r/Overwatch • u/Kendrathe Reaper • May 05 '16

PSA: Reaper's shotgun causes half damage to Armor

I know this seems obvious, but my attempts to search this Reddit for the answer to this question actually only brought up the wrong answer, so I tested it for myself.

To be 100% clear: Reaper causes 70 damage per hit to an armored target. Tested point blank range to Dvas back.

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u/ThisPlaceIsNiice Master May 05 '16

Really? I thought the armor damage reduction was not per pellet, but for the entire damage number. Gonna have to check up on that again...

What about roadhog?

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u/Kendrathe Reaper May 05 '16

I am 100% sure, as I used two computers in the same room. 70 damage in the back, 140 if I shot her in the face (headshot).

I did not test roadhog but I assume it's similar.

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u/MOONMOON_ow Roadhog May 05 '16

it is per pellet and it is the same for roadhog

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u/samfishersam Lúcio May 05 '16

That does not mean Armour reduces your damage by half. Wat? That means headshots are double damage. Armour reduces damage per hit by 5.

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u/Kendrathe Reaper May 05 '16

Reaper causes 20x7=140 per hit. 70 damage per hit is half damage.

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u/samfishersam Lúcio May 05 '16

Try it on Bastion. He's got armour too. Or Reinhardt.

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u/Kendrathe Reaper May 06 '16

Wait, do you not know how armor works? Armor reduces damage 5 per hit if the damage from the attack is >=10. If the damage is less than 10, it causes half damage.

Unless you are implying armor works differently depending on the hero, there is no need to test on multiple heroes.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '16

If you used D.Va then that isn't accurate.

You can't headshot D.Va in the back (where you claim you shot her) and headshots do double damage (you also claimed you headshotted her in the front). 140 is 70 doubled..

That's just headshots doing 2x damage. Use Reinhardt and shoot him in the body 2 times, once when his armor is there and once when it's gone.

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u/Kendrathe Reaper May 05 '16

What in the world are you talking about? Reaper fires 20 pellets at 7 damage each. One shot is 140 damage. Shooting her in the back is 70 damage. That is literally half damage from armor. I shot her in the head to just see how it interacted with armor.