A hybrid weapon that gets more accurate the longer you charge it. It does 840 damage per salvo and fully charging a shot takes 1.4 seconds. Uncharged you can shoot every 1.2 seconds. Quick math tells us his DPS is 600 and 700 respectively. For comparison, Inara does 540 DPS and Androxus 1200.

Fully charging your shots is better, since there is a card that gives you ammo back for each fully charged shot. The increase in accuracy and range is also worth it.

Although you can also fire right before it is fully charged to shoot 5 bullets. This increases your chances of hitting a headshot, even if it's unlikely you'll hit all 5 shots and get the full headshot bonus. So if you find yourself in a hectic firefight against a Pip or Makoa and don't have time to aim, you can use that technique. Needless to say, uncharged shots are better in close range fights.

The bread and butter of Atlas. It rewinds enemies, aka sets them back in time to where they were 4 seconds ago. 10 second cooldown. This is very good for multiple reasons:

Reason 1: Countering burst heal. Setback reverts the enemy hp to the lowest point during these 4 seconds, meaning you can almost ignore burst heals in a 1v1. Is Furia healing the Viktor back to full health mid-fight? Easy, just rewind him. Bulk-Up Buck? No problem. Terminus ult? heheh :)

Reason 2: Free 840 damage. This is self-explanatory, I think. If you can hit headshots, the enemy support will hate you.

Reason 3: Cancel enemy abilities. When you rewind an enemy, you nullify any abilities that have a duration bar. For example Vivian shield, Corvus teleport or Maeve sprint. You can also stop or stagger ultimates without CC immunity like Torvald Beam or Tyra ult. Spicy.

Reason 4: No-one escapes Atlas >:)

Setback lets you control the game. You can zone effectively, break the enemy formation, stop opponents from rotating, prevent them from retreating, all that good stuff.

This is what makes Atlas a tank. It is also hilariously overpowered. Stasis field is a barrier that blocks all ranged enemy attacks. Bullets, abilities, ults, doesn't matter. It has a duration of 5 seconds, a bit less than Barik's shield, and a cooldown of 14 seconds.

As Atlas you mainly play around Stasis Field. It is your only means of protecting your teammates and blocking damage. Paired with Setback you can create lots of space and devastate the enemy backline. It is also the core of most loadouts, since there are cards for cooldown reduction, speed, self-heal, rejuvinate etc on shield activation.

Tip: you can look down while activating Stasis Field to close the gap between the shield and the ground. This is especially useful when fighting on highground or steps.

You set yourself back, but without the negative side effects. You go back to where you were 4 seconds ago and are invincible for about 1 second. It reverts your health back to the highest point during those 4 seconds.

You can use Second Chance as an escape tool or purely defensive. Most of the time you'll use it to get your health back and dodge ults or strong attacks with the i-frames.

When you're more familiar with the champion however, you can use it to chase an enemy and then safely escape. On Fish Market, for example, you can drop down to the lowground and then retreat back to the highground.

Stagger: The Ultimate. It paralyses enemies for 4 seconds and also grants bonus speed and CC immunity. You have 3 shots. This ult is pretty weak, but it does have its uses.

Don't be afraid to use your ult. It recharges quickly and gives you ult charge back when you cancel it. So don't hesitate to randomly shut up the Kinessa in the back. Watch out for your teammates, though. You might accidentaly save an enemy or waste the flank's valuable time.

Block CC with the ult. If it saves your life, you should tank that Grumpy Bomb stun with your ult or retreat from Corvus' circle of doom. And, I promise you, blocking a Pip ult with Exile will make your day.

Tip: Exile locks you out of your abilities for some time after you cancelled it, so don't ult out in the open. Place a shield, for example.

Even after the rework the worst talent by far. The Setback hit on your Rewind is still pretty hard to hit. It's not completely useless and it's nice for practicing the standard Setback shot, but in my opinion can't compare to Deja Vu or Big Wall.

Deja Vu is meta right now, and in my opinion the strongest talent of the three. With it you can set back multiple enemies at once, which is awesome, and hit people around corners. It basically guarantees you a Phantom Pain trigger as well, which we'll get to in the card section.

It also allows you to use the Setback shot as artillery by shooting it straight into the air. It'll land a few feet in front of you after 7 seconds. Not really worth doing but fun.

Big Wall. It is also viable, although more as a counterpick nowadays. It basically transforms your Stasis Field into a pseudo-ultimate: high value, high cooldown. Keep in mind that you're trading your main defensive ability away, so you become a glorified damage dealer. It can enable your team immensely, especially on maps like Fish Market, but it leaves you extremely vulnerable. I don't believe it's worth it.

These 4 cards stand out from the rest and make up almost every Atlas loadout.

The bonus HP of Old Wounds helps to make up for his low base HP. I recommend level 3 or higher.

Phantom Pain reduces the cooldown of Stasis Field, which is very valuable with both Deja Vu and Temporal Divide. Level 4 or higher.

Hell Hunter is a very strong filler card that gives you ammo after a fully charged shot, which lets you fire endlessly without reloading. Level 1 is enough.

Lost Legacy is your only source of self-healing and also benefits from Phantom Pain. I would say level 3 or higher.

That leaves us 4 points and an additional card slot for customization.

This is my Deja Vu loadout. I went for full tankiness and also added a bit of rejuvinate at low HP, because I respect my support <3

This is the build I use when I play with a Jenos or damage support. The additional healing is really nice, it amounts to 1344 hp, including the rejuvinate on shield activation.

This is my Temporal Divide build. It's slightly different from the Deja Vu one. Lost Legacy is useless with this talent, since you only get a heal every 23 seconds now. I swapped it out with Beyond The Veil, the movement speed card. This card is really good with Big Wall, because it gives your teammates a free speed boost across the whole map. I also swapped Distant Memory, the rejuvinate card, with Continuum Shift, in the hopes that this will allow me to retreat better.

You can also just leave out the speed boost when you're not playing against flanks and put the points in the other cards.

RESILIENCE WORKS AGAINST ATLAS. If you didn't know, now you do. Resillience makes your ultimate useless and reduces the Setback from 4 to 1.6 seconds. That means you can't counter heals as well anymore and your pressure against the enemy is alleviated.

Atlas' main strength lies in his abilities, as mentioned above. If you take that away he is just a big hitbox with a slow weapon. Even a cripple can lead to his downfall, since he gets most of his survivability from Second Chance.

All of his abilities don't change the fact that Atlas has low HP for a tank, so high damage dealers like Strix or Saati can simply overwhelm him.

Especially for Temporal Divide, but also for Deja vu, Chronos is really good. That is due to the really long cooldowns and the value of Atlas' abilities. First buy Chronos. you won't regret it.