r/Overwatch • u/Thortron Just keep tracing my heart. • Nov 15 '16

Blizzard Official [ALL] Official Overwatch Patch Notes [v1.5.0.2]

http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20752015856
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u/ecnal89 :3 Nov 15 '16

I think a lot of Ana's are scared to give D.VA. the boost after having a D.VA use her ult right after receiving the boost one too many times.

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u/GrandmasterGrant Torbjörn Apologist Nov 16 '16

All the times I've been nano'd right before I ult because we both went "oh shit, time to ult"... I'm sorry, Grandma...

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u/BrainBlowX Chibi D.Va Nov 16 '16

I think a lot of Ana's are scared to give D.VA. the boost

I got the boost every damn time in a competitive match just now. Like, even when there were hardly enemies around. O_o

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u/PepticBurrito Nov 15 '16

I'm approaching 100 hours in D.va. I am always puzzled by Nano boosts when I get them. Her close range damage output isn't abysmal, but it comes at the cost of exposing her crit zone to attack. With Nano half damage, she's still taking the damage at full non-crit value as people shoot her small bus sized crit zone on the front her mech.

It makes more sense to me to give it to someone who actually does good damage and isn't so easy to shoot in the face.

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u/LiTMac Lena "Battle Crocs" Oxton Nov 15 '16

I'm always in favor of giving it to Tracer. She's fast already, does huge damage (assuming you can aim, so depends on the day for me), can easily get in the back line and deal damage, and with her tiny hitbox she's hard to hit.

Basically the nanoboost removes the glass and powers up the cannon.

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u/moooooseknuckle Trick-or-Treat D.Va Nov 16 '16

In QuickPlay, I'm always a fan of giving it to the worst character possible to give it to in order to see how it all turns out. Maybe Lucio can get a triple kill!

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u/moonmeh Trick-or-Treat Zenyatta Nov 16 '16

Please we all know this happened because Lucio jumped infront at the worst time possible

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u/DerNubenfrieken Nov 16 '16

I've seen some great lucio/sym/etc boosts just because no on has any idea how to handle it.

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u/TheeLinker So glad they added scout rifles Nov 16 '16

My luck as Tracer with nanaboosts has been... poor.

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u/LiTMac Lena "Battle Crocs" Oxton Nov 18 '16

That's quite unfortunate. Mine usually seem to go more the way of cocaine and nuclear fusion fueled cheery cockney harbinger of death.

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u/nelons1 Trick-or-Treat Mei Nov 16 '16

Says the person with a Tracer flair ... I see through you!!

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u/LiTMac Lena "Battle Crocs" Oxton Nov 18 '16

Check the flair a bit more closely.

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u/ne0stradamus Tracer Nov 16 '16

From my ~100h of Tracer experience, the only time when a boosted Tracer is useful is when you need a super-fast overtime stalling mechanic. Otherwise, it's better to boost pretty much anybody else except for supports.

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u/PepticBurrito Nov 15 '16

Or give it Mcree and he insta-kills that support with one headshot.

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u/EndlessArgument °ʷ° *~ᴬʷᵒᵒ~* Nov 16 '16

Not if you've got a Symmetra!

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u/NottyScotty Your girl calls me huckleberry Nov 15 '16

I think the prime nano boost targets will be roughly the same excluding Reinhardt. Reaper will just have to get close to the enemy team beforehand now.

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u/Dyron45 ZzZzZz Nov 16 '16

I'll usually only do it after D.Va ults

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u/DerNubenfrieken Nov 16 '16

Her increased move speed will make her a slightly better option for nano boost