GOATS = Reinhardt, D.va, Zarya, Lucio, Brigitte, and Zenyatta
Other Versions (that I know of):
OG GOATS (Original GOATS) = Replace Zenyatta with Moira
Ana GOATS = Replace Zenyatta with Ana
DOATS (Dive GOATS) = Replace Reinhardt with Winston and sometimes replace Zarya with Hammond
SNOATS (Mei GOATS) = Replace D.va with Mei
Are there other versions of GOATS out there besides the ones above? Have a particular favorite version of GOATS?
FLOATS: Replace Zarya with WInston
Neo GOATS: Ana/Zen/Lucio
Ana in for Brigitte is common now.
Also Slambulance and Hogulance (low rank version, designed to take bastion cheese comps down), which were around before Brigitte existed.
Can hamster replace dva?
I saw something with McCree, but I forget who they switched out.
Goats have more variations than dive, yet people call goats boring.
I understand that it’s a matter of taste, but that always felt weird to me. Having a meta of a dozen heroes beats having a meta of 8 heroes.
I’ve heard of an accursed creation in which Reaper joins GOATS…
When it comes to choosing a breed of goat, you need to know which goats are good for which purpose.
I think so if a team wants to keep Zarya but I usually see teams replace Zarya with Hammond because Zarya isn’t part of dive while D.va is a dive tank and works really well with Winston.
Yeah isn’t it called “Protect McCree” or something like that? My guess would be from OWWC with South Korea, McCree replaces Zarya because Carpe plays Zarya in GOATS comp
What’s Slambulance? I’m guessing Hogulance is using Roadhog in the comp?
Sounds like Quad Tanks (Reinhardt, Zarya, D.va, Roadhog, Moira, and Lucio)?
For me, watching a mirror match up going against each other is boring (when watching OWWC and Contenders). However GOATS vs lets say MOATS is fun to watch because at least the teams are not complete mirror match ups. I’ve ran GOATS a few times in competitive matches and I admit, it’s a lot of fun to play! I usually play Brigitte or Lucio
This one.
Definitely, this one.
How many harmony orbs does it cost?
I might have a few left…
Incidently, do you accept Bubble shields for payment?
ROASTS = Goats with reaper
Named that one myself
Isn’t this one called SNOATS?
Dva->DF has seen some use, especially in the past. Hasn’t really been named yet.
Exactly. Hog was sometimes Winston or Orisa.
But, using Rein as the spearhead was part of it. Goats was a refinement of it, but all the pieces were already in place.
I have some Vods of it running I think…
On the recieving side
Twitch - Pt a
Twitch - Pt b
On the attacking side.
We ran it in the open for Horizon every time, it was more effective than dive even then.
We tried to run it on other maps, and it worked… less for us.
Any source? Ana/Zen/Lucio cores have a history of not having quite enough damage; the last time they were used seriously was S5, and the current meta appears unsuitable.
Just watching a bunch of GMs play, and looking at the pick rates on overbuff. I don’t have a video of someone talking about it, but I could go look if you want a source.
'Nade became important, because if you could anti the group, you rolled them, also there was a lot of big targets for sleep, and by the time they would wake, the combat was over. As from the slambulance vod, you can see the fights are usually pretty short.
Same way Zen was added, but for the healing, but because what it could do on the enemy team. If you could down one of the targets faster than the other team it was a strong thing to do.
Anyway if you look at GM pick rates for the last month, you will see Ana and Zen both have higher pick rates than Brigitte, and that has gone on for a while. They moved off Brigitte pretty early.
Yeah but GM plays waaay too much DPS and far too little Dva to be playing goats all the time; the high pickrates are from seeing Ana and Zen used in more conventional comps instead of replacing Brig in goats. The limited set of GM streamers I watch seems to confirm this.
its called snoats please fix
Fixed it. My apologies
A Pygmy’s gonna cost ya 1 to 4 Harmony Orbs, depending on their characteristics such as age, sex and temperament. Starting prices for fainting goats are gonna be about 4 Harmony Orbs, with a prime one being around 8.
Unfortunately, Bubble Shields are no longer valid payment, as they have been deemed antiquated and, thus, out of circulation in all of GOATSville.