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Surprisingly dethroning the long-standing dominance of League of Legends is OverWatch, a captivating first-person shooter RPG released worldwide. Since OverWatch is a Blizzard product, interested readers must register with Battle Net to create an account for playing OverWatch.
Apart from OverWatch, there's another excellent free-to-play game called Paladins, which plays quite similarly to OverWatch. Regardless of the game, you must familiarize yourself with OverWatch terminologies. These terms will help you understand the shorthand language used by the developers and within the gaming community. Below are the essential OverWatch terminologies you need to know.
Commonly used terminology in Overwatch, popular jargon in the game Overwatch
Terminology related to Heroes in the Overwatch game.
In Overwatch, heroes are divided into 4 main types, each used for a specific role in battle. To win, you must collaborate with other teammates.
- Offense Heroes: These heroes specialize in attacking, offering a diverse range of skills useful for eliminating enemy heroes and quickly capturing bases depending on the map played.
- Defense Hero: These heroes excel at home defense, with defensive skills to thwart enemy attacks.
- Tank Hero: Considered the beefiest heroes in Overwatch, Tank Heroes are likened to mobile walls with powerful self-enhancing skills, always leading the charge in battles.
- Support Hero: While often overlooked, Support Heroes play a crucial role. They are essential in every battle, specializing in aiding teammates with health and armor buffs, among other attack stats. Mercy, with her resurrection ability, is a prime example.
Terminologies in Overwatch during gameplay.
- Projectile: Refers to weapons that shoot in a specific direction and speed.
- Primary Weapon: The main weapon of a hero.
- Headshot: A commonly used term in the game, referring to when an opponent is shot and defeated in the head.
- Clip: The number of bullets a gun can use per reload.
- Hitscan: Instant shooting upon clicking, as exemplified by Hero Bastion.
- Sight/Line of Sight/LoS: The visible range displayed on the screen.
- Ray: Weapons that shoot bright laser beams are called Ray.
- Kit: Refers to all the skills and weapons of a hero.
- Reload: Reloading, replenishing ammunition when empty.
- Range: Operational range, the distance a Hero can act from.
- Falloff: Refers to explosive projectiles losing damage when shot from a distance.
Terminologies in Overwatch used during gameplay.
- Push: Requires teammates to attack the opponent's base immediately.
- Flank: An action of lurking and then attacking unexpectedly.
- Engage: Entice enemies in and attack.
- Disengage - Opposite of engage: Avoiding that area, careful not to be attacked.
- Snipe: Refers to heroes like ANA or Widowmaker who are snipers.
- Aim: Aiming at the target.
- Positioning: Moving skillfully to choose a position.
- Re-position: Changing position according to strategy or being attacked from a distance.
- Group Up: Gather together to prepare for an attack.
- Zone: Skills to corner opponents.
These are the basic terminologies in Overwatch that you can use and understand more about how to play the Overwatch game. There are still many issues about Overwatch that Mytour will provide detailed guidance on in future articles. In addition, readers can also livestream Overwatch and share highlights with their friends. If you don't know how to do it, you can refer to the article on how to livestream Overwatch and follow it.
