When I started playing Overwatchthe original 2016 hero shooter, which spawned the free-to-play sequel in 2022 Overwatch 2, it was spot on when Moira was first introduced. The morally repugnant scientist joined the game Support list In 2017, she initially seemed like a good heroine for a newbie like me. Seven years later, I have thousands of hours of Moira play under my belt, a brief appearance on the world rankings to brag about, and the proud claim that I am no longer Moira, despite the previous two being a trick.
Overwatch 2 requires intelligent team composition that shifts and changes mid-game as needed. But there are certain heroes that are almost always useful in any situation, and I believe Moira is one of them. With Overwatch 2 Addition of passive healing in Season 9 all characters (Previously only something support heroes could enjoy), you don’t have to concentrate either as a lot on healing your characters and can use Moira’s devastating DPS performance to your advantage. But like all things, that’s what it’s all about balance.
Let me, a reformed Moira One Trick, teach you how to play Overwatch 2is the solid support hero.
Know when to suck (cause damage) and when to pee (heal)
We have already discussed how this works Overwatch 2 has its own sick, twisted jargon, and I’m sorry to remind you of this again. But Moira’s two main abilities are Biotic Grip (which deals damage) and Biotic Healing (which heals your teammates) – the damage is colloquially called “Sucking” since she drains HP from players, and the healing is called “Pissing”. , because, well, it’s yellow.
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Your Biotic Heal meter can be empty and will refill over time, but you can refill it faster if you use Biotic Grasp to drain life force (and even) from enemies More quickly if you beat whatever key/button you use for Biotic Grasp instead of holding it down). None of these abilities require you to aim too much, as their uses are very generous – if you’re within 20 meters and pointed at someone, you’re likely to heal/damage them.
The spray mechanics are important
While the role of Moira doesn’t require a lot of aim, there are still methods you should use for her primary fire. Your spray is a projectile, so guide it lightly when your teammates are on the move. When healing or dealing damage, move your crosshairs back and forth when there are multiple targets in your line of sight and all of them have the same health. If someone is critical, focus on them first.
Your spray healing has a lasting effect, so giving a tank with low HP DPS a small tap of your primary healing will be hugely helpful when trying to heal a critical tank. And remember, unless they’re critical: spritz, don’t spray.
But knowing When Here it is important to use one of her main skills. Spraying a steady stream of healing juice when your teammates aren’t taking active damage (or are aimed at a small, fast-moving DPS character) is a waste of a limited resource, and it’s incredibly frustrating to deal damage to enemies at the same time Ignoring your team’s healing needs. Focus your heals on your tank first, and if your tank is healthy, make sure your DPS is safe too – if everyone is at full health, feel free to hoover as much as you want.
Be very good at throwing balls
Like her Biotic Grip and Biotic Healing, Moira has the ability to throw one of two Biotic Orbs (one deals damage, one heals) with an eight second cooldown. These are probably the most important things in your equipment because they are so easy to use.
The bullets race around the room for approximately seven seconds, bouncing off all parts of the map such as doors, pillars, buildings and more (not other players). For this reason, if you have a basic understanding of geometry/physics, you can maximize their effectiveness. If multiple teammates are taking damage in a small space, aim the orb so that it bounces around the room multiple times, healing as many of them as possible – and vice versa if they are taking damage.
Orb decay
Sometimes I use a damage bullet to take out a low HP squishy hidden in a corner (such as a sniper Widowmaker or a hidden tracer), or at least drain enough health from it to cause it to panic.
If you’re in a more open space, aim your bullets slightly downwards – this will make the bullet appear to be moving slower (it just moves further) and may give you slightly more damage or healing than if you they would only aim at someone’s head or chest.
Since you can use their primary healing/damage abilities immediately after throwing an orb, using a healing orb ensures you help your teammates in a difficult situation while either doubling healing with your primary abilities or dealing damage to enemies with your grab add.
Make sure to use your damage orb between big fights with the entire team so you have your healing orb ready to support your entire team in a big fight. There’s nothing more frustrating than running out of nerve and not having a Biotic Orb to help your squad in a tense battle.
You can (and should) also use a bullet to help in one-on-one fights or intense fights where you are focused. A healing sphere that is attuned to and follows the progression of a fade (we’ll get to that) can help you heal yourself when you’re under pressure. A damage bullet ricocheting across a room you are in with a soft sombra can cause the hacker to die.
The most important orb advice I can give you is this: Make sure you throw an orb immediately before using Moira’s ultimate ability. Aside from Fade, you cannot use any of Moira’s other abilities while using her ultimate ability. Therefore, you should throw a bullet to maximize your healing/damage output. Additionally, the bullet’s cooldown is complete when you finish your ult. Tada!
Positioning please
Moira can be killed by a well-placed headshot from Ashe or Widowmaker. So always make sure you don’t put yourself in the line of fire. If necessary, use cover and crouch.
Use your tanks as clear cover, stay behind them (around 10-20 meters) and continually heal them to ensure you don’t catch any strays. You don’t want to be too close to her or you might get caught by AOE attacks on her, but she’s also not like an Ana or a Zen, which should play even further back. She’s a mid-range backline healer, so keep that in mind.
And while Moira’s Fade can get her out of sticky situations quickly, I don’t usually like using her as a flank unless I’m feeling a bit cheeky – but that’s your call.
Master the Moira fade
Moira has a secondary ability with a 6 second cooldown called Fade, which allows her to run very quickly in a direction and temporarily disappear from sight. During this time she is invulnerable (and this removes status effects), so it is absolutely important that you know when and how to use her. It can get you out of a fight that seems to end in your death, and can also help you make trick jumps (jumps at the end of the fade animation) into hard-to-reach places or over gaps.
In most cases, Fade is a defensive maneuver, not an offensive maneuver. Use it when you’re staring too hard into your field of vision, orienting yourself so you end up around a corner or somewhere else out of sight. If you’re trying to hold onto a point without teammates in sight, use it to extend your life and shorten time. Don’t use it to avoid simple things that you could just shy away from, because that’s a waste of your skills.
And since you can now fade while using Moira’s ultimate (that wasn’t possible before), this can be a very helpful way to ensure you don’t get killed mid-ult.
I would only advise you to use Fade aggressively if you want to finish off a low HP character who doesn’t have any heals available.
Use your ultimate ability at the right time
Moira’s Coalescence is a damn good ultimate ability. It increases your movement speed and shoots a 30 meter beam that deals damage and healing at the same time and heals itself. This isn’t an ultimate ability that guarantees you a kill or two, so I wouldn’t necessarily use it just as a DPS ability either (unless you have very low tank and DPS and no healers nearby, who are staring at you).
Growing together, more than many others Overwatch 2 Skills, it’s about changing the swing. My soccer coach always said that the field is on a seesaw and only ever tilts towards you or away from you. Coalescence helps tip the playing field in your favor, either healing multiple teammates at a crucial moment or encouraging your DPS players to double down on the attack.
You can also use it very cleverly – you might want to throw a healing orb into an alley and stick Coalescence in the chokehold to ensure enemies freak out and teammates feel spurred to push forward. You might want to pop it while you’re virtually protected from enemy fire and use it to fill your tank with heals at a crucial defensive moment.
Whenever you use coalescence (or “spicy beam” as I call it), make sure you do it with Intention.
There you have it, all the tips, tricks and pee you could possibly need to master Moira Overwatch 2. See you on the battlefield.
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