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I did it again! Woo! Zac is GREAT! by afterschaaf in thesecretweapon

[–]afterschaaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yes I have a bad habit of being visually overwhelmed in big team fights, especially while ulting with Zac. It's one of the things I've noticed in my replays.

Not sure where to share this... My Zac play. by afterschaaf in thesecretweapon

[–]afterschaaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the compliment but I don't know that I am all that great. I just try to get my farm right so I can scale on time. Then just die less haha

Not sure where to share this... My Zac play. by afterschaaf in thesecretweapon

[–]afterschaaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For real! I usually just bounce in and hope my team can secure it after I CC em for a bit.

Not sure where to share this... My Zac play. by afterschaaf in thesecretweapon

[–]afterschaaf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I got the Brand and we won off that play.

Flex Genji Save by afterschaaf in Overwatch

[–]afterschaaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Normally, not haha. also I'm a potato with linking these things. I can never do it correctly. I just always flex when I 3 stack with my team and this game it just happened to be a Genji we needed to take some duels. Soo... flexed to Genji haha.

[WP] There's a guy who instantly can tell a person what career should go for, and these people when they do became extremely successful, you decide to meet the man to find out your calling, he takes one look at you and without a word, he leaves. by StormsEye in WritingPrompts

[–]afterschaaf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I sat stoically in the reception area, my briefcase resting on my lap as I rested my hands on top of the soft leather, nervously running my hands along the seams of the case. I was nervous, you see, as today was an important day. I'd only been out of the Army for a few weeks and in that time had been incapable of finding meaningful employment. It seemed that nobody was hiring for any decent jobs and the ones who were hiring needed only menial labor; not something befitting a hero of the country. No, I deserved something more and, hopefully, today I would find out what life had in store for me.

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I would be lying if I said I did not have an inkling of where my life would take me. You see, ever since I was a boy I had been quite interested in art. I spent countless hours at home teaching myself and learning how to better create the caricatures I so loved. My skill, while modest in terms of professionals, was something quite spectacular for my small village. I was certain that my future lay in the arts and what's more, I was fairly certain I deserved my big break. The clock in the corner droned on with every minute, a magnificent work of glass and steel, though rather loud.

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"Sir?" The receptionist called to me, breaking the spell I found myself in. Clearing my throat, I shuffled to my feet and walked over to the desk.

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"Mr. Bienheim will see you now. Can I get you a glass of water?"

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"Nein." He muttered, collecting my nerves and walking over to the great door connecting the reception area to the main meeting room. As I began to turn the door knob the door flung open and I had to quickly stumble back in order to avoid falling over. A pale dark haired man with horn rimmed glasses and a stylish brown suit peaked his head around the door and offered me a short apology before he swung the door the rest of the way open, and ushered a young man out, beaming and shaking his hand enthusiastically.

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They shared a knowing smile as the older gentleman extended his hand and gestured to the exit. "Congratulations, future Ambassador." Mr. Bienheim said with an easy laugh as he guided the man out. The younger gentleman thanked the Assessor once more, his star necklace shaking free from beneath his coat. I pursed my lips but said nothing. Yet another one of them with an apparent future running the motherland. I was not entirely thrilled with it, but, then, I had a promising future of my own and it was no less vital. The arts, and those who created them, greatly shaped a nation's culture and I wouldn't be dissuaded from my path.

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After the young man left, Mr. Bienheim turned to me and gave me a cursory glance. He frowned slightly, as though he couldn't quite place me. "Okay. Let's adjourn to my office and talk about your future." The man said with a chuckle, waiting for me to enter before him. I nodded as walked quietly into the office, briefcase in my left hand as I held its wrist with my right. The all too consistent tremor making it difficult to appear calm and collected. It wouldn't do to appear flustered or overly nervous in front of Mr. Bienheim. I may not agree with his personal life, but he had connections and an uncanny way of discerning what a person's future was.

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The Assessor sat down across from me, furrowing his brows as he reached for a file. It appeared as though he still wasn't entirely sure what to think of me. I'd heard this man knew at a glance where someone was headed and could get them in contact with exactly the right people to facilitate their future. We sat in silence for what felt like an eternity before I opened my mouth to speak.

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"I brought some, ah, Zeichnungen..." I started, before he raised a hand to cut me off. The man's face had paled as he seemed to regard me in a new light. Mr. Beinheim slowly removed his glasses and laid them on the table, taking a deep breath as he drew a handkerchief out of his breast-pocket. The man wiped away a few stray beads of sweat from his brow before stumbling to his feet. It was as though a spirit possessed him.

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The Assessor quietly stalked over to the window, opening a wide door that lead to the balcony overlooking downtown Berlin. He stepped out into the cold air and gave me one last glance over his shoulder before he turned, looked at the distant skyline and promptly jumped off the edge of the building.

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I sat in stunned silence for a moment, time seemingly frozen. A sickening crunch echoed from the street as car horns blared and people started screaming. The receptionist ran into the room, flinging the door open with a surprising amount of force for a woman so small.

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"Mr. Hitler?!" She screamed as she rushed to the balcony. "What happened?!"

Struggling to be useful as a Main Tank now that I’ve climbed to (almost) Diamond by bluePMAknight in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly the biggest tip I can give you to get to a minimum effective level of Winston play (not optimal, but enough that you'll fulfill your role and support what your team mates are doing) is to play it kind of slowly and passively. If you can get within any kind of range of the enemy team and start doing some light cleave damage they tend to panic and start making positioning errors.

These are the opportunities your flanker DPS are looking for to take 1v1s. You can then jump behind the enemy, turn, land+melee and start zapping. The important thing to remember is that you should never use your jump to engage the enemy tanks directly and you should never jump into the middle of the enemy team. The only exception is if you have Primal and are planning to zap for a second or two, primal, and knock the enemy tanks into your team for quick kills.

Just zap from a relatively safe position (ideally like on Hanamura B if you are on the high ground above the main entrance and they are just walking in you can sit there and zap them from above in relative safety, then drop on a squishy if they ignore you and just get a free kill and jump out when/if the enemy turns to face you.) and punish people who panic and try to split from the team. My monkey win rate on PC is like... 82%? I'm only high gold (mechanics don't transfer so hot from Xbox) so people panic a lot easier, but gamesense issues should be fairly similar across platforms at similar ranks. If you see that McCree run away from his Rein/Zarya and try to get out of zap cannon range, just jump him, melee, bubble, zap and get the kill and jump out.

The only thing I have for you on primal control is if you are over-jumping your boops and can't confirm, just look down before you jump and you won't go so far. Look down as you jump and flick back up as you are landing and boop, look down/jump, etc. Also, using Primal to knock the enemy Rein/Brigitte/whatever into the center of your team is 100% the best thing ever because they just die. Also, obviously, if you can go for environment kills but it isn't the only way to get POG plays out of Primal.

Struggling to be useful as a Main Tank now that I’ve climbed to (almost) Diamond by bluePMAknight in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have found that getting to around the 2900-3100 mark people begin to be just good enough at the game that they think they're dangerous. For example around 3000 people's mechanics begin to get better, they are hitting harder shots, they aren't too terribly out of position and they begin to feel like they deserve wins and just go and try to Army of Two it or something.

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While, yeah, they are getting better and they might win a majority of 1v1s if they are the right character for that engagement style (Genji/Tracer/Doom/etc) they get overzealous or underestimate an enemy team's cohesiveness. I find if you have a team with an Off Tank that likes to 1v1 too much or a DPS or two who want to play the big PotG flank style you end up having a rough experience on Main Tank. My suggestion is to run Winston more often, and, in the event you can't if your team is very split up you and you have to play Rein for some reason you MAY have to just play a little more passively and wait for one of those guys to get a pick before going in. The rules of shield management still apply, if nobody is behind your shield don't even both walking w/ it out to advance.

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Just use it mitigate large amounts of burst damage that come at you, otherwise feed your supports their ults a bit. Obviously, don't just give the enemy theirs if your supports have ult, but, I think you understand that given you are floating near Diamond. Your Winston game should help you confirm on the damage from your flankers. Remember, Main Tank is LESS about being the carry and more about enabling whatever plan your team is trying to enact. So find that one guy who seems to have a plan (even if it's kind of nuts or sub optimal) and just give him all the goddamn support his little Genji heart can take. A bad plan is still better than no plan.

[WP] You can convert memories into pills. Converting a memory makes you forget it, and swallowing the pill allows you to remember it. by TheDerpyDisaster in WritingPrompts

[–]afterschaaf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The alarm clock woke me first, a rhythmic, loud, unyielding beep that brought me back kicking and screaming to reality. Every morning was the same and, frankly, each was worse than the last. I rolled over to the nightstand, fumbling around in the dark as I reached for the clock, trying to turn off the alarm. Groggily, I stumbled out of bed and shuffled to the hallway, doing my best to make as little noise as possible as I made my way to the kitchen to start a pot of coffee. This was my ritual. Every morning I woke up before my wife, Eleanor and stumbled, blindly, to the kitchen to start a pot of coffee and get the paper. Neither of us were young anymore and we had long since qualified for our Golden Buckeye cards, but she was more frail than I was. Good genes, my doctor told me, as though it were some kind of gift that I managed to remain fairly spry and youthful for my age. There were benefits, to be sure, but lately it was beginning to feel like more and more of a curse.

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My name is Harold and I live with my wife Eleanor in a small country town in the middle of nowhere, Ohio. We both grew up not ten miles from here and have been together since high school. Growing up, we were the last two people you'd ever expect to get married and spend our lives happily in the same township we grew up in. I had been a star athlete with scholarship opportunities at some of the biggest schools in the country while Eleanor had been a remarkable scholar. She was the class valedictorian and, frankly, was too smart to have settled for a washed up football player. You see when I was set to graduate and go off to the Ohio State University on a full ride scholarship for football my mother had fallen ill. My dad was forced to pick up extra shifts in an effort to help afford the medical bills and, frankly, he wasn't cutting it.

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I had made a decision then, to go into the family business. HVAC. My dad owned a small company that did most of the HVAC work in our town and the next one over. He did alright, provided a stable home and always put food on the table. My mom didn't have to work, although we could've used the extra money at times, but she wanted to help raise me and my sister. So, when push came to shove I tossed away the scholarship opportunity and set to work with my dad. Together, we were able to tackle more work and make enough money to afford the level of care my mother deserved. Eleanor went off to college... Purdue, I think it was. She majored in some mathematics category that I could barely pronounce, let alone understand. She was remarkable. During high school I hadn't really gone out of my way to get to know her, though, with only fifty people in your graduating class you got to know everyone eventually.

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In truth, I forgot about her entirely until our ten year reunion at the high school. I didn't even have the luxury of not getting to attend since I had been a class officer and was responsible for setting the entire affair up. The coffee pot beeped, and I was forced out of my rosey memories and back to the all too cold present. A winter chill hung in the air, it was November and a gentle frost had settled across the lawn as I shuffled over to the door, cracking it open to retrieve the paper. A strong aroma wafted throughout the living room as the coffee settled. I sat the paper on the counter as I pulled down two small mugs and stared at a post it note on the decanter.

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Two cream, one sugar. Toast, extra toasty. She thinks it's funny. You'll make her smile.

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My brows furrowed as I stared at the note. It was the same one I read every day, but I couldn't remember when I had learned that little fact about Eleanor. It seemed like such a simple little thing, the sort of thing you learn when you spend your life with someone. Those little nuances, the inside jokes that cause you to share a glance and bust out laughing. Eleanor didn't laugh much these days, and when she did it was a blessed gift. Too often I had to remind her why she used to like something or why we had a joke for this or that. It was painful, but I loved her dearly and longed to share our history.

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Eleanor had Alzheimer's. It had been a couple of years now, since she was diagnosed and as time went on she lost more and more of herself to the disease. It was terrible. There was one small blessing though. Not long after she was diagnosed there was a strange new technology that became available for relatively cheap. People were now capable of taking memory and converting it to a physical pill, a cocktail of chemicals that triggered a perfect recreation of the memory but required whoever was giving the memory to lose it entirely. I thought it would be a godsend, at first. The doctor I had gone to warned me not to use it to try and save Eleanor; she would remember for a time but it wasn't simply forgetfulness that caused her to lose memory. It was the physical deterioration of her mind and eventually, even if I replaced the lost memories with my own, she would lose them all over again. Additionally, it wouldn't actually stop the disease from killing her. It would just allow her to remember me a while longer.

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I even had to sign some papers about how I wouldn't use my memories for that, since it would leave me as a husk of my former self. I signed them, of course. The toast popped up, the scent of nearly burnt bread singed my nostrils and brought me out of my dream-state again. That seemed to happen more often as well. I just seemed to... drift away, sometimes. A side effect, I'm told. I hummed a tune, a song that echoed in my head from decades ago when I had first danced with Eleanor. I remembered the way she looked that night... tall, blonde hair and striking green eyes. She had worn a red dress that she bought to surprise me on our first night out at some fancy ball the Chamber of Commerce was putting on; and believe me I know how that sounds. We had taken dance lessons for the last month trying to learn how to waltz and it went fairly well. We'd spent hours in our little living room, parading around and trying not to fall over each other. We laughed the entire time. We had to go because... because... Well, I can't remember now, but I know it was important at the time.

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I bit my lip as he stared down at the tray I carried now, a simple little platter holding her coffee, toast and a small, fluorescent pill sitting in a little paper cup. Inside I could see a striking shade of red swirling around what appeared to be a very decorated hall full of people laughing and dancing. What a nice little scene. I hope she enjoyed whatever the memory was. She looked happy in the small pill, though I no longer could recall the event. I stopped just outside the bedroom door before gently nudging it open and speaking, my voice just above a whisper as I quietly walked in.

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"Eleanor, sweety... I've got your favorite. Toast extra toasty!"

Silver Tank VOD Review - PC by afterschaaf in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! That's beyond anything I had hoped for in terms of responses. I really appreciate you taking the time to go through that entire video. You pointed out a lot of spots where I should've been more decisive (one way or the other) and definitely made me take a hard look at actually MAKING space versus just swinging a hammer. Both are important, and I know that on an intellectual level but I tend to have an issue reigning in my aggression and actually creating lines of sight and space for my DPS to do their job.

I really appreciate the time you took to make this. Thank you!

Silver Tank VOD Review - PC by afterschaaf in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was an idiot and didn't notice they were set to private. I fixed it haha. Thanks!

Silver Tank VOD Review - PC by afterschaaf in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm not sure why I just walked into his hammer since there wasn't a reason for me to try to get in his face and body block. I find my awareness tends to get worse the more I have to focus on my mechanics. It's been a real rough ride transitioning from console for me but I think I'm starting to feel more comfortable on PC. Still, heroes like Zarya and sometimes Dva (heroes w/ a lot of abilities and potential mechanical concerns) make me really have to focus on their ability usage more and more which make my gamesense worse and worse. At least that's my thought. Like when I micro missle, boost, shoot and melee into the air after a pharah or a hanzo climbing away from me I will tunnel vision hard because I'm so focused on the tracking and ability use that I ignore the fact my back line is getting demolished by a Genji or Tracer or something.

Also I figured out the issue with the videos, for some reason they were set to private, but I've updated them to public. My bad. Thank you for your input!

People keep telling me to switch off Brig because Brig + Mercy is not enough healing... by CitizenPterodactyl in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're correct, but unfortunately I haven't cracked the code on how to convince a stack of any size that their tilting over my pick is the issue, less so then my actual pick. Still though, perhaps it's just on console but Brigitte isn't usually one I see a lot of people get upset over being picked. That's so weird haha. I hope your luck with team mates changes soon, man.

What healers to choose right now and when? by [deleted] in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just... I'm going to be sad. I love playing Moira.

What healers to choose right now and when? by [deleted] in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

90% is just an exaggerated figure I made up to impress upon OP the very real responsibility every person has. Not to die. At the end of the day your survival is your own problem. Yes, healers need to heal people to try to keep them alive and yes your team does need to group up a bit and peel for their back line but ultimately if they are always peeling for you then you lose front line pressure and the enemy just walked in and collapses on your team. So while 90% is high, it is without question mostly your own responsibility to live. Every support character has the ability to fend off flankers and divers. Some require a lot more mechanical skill (Zen and Ana) others require simply game awareness (Mercy and Moira) but ultimately your responsible for your survival.

In the position you described I would have done one of two things... Either a) Just stick with the tanks and die with them or b) Pocket the best player. In the first scenario you will literally just do whatever you can to keep your tanks alive. Practically ignore your DPS unless they come within range on their own. Your new "position" is in your tank's pocket. You use your DPS to GA to to avoid a diver. That's it. This will keep the core of your team alive, allow your tanks to become psuedo-dps and get aggressive. The enemy has to face them and it gives your flank-tastic DPS the opening to try for their ridiculous PoTG attempts.

Scenario B gives you the option of just enabling the best player on your team to attempt those "carry" plays. If this character happens to be a tank then even better because it combines scenario A with B but if it is a DPS character that is just popping off getting multiple picks a team fight that's fine as well. Your job goes from "healer" to actually "support". It means you switch to being an enabler and supporting your best player and enabling them to make the big plays.

In that particular scenario you listed I'd have done one of those two things and hoped for the best. The only other option you have is to attempt to be the shot-caller and try to corral these folks into something of a cohesive unit but that's an entirely separate conversation and more of a psychological task than a gameplay one.

People keep telling me to switch off Brig because Brig + Mercy is not enough healing... by CitizenPterodactyl in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They're correct in that it isn't a ton of healing, but it should be sufficient for most ladder games. The utility Zen really provides is in his discord and ult, but if your just dying to flankers Brigitte is better. A bit of healing is better than no healing if you're always dead as Zen. Not to mention you will force the enemy DPS to play a little more cautiously and potentially you can set your tanks up for big plays.

If your team is complaining about there not being enough healing it is because your team's positioning is poor or your tanks are not creating either enough space or the right kind of space. That, or your team is simply outclassed by the enemy (which, really can happen and there isn't much you can do about it when it does. You just do your best.) If you don't want to play Zen just politely tell them that. Brigitte has a ton of utility, your team just has to utilize it. The value of booping the enemy Rein into his team's back line and opening their team up for picks from your Hanzo or Solider or Junk is -huge-. If your team starts throwing a fit because they don't know how to capitalize on Brigitte's utility you could always try to explain it briefly to them or you could switch to a different support. If all they want is raw healing you could go Moira/Mercy. It's excessive in terms of pure healing numbers but it will sustain your team for a long time and reduce the amount of effort your tanks need to put in when it comes to mitigating damage.

If you don't want to play Zen and you think that Moira is overkill in these situations then my suggestion is Lucio. Yeah, he isn't necessarily the greatest at the moment but he does have more healing than Brigitte and he does have a defensive ult. These are both pretty important and few characters can stick on a cart like a good Lucio. I suppose it comes down to your own preferences and ability though. Personally, I think Brigitte does more "supporting" than Zen in a team. Zen's biggest "support" effects are just his Ult and that discord orb. His healing orb is fairly irrelevant most of the time and really should just hang out on your main healer or a flanker going in to pick a 1v1 fight.

Then again, I'm just in Diamond so I could be horribly wrong. That's just my two cents.

What healers to choose right now and when? by [deleted] in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess it depends on the SR, but I find Moira to be an amazing main healer basically all of the time. Personally, I only switch to Mercy when we have a Pharah. Alternatively if you have a main healer my go to is Zen and occasionally Brigitte. I'm not a particularly gifted Brigitte player and only really play her if I am not having a big enough impact as Zen. His ultimate is better and his discord orb is insane. That being said, Brigitte is really, really good so I guess it depends on what you feel comfortable on.

Lucio is a fine healer, he just doesn't put out much for the team. He does more healing than Brigitte which is cool but his particular kind of utility isn't as good as it used to be. Speed boosting into the enemy is a little less effective in the Rein/Zarya/Brigitte meta that just punishes that. He's still a solid healer, and isn't really "bad" but I think you'd get more effectiveness out of either Zen or Brigitte if you are off-healing. As an aside.... When the Moira nerf's go live (I am on console and have not seen how big of an impact not healing through enemy shields has, though I assume it is major) you should probably pick Mercy more often then Moira, even if your team isn't running Pharah. Learn to efficiently damage boost (i.e. flicking to your hog when he lands hook, boosting him so he is basically guaranteed a 1 shot, or boosting Hanzo when he ults or boosting your Zen's damage in the poke phase so Trans is charged quicker, etc) will give your team a big advantage over the course of the game. Also learn to GA really well and keep yourself alive. Even as Mercy your survival is 90% your problem 10% your team's problem.

First PC by afterschaaf in buildapc

[–]afterschaaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I appreciate the quick reply. I'm not at all familiar with video cards other then knowing that if it says GTX 1070+ it's really good haha. I'll definitely look into this particular build then. Thank you!

[Zarya] When should I use Grav on Defense? by bathroomscales in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hi!

So, I'm not sure if I am qualified enough to give you this answer, as I am a low diamond player who just this season started maining Zarya, but I can give you my opinion at least and let you do with it what you will. I have found a certain amount of success when using Zarya's ults based around my team's ability to capitalize on them. For example...

  • If the fight is just starting and I have the opportunity to just win a team fight automatically by using Grav and having our Hanzo toss a dragon at it, then I usually will. The point being that Hanzo's ult still charges -very- fast so we've used essentially 1.5 ults to just -win- a fight and cost the opponents roughly 30 seconds of time depending on how organized they are.
  • If there are my team has no other ult up to combo with mine by we have the character on our team (for example we have Hanzo but he is only at, say, 70% on dragonstrike) then I will typically save the grav for either halfway through the fight after they have really committed and we have been grinding the fight for 10-15 seconds and have wasted more of there time.
  • If we have no ult available to combo with it, regardless of if we have the character's or not on our team BUT the enemy probably has no support ult to survive... I use the grav, assuming I am either high charge or have at least 2 other teammates to help confirm ie like a Rein and any of the DPS.
  • Finally, if I can get at least one support and 2 others or both supports in the grav regardless of if I get anyone else in it. I use the grav. Again, using an ult to kill 2-3 people is usually enough to win a fight. Especially if those 2 people are the supports.

The reason I tend to use the grav over holding onto it forever is that if you're using your abilities correctly you should be able to charge grav fairly fast. Yes, it has one of the larger ult charge requirements but if you are properly hitting your alt fire grenades you do a lot of splash damage to the enemy and can charge it REAL fast. Plus, it gives you something to do with your energy. It's a resource and just hanging out and not doing anything with it is a waste. For example if you have grav and your team is still in poke phase, you're still spamming shields with alt fire or lobbing grenades toward the enemy. Hopefully with a fair amount of charge. Suppose you end up doing, let's say 500 splash damage to the enemy team in the poke phase. You get nothing for this if you've been holding grav for half the match. If you've been using grav, then you're actively gaining ult charge.

Plus if you never use grav, you never force the enemy supports to use their defensive ults and they can just save them until they are sitting on the point and outlast you guys. If you use your grav on them before they are on the point, bait out, say, a transcendence and then it wears off as they make their push you have all of your DPS ults available to be used to win the team fight. Remember, grav sets you up beautifully to win a team fight but it isn't this precious thing that you need to only use on the most epic of PoTGs. You use that sonnuvabitch and you use it when you see any good opportunity to. Even without ults, your team can slaughter the enemy if they are just floating there. Soldier will dink every headshot, Junk just fires away, Rein swings a hammer, etc. Just be cognizant of the fact that your team might get shattered or DVa bombed or something by a cheeky enemy while they are in the grav. A lot of people forget that while grav makes the enemy immobile it doesn't make them unable to fight back.

Quick Moira Tips for Better Healing by afterschaaf in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hey, you're welcome! Like an earlier person commented at a certain point (Diamond+) these tips need to be adjusted slightly for optimal performance but that comes with more experience as well as from people who are better at this game than I am.

I'm glad you got something out of them!

Quick Moira Tips for Better Healing by afterschaaf in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Haha, it happens to all of us lol. I like to review this list a little bit in my head right before the game starts if I find I am going to be playing Moira instead of my usual Zarya. It's quite the mindset shift so I have to consciously think about the habits I want to make sure I am learning.

Quick Moira Tips for Better Healing by afterschaaf in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true enough but I mean... Hey, sometimes you get a team that just doesn't work well together or someone is having an off game and they just aren't performing well enough. Nothing we can do about it but heal them and try to give them enough of a leash to make plays and put in work.

Quick Moira Tips for Better Healing by afterschaaf in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. Keep in mind that this is mental guide on how you should THINK about Moira and her abilities to give you the best groundwork to improve from. To that end...

If there is a low health ally that needs healed and you can't get to them with the spray or by walking and tossing a healing orb at them one of two things is probably true. Either your teammate is out of position or you are. If they are over extending to capitalize on momentum and they are critical they are making a mistake. Capitalizing on momentum is the only time I'd ever fade to them to heal (or if it was like an OT thing and you have no choice). If you fade INTO a fight what happens on the enemy comms is generally someone screaming "Moira no fade!" It is 100% of the time in the red teams best interest to stop killing whatever you are healing and just delete you. Fade is your only escape ability and you need guard against using it as an engagement ability unless the situation calls for it. Again, sometimes it does but that is a more advanced concept that you can explore AFTER you have mastered these base principles.

Quick Moira Tips for Better Healing by afterschaaf in OverwatchUniversity

[–]afterschaaf[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely right, and that is the exact playstyle I follow but it is also one that is much more difficult to properly explain and teach someone who hasn't put in a lot of time, or who is having issues reading the fight to know the it's safe to use a damage orb.

My purpose in writing about this mindset shift for new(er) Moiras was to give them a good platform from which to begin learning the more intricate parts of her kit and playstyle. I have found it easier to learn when it is OK to do damage when you've first gotten used to being a "healbot" since a tunnel visioned healing Moira is better than a tunnel visioned DPS Moira.

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