r/MoiraMains • u/Noodz4Daze • Apr 25 '26
Looking for Advice Replay Advice, I kinda felt overwhelmed and powerless.
This last match I had a Junk just constantly deleting me, spent so much time dead I couldn't heal..
What could I have done differently. I pinged him for help from my team, the entire match he died once. Idk if I should've concentrated on dodging and healing or flank and try to pressure him and genji?
PE1WXJ
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u/Wingnutmcmoo Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26
I can't currently watch the replay but I've met some monster junks and all you can do is try to be smarter than they are on rotations and position in general. If he is hard marking you then you need to make sure his efforts are wasted by relying on your orb to keep the other pressure off you and save fade only for when he spends his cool downs to try to get you.
Because of the nature of both characters it literally becomes a "game sense" competition. Whoever has a better read on the map and the flow of the game in front of them tends to win.
To beat the junk you don't even have to kill him. Just ping him when he commits and you are rotating away from him and waste his time in general. If you keep doing your jobs (pressure and heals) then you win.
Edit to add: since junk is so bursty to the point that he can chunk you even if you get away, it's good to practice throwing heal orbs to where you want to fade to. This trick works with alot of match ups but smartly bouncing orbs so they are where you will be in like 4 or 5 seconds is a skill that can just win situations like this.
That being said you don't need to like... Go crazy with it. You can be a bit reactive with this skill and just practice good orb bouncing and react to where you know the orb will be when you have to fade.
Like obviously only throwing out heal orbs is not good practice but in some situations heal orb for heals and succ for damage is just the call.
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u/Wingnutmcmoo Apr 25 '26
Lol also be careful of fading to the same spots when he's watching you. I've had some junks trap favored fade locations to the point where I'd exit the fade directly on their trap.
But that's only the really clever junks and those are rare
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u/Subject-File1264 Apr 25 '26
As someone who mains both Moira and Junkrat: don’t 1v1 him, especially not in small rooms. You will rarely win that unless he is already low or wasted his cooldowns. If he’s hard-targeting you, I’d stay closer to your tank/team and focus on denying his angles rather than chasing him. Ping him, but also position somewhere your team can actually help punish him. On Moira, I’d save fade defensively and only pressure him if he’s isolated or low. Tbh if a Junk is making my life miserable on support, I often just swap to Kiriko and keep my Suzu ready for tire or burst damage. Sometimes the best answer is not giving him the duel he wants.
As the Junkrat main: the worst thing you can give him is panic and predictable movement. As Junk I want you looking the wrong way, going through tight spaces and getting cut off from your team. A panicked Support that is looking in all directions because I could be anywhere? Good >:) If he’s flanking into your backline, he’s forcing attention, and that alone can get value even before he kills anyone. And if you hear the tire, separate from your team or use fade in a good moment. I am always looking for supports first and I love getting a double if they are huddled together.
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u/zweihander26 Apr 25 '26
Havent watched it but 1v1 against junk is not a good idea
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u/Noodz4Daze Apr 25 '26
I know. I wasnt trying to 1v1 him. He was mostly targeting me so I was trying to ping him and have my enemy team try to kill him...
He died once.
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u/zweihander26 Apr 25 '26
Damn if your team doesnt deal with junk then thats a whole other issue
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u/Noodz4Daze Apr 25 '26
Flamed me for not healing, I couldn't heal because junk killed me 6 times.
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u/Subject-File1264 Apr 30 '26
In times like these I tell them "no peel, no heal" I can't heal if I am constantly attacked in the backline and have to look out for myself and my second support. If they are still blaming you it is a them problem and I would avoid and move on.
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u/Noodz4Daze Apr 30 '26
No peel, no heal.... Im putting that on a macro. 😁🌹🌹
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u/Subject-File1264 May 02 '26
I have some fun makros i made on a day where i just had enough lmao. They are:
No peel, no heal. Peel = protect the healer. Healer alive = heals, Healer dead = thoughts and prayers.
Please touch the point. Kills are nice, but the objective wins games. Heroic sacrifice appreciated.
LOS = Line of Sight, I need to see you to heal you. Walls are immune to healing. No sight = no heals.
Team composition warning: 4 DPS detected. Solo support in Open Queue, this is a cry for help.
Bad positioning cannot be outhealed. Please use cover.
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u/glitteringeffort0 Apr 25 '26
I stand in solidarity with you. You must be silver / gold. In my experience it happens all too often I’ll ping a flanker, soldier on high ground, a reaper, etc and it just goes ignored by my team. You can’t really control that so idek what advice to give for teammates ignoring your comms. They’re just playing their own game at that point.
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u/zweihander26 Apr 26 '26
Im in diamond and when my teammates dont deal with the enemy dps I end up doing it myself haha. But if its a junkrat I just tend to keep a distance since his bombs hurt
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Apr 29 '26
Focus genji avoid junkrat completely. It’s a bit like playing sombra into junkrat. You just want to be as far away as humanly possible
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u/RoosterHorror6502 Apr 30 '26
Moira duels should be done in rooms or tight spaces with your health orb bouncing around. But you don't want to be in a room with junk no way no how ..even if you get him his exploding ballz will still get yah. You have better mobility so use it and like someone said stay close to tank and ping the junk and your team will help burn him down and use your fade to pounce and Finish his ass off instead of him isolating and stalking you
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u/HobbyJobs Apr 25 '26
Haven’t watched the replay but I’ll say this — you’re not favored in a 1v1 with a junk. There are very few situations where you’d seek that duel out. You should be marking the genji all game and healing junk’s spam so you can build ult faster.