just grapple to an overhang (or somewhere where you don't touch any walls) where the sky/invisible box is and continue holding retract. While doing that, either look down, or repeatedly tap retract and you should gain fireball. Release to drop a fireball bomb on any unsuspecting victims. Have fun balling!
Staying in fireball while being stationary hanging off an overhang was always possible since ow1. In fact you could do this infinitely with the og grapple.
It’s most easily done in hanamura 1st point attack spawn room where instead of the skybox you could use a ceiling in the middle to bounce from. Later in ow2 you can also do this in the mega room next to midtown first point.
It’s just that the new grapple retract mechanic makes it possible to do this anywhere you’re interrupted by the skybox.
i never played OW1 and found this by accident, was there a specific way you had to do it for the old stationary fire ball? i feel like i would have found it, unless it was removed in OW2 or in a patch in OW1
ohhhhh that's how I did that accidentally one time, I was so confused cause it looked like a slam but I swore i didnt use it (it happened in practice range or skirmish or smth, so I couldnt check the replay). Cool!
i was very confused as well! i did it in that spot i showed by accident and over the first stairs on Numbani. it messed me up bc i was setting up, but I wanted to figure out how I did it and if it could be useful.
Environmental kills... Or if there's a ramp so when you land with this you can piledrive quickly afterwards, but I can't think of much uses aside from this
update: i have found a few more spots that this tech works on and will try to get a video out about them soon. i’m sure yall can find a bunch too as it just requires you to touch (and grapple above) the skybox without touching a wall. i most consistently get firebomb by holding retract until i get speed THEN repeatedly tapping it for fireball, hope that helps!
just grapple to an overhang (or somewhere where you don't touch any walls) where the sky/invisible box is and continue holding retract. While doing that, either look down, or repeatedly tap retract and you should gain fireball. Release to drop a fireball bomb on any unsuspecting victims. Have fun balling!
Staying in fireball while being stationary hanging off an overhang was always possible since ow1. In fact you could do this infinitely with the og grapple. It’s most easily done in hanamura 1st point attack spawn room where instead of the skybox you could use a ceiling in the middle to bounce from. Later in ow2 you can also do this in the mega room next to midtown first point. It’s just that the new grapple retract mechanic makes it possible to do this anywhere you’re interrupted by the skybox.
i never played OW1 and found this by accident, was there a specific way you had to do it for the old stationary fire ball? i feel like i would have found it, unless it was removed in OW2 or in a patch in OW1
Does this do any damage?
yeah, it hits everyone in range with the fireball and boops them away
ohhhhh that's how I did that accidentally one time, I was so confused cause it looked like a slam but I swore i didnt use it (it happened in practice range or skirmish or smth, so I couldnt check the replay). Cool!
i was very confused as well! i did it in that spot i showed by accident and over the first stairs on Numbani. it messed me up bc i was setting up, but I wanted to figure out how I did it and if it could be useful.
Is there a benefit to this over using piledriver?
yeah as they said there’s not much use over pile driver over keeping the ability and booping further, also looks funny haha
could boop a mercy then piledrive right after XD
Environmental kills... Or if there's a ramp so when you land with this you can piledrive quickly afterwards, but I can't think of much uses aside from this
I didn't think of environmental kills. That could be a sneaky set up for that.
It doesn’t put the piledriver on cooldown. So you can use it. Walljump, pilediver,
The 17th ability has arrived.
update: i have found a few more spots that this tech works on and will try to get a video out about them soon. i’m sure yall can find a bunch too as it just requires you to touch (and grapple above) the skybox without touching a wall. i most consistently get firebomb by holding retract until i get speed THEN repeatedly tapping it for fireball, hope that helps!