overwatch – Do Deadeye or Tactical Visor Target an Invisible Sombra?

After some testing (my plays.tv didn't record because I had two clients open simultaneously), it appears as though character weight does NOT affect the knockback of at least Pharah's Concussive Blast.

I tested every character vs Pharah, every single character (exceptions below) are equally affected by the knockback, regardless of character model. This includes Primal Rage Winston and Tank Configuration Bastion.

The following characters are not affected by knockbacks under the noted circumstances:

• Mei (Ice Block)

• Bastion (Sentry configuration). He can still be broken out of Sentry configuration via stuns (Roadghog's Chain Hook, Reinhardt's Charge)

• Reinhardt (Shielding)

I can re-record these segments at a later date if video (or gif) evidence is required for the answer, then update accordingly.

!!SCIENCE!!

Testing information:

I conducted this test in King's Row, with the Defender being the class to knockback (Pharah and Lucio), and the Attacker being the class to get knocked back. To the left of the Attacking spawn (from Attacker's PoV), there is a manhole cover near a phone booth. The defender stood on the manhole, with a spray placed the same distance as the phone booth for the Attacker to stand on. The knockback direction went horizontally across the Attacking spawn. This ground provided a long, flat surface with no ceiling in order to keep the knockback as unaffected as possible.

I have tested this myself and according to what I have looked at the turret focuses on the target that enters its 'line of sight' first.

The testing that I did:

I convinced a member of the enemy team to place down a turret as I walked out, letting the turret fire into me(I was playing Roadhog). While this was happening we had a Genji dart in front of me and run towards the turret to check if the turret would switch to the player that was closest. However, the turret only started shooting at the Genji once I(Roadhog), died. Therefore, Genji was the only one left in it's 'line of sight' and he became the target.

"After some games, I have a strong feeling that the turret has a preference for characters it can kill quickly (like Pharrah or Genji) and is less prone to shoot tanks."

You probably noticed that it focused on characters like Pharrah or Genji because they are both very mobile characters that in most cases enter the 'line of sight' first.

"I tried to be careful of its behavior during my last games and the turret definitely takes into account who is attacking it. I was farther away from the turret than my teammates and I started firing at it."

The turret may have targeted you here because all your teammates where behind cover and you were the last character in the turrets 'line of sight'. So essentially you have really crappy luck.

TL;DR:

• Turret focuses on character that first enters the 'line of sight'

• Characters with mobility most likely enter 'line of sight' first

• @kerwan is unlucky