Which heroes can escape Zarya's ult?
Zarya's ult pulls in enemies and bunches them together for a short period of time. As far as I can tell, there is no way to walk out of it or jump out of it with normal movement options.
Are there any heroes that can escape the ult using their abilities? Are there limitations to those escapes?
Heroes that I think might be able to escape (none of these tested or confirmed, listed in no particular order):
- Tracer (blink, rewind)
- Junkrat (bomb jump)
- Winston (jump jets)
- Pharah (jump jets)
- Reaper (Wraith form, REAPositioning?)
- Genji (dash)
- Mercy (guardian angel)
- Widowmaker (grappling hook)
- D.Va (jets, nerf this?)
- Reinhardt (charge)
- McCree (dodge roll?)
Best Answer
These heroes have the capability to actually escape a Graviton Surge after getting trapped in one:
Tracer can use a Recall to escape, or two quick Blinks.
Reinhardt can use a Charge to escape.
Genji can use a Swift Strike to get out of it.
Reaper can use Wraith Form to escape.
D.va can use her Boosters to escape.
Widowmaker can use her Grappling Hook to escape."
Per this guide (which I personally found very helpful, it's far more than just tactics, it explains counters in-depth as well along with specific information about each ability), those are the only heroes currently (as of June 3rd 2016) capable of escaping, and he specifically listed how he thought it was weird that winston and pharah were unable to escape considering the strength of their jumps.
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- Tracer (blink, rewind)
- Junkrat (bomb jump)
- Winston (jump jets)
- Pharah (jump jets)
- Reaper (Wraith form, REAPositioning?)
- Genji (dash)
- Mercy (guardian angel)
- Widowmaker (grappling hook)
Does graviton surge do damage?
Zarya launches a gravity bomb that draws in enemy combatants and deals damage while they're trapped.[Quick Tip] 5 Heroes that can escape Zarya Ult - Overwatch
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Answer 2
As of the July 27 2017 patch, the answer changed. Now all movement abilities are blocked.
So now there are the following ways to escape:
- Orisa: Fortify
- Zenyatta's Ult (immunity)
- Mercy's Ult if there's someone in range to rez (short immunity)
Zarya
Graviton Surge Now disables mobility abilities on all affected targetsDeveloper Comment: In the past, the abilities that allowed heroes to escape Zarya’s Graviton Surge felt fairly arbitrary. We’re cleaning this up and increasing Graviton Surge's overall power by rendering all movement abilities unusable when an enemy is trapped.
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