Ultimate Charge

1,596,140
595
Published 2022-07-21
Every nuance you never wanted to know about ult charge in Overwatch 1 and Overwatch 2.

CORRECTION: 5:17 - there are two more heroes that fit into this category: Reinhardt and Zarya. Both heroes can build ult charge in the time between pressing the ultimate key and the ultimate actually deploying/activating. (thanks McMagicMarv and ax2com)

UPDATE: As Overwatch receives more patches, this video falls further out of date. Here are some (not all) notable changes:
1:57 Overhealth now grants 50% ult charge when damaged instead of 0%
5:51 Ashe no longer generates ult charge while BOB is active
8:29 Ultimate costs change pretty frequently; for up-to-date numbers, check the wiki: overwatch.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_ability#Ultimat…

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
0:51 Generating Charge
7:00 Overwatch 1 Ultimate Costs
8:29 Overwatch 2 Ultimate Costs

MUSIC:
• Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards OST

REFERENCES:
• McCree Gameplay Preview | Overwatch | 1080p HD, 60 FPS    • McCree Gameplay Preview | Overwatch |...  

LINKS:
• Twitch - www.twitch.tv/marblr
• Discord - discord.marblr.net/

Footage captured on game versions 1.72.1.0.100672 and 2.00.9.1.101808

All Comments (21)
  • @videojenico
    About the "ultimates that can gain charge while being used", there are two more characters who can charge their ultimate while they use it, but it's pretty much useless. Reinhardt can charge his ultimate while using it as long as the hammer doesn't hit the ground, aka being in the air himself. Zarya also can charge her ultimate while using it as long as the graviton hasn't hit anything, like shooting it upwards. And baby Dva used to he able to do that too until it got patched recently due to its op usage in the OWL as Echo.
  • @danny_poo
    I just want to say at 8:27 , Cree's roll with the UI transition is beautiful.
  • @STRANGE_BRO
    Keep up your videos man, highest quality OW youtuber right now :)
  • @Unfeatured
    2:17 I believe why Genji gets ult charge from deflecting Tactical Visor is because the bullets themselves don’t change. Visor is just an aimbot so the gun doesn’t change (except for it flicking quickly due to the aimbot nature of Visor but again that doesn’t change the gun itself other than its orientation) 3:58 I believe healing self inflicted damage used to grant ult charge from what I was told by friends. You’d run Zarya, rocket jump out of spawn, and have an Ana get some ult charge
  • @gamesux420
    2:18 thats because soldiers ult doesnt actually do damage, it just makes you lock onto enemies, his attack is still just normal attack while reapers or mccrees ult damage is a unique attack that only the ultimate does. There is no soldier ult damage to deflect, only his normal attack which is seen as a normal attack rather than ultimate damage by the game.. because it is.
  • @McMagicMarvOW
    I wouldn't say it is completely accurate to say you can't build ultimate during graviton. For example you can graviton directly in the air and you will be able to deal damage and build ultimate towards your next one. As soon as the grav lands and activates you won't be able to build ultimate cost any more until it finishes. The same concept works for Reinhardt ultimate when you fire strike and use earthshatter. If the fire strike hits enemies after you activate shatter but before the hammer hits the ground you will still get ultimate charge. You do see Zarya's alternate fire targets immediately before grav because they will still get ult charge while the graviton is moving through the air. Great video! Very informative.
  • @lyzder7298
    For an ultimate as impactful as EMP, the ult cost is surprisingly low, but I guess that's to balance Sombra's innate lower uptime
  • @mythicallag
    4:00 I love the Tf2 Reference, and the reason I enjoyed and sticker to your channel is that you are OW’s Shoudic (Tf2 Mechanics YTer) even though I don’t play OW. It’s just informing and entertaining
  • I find it absolutely amazing how your channel appears out of nowhere only to become the highest quality content I've seen in a long while, let alone in the overwatch crowd. your style reminds me a lot of Shounic, which god knows is a high compliment
  • @RinseNDelete
    I love these type of technical informative videos, and finally for my favorite game Overwatch. Dude you came out of nowhere and are blowing up. Keep up the good work and I am really looking forward to ur next vid.
  • @dtwo6086
    I just love watching these, understanding how the game works wasn't something i used to look up to untill i saw your videos. The quality is so good and the the way you explain it makes it very easy to understand while also being engaging. Love it man!
  • This is really detailed and super fun video to watch. You've made watching stats interesting with those neat little edits and easter eggs. I really liked how soldier looked up at his ultimate bar filling : D
  • @Starlight_ow
    your editing and analytic breakdowns are amazing. Fantastic production, keep the videos flowing :)
  • This is actually the best OW content I've seen It's super interesting learning the mechanics behind the game. Keep these coming matey!
  • @rabalder6705
    The quality of the content you produce is so good. You give a great overview, easy to understand Information and good visuals. 10/10
  • @Aftershok128
    Insanely high quality content, wow, I'm always impressed. GREAT work!!
  • @Ci7rus
    This is easily the best way I’ve ever seen someone explain Ult cost. Super clean editing and so much effort, definitely deserves to blow up 🔥