In lower tiers he rolls because of his lack of skill to play. In higher tears he’s useless.
Let’s make OW great again!
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I say we bring back his stationary turret form, just for the memes
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Honestly, at this point Bastion is one of those heroes that needs a full rework. While turret form is a core part of his identity, it just isn’t suited to how Overwatch is played now.
I’d like to see Bastion be viable as something other than the “about to lose” swap, shield buster, noob stomper, etc. etc.
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Lmao we dont balance after low elos
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He’s terrible. He probably needs a buff or a rework.
Knowing when not to shoot is important. Bait the transformation and let him shoot at the corner you’re hiding behind.
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I found out that Bastion is quite powerful against the new Sombra. Assaulting this mini-tank felt weird enough, but turret form is not something to mess around with. When Bastion’s around, it’s a race against the clock.
You either annoy it enough to turn around or it will shred your tank first. And when it turns around, you’re forced to back off.
But I still love this rusty nail getting some attention up here.
Bastion is doing poorly at low ranks. Maybe he can be annoying at times, but he’s not really winning. He needs buffs.
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…I have not seen any mention of Bastion in so long. This is almost refreshing lol.
Why…get rid of him? Why not, like, change him to be less dominant in lower ranks and better in higher ranks? Why is the default, “delete!!!”?
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pains me everytime seeing the enemy dps pick bastion in my gold/plat games knowing fully well my team will walk out one by one to get demolished by his turret form
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Funnily enough, a lot of the people I know hate and despise bastion. They claim he is overpowered, does too much damage. I am likely a lower rank than them, yet I find that Bastion explodes easily. I find him very frail in live games.
I do think that we need to do more suggesting of actually working around issues - describing issues, finding ways to make them better - and then having Blizzard figure out wtf they gon do.
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I only find him annoying if the entire enemy team is playing “protect the Bastion”, then it gets annoying. Otherwise, he folds like a house made of cards. 
But yeah, I would prefer actually balancing him or adjusting him to make him a little better in high ranks without making low ranks miserable. I feel like we do have middle ground with Bastion’s kit; they can preserve his playstyle while making some adjustments.
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Exactly. And even then, I feel like it’s fine if not every hero has the same effectiveness at every rank. Having heroes that are better at low ranks but worse at high ranks and heroes that are designed to function better in high ranks compared to low ranks.
This would be jarring switching your character and playstyle up as you move up in ranks, but that can be assuaged with a middle ground transitory hero with a similar playstyle. I’m just spouting against the wall, but maybe you have a “Low Rank Bastion”, “Mid Rank Bastion”, “High Rank Bastion” that you could pick. Maybe it’s like a specific “talent config” or numbers thing where if you’re at a certain rank threshold in Comp, you automatically get that config of the hero. I.e, Bronze would get a “low rank Bastion” and Masters would get a “High Rank Bastion”.
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He’s my anti air choise when i keep missing the pharah on other heroes.
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Did we randomly forget that Bastion was the reason why Saudi won worlds?
Tank busters are not healthy for this game, especially in 5v5.
Exactly this. In metal ranks he stomps if the tank can’t deal with him, but usually people choose him on defence when they are losing. Just like Orisa. Win-rate goes down because they generally get picked when the game is already probably lost. And at low ranks bastion just melts tanks because of their lack of proper use of cover. Git gud is the obvious reply, but it’s just the way it is in metal ranks and git gud is not an option.
A bastion sitting behind and rein shield with a mercy pocket is probably a win most of the time in metal ranks, or bastion+orisa or bastion+mauga just overwhelms the other team (especially the tank) with damage. Add a soldier and the damage is constant and the tank just melts over and over.
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i miss old bastion ):
bastion is not even overpowered, you would have to be standing out in the open for him to shred you, in that case he took advantage of you being out of position, threads like these reminds me of why bronze exists
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A perfectly valid reason to rework him to be something else. Confirmed in season 13
You could be right. I really enjoy his current kit but it might need tweaks beyond mere buffs.