[PLEASE READ] Who are the flanking heroes in ow?

General Discussion
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Just as the title says, who in overwatch are the heroes you flank with?

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From what I read the heroes that are supposed to flank or are considered flankers are

Tracer, Genji, Reaper

Mostly the first two but I’ve recently heard Reaper included in that list occasionally

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Moira.

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Tracer and Genji. That’s about it

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Tracer, Genji, Sombra, Reaper, and Doomfist

Symmetra can make a whole team flank tho

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I really like to flank as torbjorn, but I think it’s not the answer you seek for.

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Hammond, Tracer, Genji, Reaper

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Zen best flanker

no footsteps to give away your position

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Reinhardt

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Omg how old is this…

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Tracer,genji, and sombra are designed for flanking but really anyone can flank if you time it right.

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This is the real answer. The other people are getting a bit too fruity.

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D.va, Winston, Hammond, Genji, Tracer, Doomfist, Sombra, Lucio, and Mercy.

Sometimes Reaper

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Winston. So much National Geographic content out there in Overwatch.

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Flanking is not the same as diving.

A flank is coming from the side or behind an enemy team to force them to divert resources from the front line to the back line, giving your front line an advantage.

Diving heroes attack a single target all at once. It’s a high-mobility assassination strat to gain an advantage.

Heroes like Tracer can be both, but Genji doesn’t really flank.

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Genji, Tracer, Reaper, Wreckin’ hamster, Pharah, Doomfist, Sombra, Widow.

I think Pharah is the best flanker in the game simply because she can take so many odd angles.

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zen since he has no footsteps. 200 iq players only.

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I dont play flank. but basicialy tracer, genji, doomfist, sombra, dva, winston hammond, and i saw people flanking with lucio :man_shrugging:
Also reaper since his buff to teleport can be finnaly an usefull on flank. After all he not gona insta die from using it when he try to get at some place.

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Everyone and no-one. Flanking isn’t a hero type, it is a strategy. Put bluntly, if you are always flanking, you aren’t doing it right, regardless of your hero pick. Same if you never flank.

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Zen is considered a “soft flanker”. He can take a sneaky right click around a flank, but then has to immediately retreat back to the team. He can’t commit to the flank.