Overwatch Overwatch Shion Guide and Overview

Shion is the newest DPS hero riding her motorcycle into Overwatch on Tuesday, June 16th. She is a high-mobility, high-burst-damage hero armed with dual-wielded pistols.

Compared to the other heroes in the flanker sub-role, she has more respectable mid-range capabilities. Her core game plan is using Joyride to quickly traverse maps and get into flanking positions for surprise attacks. Once she's in the enemy backlines, Shion is self-sufficient, especially after you've earned both Perks.

• Check out her full list of abilities below, as well as the official reveal trailer from Blizzard, and check back later for a full breakdown of all abilities, tips, team synergies, and how to counter Shion in your Season 3 Overwatch games!

TLDR

As

• Activate Joyride behind cover and engage by launching it straight at your target. Use the knockup effect to set up easy follow-up shots for the final blow.
• Execution should be used as often as possible. At close range, don't waste time charging; just tap to minimize downtime without sacrificing damage.
• The initial dash of Satsuriku Spree's Rush Burst, deals no damage. Only the explosion of pistol shots at the end. Make sure you end each Rush right next to your target.

Against

• Shion Excels in the mid to close range. Keep your distance, and use high ground to evade her pathing as she has primarily horizontal movement capabilities.
• Anytime you see a Shion player strafe behind cover, expect them to use Execution or Joyride the moment they reappear. Move position or get behind a barrier.
• Satsuriku Spree damage is fully projectile which means you can block her ult by using barriers or damage mitigation abilities like Barrier Field and Javelin Spin.

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Primary Fire: Kira Pistols

Tips for Kira Pistols

• Great close to mid-range damage.
• • Past the falloff point of 20m, damage output of Kira Pistols becomes extremely poor.
  • Ping targets or the environment near your targets to get a feel for how to space properly, and the path to areas where you can engage within your optimal range.

Secondary Fire: Execution

Tips for Execution

• Spam off cool down
• • Very short 5 sec CD allows means there is very little value in holding onto Execution for an "ideal scenario."
• Charge behind corners
• • If you are going to charge, never stand in the open where you can be attacked. Always take cover until the moment before you fire.
• Charge doesn’t increase damage like Zenyatta's; it tightens the spread
• • At close range, just tap right-click.
  • Can’t be canceled with melee or other abilities. Once activated, you are locked in the animation until you fire.

[SHIFT]: Evade

Tips for Evade

• Best time to use Evade is mid-fight once the enemy has already started attacking you.
• • Generates bonus health + dodge their abilities and stuns such as Flashbang.
  • Use Evade freely compared to Joyride which you need to use more sparingly due to it's longer cooldown
• Evade can be using while charging Execution or immediately after to catch enemies off guard, or dodge their coutner attacks.
• Activating Evade during Joyride launches it forward, grants bonus health, and makes you more evasive.
• • Against heroes who have stuns like Sleep Dart, this is an important tech to have in your arsenal so you don't get stunned off the bike.
  • However, dumping both your movement abilities at once leaves you stranded. Only do so when you know your teammates are nearby to assist you, or if your target is completely isolated.
  • Best use case is to launch the bike, by Evade dashing behind cover.
• Evade is not affected by any slow debuffs, making it excellent for escaping abilities such as Ravenous Vortex.

[E]: Joyride

Tips for Joyride

• Aim + movement both affect steering and speed.
• • Hold back at the start to stay in place and gain control before driving full speed ahead.
  • Adjust "Relative Aim Sensitivity" under hero settings if you find it difficult to steer.
• 190 damage for landing a boop + explode.
• • Standard 250 HP heroes can be KO’d by boop, boop, boom.
• Jump + launch
• • Although not listed in the official tooltips, Shion can charge up dismount while airborne to aim and launch her bike.
  • Useful on flanks, or to drop in from above to set up combo against an enemy in the open.
• Joyride bike as a projectile is unique in its properties, similar to D.Va's Self-Destruct. The bike cannot be stopped by Deflect or absorbed by Defense Matrix. Unlike Self-Destruct, Joyride is not affected by knockback abilites such as Whip Shot.
• • If Shion is stunned off the bike, the bike will still launch forward and explode as usual.
• Activating Satsuriku Spree also launches the bike.

Ultimate: Satsuriku Spree

Tips for Satsuriku Spree

• Satsuriku Spree can be equally valuable for eliminating one target at a time or going for grouped up enemies.
• • Ideally, you can make full use of its AoE damage and get multi-KOs. However, doing so will often lead to dying because of multiple enemies focused on counterattacking you. Track enemy positions and prioritize vulnerable and isolated enemies first.
• When using primary fire rush burst, the initial dash animation deals no damage. Only the explosion at the end does.
• • Make sure you end Rush-Bursts by touching your target.
• Satsuriku Spree damage is projectile, meaning that it can be completly absorbed or blocked by mitigation abilites such as Defense Matrix or Kinetic Grasp.
• In case you see any tips from Shion's launch about Melee cancel tech, that has been patched out as of June 18th
• • "Resolved an issue that allowed Shion quick melee to be used during Satsuriku Spree"

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