Overwatch Jetpack Cat Guide: How to Actually Survive Playing Fika
Flying in a shooter filled with hitscan snipers is basically a death sentence if you lack fundamental positioning skills.
Back in 2017, Jeff Kaplan joked about putting a cat with a jetpack into the game before the development team scrapped it for being too ridiculous. Fast forward a decade to the massive 2026 relaunch, and Blizzard finally pulled the trigger. Season 1: Conquest introduced Fika to the support roster. For the lore nerds out there, Fika is a stray adopted by Brigitte at Watchpoint Gibraltar. She is entirely distinct from Brigitte's classic white cat Mitzi. Animating Mitzi flying around while also resting in Brigitte's existing victory poses would likely break the game logic and confuse everyone.
Fika is categorized as a Tactician support. She is built entirely around aerial mobility, area denial, and literally dragging your teammates out of a shitshow. I have seen the complaints piling up on forums from players who constantly die the second they take flight. Playing Fika requires a deeply cynical understanding of sightlines. If you float in the open like a tetherball, you are going to get popped. I am going to break down exactly how her kit works and how you can stop spending half the match in the spawn room.
The Jetpack Cat Toolkit
Fika thrives on chaotic movement and steady utility rather than raw burst healing. You need to understand her cooldowns before you even think about engaging the enemy.
Choosing the Right Perks
The 2026 update introduced mid-match leveling for heroes. Fika gets a minor perk choice at level 2 and a major perk choice at level 3. Picking the wrong perk for your team composition is a massive unforced error.
Flight Mechanics and Surviving the Hitscan
A lot of support players transitioning from Juno or Mercy are struggling hard with Fika. They complain that they get deleted the moment they take flight. I need to be brutally honest here. If you are dying constantly on Jetpack Cat, your positioning is terrible.
The Permanence Trap
Mercy's flight is erratic and reactionary. Juno has specific vertical boundaries. Fika has permanent, sustained flight. That permanence gives players a false sense of security. Just because you can hang out near the skybox does not mean you should. When you float high above the objective, you separate yourself from your team's shields and physical cover. You become the easiest damn target on the map for an enemy Widowmaker or Cassidy.
Skimming the Terrain
Instead of flying high, use your Jetpack to skim just above the terrain. Hide behind high ground cover, peek out to fire your Biotic Pawjectiles, and drop back out of sight. Treat the air exactly like you treat the ground. You still need corners. Use Frenetic Flight to cross open sightlines quickly, not to hover in place while you heal your tank.
Hitting Your Shots
Your aim with the Biotic Pawjectiles will take practice. Because it is a projectile spread, you need to lead your targets and play at mid-range. If you sit too far back, the projectiles despawn entirely, rendering you completely useless to your team.
Mastering Lifeline and Catnapper
Lifeline is an incredible tool that is routinely wasted by solo players in matchmaking queues.
The Lifeline Taxi Service
You shoot out a tether, and a willing ally has to accept it. Once connected, you drag them around with you, giving them speed and healing. Do not try to initiate a Lifeline connection in the middle of a chaotic team fight unless someone is actively calling for a rescue. People have tunnel vision when they are shooting. Use Lifeline right out of the spawn room to ferry slow tanks back to the front lines. It is also highly effective for pulling an immobile damage hero into a flanking high ground spot to set up their ultimate.
The Ultimate Kidnapping
Catnapper is arguably the funniest and most devastating crowd control tool in the game right now. You crash into the ground, stun the area, and literally kidnap the closest enemy. Most amateur players try to grab the enemy support. That is a fine play, but it is rarely the optimal play.
Breaking the Enemy Tank
If you want to absolutely break the enemy team's spirit, kidnap their tank. Snatch them from the front line and drag them off the edge of the map for an environmental kill. Even if you cannot drop them into a pit, simply dragging a tank completely out of position and dropping them behind a wall isolates them from their healers. Because Fika has the Tactician subrole, any healing or damage you do while holding your ultimate carries over. Do not hoard Catnapper. Use it to force an early advantage, knowing your overflow charge is already working toward your next cast.
