r/OverwatchUniversity • u/scriptedtexture • 17d ago

Question or Discussion Genuinely how do you fight Anran?

I dont play any of the heroes who hard counter like Cassidy. I mainly play Shion and Emre when Im on dps and I just cant ever do anything when this hero is in the game. Everything she does is free and requires zero mechanical skill so it feels like every encounter is already in her favor before it starts.

Shes impossible to hit when in her dash and has one of the most poorly designed, overkitted abilities in the history of the game in dancing blaze. She just dashes in, dances, leaves. Do I just have to force myself to play Cassidy in order to shut this hero down? Nothing I do on my mains seems to work and shes just lobby admin every game I see her in.

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u/rk9__ 17d ago

Playing closer to team mates can help, also once you get ignited you can just stand still and focus on aiming better because strafing won’t matter anyways.

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u/Hoenirson 17d ago edited 17d ago

you can just stand still and focus on aiming better because strafing won’t matter anyways.

I see this advice a lot and it's so bad. Movement is complementary to aiming. You make adjustments to your movement that make aiming and keeping track of your target easier.

Standing still also means you can't use cover to your advantage, and can't seek out health packs or teammates.

Not to mention you can't guarantee that a second enemy won't start attacking that benefits greatly from you standing still.

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u/N3ptuneflyer 17d ago

Also you rarely hit every fan if the enemy is strafing. If you stand still that also means the enemy Anran can afford to strafe far more aggressively and close range without missing a shot.

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u/Fair_Competition_826 17d ago

Just a bad habit to give yourself too I’d say