PlayingOverwatch 2online can be frustrating, as one player found out when their team abandoned them during a match, but in a wholesome twist, the enemy team worked together to get Reaper a pentakill. Comp matches inOverwatch 2do not currently have a surrender option, which leads to situations with a full team of 5 against the 1 remaining player. Thankfully this video shared on Reddit has a happier ending than watching one player continuously get killed while walking out of the spawn point.
The characterReaper inOverwatch 2is mostly unchanged in looks, playstyle, and abilities from where he was at the end ofOverwatch. Using twin Hellfire Shotguns, Reaper is a close-range flanker that relies on skirting around the sides of a skirmish and ambushing the opposing team. Without a team of their own, anyone playing Reaper is at a severe disadvantage as the character’s only defensive option is a 35% passive life steal. Reaper’s player Wavychain had no options except to either leave with a penalty or play out the remainder of the match.
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In the clip posted to Reddit by user rawroba, it’s clear that Wavychain’s opponents showed mercy and felt bad after the rest of their team left the game. Using Moira’s healing beam, rawroba keeps their teammates alive so that Reaper’s ultimate ability can be charged up with all five opponents surrounding him in perfect range for his Death Blossom. AMercyOverwatch 2player shared a wholesome momentfrom their own teammate, but this clip shows a wholesome moment from the opposing team, which is a very rare occurrence in online matches.
Death Blossom, Reaper’s ultimate ability, rapidly fires off the Hellfire Shotguns in a tight circular pattern hitting all nearby opponents for 170 damage per second. Wavychain’s opponents remained perfectly set up, including failing to heal some damage, to ensure that all of them fell in one ultimate and gifted the pentakill. This pentakill isn’t as impressive as killing the entire team withTracer’s pulse bomb, but it is satisfying and a very nice gesture from a group of strangers.
Overwatchfans have been asking Blizzard to incorporate a surrender feature since the first ranked season. Moving on to the sequel has not stopped fans from asking whyOverwatch 2doesn’t allow surrendering in comp matches when one side is clearly outmatched, or in the case of Wavychain, most of a team quits the match. Other fans responded to these comments beneath rawroba’s video by explaining that a surrender feature can be abused by players to either get favorable match ups or to grief their own teammates. Fan debates are common, recentlyincludingOverwatch 2’s Cassidy, and while the discussion over allowing a surrender option or not will remain ongoing, wholesome moments in online matches remain a delight for everyone.
Overwatch 2is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
