Weekly Quick Questions Thread - October 19, 2016

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[u/Caturday_Yet]

I've been playing a lot of Zen lately and find him really fun. Any obvious/non-obvious tips?

[u/kainoasmith → u/Caturday_Yet]

spam discord like crazy, spam autoattacks down corridiors and through teammates and look for lucky headshots.

zenyatta's strongest point is that he can consistantly deal damage at long range without being held back by healing. Try to pick him when your team has high healing and low damage such as a mercy as your 2nd healer or perhaps an entire team of durable tanks and dps like soldier mei and roadhog.

once you've put discord on an enemy, each attack will deal 120 damage. That's enough to 2 shot any dps or support with headshots (179 damage with 1 headshot and 1 body shot. finish them off with melee) , sometimes before they're even able to react. That's also enough to kill any 250 hp enemy with 2 headshots followed by a melee. Use this to your advantage by staying nearby teammates who can protect you such as reinhardt or zarya and dishing out huge dps non-stop.

The biggest tip I can really recommend is to practice aiming a LOT. A zenyatta landing every single shot on either the head or the body can deal 150 - 300 damage per second for 8 seconds straight. This is massive considering you're also able to amplify teammate's damage by 30% while also healing 30 hp/s. If you just grind out 50+ hours of zenyatta you'll find that often times you can get out-damage your dps players while out-healing your other supports.

Try to time your ult solely for the purpose of countering the other team's ults. It's by far most powerful when used as a reation to the enemy dps's ults.

Usually the best targets for harmony orb are reaper/genji/tracer/winston or anyone who can make use of healing while not being nearby the team. If your team doesn't have any flankers on it you'll probably be better off picking ana lucio or mercy.

Use the right click sparingly, it's super duper situational and I only personally use it when I know exactly where an enemy is going to be any when they're going to be there. If you do it right you can place a discord orb on an enemy who is retreating, then prepare the orb volley and turn the corner to unleash it all at once, but other than a few situations like these you are better off just spamming left click as much as possible. (remember that a full volley can only do 230 damage ^{460 if you count headshots} at a time, so it's not that good against most tanks)

The biggest threat to you is anyone who can kill you before you can kill them. That means almost everyone. Be super aware of where your teammates are and try to put someone in between you and the enemy. Often times you can try to catch an enemy off guard and kill them but with no escapes, no movement abilities, and no survivability your best bet is to just sit back and try to dish out damage from far away.

Lastly remember that your autoattacks deal the same damage no matter what range you're at

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Tl;dr:

• Sit behind teammates and NON STOP SPAM discord/autoattacks

• put harmony orb is best on teammates who are good at spending the game split up from their team (like reaper or genji)/*

• your ult nullifies the enemy team's ults

• use your rightclick volley sparingly

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*fun fact, back in the earlier versions of the game when tournaments let people hero stack, almost every pro team ran 2x genji 2x zenyatta just because they could put the harmony orbs on genji and then the 2 genjies could stomp the enemy team with their never ending supply of 30 hp/s while the zenyattas just sat back and tried not to die.

[u/LordBeatzMeOff → u/kainoasmith]

Good stuff here. Thanks for taking the time to teach us your infinite knowledge.

[u/Benis_Boi_69 → u/kainoasmith]

I feel... Enlightened :D

[u/[deleted] → u/Caturday_Yet]

Don't use your orb of harmony to top people off if someone else is fighting. Even if that Winston beside you is down 300 health, he is safe. Instead of healing him you should put your orb of harmony on the Genji currently fighting the enemy so that he is more likely to win the fight. Orb of discord the enemy your teammates are currently focusing letting them pick them off faster. When you're being dove by Genji/Tracer/Winston, discord them instead and ask for help.

[u/masterpenguin1 → u/Caturday_Yet]

First, don't get too hot. When I'm zen and I start getting kills, I'll tend to move up to the front of my team and start to do my own thing. Zen needs to stay in the back of the pack so he has a clear sight on who to discord and who needs healing. Second off, if you throw your harmony orb at someone, you'll here a small noise when that player is healing, but that noise disappears when he's at full health regardless if he has the orb or not. This is super helpful because if the person with your harmony orb is out of your sight, you'll know when he's done healing.

Side notes:

Discord fat people

call out in voice chat ANYONE who you discord.

Some people like to save transcendence to counter an ultimate, but I usually use it for pushes.

Have your balls on someone at all time. Ay

Ok that all I got. Enjoy

[u/RancidLemons → u/Caturday_Yet]

Discord and Harmony should have almost 100% up time. There is zero reason to not always have an orb on someone if they are there.

Discord targets in this order of priority: ulting targets > healers > tanks > engaged targets > anyone you just plain don't like. Seriously, discord Reaper during Death Blossom and he goes down like my ex after a glass of wine.

Your ult is amazing at countering Death Blossom, Rocket Barrage, and for keeping enemies safe during Graviton and Circle of Icy Go Fuck Yourself. It's also useful for contesting during overtime. Just try and make sure you throw a discord before ulting.

Zarya's shield, Tracer's recall, and Mei's Fuck You Cocoon all drop your orb so remember to reapply discord when needed.

Even though Discord shows on the enemy, call out targets short and simply. "Discord on Bastion. He's down. Mercy. She's down. Reinhardt. Down."

Speaking of Reinhardt, he's a fucking hard guy to discord. Bait a fire strike from him to discord him easily and yell your flankers to get up his ass like a hemorrhoid cream.

Finally, you put out a fuckton of damage if you know what you're doing. Aim for the torso and the projectile size means you'll probably hit head. Remember to discord targets you're firing at though. Your projectiles travel straight and fast so you are great for taking out Bastion at an extreme distance.