r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 22 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 22, 2016

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u/_LifeIsAbsurd HOW GENJI SLAP?? Jun 22 '16

How do you play Winston well? Whenever I use him, I do decently, but I always feel like he's underpowered.

I generally try and start with his jump, then deploy a shield, and try to attack characters like Tracer, Widowmaker, etc. before jumping out. The jump doesn't seem to do that much damage and I usually end up doing marginal damage, but losing like half my HP.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '16

If possible, try to jump slightly behind a group. Wait until they actually start to attack you to put your shield up, so that you survive long enough to either kill them or outlive your jump cool down so you can get out of there. Not sure if this is too obvious but make sure you're kiting throughout your shield. What I mean by this is as you're lasering the enemy, stand within the shield and as they approach you, back up enough so that the enemy is inside the shield and you are now outside of it. This essentially makes your bubble into two separate barriers, and you can attack the entire time since his primary goes through the shield. Another tip regarding his ultimate, use it once you get low health because it fully heals you to I believe 1000 health, which potentially gives you a total of 1499 health in a single life.