So what is Graviton Surge categorized as?

General Discussion
1

I tested this is try mode and apparently anyone caught in the Graviton Surge has their move speed reduced to 0. However this is not considered a root due to the fact that you can use escape abilities in The ultimate (ex: Swift Strike, Blink, Dash)

By this logic i further tested my curiosity by rooting an enemy. Rooting an enemy hero does not reduce the move speed at all, but as we all know prevents them from moving while also cutting off any escape abilities.

As of the time i make this thread Zarya (on hotslogs) has a 6.4% popularity with a 48.1% winrate.

Now i ask you fellow Hots Players, what if Graviton surge Prevented escape abilites at the cost of a higher cooldown. this will make Zarya better against heroes with escapes and give more reward to good Zarya players while punish those who are bad due to the longer cooldown.

I don’t think Zarya needs many buffs (if any) but it rare that you see here due to her lack of CC, this change would make her more of a bruiser.

Thank you all for reading

Sincerely,

GuardWizard

P.S. If you toggle cooldonws in try mode with Zarya your energy will reset to max every few seconds meaning that Zarya’s “mana” is technically considered a cooldown

2

I would rather stick to game ending ult on silly 60s cooldown, even at the cost of few extra potential kills from mobile heroes. I personally dont have to land 5man wipes every time. 4v5 or 3v5 is good enough for me :smiley:

PS - I always thought outher “rings” have knockback/daze mixed in. Im pretty sure it cancelled channels :’

1 Like
3

Toggling cooldowns resets every heroes “mana”. This is not Zarya-specific.

1 Like
4

A reapplied (like Mosh) 100% slow i guess then.

5

I think Graviton Surge is fine the way it is. It’s not like you will use it to kill mobile heroes. If you can get 1 or 2 kills with it, it’s worth it.

6

category would be knock up. its not really used in the descriptions anymore though as i recall.

7

Graviton is a constant pull, and as with other pulls/pushes it shouldn’t prevent escapes. I think it is fine as it is.

8

when I want to curb escapes with zarya, I grab expulsion zone instead.
Graviton surge is more the “hit this hero now” sort of effect to combo with allies imo

9

Have you tried stitches’s shambling horror on it?

1 Like
10

A skill with aoe root for 2.5s is very strong, . If change to root, duration need reduce to 1.5s