Passive
Dash
Deflect
Ultimate
Synergise
Genji Hero Guide
Genji flings precise and deadly Shuriken at his targets, and uses his wakizashi
to deflect projectiles or delivers a Swift Strike with his technologically-advanced
"dragonblade" that cuts down enemies.Genji has very versatile offensive abilities, he's
able to move around the map very seamless while soloing enemies one by one.
When fighting a team that has a Genji, you better not stray to far away from your team while
in battle or you may find yourself coming head to head with a deadly Genji.
Genji works great by harassing the enemy from all angles and picking off nearly dying enemies.
Out of all the heroes in the game I believe that Genji has one of the highest skill ceilings to master.
His basic shurikens will require insane skill to master, along with his other abilities.
Let's check out his abilities in-depth:
Before looking at Genji's active abilities, we should first talk about his passive ability, Cyber-Agility Icon Cyber-Agility.
This ability has two effects.The first effect allows Genji to climb walls by holding down the jump key while moving into a wall
(this ability works exactly like his brother Hanzo's Wall Climb Icon Wall Climb). It should be noted that Genji can only wall climb
once while he is in the air. Therefore, Genji cannot climb a wall, jump of that wall, and begin to climb another wall. To reset Genji's
wall climb ability, a player must touch a level surface.Second, it enables Genji to perform a double jump. Once Genji has jumped once, he may
jump again as if he were on the ground. The effect is limited to 2 jumps, so Genji can jump into a wall climb, then jump once more when he falls
off the wall. Double jump therefore allows him to jump twice as high as other heroes. It should be noted that if Genji starts his wall climb from the ground,
this will use one of his jumps. This means Genji can never double jump after wall climbing, but Genji can double jump into a wall climb.
Swift Strike is an ability that causes Genji to dash forward (in the direction of his crosshair) a reasonable 15 meters. Any enemies Genji comes in contact
with during this dash take 50 points of damage.Whenever Genji kills or gets an assist on an enemy (even if he did not use Swift Strike on that hero), then
the cooldown of Swift Strike is instantly reset. Swift Strike's cooldown is also reset immediately when Genji uses Dragonblade Icon Dragonblade. Moreover, it is
important to note that Swift Strike can be used to get up to a higher position (by dashing upwards), which means Genji can cross small gaps or go from the first to the
second level of a building using only Swift Strike.Genji should very rarely use Swift Strike to go into a fight with multiple enemies. Genji should only Swift Strike into
a group of enemies if one of the opponents is low, and Swift Strike will secure a kill. He can then use Swift Strike to dash away from the rest of the group of enemies,
fleeing to safety to once again harass the enemy from a distance.
Deflect is an ability that lasts for 2 seconds when activated. During this time, any projectiles that strike Genji from the front will be deflected at the location of Genji's crosshair.
Deflected abilities will damage Genji's enemies, and maintain the utility that the initial ability has. For example, deflected Pharah rockets will deal splash damage and displace enemies, and McCree's
Flashbang will stun opponents.Only projectiles (including bullets) can be deflected. This means channeled or beam weapons (Symmetra' Photon Projector, Zarya's Particle Cannon primary fire, etc.) will
penetrate Genji's Deflect and damage Genji.Genji can Deflect ultimate abilities such as Zarya's Graviton Surge Icon Graviton Surge (before the orb she shoots explodes) or Hanzo's Dragonstrike Icon
Dragonstrike (before the arrow he shoots turns into dragons).Deflect does not do anything against AoE/splash effects (such as Pharah's Rocket Launcher's rocket explosion or Soldier: 76's Helix Rocket's
explosion).Melee attacks are not deflected (they cannot damage Genji's enemies) but they are still blocked by Deflect, meaning that Genji takes no damage from them. This includes Reinhardt's Rocket Hammer
swings.Genji will be hit by any enemy projectiles or abilities that strike him from the side or back even when Deflect is active.Deflected projectiles cannot damage Genji's allies.Deflect serves two main
purposes for Genji: dealing damage and surviving. However, these two uses are often merged into one. This is because Genji players should never be content with only blocking damage by using Deflect —
instead, you should always try to aim at the enemies while Deflect is active in order to return that damage onto them.
When Genji activates Dragonblade , a melee sword replaces his Shuriken Icon Shuriken for 8 seconds. During this time, Genji can make a maximum of 9 slashes with the sword
(limited by the sword's rate of fire/slashing), each of which deals high damage (120) to all enemies in an arc in front of him.When Dragonblade is used, Genji unsheathes his sword,
during which time he cannot attack, making Genji vulnerable for the first second after using his ult. Moreover, Genji's enemies hear a very distinctive audio warning. While Dragonblade is active,
Genji's movement speed is slightly increased, and he cannot use his Shurikens (but he can utilize his other abilities).The damage that Genji can deal with Dragonblade is extremely high
(over 1000, if we assume that each slash only hits one target). However, making good use of Dragonblade is not easy. When using Dragonblade, Genji must attack his enemies up close to deal effective damage.
However, opponents will do everything they can to kill the cyber-ninja before he can finish off enemies. Therefore, Genji players must have quick reflexes to expertly maneuver through
enemy lines without getting caught out by the team. Moreover, the audio warning gives opponents a head start to react to Genji's double-edged fury.
