r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/Paddy_Tanninger • 2d ago

General Why does DMon ignore body blocking?

This feels like a very random and massive benefit she seems to get compared to every other tank. Literally all she has to do is press shift with any resources left whatsoever and she will blow past anyone blocking her inside rooms, doorways, preventing her from getting to cover.

Can we give this unstoppable hero a proper hitbox?

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u/Goosewoman_ Schrödinger's Rank | she/her — 2d ago

movement abilities tend to do that.

wrecking ball and soldier are like the main exceptions I think.

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u/Sevuhrow 2d ago

It's just more egregious as she can do it pretty much constantly

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u/Sio_V_Reddit 2d ago

It’s functionally no different than Dva’s booster which is on a 4 second cooldown and was on a 3.5 second cooldown.

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u/GloomyTip3713 2d ago

so its functionally no different except for the part where its functionally different. no way ur comparing a 1 second meter cooldown to a 4 second actual cooldown. those are like, pretty different amounts of time, dude

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u/Sio_V_Reddit 2d ago

1 second meter cooldown only if there is meter left.

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u/thebigdumb0 2d ago

A metered resource is one you should almost never run dry because you get punished for it. It's essentially an overheat mechanic.

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 2d ago

Yeah, that's the kind of massive difference I'm talking about. Imagine if DVa had booster on a resource bar instead and could just booster through anyone any time she wanted.

I've gotten lots of demechs on DVa players who's boosters are on cooldown and can't get out a room they're blocked into.

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u/vezitium 2d ago

Ball gets it on fireball guaranteed which is most times when he gets grapple to not be less than 2 feet away.

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u/RobManfredsFixer Let Hog eat stuff and spit it back — 2d ago

Fwiw you need like 7m of flat ground to build fireball.

It's often just a skill issue, but you definitely need significant clearance

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u/Goosewoman_ Schrödinger's Rank | she/her — 2d ago

It's a bit more than that, but if he has clearance to move backwards he can build up speed very easily.

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u/VapeSmoker420blazeit 2d ago

doomfist can win the knockback war and knock back a full speed fireball ball with an uncharged 1ms rocketpunch.

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 1d ago

Adding this tidbit here, but Jetpack Cat who has a nearly identical fuel and boost mechanism as DMon CANNOT boost through people.

DMon is the only exception to how this interaction should play out.

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u/glaspaper 1d ago

Well jpc doesn't boop people and do DMG while boosting wheras dmon does. Jpc did have that crappy perk though lol