7.  Athena

The only thing she can't grapple with is her low self-esteem.

Athena is the closest thing the game has to Spider Man.  She is all about moving around in ways that no other champion can come close to with her grappling hook.  She can store three charges, and these physics-violating hook shots will immediately pull her towards the point of contact at high speed.  Combined with her passive, which allows her to use the tops of stairs or ramps to jump extra high, and the secondary function of her ability that lets her swing around on her hooks, Athena can reach top speeds almost twice that of the average character on the ground.

It’s difficult to gauge Athena’s overall strength, as she has been recently added to the game, but she has the same problem as other light characters with a very small health pool.  However, her very unorthodox movement style means that she can totally invalidate many of her opponent’s expectations, which is fundamentally useful.  However, her grapple is only useful on the maps that actually have the open space it requires, and some maps, like Lockbox, are simply too small for Athena to have any fun.

Champion Power Rating:  87/100