Effect of hacking Bob?

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Anyone tried out hacking (presumably EMP, since he’ll easily interrupt Hack) Bob yet? Does it disable him like a turret, or does he just lose access to abilities he doesn’t have?

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he just stands still sleeping

edit video showing it - Overwatch Ashe Damage & Interactions - PTR Testing - YouTube

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I heard that he would be disabled, but not as long as a turret, so probably for 6 seconds. The devs said that he has a special animation when he is hacked.

It’s almost like in Uprising PvE event where when a Sombra hacks an Ominic, the enemy literally stops for the duration of Hack.

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Interesting, so it looks like he’s knocked out for 4 seconds, maybe 4.5 with the time it takes to raise his gun again. Kind of reminds me of the “heroic” effect reductions from Warcraft III.

Good to know, thanks.

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He just slumps over, almost asleep and doesn’t move.

You’re free to shoot him with no recourse.

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Hacking him makes him generate ult charge? Are you sure about that? That sounds pretty weird.

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No he generates ult charge by default if I’m not mistaken. Could be a trick of the eye and I wasn’t really shooting him I guess.

But hacking him turns him into a 1200 HP Roadhog that can’t move, shoot or even less heal himself.

There are a lot of interactions players can have with Bob as well. Sound Barrier, Supercharger, Nanoboost, Damage boost, etc, all affect him in their respectful ways

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he gives no ult charge whatsoever.

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He definitely doesn’t provide ult charge normally. They called that out as one of his few differences from a normal hero.

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if it does the same as a turret Sombra will make him absolutely trash tier useless ultimate cause he wouldnt be able to do anything for 10 seconds

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Trick of the eye then

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Nano Bob incoming ! :smiley: Boosted BOB

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That was the dream, but if Sombra just cancels him completely, the dream is dead. At least in games where she is played, I suppose. For me, that is common though because I am a god tier Widow relative to my rank.

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Bob is a very werid Ult from what I have seen. He has the potential to be pretty OP. His charge does 120 dmg, his guns do about 1100 in the time he has left. He can be nano boosted, shielded, contest a point and all these things. He’s active for about 10 seconds plus the time he spends charging at the enemy.

On the other hand he’s countered by almost every thing. He can be stunned, hooked, pinned, hacked, frozen, slept and so on.

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You can shield him from the hack, but EMP makes him useless.

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Hooking him in to the underground hole in Illios would be a funny scene :smiley:

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That is mostly what I meant. If you Nano Bob, they are going to EMP. That is a 2 for 1. No Sombra worth their salt would ever pass that up.

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They said the duration is shorter than an hacked turret!

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I just watched a quick Your Overwatch video on Ashe’s damage numbers, interactions with Bob, etc.

Bob can be hacked and slept. His entire uptime once he has stopped charging, is around 12-13 seconds. I’m guessing once the hack/sleep effect is over, he will resume his normal behaviour and start shooting for however many seconds is remaining.

I was curious if he could be graved during his charge, but they didn’t test that.

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well thats good! It seems they realized a 10 second stun on Bob would make him trash

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