I think Torb is also a good counter against Kiriko. She takes a long time to break his turret, he can survive three headshots between armor reduction and Overload, his turret is good at defending against flanking Kirikos, he's not particularly bothered by Suzu and can zone enemies out of Kitsune Rush with Molten Core.
@@pissfi Honestly I was thinking below masters because you need to be able to multitask and if you can't then you aren't using her up to her potential. So she will be better in the hands of better players. (i mean obviously but she will be useless in the hands of lower elo players compared to other supp heroes imo) Below masters people have a harder time multitasking so this is my guess.
@@BelloWenN i was talking about how common torb is in lower ranks but it might just be a console thing. like 70% of my matches in console bronze have a torb who carries the game by turret existing
i think the fact that kiriko's fox actually interacts with the terrain is such a cool touch, just that small little thing alone is making me more and more excited for the detail that will hopefully go into this game
Right? .... Mercy boosting an Ulting Hero? Not Hybrid? Her Ultimate makes her pistol godlike? Sounds like trying to make people buy her if they don't own her XD.
@@aexonitythese try hards would label medic as a healer too, I'd imagine at least. Since (other than uber charge and whatever goofy medi gun I can't think of rn) his medi gun only heals and doesn't give say a damge boost like mercy.
Love these kinda comments because I can imagine you going to every YT video about Overwatch and spamming P2Win when I, absolutely, know that you'll be logging into OW2 immediately lol.
I just realized we have finally been given another support that is good to heal flying heroes such as Pharah and Echo. Mercy, obviously, is the best, but in lower ranks, especially on console, aim is out the window. Having a lock-on ability for her healing makes me so happy because it opens up more possibility for flying heroes to get healed (in lower ranks) without a Mercy on their team. Yes, Kiriko is high-skilled, but she can still be played at any level, it's just that high ranked players will get more value out of the Kiriko on their team
@@ego7092 not in low ranks on console. Zen is good, yes, Brig is decent, yes, but not Ana. Low rank console Ana's struggle to hit their shots anyways and having to hit a flying target is almost impossible. Having a lock on system for another support like Kiriko is going to help with low rank console players. Her healing numbers are really good, and if the ofuda can travel to the flying target, they heal well. Zen is still really good, but many low rank players on console don't play Zen (at least from my experience) and low rank Brigs dont look up (from my experience). I also mentioned that Mercy is still really good in the beginning of my comment. My original comment mentioned console and low rank as well. Obviously, on PC, things are different but I am speaking on behalf of console players that are lower ranked
@@ego7092 You didn't really read what was said, now did you ? He said several times IN LOWER RANKS, when you can't count on your aim. So Ana is completely out of it. Zen isn't played a lot in those ranks because you need to aim to do dmg and get value out of the pick. And Brig's heal is inconsistant for a player out of her passive area. So Sergeant Seal is quite right about the Mercy thing he said.
@@sergeantseal4166 They still require some aim, especially for moving targets. And they take a while to get to the target and the pharah might be out of range. I think she will not be very good at low ranks because there is a lot players need to think about and people in low ranks generally have bad aim and won't get much use out of her headshot multiplier.
@@davidgreenberg8456 I'm not saying she'll be the best, I'm just saying theres another option. I know theres a delay, theres a range, and aim is still necessary. I'm merely saying that there is another option on support to assist with flying heroes that's not Mercy and provides more value to the team. Lower ranked players also don't typically follow the way higher ranked players use a character's abilities. While you may not get much use out of Kiriko's headshot multiplier, she can still be used in other ways. Her cleanse ability doesn't require much thought, ie if my team is antid I can use it to cleanse them. Yes, ranking up with her is probably going to be extremely difficult, but players that are casual and low ranked can have fun with her and play her with flying heroes. Not everyone plays with a competitive mindset to win or get value out of the heroes they play. I am a more casual gamer, and so are my friends. I understand your point and I appreciate it, but I'm speaking from a low rank, console, casual player. I personally feel too many of the conversations about new Heroes are focused on the competitive aspect rather than just overall fun.
hey ml7, i could be wrong but if kiriko's primary fire does 40 to normal health, shouldnt it do 35 to armored opponents? i think you got 28 because you were shooting tanks with armor and tanks have the passive for taking less damage. someone correct me if im wrong
It is worth noting that when the swift step sense is set to 50% that represents the same lock on as ofuda set to 100%. If you have trouble hitting heals I would recommend turning the sense down as it makes it more intuitive to hit healing
This video was incredible! Thank you so much for the detailed testing and explanations :D You answered so many of the questions I had about kiriko interactions; it's nice when I can jump in on Tuesday n at least have a theoretical understanding of her kit already :")
Ow2 maps seem so luch more alive and vibrant. Maybe it’s because we’ve been looking at numbani for over 5 years but in comparison to esperança which is so vibrant, numbani looks grey
Honestly, this type of content should be for any hero in general. Specific actions and key bindings that would help you out even more, indipendently if you're a console or PC player. I would love to see more in depht analisys for all of them in the future since most of those type of tips are lost in the immense reach of RUclips. This would be a fun series ngl PS: this would especially help (me in this case) to actually understand all the different options avaliable (like the sidestep sensitivity) since some of those are not fully explained. Maybe i'm a bit dumb, but some imputs are not that much intuitive
15:50, important to note that you also can throw the Suzu downwards before you get dropped to protect yourself if there are no teammates or walls to splash it on.
One thing I noticed in testing about changing swift step sensitivity, is that at it’s default value it provides an accurate indication of weather her heal will lock onto a target or not. The range of both the lock on and swift step seem to be the same as does the default sensitivity of swift step and the lock on. As such for those new to her, it may be helpful to start out without raising her swift step sensitivity to help get a feeling for how her heal works.
I see a lot of people complaining about her being OP, but she's like Echo, Sojourn, Genji, and Ana. She's only OP when you get really good at her. High skill = high reward and I hope future characters are like that.
something you skipped over : you can actually also throw protection suzu at the ground when in sigmas ult if timed correctly ive already used this to save my own life when i had no better option
Goddamnit that clip of me TPing into my team and killing them with pulse bomb is everywhere. I just wanted to see if I'd live! and killed my whole team looool
Basically, the susu is what they truely tested a while back, with the 1-3-2 experimental, where zarya could bubble a bunch of people at once. The interactions seem very similar as well.
I believe the reason that Mei's ice block doesn't block the Kitsune while the Ice Wall does is due to the Kitsune's ability to pathfind around corners and other small map obstacles, the block just isn't big enough.
You are by far my favorite person to learn from and also have an amazing attitude about the game. Thanks for always going out of your way to teach us how to be better players.
I think my favourite thing I learned during this is that the lock-on targetting on allies is for Swift Step and not Healing Ofuda. I thought it was for Healing Ofuda while watching all of this Kiriko gameplay until then. There are a couple more bits from here that I think would be great to go in a shorter bite-sized video or split into shorts even!
@@penguiny2094 Kind of, it's closer to but not quite. And at the same it could make a difference between being able to swift step to your ally in time or not, so I'm not sure if that trade off is worth it to me 😮
@@heelmeplz thats true, but at the same time raising the swift step sensitivity could make it harder to tp to the right ally if they're close together or one is almost in front of the other. it just depends on how u use the ability and personal preference imo
bravo ml7, amazing, invaluable video for launch kiriko players! above and beyond and answers all the questions I had and some I didn't know I should ask
god i'm such a nerd because i'm so excited about all the new educational OW content that's about to be out. this was super helpful thank you!!! i feel so ready to try her out now
If anyone was under the wrong impression that the support class is all healing, I think there's a mastercut of all the times jjonak volleyed people to death from across the map with zen orbs in the OWL
If you leave the Swift Step sensitivity at 50% any time you have a lock on a target your Healing Ofuda will also hit. You might not be able to peel out as easily but the trade off is you always know when your healing is on target.
Really nice and useful guide. Regarding Mei iceblock. I think it's the height things that matters here. Interesting test could be: 1) Let Mei iceblock a small doorway and try to push Kitsune through 2) Let Mei stand on some raised ground (this probably shouldn't work if I understand how the fox works but still worth confirming)
If you leave swift step targeting at 50% it makes it so you CAN use the swift step targeting box for whether or not you will hit your healing ofudas as it is where the targeting sizes match. Personally, I find this more useful than having a slightly easier to target swift step.
I appreciate the second tip. I thought you are just stuck in healing until it ends and that it was just an inherent weakness. I lost quite a few fights because I needed to switch to damage and thought I had to wait. Very frustrating when you can't cancel it.
I have always found Kiriko interesting as a support hero and she’s quite unique as well. I’m trying to get my last challenge finished to obtain her as soon as possible to finally play her and get used to her controls.
can't wait for every new character to have a huge kit with insane utility that makes them undeniably top-tier now that heroes are locked behind a paywall :) :) :)
I have not watched this full video yet, got 9 hours into Kiriko in competitive. I absolutely love her, the downfall of it is that many low elo players do not know the full potential of her Ult, which in turn wastes many good opportunities (sojourns debilitatin grenade etc.) Everybody should watch this in it's entirety I believe.
Would it be possible to adjust the sensitivities for ofuda & swift step so that they closely align? That way you can use the swift step indicator as an indicator for your ofudas as well
I've had this exact same thought and I would say : yes if both work on the same measurement. I mean, does the sens uses angle to the center of the teammate model or distance on the screen to the center? Same question for the lock-on.
If you need 100% the swift step and ofuda lock on zones the ofuda will have a smaller lock on compared to the swift step. So you could probably lower the swift step lock to more closely align with the heal. Only issue with that is you generally want your swift step to be as high as possible because you will be using it in frantic situations and you want that lock on zone to be forgiving. It's definitely something you could experiment with and see what works for you though
the primary secondary fire swap came naturally to me cause I did the same with Moira to match the hand she uses, same with Kiriko default weirded me out
also the Ofuda track perfectly with Swift Step's lock on when both sensitivities are left on the default settings. 50% for Swift Step and 100% for Healing Ofuda
very informative and amazing video ml! I love your videos a lot and this made me think; since protection suzu makes all effected allies ‘ghosts’ does that mean they’re briefly untargetable to things like soldiers visor?
One thing to keep in mind with Kiriko’s healing is that the long travel time of the healing ofuda projectiles makes healing from range pretty unreliable. It can be especially noticable when a squishy DPS gets melted while the ofudas are flying to them. This also applies to protection suzu but in both cases, Kiriko’s support is generally more responsive when you’re closer to the frontline and don’t have to account for travel time as much. It sounds kinda obvious but it wasn’t until I realized that I was trying to heal like Ana that it dawned on me that ofudas and suzu are much more reliable at mid to short ranges simply because of their travel time. This also applies to Kiriko’s damage since the further the target, the more luck is involved in hitting criticals on enemy players. Realizing this changed my entire playstyle with Kiriko, especially in terms of positioning. Being further up puts more pressure on Kiriko players but it also allows you to apply the most reliable pressure to the other team while supporting the frontline more effectively, not to mention farming kitsune rush very quickly all the while. And with the ability to bail out with swift step at a moment’s notice, all it takes is a second to get out when you need to. :-)
dont forget that you can always pre-heal them, meaning, you can send your ofudas before your team take a turn around the corner. Im always spamming my healing even if theres no fight...that 'just in case" moment might keep your teammates head on their shoulders, i lost count how many times it saved my teammates from being 1-shotted by Roadhogs hook combo.
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I think Torb is also a good counter against Kiriko. She takes a long time to break his turret, he can survive three headshots between armor reduction and Overload, his turret is good at defending against flanking Kirikos, he's not particularly bothered by Suzu and can zone enemies out of Kitsune Rush with Molten Core.
Agreed, during playtests I also found Torb to be quite strong against her.
so you're saying she's hard countered in every lobby below plat. great to know can't wait
@@pissfi Honestly I was thinking below masters because you need to be able to multitask and if you can't then you aren't using her up to her potential. So she will be better in the hands of better players. (i mean obviously but she will be useless in the hands of lower elo players compared to other supp heroes imo) Below masters people have a harder time multitasking so this is my guess.
As a Torb main this is golod news :)
@@BelloWenN i was talking about how common torb is in lower ranks but it might just be a console thing. like 70% of my matches in console bronze have a torb who carries the game by turret existing
It's so exciting that she's so (seemingly) well received, as an Ana player she is the first support that has gotten me hyped in a while
She’s the first support in a while
Three years ish since the last one
S A M E (Ana main here also excited)
As an old ana main, ive had so much fun playing her, your skills translate over to her somewhat well too
same, picked the game up after 6 years because of her :)
i think the fact that kiriko's fox actually interacts with the terrain is such a cool touch, just that small little thing alone is making me more and more excited for the detail that will hopefully go into this game
Yeah hopefully. I hope they cater towards the community this time and not the e-league..
“First hybrid support in the game”
Baptiste: “am I a joke to you?”
Think he meant in OW2
@@edm8468 yes
Bap is the less fun support to play imo
True but bap is so boring Zzzzzz
Right? .... Mercy boosting an Ulting Hero? Not Hybrid? Her Ultimate makes her pistol godlike?
Sounds like trying to make people buy her if they don't own her XD.
"a support, not a healer" SO IMPORTANT
Not really
@@cub_qYeah I agree, not really.
I’m sorry 😭 I’m just so used to calling support like characters “healers”
I even call medic from tf2 healer
@@aexonitythese try hards would label medic as a healer too, I'd imagine at least. Since (other than uber charge and whatever goofy medi gun I can't think of rn) his medi gun only heals and doesn't give say a damge boost like mercy.
Facts
If Kririko is indicative of what’s to come, im really hyped
Pay to play powercreep?
@@EdgarStyles1234 Lazy Fortnite kids who want everything fast and free?
@@EdgarStyles1234 You get the hero just by leveling the free pass.
F for smurfs tho, you won’t be missed.
Love these kinda comments because I can imagine you going to every YT video about Overwatch and spamming P2Win when I, absolutely, know that you'll be logging into OW2 immediately lol.
@@babadook4404 Powercreep is real though
I just realized we have finally been given another support that is good to heal flying heroes such as Pharah and Echo. Mercy, obviously, is the best, but in lower ranks, especially on console, aim is out the window. Having a lock-on ability for her healing makes me so happy because it opens up more possibility for flying heroes to get healed (in lower ranks) without a Mercy on their team. Yes, Kiriko is high-skilled, but she can still be played at any level, it's just that high ranked players will get more value out of the Kiriko on their team
@@ego7092 not in low ranks on console. Zen is good, yes, Brig is decent, yes, but not Ana. Low rank console Ana's struggle to hit their shots anyways and having to hit a flying target is almost impossible. Having a lock on system for another support like Kiriko is going to help with low rank console players. Her healing numbers are really good, and if the ofuda can travel to the flying target, they heal well. Zen is still really good, but many low rank players on console don't play Zen (at least from my experience) and low rank Brigs dont look up (from my experience). I also mentioned that Mercy is still really good in the beginning of my comment. My original comment mentioned console and low rank as well. Obviously, on PC, things are different but I am speaking on behalf of console players that are lower ranked
@@ego7092 You didn't really read what was said, now did you ? He said several times IN LOWER RANKS, when you can't count on your aim. So Ana is completely out of it. Zen isn't played a lot in those ranks because you need to aim to do dmg and get value out of the pick. And Brig's heal is inconsistant for a player out of her passive area. So Sergeant Seal is quite right about the Mercy thing he said.
nah low rank kirikos will be useless
@@sergeantseal4166 They still require some aim, especially for moving targets. And they take a while to get to the target and the pharah might be out of range. I think she will not be very good at low ranks because there is a lot players need to think about and people in low ranks generally have bad aim and won't get much use out of her headshot multiplier.
@@davidgreenberg8456 I'm not saying she'll be the best, I'm just saying theres another option. I know theres a delay, theres a range, and aim is still necessary. I'm merely saying that there is another option on support to assist with flying heroes that's not Mercy and provides more value to the team. Lower ranked players also don't typically follow the way higher ranked players use a character's abilities. While you may not get much use out of Kiriko's headshot multiplier, she can still be used in other ways. Her cleanse ability doesn't require much thought, ie if my team is antid I can use it to cleanse them. Yes, ranking up with her is probably going to be extremely difficult, but players that are casual and low ranked can have fun with her and play her with flying heroes. Not everyone plays with a competitive mindset to win or get value out of the heroes they play. I am a more casual gamer, and so are my friends. I understand your point and I appreciate it, but I'm speaking from a low rank, console, casual player. I personally feel too many of the conversations about new Heroes are focused on the competitive aspect rather than just overall fun.
Timestamps
0:00 INTRO
0:51 KIRIKO SETTINGS
3:37 HEALING OFUDAS
6:38 KUNAI
8:06 THE KIRHYTHM
10:35 SWIFT STEP
14:06 PROTECTION SUZU
16:55 KITSUNE RUSH
19:35 WHAT ABILITIES CAN BE DENIED BY ENEMIES
20:31 ADDITIONAL TESTS
20:50 CONCLUSIONS
subtitles mr ml7??? 👀
10:00 Heal once; shoot twice... this is bap all over again.
hey ml7, i could be wrong but if kiriko's primary fire does 40 to normal health, shouldnt it do 35 to armored opponents? i think you got 28 because you were shooting tanks with armor and tanks have the passive for taking less damage. someone correct me if im wrong
@@zeeezo3574 Armor got changed; it now reduces damage by a % rather than a flat 5.
It is worth noting that when the swift step sense is set to 50% that represents the same lock on as ofuda set to 100%. If you have trouble hitting heals I would recommend turning the sense down as it makes it more intuitive to hit healing
This video was incredible! Thank you so much for the detailed testing and explanations :D
You answered so many of the questions I had about kiriko interactions; it's nice when I can jump in on Tuesday n at least have a theoretical understanding of her kit already :")
He forgot to mention that Suzu can wake people up from Anna's sleeping dart
Ow2 maps seem so luch more alive and vibrant. Maybe it’s because we’ve been looking at numbani for over 5 years but in comparison to esperança which is so vibrant, numbani looks grey
0:27 damn Widow did a whole flip
Looking forward to a Sombra getting killed while invisible because she's being followed by Healing Ofuda tags 😂
Sojourn felt like a really cool OW hero, but Kiriko (and to some extent Junker Queen) feel like the first glances at what an OW2 hero looks like
Love you man. I'm glad you're representing and educating us support mains.
18:30 The max wall height to cancel Kiriko ult is about her own height, everything below that and the ult should continue
Honestly, this type of content should be for any hero in general.
Specific actions and key bindings that would help you out even more, indipendently if you're a console or PC player.
I would love to see more in depht analisys for all of them in the future since most of those type of tips are lost in the immense reach of RUclips.
This would be a fun series ngl
PS: this would especially help (me in this case) to actually understand all the different options avaliable (like the sidestep sensitivity) since some of those are not fully explained. Maybe i'm a bit dumb, but some imputs are not that much intuitive
15:50, important to note that you also can throw the Suzu downwards before you get dropped to protect yourself if there are no teammates or walls to splash it on.
One thing I noticed in testing about changing swift step sensitivity, is that at it’s default value it provides an accurate indication of weather her heal will lock onto a target or not. The range of both the lock on and swift step seem to be the same as does the default sensitivity of swift step and the lock on. As such for those new to her, it may be helpful to start out without raising her swift step sensitivity to help get a feeling for how her heal works.
Yo that widow death at 0:26 was scary lol take cover!
Imagine the plays you could make if kitsune could actually go through a sym tp
I see a lot of people complaining about her being OP, but she's like Echo, Sojourn, Genji, and Ana. She's only OP when you get really good at her. High skill = high reward and I hope future characters are like that.
Is that why i always feel forced to swap her out that and we only have one support each game since its not role queue
something you skipped over : you can actually also throw protection suzu at the ground when in sigmas ult if timed correctly
ive already used this to save my own life when i had no better option
Goddamnit that clip of me TPing into my team and killing them with pulse bomb is everywhere. I just wanted to see if I'd live! and killed my whole team looool
it took me a while to see the value in turning off toggle ofuda but I GET IT NOW! thank you!
Basically, the susu is what they truely tested a while back, with the 1-3-2 experimental, where zarya could bubble a bunch of people at once. The interactions seem very similar as well.
Great video mL! I can't wait to definitely put these rules and tips to use(and definitely not feed on cooldown) in game once it goes live!!
At 4:50, the healing ofudas do lock on in the swift step indicator, but only if you have swift step on its default sensitivity
I believe the reason that Mei's ice block doesn't block the Kitsune while the Ice Wall does is due to the Kitsune's ability to pathfind around corners and other small map obstacles, the block just isn't big enough.
ML7 actually sounds like a teacher when doing these non-stream content
You are by far my favorite person to learn from and also have an amazing attitude about the game. Thanks for always going out of your way to teach us how to be better players.
I think my favourite thing I learned during this is that the lock-on targetting on allies is for Swift Step and not Healing Ofuda. I thought it was for Healing Ofuda while watching all of this Kiriko gameplay until then.
There are a couple more bits from here that I think would be great to go in a shorter bite-sized video or split into shorts even!
if u leave swift step sensitivity at default (50%) then it works for both
@@penguiny2094 Kind of, it's closer to but not quite. And at the same it could make a difference between being able to swift step to your ally in time or not, so I'm not sure if that trade off is worth it to me 😮
@@heelmeplz thats true, but at the same time raising the swift step sensitivity could make it harder to tp to the right ally if they're close together or one is almost in front of the other. it just depends on how u use the ability and personal preference imo
The fox jumping into the river in Rialto and immediately unexist is the funnies y thing after
Great video. I really like the format. Very easy to follow and very informative.
That ult example on the boats was perfect.
bravo ml7, amazing, invaluable video for launch kiriko players! above and beyond and answers all the questions I had and some I didn't know I should ask
Aaah, I get off work 1 hour after OW2 releases, then I have 16 hours of free time to play around :D Can't wait!
If you keep the swift step sensitivity to 50% , it can be used as an indicator for healing ofuda hit accuracy.
THATS GENIUS
Kiriko is like the only reason I play support. I don’t one trick her, but the others just get boring to me easily
* me about to enjoy the video *
0:26 : "DID THAT WIDOW JUST DO A BACKFLIP!?"
god i'm such a nerd because i'm so excited about all the new educational OW content that's about to be out. this was super helpful thank you!!! i feel so ready to try her out now
Yeah, as a Moira player, I'll probably be keeping mouse 2 as my attack button.
ana kiriko is def gonna be the new meta
0:26 Look at the Widow doing a "forced" backflip haha
I can definitely see them adding one second or two to both of her abilities but other than that she seems very good and honestly balanced
2:41
Zarya: Ooh, a piece of candy!
mL7 out here saving everyone time on practice
If anyone was under the wrong impression that the support class is all healing, I think there's a mastercut of all the times jjonak volleyed people to death from across the map with zen orbs in the OWL
But i suck an zen and miss to often shooters are my weakness
Thanks for the tips! I queued up a game right after watching and I could already see a difference in my play finding the right rhythm
If you leave the Swift Step sensitivity at 50% any time you have a lock on a target your Healing Ofuda will also hit. You might not be able to peel out as easily but the trade off is you always know when your healing is on target.
How do you change that sensitivity?
@@micdonallls8853 its under controls and then you have to select Kiriko. by default its 50%
Hold on. The Hanzo and the wee killed me I had to pause the video
Also her healing is about the same range as her teleport so you can use that to gauge whether or not you're in range to heal someone
Thanks for the tips. I tend to leave the controls the same for the very reason given like when it comes to Moira. Can't wait to finally try her out 😁
ML, this is such a great video man. Much appreciated. Can’t wait to play her!
Really nice and useful guide.
Regarding Mei iceblock. I think it's the height things that matters here.
Interesting test could be:
1) Let Mei iceblock a small doorway and try to push Kitsune through
2) Let Mei stand on some raised ground (this probably shouldn't work if I understand how the fox works but still worth confirming)
Kiriko's Suzu does not need that "GHOST" mechanic!! It's so unfun to play against! Thanks for the nice solid video.
I'm so ready for Kiriko, thank you sensei ♥
If you leave swift step targeting at 50% it makes it so you CAN use the swift step targeting box for whether or not you will hit your healing ofudas as it is where the targeting sizes match. Personally, I find this more useful than having a slightly easier to target swift step.
this^
from the looks of it he cranked that setting immediately or at least before he noticed that.
the 50% swift step has actually gotten me killed a couple times. Thank you so much for posting this video!
anyone know the workshop code for the game at 7:05?
key takeway: "ITS CALLED SUPPORT NOT HEALER!"
Very detailed!!! I love the character and this was great!
this video is super helpful and I love your sense of humor
I'm super hyped for Tuesday! Several of my friends and I took the week off.
I appreciate the second tip. I thought you are just stuck in healing until it ends and that it was just an inherent weakness. I lost quite a few fights because I needed to switch to damage and thought I had to wait. Very frustrating when you can't cancel it.
This is awesome, super mega awesome mega duper omega video, now I shall use this knowledge against you in ranked >:)))
I have always found Kiriko interesting as a support hero and she’s quite unique as well. I’m trying to get my last challenge finished to obtain her as soon as possible to finally play her and get used to her controls.
Instructional mL voice is like an AI and I love it 😂😂
can't wait for every new character to have a huge kit with insane utility that makes them undeniably top-tier now that heroes are locked behind a paywall :) :) :)
Really cool video thanks! What do you think are the best supports to play alongside kiriko?
Very informative. Thank you mL7.
I have not watched this full video yet, got 9 hours into Kiriko in competitive. I absolutely love her, the downfall of it is that many low elo players do not know the full potential of her Ult, which in turn wastes many good opportunities (sojourns debilitatin grenade etc.) Everybody should watch this in it's entirety I believe.
I let the Kitsune guide me and it guided me into these 5 assholes that killed me.
17:44 that's kinda awesome holy
I think she's gonna get a cooldown nerf on the teleport for sure. Though I hope we get more characters like her especially supports.
Quick question, but at the start of the video, when you were explaining damage numbers, what was that workshop or custom game you were using???
how do i get an aiming training thing like at 1:30
Would it be possible to adjust the sensitivities for ofuda & swift step so that they closely align? That way you can use the swift step indicator as an indicator for your ofudas as well
I've had this exact same thought and I would say : yes if both work on the same measurement. I mean, does the sens uses angle to the center of the teammate model or distance on the screen to the center? Same question for the lock-on.
If you need 100% the swift step and ofuda lock on zones the ofuda will have a smaller lock on compared to the swift step. So you could probably lower the swift step lock to more closely align with the heal. Only issue with that is you generally want your swift step to be as high as possible because you will be using it in frantic situations and you want that lock on zone to be forgiving. It's definitely something you could experiment with and see what works for you though
50% for swift step and 100% for ofuda does this
4:45 the swift step indicator matches the healing ofuda lockon at the default sens of 50%.
This is an awesome study! Congrats!
whats the code for the custom game with kiriko?
You might be the 1st person I've seen who doesn't pronounce that skill as "healing a futa."
the primary secondary fire swap came naturally to me cause I did the same with Moira to match the hand she uses, same with Kiriko default weirded me out
Thank you ML7 for the effort! Your content ist so great. I've learned a lot of things from your videos!
5:00 Fun fact: the range of her tp works for the top BUT only if the sensitivity is set to 50, since ML7 has it on 100 it obviously doesn't work
Whats the code for the map at 7:01?
Currently the best Kiriko guide out there, very nice video!
I love that the game/character isn't even out yet and there's already rule 34
also the Ofuda track perfectly with Swift Step's lock on when both sensitivities are left on the default settings. 50% for Swift Step and 100% for Healing Ofuda
dont mind me, I'm just learning that the lock-on is for swift step AND NOT THE OFUDA FOR THE FIRST TIME 😫 THIS EXPLAINS SO MUCH
EducationaL7 is back 🎉
0:26 damn widow can do a back flip in ow2 ?!
Very informative, great vid!!
damn, this breakdown is intense. Thank you!
AMAZING AND INSIGHTFUL!! TYSM
very informative and amazing video ml! I love your videos a lot and this made me think; since protection suzu makes all effected allies ‘ghosts’ does that mean they’re briefly untargetable to things like soldiers visor?
Didn't test that one, but the interaction should be similar to the Symmetra turrets one (which we tested) so I think you might be right.
What a great video! I'll definitely try to master her, looks like she's so fun to play once you understand everything about her kit
Creating a cleanse ability that doesn't work for the only reason people wanted a cleanse ability is about what I expect from this dev team.
11:05-11:30 is just ml7 trying to hypnotize you into thinking you're playing an average match
One thing to keep in mind with Kiriko’s healing is that the long travel time of the healing ofuda projectiles makes healing from range pretty unreliable. It can be especially noticable when a squishy DPS gets melted while the ofudas are flying to them.
This also applies to protection suzu but in both cases, Kiriko’s support is generally more responsive when you’re closer to the frontline and don’t have to account for travel time as much. It sounds kinda obvious but it wasn’t until I realized that I was trying to heal like Ana that it dawned on me that ofudas and suzu are much more reliable at mid to short ranges simply because of their travel time.
This also applies to Kiriko’s damage since the further the target, the more luck is involved in hitting criticals on enemy players. Realizing this changed my entire playstyle with Kiriko, especially in terms of positioning. Being further up puts more pressure on Kiriko players but it also allows you to apply the most reliable pressure to the other team while supporting the frontline more effectively, not to mention farming kitsune rush very quickly all the while. And with the ability to bail out with swift step at a moment’s notice, all it takes is a second to get out when you need to. :-)
dont forget that you can always pre-heal them, meaning, you can send your ofudas before your team take a turn around the corner. Im always spamming my healing even if theres no fight...that 'just in case" moment might keep your teammates head on their shoulders, i lost count how many times it saved my teammates from being 1-shotted by Roadhogs hook combo.