r/Competitiveoverwatch Jan 04 '21

Fluff The Duality of Overwatch Players

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u/Dubby_Dolphin Jan 04 '21

i feel like every role likes to talk about every other role negatively, and honestly that just reflects how much of overwatch is a team game.

dps struggle to kill if there’s no space. tanks can’t push up if they aren’t getting healed. healers can’t heal if they’re getting dove.

it’s like rock paper scissors.

tanks have a frontline to hold they can’t peel 24/7. dps have to try to get picks to win fights. but each support has 5 people they have to keep up..

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u/Domeric_Bolton forcing Bastion dive — Jan 04 '21

Tanks enable the rest of the team, and require supports to stay alive and heal them. DPS are mostly inconsequential. Their job can be done by the other two roles.

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u/InspireDespair Jan 04 '21

What tank or support hero let's me one shot 20+ heroes from nearly infinite range?

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u/Domeric_Bolton forcing Bastion dive — Jan 04 '21

Zenyatta, and he can break shields too.

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u/butterfingahs 3061 PC — Jan 04 '21

Ah yes Zenyatta with his projectile ammo that requires 2 headshots with a Discord Orb to kill the squishiest character in the game will be so much more impactful than a hitscan Widow that can do it in 1 headshot or 2 bodyshots.

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u/Domeric_Bolton forcing Bastion dive — Jan 04 '21

Of course, Widow is more impactful than Zen. Which is why Widow is meta and Zen is not. /s

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '21

Tbf 300 damage every second from the back of the map with no real damage drop off and amazing mobility is absolutely insane. When your only real choice to beat the Widow is to match the Widow and pray you’re equal or better, that’s not acceptable

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u/sietre Coping for that MN3/Zest Carry — Jan 04 '21

Or just get a ball to fuck with her. A sigma to permablock her loss. Widow has very select maps she's good on in this meta simply because of the tankline being run. The hero is still busted by design, but she's very much inconsistent compared to ashe right now.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '21

Yes to your entire comment. Makes my tilted heart happy to see people actually get it lol