I’ve been starting to play a lot more D.Va now because she’s pretty viable with the 3-second boosters and it turns out that I can use her pretty effectively. My only real concern and shortcoming with her is Bomb usage. Back when I played her a lot outside of total mathem (before micro missiles and boosters damage got nerfed for reference), players weren’t very good at using the “get out of the way move” against a D.Va Bomb, and I was still in plat back in those days.
Aside from EMP BOMB or EMP GRAV BOMB or just plain ol’ GRAV BOMB, I don’t really know what to do with the ultimate aside from launch it at pharmercy or drop it on the objective during overtime as the fuse is reducing or timing it after deployable barriers have been used.
Any dva mains out there who can give me some pro tips? I’d say 3/5 of my bombs don’t see any value outside of forcing the opposition to reposition if I use them without combos.
It’s like McCree’s deadeye, it’s only a zoning tool. Don’t expect to get kills with it. Your job is as an assassin and peeling for support.
^^ THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO USE IT FOR ^^
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Its a pretty bad ultimate that is ususally only used for additional pressure.
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It’s most effective launched in the air, so that it explodes mid air, above shields and natural cover. Practice it in the practice range for a little bit and get the timing down. Soon you’ll be able to launch it diagonally without giving it much thought. Trust me! It’s very easy to get down.
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Dropping it from unexpected angles, or launching it over obstacles so they can’t see it are good options. If you can combo with a symm teleporter, you can give the enemy a big suprise! I sometimes use the floating platforms, but those are risky as they also block the ult.
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Use it to clear areas to make it easier to push in or use it as an instant meka recall.
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Use as much environment to make your bombs unpredictable in terms of flight path
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I definitely think I’m out of practice with launching bombs. I used to have a super wide crosshair that could clue me into where the bomb was gonna go, and since I’ve tightened up my crosshair A LOT, I don’t really have that visual aid anymore so I think practicing Bomb launching in the practice range and on certain maps would be very helpful to me. Thanks for the suggestion! It should help me identify skyboxes, ranges, angles, etc.
I remember a time when I could launch bombs without a second thought, but these days I do sometimes YEET my bombs into the lower stratosphere where they explode harmlessly in a dazzling spectacle of shame and humiliation as a single word floats along the breeze…
“…oops.”
I haven’t frequently used the bomb as a specific initiation tool. I’ll try it out!
As for MEKA recalls, I tend to avoid mashing Y/Q/
as my mech is dying because I find that wasteful when I could have a much better opportunity to combo shortly after regaining my mech. I don’t frequently die as baby dva, but I do realize that being suitless is a deficit to the team.
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Ex-D.Va main here. Do as many flank bombs as you can unless you want an area denial move.
- You can push the bomb as Hana/Baby D.Va which comes in handy dropping it off cliffs, etc.
- If you throw it on an angle at walls near corners, it will cook the bomb whilst continue to go forward and slowly move around the corner where noone will see until it’s too late i.e. the aim is to hide the bomb until it’s ready to blow.
- Practice your aim at windows and small openings.
- The obvious method is throwing the bomb into the air. The aim is to confuse opponents to where the bomb going to blow and hence, stop them evading.
- Notice shields, walls and heals and take advantage of their cool downs.
- If you have a Sym, coordinate a tele-bomb. This will move your bomb to the opponent just when it explodes if done right.
And for some reference:
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Also, Zarya’s ult. It’s a great combo if you can get it around the shields.
Thanks for the solid advice! I’d never considered flanking with the bombs! I’ll check out that video, too!
This is the combo I execute most frequently: Grav-Bomb.
EMP makes it even juicier 
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I practiced it in custom. I set all CD to 0 and ultimate charge 500% with ultimate ready on spawn.
I managed to get the timing of booster + bomb pretty good so it explodes a few feet in the air.
To the OP, as everyone else said it’s a zoning ultimate. Don’t expect to get too many kills with it. But it’s also good for a second life.
If you want to be sneaky, launch it behind a big wall or building. It might catch someone off-guard for a cheeky kill.
Or you can try to drop it on the enemies head. use it on high ground near a ledge, but when you jump out of the MEKA move forward a bit. As it’s about to explode you can nudge it over the ledge so it falls over. You want to hit W when you jump out, because D.Va actually jumps back quite a bit when she uses bomb. If you don’t move forward, you won’t be close enough to nudge the bomb over the ledge.
The problem with D.Va’s bomb is that its highly telegraphed, so dodging it is kind of easy.
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yeah, it’s a great tool to reposition enemies, but if you see an opportunity like a shatter, or see two supports in the back line, go for it.
it’s also pretty decent at taking out pharmercy if you throw your bomb well enough.
there are some surfaces on the map that i suggest you try throwing bombs at in custom games, like the numbani poster on first point high ground. throwing your bomb at it makes the bomb carry its upward momentum and it’s a very surprising angle that can catch people off guard.
throwing it into narrow corners with not a lot to hide behind can be successful too, it takes some practice to know when you can use bomb offensively and when you should use it defensively.
for example, if you know zarya has grav, try not to use bomb so you can shut down the grav.
you can also use it knowing it might only get one kill to stop enemy ultimates, like, if you don’t get shattered, bomb do rein HAS to put his shield up.
for me, it took a lot of practice to get used to, but i’ve found that levelfivepidgey on youtube is quite helpful in getting good w bombs
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If they have a Baptiste, think of his immortality as an ultimate. Not just an ability. Multiple times Ive had bombs fail due to not knowing how far from his immortality he is
On PTR, be careful of Ana. She can apparently sleep the bomb
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