The Payload
Legendary Difficulty – Overwatch Uprising
This is going to be perhaps the most difficult section of the event as it’s very easy to get overwhelmed, so start by having Torbjorn set his turret up on the hotel’s balcony. You can set it up on the payload. However, if it gets destroyed during combat, don’t fret too much. The trickiest part of this engagement will be keeping the payload from exploding, so make the little animal-like Omnics your priority every time they pop up. Their beams shred through the health bar of the payload and will send you back to the Overwatch main menu if you aren’t careful. Reinhardt should once again try to cover a 180 degree arc in front of the payload, only lowering his guard when he needs to hit nearby Omnics or charge into the giant balloon-shaped ones. Tracer and Torb should focus fire sections. However, once the Bastions roll out, all four members need to shift their focus.
These guys will absolutely massacre your team’s health on legendary difficulty, so prioritize them and if you can, either use a Pulse Bomb or Earthshatter to ensure their demise. Molten Core should be used frequently, so don’t feel like you need to hold onto it for that key moment as it can be great for making space and clearing out enemies on a side your team can’t focus on right now. Mercy just needs to stay alive and will pretty much have to always be healing as everyone will take a lot of damage in this section. If Reinhardt goes down, don’t try to walk over and resurrect him manually, just use your ultimate as his shield will be key to your survival.
After the payload actually begins its Uprising journey, you will need to escort it so build the turret on the payload, have Reinhardt walk in the front with Mercy by the turret providing support. Torb will help cover the front with Tracer mopping up anyone attacking from behind. When you hear a Bastion call out, use one of your three damaging ultimates and have Mercy hide off in a corner. This Bastion will be in tank form and he will do an insane amount of damage so focus fire on this Overwatch Omnic until he’s nothing but bolts. When you reach the main door, clean up whoever is left and then prepare for the final phase.
