TERM_DEFINITION · ID: shoulder-peek

Shoulder Peek

aka ショルダーピーク · 肩出し · Shoulder Swing

Exposing only a shoulder for a fraction of a second to bait a shot from Widowmaker or similar, without actually getting hit.

DIFF
3/5
PRO
3/5
Role DPSSupport
Style Poke
Phase SetupMid-Fight
§ Breakdown [AI-translated — feedback channel coming soon]

Within jiggle peeking, the version specialized for "zero intent to shoot — pull information and burn their shot, nothing else." The term comes from CS, but in OW2 it's used for the opening handling of a sightline a long-range hitscan (Widowmaker) is holding. It's useful as a word that draws a hard line against peeking to actually hit, and it includes the two-stage pace change of making them spend one shot on the shoulder, then hard-peeking into the real fight immediately after. Combined with sightline management, it's the positioning skill of using a sightline without dying to one.

When to Use [AI-translated — feedback channel coming soon]

When Widowmaker owns a long sightline, checking from behind cover whether the line is live. When you want to burn one shot from a weapon whose ammo state is hard to read (Widow's charged shot) before committing.

Failure Modes [AI-translated — feedback channel coming soon]

You intend a shoulder peek but your hitbox is large enough to get clipped, so it doesn't function. Repeated shoulder peeks raise risk against a prefired shot.

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