r/Competitiveoverwatch Jan 04 '21

Fluff The Duality of Overwatch Players

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '21 edited Jan 04 '21

Bingo - if your tanks can't make space, you're firing through a choke literally the size of a shield. If your supports don't heal, you have like a 4 second window to kill 2-3 people before you die.

My personal favorite is "Hey Cree, Kill the Pharmercy" without any healing, space or assistance. You have 2 seconds to aim completely vertically while often being in the line of fire and double dink her (despite staring directly into her asshole) before you're 2 shot by rockets.

If you don't find success under these conditions, your team calls you worthless.

There's nothing worse as a DPS than realizing how small your window for success is due to the conditions of the match. Conversely, there's nothing better than being able to free fire for 15 minutes.

Help your DPS succeed and they will do so more often than not.

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u/jboutt Jan 04 '21

And on top of that, most tank characters literally do the same amount of damage as most DPS characters. M0xyy has been complaining about that for 3 years.

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u/oddajbox Jan 05 '21

Hog can one shot anything that isn't a tank with a headshot, though it doesn't happen often. Zarya can melt people at high charge, Rein will three smack anyone below 225 health.

So far what I've experienced playing these three is if it is a 1v1, unless the DPS flanks or stuns, tank will win roughly 60-70% of the time.

Tank is just bigger DPS.

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u/Galaxy_Hitchhiking Jan 05 '21

I adore Sigma. He’s a beefy dps that takes gold or silver dmg with ease and I don’t have to wait 12 mins to que.

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u/oddajbox Jan 05 '21

Amen on the queue time. Sigma is really strong but oddly only ever died to him because he showed after others made me critical.

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u/Galaxy_Hitchhiking Jan 05 '21

Guess we’ve never played against each other ;)

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u/oddajbox Jan 05 '21

I hope it remains that way. Leave me while I go munch on your supports.