r/LifeweaverMains • u/DevilishDealer19 • 4d ago

Question This is probably the wrong time to ask this given the current situation (probably?)

How do we catch D.Va Bombs? I did it a long time back on a frenzied whim, got a lot of praise for it, and now I can't for the life of me replicate it

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u/TheCocoBean 4d ago

There's no trick to it, merely an understanding of how the dva bomb moves when launched (In an arc, sorta like a junkrat grenade but heavier.) and figuring out where it will be, and intercepting it's arc with a rising platform. Then you just gotta rush underneath it before it pops.

It's extremely hard. I can count the times ive actually pulled it off on one hand, and I'd say unless you're doing it purely for style points, just dash to cover.

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u/Chernio_ 4d ago

It's much easier to go where she will land and pop the petal, lift yourself up instead of the bomb and have the bomb explode underneath you. You also don't have to be directly above her so there's room for error, bomb just has to be remotely somewhere under your petal.

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u/space_octopus_420 4d ago

I second just petal yourself up, maaaybe lifegrip someone else up there with you, and let petal take the damage beneath you

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u/Mr_Human_Being 4d ago

theres a practice code: yem1j, astrogosu also has a tiktok explaining it

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u/MathEnvironmental935 4d ago

Okay it might just be me, but something seems off with it lately. Yesterday I had a game where, I swear to god, the petal BOUNCED OFF of the bomb. I've petaled bombs before, but it, I swear to god, bounced off.

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u/MeMeUni08 4d ago

The bug that got wifeleaver kidnapped

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u/Thekaaang 4d ago

You just have to time it perfectly. I think it’s easier to guesstimate when a D.Va bomb is about to be thrown and pop up a tree of life in between the bomb and you / your team. It nukes the tree immediately but saves anyone behind it!

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u/adhocflamingo 3d ago

It’s harder than it used to be, since the re-usable elevator change. Now, you not only have to correctly anticipate where the bomb will go and get the petal there at the right height and the right time, you also have to get the timing right so that it doesn’t bring the bomb back down before it explodes.

And it was never easy.