A new Overwatch 2 support hero has come under fire for his ability to control and kill friendly players at will.
Lifeweaver is a new support hero coming to Overwatch 2, that promises to add new and diverse strategic gameplay to the game with his unique repositioning abilities. However, the hero has come under fire due to his trolling potential with teammates. One of his abilities known as Life Grip is designed to snatch a teammate from a life-threatening situation to Lifeweaver’s location. However, the ability has been found among playtesters to be an effective trolling tool for killing teammates by swinging them off map borders and into sinkholes.
Life Grip is a very unusual ability, in that it allows Lifeweaver players to reposition teammates at will, with or without the teammate’s permission. Other repositioning abilities, like Symettra’s teleporter, don’t do this and allow all players to control whether or not they will be transported to another location. We suspect Blizzard designed Life Grip this way, so Lifeweaver players can save teammates quickly and don’t have to sit around waiting for the other player to request to be pulled away.
