Baptiste is one of the more recent additions to Overwatch’s roster and functions as a highly-skilled healer who can also provide DPS for his team.
While he’s a bit lacking in mobility, Baptiste can often save allies from dying using Immortality Field, making him a tremendous asset to any team.
In this Overwatch Baptiste guide, we’ll be highlighting the best tips, tricks, and strategies for playing as the elite combat medic.
If you would like more tips and tricks, check out our Overwatch Beginner’s Guide, where we dive into hero roles, team composition, and best practices for winning.
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Baptiste Abilities and Role Explained
Similar to Ana, Baptiste is a high-skill floor Support hero with a robust kit that can take quite some time to fully master.
Although much of his design is modeled after that of Soldier: 76, Baptiste’s healing capabilities can help boost his and his team’s survivability.
He thrives at mid to long-range, where he can quickly line up shots with his Biotic Launcher and set up Amplification Matrix once his Ult is charged.
Though it can be tempting to play offensively as Baptiste, a good player can typically get more value out of this hero by supporting their teammates with heals and buffs.
How To Use Biotic Launcher
The first tool in Baptiste’s arsenal is his main weapon, the Biotic Launcher, which features two modes of fire: one for dealing damage and one for healing allies.
The primary fire mode shoots three-round hitscan bursts that reward accuracy and recoil control since Baptiste’s crosshair will continue to rise the longer he fires.
The secondary mode is used to lob arcing projectiles at teammates to heal 60 HP within a 3 meter AoE and has no effect on Baptiste himself.
Depending on how many of your allies are at critical health, it may be beneficial to prioritize healing over damage, especially since Baptiste barely deals any damage unless he lands a headshot.
How To Use Regenerative Burst
If you’re spending most of the match dealing damage, Regenerative Burst will be your main go-to for healing both yourself and your team.
Upon activation, it applies a heal-over-time effect to Baptiste and any nearby allies within a 10-meter radius.
Allies who move beyond Regenerative Burst’s radius after gaining its effects will continue to heal over time.
While this ability can provide your team with decent heals, it has a 13-second cooldown, meaning you’ll want to use it carefully, preferably when two or more allies are at critical health.
How To Use Immortality Field
Immortality Field is arguably the best ability in Baptiste’s repertoire and can often be the deciding factor in whether your team wins a big push.
It deploys a generator that prevents Baptiste and any of his teammates from dropping below 20% HP within a 6.5-meter radius for up to 5.5 seconds.
Teammates below 20% health will recover HP as soon as they step into the field, making it excellent for holding a point and buying your team some time.
However, enemies can remove the field’s effects early by damaging the generator, so try to get creative with where you place it by taking advantage of cover and blind spots.
How To Use Exo Boots
Baptiste gains some much-needed mobility through his Exo Boots, which increase his vertical height while jumping after a short charge window.
In order to charge Baptiste’s boots, you first need to crouch for roughly 1 second before jumping.
At full charge, Baptiste can jump over 9 meters into the air, granting him access to new vantage points that may give him an edge on grounded enemies.
Although the Exo Boots are an excellent way to reposition Baptiste, they’re not very reliable as an emergency escape measure due to the necessary charge-up window.
How To Use Amplification Matrix (Ultimate)
Amplification Matrix creates a visible barrier that increases any projectiles’ damage and healing effects that pass through it by 100%.
Upon activation, you can adjust the barrier’s orientation by pressing the Ultimate key again before building.
It’s best used in situations where enemies are being funneled through a single corridor, allowing you and your teammates to deal significant damage.
Note that Amplification Matrix does not boost melee-based projectiles, such as Roadhog’s Chain Hook or Brigitte’s Whip Shot, and can still be destroyed by Sombra’s EMP.
Baptiste Strengths
Baptiste can do a great job of keeping his teammate’s health topped off, but only if he’s backed up by at least two tanks.
Additionally, you should position yourself near your team’s backline to ensure you don’t take more damage than Baptiste’s 200 HP health pool can sustain. Despite being able to essentially spam heals an entire match, Baptiste relies on his team a lot more than the average hero, and below, we’ve provided a list of his best battle companions.
Which Heroes Combo Best With Baptiste?
- Ashe – Both B.O.B. and Dynamite greatly benefit from Amplification Matrix’s effects.
- Bastion – In turret mode, Bastion can fire through Amp. Matrix to deal massive damage.
- McCree – Can use Amp. Matrix to raise Deadeye’s damage and OHKO any target.
- Soldier: 76 – Similar to McCree, Amplification Matrix makes Tactical Visor even more deadly.
- Roadhog – Playstyle naturally complement’s Baptiste’s own; Whole Hog benefits from Amp. Matrix.
- Reinhardt – Big hitbox makes him easier for Baptiste to heal; Can OHKO most heroes using Fire Strike after it passes through Amp. Matrix.
- Zarya – Can set up Graviton Surge near Baptiste’s Amp. Matrix to melt an enemy team in seconds.
Baptiste Weaknesses
Baptiste’s weaknesses become apparent the moment you start playing and find yourself in the thick of things.
While his Exo Boots allow him to reach higher vantage points, overall, he doesn’t have the increased mobility that a squishy Support hero needs to survive.
He also doesn’t fare well against heroes with massive health pools and becomes a lot more vulnerable whenever Immortality Field is on cooldown.
Below, we’ve provided a detailed list of heroes that can slide past and even overcome Baptiste’s kit in most circumstances.
Which Heroes Does Baptiste Struggle Against?
- Ana – Baptiste is susceptible to Ana’s Sleep Dart, long-range snipes, and anti-healing grenade.
- Genji – Can effectively chase Baptiste down anywhere on the map and kill him.
- Roadhog – Can pull Baptiste away from his Immortality Field using hook.
- Sombra – If Sombra can hack Baptiste, his survivability and heals greatly diminish.
- Winston – Blocks Baptiste’s healing using his shield; can quickly destroy Immortality Field.
- Hanzo – Can snipe Baptiste from long-range and throw off positioning with Dragon Strike.
- Widowmaker – Similar to Hanzo, Widowmaker can snipe Baptiste and force Immortality Field.
- Wrecking Ball – Too mobile for Baptiste to keep up; can knock enemies off Immortality field.
- D.Va – Likes to disrupt teams’ backlines, where Baptiste is usually set up.
General Tips for Playing Baptiste
Baptiste’s high-skill floor means you can expect to put in a lot more practice before you’re playing like a pro.
While this makes him an intimidating pick, his unique kit can often make or break a team fight, especially when it comes to Immortality Field.
Below, you’ll find some additional tips to steer you in the right direction; they cover various strategies and techniques that may not be immediately clear when playing Baptiste.
- Baptiste can use his Biotic Launcher’s primary and secondary fire at the same time by holding down both inputs.
- The arc of Immortality Field’s generator is the same as Biotic Launcher’s healing projectile, so keep that in mind when practicing how to deploy it.
- Using Regenerative Burst at the start of a team fight will often see you on the winning side.
- You can prevent Sombra’s EMP from disrupting Immortality Field by throwing it the moment she starts casting since it only gets affected if it has already been deployed on the ground.
- Baptiste can use his Immortality Field to keep him alive as he physically blocks entrances that enemies are being funneled through, thus preventing a contest or stalling for time.
