How to troll with Lifeweaver

[@TheEquestrianGallade]

Holy shit, they made a hero more toxic than Mei.

[@devo2920]

Lol truth

[@Gloom_Lore]

I mean. Widow, Sojourn, Hanzo, Sym, Bastion, Torb, Junkrat and Pharah all exist.

[@mMonti_]

@@Gloom_Lore Skill issue

[@69-6tranquangbach7]

why Mei toxic? Because the walls?

[@Pasakoye]

Its pure toxic positivity. The monsters.

[@AngeloRyanMaalat]

The Overwatch Devs realizing what they've done: 😶😮

[@Kaos835]

i have a feeling they will implement an anti grief system with the ability where it will scope out where you would pull the teammate to and not let you pull them at certain locations

[@krooke9514]

They knew this would happen. They just don't care.

[@feidamack2006]

​@Blind or have it spawn a mini petal platform where they get pulled to

[@scubanooch2713]

Still the applications alone for this in ranked are mind boggling

[@AlyxTremblay]

@@Kaos835 I really highly doubt that... It's Blizzard.

[@thecheck968]

You know what? I suddenly see why his dash ability is an essential element of his kit

[@wcfourk8109]

LMAO

[@vergil2746]

I personally want to meet the person responsible for this character. And then shake their hand.

[@RedRosemaryDoll]

and then what else? you left me at an ultimate cliffhanger... literally...

[@PokiDoki-]

@@RedRosemaryDoll good one

[@Necro-the-Pyro]

How about chop it off so they can't program any more?

[@jamelsothilingam3848]

I did 🙂. I've been pestering blizzard for years on forums to add a pull your teammates mechanic, like a friendly hog hook. Guess they finally added it. I did it under the guise of saying this would be a useful ability for saving overextending dps. But the truth is I just wanted this added so I could troll the fuck out of my teammates.

[@damired]

@@jamelsothilingam3848 legend

[@TimothyMark7]

imagine about to get a perfect gravetic flux grab as sigma only for lifeweaver just to pull you back off a ledge

[@thiagoleonardo2484]

He cant pull you if you are using an ult wich is good

[@TimothyMark7]

@@thiagoleonardo2484 nah he can, if you seen the OW dev video he can basically pull phara during her ultimate, so he can as well with sigma

[@we1chy976]

I don't think Flux is the best example, you could just fly back to safety

[@brendanliew9598]

​@@we1chy976 what if pulling him also cancels the ult?

[@we1chy976]

@brendanliew9598 from what I've seen of people playing as him it doesn't cancel the ult

[@oldproduke67e83]

They need to give him a voice line when he does this to just say “Oops”

[@Ramsey276one]

"OH... *Ummm..." XD

[@karntherandom1125]

There’s one voice where he says ทานโทษ (pronounced Tahn-Tohd, basically a short, informal version of “ขอประทานโทษ”, which means ‘pardon me’ or ‘forgive me’ in Thai). As a Thai, the tone when he says that basically screams “oops” because he sounds more amused than remorseful 😂. I’m not sure if he’ll say that if he makes mistakes or if it’s one of the kill quotes of the enemy Lifeweaver if he eliminates someone or blocks someone’s ult.

[@mamama205]

For optimal trolling, make sure you've walked backwards before using the grasp since the recall point doesn't move with you after casting.

[@sunflowertf]

honestly they just need to change his entire kit because it doesn’t fit overwatch

[@qweasdqwe2409]

@@sunflowertf nuh uhhh

[@sunflowertf]

@@qweasdqwe2409 i don’t care what you think ngl

[@qweasdqwe2409]

@@sunflowertf nuh uhh

[@0scout]

​@@sunflowertfthat's what makes the character unique

[@millamike4207]

Feels like teleporter troll 6 years ago😂

[@zenyattakawai3076]

But way worst , TP asked for it's use, was an ult, and was less effective in killing teammates. This is the shitiest thing ever in OW.

[@yahia5476]

@@zenyattakawai3076 Don't worry (probably), they did say that there are measures to prevent this in the live version which aren't here

[@zenyattakawai3076]

@@yahia5476 Hope so

[@Alibaba-vw9xj]

@@zenyattakawai3076 Haha yoink grip go brrrrr

[@MsLuckoftheDraw]

shit, I forgot about that troll strat. Good memories

[@Yorishiriamori]

Blizzard trully doesnt know their own playerbase when they release a hero like this

[@D.Wapher]

They could have given the target a confirmation button to press 😂

[@redknight100]

@@D.Wapher yes, but that would straight up take too long, if he’s being played “correctly”… with a split second decision, like pulling someone away from an earth shatter, you don’t have time to cast your grab, and then wait for them to accept (edit: changed except to accept)

[@D.Wapher]

@Ambrose I understand, it'll be a lot less responsive and useful if it needs the target's confirmation.

[@knyt0]

did everyone forget about mei??

[@D.Wapher]

@@knyt0 Mei can troll you by blocking your path, yes, but not pull you off the map, pull you from making critical plays(like some offensive ults) imo. Mei has less potential in terms of trolling teammate and everyone kinda knows her well enough that you usually can figure out whether she's trolling or not.

[@danielconner5416]

this is like the coolest ability with a ton of utility and simultaneously the literal most problematic thing that could be in the game

[@progaming-ok8tq]

Ot could all be solved if they made a accept feature so they don't get pulled without consent

[@Kmosely42]

​@@progaming-ok8tq Yea, but then it almost ruins the utility outside of high levels of play. Like theres so much cool about it for sure, but its also an incredibly problematic design.

[@progaming-ok8tq]

@@Kmosely42 i don't see why it ruins the utility of it in lower ranks, if the genji needs healing and is in trouble they would accept the tp and then the life weaver would heal them

[@spectenix]

​​@@progaming-ok8tq I mean, that idea is cool on paper, but your Genji would need a good reaction time too

[@eddieisverygay7937]

@@progaming-ok8tq ah yes just react to the prompt when you’re 1 hp i’m sure that would be consistent

[@herberthoovers]

I swear watching his gameplay feels like I’m watching a Pokémon unite video

[@aquafox4048]

I'd agree, but there's a severe lack of crowd control going on compared to unite lol

[@ArdaSReal]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@D.Wapher]

@@aquafox4048 bro 💀

[@R0iT]

This mf worse than Zacian

[@overskys1007]

what if they purposely made him cute like that to hide the fact that he's meant to be a bitch it's like the toxic gaslighting boyfriend who keeps throwing you off cliffs but "i would never do harm to you baby girl"

[@petchakartz1625]

what a narcissist haha

[@RedRosemaryDoll]

aww look at you trying to make him less sus. he is zesty af... lol

[@cloroxbleach1640]

Like mei

[@thiagoleonardo2484]

Like sym? I dont think we need another evil character that is based around light lol

[@sebastianrodriguez8992]

Mei

[@Slipgatex]

Andrew starting his Villain arc

[@gunkman_man]

devs should add a function: if your character is environmentally killed by a friendly lifeweaver pull, you respawn in a flower at the spot you were pulled from with 20% health lost or something

[@_lost_paradise5089]

Not gonna lie... I know pretty much shit all about OV2(Im just here for the funnies, and Andrew is epic). I just woke up and saw this title, and for the briefest of moments, I absolutely 100% percent thought his name was Wifeleaver and I busted out laughing. So that's what I shall now forever refer to this character as:) Just thought I'd share that xd. Love you Andrew

[@Akzcer]

If you check his origin story cinematic you can see, that he actually left his family 😂

[@cometleijon964]

@@Akzcer LMAOOOOO

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi62]

@@Akzcer nahh 💀

[@sebastianrodriguez8992]

The amount of trial and error you must've been going through just to gain the technique to now be a professional troller with this character is amazing

[@aGumball]

bro's giving them a reason to rework this ability 💀

[@simonshura9144]

Not really controversy is good publicity

[@fartmnms]

Or just rework the hero 😂😂😂

[@battadenis7632]

No way this is going to stay as is...

[@simonshura9144]

It will 😂 controversy is all needed nowdays

[@SSADO-]

They didn’t change Mei’s wall after more than 6 years i doubt they care enough to change this

[@battadenis7632]

@@SSADO- yeah but mei didn't pull you off the map with her wall

[@SSADO-]

@@battadenis7632 yes, but if they didn’t fix something as simple as that it makes me think they won’t rework an entire newly added hero. Although I could be wrong

[@AAnotherCarter]

The real reason why there's a price on his head in 17 countries

[@Roanoak]

Honestly, trolling is funny in this context for a KZbin video, but this ability has so much potential to be amazing and completely life-saving for a lot of your teammates

[@seanharmon713]

The game is gonna be full of raging people brutally flaming Lifeweaver without realising he saved their life.

[@Roanoak]

@@seanharmon713 yeah well it's overwatched what's new?

[@Roanoak]

@@seanharmon713 as a support main, I already get raged at every 5 seconds because I can't heal everyone constantly all the time...

[@moonbro5381]

"Come here, will you?"

[@YoBoyMerciless]

I feel like a way they could balance this out is perhaps make it to where when you try and grab someone, they get a notification that they can either accept or deny to be pulled. Similar (but not equal) to how with Ana there’s a setting where when you want to Nano someone you press the ultimate before activating immediately you can either confirm or cancel the action on that specific hero if it’s not who you want to nano.

[@DjNaste]

That just flips the problem from feeling bad for the teammate to feeling bad for the lifeweaver when they waste their cooldown on someone who doesn't react to the prompt in time and dies.

[@YoBoyMerciless]

@@DjNaste I didn’t say it would have to activate his cooldown, same way canceling nano doesn’t use nano.

[@michaelranger9694]

I feel that overwatch is so fast paced, it wouldn’t be as good, the lifeweaver won’t be able to save you in split second decisions when both have to react quickly to get out of the situation

[@eurielrabano5732]

Well the point of his life grip is to save anyone who's critical and in the midst of the enemy. Having to react to the notification kinda defeats the purpose of an emergency

[@hirokokueh3541]

@@DjNaste maybe default as accept, and the target can choose to get off during the pull

[@Judoka008]

You know people are going to troll the Nano Genjis on their team.

[@milesgreenaway6008]

Hadn’t even thought of that! Thank you

[@SSADO-]

@luke 21 How does wall climbing help? I don’t think you understood thrm

[@dolpsum8492]

@@luke-ut7xv yes can , being Targeted by the skill can only be cancelled by lifeweaver himself once he got his view on you while in Genji's ult it's pretty much RIP ult .

[@carlawinter8867]

What a wonderful clip to watch before heading to bed xD. Thanks for the laughs, can't wait to troll my friends

[@SirAwesomeVille]

Agreed hahahah I can feel the evil rising within me

[@darkhero5395]

Life protects life by trolling 😂

[@krysys9703]

It'd be so easy to fix this its insane how it hasn't been thought of. - With the Lifegrip ability, make it so players can only be dragged over walkable surfaces, if there's a walkable surface beneath you, you'll continue to be dragged, if there's a non-walkable surface like a slope or death zone, you won't be dragged and stay stationary at the edge. If that can't be done. - Show in the killfeed that Lifeweaver killed a teammate and grant the teammate a reduced respawn or even instant for that dumbass play.

[@Gaming_Legend2]

the removal of cooldown could be abused by pulling a tank who is about to die just for it to be ready faster to come back than if it was going to get killed

[@SakuyalzayoiTheMaid]

instant respawn still means they gotta walk all the way back from spawn, just make it a cast with like a 10 second timer to accept whenever as long as there is a sightline and appropriate distance, you can just hit interact to instantly beam yourself back to him within those 10 seconds or just let it run out, helps unorganized teams and prevents trolling in one go

[@onem0repixel]

- I was thinking the same for the first point. But....hmm... lifeweaver can create a platform... - I think you cannot have any effect on respawn in this type of game. The problem needs to be resolve in another way

[@LGSN96]

The second idea is a great one. I don't think the first could work because one of the big things it can do is save falling enemies, so it would lose a pretty useful function

[@SasquatchPJs]

Blizzard has proven time and time again how inept they are with "walkable positions." They straight up removed Doom's target slam after years of trying to fix it.

[@monkeybrain0212]

When I saw this in the trailer I was like....the trolls.....they're plotting! Noooooooooooo!

[@T_Patti]

Bro, Satan, take a chill pill would ya 💀

[@wiz3404]

maybe they should make it so you can't dash when in air, that might help in these scenarios

[@nicouwu4416]

I see two changes that woud make trolls less annoying: show on kill feed that lifeweaver killed a teammate and instant respawn for those killed by it

[@MythBoy64]

Literally just make it so people have to accept the pull (and an option to auto accept the pull from certain players)

[@nicouwu4416]

@@MythBoy64 then the point of the ability would be lost, quickly rescuing teammates, like they're falling into a pit, they have no time to accept because they often wouldn't expect it

[@nizarmaazouz5903]

Im less scared about people trolling and more about disrupting my plays or accidently throwing by pulling me in the wrong moment. I could be going for a risky play as a tank but the lifeweaver would judge it as too risky and pull me back just like that. No hero should be able to control what I do with my own character.

[@MythBoy64]

@@nicouwu4416 Which is why communication is important. All your teammate has to do is tell you that they're gonna switch to lifeweaver or you have to see that they've picked lifeweaver, then you can expect/hope for it.

[@MiraChanDesu]

Then when my doom is low and about to die I’ll pull him to his death so he can instant spawn and come back into the fight 😅

[@NunDragonfly]

Peak overwatch character design

[@pizzadeliveryspringtrap9152]

The only thing he is missing is an annoying voice line like "no need to thanks me" after he pulls you back.

[@sebzyrkov6946]

Those dying sounds of JQ and Ana at the beginning of the clip made me double check if I closed all the tabs I needed to

[@deadneopet]

This is Symmetra all over again. Back when she used to teleport to cliffs and teammates would fall for it lmfao

[@2356tigerhs]

OW staff have suppressed their inner trolling minds but finally, get exploded.

[@SqiddoGD]

I think people are unnecessarily scared of this ability, sure you can troll with it, but It’s the same with mei wall. Probably just going to be an issue early on and then die out.

[@k41e546]

this is way worse then mei's wall

[@RedRosemaryDoll]

@@k41e546 i 1,000% agree. this guy is about to be annoying af and might get nerfed.

[@dazza2350]

This is roadhog hook but for teammates why do you think people wouldn't abuse this

[@spraynpray877]

I don’t think it’s the trolling that’s gonna be the main issue. I can only imagine how many times people are gonna get pulled away when they’re about to get a elim or ult, simply because the Weaver doesn’t know when to use they’re ability.

[@Vincent-jt3wr]

I mean it's kinda like Symetra's TP, which was at first her ult and could be place from anywhere on the map. Many people used it to TP their team off the map and i think it may have been one of the reasons for the ability getting a rework. This guy will probably be a similar case

[@obtheair]

And that time, all teammates said "I Here" with Thai angry accent.

[@morganboyer9996]

Now the supports can finally do something to those charging tanks that leave the whole team just to die fighting the whole enemy team in their spawn

[@DjNaste]

But sometimes fighting the team in their spawn is the correct play

[@progaming-ok8tq]

Bruh shut up, I don't complain that you are not healing right so don't complain about the decisions I make

[@spectenix]

​@@DjNaste Yeah, you said it. "Sometimes"

[@Necro-the-Pyro]

I expect I will often get yanked back just as I pop ball shields and am about to kill their supports because some narcissistic LW player assumed they know how to position me better than me.

[@bhcbhc]

When Jeff was the head of the team, he made a point that no hero should affect another teammate's choice of mobility. I guess this is why, but I still can't wait to pull all charging rein back to the team.

[@SakuyalzayoiTheMaid]

you can un-throw your team mates or throw your team mates, its too much power for one to handle

[@sleepyboiiz]

This new DPS hero looking crazy😂❤

[@AngelicMerci]

im literally just gonna start playing diva to fly out of there.

[@buildafineshrine]

Why did I laugh EVERY time? 🤣 I love that Flats at first was like Idk if u can do this without falling off the map yourself and Andrew was like Hold my beer

[@Obozo_Gaming]

100% Gonna replace Mei as the devil.

[@buttons2mash185]

"I have you!" ... "AAAAAAAAAHHHH"

[@maexerastargaryen7162]

I think they could just let a small platform spawn under the hero he's pulling, so they don't fall down immediately and still have time to jump onto safe space. Idk if that's feasible tho.

[@КаРтавый-д7ч]

Now I got a new reason to main this Giorno Giovanna. To make sure that no troll picks him to destroy my team

[@spoopyspades5740]

This is foul. I love it.

[@jakeeatscake7757]

Going to be on my knees begging whenever I see a life weaver now

[@chasebrady7457]

It has begun.

[@ivanhermoso5330]

*come here will you? This Will be the last words you will hear in quick play

[@fbear0117]

For science...You monster!

[@per5791]

thank you for teaching them

[@christiandesanto7249]

They need to make it so the teammate being grabbed has to manually accept it and then be pulled in.

[@weekender880]

That would take way too long. It works on top-view games such as LoL, but would be way too slow for a first person shooter

[@peterwilkinson1975]

Priests mindcontrolling people off the bridge in eye of the storm 😅

[@DangerDurians]

I can imagine this actually being used to save road hogs going to dumb hooks But yeah, as a lucio/hog player Can’t wait until I can get environmentals on my own team

[@snoski2697]

As god intended

[@featherlight5998]

lmao dont know why i was expecting a full gameplay video

[@stinkor1924]

this man devious af lmao

[@CaptDuty491]

This is the reason why he is banned from 17 countries

[@rbk6102]

It will be 20 countries soon

[@kellensolomon4954]

Andrew is an agent of chaos

[@chilakilorompeortos]

Imagine getting into a game and your teammates are: Doomfist, Mei and Lifeweaver 😂😂😂😂😂 RIP Overwatch

[@aba6104]

he's plotting something devious 😈💯

[@xigmund6652]

Redshell is going to have a blast with this hero

[@calebpotts645]

@flats HAS to see this! He was just talking about how afraid he was of this very thing lol

[@shuures6361]

All i heard was come here will you and screams

[@yingyang4583]

Wouldn't be suprising if they did a Halo move where you get kicked out after a certain amount of Team Kills That or the option to cancel/cut the tether pull before it even activates

[@Dragosmom.]

That is the best idea I've seen. Press the interact key to detach early.

[@butter_boi1500]

This is how you stop stream snipers.

[@RaidenKunii]

encourage*

[@Relevart9169]

someone they didn't think about that when it was the first thing literally everyone thought of

[@kanikanegi6579]

Now I'm scared of friendly fires😂😂😂😂

[@TheeHoliday]

Hmmm maybe they could give the ally getting pulled a midair jump when they get pulled? 🤔

[@romeomartinez9749]

Overwatch devs: Oh no! We have done a little bit of trolling in accident! Welp time to nerf genji again

[@kokokirifull]

*Sym teleporter near the cliff flashback*

[@Butterzzzz]

Why the fuck did they ever think using a hero to drag another hero would be a good idea

[@cat8506]

just saw this video reposted on tiktok with like 700k views (credit was given tbf)

[@haron521]

They're gonna ban people who doing this for 100 years no cap

[@saadtab0156]

they knew what they were doing

[@hunterpalmer3183]

Ok, but like, can you be wholesome with lifeweaver. Everyone is talking about how trolly he is but have you ever stopped and considered not trolling.

[@Suprnova182]

Oh dear god…

[@loscap9171]

That just evil

[@KaneLivesInDeath]

Mei: I'm the best troll character ever! Symmetra: Oh, you think you're so cute! Lifeweaver: Hold my flowers~

[@enzomeinert8134]

Finally some actual gameplay!

[@TheDarkSpade1]

Life Grip: killing allies since WoW 2004

[@logancutler6267]

Yeah, this is going to be a real problem.

[@maccheesed689]

And its begone, were doomed

[@basilisk760]

The way to balance this is if someone does this once they get perma ip banned forever

[@dakotanelson8523]

Honestly intentional trolling aside, this cab be be bad for higher level tanks and DPS who's support don't have faith in them to win fights and can now just force them to pull back.

[@i_i-v8k]

Ok, I need try to master those technics

[@voltingmaster5458]

The good news is that you can easily report them for gameplay sabotage.

[@gnarlyemperor4723]

This may be a support I like other than Lucio lol

[@lannandogarcia4391]

Playing Lifeweaver doesnt change People, it shows how they really are.

[@crudelicious4896]

I figured it was gon' be pretty bad, but not this bad ..... lmao

[@mohammedkhalid6177]

I think they could easily fix this by giving the other teammate the option to cancel the life grip, but blizzard will be blizzard I guess

[@γειαείμαιοεπικεφαλήςτου]

Good example how the entire world is getting done for.

[@thatxboxguy5553]

this was a psy-op, everyone who watched this video is immediately put on some blizzard blacklist for trollers.

[@Ryuuko3]

Man i can't wait to play this character

[@bradentibbles]

next level troll tech.

[@Thor7172]

come here, will you

[@EtonuiYoutube]

Easy fix! Just nerf Genji.

[@requ1emYBA]

how did they not think this through to have like some kind of denied action for when you’re near a cliff edge???

[@user-mj7yz2nw5f]

I’m getting PTSD from old sym tp

[@manscarlson4509]

Symmetra teleport all over again