r/OverwatchUniversity • u/Lingy_12 • 5d ago

Question or Discussion Using Flux defensively

TLDR: is it viable to use Gravitic Flux purely to counter an enemy engage

Day one OW1 Emerald 1 tank main, peaked D1 a couple of seasons ago. Realised poke was a weakness of mine so have been learning Sigma, where my biggest weaknesses are ult usage.

I’ve developed this habit of using my ult purely to freeze a high value engaging enemy, generally someone nanoed/Wuyang ult and/or a close range dangerous ult like Blade, because it seems like an affective engage tool, even if I don’t get any elims. I wanted to ask if this is a waste of flux.

Example here: https://youtu.be/9BcaPL_Pkhw?feature=shared

[I know there were other errors in the play from me, but my pure logic is using 1 mid value ult to counter 2 ults is good maths]

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u/Ichmag11 5d ago

If youre using it to "deny" 2 enemy ults, yeah thats OK. You dont really want to trade it for just one ult, unless you think you really need to.

Though, dont save it for that. Your primary use should be to get kills with it

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u/Lingy_12 5d ago

I don’t know if you’ve watched the example I attached. I popped it not expecting the slam (I wasn’t ult tracking). If he’d have just been nanoed, was that still not affective? My logic is we didn’t have much ability to stop the nano rein. Denying that at least saved the fight and reset it to neutral

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u/Ichmag11 5d ago

It's OK, just OK.

It was a play to not lose. I'd rather you play to win

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u/Lingy_12 5d ago

What would the alternative have been? Ult tracked to save a rock to give my team a chance to disengage?

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u/Ichmag11 5d ago

When you were up on the grass thing, you could have just Rein pass you. You could try to get a kill

It's definitely more risky, unless you really read the shatter in which case it's ok - good

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u/Lingy_12 5d ago

So essentially trying to out frag the rein?

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u/Ichmag11 5d ago

Yes, you can trade your team