Who is Torbjörn? Torbjörn Lindholm is one of the 17 DPS heroes in the Overwatch 2 domain. He uses his Rivet gun and his auto-turret to damage enemies and hold them during crucial moments. Players picking him have an advantage due to his defensive nature. 3 Beneficial Tips and Tricks Turret Placement: Determining when and where to place your turret can be the most beneficial to your gameplay. Finding a nice corner or placing on a high spot can be a strong move especially since the turret can reach up to 15 meters out. This gives the turret time to deal damage to any enemies nearby and possibly kill them! Defensively, the turret deals 14 damage to enemies every ¼ second, and with coverage, prevents enemies trying to damage it; giving Torbjörn time to repair it. 2. Using Overload in Critical Moments: In those pivotal moments where you are getting attacked by the enemy and on the verge of death; triggering overload allows a supercharge attack. Torbjörn gets a boost in armor by 100 and also increases movement and speed by 30 % for 5 seconds. Allowing you to make defensive moves that are risky, but also can take you out of a risky situation. Reload and fire speed are also increased by 43%, making a smart tactic for any enemy retreating or that may have low health. This allows more damage to be dealt to enemies, reducing the odds of them taking points or moving payload. 3. Molten Core During Choke Holds/ Overtime: Imagine you are in overtime and need to push the payload closer to the point to unlock the objective. What is the best way to make the final push? Using Molten Core is a strong move. If you place the lava all on the payload it can pull away enemies and severely damage and kill them. Direct impact with lava causes 25 damage, 160 damage per second an enemy remains in the lava, and an additional 90 damage per second against armor. So the more direct you can land on enemies the more damage you will deal! This allows your team the chance to come together and push the payload to take objectives! Torbjörn Abilities Rivet Gun: Primary fire is a long ranged; slow firing projectile that deals 70 damage when hitting an enemy and fires .55 seconds between shots; Secondary fire is a powerful short-ranged weapon. It shoots 20 pellets at a time which do 12.5 damage per pellet and a fire rate of .7 seconds between shots. TIP: the secondary fire is not useful in long-range fights due to having damage fall off at farther ranges. So only use up at close range! Forge Hammer: has a hit-range of 2.5 meters and can be swung every .85 seconds. It can repair Torbjörn’s turret at 50 HP per swing or can cause 55 damage to an enemy. Deploy Turret: an automated turret you self-deploy takes 3 seconds to build. Once the 250 HP is fully built it deals 14 damage per ¼ seconds, up to 15 meters out. If the turret is destroyed it will endure a 10-second cooldown for you to self deploy the turret again. If the turret wasn't destroyed it only has a 5-second cooldown and will remove the previous turret and place a new one where directed. TIP: The turret will target any enemy, however if Torbjörn shoots an enemy with his primary fire the turret will target that enemy specifically. Overload: increases armor by 100, reload/fire speed by 43%, and movement speed 30%. This ability has a cooldown of 10 seconds between uses. Molten Core: 10 bolts of lava that are thrown in various directions of your discretion that cause 25 damage on impact, 160 damage per second an enemy remains in the lava, and an additional 90 damage per second against armor. Best Torbjörn Combos Symmetra: You can maintain many areas when you combine both Symmetra's and Torbjörn’s turret. Symmetra can throw 3 turrets that can attach to enemies 10 meters away that deal 40 damage per second. Adding Torbjörn’s turret you have an additional 14 damage every ¼ second. This isn't even including their primary fires. Even their primary fire weapons can deal great damage together. Symmetra deals 60 damage per second, but if she holds the beam on an enemy, shield, or turret for 1.33 seconds it will deal 120 damage per second. Her Secondary does 90 damage once fully charged. So, if you focused on heroes with 200 HP, that's almost 2 shots. Add Torbjörn’s abilities and you have a dangerous duo. Their auto-turrets will target enemies from all angles and with primary/secondary fires the enemy team is going to have a run for their money. TIP: This would prevent flankers like Tracer, Sombra, and Soldier trying to come up from behind. Kiriko: Kirikos healing allows Torbjörn to be more risky especially since he has overload. She can easily use her Swift Step ability, allowing her to teleport through walls within a 35 meter radius to get to an ally. She then uses her Healing Ofuda, primary healing ability, that locks on allies within her sight and heals 70 HP per second. This allows Torbjörn to get plenty of heals while being just a little risky with overload or just in general. Using Kirikos ultimate, Kitsune Rush, allies receive 30% movement speed, 50% increase on reload/fire speed. The ultimate pairs particularly well with Torbjörn as he is able to close the gap quickly and output tons of damage with his turret/primary fire. This will secure more kills and push the enemies away from the Kitsune Rush. Making them a deadly duo. Especially during choke points! Reinhardt: Reinhardt's shield, which has 1600 health , can provide GREAT protection to Torbjörn’s auto-turret and even other teammates. While escorting the payload you can place the turret on the payload itself. What would make this better? In fact, Reinhart placing his 1600 health shield in front of the turret allows enemies to have a more difficult time to push forward and stop the payload. They would have to get through that obstacle and other allies/ turrets weapon damage, allowing your team to push the payload faster and increase chances of winning. Is this the best duo for Torbjörn? Because this defense idea is AMAZING! Who Counters Torbjörn? Pharah: Pharah is a DPS hero that carries a long-range explosive projectile weapon. She deals 120 damage on a direct hit and between 24 and 80 splash damage. Making her able to blow your 200 HP turret in 2 shots. Her rockets travel at 35 meters per second making her rockets deadly for your allies and Torbjörn since most can be killed in 2 hits. Annoying, I know. However, if you position your turret correctly and Pharah isn't able to see it. You might get away with dealing a good deal of damage to her. Pharah’s 2nd ability, Concussive Blast, can push allies away 8 meters. This can throw Torbjörn from his turret while repairing or can even ruin his ultimate, molten core, by changing the area he’s targeting. TIP : Watch position - one blast and she can push you off the map entirely leaving your team vulnerable. Sombra: This hero can hack your turret at any time as long as she is within 15 meters of it. When hacked there will be a floating holographic skull symbol above the turret in the color reddish-orange. This makes your turret inactive for 10 seconds, unless Sombra pulls her 60-round glock into it. Then that's another story. TIP: Making a new turret will not transfer the hacked status from the former turret to the new one. She can even hack your character, taking away any of your abilities for 6 seconds. You are still able to use your weapons, but none of your abilities. This makes attacking her as Torbjörn harder since you are unable to use any of your abilities. However, you do have your short burst secondary rivet gun to push her away if she gets a little too close. 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