With all those heal orbs and the way he's playing I'd almost call him a second dive tank, except the tankiness is from self-heals and a great escape ability. It's the Moira version of Wrecking Ball.

Most noticeable difference with him and a low rank moira I usually see is he utilizes his range very well there are a lot of times where lower ranks would try and close the gap on someone they are sucking instead of keeping that 20 meter succ

not moving when fighting moira is a revelation.) makes so much sense, never thought about it. you really just throw ur own aim

What Nolan meant by "go no backline" when asked about counters to dps Moira was going something like Lucio+Moira, etc. so you don't have a squishy backline for Moira to exploit.

i played against him on oasis a couple weeks ago lol he was decimating our backline the entire game and had our entire team tilted

KarQ is the person to watch if you want honest and good advice for anything Overwatch. Thanks man

I've been saying this. People always say Moira can't bring utility and want to rework an ability to have additional utility mechanics. Her survivability IS her utility. You can essentially function as an offtank for some time by drawing attention and creating space. And because of your survivability you can get out a lot of the time, further improved if you know how and where you can fade jump or double fade jump

I'm a GM Moira main and this exactly how you're supposed to play her if you want to get the most value from her. She gets a lot of hate for being "easy" but she requires an insane amount of CD management and game sense to pull her off optimally in higher tiers. Since she doesn't have an ability that gives utility you have to actually become the utility via your playstyle. Pressuring from off angles, baiting out CDs, finishing off squishies, adapting mid-fight, etc. are all things your team can utilize to win the match.

I'd say the biggest key to this playstyle is your other support.

I don’t know why people are surprised that aggressive moira actually works it’s been like this forever 😭

8:40 He tried to double jump off of the telephone box here. The timing is hard, and even harder to h it while being chased, so it makes sense why he missed it.

I'm usually a healing moria going for easy picks but I actually have pulled agro for my team. I'll never forget fading into the backline on Midtown and sitting on the objective to pull the enemy back over to me so my team could get through the choke.

This Moira really just said fine I’ll be the 2nd tank

I think this also worked because the mercy adjusted her play style to adapt to what her other support was doing. This wouldn’t have worked as well if she’d try to pocket a dps instead of covering heals for the tank.

KarQ: *Intensely explaining flanking moira strat.* Moira Player: I just got lucky.

I like playing flank Moira, I just placed diamond and going through plat was rough. I would be doing exactly the same thing on first point of this map but the difference is if I died twice like he did my team would type “we have a dps Moira gg” and stop trying or throw just to prove their point. Low ranks can be frustrating with how confused and pathological some players are.

The heal orbs aren't neccessarily to build ult charge, it helps with tempo, otherwise you have to hide, drain health, or find a healthpack before going on the attack again.

9:57 of course he uses 90% healing orb but mostly to heal himself

I think the way this works is by moving the frontline forward. Even if nobody is dying, the enemy team lose space simply by turning around to deal with you, then your team ends up in the 4v2 and pressures out the remaining 2 enemies, forcing them to fall back to the other 3.

I've tried the playstyle several times and done well with it. I second what Nolan writes: probably about 90% are heal orbs for me too. The most important part of "TikTok Moira" is to stay alive. And whenever you have the chance, angle your self-heal orb to hit your team as well. Both to help and to not waste an ult-charge resource. Learn how to calculate angles and think about what you need to do.

I love playing Moira, she's a beast! Can easily lead in heals if you want or lead in damage done if you want... Great escapes and self healing.. a beast! I try to focus on what's needed, heal a bunch while pushing but if the DPS isn't getting it done I start focusing on DPS and it always turns the tide.

If I see a mercy on my team I usually put out big heals as Moira so they can focus on their dmg boost.

"Random bullshit damage" most lore accurate description of Junk 😂😂😂

I recently became a Moira main and I don’t understand the hate of a Moira with high damage AND high dealing. There have been countless games where my heals are leading the lobby while at the same time having damage on par with my dps. I wouldnt consider myself a dps Moira, but I still deal damage and pressure when appropriate (eg: throw damage orbs to pressure widow out of position, take 1v1s again isolated supports, etc.)

my buddy is a flank moira, we started going ana moira duo, and nano-boosting moiras coal is lowkey unstoppable. My guy has won the teamfight for us every time we did the combo except the one time he was nailed by sleep dart

Games like this are why the Benny Hill theme song plays in my head every time I do backline Moira

I mean he does use heal orb a lot... on himself lmao

‘you can’t heal from this range’ as the winston gets the heals lmao. great vid love the moira mmm

Maybe instead of trying to kill Moira, the goal might have been trying to kill mercy. Then they can't flank Moira since they would have no healing.

as someone who plays moira as a mad scientist with little regard for life, the orb restoring juice is a huge QoL buff. the juice should never run out

Every character has a kit that reflects their life. She's a former over/black watch member, oasis, current talon member. She is a biochemist that can. Change people. Moira is the epitome of survivability and adaptation. She can stay in the back and be a passive healer (but we already have an angel). She can also use her (frankly better than reaper's) shift and dark ball to harass and stay alive. Use everything she has to -do- everything. Limits are only in your mind

Both DPS Moira and healbot Moira share the same counters. Burst damage.

Very Helpful. Thanks for the content.

Hey what outro song do you use? I used to hear it on something I can't remember what though. Great vid!

I do exactly this with kiriko though works just as well if not better in most cases tbh, been climbing for a couple of weeks and gone from gold to masters with it

He’s really good at cycling through his fades and pee orbs when hitting the back line. Most Moiras will walk or fade into back line, wait for fade to come back and then damage orb, suck and fade back with team. A huge waste of time. He’s really not after blood like the TikTok moira hence all the pee orbs instead of damage orbs. He’s drawing a ton of attention and creating space like you said. He’ll even fade into their back and suck without being afraid of having no fade to get out bc he’ll just use pee orb and fade is back by the time he’s low, fades away and the cycle continues until at least he’s in a bad spot. It’s genius tbh

Not sure if this is good advice at all but when I fight moira as kiriko I normally get close up and try and mirror her strafes to make aiming easier. There's probably something I'm missing with the stand still strat.

How do you get those health status displays on the top corners of your screens?

Climbed to GM 2 this season with Moria. It's definitely all about not panicking. You just have to stay in a fight till you almost die doing damage or healing in that priority. Do as much damage as you can but also never let your teammates die. Never use fade till you are 30 health or lower and never die either. You can fade if someone is using a life ending cooldown on you but you better be right about that. Don't just spam orbs. Every orb has to have a meaning. If you other support is alive you are almost always throwing damage orbs and short burst healing your team. Use your healing orbs mainly to save yourself or in the cases where your other support is dead. But never throw a healing orb when your main heals can do the job. Don't spam damage orbs either into open space where there are no opponents. Finally, just don't panic but be everywhere and involved in everything and don't die and you'll be GM in no time.

can you do more educational videos like this please . this was really usefull

Moira- " I Heal!" Team- "yeah, yourself"

How do you make your display like that ? Or is that only for PC

Excellent vid! Question though why is Moiras orb yellow at times?

I play moira as i play my tracer, looking for opportunities and keep the pressure going from angles they dont expect. Also if you fade in a quick circle and then jump you can jump even higher then going straight and jumping

The damage orb change really changed the way I play Moira. If I exhausted my piss during a won team fight, instead of using the heal orb I’d chuck a damage orb to the enemy spawn to restore a bit of piss which I would then use to heal my teammates. I could also sustain the heals while helping deal a bit of damage to squishies. Pretty OP change but I don’t mind it.

reminds me a lot of drain tank types of builds in league. fiddlesticks type stuff

I really want to watch more of Nolan, but I can't seem to find where to watch him play, does someone know?

Great gameplay Love Moi. That's how I use her,it works when your team is working with it.

I‘m actually using heal orb 90% of the time … to heal myself

I haven't seen another Moira use the vertical orb technique in my entire life until now, FINALLY someone thinks like me xD

Yupp, adding that 3rd point rollout to my memory bank

Really good analysis ty

Awesome video!

Moira main here. I wouldnt say he's a DPS Moira, its one of the most balanced Moiras i've seen, honestly. And with some extra aggressiveness spice. Its a very audacious and daring way to play, sure, but he still keep in mind that healing builds up much more Utl charge than anything. And he does heal a lot his buddies and himself. Thing is, at this rank, players are much more coordinated and dont have pathetic self-preservation instincts. Im in Diamond and i gotta keep more in the back line than going on a hard flanking approach. I will chase some folks who come too close for comfort and against which im sure i can win a duel, but otherwise, unless i observe that my teammates know very well what they're doing, i remain a bit more conservative than him. The only time i'll flank deeper is only when i can have my team in sight. And then the minute things get way too heated up, i'll fall back to a safer spot.

18:48 you can fade jump the metal bar thing on the side of the wall. But if you mess it up you fall to your death.

He’s playing Moira like Sombra. You’re not there to necessarily get a ton of elims. You’re there to constantly pull agro backwards, like an dive tank in the backlines.

Late to the party, but you can fade jump into the high ground directly bouncing on the pipes without any parkour boxes shenanigans ;o)

I never realized how much I panic faded til I saw this damn

i often play support moira a lot, but sometimes i play as flank moira and it works a lot if you have a main healer, you dont do a lot of damage or healing overall, but the time You spent disctracting the enemies works everytime

I will never forget the moira i went against few days ago. I swear she was the most annoying moira i have ever met. She kept flanking my supporters everytime the dps and tank was busy fighting the enemy tank and dps.

I'm super new to overwatch In general but I've picked up on stuff really quick and this is literally something I've been trying to to tell my buddy that I can do but I'm still learning the maps and people's play style but this has done wonders for me. Even getting an aggressive Mercy down that's not something people expect but doesn't hurt the team while doing extra damage to get clutch elim for some fights. Definitely love how much there is to learn with this game. They did a good job imo. I come from fps shooters.

Would love a video on how to play tank work dps Moira.

If you're healing and damage are about the same on moira are you playing her correctly?

This feels somewhat similar to how a ball would play. But a lot more constant.

I’ve been doing pretty well with Orissa in Plat. Didn’t realise she was as bad as roadhog with the the damage drop off. But if you position well and cycle your cool-downs she’s invincible and has great point presence. No idea why her win rate is so low, maybe people not adjusting to the damage drop off nerf?

Ive noticed that as i play with moira, when i shoot the heal orb, it allows me to focus more of my damage beam on the enemies, and I still get decent healing. Though unfortunately, im super low elo, so its just a crap shoot.

That's how I played Scout in TF2; get in the back and survive, distracting as much of the enemy team as possible.

When I do this playstyle, ill usially try to take out a squishy support or a dps thats less likely to easily delete me. I have many options. Heal orb to keep me alive or send one to my team to heal, Damage orb to get the kill easier, Fade away to safety, Or keep my abilities and try to kill with just my suck.

I'd say the play is ignoring her and try to roll the enemy team as fast as possible. Her survivability and ability to escape make her a really slippery hero to kill

good video fr but what you said at 15:26 was crazy

I like to Bully Hanzos and WIdows with Moira if I'm support. Kinda map dependent, but it's always great if you can make them switch off.

I played a match on new queen street where i was ana and our other support was moira. They had 500 heals by the end on the game. I could feel my brain worms acting up every time i hit tab. Somehow we won

the craziest thing about this playstyle to me is that when he leaves a flank, he goes backwards into first point spawn. usually i would try to fall back to my team, but forcing the enemy to either over-commit into oblivion or ignore you is interesting.

It's basically the same way I play Genji. Maybe I should start playing Moira.

I want to see this played with a sombra :P

I try to do that and I get called shit because my 2nd healer is ass, so I always have to be the main healer because they're the real ass, but stupid teammates don't understand

yes its a heal orb, buts its a self heal orb to sustain being away from his team, might as well be a damage orb.

Against DPS Moira, I usually just go defensive Moira and ignore her. I’ve literally had games where there’s a Moira behind me hitting me it’s her grasp and I just heal my team and use healing Orb to cancel out her damage. Using Damage Orbs to get Resource. It just shuts her down.

Yeah Hog's are my bane - he does high damage alone but you cant fade until you bait hook unless you can full escape, or he can just locate you and hook into a kill., Widow and Hanzo are a threat but worth focusing as moira is evasive so if you can pressure them you lower the chance they can get that 1 shot vs you or a teammate and with no self heal and low HP, you can get the kills on them. Junk is dangerous because of trap and his damage. Mei snipe is annoying occasionally but feels RNG... I love me some Moira chess - I might not be anywhere near #1, but I contribute to more wins than losses lol.

The counter is literally just torb lololol

i try this style for real great gameplay, mix healing and flank dps is jizz

He uses heal balls a lot, but he seems to mostly be healing himself. The other support probably had 20K heals

Ngl it’s pretty interesting to see high elo moiras expressing skill and playing unconventionally. However, and this is a big HOWEVER, this really only works in high elo because in order to flank Moira, your team has to have the game sense to capitalize off of 1-2 second openings and notice when the opponent supps aren’t looking. Additionally, while you play hyper-offensive Moira, your team is down a supp so they have to have good positioning and game sense to not fall apart. Lot of factors but very cool to see this work

So coming from a gm moira main I play her a little differently I kinda play with the tank but I do damage majority of the time to their tank and what squishes with lower health I feel like she gets the most value in a 5v5 you know it's a bad Moira when they pop there ult when they already won or lost the team fight

If you know how to use cover well Moira works well

And that is how KarQ born an evil

at 2:20 if nolan got the health pack he would have lived but he missed by a little bit

it works cause your distracting the backline from supporting the tank and sometimes distracting the tank themself, also soloulting the enemy support is the best way to distract other players

"dps moira can only work in bronze" no I don't think so...

i wouldn’t say the only threat is ana’s sleep dart if kiriko lands a headshot on moira she’s dead she has a big head for a support

I guess the main thing is what can Moira flanking do that a damage hero couldn't? Is taking that support slot to do this more valuable than a Tracer, Genji, or Sombra doing the same thing?

Sleep dart has a wind up sound that you can hear before it shoots? I didn't even hear this I need to turn my volume up lol

Does this dude have a twitch? I wanna watch his games.

Just as effective as a cracked Tracer with 1/4 the mechanical skill :D

As a Moira (and other supports) main I'd say the best counter to flank Moira are Torb(Turret backline) and Orisa's javelin

Can you share more his video with your description

You could have tried to match strafe for easier shot?

Love nolan! Hes the best coach ever frl (hes my collegiate team coach and im learning moira from him, its caotic asf 😂)

As someone who doesn’t have nor want tik tok I’m glad I finally have an explanation on what the heck a tik tok Moira even is lol

I just finally hit diamond 3 as a tictoc Moira. I'm prob 80 dps to 20 heal. But I adjust my play style from defense to offense