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Do all melee attacks deal the same amount of damage?
With one exception, all quick melee attacks performed with the V key deal 30 damage and have the same hitbox. When playing as Brigitte, pressing V will swing her main weapon instead.
Some melee ...
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In a competitive match, when a player quits, does the game look for a replacement?
Replacements are not allowed in competitive matches. There are several reasons why doing so is a bad idea:
The player who left might be able to return, if they just had a temporary internet problem ...
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My HUD has completely disappeared! What happened to it?
So it turns out I "fat-fingered" a key combination on accident while trying to Alt-Tab. Overwatch (and apparently most other Blizzard games) have Toggle HUD hotkey which is set to AltX by default. I ...
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Can Sombra teleport to her teleporter after respawn?
No. The teleporter disappears when you die.
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How to reset MMR to escape Bronze tier (bottom 1%)?
Ranked and quick play MMR is separate. The only way to truly reset your MMR is to buy the game again on a new account, which will set your MMR to be whatever the average rank is.
However, I strongly ...
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Are Overwatch loot boxes populated when awarded, or when opened?
From the Overwatch Wiki
Loot Box's contents are generated when players earn or buy them, not when Loot Box is opened[1]. For example, any Loot Box acquired before installing July 19, 2016 patch ...
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Is it still possible to play Overwatch or are we forced to use Overwatch 2?
Overwatch 1 is no longer playable. Source
Overwatch 2 is free-to-play and available to play as of today. Owners of Overwatch 1 will get a free DLC.
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Stars under Player Ranks?
As a player levels up, their portrait gets more flair every 10 levels.
At level 100, their flair resets but they earn a bronze star.
This repeats every 100 levels, so that at level 501 they've ...
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How to reset MMR to escape Bronze tier (bottom 1%)?
Your best option is to find some players who are also stuck in the bottom ranks, and group up with them. Find people with mics so you can coordinate your attacks/defense over Discord or in-game voice ...
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What organisations are the characters of Overwatch part of?
The characters of Overwatch have several affiliations, often with complex ties and political relationships.
Summary of Character affiliations
Ana [OW]: A founding member of Overwatch. She was ...
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Can I install Overwatch and play WoW at the same time
To prevent the download from pausing while you're playing WoW, do the following in the Blizzard App
Click the Blizzard icon near the upper-left corner.
Click Settings
Click Game Install/Update on the ...
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What does "King of the Hill" mean in Overwatch?
According to this thread, Timmy Jim's comment is correct that Control is what people refer to as King of the Hill.
Control is KOTH
Control
KOTH is King Of The Hill, so it's control.
The term is ...
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Does every hero have a New Year's Resolution?
Nearly all the characters have indeed a line. Here are most of those:
D.Va: "My New Year's resolution? Play all the games I need to catch up on!"
Zarya: "My new year's resolution? Five one three." (...
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What does this new icon mean?
That icon shows a player's Endorsement level, while the colours represent how many endorsements of each kind that player has received:
Sportsmanship in green
Good Teammate in purple
Shot Caller in ...
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Can D.Va hide behind teammates to protect herself from her own Self Destruct ultimate?
As of today's patch, the player who casts Self-Destruct is now immune to their own explosion:
Self-Destruct
Ultimate cost decreased by 15%
Explosion delay reduced from 4 seconds to 3 seconds
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Will bastion go back to recon mode if charged by D.va?
Bastion can't be moved while in Sentry configuration by knockback effects such as D.Va's Boost or Pharah's Concussive Blast. He can only be knocked back if he is first stunned out of Sentry ...
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Does Ana's ult carry over to an ejecting DVa?
No. Switching from mecha to mech-less (and vice versa) will cause the buff to be wasted.
This means you lose the buff in three ways:
Mecha D.Va is powered up and then the mech is destroyed by an ...
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What is the 512 Player Icon referencing?
This is a reference to Zarya's weight lifting record. This can be seen by her tattoo on her shoulder, and two of her sprays have 512 kgs set of weights.
The 512 tattoo on her shoulder is apparently ...
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Can you use sleep dart on Junkrat's RIP-Tire?
No. If you shoot a Junkrat's tire with a sleep dart, it does not put the tire to sleep, immobilize it, or slow it down.
It'll do 5 damage, and that's it.
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Are Overwatch sprays language settings specific?
I just did go in a game to make a quick test with English players (as I am a French one). I used the spray "Merci" (which means "Thanks"). While it appeared as "Merci" for me and another French player,...
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Do your levels and stat records carry over between different region servers?
The stats levels etc is account related not region related. The only reason to pick your region (say America) over Asia is, servers will be near you and thus everyone will have similar ping and you ...
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Which heroes interact with Bastion?
Summing together this wiki page (which I've now updated to reflect this answer), this reddit list, and @MageXY's answer (which I've verified from this video), I've found six characters that interact ...
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In what situation can I hold the ability key to use it asap after leaving the stun?
Does this apply to every skill?
Yes, but
There are a couple of skills that require a target. A few that come to mind are Mercy's Guardian Angel, Ana's Nano Boost, and Zenyatta's Orbs of Harmony/...
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Why are only the default skins allowed in tournaments?
It's all about being able to easily identify characters, especially in large team fights. While most competitive players are probably able to identify characters no matter what skin they're using, it ...
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What's the most powerful attack in Overwatch when all possible buffs are stacked?
Excluding ultimates, a Widowmaker headshot does the most damage with a single projectile: 120 x 2.5 = 300. This ties with Reinhardt's charge which can do a maximum of 300 damage to a single target (...
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What does enough damage to out-damage Zenyatta's Transendance?
Zenyatta's ultimate ability, Transcendence, heals 300 health per second, which is faster than any other individual damage-over-time ability in the game (such as Hanzo's Dragonstrike or Pharah's ...
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Overwatch XP gain. Quick match or Ranked?
In a general sense, Quick Matches will gain you XP faster, but this may not hold true across the board. The explanation can be found on this post from a thread on the Battle.net forum:
At the ...
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Can the Photon Barrier Block Ultimates?
It has the exact same behavior as Reinhardt's shield and Winston's bubble shield (and any other energy powered shield for that matter) so yes it should block both of those ults, although Earthshatter ...
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How did I get Healing Done as D.Va?
It appears that when D.Va deletes a Moira's Biotic Orb with Defense Matrix, she gains ownership of it for a split moment. Any healing that the orb is doing at the time of it being deleted is credited ...
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What can Genji deflect?
The list of projectiles Genji can reflect is nearly identical to the list of projectiles D.Va's Defense Matrix can block, but with the added bonus of being able to negate damage from Melee and ...
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