Your Local Kraken

What's your preferred role?

So like in TF2, I'm a chronic Support player 🤣

Who do you play?

My main hero is Zenyatta! He's a comfort hero pick for me.

Why Zen? I used to play him in the original OW and when I got back into the game, I decided to give him a try again.

I'm currently a one trick on Zen.

Favorite skins?

So I usually rotate my skins out but out of what I own, here's what I play with:

My go to skin I play the most is the Solaris Skin:

If Im feeling fancy, I usually run the Mythic Skin with the Gilded or Dawn color palette:

If I'm feeling nostalgic I run the Ra Skin:

If I'm feeling silly, I run the Bathmaster Skin:

It just depends on my mood!

Dream Skins?

The two skins I really want to acquire for Zenyatta are the Subaquatic and Celestial skins!

One day I'll get them.

Misc ramblings:

As a Zen, I've played around a lot of other supports! Here are some personal observations!

Usually the healers I work best with are Kiriko, Wuyang and on occasion Moira!

Kirikos Kitsune Rush with Zens base projectile speed?? Evil.

Combining Discord orb with Moira's lifesteal is also a good combo with good coordination

Wuyangs Ultimates stun helps with crowd control with a discord and some aim

Mercy's good with Zen sometimes especially if she needs a orb on her beam target to damage boost someone instead

Lifeweaver is hit or miss with Zen however his Ult is great for a DPS Zen followup as the Tree keeps everyone up longer than Transcendence

Mizuki is great for protecting each other as supports with his ult while keeping multiple people alive while I as Zen focus on one of need be if they're extremely low.

Baps are usually chill players. Similar to Miz players, they're good with helping me keep the team up with survivability on their side!

Junos a great mobility aid and usually I have positive interactions with Junos! They are usually very sweet players

Anas are a mix bag with Zen. I usually help out with healing output when Ana has to play offensively. Thankfully most Ana players I've played with are very chill and sometimes we get very silly (Aka, Nano boosting the Zen for shits and giggles)

I don't know much about Jetpack Cat with Zen as that's a rare pair up I get. Same with Brig!

I know there's probably supports I've missed but these are some I've personally played with during my time in quickplay!

Hero observations:

As a Zen, I learned a lot just grinding quickplay. I'm not an expert on him though!!

These are my tips as a one trick:

Rotate your healing orb! Usually I start on the Tank but I will move it around to keep DPS up (especially if they are a flanking hero) or to help heal my fellow support so they can help heal the team!

Discord is your friend! I usually ping a discorded enemy to give my team an easy pick! Sometimes it also comes in clutch in dealing with enemies 1v1 if you're staggered from your team and targeted!

Volley shots are great with dealing with snipers! Distance works both ways lol.

Flankers are a pain but keeping your ears out for footsteps near you can save your behind from them! No one expects an aware support.

Your other support is your friend! Working together to keep everyone alive usually helps with team fights. Sometimes I will go purely healing to let my more DPS oriented supports get picks. Sometimes they let me go more DPS Zen to protect them and help the group!

No one expects a Zen to flank. Take the enemy by surprise if you are able to especially if you have the ok from your other support and team!

Transcendence can be a game changer. It is great against High Noon and Dva Bombs. It also is great for emergencies. If you need to hold the ult for a very last minute save, do not feel guilty for doing so!

Final thoughts:

As a hero shooter veteran through TF2, Overwatch's community has been very welcoming and I've been enjoying my time so far! I've met new friends through the game and it's been very enjoyable!