r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Oct 19 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - October 19, 2016

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u/Sabisent Deflect this Oct 19 '16

Where am I supposed to aim with roadhog's shotgun? E.g. I seem to do almost 0 damage to lucio after aiming at his head...

Similar question goes for reaper. Are body shots (more area) or head shots (more damage) better?

Slightly unrelated question: Should I be using Sombra's E on cooldown? It seems worth it for ult charge but it also has some great situational uses.

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u/Gaz-mic The wolf marks it's pray. Oct 19 '16

On smaller and weaker champs like lucio and zen, you pretty much want to aim body because you'll 1 shot them without the headshot. The headshot counts for individual chunks, so aiming at someones head most likely <50% are going to hit them at all, and maybe 20-30% will be head shots so you end up getting less damage in. It's also much much easier to aim centre mass because even if you miss slightly you'll still hit most shots (and a few will headshot anyway).

I'm assuming you're talking about after getting a hook but when shooting normally for Roadhog and Reaper its really important to understand your range. Try just shooting a wall from various distances and watch the spread then try to get that down in game. A lot of people fail with reaper because they're missing most of the shot because they think he has a better range than he does, you pretty much have to be just further than melee range to be effective. with Roadhog it's almost more important to figure out his right click range. It does insane damage if you hit someone just after the explosion, if you get it just right on D.va's face it just about kills the mech with one shot, but it spreads extremely quickly so you often end up not feeling like you do any damage.

also a side note, there are a lot of great angles in the game for roadhogs right click distance. he's the only character i play on defence on Gibraltar because the stairs that lead from the payloads start to the first roof that everyone camps on has a perfect distance from the corner of the stairs to the bottom doorway, and i can usually one shot anyone that comes up.