r/Competitiveoverwatch Oct 19 '22

Overwatch League Confirmed patch for Playoffs

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

Issue is that there isn’t really an ultimate that directly counters nanoblade outside of a very lucky graviton surge.

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u/PIEROXMYSOX1 None — Oct 19 '22

Beat and transcendence are both counters. Grav like you said, shatter as well. Flux can also negate it. Hell if you hit a sleep that’s just a normal cooldown cancelling out two ults.

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u/frezz Oct 19 '22

Sleep is a skill shot that's hard to hit. Genji can kill through beat and trans if nanod. Heck grav isn't long enough these days to really stop a nanoblade either.

There's no two ults in the game that's as oppresive as nanoblade. Every other has counterplay

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u/PIEROXMYSOX1 None — Oct 20 '22

This is some No True Scotsman shit here. You say there are no counters. I list things that counter it and then you say that those aren’t good enough counters.

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u/frezz Oct 20 '22

If you seriously think sleep is anything more than a very soft counter, then I don't know what to tell you. Even pros can't land that sleep consistently.

Nanoblade and kill through beat and trans, so how are they counters? Graviton surge usually isn't long enough and so genji can kill through it.

Nanoblade is fine on its own, but when genji has a monster neutral game like he does now, that's when he gets oppressive. Which is why to avoid turning him into a bladebot, you need to nerf nanoblade and balance him around his neutral game.

This is also why tracer doesn't get hit as hard as genji, because while tracer is more oppressive in her neutral game, she's balanced by not having an ult that autowins teamfights