Just best avoid a Genji or shielded Zarya given how major the blowback can be if you’re just feeding into their abilities and Ultimates. Those bombs deal almost 190 Damage on their own, so a Mercy pocket can cause some significant damage. She can work in much the same way she does when pocketing Pharah, and can double as both a long-term healing solution, as well as a superb damage booster.Įcho deals enough damage on her lonesome, but with some boosting from Mercy, her sticking bombs can deal and shred most Tanks and shielded Damage heroes.
Mercy is without a doubt the most efficient and effective Support character to play alongside Echo.
This ties into the next tip … Have Mercy on call Alongside effective Support healing - which effectively offsets the lack of any self-healing/shield generation - and Echo can be as if not more damaging than the most effective Tracer or Doomfist. Combined with your duplication Ultimate, and the right timing when it comes to entering a battle, and you’ll find that long-term survival is the obvious key to effective Echo play. So, sure, you can deal a hell of a lot of damage, and when combined with a well-timed float, you can quickly get out of harms way, but you don’t have a Shield or self-healing ability to quickly shift a losing battle in your favour, at least not in the same way a Tracer or Doomfist can.Īs such, you need find a balance between conservative damage output, and fast, effective diving. With a floating ability, she has the aerial mobility of a Pharah, and with her low health but relatively fast and high damage output, she has the ground damage of a Tracey or Doomfist.
Against an effective counter, she can be easily squished and eradicated from an important battle, and so you need to know when and how to commit to a fight. Float like a Pharah, Sting like a Doomfistįirst and foremost it’s important to understand that Echo, at only 200 HP, is heavily reliant on her Ultimate and strong Support play to stay active for long periods. Here are some tips to help you shred, duplicate and carry with Echo in Overwatch like a pro. She brings with her a fascinating Ultimate, a range of unique abilities, and a demanding sense of precision, which makes her an especially entertaining character to play as. The latest and 32nd hero to join the Overwatch roster is perhaps the most diverse and intriguing of the Damage roster.