In this Sombra appearance at a professional Overwatch tournament, a player provided particularly good entertainment!
Recently, patch 1.5 has been released for Overwatch, which among other things introduced the new heroine Sombra into the game. Many players want to try out Sombra immediately and use her abilities against other players. How annoying this can be in ranked play has been described by Cortyn in a Grumbling Wednesday about Sombra. But even the pros want to play with Sombra right away and use her not only in ranked games but even in tournaments.
Hacking to Victory with Sombra?
During a third-party Overwatch tournament, Kim “Esca” In-jae decided to give the new heroine a chance. Esca is no unknown player, as he won the Overwatch World Championships with his South Korean team and currently plays for Team Lunatic-Hai. In a match against Team Mighty Storm, he showcased his Sombra tactics on the Anubis map.
At the start of the game, Esca as Sombra runs out of the base towards the opponents. Just before they can see him, he uses the heroine’s invisibility ability to slip unnoticed behind enemy lines. The invisibility is time-limited, so he chooses a short, direct path to reach a safe point. While he is on the way to this point on the map, his teammates distract the opponents by attacking them with many abilities.
Everything is going according to plan, and Esca is ready to confuse Team Mighty Storm with a surprise attack from behind. For a brief moment, the camera switches to the rest of the action, showing the other players. When the camera returns to Esca, he has already been spotted by the enemy Ana.
In the linked video, you can see whether the special Sombra tactic works. The described round starts at about 1 hour and 8 minutes.
His plan was only partially successful, but the Sombra play provided good entertainment for the viewers. A completely different form of entertainment occurs when Overwatch players use the microwave as an input device.
