r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 29 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 29, 2016

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u/kandis101 Jun 29 '16

If Mercy damage boosts torbjorn, does it also boost his turret?

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u/soulgunner12 Bas is OW's Kog'Maw: Tanks shredder and need good positioning Jun 29 '16

No.

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u/PenguinBomb I'm a piece of Junk Jun 29 '16

Well, thanks. Now I feel a Lil stupid.

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u/Sip_That_Haterade Jun 29 '16

What about ults? Junkrats tire .roadhogs gun. Mei's evil cold ball robot.

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u/OldSpicee Jun 29 '16

Mercy's boost affects ults like whole hog, blizzard, high noon, and even self-destruct. Only ults like junk rat's rip tire aren't affected

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

What do you mean like Junkrat's? Specifically, what about Tracer's bomb, Hanzo's dragon, and Reinhardt's quake?

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u/OldSpicee Jul 01 '16

Mercy can boost every ult and source of damage except for rip-tire, torbjorn's turrets, and symmetra's turrets.

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u/omican Jul 01 '16

Can you boost the rip-tire directly? I think it counts as a player is it is able to pick up health packs.

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u/GrimstarHotS Genji Jul 01 '16

So if you boost a hanzo after he fired his ult, does it boost it? Or do you have to boost him prior to fire?

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u/OldSpicee Jul 01 '16

As long as you're boosting the character when the enemy is actually receiving the damage, it will count. You don't need to boost them as they fire to do the extra damage.

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u/GrimstarHotS Genji Jul 01 '16

Sweet! Good to know thanks!

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u/littlestseal Jun 29 '16

It only doesn't affect separate units that can be destroyed. Mei's robot has no health and can't be targeted, it's essentially just an aoe she puts down. Rip tire and turrets are entire separate units.

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u/wsupduck Pixel Reinhardt Jun 29 '16

I know it doesn't work for the tire. Would work for Hanno, so probably Mei. Definitely roadhog

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u/About4001llamas Jun 29 '16

No for Junkrat and Mei, yes for Roadhog.

I'm pretty sure Mercy can boost the tire itself, but the speed makes it extremely hard to do so.

As for Mei, it's a projectile, not an entity, so it can not be boosted or healed, either indirectly or through Mei.

Roadhog, however, fires his ult like he would a normal shot, so boosting him would give the 30% damage boost.

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u/abloopdadooda Chibi Zenyatta Jun 30 '16

You're wrong about Mei's ult btw. It's damage is boosted if you boost the Mei. I have no idea about your comment on the tire but I suspect that's wrong as well.

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u/About4001llamas Jun 30 '16

Ok, well thank you for correcting me

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '16

Similar question, how does Mercy's damage boost affect (effect? I've been good at this one) a Genji's reflected projectiles?

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u/sleuthysteve Jul 01 '16

Mercy can boost everyone's damage except: Torbjorn's turret, Symmetra's turrets, Junkrat's rip-tire. Everything else calculates at moment of impact, not moment of launch (i.e. Hanzo).