Talk:Channeled

Sombra
I want to update this page in preparation for Sombra, but I'm not sure how best to proceed. Not all of these effects are considered to be channeled abilities for the purposes of Hack, and there's also a few extra that are not listed here (that I'm not sure if should be). Is this a user-compiled list that might be wrong, or an extracted list (and thus Sombra has a bespoke list and doesn't used the extracted tags)? Some of the entries on this list only seem to be here because they prevent the use of other abilities (e.g. McCree during Combat Roll), but I don't think that is the primary qualification for a "channel" (which, for me, is something that can be interrupted to prevent an on-going or delayed effect, except Zenyatta who is CC-immune).

For example:
 * Bastion's Sentry should probably be listed here - being stunned, sleeped and hacked all cause him to return to Recon, implying it's a channeled ability.
 * I would personally classify Grappling Hook, Recall and Combat Roll as animations, not a channels. Most heroes cannot shoot while "throwing" their ultimates (e.g. Zarya). That said, I do not actually know if Hack will cause Widowmaker to drop.
 * Winston's Tesla Cannon is just his primary fire, isn't it? Almost all weapons are automatic, so why is only Winston's listed as a channel? I do not imagine that Hack will disable his ability to primary fire. Similarly, while Mercy must channel as a descriptive term, I'm not sure if her staff would qualify as an auto-aimed automatic weapon... although I've seen a clip where she does not use her staff during a fight, so maybe it does count as an ability.

As for where Sombra differs from this list:
 * Pharah can still Hover, according to Q&A, although he didn't seem sure on a lot of things and might be wrong. If Soldier can also sprint... I'm not sure whether there's a consistency to this exception.

It might be necessary to list Form Swaps separately to channels, e.g. Primal Rage and Dragon Blade. Both Genji and Winston do not have their ultimate abilities interrupted by any form of crowd control. 3mptylord (talk) 16:16, 7 November 2016 (UTC)