Huge Overwatch 2 bug soars Sigma straight out of the game

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A huge Overwatch 2 bug has seen Sigma soar into the sky and straight out of the multiplayer game. This glitch, which is incredibly easy to replicate consistently, turns the tank hero into an always airborne barrage machine akin to an AC-130, hammering down damage endlessly from above. Forget Overwatch 2 – this “lore-accurate Sigma” turns the game into Minecraft creative mode.

“This is actually so evil and I love it,” laughs Overwatch 2 streamer ‘Flats’ as he tests out the bug, “there’s no way Sigma doesn’t get taken out, or this gets hotfixed immediately.” He was quite right, as this endless flight – unimpeded by sleep, stuns, or even hacks – has seen Sigma rapidly hauled out of all competitive play. Of course, while he might still be playable in casual modes, exploiting this will likely see you hit with a ban, so treat it as a curiosity.

Included in the Overwatch 2 midseason patch was a change that causes Sigma’s ult, Gravitic Flux, to automatically cast when the timer on it runs out. It’s a nice change to avoid the ult being accidentally wasted. However, it appears to be the root cause, as Flats discovers. By letting the ult run down naturally a single time and hitting enemies, Sigma becomes ‘primed’ for infinite flight.

After that, simply allowing your next ult – or any subsequent ones – to run out while you aren’t looking at a valid target, most easily achieved by looking straight up into the sky, will cause Sigma to be left in a mode where he’s stuck in his flying ult form. The caveat is that while you’re in the air you won’t gain ult charge or be able to use abilities. However, that’s a relatively small price to pay for the power of endless flight and airborne mobility, as he can even come down to the ground and