Came across a few interesting “tricks” in Retribution.
Orisa - use Halt to pull talon troopers off skiffs into the water for easy kills.
Ana - sleep dart talon trooper on a drop ship before they jump down. Ship will often fly off with sleeping trooper inside.
Anyone else found any other interesting ones?
junkrat is just bad don’t play junkrat
You can knock the Assassin on someone that is being pinned by her with a punch, and it works on all heroes.
Like the Hunter from L4D2
Orisa is one of the BEST Heroes for Retribution, her shield is great for Torbs and Bastions and everyone else, she has a good long range weapon for dealing damage to Snipers, Troopers, Heavies, and Enforcers. For characters who can do area damage, halt works perfectly, and her Fortify is amazing, take hits from an Enforcer/Troopers, and you can just stop a heavy in their tracks.
You can hack the assassin while she is on the wall which will cause her to fall and get stunned
My friend used Rocket Barrage and the ship started burning and flew away without dropping anyone off. Have to try it again to confirm if it actually works though.
Also, don’t play Pharah on anything other than normal, you will get shot down even with a pocket Mercy.
I made a guide against Assassin with the help of the community
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/quick-guide-against-assassin/63059/68
I hope it helps ^^
That’s awesome. So going to have to try that one!
Keep them coming, everyone! Any fun or quirky interactions appreciated!
Use brig and moira for inf armor and heals it’s really hard to die with those 2
Totally agree. Was able to finish a match using her after our only healer quit right after the start. And that’s with the rest of the team being a Junkrat and Widow!
Hey you know what the best trick is?
Getting on the drop ship!
SERIOUSLY, DON’T BE THAT GUY.
Anyone with knockback over some range can take people off the boats. I’ve managed to take two troopers off the boat at once with Bridgette.
Sombra also disables the special units with her hack.
The Heavy Assault Brutes have TWO glowing red cannister weak spots on their backside. Shoot them. They CAN NOT be Booped, but they can stunned, frozen, and knocked prone with Reinhardt’s Earthshatter.
The Sniper is forced to use a little Mercy pistol sometimes when one of your teammates gets right in their face. Arguably a lot better to get hit with the pea shooter than the bullet that follows her laser tag.
Assassin, guide provided by Ivan in previous post.
This mode is semi scripted. The spawns happen in designated spots, but their order varies. Remember them. It will help determine your positioning to better handle the larger waves of troops.
A comp I ran for legendary all was Hanzo, Orisa, Mei and Mercy. It was a literal cake walk, especially with Mei near infinite freezing the Heavies.
I got around 30k damage to specials as Hanzo, by far the most successful DPS I’ve used so far. Orisa is probably the most optimal tank to bring and Mercy was naturally used for her quick rez.
Not really a relevant tactic, but I found out that if Zarya tosses her Graviton into a dropship, it ends up dragging everyone beneath it as it flies away. That’s kind of funny ![:stuck_out_tongue:](https://d74zh8edaijub.cloudfront.net/en/overwatch/images/emoji/twitter/stuck_out_tongue.png?v=5" ":stuck_out_tongue:")
Back On-Topic: Mei’s a real beast if you play your cards right. Her LMB’s low DPS still adds up when it’s hitting 4-5 people, and being able to render the Heavies unable to do anything 50% of the time is wonderful.
Sombra: Hacks can makr the heavy assault, sniper, and assassin immobile and less dangerous
Winning with no healer: before hitting a “boss” leave one trooper alive and let him kill your most injured teammate. Kill the trooper and rez your teammate with full health!
Not even vaguely recommended for higher difficulties.
That is what happen when I played Hard and my Moira left. It was going really well until the Heavy drop on last point.
Zarya: use secondary fire to knockback talon troopers off skiffs into the water for easy kills.
I learned:
1.)That Mei is actually really good on the higher difficulties, because she has CC in her basic attack, so she can get the assassin and heavy off of people very reliably. Plus the Mei wall can stop troops from getting off the boats.
2.) That Tracer is awful on expert or higher because she can get one shot by the enforcer’s shotguns. Unlike human players, the AI always knows where you are, and will almost always hit you.
3.)That Mercy can allow an armored hero to easily survive the assassin with her healing, even on legendary. Even on people without armor, she buys lots of time for your friends to stun them. Side note, Valkyrie means the assassin can’t do anything to you in the sky.