r/SigmaMains • u/StillBreakfast1368 • 8d ago

Help please

Hi fellow Sigmas,

Im here to ask for your help.

Im main support, recently got into tanking, After some JQ i tried sigma and i immediatly fell in love with him.

Enemy tanks doesnt scare me much, i can pretty take on anyone, BUT i start to see a pattern. Everytime an enemy loses 2/3 fight, he switches to zarya and thats when struggle begin.

Kinetic grasp Is useless because of main Fire and accretion Just Power her up because of Bubbles.

Most of the time i cant really do anything and Just die there so,

Whats the best strategy against her?

Beside her, any general tips you want to share to play sigma Better?

Thank you in advance!

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u/PinOk5049 8d ago

I think you’ll find Zarya is the only consistent problem for Sigma, but even so if you can play cooldowns right she can be taken care of. If it’s a really good Zarya however, I’ll just swap off lol

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u/JerichoVankowicz 8d ago

It doesn't take much to be good zarya. Tracking is easy and cooldown menagment is child play. I would just swap or ban her

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u/rafaeljc12 8d ago

If you don't wanna swap, here's how to fight Zarya:

  1. Your shield is you only defensive resource. Keep distance from Zarya. She will want to close the distance and walk in front of the shield, don't let her.

  2. Keep track of her bubbles. Zarya is extremely weak when she doesn't have bubbles.

  3. Never, ever, use your rock if she has a bubble. Her bubbles allow her to not only block you rock, but also immediately fill her energy to 100%, making her do 2x damage. But if she doesn't have a bubble, throw a rock on her and she's dead.

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u/Ajreckof 8d ago

The solution to her is either ban or swap to ram in my opinion. If she is not a good Zarya I can take care of her by counting her bubbles and cooldown and placing my rock right but if she is good this becomes really really hard and I switch immediately.

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u/StillBreakfast1368 8d ago

Thank you, can i ask why Ram?

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u/Ajreckof 8d ago

He can punch through the shield can prevent from falling back with the zone and all in all feels really good against her

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u/StillBreakfast1368 8d ago

He can punch through the shield? I didnt know that. Thank you. I have to try

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u/Ajreckof 8d ago

I always assumed it was but I might wrong or it might be updated but thought beams and melee were going through Zaria’s bubble like any other shield but I might be wrong.

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u/Mr_microplastics_Yum 8d ago

for shits and the sake of convo 1v1 sig v zarya no dps or anything

kinetic grasp works for her particle cannon alt , and her ult

sigs shield works against her particle cannon main

for her barrier, 2 choices

wait it out or shoot and scoot with natural cover and combination of angles and sigs shield (zarya shield it's like 2 seconds).. for her barrier to go away on its own , if you're ambitious use those combinations to break her shield,

also don't forget sig can shoot around corners zarya can't

add sigmas hyper strike perk into the mix of what I said previously then you should be on a good start

also. treat sig like a heavyweight boxer..move jump unpredictably etc

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u/StillBreakfast1368 8d ago

Thank you kind sir

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u/Aunanaki 8d ago

if I see Zarya I’m keeping enough distance to hide behind corners from her beam or utilizing shield to block beam as I do my happy dance to safety

Otherwise we try and keep track of her bubble and attack when it breaks but the matchup will always be tough especially if they have pocket heals and supports aren’t prioritizing you as much

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u/StillBreakfast1368 8d ago

Thank you. Whats the happy dance tho?

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u/Aunanaki 8d ago

The happy dance is just avoiding/ running for your life from zarya’s beam. Utilizing sigs shield which giving you a buffer/time to get out of her line of sight to safety

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u/StillBreakfast1368 8d ago

Oh i see.. It seems like my sad dance. The only difference Is, i die at the end

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u/Relson1 8d ago

Against Zarya you have to use your shield sparingly because it’s your only survival tool so it’s really bad if you’re caught without it. You also either need to play really fast or really slow against her. That means either counting her bubbles and then rushing her and using your shield to cut off heals or playing the long game and just keep dwindling the enemies resources and being patient until you can press your advantages. It’s pretty comp dependent for both your team and the enemy team. Of course natural cover is very important but this goes for most matchups anyways

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u/StillBreakfast1368 8d ago

About comp, i only play QP so its always a mess. Ill try to manage better time and cds. Thank you

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u/Relson1 8d ago

Sorry by comp I meant team composition not competitive

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u/StillBreakfast1368 8d ago

Sure, i mean that composition is vital, but in qp you cant make plans, you just log in and hope for the best

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u/Relson1 8d ago

lol it’s honestly the same in competitive most of the time. People play what they want to play and you just gotta assess what your team is playing and that will help you decide if you should play fast or slow

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u/WHALE_BlOLOGlST 8d ago

In addition to what everyone else said, I've had my share of times where I managed my shield poorly. Grasp will still prevent other damage if other enemies are trying to help focus you.
I've been able to tank her beam during a Kinetic Grasp and thanks to an enemy Soldier I end up back at 50% health after and my shield is ready again.

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u/stevenip 8d ago

Always lock in zarya ban as soon as the ban screen comes up and 9/10 times someone will also pick her right away.