Overwatch 2 continues to incur problem after problem, with the newest downside leaving the icy injury seller Mei completely unplayable because of a “vital problem” together with her Ice Wall means. Properly, Blizzard can also wish to examine the hero shooter’s latest assist character, Kiriko, because it seems she will be able to block headshot injury by merely [checks notes] staring up on the sky.
Kiriko is a kunai-wielding ninja healer who leaked in the beginning of September. Beforehand locked behind Overwatch 2’s battle move, Blizzard has since opted to present the kunoichi away free of charge following some reasonably uproarious criticism of the developer’s preliminary resolution. Although she’s a fairly squishy hero, with solely 200 well being factors, she will be able to deal some stable injury and has a equipment completely suited to buffing her teammates. In different phrases, she isn’t as passive a healer as, say, Baptiste or Mercy, however you in all probability don’t need her charging the enemy frontline like Brigitte or Zenyatta both. Nevertheless, which may change contemplating an exploit found by Twitch streamer Flats.
A associate of the Overwatch League’s Florida Mayhem, Flats tweeted a video on November 15 of Kiriko blocking headshot injury together with her arm by wanting up on the solar. Flats shot at an opposing Kiriko a couple of occasions with Widowmaker, just for the bullets to merely graze the ninja’s seemingly indestructible arm, permitting her to right away heal again up. Flats finally murked Kiriko with a single headshot, however solely after positioning himself at simply the best angle, saying you “need to get behind” Kiriko to “shoot the again of her head.” Who knew that staring up on the sky might prevent from loss of life?
What’s seems to be occurring right here is that, when she seems to be up, Kiriko’s arm will get in the best way of her dome’s hitbox, impacting the injury she takes from headshots. In response to Flat’s tweet, one Twitter consumer famous that Mercy was in a position to do the identical factor, however solely when casting her Resurrect final means, which sees her elevate her arm within the air to revive a lifeless teammate.
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Kotaku has reached out to Blizzard and Flats for remark.
Blizzard, which has a storied historical past of abuse and harassment, has been working to get Overwatch 2 right into a extra steady and balanced state because the sport launched on October 4. This contains patches to nerf heroes resembling Genji and benching characters to take away exploits and repair different points (as we’ve seen with Mei, who ought to return to the hero shooter on November 17). Through the Overwatch League grand finals, which have been held earlier this month, the studio revealed the brand new tank hero Ramattra, who will probably be locked behind the sport’s battle move. It sucks, however I assume we’d higher get used to it.
