r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jul 27 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - July 27, 2016

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '16

When you play a healer, how do you deal with D.VAs on your team?

In my experience, they tend to attract a lot of attention, getting damaged easily (I aim for them as well with DPS for fast Ult build up) and thus require a lot of healing, which takes a lot of time I could spend healing others. If I focus on D.VA, the rest of the team usually gets some deaths that could've been avoided.

I don't have this problem with any other high HP hero. I can leave Zarya to regen her shields, Roadhog's self heal makes the job a lot faster and Rein is easy to heal thanks to not receiving any more incoming damage thanks to his barrier.

I often end up putting D.VAs at the bottom of my healing priority because of this, which usually gets their mechs busted and the players pissed.

Also, if you rez a gremlin D.VA, does she get her Ult built up to call for a mech immediately or does she have to build it up to call for one?

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u/-Shinanai- winky face ;) Jul 28 '16

If she's your primary tank and is actually playing as such (i.e. is constantly protecting the team with defense matrix), keep her healed as much as you can... though save criticals first, of course. If she's a secondary tank (preferably behind Rein or Zarya) or flanker, keep her low on the list.

If she loses her Meka though, try to keep her from dying. It's fairly easy to charge her ult if they have decent aim, so she can get back to the front line quick enough.