SHOT-CALLING - HOW TO COUNTER ULTIMATES:

SHOT-CALLING - HOW TO COUNTER ULTIMATES:


Reinhardt Earthshatter:
* Good in open areas and chokepoints
* Can be set up by Brigitte stun. (Avoid her)
* Avoid being run over.

- Retaking on flanks makes it harder for enemy Rein to get good earthshatter.
- Put our D.Va in front of Rein to prevent Brigitte stun
- Friendly Brigitte stuns Enemy Brigitte

Zarya Graviton Surge:
* Easy follow-up in open areas
* Walking through chokes - Zarya can graviton the wall to avoid matrix

- Don't stack up
- D.Va flank positioning to bait with defense matrix
- When retaking - Walk in positions where it's hard for enemy team to follow-up


Winston Primal Rage:
* Good when Winston can use it whenever he wants
* Good when close to edges (we can't rotate to edges vs. primal)

- Make Winston use Primal Rage when he doesn't want to
- Pressure Winston (Only when the enemy team doesn't have nanoboost)
- Hack Winston when he has Primal Rage and expects to jump in and use it

Pharah Barrage:
* Good above choke points
* Good in combination with D.Va defense matrix

- Call for our D.Va to defense matrix enemy barrage
- Call for pressure onto enemy D.Va at start of fight to prevent matrix for Pharah


D.Va Self-Destruct:
* Good at the start of fights to open space for your team
* Good to use on points/payloads
* Good to use in Graviton Surges

- Call for team preemptively how to play around D.Va bomb (Push forward or bait)
- Consciously stay away from open areas mid-fights
- Use D.Va bomb on your own team to counter enemy dives (maybe during EMP?)

Sombra EMP:
* Good in open areas
* Need follow-up
* Fucks over Pharah/Mercy

- Engage when you know Sombra is out of position to use EMP
- Make it hard for enemy team to follow up
- Peel with your own EMP
- Hide with Lucio Sound Barrier from EMP
- Take unorthodox rotations to catch enemy plans off-guard (counters shatter/D.Va)
- Play fast, don't make her setup perfectly

Genji Dragonblade (nanoblade):
* Fucks you up.

- Pressure enemy Ana to force premature nano usage.
- Try to hack
- Hide and surprise enemy team to ruin their plans

Brigitte Rally:
* Good for extra HP
* Prevents dives on backline short-term

- Poke the armor down if possible

Lucio Sound Barrier:
*  Overall good ability everywhere and everything

- Hack the Lucio
- Pressure the Lucio (Brigitte)
- Force Sound Barrier with Primal Rage
- Dislocate enemy team to make them split, unreliable (Winston, D.Va ult)

Ana Nanoboost:
* Good for healing tanks
* Good to initiate fights with

- Pressure enemy Ana
- DON'T pressure enemy tanks (useless)
- Position yourself awkwardly, or be prepared to sleep dart
- Should be prioritized as offensive ultimate rather than disruption (if you already have D.Va or Winston ultimate)

Zenyatta Transcendence:
* Good to counter engages
* Good to counter EMP

- Pressure enemy Zenyatta to force it out (Tracer/Winston/Sombra)
- D.Va bomb to counter Transcendence grouping up
- High noon to counter Transcendence healing

Mercy Valkyrie:
* Good to counter incoming dives onto you
* Good for prolonged fights (healing and extra poke damage)
* Pretty much ensures resurrection (KILL HER monkaW)

- Take fast fights (instagib Mercy, or someone else during duration)
- Play safe, they'll win open fights pretty easily. Either instagib or back out and wait.

Hammond Minefield:
* Good on points or payloads

- Don't play on points or payloads

Junkrat RIP-tire:
* Good at the start of fights

- Kill or avoid the RIP tire
- Flankers watch out for Junkrat hiding - EZ Kill

Moira Coalesence:
* Good as power spike in tank compositions
* Good to kill Pharah/Mercy

- Play corners make it hard for sightlines
- Split enemy team up
- Either ALL-IN or ALL HIDE

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Enemy ultimate priority:
TOP PRIO:
- EMP, Graviton, Nanoboost, Self-destruct, Earthshatter, Nanoblade, Coalesence

MID PRIO:
- Primal Rage, Minefield, Valkyrie, Barrage

REACTIONARY:
- Transcendence, Sound Barrier


PLAY AROUND ENEMY ULTIMATES:
- Dry engage if unwinnable fight and you have time
- Unorthodox positions disrupts TOP PRIO ultimate executions
- D.Va Self-Destruct to make space and fuck up enemy plans
            - Purposely give up space, and then D.Va ult (holding chokes enables EZ ults for enemy)
- D.Va Self-Destruct on top of you to counter dives (not vs. insta-kill combos)
- AGGRESSION or UNORTHODOX playstyle disrupts coordinated enemy team
- Walking to objective is too stereotypical and easy for enemy to work with
- Primal Rage can be used freely to force ultimates and win ultimate economy, rarely effective "teamfight ultimate" this meta

DISRUPTION ULTIMATES: Self-Destruct, Primal Rage, Nanoboost - DISRUPT ENEMY TEAM -> WIN ULT ECONOMY
!!! Self Destruct for chaos, not for damage (i.e. for SPACE, for DISRUPTION -- not to land kills with Primal Rage combo)

Need offensive ultimate to wrap up fight after chaos (Nanoboost)

WHEN TO DRY FIGHT:
- They have tier 1 offensive ultimate and you're not in a position to reliably play around it
- Exhausted ultimate economy
- NO DISRUPTION ULTIMATES to force out unwanted ultimates or chaos enough chaos

HOW TO WIN FIGHT WITH LESS ULTIMATES:
1. CAUSE CHAOS (Do WEIRD (OR EARLY) rotations, DISRUPT enemy team (Primal Rage, Self-Destruct)
2. Force out support ultimates while disrupting to reduce value, counter with your own if possible
3. Offensive ultimate to secure fight post-support ultimate (Nanoboost, Dragonblade, EMP, Coalesence, Barrage, Graviton)