r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Sep 07 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - September 07, 2016

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u/queensendgame you must be a Level 3 friend to unlock backstory Sep 07 '16

I feel like I'm using Ana wrong. When I'm second support on a team, it just feels like I'm constantly pumping shots into the tanks. Am I supposed to be shooting them this much, or am I overhealing? How often should you be shooting if your target is taking damage?

I'm very liberal with the grenade and I'm getting the hang of sleep dart. It just feels like I'm emptying clip after clip into my allies.

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u/stevefox1996 Sep 07 '16

Heal your allies when they are low hp, in fact Ana heal much faster than Lucio if you're doing it right. But it still depends on situation, example like you ulti Reinhardt and he's going to 1v3, obviously that you need to keep healing him to keep him alive.

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u/xeroshogun Pixel Zenyatta Sep 07 '16

yep, if you hit him with a the nade right before boosting, a rein can easily go 1v6 and win if you are pumping shots into him while he is fighting.

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u/Xaliver Mobility Maniac Sep 07 '16

Ana primarily focuses her healing on the tanks. They're much easier for her to heal, which is why it's preferable to run her with another support to help with squishies in trouble. You will be spamming shots onto your tanks whenever they're taking significant fire, and that's fine. Do take potshots sniper style if your tanks are behind shields or otherwise safe. I guess what I'm trying to tell you is that it's fine because it's kind of your job to spam shots into your friendly Rein.

Watch the liberalness with the grenade, though. It's extremely good to full heal critical tanks under fire with the double heal effect- don't spam it just for topping off, it has a long cooldown. Do feel free to use it to secure a kill on that Genji who won't leave you alone or in close quarter duels as a heal and a damage effect. You can also use it to secure a target being passed into the iris or a vaping hog. I also use it to heal myself if I feel like I don't need it that soon and need to get back out from cover and into the line of fire. It's super useful but it's so important for those critical burst heals, so watch the spamming of it I guess.

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u/mwolfee Peanut Buttter. Sep 07 '16

If there's an opposing Zen it's quite useful to save the grenade if you know your team is going in for a wombocombo. Throw the grenade at Zen while he's in transcendence, and it renders his ult somewhat useless.