OverwatchOverwatch Anran Guide and Overview

Anran is a Dive-oriented DPS who uses a combination of burst damage and damage over time attacks. Her kit is very combo-heavy, as none of her abilities are designed to be used in isolation from the rest of her kit. 

Mobility and ability combos are the tools Anran has at her disposal to outplay the enemy. She has good damage potential, but needs to be at medium-close range, where she can attack with her secondary fan and fade. Off angles and flanks are where she should be spending most of her time. Similar to other flank DPS heroes, she finds the most success by using her mobility to bypass the enemies' frontline and isolate the targets that are behind the rest of their team.

If you enjoy heroes with high skill expression, Anran is an excellent choice going into the brand new Season 1 of Overwatch.

TLDR

Playing As

• Alternate between 2 Primary Fire > 1 Secondary Fire, to maximize DPS.
• Only use one Dancing Blaze dash to attack, and always save one charge to escape fights and survive.
• Both Ults are valuable. Although it’s better to secure elims with Ascent, bringing yourself immediately back into the fight and helping your team win is a great use of the revive ult.

Playing Against

• Heroes with the mobility and range to stay outside of the 10m range of Fan the Flames have an advantage in the match-up.
• Crowd Control and stuns are very effective for shutting down Anran’s rush. Target her and finish her off when she tries to escape.
• Quickly target Anran during her ult. If she’s at low HP or takes a second to aim, you can eliminate her while she’s channeling Vermillion Ascent.

Strengths

• High survivability thanks to mobility, dodge, and self-healing abilities.
• Good combination of damage over time from burning, and burst damage from combos.

Weaknesses

• Needs to stay within the short range of her secondary fire to maintain high DPS output. Many heroes have the tools to make this a very difficult task.
• Mechanically challenging. Requires the capability to quickly chain ability combos, track burning duration, and control quick rush speed.

Strengths

High survivability

High survivability thanks to mobility, dodge, and self-healing abilities.

Good DoT and burst

Good combination of damage over time from burning, and burst damage from combos.

Weaknesses

Short ranged

Needs to stay within the short range of her secondary fire to maintain high DPS output. Many heroes have the tools to make this a very difficult task.

Difficult to play

Mechanically challenging. Requires the capability to quickly chain ability combos, track burning duration, and control quick rush speed.

Primary Fire: Zhuque Fans

Tips for Zhuque Fans

• Best ranged damage tool. Zhuque Fans have no falloff damage and igniting some at range is a solid method of building ult charge. 
• Even when you are trying to set up a flank, you should still be trying to get in as much poke damage as possible while repositioning.

Secondary Fire: Fan the Flames

Tips for Fan the Flames

• Short range and low base DPS. Only use to ignite, or to keep enemies ignited.
• Deals 25% ignition, same as primary fire body shots. When the enemy ignition UI is at 75%, Fan the Flames will simultaneously ignite and trigger amplified burning damage.
• You can HOLD primary fire, and tap secondary fire to animation cancel the recovery of Zhuque Fan and min/max your damage output.

[SHIFT]: Inferno Rush

Tips for Inferno Rush

• Treat Rush like a dash or jump. The initial boost can be aimed vertically, but during the rush, Anran cannot gain additional height. 
• • Inferno Rush is her best escape tool. When near high ground or walls, jump+SHIFT while aiming up to quickly boost yourself over the wall to safety.
• One charge for engage, one for disengage. Since you have two boosts available and want to be within Fan’s range, your go-to combat loop should be to use the first charge to pounce the enemy. Try to get the KO or at least get their team to use multiple cooldowns, then use your E to buy time, and SHIFT to get out.
• • Never use both dashes offensively unless your entire team is grouped and committed to fighting the same target as you.

[E]: Dancing Blaze 

Tips for Dancing Blaze

• Requires precise timing. The base duration is less than 1 second, so you’ll need to be very precise with your activation timing. 
• • Try not to preemptively activate Dancing Blaze. Instead, watch the opponent and react to their ability animations to dodge their attack.
• Slight movement control during the dodge. Even though it’s not much, moving to a different spot during the invisibility is very important to make it difficult for the enemy to instantly attack you upon reappearing. 
• Best in crowds. If you are within range of multiple opponents, Anran will continue attacking each target once, resulting in her staying invulnerable for longer. 
• • However, this does not increase her movement range.

Ultimate: Vermillion Ascent and Vermillion Revival

Tips for Vermillion Ascent

• Not invincible. Anran can be killed while channeling Vermillion Ascent. Make sure you have enough health (~175HP+) to survive long enough to aim and charge forward.
• Huge AoE. Check the visual indicator to verify which enemies will be in the explosion radius.
• • Although there is falloff damage from the center of impact, all enemies hit will be 100% ignited.
  • Always follow up your Ult with Fan the Flames to quickly amplify burning damage.
• The dive goes pierces through barriers, but the actual explosion can be blocked. Make sure you wait out barrier abilities before activating her Ult.
• Combo tool.
• • Think of Vermillion Ascent as just one part of a combo. You can either start the combo with it, or use it mid-combo. The dive is not an instant-win or instakill button. To get high value, you’ll need to quickly land primary and secondary fires along with the Ult.

Tips For Vermillion Revival

• If you die near enemies, wait until your team pushes up to create a safe revival space for you. When they are unable to, save your Ult charge for your next life.
• Not a D.Va Bomb. Although Anran explodes upon revival, the burst damage is very low. Be very cautious when reviving, as you’ll need to quickly evade or burst down nearby targets with your secondary and primary fire.
• • Use as much of the allowed.

Minor Perks

Smoulder

• Extends the time of burning.
• Does not extend Fan the Flames amplified damage time.
• Useful for extending damage on enemies that retreat to cover. Will sometimes score an elim where the enemy could’ve just barely lived otherwise.
• Further delays the self-healing passive from activating.

Heat Shield

• Turns Vermillion Ascent into a survival tool. The large AoE makes it consistent and realistic to expect to hit multiple targets per use.
• Enables more aggressive use of your ult. Hitting 2 targets, for example, generates 150 overhealth. 
• Use the overhealth generation mid-fight to as a form of healing, or at the start of an attack to make yourself more tanky.
• Recommended Minor Perk.

Major Perks

Short Fuse

• Rushing through multiple targets in a scrambly fight is a great way to spread burning, inflict damage, and evade damage.
• Hitting the same target twice counts as double cooldown reduction (3s total).
• Be smart about where you position yourself when the Rush ends. You’d have to get 6 impacts to fully refresh the Rush if you don’t have either charge up.

Hungering Blaze

• Extremely potent survival ability.
• Being in range of multiple enemies is even more important when using Hungering Blaze. As mentioned under Ability Tips, Anran will stay invulnerable for longer and additionally heal herself more. 
• Recommended Major Perk.

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