Be More Laid Back Than Reinhardt
Orisa Tips – Overwatch
Orisa isn’t as shield-hefty or melee-adept as Reinhardt, which means you need to take his sheildy mindset without trampling into battle. Set up your shields often and intelligently, and then stay behind them. They only hold up against 900 points of damage (compared to Reinhardt’s 2000), but will be up every 12 seconds. It’s a much-welcomed alternative to the big guy, and a boon when taking defensive postures. She’s not going to be the hardiest Overwatch tank, but there’s more to her than tossing up barriers…
Use Your Fortify Often
Orisa Tips – Overwatch
Orisa’s shift ability is a buff that reduces incoming damage and makes her immune to action-impairing effects for a few seconds. That means while activated, she can’t be affected by a McCree stun, a Reinhardt charge, a Roadhog hook, Mei’s freezing, and more. Use it when you spot a hero ready to CC all over you, or when entering a pack of enemies that definitely has their cooldowns reset.
Fortify has an eight second cooldown, so when you’re not blocking specific abilities, feel free to toss it up and prevent plenty of damage. Orisa tends to be fairly killable in high pressure situations without it.
