I totally get that feeling. It’s now common for me to not play the hero I actually wanted to play just so I can make sure our team is balanced, I’ve had many teams that went quad tank and the last dps, so to ensure our team has even the tiniest chance against the enemy, I switch to a healer.
I feel like the majority of the people I’ve played with have no idea on what a balanced team looks like, always insta locking Widow, Genji, Hanzo and Tracer, it’s frustrating because I have to constantly nag people that our situation isn’t going to work and when we do lose, apparently everyone is at fault except them.
Not sure if this is just because of my rank (High plat 2831) because people have said that it’s where most smurfs are, or it’s just how comp is in general.
And yes, don’t get me started on the practicing, if people want to practice new heroes why not go to qp, arcade, or vs AI? You’re affecting other people’s ranks because you don’t know how to work a certain hero.