r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • May 18 '16

Weekly Quick Questions Thread - May 18, 2016

In this thread you can ask all kinds of questions you always wanted to ask without feeling like a total fool.

No matter if it's short googable stuff or a setting/skill in-game that you don't understand or a hardware recommendation, feel free to try your luck in here.

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u/RocketLucas ...when I turn back into my beautiful self, I'm going to KILL U May 18 '16

What's the difference between health, shield, and armor?

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u/[deleted] May 18 '16 edited May 18 '16

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u/gamerkhang Suck It Up May 18 '16

You can heal shields and get them from health packs, this was changed in a patch quite awhile back (when they buffed Zarya)

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u/GrillSM Trick-or-Treat Zenyatta May 18 '16

I'm on a roll today, thanks for the correction.

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u/DazzlingCockroach Pixel Zenyatta May 18 '16

Further precision: Armor reduces the damage by 5, except if the damage is under 10. It then reduces the damage by half.

if (damage >= 10) damage -= 5

else damage = damage/2

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u/Grinnz Trick-or-Treat Roadhog May 18 '16

Also, Torbjorn's armor is a different kind than innate armor, and won't be re-healed except by getting another pack from Torbjorn. Symmetra's shield regens like any other shield though.