombra's specialty, and what contributes to her DifficultButAwesome status. Most other Offense characters can thrive in a direct firefight, using their mobility skills to set up flanks or reach high-priority targets. While ''Opportunist'' and ''Stealth'' certainly allow Sombra to pick off low-health opponents, plenty of other characters (including the rest of the Offense line-up) can out-damage her in a straight fight. Sombra's specialty lies in making her enemies' lives a living hell; sneaking into their back lines with Camo, Hacking med-kits or Supports to prevent healing abilities, or blasting the enemy team with a well-placed ''EMP'' to leave them sitting ducks, then blinking back out with ''Translocator'' before they can retaliate.
89	* CoolButInefficient: While being able to disable an enemy's usage of abilities is undeniably awesome (and sometimes crippling if used properly), newer players might be tempted to use her hacks during the middle of the fight. Ignoring the fact that her hacking process resets upon taking damage, making a mid-fight hacking ''extremely'' risky, as well as the fact that even if she's successful, enemies can still shoot and kill her, even then you have to consider: "Is hacking this guy going to do me any better than [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim simply riddling his head with bullets?"]]
90	* CuteMonsterGirl: Her "Bride" skin turns her into a Film/BrideOfFrankenstein lookalike.
91	* CutscenePowerToTheMax: When she was first added, her ''Translocator'' in the game only lasted for 15 seconds (this was patched about a year later to make it last indefinitely, but the trope certainly applied for long enough). In the short ''Infiltration'', it lasts long enough for Sombra to chase down Katya, take out her bodyguards, and [[spoiler:directly blackmail her]].
92	* TheCracker: Naturally, since she's a hacker.
93	* {{Cyborg}}: She has cybernetic implants along her spine and in her skull to aid her hacking.
94	* DarkActionGirl: Just like Widowmaker, if not even ''more'' so, for several reasons. The first being that she's a close-range combatant compared to Widowmaker being a long-range sniper. The second reason is that, unlike Widowmaker who was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed into being evil and had no choice in the matter]], Sombra has a completely free will and commits all of her evil actions fully willingly and with pleasure.
95	* ADayInTheLimelight: She's the protagonist of the ''Infiltration'' short.
96	* DeadpanSnarker: When not taunting somebody (which is almost always), she just settles for short dry remarks.
97	-->'''Reaper:''' Try to stick to the plan, Sombra.\
98	'''Sombra:''' Look, someone has to be ready when all your careful planning doesn't pan out.
99	* DeathOfAThousandCuts: The damage of her machine pistol's individual shots is very low, but its very high rate of fire and high magazine capacity compensate for it.
100	* DelightingInRiddles: The Overwatch community ended up playing a drawn-out [[AlternateRealityGame ARG]] in the leadup to the release of [[PlayfulHacker Sombra]], with many of the clues originating [[BreakingTheFourthWall from the character herself]]. These included ciphers, dead ends, a fake website, red herrings, and a months-long countdown — all peppered with teasing hints and encouragements [[TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier in Spanish]]. When she was finally introduced in the ''Infiltration'' short, Sombra was shown to be exactly as much of a troll in-universe as her teasing during the ARG indicated her to be.
101	* DelinquentHair: She sports a long mohawk with purple tips, a fashion choice necessitated by the fact that the sides and back of her head have cybernetic hacking augmentations running across them. Her "Los Muertos" skins gives her a punk mohawk.
102	* DidntSeeThatComing: When confronted by Zarya in "Searching", Sombra tries to make her escape with her translocator, but Lynx gives Zarya enough advanced warning that instead of making an escape, Sombra ends up trapped in Graviton Surge. [[FullNameUltimatum Then Zarya drops Sombra's real name to top it off.]]
103	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Sombra thought she was free and in the clear when she wiped out all records of her identity and scampered off into hiding, but she neglected to account for one crucial detail. As ''Searching'' demonstrates, [[spoiler:if you continue to frequent places of business in the town where you grew up, and you have a [[DelinquentHair feature]] that is immediately distinguishing, ''someone is going to remember you'']].
104	** Psst! Hey, Sombra, [[spoiler:maybe if you wanted to keep your identity a secret, you should have changed your haircut and not gone out in public in the place where you grew up]].
105	* DifficultButAwesome: Her profile currently puts her at three difficulty stars, and for good reason: Sombra's only damaging ability has terrible range and a mediocre damage rate even at point-blank, while her ''Hack'' ability has a substantial 8-second cooldown. This is, however, balanced by ''Hack'' being an incredibly powerful shutdown tool, restricting the enemy team from using anything from medkits to even Ultimates, and Sombra has all the tools to be obnoxiously evasive. Her ''EMP'' is easy to activate… but at the cost of requiring you to have situational awareness to get into position and keeps track of which critical enemies to be hit as well as requiring your teammates to follow up, since it only lasts for 6 seconds. A Sombra player that makes their ''Hacks'' and ''EMP'' count while staying alive can virtually control the fight, but it requires a lot of timing, quick-thinking, and team coordination to make her more than [[CoolButInefficient a flashy but ultimately impractical hero]]. This is evident in the massive difference in her pick and win rate in ladder (where she is generally regarded as a terrible pick until the very highest level) and tournament (where she is regarded as a solid to crucial pick in any team composition).
106	* DirtyCoward: Downplayed, because she's still willing to put herself at risk in order to achieve her goals… but usually from a safe vantage point. At her core, Sombra is a bully and an opportunist who shuns fighting fair in favor of striking from the shadows while depriving others of their talents, and her fallback strategy whenever things don't go her way has always been to run away and hide in the company of something tougher, whether gangsters or terrorists.
107	* DuelingHackers: Can be done with both hacking and bullets if Sombra is played on both teams.
108	* EarlyBirdCameo:
109	** Aside from her AlternateRealityGame, she was hinted at in [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/overwatch/images/c/c4/Dorado_Sombra.png/revision/latest?cb=20160613163202 a Dorado newspaper in-game asking "¿Quién es 'Sombra'?"]], and in Numbani [[http://i.imgur.com/UnOU4Jv.jpg a generic newsreel with an added-in headline: “Lumerico reports massive breach at Dorado power plant, latest attack in global hacking spree,”]], which represented events happening in the ARG.
110	** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBaWAxeHcw0 Doomfist Preview video]], Sombra could be seen with an unfamiliar skin on her weapon. That weapon skin turned out to be for her Summer Games 2017 skin.
111	* EasterEgg: She has a unique death animation that also counts as a ShoutOut: If she's killed as she's bumped into while under stealth, slightly revealing her, [[https://gfycat.com/LastRepentantIraniangroundjay she'll die in a similar fashion to]] [[https://youtu.be/lAcYUt2QbAo?t=55 this scene from]] ''Film/{{Tron}}''.
112	* {{EMP}}: Her ultimate, which [[AntiArmor shatters shields]] (both physical barriers and life-bar passives), shuts down turrets, and stops players from using their abilities.
113	* EnigmaticMinion: Despite being a Talon operative, she clearly has her own agenda and will even sabotage operations if she thinks she can gain something out of it.
114	* EveryoneHasStandards: She's exceptionally manipulative and isn't above taunting her own teammates. Not to mention keeping an extensive library of information on everything and everyone if she needs to blackmail them, but notably is the ''only'' member of Talon who is nice to {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Sigma, despite his [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny fractured mind and unstable powers]]. With others she's snarky, sarcasitc, and crass, but with Sigma she's patient and understanding. When he mentions that Moira plans to run more experiments on him, Sombra turns protective and tells him to get her if they "try anything".
115	* EverythingIsOnline: She's able to hack anything from enemy abilities to first-aid kits. Even her own gun has Wifi, judging by the Wifi symbol embedded in it on her "Azúcar"/"Los Muertos" skins.
116	* EvilTastesGood: She truly loves her unscrupulous occupation, and admits that she's addicted to hacking and data manipulation.
117	* FauxAffablyEvil: She has a playful personality with an impish streak that makes her come off like a mischievous teenager. She keeps it at all times, such as when threatening Volskaya's daughter with her {{Blackmail}}.
118	* FemmeFatalons: On her gloves, but the general effect is visually the same. Her "Los Muertos" and "Azúcar" skins give her very long, painted nails for a similar effect.
119	* FiringOneHanded: She holds her SMG in one hand, leaving the other free to hack. [[SubvertedTrope this might be why it has such a large bullet spread.]]
120	* FlashyTeleportation: Sombra can toss a translocator that she can teleport back to at any time, including while it's still in flight, with visual effects to show its use, but [[StealthyTeleportation it becomes invisible]] if used with her {{Invisibility}} active.
121	* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Her "Hacking" highlight intro involves her hacking the Play of the Game from another player.
122	* FragileSpeedster: Sombra has average health, but she gets a speed boost when she activates her ''Stealth'' and teleports across the map with her Translocator, allowing her to infiltrate nearly any location for as long as she isn't caught in the crossfire. It also makes her excessively hard to pin down if her Translocator is ready, since she can easily hop over a wall or obstacle once cornered before turning invisible and walking away.
123	* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
124	** Despite Sombra having a close working relationship with them and considering them "friends" to a degree, most of her Talon colleagues offer no positive or even neutral interactions with her. Being consummate professionals who stick to coordinated plans, Sombra's tendency to play fast and loose with the agenda while [[{{Troll}} pushing everyone's buttons along the way]] gives them plenty of reasons to find her insufferable. Reaper and Doomfist at least seem willing to tolerate her antics for the sake of the mission despite considering her an annoyance, but Widowmaker implicitly ''[[ShameIfSomethingHappened threatens]]'' her.
125	--->'''Sombra''': Ah, my favorite spider. I wonder what sort of web you're spinning now.\
126	'''Widowmaker''': It'd be a shame if something happened to you on our next mission. A real pity.
127	** In general, she rarely gets along with anyone if pre-game interactions are to be believed, mostly due to her constantly messing with people and [[PlayfulHacker rummaging through their personal details in her spare time]]. Just about the only exceptions are Baptiste (maintaining a decent friendship even after he long defected from Talon), Sigma (being perhaps the only Talon member she feels personally protective towards), and Cassidy (sporadically hanging out and drinking together).
128	* GameplayAndStoryIntegration:
129	** She's a {{Troll}} in-universe, and it reflects in her playstyle, which, while lacking in direct combat, makes her extremely obnoxious and disruptive. So you as Genji just retreated due to low health and no healer close by... wait, that medpack's been hacked, so you can't use it to recover your health. Then you hear [[OhCrap a familiar blinking,]] and shortly after, your abilities have been disabled, and here she comes for the kill without you being able to Deflect her shots nor running away. You try to fight back, and managed to get the upper hand and almost kill her, but then she just used ''Translocator'' right onto the hacked medpack, heal herself to full, and lands the killing blow on you. And to top it all off, you think you got Play of the Game when you did that 3-man Dragonblade? [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Yeah, she just hacked your [=PotG=] and replaced it with her own, too...]]
130	** ''A Great Day'' sees Sombra infiltrating a Null Sector ship, placing her ''Translocator'' outside for her to teleport back to for an instant escape, but unlike in ''Infiltration'', it fails to work as it gets damaged in an explosion, forcing her to escape manually, with her making it onto the escape ship as it takes off by hurling her ''Translocator'' at it and teleporting to close the gap. This short was released in late 2023, around the same time of a gameplay update where Sombra's ''Translocator'' was reworked to behave in the same way.
131	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In her gameplay, hacking a Hero stops their active abilities and nothing else. In-story, it should be much more effective on some characters, and much less on others, but [[RuleOfFun that would be completely unworkable balance-wise.]] Notably Averted with Ashe and [=B.O.B=], as if [=B.O.B=] is doing something and Sombra hacks him, he stops what he's doing (that is, serving as an auto-piloting AssistCharacter) and just slumps until the hacktime ends.
132	* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: In her room in Castillo, she has a teddy bear on her bed, which according to one interaction is named Arturito.
133	* HackYourEnemy: Sombra's in-game specialty, having the unique and valuable power to disable an opponent's abilities for several precious seconds at a time.
134	* HackedByAPirate: No crossbones, but the general symbol for representing something being hacked is a skull.
135	* HiddenAgendaVillain: Is ultimately just using Talon for her own benefit, to unknown ends. Notably, "Masquerade" reveals that Reaper is completely aware of the fact that "she's been up to some extracurricular activities," but still, nobody has any clue as to what exactly she's planning.
136	* HighTechHexagons: Her hack animation generates hexagons and the icons in her conspiracy web are hexagonal.
137	* HighlyVisibleNinja: For a character with a sneaky and stealthy kit, Sombra parades about in very noticeable shades of bright purple. During "Code of Violence" -- where she was wearing [[BetaOutfit her white/red "Talon" skin]] -- [[LampshadeHanging Reyes took mental note of this among other traits of hers that scream "liability".]]
138	* HitAndRunTactics: Not unlike Tracer, she's also capable of this (fitting, as her Translocator is basically reverse-engineered from Tracer's tech). Drop a ''Translocator'', pick a fight with an enemy somewhere else to whittle their health, then teleport back. Rinse and repeat until enemy is dead (assuming they don't get healed, but you can also hack the medkits around the map to deny them healing too). This doesn't work as well against healers, as they could always heal themselves. Unless you hack their healing abilities.
139	* HollywoodHacking: She can hack just about anything, no matter how mundane; from factory lifts to someone's ability to sprint. Even her method of hacking is incredibly unrealistic [[RuleOfCool (though admittedly cool-looking)]], mostly just by using her glove device to activate or deactivate anything she wants. Her most egregious "hacks" in-game is somehow hacking things that are ostensibly ''biological'', not mechanical (Soldier 76's sprinting and Reaper's ''Wraith Form'' come to mind), as well as not entirely shutting down fully-mechanical opponents, such as Zenyatta, Orisa, and Bastion, which should stop them from attacking (or moving) altogether.
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143	* ImpossibleGenius: Sombra's so good with computers and other machines that she can hack not only computers, but mechanical devices in general and even ''people''.
144	* InjuredVulnerability: Sombra's ''Opportunist'' passive allows her (but only her) to see enemies at critical health through walls, allowing her to know when to sneak up and finish the job. Scavenging kills like this is encouraged in her playstyle, as her low damage output discourages straight fights, while her multiple movement skills and ability to restrict medkits makes it easy for her to corner and kill weakened opponents. This is especially prominent in free-for-all Deathmatch mode, where she can effectively monopolize the primary source of healing on the map and simply steal kills from others while keeping herself topped up all the same.
145	* InterfaceScrew: A minor auditory version occurs when she hacks opponents — among other ailments, hacked targets lose their directional audio, an ability you never really appreciate until it's gone and you can't tell which direction Sombra's running off to.
146	* InterfaceSpoiler: If the Play of the Game segment begins with Sombra's "Hacked" intro, it's a dead giveaway that that particular Sombra player is being used to set up another Sombra's [=PotG=], as a "Hacked" intro never appears by itself in a [=PotG=].
147	* {{Invisibility}}: She's capable of completely concealing herself from enemies using her ''Stealth'', although attacking and being attacked disables it. Also, she can still be picked up by vision-granting abilities (like Widowmaker's Infra Sight) and Soldier: 76's Tactical Visor will still lock onto her. (If a friendly Zarya shields her while cloaked, [[SoMuchForStealth the shield bubble will be visible]]. If you see an empty Zarya shield running through the battle zone, pay heed.)
148	* ItsAllAboutMe: Whether or not she's [[UnreliableNarrator honest]], whether or not she's [[WildCard loyal]], one thing about Sombra that is certainly not ambiguous is that she is not a team player. A lot of her pre-fight banter revolves around musing about what all she can steal and mess with, and in ''Infiltration'', she's perfectly willing to [[spoiler:throw the mission under the bus, lie to her allies, and threaten a woman's — and, by implication, her child's — well-being, all for the sake of her own personal benefit]].
149	** Heck, she even manages to pull this off on a ''meta'' level. ''Hero'' takes place in her hometown, features Los Muertos gang members as the antagonists, and its SupportingProtagonist Alejandra later returns in ''Searching'' to [[spoiler:give Zarya a lead on Sombra's identity]], which retroactively makes it more relevant to Sombra's character than to Soldier: 76.
150	* {{Jerkass}}: Maybe not [[FauxAffablyEvil quite]] to the same degree as some of her Talon compatriots, but she gets a kick out of needlessly antagonizing those around her, tends to view people less like individuals and more like tools to help her get what she wants, and if she ever has any kind of leverage over someone or knows something they don’t, ''boy howdy'', does she ever love to lord it over them.
151	* KnightOfCerebus: Her origin video hints that there's much more at stake than Talon and Overwatch settling their old reignited feuds, and ''Infiltration'' is the first animated short where human beings are actually killed on-screen with several being murdered by Sombra herself.
152	* KnowledgeBroker: As a hacker and computer expert, Sombra is able to blackmail people into subservience. She is aligned with Talon as their technologist and chief informant on vital targets but she's not ''as'' evil as them.
153	* LackOfEmpathy: She has no problem with threatening people's well-being, livelihoods and loved ones to get what she wants, and her propensity to smirk while on the job suggests she even enjoys it.
154	* LaserGuidedKarma: In ''Infiltration'', she's willing to implicitly [[WouldHurtAChild threaten a woman's young daughter]] in order to force her into compliance. In ''Searching'', [[spoiler:another young girl plays an instrumental role in compromising and exposing her identity]].
155	* MakeUpIsEvil: While Sombra is not the only female Hero to wear makeup, hers is easily the most noticeable and striking in the game, including heavy purple eyeshadow and lipstick as well as nail polish on some of her skins.
156	* ManipulativeBitch: Her Origins video establishes her as someone willing to manipulate people like she manipulates machines.
157	* ManOfKryptonite: While every character has/are specific counters to other heroes, Sombra's ''Hack'' makes her this to ''everyone''. She can turn heroes who are dependent on mobility into sitting ducks (Tracer, Winston, Pharah), disable self-healing heroes (Roadhog, Soldier 76, Ana), and her ''EMP'' instantly shuts down all barriers (including Lucio's ''Sound Barrier'') and shields, temporarily leaving heroes such as Symmetra and Zenyatta at half health or less.
158	* MeaningfulName: "Sombra" means "Shadow" in her native Spanish, fitting considering her status as TheSneakyGuy.
159	* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Sombra is the only character with a true stealth ability, and can interact with the map differently than any other character by hacking health packs to deny their use to the enemy and cause them to respawn more quickly for her team. She's also the only character that can directly lock other characters' abilities so they can't be used at all, as opposed to stunning the character altogether or physically blocking or otherwise countering them.
160	* MinoredInAsskicking: A hacker without the same training and combat background that most of the other characters have, but can still put up a fight nonetheless.
161	* MysteriousPurple: Though she formally works for Talon, Sombra (whose signature color is bright violet) is, and has been from her character introduction, AmbiguouslyEvil. She secretly sabotages Talon's mission to assassinate Katya Volskaya in favor of blackmailing Katya to feed her information for her own gains, [[HiddenAgendaVillain whatever they may be]]. She helped Baptiste leave Talon and is lauded in her [[AHeroToHisHometown hometown of Dorado as a hero]]. She even gets treated by her Talon colleagues as TheFriendNobodyLikes because of her fairly obvious duplicit nature.
162	* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Enemies that get hacked can't activate their ultimates, and if certain enemies are in the middle of using their ultimate, getting hacked during it will immediately end it.
163	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Sombra is not a good person by any means, but the world of ''Overwatch'' has a really twisted sense of humor. So, naturally, it's the one legitimately good and honest thing she has done — being a reliable patron to a small local business in her hometown — that comes back to bite her in ''Searching'', [[spoiler:as Alejandra, who works there, is able to recognize her picture and give Zarya a lead that potentially compromises her carefully hidden identity]].
164	* NoItemUseForYou: Sombra can hack health packs that temporarily cannot be used by the enemy team.
165	* NonconformistDyedHair: She has dark hair with bright pink extensions in her default skin. She's a former member of the Mexican gang Los Muertos and has been a rebellious {{Hackette}} since.
166	* NotInThisForYourRevolution: She is aligned with Talon, however, her reasons for joining are a bit more complex. She joined them for protection from an unknown threat, she helped Baptiste escape from Talon, and her targets (i.e Katya Volskaya and Guillermo Portero) appear to have had it coming for their corruption and treacherous behaviour. Interestingly, she's regarded as a hero in her home town despite being an international cyberterrorist.
167	* NotSoAboveItAll: Sombra has always had a playful side, but has mostly relegated her hacking abilities to actual business that matters in terms of her own personal goals or for Talon's sake. She even seems somewhat baffled when D.Va accuses her of being the "Cheating in video games" type of hacker, even though she isn't a gamer. Then we see the maxed-out high score of 9999 on the skeeball game in Blizzard World, where "SMB" has permanently knocked "DVA", "JRT", and "S76" into 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place. She also live hacks the Azmodunk basketball games when she approaches them.
168	* NotSoStoic: Her mannerisms are calm, cool, and collected in all of her appearances. At least until toward the end of ''Searching'', when she visibly freaks out at [[spoiler:hearing Zarya say her real name]]. She manages to recover herself by the end, but by that point, her smirking demeanor is less "I'm in control of this situation" and more "Fuck you and the horse you rode in on."
169	* NotTheIntendedUse: When Sombra was initially released, hacked health packs granted her ult charge whenever she or an ally were healed by them. When combined with their increased regeneration rate, a strategy was formed in making her a quasi-healer, with allies taking damage then retreating back to a hacked health pack to rapidly build up her ''EMP'', allowing her to wreck shop much faster than normal. This strategy was so unintended that Blizzard patched this feature out in early 2018, requiring her to work harder for her ultimate.
170	* OddFriendship: With Sigma, who is [[PetTheDog the only member of Talon she seems to genuinely care about]]. She is aware of his mental fracturing and is nothing short of patient and understanding and goes out of her way to make sure he's stable (as much as he can be). When she hears that Moira plans to run some tests on him, her demeanor turns protective. She even affectionately refers to him as "viejito", which is spanish for "old man", and is clearly meant as a term of endearment.
171	-->'''Sombra:''' The boss was talking to Moira the other day. Kept looking over at you.
172	-->'''Sigma:''' Ah, yes! He wanted the doctor to run some "non-invasive" tests.
173	-->'''Sombra:''' Ay... You come to me if they try anything, okay?
174	* OhCrap: Has this reaction when [[spoiler:Zarya reveals she knows her real name]].
175	* OlderThanTheyLook: Her appearance would suggest she's in her late teens/early twenties, but she's actually thirty.
176	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Initially, "Sombra" was her only title, as she had to wipe out her real identity, even rendering her name as "██████████" in her official bio. Later on in "Searching", [[spoiler:Zarya refers to her as "Olivia Colomar", which she reacts to with a bit of shock]].
177	* OnlySaneMan: She's a troll who's addicted to hacking, but she's not [[AxCrazy completely unstable like Widowmaker or Reaper]].
178	* PayEvilUntoEvil: The closest thing she has to a selfless quality is that she seems to be willing to broaden her conniving shenanigans to people who actually deserve it, such as the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive executives]] of large [[MegaCorp corporations]] who profit from the suffering of others, including those affected by war in her native Mexico[[note]]Granted, all we have from both sides is hearsay, so the CEO of [=LumeriCo=] could be innocent, but the [[CrapsaccharineWorld state]] of the world and his willingness to cozy up to Vishkar is at least cause for suspicion[[/note]]. Although, if we're being completely fair, her most vocal group of supporters is still a collection of unapologetic criminal thugs.
179	* PetTheDog:
180	** For what it's worth, she ''does'' seem to like that bakery. Alejandra even asks if Sombra has done anything wrong when shown her picture, which would imply she has otherwise been a perfectly honest customer. Of course, just abstaining from being a lying thief isn't exactly a high benchmark.
181	** With her vast hacking ability, it's been periodically suggested that Sombra occasionally uses it for altruistic purposes. ''Searching'' reveals that some people in Dorado actually see Sombra [[FolkHero as their Stepan Razin]] for her conquests against the rich.
182	--->'''Sombra''': Let's order some pizza for the neighborhood. And pay their rent. ''({{Gasp}})'' And all their debt!
183	** Sombra seems to be the only Talon member that's concerned for Sigma's well-being. While her colleagues mostly treat him as merely a LivingWeapon with a screw loose, Sombra -- seemingly aware of how they manipulate him -- addresses him like a friend, and is willing to protect him from further questionable treatment.
184	** In addition to serving as an informant and confidant for Illari, Sombra also expresses concern on a very personal level.
185	--->'''Illari:''' Did you see my last information request?\
186	'''Sombra:''' I did. ''(sighs)'' Aren't you taking on too much, chica?\
187	'''Illari:''' That's for me to decide, not you.\
188	'''Sombra:''' Ugh, I'll send you the relevant details.
189	* PlayfulHacker: While she does use her talents for blackmail and villainy, she also isn't above using them to troll Reaper.
190	* PowerNullifier: Her ''Hack'' ability renders an enemy's abilities unusable for a brief period of time. Her Ultimate, ''[=EMP=]'', hacks all nearby enemies in addition to breaking shields and barriers and hacking all health packs in range instantly.
191	* PragmaticVillainy: Having the most powerful woman in Russia in your back pocket is ''far'' more useful than simply killing her. While he's still in the shadow of exactly what she plans on doing with her, Doomfist (who didn't approve of the plan to assassinate Volskaya) thinks it was a good idea to keep her alive.
192	* PreAsskickingOneLiner: When activating her EMP, depending on her skin:
193	--> "Apagando las luces!"[[labelnote: Translation]]Literally "turning out the lights," essentially "lights out!"[[/labelnote]]\
194	"La oscuridad te espera!"[[labelnote: Translation]]"Darkness awaits you!", heard when using her Demon Hunter skin.[[/labelnote]]
195	* [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]]: A more subdued example in that she isn't [[AxCrazy kill-happy]] in the same way Reaper and Widowmaker are, but she's definitely not above hurting and making life difficult for people to further her own goals, usually [[PsychoticSmirk smirking]] every step of the way. She's also an unrepentant [[{{Troll}} mischief-maker]] who gets a kick out of childishly taunting and mocking her opponents (or even her own allies for that matter), and she apparently sleeps with a teddy bear.
196	* PurpleIsPowerful: She wears a lot of purple in her outfit and hair, and most of her technology is purple. She's also a very talented and competent hacker.
197	* RemovingTheEarpiece: During ''Infiltration,'' she does this when she meets up face-to-face with Katya Volskaya in order to have a private conversation from Reaper so she can personally blackmail her. It ultimately did her no good, because Reaper ''still'' knows what she did.
198	* RockBeatsLaser: A non-combat example. Sombra is a tech wizard who went to exhaustive lengths to ensure that any trace of her identity was wiped clean before she went into hiding. Despite her efforts, her identity winds up coming to light anyway in ''Searching'' thanks to the one thing she could never hope to control: [[spoiler:her fellow townsfolk's memories of her]].
199	* SmallNameBigEgo: Sombra may be a very dangerous hacker whose deeds have made international news, but she's hardly special in a world where the entire cast does that regularly. Sometimes she's prone to not being as clever as she thinks she is either, particularly when sabotaging the mission to assassinate Volskaya for her own gain. Despite her planning, Reaper still figured her out and seems to have had little trouble with keeping tabs on her ever since.
200	* SigilSpam: Sombra's skull logo appears in almost everything associated with her, from a tattoo on one of her skins to a spray to an ultimate symbol.
201	* SigningOffCatchPhrase: Sombra appears to have a habit of saying "Boop" when signing off, even playfully tapping the person they're leaving if they're in person. [[https://lumerico.mx/MISDIRECTION/index.html She says it during the "Misdirection" string message]] during the ARG, and she says it twice in ''Infiltration,'' once to Katya Volskaya, and another to the [[ScreenTap camera]].
202	* SlasherSmile: In her "Pulse" highlight intro, she flashes the viewer a menacing smile before using her EMP.
203	* SkeletonMotif: Sombra is commonly associated with a calavera-style [[https://glemda.com/overwatch/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sombra-skull.jpg skull that]] [[https://g.redditmedia.com/1WeIELyyAMjyGitvo7isV0nqaed7ZxIlilkLZG2zm1A.gif?w=320&s=5a1c461e3662371d160c10897e091e52 appears several times]] [[https://wiki.gamedetectives.net/images/a/a2/LumericoHacked.jpg during the]] AlternateRealityGame, and appears in-game as a recurring insignia, including as her ''EMP'' ability's icon.
204	* SmugSnake: Not nearly as bad as Widowmaker, but Sombra's penchant for stealth, interference and blackmail often grant her an edge over others in ways she knows cannot be conventionally countered. She is very aware this puts her in the most advantageous position, and she is more than ready to bask in it. She has all the hallmarks of someone who thinks she is untouchable.
205	* TheSneakyGuy: In addition to her hacking skills, she's also capable of stealthing with her… ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Stealth]]'', making her the only hero capable of flat-out {{Invisibility}}.
206	* SpicyLatina: She may not be MsFanservice, but she's got the playful part of this trope down.
207	* StatusEffects: Her in-game hacking is functionally the same as a typical silence, blocking enemies from using their abilities.
208	* StealthyTeleportation: Her teleporter, which is FlashyTeleportation normally, but all effects are removed when it's used with her {{Invisibility}} effect, making that case, this trope.
209	* StringTheory: She has a [[https://i.imgur.com/KDBmWSL.jpg digital web of connections]] set up in her hideout to help her uncover an unknown conspiracy.
210	* SweetTooth: Actually a plot point in "Searching", as her predictable visits to the local bakery allows Alejandra to drop dimes on her.
211	* TattooedCrook: While it's most likely body paint, she features some glowing body art in her "Azúcar"/"Los Muertos" skins much like other members of the Los Muertos gang that fits the general image.
212	* {{Technopath}}: What most of her [[HollywoodHacking "hacking"]] turns into. Best demonstrated in ''Infiltration,'' where she uses her hacking to hoist an operational lift and even a giant mecha hand to catch her fall and boost her to higher ground simply through touching them.
213	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: ''No one'' likes working with Sombra. Not even Reaper and Widowmaker, her colleagues. Reaper is particularly distrustful of her (he even says as much to Widowmaker in a pre-battle interaction added in April 2020) and Widowmaker is even more antagonistic, openly [[ShameIfSomethingHappened thinking about offing her]]. It doesn't help that she [[{{Troll}} intentionally brings up stuff she did in the past to piss them off]], such as her stealing Tracer's chronal accelerator technology, or [[DoNotCallMePaul calling Reaper "Gabe" because it drives him up the wall]]. [[PetTheDog She genuinely seems to care about Sigma's well-being]], but this only makes a further enemy out of [[MadScientist Moira]], who considers Sombra an annoying interference with her "experiment".
214	* TimeMaster: Not nearly to Tracer's extent, but given that her translocator is a heavily modified chronal accelerator, it most likely functions by bringing Sombra through time to a different location.
215	* TrickedOutGloves: She just has to touch something to hack into it.
216	* {{Troll}}: She loves having a laugh at others' expense.
217	** In ''Infiltration,'' she messes with Reaper by opening a door for him, then closing it just as he's about to slip inside. She does this just to annoy him.
218	** She also had a habit of doing this ''to the fans'' during the AlternateRealityGame, with most of the codes being included with [[PlayfulHacker playful comments]] to whoever managed to decode them. The most notable of which was when [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4w7ey1/the_sombra_skysong/ fans got a little too analytical with a strange artifact in the Dorado map sky]] (which gave birth to the [[Memes/{{Overwatch}} memetic suggestion to try and make it into music]].) It turned out to be just a RedHerring, and in the next part of the ARG, [[TakeThatAudience Sombra uploaded a datamoshed picture of Dorado that when decoded read:]]
219	---> "Por que estan mirando al cielo? La respuesta no esta sobre sus cabezas, esta detras de ustedes. A veces, necesitan analizar sus logros previos."[[labelnote:Translation]]"Why are you looking at the sky? The answer isn't over your heads, it's behind you. Sometimes, you need to analyze your previous achievements."[[/labelnote]]
220	** This extends to ''the game, itself'': her [[https://gfycat.com/RightLimpingAlbatross "Hacking" highlight intro]] shows the intro for another player before Sombra hacks it to show it's an intro for her!
221	** She also tries to make coy, taunting remarks to her teammates in her upcoming pre-battle banter. Tracer[[note]]pissed off that her trans-locater is built from stolen notes for her chronal accelerator[[/note]], Zarya[[note]]angry that she'd ever imply Volskaya is doing something very bad[[/note]], and Reaper[[note]]angry that Sombra never follows the plan of attack[[/note]] can hardly stand her. Genji, on the other hand, [[NoSell completely shrugs her off]].
222	---> '''Sombra:''' You wouldn't ''believe'' what I learned about you… ''Sparrow''.
223	---> '''Genji:''' I am at peace with who I was. Your threat does not concern me.
224	* TronLines: She forms several on objects she's hacking, and she even has a few forming a design on her back.
225	* {{Understatement}}: PlayedForLaughs when an enemy team is capturing a point.
226	-->"They're taking the objective. [[CaptainObvious We should probably stop that.]]"
227	* {{Unperson}}: She did this to herself, erasing all traces of her former life and identity once she caught the eye of a powerful conspiracy. Not even the official website knows her real name. [[spoiler:Makes it all the more impressive that Zarya found it out. Olivia Colomar.]]
228	* UnreliableNarrator: Described as such by the game devs.
229	* UnusualEyebrows: She has a shaved streak in both her eyebrows.
230	* VaguenessIsComing: [[spoiler:In "Searching" she gives Zarya ominous warnings of a greater threat than Talon and Overwatch.]]
231	* VillainousFriendship: According to word of god, she considers her fellow Talon operators to be genuine friends.
232	* VillainProtagonist: Naturally, since she's a playable Talon operative. She's also the protagonist of the ''Infiltration'' short.
233	* VillainsOutShopping:
234	** Suggested in one of her pre-game lines in Dorado, in stark contrast to other maps where she has more insidious plans:
235	---> "Back home... I should go drop by the bakery."
236	** She's seen in "Reflections" celebrating Christmas by drinking at a bar along with a passed-out Cassidy.
237	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The people of Dorado, particularly her old friends in the Los Muertos gang, seem to regard her as a Robin Hood-esque figure who looks out for the little guy despite how she knowingly aids and abets the world's most notorious terrorist organization which openly kills innocent people for no reason other than to instill conflict. Downplayed, because outside of her hometown she's regarded with exactly the kind of suspicion and hostility you would expect.
238	* WeakButSkilled: She is very likely to lose against all other Damage heroes in direct combat, due to her mediocre damage output, even point-blank. She compensates for this with her abilities making her very evasive and making life hell for her enemies, allowing her to prey at them when they're vulnerable.
239	* WellIntentionedExtremist: If she truly cares about ending the conspiracy for the good of all, she is willing to join an unambiguously evil group and murder innocent lives to get what she wants.
240	* WalkingTechbane: If she wants to be one, she can create an {{EMP}} with her body.
241	* WildCard: [[spoiler:While she does work for Talon, she appears to have her own goals, since she sabotages an AssassinationAttempt that would've further disrupted human-omnic relations if it had succeeded.]]
242	* WouldHurtAChild: Implied when she threatens to blackmail Katya Volskaya. While making her threat, she holds up a picture of Volskaya's daughter, but whether that means the blackmail would get her involved or if Sombra would also hurt her if Volskaya didn't cooperate is up in the air.
243	* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: In "Searching", it's revealed that [[spoiler:[[HeroToHisHometown Sombra is regarded as a hero in Dorado]] despite being a wanted cyber-criminal and aligned with the terrorist organization Talon]].

Context Characters / OverwatchSombra