Another tip: with his sheild, you can shoot through it from either side, while enemies cannot shoot through it no matter what. If you don't have cover and are being pushed you can just merry-go-round it
@@Atlas_high-gaming It does tho? The only situation that makes Rein's shield look fragile is you walking into an entire team and allowing them gun you down its 1200 hp literally the most health in the game
@@kingjotaro9420 you must be new, it had a ton of health back at the start when it had 2000. When you come up against actually competent players, the trade of doing literally nothing to have a shield up when all other shield heros keep doing their dmg and abilities is not worth it. They nerfed reins shield twice while uping many characters dmg during the barrier breaking couple seasons near the end of overwatch. Then the switch to overwatch 2 they only nerfed his barrier down 400 to 1200 while also removing the other tank that old overwatch rein depended on. Now he has almost half his original barrier health and has to block all the dmg. That and the bs about his charge nerf.
@@Atlas_high-gaming it still has the most shield health in the game regardless played selfishly his shield is his best survivability tool if your shield is getting fried by a team shot then yeah 1200 aint much i do miss the thicc rein shield though
Biggest sigma tips i can give are to learn his maximum range on primary fire and abuse it. The best thing about sig is his ability to deny high ground and corners by using his max range ball splash damage. The next tip is that its often a better idea to keep shield in your pocket so you can block big abilitys like earth shatter, pharah barrage, or hog hook on reaction. Shield comes out instantly, but retracting it leaves it unavailable for 2 seconds. So in certain match ups its better to save it for when you really need it.
All of these are great tips. I love playing sigma, as long as the support is good, hes unstoppable it feels. Using the shield to keep snipers off the team, and to isolate is super effective, and cycling your gravataional shield and your traditional shield leaves your team with protection almost 100 percent of the time. All three of his tacticals can be used in some way to protect the supports if thwy are rushed
Sigma is dependent on a couple of key traits: - Positioning - Game Sense Sigma can dominate with or without a team because of his high damage, negation of abilities with shield and suck, and amazing ult. However, having good game sense is helpful as well. This can help you prevent Hogs, Flankers, or Nano’d enemies from contributing because you have every tool to deal with them. Sigma is a game manager.
Don’t forget giving the barrier to a widow early in a fight. It’s super good for the early challenges against another widow. It’s super easy to force a swap that way.
The tip about isolating enemy support/dps from the rest of the team is really smart. Sadly in my games they just pass through it like it's nothing and manage to kill me xd
One thing a lot of people seem to forget is that Sigma's rock actually stuns enemys out of most projectile absorbing abilities, like Genji's deflect, Orisa's spinny thing or even Sigma's own absorption ability.
Also be sure to spam "I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation" whenever possible, It increases your ULT damage by 1% every time you use it, trust me.
About the barrier usage, something I learned from my coach during 4k scrims back when I scrimmed as an off tank player was to use my barrier to block enemy cooldowns; you don't just randomly put them up and down whenever unless to regen barrier health. Cooldowns such as Ana nade/sleep, Hog hook, Sig rock, etc.
I taught myself all of these techniques shortly after picking Sigma up and I'm glad to see that I'm using him properly. Also nice to use his shield in close-range 1v1s since you can just keep passing through it back and forth to make it a lot harder for whoever you're fighting to get successful shots on you.
Sigma is very strong, it's too bad that my team runs infront of me constantly and I dont have the movement speed to save them from themselves. Theres only so much my barrier can do when my dps keeps 1v5ing
Can't believe he didn't add this: When you use your ultimate, once you activate it, you DO NOT NEED TOO SEE IT. Target a spot, and move around a corner to prevent cc.
My favorite thing is rocking a charging rein or shield up when he tries to hammer down. I'm sure it's trickier to time in ranked but it's a blast in qp.
Is it a good idea to place a shield down just so your dps can get closer to the enemy but will be behind the shield? For example in a “capture the objective” the dps only cover are the walls so I usually place a shield a little further so they can get better accuracy as well as be safe
1- I always retract my barrier to recharge it when necessary. 2- I'll admit this is something I do, but I kind of substitute it for the Kinetic Grasp to absorb sleep darts and ultimates. 3- This is something I'm getting better at, but I usually forget to do. It's sometimes better to immobilise your target and topple their balance instead.
A better tip for sigma's ult (coming from a sigma main): The moment you use your ult spam the primary button and you will be able to fire 4 "balls" on your enemy while they are still in the air.
You can use his ult to scale high ground quickly too. Obviously don't use it just for that, but an example is like the houses near the spawns on colloseo. The window on the upper floor is literally the perfect height to float into to have high ground for when your ultimate ends
I remember when you could instantly cast shield after recalling it. Now the moment you drop it, the enemy team gets 3 picks, you get stunned, shattered and hacked and there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it, because there's like a 5 second cooldown.
Another tip: when you lift the enemies with ult, they become too far away from point or payload, so you can use it to avoid an overtime in point (and win) or those last few meters for the payload to arrive (and win). It's ultra funny to lift them up and see them lose tbh xD
Another tip is that if you think you're gonna get killed when Ulting, you can place your shield up where you're going to hover. But it's a giveaway if people are paying attention
One strat I tend to use with sigma is throwing out my shield and once the enemies start shooting at it, I pull the shield down and use the absorption ability. Most people don't notice in time so they end up feeding it.
I don't know if it's still a thing in OW2, but in OW if you place yourself below the enemy during your ult the enemy will take double impact damage. 1 - impact damage from hitting Sigma's model (head specifically) , 2 - impact damage from the ground.
actually if you aim properly only one primary fire is enough to kill a squishy hit by your ultimate (if he isn’t being healed) so if you aim for one squishy in the air and one another right after the slam you might be able to take down two people at once. (this remains theoretical as enemy heals are to be considerated but your allies dps is also supposed to exist) i am also surprised there isnt any tip about trying to optimise your primary fire bounces to help you improve your damage (as it is kinda hard to aim with this sh*t)
Sigma's ultimate does 50 damage on the way up, and half of it's victim's max health on the way down. If you activate his ultimate when the enemy team is at full health, you won't get any kills. If you activate it in the middle of a team fight rather than at the beginning you'll likely get several kills and give your team the upper hand
You’re forgetting one major tip to really build up damage, between each burst of your primary always melee as it won’t disrupt the animation and will just help. Also make sure to always hold your accretion for more accurate hits.
Nah not always because if there’s no one there, there isn’t any point. You might argue why not, like how a Rein or Brig should always be swinging, but with Sigma it locks you out of your other abilities so if you need them in a pinch you wouldn’t have them.
1st one is such a good strat. I was using it defensively and not taking it back and losing 60% of my battles and now I’m going a good 30% loss rate very very effective
when i first started ow2 sigma felt so difficult to use i stopped using him after one match. went back to trying him after 4 (more or less) months of constantly playing, i can now say i’m a sigma enjoyer.
Thank you I'm trying to learn him and felt pretty confident playing him in casual. Went into comp and felt bad because I started losing and felt like I was ruining the game for my team. Good to see stuff I can work on
Biggest brain Sigma play: I once popped a Wrecking Ball ult to corner an Ana and Baptiste that got too far behind their team and started shooting them down, and somehow their Sigma noticed IMMEDIATELY that something was wrong, turned around, pushed his shield straight through my mines to clear them all out without taking damage, and stunned me with a rock to the face so his healers could run out of the corner and get back to the DPS while he bullied me to death. I was actually stunned at how hard I got played, it took me like 20 seconds to leave the spawn room again.
Counter for Sigma as Roadhog, Play aggressive defensive, you can out DPS him in close quarters, keep track of when he uses his grav and rock. After he throws rock, heal, he uses grav, hook him. His shield is negligible if you keep your distance close. Though always keep your supports in mind when pushing a sigma.
Note: iirc Sigma's ult is the only ability/attack to deal a percentage amount of hp (50%) this scales off the MAX hp of the target (200 hp heros will take 100 and someone like Roadhog will take 350) and NOT THE CURRENT HP OF THE TARGET.
And remember to save your bullet absorb for heros such as bastion, soldier ult and orisa spray. Doing so at a perfect moment will (and I shit you not) give you 1200 total health/ shield for about 4 seconds.
I think Sigmas Shield should be used Selfishly because his kit allows him to stay in the fight for a long time while consistently out putting ass loads of damage
The guy begging for Sigma every video before will be very happy 😆
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one thing i like to do when i sigma ult is place my shield right before i ult so i can use it to protect myself
Yup same with rock it’s good to use your cooldowns before ult
Yeah pretty important when playing against Ana or roadhog, but place your shield behind you if you are playing against a sombra
@@peternaur3456 lmao I've hacked a sigma out of his ult like twice now
@@dhearyzikrimuhammad_0366 yeah it is pretty ez to do as sombra, but placing you shield behind you reduces the chance of them being able to hack you
Amazing tip, I have hogs and horse stun me out of my ultimate a lot
that time a sigma lifted me up to the perfect sniping position
Another tip: with his sheild, you can shoot through it from either side, while enemies cannot shoot through it no matter what. If you don't have cover and are being pushed you can just merry-go-round it
Not Bad!
actually galaxy brain
Yeah Winston’s do it all the time with shield dancing
I shield dance with other sigmas all the time
I do this a lot with genji's, their dash is a problem though, but nothing beats goin round and round my shield and throw a fucking rock at his face
I just won a comp game as Sigma and I got this in my notifications lol.
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@@RauKnowsRivals Are you watching me? 🤨
"Sometimes your team" 💀
I said this because sigmas shield is primarily meant to be used selfishly on yourself. It’s not like reins it doesn’t have a ton of health
@@RauKnowsRivals I don't think you've played the game recently (or know the definition of a tank) if you think reins shield has a ton of health
@@Atlas_high-gaming It does tho? The only situation that makes Rein's shield look fragile is you walking into an entire team and allowing them gun you down its 1200 hp literally the most health in the game
@@kingjotaro9420 you must be new, it had a ton of health back at the start when it had 2000. When you come up against actually competent players, the trade of doing literally nothing to have a shield up when all other shield heros keep doing their dmg and abilities is not worth it. They nerfed reins shield twice while uping many characters dmg during the barrier breaking couple seasons near the end of overwatch. Then the switch to overwatch 2 they only nerfed his barrier down 400 to 1200 while also removing the other tank that old overwatch rein depended on. Now he has almost half his original barrier health and has to block all the dmg. That and the bs about his charge nerf.
@@Atlas_high-gaming it still has the most shield health in the game regardless played selfishly his shield is his best survivability tool if your shield is getting fried by a team shot then yeah 1200 aint much i do miss the thicc rein shield though
A good tip is also to deploy your shield in the air in front of you during Sigma’s ult so you can’t get killed or CC’d
Biggest sigma tips i can give are to learn his maximum range on primary fire and abuse it. The best thing about sig is his ability to deny high ground and corners by using his max range ball splash damage. The next tip is that its often a better idea to keep shield in your pocket so you can block big abilitys like earth shatter, pharah barrage, or hog hook on reaction. Shield comes out instantly, but retracting it leaves it unavailable for 2 seconds. So in certain match ups its better to save it for when you really need it.
I love throwing my barrier at fara when she uses her ultimate
Same when I’m on symm haha
The universe sings to me
WHAT IS THAT MELODY
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Het universum zinkt voor mij
@@Ewaniffos oh so that's what he said
@@dhearyzikrimuhammad_0366 he says ‘het universum zingt voor mij’ = the universe is singing for me
It's Lucìo
All of these are great tips. I love playing sigma, as long as the support is good, hes unstoppable it feels. Using the shield to keep snipers off the team, and to isolate is super effective, and cycling your gravataional shield and your traditional shield leaves your team with protection almost 100 percent of the time. All three of his tacticals can be used in some way to protect the supports if thwy are rushed
Sigma is dependent on a couple of key traits:
- Positioning
- Game Sense
Sigma can dominate with or without a team because of his high damage, negation of abilities with shield and suck, and amazing ult. However, having good game sense is helpful as well. This can help you prevent Hogs, Flankers, or Nano’d enemies from contributing because you have every tool to deal with them. Sigma is a game manager.
Pro tip: you can send your shield into space because it has infinite range for some stupid reason
Don’t forget giving the barrier to a widow early in a fight. It’s super good for the early challenges against another widow. It’s super easy to force a swap that way.
As someone who started playing Sigma after seeing this the third tip is really helpful. Especially when it culminates into a team kill
the biggest mistake new sigma players make is not typing "sigma balls" on all chat every time they hit an enemy with accretion
The tip about isolating enemy support/dps from the rest of the team is really smart. Sadly in my games they just pass through it like it's nothing and manage to kill me xd
I guess I’m already a good sigma
One thing a lot of people seem to forget is that Sigma's rock actually stuns enemys out of most projectile absorbing abilities, like Genji's deflect, Orisa's spinny thing or even Sigma's own absorption ability.
Also be sure to spam "I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation" whenever possible,
It increases your ULT damage by 1% every time you use it, trust me.
Also if you place down your sheildd in front of a DVa ULT you will survive if placed right
About the barrier usage, something I learned from my coach during 4k scrims back when I scrimmed as an off tank player was to use my barrier to block enemy cooldowns; you don't just randomly put them up and down whenever unless to regen barrier health. Cooldowns such as Ana nade/sleep, Hog hook, Sig rock, etc.
Well i didnt know sigma had a barrier
He said please at the end so I clearly have to listen to him
I taught myself all of these techniques shortly after picking Sigma up and I'm glad to see that I'm using him properly. Also nice to use his shield in close-range 1v1s since you can just keep passing through it back and forth to make it a lot harder for whoever you're fighting to get successful shots on you.
Steps to be a true sigma:
Also don’t forget number 4: not being on that grindset
Sigma ult takes half of heroes HP bar, so if you see one person is already half, aim at someone else, so you can get more than one kill confirmed.
Sigma is such a sleeper pick rn and nobody is talking about it
Agreed after Zarya gets nerfed he will emerge
@@RauKnowsRivals I save my ult for when zarya ults just to punish her, and it works out
She dies like everytime I do that
Sigma is very strong, it's too bad that my team runs infront of me constantly and I dont have the movement speed to save them from themselves. Theres only so much my barrier can do when my dps keeps 1v5ing
Remember, you're not doing something wrong when you're looking for that melody.
Can't believe he didn't add this:
When you use your ultimate, once you activate it, you DO NOT NEED TOO SEE IT.
Target a spot, and move around a corner to prevent cc.
My favorite thing is rocking a charging rein or shield up when he tries to hammer down. I'm sure it's trickier to time in ranked but it's a blast in qp.
If they have a someone who can stun/silence you in ult make sure to hide behind cover from that enemy while in ult.
Is it a good idea to place a shield down just so your dps can get closer to the enemy but will be behind the shield?
For example in a “capture the objective” the dps only cover are the walls so I usually place a shield a little further so they can get better accuracy as well as be safe
1- I always retract my barrier to recharge it when necessary.
2- I'll admit this is something I do, but I kind of substitute it for the Kinetic Grasp to absorb sleep darts and ultimates.
3- This is something I'm getting better at, but I usually forget to do. It's sometimes better to immobilise your target and topple their balance instead.
A better tip for sigma's ult (coming from a sigma main): The moment you use your ult spam the primary button and you will be able to fire 4 "balls" on your enemy while they are still in the air.
I feel like all comp players need to watch this guy. Every single game I play I have 1 or 2 people being stupid
You can use his ult to scale high ground quickly too. Obviously don't use it just for that, but an example is like the houses near the spawns on colloseo. The window on the upper floor is literally the perfect height to float into to have high ground for when your ultimate ends
I remember when you could instantly cast shield after recalling it. Now the moment you drop it, the enemy team gets 3 picks, you get stunned, shattered and hacked and there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it, because there's like a 5 second cooldown.
I like how he’s not even giving out the whole subscribe things, I think he actually cares about getting his tips out
I have a 4th bad habit. Picking him and not using his talon skin to hide his nasty feet
5th bad habit, pocking him over chad reinhardt
You'd better pray the enemy doesn't have a Junkrat
@@CatNigga you can say that for all shield’s beside dva
@@ssspike1696 I was referencing Junkrat's trap catching Sigma's bare feet
No, sigma goes if his Hannibal Lecter skin
Instructions unclear, I am now a DPS Moira
I use the barrier for stopping DVA ult
Good use!
Sigma's shield is the fastest (and funnest) way to disarm a Hammond mine field ult.
Another tip: when you lift the enemies with ult, they become too far away from point or payload, so you can use it to avoid an overtime in point (and win) or those last few meters for the payload to arrive (and win). It's ultra funny to lift them up and see them lose tbh xD
I would like to add as well that its a good idea to put your sheild up where you intend on flying before ulting, so you dont just get killed in ult
Another tip is that if you think you're gonna get killed when Ulting, you can place your shield up where you're going to hover. But it's a giveaway if people are paying attention
Finally some high elo tech and advise!
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I just started to main sigma and this short helped so much especially the one about taking the barrier back
Thank you! I just started playing sigma and was struggling a bit
Hope this helps!
One strat I tend to use with sigma is throwing out my shield and once the enemies start shooting at it, I pull the shield down and use the absorption ability. Most people don't notice in time so they end up feeding it.
That’s useful sometimes but you should be using suck to take useful abilities not spam damage.
Also warn teammates that might be able to help you pick off targets that get caught in your ult. Sigma ult + a sniper is an ez team kill
The only habit I have is forgetting my barrier
Another tip if you’re facing someone who can stun: throw your shield into the air and float up to it.
my guy forgot one important thing to say...scream and feel sigma's ult and voice acting it will 100% give you better plays and you easily win
I figured people naturally did all of these. I love blocking off LOS of enemy supports to get ez kills. Too satisfying lmao
Nope a lot of what you take for granted you gained over time!
hold left click as you ultimate, it’ll cancel the orb animation but still come out so you get an extra set of orbs for damage
I hit the craziest sigma 5k and just got this in my FYP. RUclips is stalking me
I don't know if it's still a thing in OW2, but in OW if you place yourself below the enemy during your ult the enemy will take double impact damage. 1 - impact damage from hitting Sigma's model (head specifically) , 2 - impact damage from the ground.
another is throwing your barrier up to give yourself some cover while using the ult and to possibly block an ana dart
Nobody:
Sigma: *CASUALLY THROWING A FUCKING BOULDER*
actually if you aim properly only one primary fire is enough to kill a squishy hit by your ultimate (if he isn’t being healed)
so if you aim for one squishy in the air and one another right after the slam you might be able to take down two people at once.
(this remains theoretical as enemy heals are to be considerated but your allies dps is also supposed to exist)
i am also surprised there isnt any tip about trying to optimise your primary fire bounces to help you improve your damage (as it is kinda hard to aim with this sh*t)
Sigma's ultimate does 50 damage on the way up, and half of it's victim's max health on the way down. If you activate his ultimate when the enemy team is at full health, you won't get any kills. If you activate it in the middle of a team fight rather than at the beginning you'll likely get several kills and give your team the upper hand
Another thing is that you must remember to put away your shield when you leave a fight so it’s not at low charge
You’re forgetting one major tip to really build up damage, between each burst of your primary always melee as it won’t disrupt the animation and will just help. Also make sure to always hold your accretion for more accurate hits.
Nah not always because if there’s no one there, there isn’t any point. You might argue why not, like how a Rein or Brig should always be swinging, but with Sigma it locks you out of your other abilities so if you need them in a pinch you wouldn’t have them.
I used sigma to fully counter widow maker mains, the shield really helped my teammate survive its headshots
sigma has the best name in all of the overwatch characters
4. Screaming WHAT IS THAT MELODY. Or THE UNIVERSE SINGS TO ME
Add a signal who killed all five of us with his ultimate
I feel like these are all good points but some of it is basically good common sense for best value. Great video as a utility for new Sig mains.
I like to use the barrier to clear out wecking ball mines if my team's dps is busy or dead.
Most sigma players just don't have the grindset man. I swear.
Pro tip:If a Wrecking ball uses his alt throw ur sheild through it and it will destroy them all
1st one is such a good strat. I was using it defensively and not taking it back and losing 60% of my battles and now I’m going a good 30% loss rate very very effective
I remember playing sigma in OW1 and using his barrier like orisa’s barrier and always losing, now it pains me to see noob sigmas make the same mistake
Sigs shield is also good for taking out wreckingballs ult quick if your fine with breaking your shield for a bit.
I love when i see a widow and just completely block their los with my shield forcing them to move, its so fun
when i first started ow2 sigma felt so difficult to use i stopped using him after one match. went back to trying him after 4 (more or less) months of constantly playing, i can now say i’m a sigma enjoyer.
My bad habit as sigma is combining his ult with space bar everytime, I can't sigma ult without flying and I can't stop.
You’re only supposed to use barrier if someone is focusing on you. The second they stop, drop it. Thats how void played sigma 2021 Grand finals.
My bad habit is the moment I see a bastion on the other team I instantly switch to sigma and absorb everything he throws at me including his ult
I usually bait with my barrier, removing it right after placing it to get more shots to my black hole. I just never die as Sigma
he did sigma
I did haha
Thank you I'm trying to learn him and felt pretty confident playing him in casual. Went into comp and felt bad because I started losing and felt like I was ruining the game for my team. Good to see stuff I can work on
It’s because Sigma requires game sense to the max. You’re new so you don’t have good game sense.
@@jamespa7193 fair enough. It's hard to keep track of everything and I'm o ly used to playing support
dang, i knew about pulling the barrier to preserve its hp but I never even thought to use it to cut off their supports
Yessir :)
You’re missing a key point here if it’s in overtime and you’re pushing the cart with the ult you can get them off just enough time so you win the game
played today for the first time after a 4 year break, sigma is my new favourite character
Biggest brain Sigma play: I once popped a Wrecking Ball ult to corner an Ana and Baptiste that got too far behind their team and started shooting them down, and somehow their Sigma noticed IMMEDIATELY that something was wrong, turned around, pushed his shield straight through my mines to clear them all out without taking damage, and stunned me with a rock to the face so his healers could run out of the corner and get back to the DPS while he bullied me to death.
I was actually stunned at how hard I got played, it took me like 20 seconds to leave the spawn room again.
Counter for Sigma as Roadhog,
Play aggressive defensive, you can out DPS him in close quarters, keep track of when he uses his grav and rock.
After he throws rock, heal, he uses grav, hook him.
His shield is negligible if you keep your distance close. Though always keep your supports in mind when pushing a sigma.
Note: iirc Sigma's ult is the only ability/attack to deal a percentage amount of hp (50%) this scales off the MAX hp of the target (200 hp heros will take 100 and someone like Roadhog will take 350) and NOT THE CURRENT HP OF THE TARGET.
Correct. That’s why squishes are important to go for during his ult. It’s a total of 150
And remember to save your bullet absorb for heros such as bastion, soldier ult and orisa spray. Doing so at a perfect moment will (and I shit you not) give you 1200 total health/ shield for about 4 seconds.
Do junkrat next my g
Dps after tanks :)
Save your barrier for Rein Shatter as well most reins are predictable
Rau knows everything bruh
I thought I was the only one who used the wall to isolate supports and DPS for a free kill
You can float upwards in your ult if you hold jump :)
I think Sigmas Shield should be used Selfishly because his kit allows him to stay in the fight for a long time while consistently out putting ass loads of damage
Personally wish they'd remove the cool down on the barrier so it'd be like it was on his release
You forgot about using your kinetic grasp when you don't need to
Mei next plz
Dps after tanks!