Why is this such a hard thing for my teammates to understand?! I know we’re in freaking gold but COME ON!!! This is something a level 10 player should know! If you’re losing, hell even if you’re winning, press tab (or whatever the equivalent is on console) and check out your enemy’s team, and what it is comprised of. Then see what the gaps in their team comp is, and exploit it!
So, for example, if you see a team with 3 DPS, NONE of whom has real effective long range damage, pick a character who is good at LONG RANGE DAMAGE!!! If you have an open ceiling (and/or a lot of space) pick Pharah! If you have high ground to abuse grab a sniper! But don’t keep playing Sombra, and 3 supports! I freaking hate that! I’m trying to shield us from getting murdered, and none of my teammates can switch to counter Reaper, Bastion, and Symmetra. All of whom can be countered by the same people! I would’ve been happy if our only other tank had gone DPS!
I’m always on the lookout for holes in my enemy team comp, and sometimes I’ve had to mess up our team comp to do it. like when I saw our enemies playing 2 snipers, and a hitscan. I could’ve stayed a DPS, I could’ve switched to Junkrat, Reaper, Genji, tried to get close to them and kill them. But I thought “You know what counters two snipers really well? Winston.” We already had two tanks, but I went Winston anyways. not because I think Goats is a good comp, but because exploiting an enemy team’s weakness is more important than maintaining a standard 2-2-2.
Why am I the only gold player who knows this?! I shouldn’t be the only gold player who presses tab, sees an enemy team, and thinks “What can I do to mess them up?” Gold players! I urge you to start checking your enemy team’s comp, and finding THEIR weaknesses, instead of focusing on your team’s comp and shouting at the Widows to switch off. If you know what a crappy team comp looks like than evaluate the ENEMY!!! And if you know what their weakness is exploit it! If you’re not the Reinhardt on your team you can do whatever you like. Your other healer will pick up your heals, your Reinhardt will fill the tank role solo. All that matters is getting the W, and sending your enemies home with the L.
And even if you are the Reinhardt if your other tank is an Orisa let her take care of it. The only reason I didn’t pharah was because our other tank was a Roadhog. There’s no sense in killing the three DPS if your team is getting anti’d, and charged through because they don’t have a shield to protect them.