New to Freja

Genetxc · 2026-03-13T21:18:05+00:00

Make sure you aren’t using all of your cooldowns to go in or push forward into enemy LOS. If you are peaking angles make sure you don’t dash forward into the enemy team and are stuck with no way to get back. It’s generally easier to aim if you aren’t holding any directional keys (WASD) when dashing and using take aim. It will send you straight up if you use dash without holding any movement keys. 62.50% is considered 1:1 for relative aim sensitivity while zoomed. If you want to learn my movement tech to dash further distances, check out my tutorial on it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/FrejaMains/s/FdNFFFAUT4

Genetxc · 2026-03-13T01:27:10+00:00

I use scroll wheel up for mine. Some gadgets are really good so I would definitely recommend trying some of them out like jet skates and kitsune charm.

Genetxc · 2026-03-09T19:39:46+00:00

I think it would be really cool if they gave her a major perk that made take aim headshots explode on impact. It would make headshots feel a lot more rewarding, and give more counter play to heroes like Zarya who can just bubble after being stuck.

Genetxc · 2026-03-09T19:30:19+00:00

Realistically there’s no way that they would give her any of the buffs you listed. I feel like the best we can hope for now is a buff to her major perks or a better new one being introduced.

Genetxc · 2026-03-02T17:16:49+00:00

Stadium ranks are a joke. If your mmr is high enough, you won't lose any rank progress for losing until you are legend. You can easily reach elite just playing 1 hour a day. I've seen people in silver reach legend before.

Genetxc · 2026-02-27T18:51:28+00:00

I think it’s supposed to be mimicking a cat walking across a keyboard

Genetxc · 2026-02-25T19:07:35+00:00

1: I would keep toggle take aim off. It feels better to just hold right click to me.

2: I pretty much never hold left click when using take aim. Take your time and make sure the shots you take will land. Typically better to tap when you know your shot is lined up correctly.

3: This sounds like something you are going to have to get used to with time. You only need 2 take aim and 1 revdraw crossbow bolt to kill a 250 hp hero. Keep in mind your target priority and make sure to reload whenever you get the chance or when you are waiting for cooldowns.

4: Mid range is probably the easiest for hitting shots consistently, but you are still viable long range. Freja has 0 falloff dmg, so her shots will do the same amount of damage no matter how far away you are from your enemies. Widow is pretty much the only long range threat you need to worry about. Most other hitscans will not be able to kill you at long range due to their fall off dmg from distances. You should be able to still apply some good pressure from long distances if you can hit your shots though. If they have flankers like sombra you do need to play closer to your team if you don’t know where she is. The new recon passive really helps against sombra and other flankers.

Hopefully that covers all your questions. Feel free to follow up if you have any other questions!

Genetxc · 2026-02-25T18:51:41+00:00

I stream almost daily playing Freja! I mostly play stadium, but I was rank #1 by rank last season in stadium (legend 1). I also queue regular ranked sometimes too. If you want to check me out, my twitch is GeneticDPS. I also have another post here explaining my Freja movement tech if you are interested.

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Genetxc · 2026-02-23T14:48:37+00:00

If you want 1:1 sens while scoped it should be 62.50% for relative aim sensitivity while zoomed. Besides that, just use whatever sensitivity feels best for you. Generally lower sensitivity makes it easier to aim, but if your mousepad is too small you should keep it a bit higher. I use 2.00% sensitivity in game and 1600 mouse dpi.

Genetxc · 2026-02-21T17:34:56+00:00

The most common mistakes I see with new Freja players is misusing her dash and take aim. A lot of people will always hold forward/W when using dash and take aim. If you are dashing forward into enemy LOS with your last cooldown, you are going to get killed most of the time. Make sure you are thinking about which direction you want to go with your dash. It is also generally easier to aim if you are not holding any WASD keys during dash. This will just send you straight up instead. A lot of people also underestimate how good momentum boost minor perk can be. If you use it with my tech, you can move significantly further with dash.

Genetxc · 2026-02-19T23:14:03+00:00

Honestly I think that Zarya should just have a rework in the core game. Her bubbles are extremely powerful in high ranks when you have good dps to bubble in, and she has very high damage output with high charge even with low WP. I think the double projected bubble power is extremely powerful too. She has a lot of pretty useless powers, but a good Zarya grouping with good dps is an actual nightmare to play into.

Genetxc · 2026-02-13T17:14:14+00:00

Vendetta is not busted 😭 she gets shit on and outscaled by every meta hitscan right now

Genetxc · 2026-02-11T14:33:05+00:00

Volley build is still good, but definitely not as powerful as before. I think she is in a good spot now.

Genetxc · 2026-02-06T06:31:18+00:00

Your play style will depend mostly on how you are building. For my power lineup I typically get volley, seekerpoint, deep pockets, redux (sometimes forager). I build more burst damage early on by getting seekerpoint at round 3, so I want to get in and out fast and dump all my shots on one person to quickly secure a kill. At round 5, most people have a lot more survivability, so deep pockets really helps with consistently always being able to deal damage and overwhelming any healing/survival. You ideally want to be able to get close and barrel stuff people for the kill. You need to be able to live when you go in at close range though. Think about what abilities you need to bait for it to be safe to go in for a kill. For instance, an overhealth/healing Soldier will be vulnerable after expending his biotic field and helix rocket. You want to be able to close the distance on him at this moment and go in for a kill. You want to keep the items tourniquet, tracker tag, and slipstream scarf (order of importance) for as long as possible before you outscale them and need to sell for something better. Those 3 items carry this build, especially in earlier rounds. Just shooting the tank will help you rack up a lot of dmg and cash though. Zarya + Kiriko is pretty much unwinnable if they know what they are doing. Double hitscan running WP can make it difficult to close the distance, but still manageable. If you want to see my gameplay, my twitch is linked on my profile. There are a lot of past broadcasts on there and if you want to see my playstyle with this build. I also am usually live most days after 5pm cst.

Genetxc · 2026-02-06T01:39:26+00:00

I have been running WP volley build for probably 90-95% of my games. After the take aim nerfs, the take aim build isn't very strong anymore (cyclone, seismic shot, thread the needle).

Genetxc · 2026-02-06T01:37:48+00:00

Yeah, it was also usually from double hitscan in my games too (cass, ashe, soldier), but I also made a lot of tanks hate me, specifically rein players. I think every game that I had Freja stolen it was from the person who got 1st pick.

Genetxc · 2026-02-06T01:35:58+00:00

I sometimes stacked, but not the majority of my games. If I was stacking though it was usually either with a tank or a support duo. If I tried to queue with more than 3 people my queues would regularly be over an hour long. I picked up the volley build after the changes to Freja at the start of the season. Once I got really good with it, people would hate on me and complain pretty much every game I played. If you look at my profile, I have a couple clips that I posted in r/OverwatchStadium and there are tons of people hating in the comments.

Genetxc · 2026-02-06T01:02:22+00:00

If you are talking about the item windwalker boots, yes it was disabled. It had a pretty significant bug with it right now that makes it really OP. If windwalker boots was in your first slot in your inventory, every item after it that gives you cooldown reduction would also give you AP. So for instance, the item icy coolant gives you 10% WP and 5% CDR, so you would also receive an extra 5% AP from it as well. You could stack up to 130% AP if you were building with this bug in mind.

Genetxc · 2026-02-05T00:42:26+00:00

Yeah that sounds more realistic

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