Ranger (QC)

Ranger from Quake and Quake III Arena is a Champion in Quake Champions. He is the starting Champion for new players.

Ranger looks similar to his previous appearances. Even though he has a different facial structure.

Bio
Two decades ago, a lone marine stepped through the slipgate and into nightmare. He cut through countless horrors to find four eldritch runes, then laid waste to the abomination known as Shub-Niggurath.

Trapped in those realms ever since, he has survived using the power of the Dire Orb seized from within the hot gore of the All-Mother.

Time and delirium have eroded his resolve and even his name, but a worn family photograph tucked away in his armor serves as a scrap of hope and sanity.

Abilities
Active: Ranger's active ability is the "Dire Orb" which allows him to teleport to the orb's location, which can be used to damage opponents briefly for the collision. The projectile deals 100 damage to anybody it passes through, and can be used as a grenade too, as if not used, it detonates for 50 damage after a few seconds. When used it deals plain detonation damage in a radius and teleport collision adds another 75 damage to any opponent nearby. Quite useful for telefragging a weakened enemy or getting out of danger.

Passive (Son of a Gun): Ranger takes 75% less self damage from any weapon.

Trivia

 * Ranger's active ability is an homage to how he killed Quake's final boss, Shub-Niggurath, by using the Spiked Sphere to telefrag the All-Mother.
 * Ranger used to be able to telefrag opponents and gib them instantly with a flick of Dire Orb, but this has been nerfed heavily.
 * In his unlockable bio he mentions a mad scientist as the inventor of slipgates.
 * He is voiced by Jim Ward.
 * Ranger has a family consisting of a wife and daughter, but it's unknown what happened to them.
 * His passive might be a reference to the song Son of a Gun by KMFDM, from the album XTORT. Both Quake and XTORT are from 1996, and the Quake series is commonly paired with industrial metal music.
 * As an easter egg, a skeleton wearing the distinctive Ranger helmet appears at the start of the Doom Eternal teaser trailer from E3 2018.