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fine for me if i don't play support. so now people see i am a tank main if they only see current season lol.
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Overwatch |OT2-2-2| Role With It
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Sure you can, its QP. There's more supports than players on a team.
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I just swapped to tracer for funsies. Ended with from 4 dps to 5 dps and a solo mercy lol
lol.
I usually pick last in QP so I get practice with all the heros, but that usually means I'm playing tank or sometimes support. But then the rare occasion you pick last and only one person has picked dps, and its like you won the teammate lottery.
So what are your best heroes in each Slot? Then who's your best most effective hero overall?
*Tank
Winston
Orisa
Hammond
*Support
Lucio
Baptiste
Moira
*Damage
Sombra
Symmetra
(Ashe)
(Mei)
Overall as Sombra I can say I'm fairly excellent as far as effect, game sense, and strategy. I can definitely credit watching Fitzyhere in getting me this damn good.
Winston my best tank, and Lucio my overall best support.
*Tank
Winston
Orisa
Hammond
*Support
Lucio
Baptiste
Moira
*Damage
Sombra
Symmetra
(Ashe)
(Mei)
Overall as Sombra I can say I'm fairly excellent as far as effect, game sense, and strategy. I can definitely credit watching Fitzyhere in getting me this damn good.
Winston my best tank, and Lucio my overall best support.
Tank
D.Va (my main and most effective hero since the beta)
Zarya
Winston
Support
Mercy
Moira
Zenyatta
Damage
Tracer
Sombra
Soldier: 76
Here's mine, but only including heroes I'd actually play in comp. About 70% of the time I'm playing support, then 25% tanks, 5% dps.
*Tank
Orisa
Winston
Roadhog
Reinhardt
Dva
*Support
Zenyatta
Moira
Mercy
Ana
Lucio
*Damage
Pharah
Mccree
Soldier 76
Reaper
Junkrat
Widowmaker
This sentence I close to how I feel but swap support and tanks. I can fill on tank but stick to support if I can. While I can dps, I'm too inconsistent so I avoid it if I can. I play maybe 1 or 2 games as dps per season. One game I can pop off as mccree, but then the next I do absolutely nothing.
In Comp I feel comfortable with Sombra, my three thanks, and Lucio/Baptiste. Occasionally map based Symm wrecks faces.
Tank:
Reinhardt
Winston
Healer:
Baptiste
Zenyatta
Brigitte
Ana
Moira
DPS:
S76
Would almost never impose my DPS on any poor comp team. Honestly, even looking at this list, I feel like it's too big - I am not equivalently skilled at all of these heroes. And if I'm being frank, I think anyone with a similarly-sized or larger list is either lying to themselves or being facetiously boastful. You're only really good at your small handful of mains, and you can be competent at off-roles/off-heroes - but those should be last-ditch choices for you. Alternatively, you're handicapping your own potential by forcing yourself onto roles/healers you don't have a natural or trained affinity for.
Reinhardt
Winston
Healer:
Baptiste
Zenyatta
Brigitte
Ana
Moira
DPS:
S76
Would almost never impose my DPS on any poor comp team. Honestly, even looking at this list, I feel like it's too big - I am not equivalently skilled at all of these heroes. And if I'm being frank, I think anyone with a similarly-sized or larger list is either lying to themselves or being facetiously boastful. You're only really good at your small handful of mains, and you can be competent at off-roles/off-heroes - but those should be last-ditch choices for you. Alternatively, you're handicapping your own potential by forcing yourself onto roles/healers you don't have a natural or trained affinity for.
I feel like there's no defined meta right now.
*Tank
Reinhardt
Orisa
Winston
Zarya
*Support
Brigitte
Moira
*Damage
Pharah
Mei
Rein is most-likely my best hero, and who I play almost exclusively in competitive right now. I used to be a Pharah one-trick, but after taking a break from the game my mechanics on her have taken a dive, so I'm mostly a main tank player these days.
Reinhardt
Orisa
Winston
Zarya
*Support
Brigitte
Moira
*Damage
Pharah
Mei
Rein is most-likely my best hero, and who I play almost exclusively in competitive right now. I used to be a Pharah one-trick, but after taking a break from the game my mechanics on her have taken a dive, so I'm mostly a main tank player these days.
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*Tank
Orisa/Reinhardt
Wrecking Ball
D.Va
*Support
Lucio
Zenyatta
Ana
*Damage
Mei
WidowMaker
Torbjorn
Soldier: 76
Overall, I'm definitely much more comfortable playing Reinhardt and Wrecking Ball for Tanks, and Mei has always been my go-to DPS (map dependent). I absolutely suck playing Winston, so Hammond is more my speed (especially when I have to solo tank with triple/quad DPS comps). Lucio has always been my go-to Support, but I'm pretty comfortable with playing any of them (with Mercy being my weakest).
For me it's probably:
*Support:
-Moira
-Mercy
-Ana
-Brigitte
*Damage:
-Ashe
-Reaper
-Sombra
-Mei
-Pharah
*Tank:
-D.Va
-Zarya
-Orisa
Overall and because i am playing her the most since she was released i think that i am the best with Moira. I can do a lot of healing, keep my teammates alive and also defend myself and stay alive during the match. Mercy is also very close 2nd.
*Support:
-Moira
-Mercy
-Ana
-Brigitte
*Damage:
-Ashe
-Reaper
-Sombra
-Mei
-Pharah
*Tank:
-D.Va
-Zarya
-Orisa
Overall and because i am playing her the most since she was released i think that i am the best with Moira. I can do a lot of healing, keep my teammates alive and also defend myself and stay alive during the match. Mercy is also very close 2nd.
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oh shit. its one of those rare 1 in a million games in rank where i get to dps. was hoping to do tank only this season. but a 3 stack wanted to play off tanks.
so i was a bit rusty with tracer going in. even though we didn't get the first map on oasis. i switched to soldier the last 2 rounds and made up for it. even got POTG as tracer. it was so dumb. not because i stuck genji and he ended up killing zen in the process. its the face i just walked by a zarya like a bot and went to point LOL
so i was a bit rusty with tracer going in. even though we didn't get the first map on oasis. i switched to soldier the last 2 rounds and made up for it. even got POTG as tracer. it was so dumb. not because i stuck genji and he ended up killing zen in the process. its the face i just walked by a zarya like a bot and went to point LOL
Support:
Mercy & Zen (although I'm getting pretty decent with Baptiste)
Tank:
Orisa is my jam, but I'm working on my Wrecking Ball game as well
DPS:
Sombra & Soldier 76 are my go to's and I'm starting to pick up Ashe
Mercy & Zen (although I'm getting pretty decent with Baptiste)
Tank:
Orisa is my jam, but I'm working on my Wrecking Ball game as well
DPS:
Sombra & Soldier 76 are my go to's and I'm starting to pick up Ashe
I'm rusty as hell but from what i remembered on ps4:
Support:
Lúcio
Ana
Moira
*my best class but my zen got so bad i'd rather play ana as I can land them sleeps lol, can't vouch for my baptiste
Tank:
D.va
Winston
Dps:
Soldier
Symmetra
McCree(trust me, it's weird, but he's really my third best when i hit a good day lol)
I love how Baptiste can help your team easily take a rough corner solely with his Immortality Field. What a cool strategic ability.
TANK
D'Va
Zarya
SUPPORT
Moira
Ana
Zenyatta
DAMAGE
Mei
Bastion
Sombra
Symmetra
my most effective/goto characters are D'Va and Mei. Thanks to Total Mayhem I've become competent and confident playing Mei in qp and comp. I play Sym all day every day in TM, but still am not confident in my ability enough to rock her in qp or comp.
D'Va
Zarya
SUPPORT
Moira
Ana
Zenyatta
DAMAGE
Mei
Bastion
Sombra
Symmetra
my most effective/goto characters are D'Va and Mei. Thanks to Total Mayhem I've become competent and confident playing Mei in qp and comp. I play Sym all day every day in TM, but still am not confident in my ability enough to rock her in qp or comp.
It's huge. With a corner, reasonable timing, and a team willing to listen, you have a hard counter to pirate ship comps
Man, playing QP tonight I've been getting nothing but groups in all my games. Somehow got a GM and Plat duo in one of my games and we were getting rolled, so this duo start talking shit immediately.
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played zen on junkertown defense with a mercy (qp). they were dealing too much damage for her to heal. asked if can go moira. i agreed when i died. but i never really died so she switched to ana and then moira. lol. thank god for high ground and leaving me uncontested.
also in other news. i did not know that torb's ult can take out a bap's field. i thought it would only affect things that actually touch the ground.
also in other news. i did not know that torb's ult can take out a bap's field. i thought it would only affect things that actually touch the ground.
Hey that question is fun, I feel my best character is each role is...
Tank
Winston: What I love about the big ape is that he feels like a character that really prioritises game sense over mechanical skill, plays much more to my strengths.
I'm getting quite into wrecking ball as well these days, but I'm still more reliable as Winston.
Offense
Doomfist: Mainly because I put the time in with this character, I don't tend to go for offensive characters very often and I'm not one for fine accuracy either, so this leaves a number of the lineup as some of my weakest in the game.
The important thing here is a find the character inherently fun, situational though.
Support
Moira: My most played class for sure, Zen is my fave character but I'm not accurate enough to make him my best, Ana I feel pretty competent with but lack in switching to offensive play when necessary. Moira on the other hand, she just works, truly a jack of all trades for me with a kit that can support and be self reliant, incredibly useful for that solo quick play life of insta-lock sniper teammates.
Tank
Winston: What I love about the big ape is that he feels like a character that really prioritises game sense over mechanical skill, plays much more to my strengths.
I'm getting quite into wrecking ball as well these days, but I'm still more reliable as Winston.
Offense
Doomfist: Mainly because I put the time in with this character, I don't tend to go for offensive characters very often and I'm not one for fine accuracy either, so this leaves a number of the lineup as some of my weakest in the game.
The important thing here is a find the character inherently fun, situational though.
Support
Moira: My most played class for sure, Zen is my fave character but I'm not accurate enough to make him my best, Ana I feel pretty competent with but lack in switching to offensive play when necessary. Moira on the other hand, she just works, truly a jack of all trades for me with a kit that can support and be self reliant, incredibly useful for that solo quick play life of insta-lock sniper teammates.
i wanna answer the "what's your Best character in each role?" q with the caveat that i'm kinda struggling to know what i do right sometimes given the chaos of Bronze league.
Tank:
I think it's d va. i play rein and orisa more because they're the easiest to focus a scattered chaotic team with/ to drag people forward, but i do have to fight the urge to overextend with rein and just feel like when i play orisa i'm attempting to lose slowly more often than not. whereas with d va i can kinda peel or chase down nearly-dead targets effectively, or just be a stubborn jerk that lives forever to stall things out.
damage: Soldier. don't have the aim for more precise heroes. don't have the situational awareness or self-control to doomfist responsibly.
and my win-rate on him many seasons has been 100% because i only go dps in comp if other people insta-lock tanks and healers, so if i'm playing soldier, it means i have actual tank and support mains around me, and all i have to do is be semi-functional.
support: i don't know any more. i love most of them. maybe zen for the ability to assist my dps or moira for the self-sustain, aoe, and ability to punish bad dive-dps.
Tank:
I think it's d va. i play rein and orisa more because they're the easiest to focus a scattered chaotic team with/ to drag people forward, but i do have to fight the urge to overextend with rein and just feel like when i play orisa i'm attempting to lose slowly more often than not. whereas with d va i can kinda peel or chase down nearly-dead targets effectively, or just be a stubborn jerk that lives forever to stall things out.
damage: Soldier. don't have the aim for more precise heroes. don't have the situational awareness or self-control to doomfist responsibly.
and my win-rate on him many seasons has been 100% because i only go dps in comp if other people insta-lock tanks and healers, so if i'm playing soldier, it means i have actual tank and support mains around me, and all i have to do is be semi-functional.
support: i don't know any more. i love most of them. maybe zen for the ability to assist my dps or moira for the self-sustain, aoe, and ability to punish bad dive-dps.
Tank: Rein*/Zarya/D.va
I need to really work on my balancing of abilities with D.va, I get caught out a lot with boosters. I think my DMing is OK, when reacting to chanelled ults or trying to protect key targets but I'm bad at making grav/dragons reads.
I think I need to work on keeping my Zarya energy up more consistently, I lose it all between fights. I feel my bubbles have the basic cadence of not bubbling and walking in, but instead wait for some hits and then bubble, or try to read a Firestrike. Grav usage is literally the opposite of actual team coordination since it's hard to get people to listen... I'm generally graving after an offensive ult to try to keep the enemy together for my yolo bronze DPS.
I like Rein the most for how much fun an agressive Rein can be. I like to hit shatters, I like to be in your face and push the enemy back. But I am too agressive and die a lot. I need to reign it back a lot.
DPS: lol
Support: Zen*/Ana/Lucio/Moira/Mercy
Zen forever. I love his kit even though my aim is fucking garbage. But being able to help kill shit is fun. Right clicks are fun. Opening up a fight with a lucky volley is fun. I feel I can time trances OK to save the team, enough at least at my level. With Sombras being more of a thing these days though I go Lucio if we need off support or Moira for main support, simply to be able to live. I'm not as confident in my Ana simply because I feel my aim is bad. In QP I will, but when it comes to comp I prefer to go someone more consistent like Moira or Mercy. I've been really trying to break the Mercy habit but if the team plays more spread out, I need GA to be able to whip from person to person. I'm hoping eventually to rely on Ana for main heals.
I need to really work on my balancing of abilities with D.va, I get caught out a lot with boosters. I think my DMing is OK, when reacting to chanelled ults or trying to protect key targets but I'm bad at making grav/dragons reads.
I think I need to work on keeping my Zarya energy up more consistently, I lose it all between fights. I feel my bubbles have the basic cadence of not bubbling and walking in, but instead wait for some hits and then bubble, or try to read a Firestrike. Grav usage is literally the opposite of actual team coordination since it's hard to get people to listen... I'm generally graving after an offensive ult to try to keep the enemy together for my yolo bronze DPS.
I like Rein the most for how much fun an agressive Rein can be. I like to hit shatters, I like to be in your face and push the enemy back. But I am too agressive and die a lot. I need to reign it back a lot.
DPS: lol
Support: Zen*/Ana/Lucio/Moira/Mercy
Zen forever. I love his kit even though my aim is fucking garbage. But being able to help kill shit is fun. Right clicks are fun. Opening up a fight with a lucky volley is fun. I feel I can time trances OK to save the team, enough at least at my level. With Sombras being more of a thing these days though I go Lucio if we need off support or Moira for main support, simply to be able to live. I'm not as confident in my Ana simply because I feel my aim is bad. In QP I will, but when it comes to comp I prefer to go someone more consistent like Moira or Mercy. I've been really trying to break the Mercy habit but if the team plays more spread out, I need GA to be able to whip from person to person. I'm hoping eventually to rely on Ana for main heals.
Current rank: Masters.
Tank: My main is Reinhardt but it can be frustrating to play these days so I'm playing more off-tanks than usual. I feel comfortable with D.va, Roadhog, Orisa, and am currently learning Wrecking Ball.
Supports: I prefer Lucio or Zen but I feel comfortable playing any support except Ana, as my aim is adequate at best.
Damage: I'm okay on projectile heroes like Junkrat and Pharah. But if I'm on hitscan duty then F.
Tank: My main is Reinhardt but it can be frustrating to play these days so I'm playing more off-tanks than usual. I feel comfortable with D.va, Roadhog, Orisa, and am currently learning Wrecking Ball.
Supports: I prefer Lucio or Zen but I feel comfortable playing any support except Ana, as my aim is adequate at best.
Damage: I'm okay on projectile heroes like Junkrat and Pharah. But if I'm on hitscan duty then F.
Had my brother fix up my computer some and duo-q'd on comp for the first time in forever.
4 wins out of 4 so far, including a comeback on Horizon where the enemy team had a five-minute lead, because fuck you what are you doing on my objective?
I shall probably play around with the Workshop tomorrow. Time to recreate Speedrunners, Lucio edition!
4 wins out of 4 so far, including a comeback on Horizon where the enemy team had a five-minute lead, because fuck you what are you doing on my objective?
I shall probably play around with the Workshop tomorrow. Time to recreate Speedrunners, Lucio edition!
Tank: D.va, Rein, Roadhog. Trying to learn Zarya when I could fill as her.
Support: Brig, Moira, Baptiste, Zen. Can play Lucio and Mercy when needed but not the best.
DPS: last time I played DPS, I was in gold or some shit. Bastion I guess? If you need one.
I was Masters but no longer play with my main account because I wanna have fun with friends instead of solo q alone up there with toxic randoms.
Brig is my best hero but these days I'm on Baptiste all the time untill I see a pesky Reaper, Doomfist or Sombra harrassing my teammates. I deliver Brig justice upon them. Zen I always love him but the moment I stop playing him, my aim turns to shit. Goddamn projectile heroes lol. Moira is a hero I reached close to GM but quite honestly, I'm glad I have Baptiste now as she bores me to tears after many hours as her.
For tanks, D.VA was my best but ever since Mercy got nerfed I never picked her again. Having a good Ana is hard to come by so I learned Rein and Roadhog and can now at least flex to these three comfortably. Zarya still learning.
Support: Brig, Moira, Baptiste, Zen. Can play Lucio and Mercy when needed but not the best.
DPS: last time I played DPS, I was in gold or some shit. Bastion I guess? If you need one.
I was Masters but no longer play with my main account because I wanna have fun with friends instead of solo q alone up there with toxic randoms.
Brig is my best hero but these days I'm on Baptiste all the time untill I see a pesky Reaper, Doomfist or Sombra harrassing my teammates. I deliver Brig justice upon them. Zen I always love him but the moment I stop playing him, my aim turns to shit. Goddamn projectile heroes lol. Moira is a hero I reached close to GM but quite honestly, I'm glad I have Baptiste now as she bores me to tears after many hours as her.
For tanks, D.VA was my best but ever since Mercy got nerfed I never picked her again. Having a good Ana is hard to come by so I learned Rein and Roadhog and can now at least flex to these three comfortably. Zarya still learning.
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Had to solo heal in comp so I said fuck it let's go Ana. It actually wasn't too bad. I love sleeping ulting enemies.
My favourite Ana shut down is a well timed/thrown grenade into a Zarya grav just as the enemy Zen transcends. Perfection.
You've just got to admire someone capable of thinking it's the Reinhardt's fault you're losing when the team has four DPS, a lone Brigitte for heals, and that rushing into the enemy as Symmetra, by yourself, every time you come back from spawn couldn't have possibly had anything to do with it.
Thanks for the video links, they were very helpful, specifically the Support video since I'm a healer main.
The best tip was choosing support heroes that compliment each other (ie. pairing offensive ULTs with defensive ULTs).
*Tank (Weakest role)
- Orisa
- Reinhart
- Mercy
- Brigitte
- Lucio
- Baptiste
- Moira (somewhat)
- Sombra
- Torb'Jorn
- JunkRat
- Reaper (somewhat)
- Genji (somewhat)
*Best Most Effective Hero
(Changes depending on the Map, weather it's Attack or Defend, and the 2nd healer selection)
- Mercy
- Brigitte
- Lucio
- Baptiste
That's because Blizzard recently patched Torb's ULT to damage bap's field post-release. To confirm I watched some "Baptiste MythBusting" videos from when Bap first went live, and in both video Torb's ULT doesn't damage Bap's field:
I lover her kit. Nades have so much utility. I feel like I am doing the most as a main healer with her. Pulling off the sleep combo to melt 200hp flankers feels incredible. I should have made the jump sooner.
After 2+ years on PS4, I've been exclusively playing QP on PC off and on since about September, and just recently made it to level 25. Considering the chill fun I've been having playing QP most of the time now I may not even do competitive anymore, I don't need the stress. Although I'd be interested to see where I get put, so I may do one set of placements just for shits and giggles.
I'm definitely still not great with a k/m compared to a controller, but I can play pretty decently. On PC, my best characters are probably:
Tanks
D.Va
Hammond
Orisa
Support
Lucio
Brigitte
Baptiste
DPS
Symmetra
Junkrat
Ashe
Those are pretty much who I exclusively play on PC, although I've messed around with Moira, Ana, Winston, Rein, and Sombra a bit. My biggest concern is working on getting better with Lucio's mobility with k/m, as I was pretty good with him on a controller but I don't quite have the snappy movement I should yet.
I'm definitely still not great with a k/m compared to a controller, but I can play pretty decently. On PC, my best characters are probably:
Tanks
D.Va
Hammond
Orisa
Support
Lucio
Brigitte
Baptiste
DPS
Symmetra
Junkrat
Ashe
Those are pretty much who I exclusively play on PC, although I've messed around with Moira, Ana, Winston, Rein, and Sombra a bit. My biggest concern is working on getting better with Lucio's mobility with k/m, as I was pretty good with him on a controller but I don't quite have the snappy movement I should yet.
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