I just saw someone asking for a Widow nerf. Here’s what I think.
On the right hands Widow is amazing. She can destroy entire teams.
But on bad hands… oh god. She’s basically useless and has the power to tilt her teammates in the worst possible ways.
Since so much people love playing her, I think she actually needs SOMETHING to make her useful if you are not able to land scoped shots.
Maybe a change to her mine, a better ult, more usefulness at close range… something.
Great Widows will not benefit from a change such as this. They can already wreck teams. On the other hand, Widow players that are not that good will have the chance to contribute better to their team.
If Widow is gonna be in my team in every game, we might as well make her a better pick, right?
P.S. This is not a troll post. I actually think that giving her abilities that can contribute to teamfights will stop teammates from giving Widow such a hard time. No more “Widow switch” hopefully.
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The whole point of her character IS to land shots and get picks. If you can’t do that and you are trying to win, don’t pick her until you can get those shots.
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Some hero have high skill floor. WIdow is one of them. She is fine right now.
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Widowmaker is one of the most balanced heroes in the game. If you are good at her you will climb and if not, you will have to practice her more or switch heroes to climb
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That’s what I think, but no matter what I keep getting crappy WM’s in my team
My only issue with widow is how small her hitbox is when she starts jumping around. Lol
Widowmaker is simply made to be very high skilled hero.
So of course bad players won’t do anything with her…
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I agree with you. Nevertheless I usually get bad Widows on my team that won’t switch for anything. They don’t like playing OW. They like playing WM.
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If you can’t play widow then don’ play it, simple
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In terms of overall balance she is a great spot really rewarding aim and positioning in terms of meta sush we don’t talk about that
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They are usually on my team 
I wish they would have something else to contribute.
Even a bad Hanzo has the Ult.
you cant balance a sniper catering to the average player cause she would be incredibly busted at higher ranks. It’s common sense, she’s perfect as she is rn. I mean they just decreased her cooldown on her ‘hook’ ability and she went from virtually 0 play in pro tournaments to becoming one of the most picked dps heroes…
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When I say that to the Widows on my team, they get tilted…
Widow is tough, she’s one of those heroes where if you buff her the wrong way she’s going to absolutely dominate the game. I think for the most part she’s fine right now, I’d rather them focus on other heroes that are more in need of attention for now.
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That’s why I think they should give her something for the lower end. I understand your reasoning. But I hope you understand, that from the perspective of a guy who mostly plays support, a bad Hanzo is still much better than a bad Widow.
A bad Hanzo will sometimes switch. A bad Widow “is practicing, and relax its QP”, so will never switch.
This is not for the Widow players, this is for the players that get stuck with them.
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I understand completely however the same logic applies to many heroes. Not just widow, and even if they gave widow something else her sniping is what’s interesting to people and they would just continue feeding even if they had other means of dealing dmg. It’s just a sad reality but something we’ll have to endure.
Sometimes I dream about Widow near the payload or contesting an objective.
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If you are unable to land scoped shots, you should not be playing Widow in the first place. How can you ask Blizzard to balance a hero around players who haven’t put in any time to get good with her?
Her ult is not good because her gun is the best in the game. It’s one of the only weapons capable of getting nonstop 1 shots. Her mine and her auto rifle are subpar because of her killing potential. Good Widow players won’t even use the auto rifle sometimes, they’ll instead just headshot you at point blank. Or they’ll run to their team and get pocketed the entire game.
??? Great players will benefit from any buff to their hero, it doesn’t matter what the buff is. Buffing her for low ranks would absolutely break her in high ranks. Same goes for any other high skill ceiling hero.
Widow is already one of the best picks for DPS in high ranks. In OWL, her pick rate is about the same as Genji, a hero who half the forums think is OP. She’s an extremely high skill ceiling hero, and so she is for players who are mechanically gifted due to her extremely aim intensive playstyle. I’m not sure why you want an already strong hero buffed just because some people lack the time and commitment to master her.
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on lower ranks yeah, but at higher I dont see anyone complaining about having widow on their team. Widow was also picked a lot at the OWL stage 1.
Buffing widow will make her a must pick at higher ranks if you have an amazing aim, and she is already not fun to play against if the widow is good.
Not “some people”. I want her buffed because most of the teammates I get that insta pick Widow are not good with her and thus make my team get tilted and lose.
If you can’t beat them, join them.