In-Depth Guide to Junker Queen | Full Kit Breakdown, How To Play, and Tips & Tricks for Overwatch 2

[@Tikatee]

What kinds of comps do you guys like playing Junker Queen with? I'm becoming worse than a Genji main for how often I ask for Ana's to Nano me 😅

[@sharp_fps3481]

Love a Lucio boost to kite her around!

[@alexlutzmann6361]

I like to hit her with my Zen orb, then forget about her and selfishly focus on DPS.

[@Jason.L.R]

Rush rush rush!

[@brandonjameson1]

Lucio makes her so much more forgiving to play!

[@bubbles0904]

@@alexlutzmann6361 same dude :D

[@RainyMVs]

this is an insanely underrated channel wow lmao how have I not found it earlier. Love in depth analysis of this game

[@recreationaldrama]

I think Junker Queen pairs so well with Brigette as they can compliment one another with aggressive playstyles, close range damage, enabling teammates to become tankier and passive healing.

[@merycabral1849]

Thanks for solving the reason brig with junkerqueen is meta in owl. Can you tell me why Lucio is the second support? Is it just cause the speed amps and sound barrier into enemy rampage to counter the ult. There's alot of overhealth in the comp too.

[@NonJohns]

@@merycabral1849 speed is very good for increasing junker queens effective range but also in general all the heroes in comp comp I've seen has consistent sustain brig fits the mold because she has a shield and tools to peel, and lucio has speed and a constant self regen it's the same reason junker queen is meta rn because she has a good selfsustain + impact time because she doesn't need to stop doing things to self sustain (rein cant attack while shielding) This allows for more time to brawl, and more time to brawl means more time to fish for kills

[@merycabral1849]

@@NonJohns I agree but I think the heal passive isn't big against heavy damage she is still least tankiness. However she is better than some tanks in certain situations and her shout is a big reason to why people survive longer in the fight

[@BrenoGF144]

@@merycabral1849 her passive heal is small but remember that with a Brig and Lucio's base heal it is the same as a Mercy pocket on her, and that's ignoring it stacks if she makes multiple enemies bleed at once

[@dark_matter8420]

I actually find that while Junker Queen is good against mobility tanks, her interaction against Wrecking Ball is really interesting. She easily snacks on Ball up close, as his damage is just as easily healed back up through the bleed effect. But an aggressive Ball that sets up before the fight can outmanoeuvre her, leaving her to fight on the low ground while he goes into the backline. A Junker Queen without support is less threatening than you might imagine. Whenever I play Junker Queen against a good Ball like that, I find myself just running around without purpose. I can hardly go in on my own, but at the same time I can't let my team die. I really like this interaction so far, lots of plays to make with great map dependence and individual decisionmaking!

[@jshstons]

pp

[@xRagingxDemonx]

You can shoot, Throw Gracie, Start your Axe swing while pulling the target at the same time. You can pull targets during any action. So yes, you can Knife Throw, Rampage , pull the target once you've gone through them but still in Rampage animation, and then Carnage to finish them off. Really good at midrange, but you know you'll be too far away from them out of rampage to hit them with Carnage. Sometimes you might want to pull during the startup or just let it auto pull for displacement purposes.

[@Spider-Complexion]

I manage to bait out Hog’s self heal by keeping distance or at least constantly chipping damage by knifing him when I’m close. Once he uses the self heal I tend to go super aggressive on him and commit wit an axe swing because even the hog is trying to regroup. Rein and sigma honestly are the two i notice more problems with. Sigma is all about keeping his distance while Queen needs to get close. Rein is hard to get close too because he can swing and you can’t get any chip damage before you engage because of that shield. One of my fav things is just deleting squishies in the middle of a fight who got too close

[@xRagingxDemonx]

Fighting Zarya's are fun. Since she has so many different tools to help burst someone down. You shoot a Zarya a few times she's self bubble. That's when you shout and throw your axe at someone else she'll bubble them. Carnage a 3rd target and shoot them they'll just die and your Knife throw is on such a short cooldown you can chase down another target and regroup.

[@emansfield2017]

Yeah pulling a squish in the middle of chaos is sooo damn funny.

[@xRagingxDemonx]

@@emansfield2017 Accidentally pulled an Ana while we had them stuck in their spawn. I just looked at her as she keeled over. I felt bad because the Ana slept me earlier into the match and just hid behind a car and didn't shoot me even though i had went after her. So i left her alone the whole match. Until the accident 🤣

[@rodneyamidon271]

Just started playing today, and I really enjoy Junker Queen. Thanks for the sweet guide!

[@Colabusken]

This was an excellent breakdown. It's very interesting to hear the perspective of someone with more in depth knowledge of the game. While I do get the transc counter, I must say I was a bit surprised to hear that Zen wasn't considered a counter. In my own games playing Zen I find discord prevents her from staying in fights for too long due to the increased dmg she takes. But maybe a more experienced JQ player is better at breaking LoS to rid the discord more regularly.

[@donovansmith1686]

To be fair, discord orb counters everyone😂

[@Jason.L.R]

Great video as always! She's a lot of fun to play in qp at least, easier to cycle abilities than hog I find - less waiting around

[@sivoutroi9166]

thanks for this guide, the chapters are very helpful and you kept to the point!

[@samvimes9510]

It's funny, for years people have accused Paladins of being an Overwatch ripoff, but with OW2 I'm seeing a lot of moves that are suspiciously similar to things in Paladins. Junker Queen's knife throw is basically Tiberius' heavy blade attack, her commanding shout is extremely similar to Khan's battle shout, and Orisa's javelin is just Inara's seismic crash ult. Not that I'm complaining, I'm really excited to play Junker Queen and Orisa 2.0, I just can't help but notice the similarities.

[@MasterGibz]

Can't forget Kuriko's Lun- I mean... kitsune

[@slayo710]

Kiriko is just a healing maive lol

[@senor135]

did you try out letting the knife auto-pull the target, and timing the rampage swing with that? it would be less of a "combo" i guess, because the knife damage might get healed up before it ends up pulling them, but maybe still useful?

[@Tikatee]

This is smart, but since it's a little out of your control I don't see it being a consistent option. I can see it working against enemy tanks that are engaging in an extended brawl though!

[@Anoctopusinlove]

This is so helpful. Could you make something. Similar for Doomfist or Zarya? Do you recommend any videos? I’m a tank main. These 3 a my favs

[@bobxbaker]

she's another victim to anti-nade, the fact that her ultimate is a larger anti-nade just points to how strong that ability really is. but as pointed out, she's extremely counterable because she can be dealt with fairly easily under controlled circumstances. so she's basically just another pubstomping tank that can take over a game like roadhog. but, i think there's some merit to commanding shout as a decent team ability where as hog has absolutly nothing but an attempt to hook an enemy away from his team that's threatening them. but overall she's basically reaper with different set of tools and a bigger hp pool.

[@simongc97]

I think anti-healing’s power is a result of healing being such a massive part of Overwatch. Blizzard has set the precedent that every support is a healer, and the result is that it’s very hard to deal meaningful damage that isn’t healed right back up. We’ll probably see more anti-healing in the near future, or a reduction to healing in the game which would indirectly nerf anti-healing.

[@damp2269]

@@simongc97 I don't think nerfing healing nerfs anti-heal. sure you can block something that isn't there but a block on a scarce resource makes it even stronger. it's balances out, i think.

[@natenbezonb397]

12:50 i find it quite a good copmbo, not the best way to use karnage but the thing to ake it work is to start karnage right after throwing the knife, by the time u pulled the enemy towards u the karnagfe animation will be finished

[@tylerryder7499]

So I play Junker Queen as a one tick and I find her really fun to use but should I be taking the risk of going for the head instead of just guaranteed chip damage to maximise my kill potential?

[@SeekerScorpio]

We need to add for counters against JQ, Kiriko can just remove the bleed especially the ultimate’s bleed and anti heal part. You have to wait for her to use protection suzu to consider ulti’ing.

[@zenwickforever]

Wow it’s almost like that’s called counterplay. Good job

[@WinterPains]

I like to use Gracie to pull problems from their Perch, like Junkrat.

[@spades1107]

Am I the only one who thinks this guy kinda looks like Keanu Reeves, nice vid btw ^_^

[@DummyUrD]

I don't think JQ will be strong in either comp above diamond or team setup because to counter her you don't need game resource but out of game resources (positioning/spacing). The character you said JQ counters counter her with good positioning on hg and far enough away.

[@hinhin7668]

How will u rate JQ using the tank characteristics u mentioned last vid

[@Tikatee]

Durability ★★☆☆☆ - Not high enough HP/sustain to withstand direct pressure, but can outlast specific brawl situations if she plays her cards right Initiative ★★☆☆☆ - Can start the fight with strong advantages ONLY if she's able to take or hold advantageous space Utility ★★☆☆☆ - Commanding Shout + the Knife pull are decent Utility wise, but Shout is on such a long cool down it's hard to rely on it and she's usually better off thinking about using it for herself for the most part Damage ★★★★★ - Do damage, stay alive, win game :)

[@diegodelcastillo4824]

​@@Tikatee So would you put her along Roadhog in a new category (let's name it "Bullies/Brawlers")? Basically both tanks are all about damage and kill pressure in my opinion, basically, beefy Damage heroes.

[@notsolegitusername]

@@diegodelcastillo4824 I think he said that in the tank video, when he popped in to say that JQ wasn't released when he began filming but that he was sure JQ and Roadhog would share category Edit: Also seeing that she is also 5star DMG they are definitely in the same category as phat dps

[@YevoYT]

dude junker queen is just so much fun!! i had a 75 kill game on stream the other day and it was wild - doesnt even feel like you're doing too much throughout the game Do you think she's gonna get nerfed?

[@TheLordHighNoob]

@Tikatee I wanted to point something out, and contest another. I thought you'd point out how bizarre Rampage's Hitbox is. If we assume her ultimate is a cylinder, the cylinder's radius may well be 5m, but that is a SUBSTANTIAL volume, more than just "unexpectedly large." Moreover, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems as if the entire cylinder is instantly active. It may well be a ping disparity, but a few KarQ tests, as well as my ingame "feel" seem to indicate this. I don't fully follow the "is strong against an enemy Zenyatta" reasoning. I certainly grant that 1v1 Junker Queen devastates Zen. What I contest is whether Junker Queen's weakness to discord orb can be dismissed. She often has >or=425hp, which makes her the squishiest tank in the lineup. Losing 100~ effective HP, facing into Zen's considerable, no fall-off, damage, and his additional 25hp makes him exceptional threat in an enemy composition. I certainly feel I need to give Zen's sightlines, and his mere presence in a teamcomp significant respect. This is especially important, I felt, since I had no shield nor cleanse to remove his discord. I've also found my Carnage swipe negated by his kick once or twice, but how appreciable this is as a consideration is spurious.

[@Tikatee]

I don't believe the hitbox is instantly active, it would make some interactions (like taking TP during the ult) completely broken. And yes any amount of decent damage from range is a tough matchup for JQ, but assuming she is able to close the distance without getting destroyed she definitely has a better matchup vs Zen/Bap compared to the rest of the support lineup with more mobility/defensive cooldowns. She basically has to treat him the same as vs range heavy DPS, find ways to close the distance and land important CDs to force them out of position or kill them.

[@TheLordHighNoob]

@@Tikatee thank you for the clarification!

[@brandonjameson1]

I kind of wish Blizzard would take the Apex Legends route of balance: release Junkerqueen to be broken, then tune her down after a short bit. I am biased, though, in that I want to see the pros use the new heroes.

[@tenshukaku2830]

They did that with every new character after moira

[@brandonjameson1]

@@tenshukaku2830 Ashe actually wasn't great on release, and Blizzard notoriously didn't properly tune down their DLC characters after release. Case in point, Brig received like 20 nerfs since release and she is still a good hero in OW1.

[@dalos5910]

Best Coach NA

[@omegawolf2011]

If you have a good sombra it would pare well with junker queen

[@iBuzzFaction]

you are born for youtube ty. any chance jayne might come back?

[@graceypatrick]

Need to do guides for all the tanks

[@demonicdude1328]

Great video, Very informative 👍

[@senor135]

excellent video, thanks!

[@bradydavis1694]

what i wish to know is 2 things, first when being nanoed does your bleed dmg also get the dmg buff? making her ult deal however much dmg and heal more? Second, does the bleeds stack on top of eachother, im not completley sure if he said this or not.

[@Tikatee]

Good questions! 1. All damage boosts to JQ will affect the bleed damage (and therefore also cause her to heal more!). Damage mitigation (armor, damage reduction like an enemy being nano'd) also negatively affects the bleed damage on a per tick basis. 2. Bleeds don't stack. I haven't done enough testing to say definitively how this works but it appears to apply the strongest bleed per tick each time and any overlapping bleeds will apply after the highest runs out. For example if you hit Carnage then ~1s later hit melee you will apply carnage damage for the full duration then ~1s of the melee bleed damage.

[@bradydavis1694]

@@Tikatee makes much more since! Thank you for the detailed answer makes a lot of since now!!! Underrated channel fr, u got my sub

[@Dunamic77]

Does multiple wounds stack on 1 target?

[@yannirodriguez7134]

Do you have a video like this for Reinhardt?

[@hatchibyebye]

Umm I was todays years old when I discovered hog has 2 different fires?

[@fizzywiz17]

She's like perma meta in OWL and contenders lol

[@Tikatee]

Yeah definitely missed the mark on that prediction 😅. To be fair though I think we're all hoping blizzard reigns in the strength of her shout to keep her more damage focused, but maybe that's just me

[@2eZyRecords]

el entrenador takitaki!!! nice vid bro!!!

[@RogueBulb]

when will they add another support

[@-tcbms-8849]

October 4th on release

[@RogueBulb]

@@-tcbms-8849 who?

[@Barely_Edited]

@@RogueBulb this foreshadowed fox hero

[@andysnuffles2504]

info is great...but i feel you missed the opportunity to show footage of what you're talking about instead of just unedited junkerqueen gameplay

[@apexpredator9163]

Since nerf she needs a buff and a not to crazy one would be tightening the shotgun spread so it hits just alittle further than just ten meters with good damage and then also maybe increase her base shotgun damage by 10 or15

[@Bluemansonic]

No matter how good you are at Junker Queen, if you have bad supports (AKA Solo Q) then she is almost useless

[@anidiotthatplays7468]

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[@anidiotthatplays7468]

Amazing content

[@fractalelf7760]

Its absurd that they reduced her Shout overhealth, it's the core of how she works. Here are we are 10 months later and she's hardly played, and top streamers don't even talk about her. She will never ever work as a strict poke character, she's pure brawl and when they reduced her Shout it killed the character. Such a waste of the most fun tank.

[@jonaslim7158]

90+90=170 😭😭

[@CHILLLWINSTON]

he said: "It has a 6 round clip." Didn't know shotguns had clips. Must be from California. Enjoy the comment. Thanks for the video as well, just busting your balls.

[@puffyeato]

is lucio being female an inside joke?

[@ginpachi1]

I’ve been sneaking a right click on JQ as Mercy once I hear the voiceline, she goes on her journey, and it stays attached the whole time 🥲

[@goobyplz2438]

this champ is literally just more effort than its worth. what does she offer that hog doesnt do better, besides her ult?(which takes forever to charge and is easily fucked up. come to think of it shes kinda just easy to fuck up with period)