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We just had a game where an enemy D.Va used her ult with six of us attackers on the point. Five of us ran away, while our Reaper stayed on the point using Wraith form. The Reaper never left the point (I have it on video, I triple-checked), but we lost anyways.
Everything I've read online suggests a Reaper in Wraith form can hold the point. Is this incorrect? Or has it changed at some point? Or was this just a bug?
Melee attack does 30 damage and Winston's Tesla does 60 DPS
A melee attack takes one second, so no, it's not better to use melee - stick with the gun.
Reapers ultimate actually hits everything around him in an 8 meter radius (360 degrees).
Quoting from my link:
Death Blossom is a very deadly short range damage dealer that does 360 degrees of damage all around Reaper. Deathblossom is best used when there are a lot of clumped up enemies in a short radius, as it can wipe all of them out easily as long as they do not kill you first while executing Deathblossom.
For more info you can check this: Reaper strategy guide
People have also been talking in reddit
Quote from Reddit link:
Currently, Death Blossom's hitbox extends way above what it appears to hit. A reaper is able to ult on the ground and kill a pharah well above him. The hitbox needs to be changed to fit the animation or the animation needs to be adjusted to fit the hitboxes because it's extremely frustrating to play against.
It seems Reaper fires in all directions. His animation demonstrates that.
From this Ability Preview Video you can easily see flashes of red diagonally up and down. Demonstrating that he does fire up and down.
Best Answer
Yes, but with a caveat.
Reaper (and Mei, to cover both immunities) can both contest points or payloads owned by the enemy. This is easily seen in most games, so I don't feel proof is necessary.
The caveat here, is that they cannot capture points. I did not test payloads, but I can safely assume the same logic is behind it.
Reaper using Wraith form on an unconstested (neutral) point.
Mei using Ice Block on an uncontested (neutral) point.
If necessary, I can also knock up some video evidence of trying to capture an enemy point while not contested, but I don't think there will be a difference.
==EDIT==
As per Blue-Raja's comment, I did further testing on the nature of Overtime and contesting versus capping. My results were fully in-line with the above evidence- both can contest a point and extend Overtime during the duration of their in-vulnerabilities, but neither can capture a point or move a cart in that time.