Zenyatta tips needed

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My aim is totally fine…it’s positioning that’s a problem. Even when I stay in the back line I usually end up getting melted by flankers with nobody to help me :smiley: …though I definitely want to give up I love zen and I’m willing to do a lot to improve!

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the best advice is stick to corners, use them as a shield and a way to deny the enemy dps angles, they cant come from out of the wall so its a way to cut down on the angs you need to watch

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Play a support that doesn’t have an asteroid shaped hitbox.

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To be fair, if you shoot them in the head enough times your positioning doesn’t really matter.

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Zen is strong but imo there are just 10x better and easier supports currently. Like his most recent nerf wasn’t justified at all.

But if you really want to learn Zen then constantly be charging your right click so you can get easy damage onto flankers or a diving Winston. You really wanna be close to your team so they can protect you unlike Ana who can hide away in the backline and snipe. Sometimes Zen can even frontline if you’re doing well and can aim.

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dont do that, you lose about half of your damage potential by right clicking, if you see enemy left click

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Thx for the tips! I personally think he could use a 25 hp buff. He could die from a gust of wind in this state, but maybe I’m just super biased lol

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Pro Zens are always charging their right click even when they don’t see an enemy. It’s so you’re ready for a diving Winston where you can reduce his HP enough to then get a couple last hits with your primary fire.

I didn’t say ‘When the enemy flanks you hold right click’.

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so exactly what i said? only right click when theres nothing to shoot

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Zen is the most vulnerable hero in the game and that’s why he has such high damage. But ofc Blizzard decided to nerf his discord projectile speed and damage so now he’s just mediocre. But if you’re good at aiming then 100% play him and carry.

When did you say that?

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Good. The more flankers that challenge you, the more exposure you get to the MU, the better you will be at the 1v1. Don’t worry, practice makes perfect. Nobody is just clapping flanker cheeks early as Zen. You need to have mastery over his orbs of destruction to consistently do it because despite what flanker mains will tell you (that it is a skill based match up and the better player wins), most of them are 7-3 or 8-2. Sombra with EMP is maybe one of the only 9-1’s in the game.

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if enemy is on your screen left click

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Yeah… you said that replying to what I originally said. It was my original point, then I explain it to you and you say ‘so basically what I said’

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100% u need a mic to ask for help when dived, if ur teammates are not turning back be glad for losing that match, they deserved it

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If you’re getting killed a lot by flankers making it impossible to play him you should change to a different support, especially if it’s Doomfist that’s dominating you.

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Killing a Tracer with Zen is actually pretty easy, I find it’s Genji who is the hardest to properly kill because if he isn’t deflecting in mid air he has a Zarya bubble or something.

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Let’s just say Tracer is the only flanker that I actually chase, or break los of my team to go duel. Lul.

It would be Reaper too, but for whatever reason, I really struggle with that one. 90 plus percent sure that is just a personal problem though, which is weird, because I consider him to more or less be the worst dps in the game.

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Positioning is not the problem. I believe your Zen play may be fine.
Zen needs protection.

I try to protect Zen from flankers.

Zen needs at least one body guard during play. (Mcree, Reaper, or … )

Depending on what heroes we are playing against, I select a hero that can counter while giving Zen some protection.

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  • play him at like a sniper
  • try to line of sight with most of your allies
  • apply heal orb to heroes that go in and 250 HP heroes or below
  • only apply the heal orb when tanks are low (like 25% or less) or your other healer is dead
  • discord mostly tanks or supports
  • discord nanoed characters to burst them down
  • charge your orbs behind corners and not in a fight
  • trance when your tanks are low and use it to engange
  • NEVER panic trance

At least thats what works for me.

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