This alone dramatically reduces the deliberate troll potential of the flexibility. But it is not zero. After a little bit of follow in a recreation in opposition to bots, I used to be in a position to often pull an ally right into a pit on goal, with out dying myself, nevertheless it was clearly one thing I wasn’t meant to do. However, this solely applies to pulling an ally into an environmental kill.

It’s unimaginable for the sport to stop Lifeweaver from, say, pulling an ally out of canopy and immediately right into a Widowmaker’s line of fireside. Or, like so many clumsy Mei, unintentionally break a teammate’s ult by snatching them out of place. On that word, characters that may’t transfer throughout their final, like Pharah, Bastion, and even Reaper, can be pulled throughout their ultimates. Which might go very nicely or very poorly.

The temporary interval of invulnerability Life Grip provides helps mitigate the potential hurt, equally limiting its troll potential, nevertheless it’s not a panacea. Anything a Lifeweaver might pull their ally away from is one thing he might pull them into. D.va’s bomb, Junkrat’s tire, Mei’s blizzard, Rein’s shatter, Zarya’s grav.

It’s not a query of whether or not your workforce’s Lifeweaver goes to get you killed. It’s a query of when and how usually.

The Overwatch Hierarchy of Decisionmaking

Depending in your position in Overwatch 2, you may need very totally different reactions to the sentence above. If you are a tank, like Tercius, there is a chance you have not stopped grumbling since first listening to about this. (Even after explaining to Tercius the safeguards in place to stop Lifeweaver from dropping him right into a gap, he nonetheless adamantly dislikes the brand new capability.)

On the opposite hand, in case you’re a support main like me, you may lastly really feel a way of stability for the primary time in your Overwatch profession. I’ve extra hours with Mercy than every other character. (And to stave off the inevitable smears on my honor: Nerfing Guardian Angel was fantastic, you whiners.) And I’m nicely versed within the thought of one other character’s determination getting you killed.

To perceive the issue, we have now to acknowledge an unstated dynamic in Overwatch, which is that the roles are not created equal. There’s a delicate hierarchy for who will get to determine when and easy methods to interact in a workforce struggle. Put merely, a tank can rush right into a struggle and a help can grudgingly observe, nevertheless it’s very tough for a help to fall again from a struggle they know is misplaced and persuade the tank to disengage.

“Yeah, but that’s your choice,” Tercius informed me, referring after all to my determination to avoid wasting his Reinhardt-ass when he expenses right into a dropping battle. “Life Grip isn’t my choice. It removes my agency.” (Tercius is definitely a fantastic Reinhardt and barely does this, however I’ve to vent my frustration with Quickplay tanks someplace.)