Hi everyone, just to get this in one place, I was hoping someone better/smarter than me could compile a list of all the teamcomps currently viable in the game? There was a post on the old forums that had it, but it’s rather dated now.
Thanks!
Out of curiosity, how specific was the post you mentioned about comps? Some people will call 2-2-2 a comp, while others will get very specific about having x, y, and z heroes.
You just have to use permutations or combinations to calculate it I would think… Not in the mood to do that right now though.
I was more thinking along the lines of stuff like dive, bunker, pirate ship, Deathball.
Here’s the old forum post.
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753547579
Interesting. I’ve never heard anyone use the majority of those composition names before (in the link you provided). As for the ones you listed, I’d say those are pretty common.
The only additions I’d make are things like GOATs (triple support/triple tank), which is usually Rein/Zarya/D.Va and Lucio/Brig/Moira (sometimes Ana instead). Double sniper was popular for a while before Mercy was nerfed and when Hanzo was a little stronger. I still see it quite a bit though, and it can definitely be effective.
-Zarya
-Hanzo/Genji
-Reinhardt
-Ana
-Zenyatta/Lucio
-Widowmaker
-D.Va
-Lucio
-Genji
-Ana
-Winston
-Tracer
-Roadhog
-Orisa
-Ana
-Lucio
-Doomfist
-Widowmaker/Tracer
-Reinhardt
-D.Va
-Zarya
-Moira/Ana
-Lucio
-Brigitte
-Sombra
-Genji
-Zarya
-Ana
-Brigitte
-Reinhardt
-Pharah
-Sombra
-Mercy
-Reinhardt
-Brigitte
-Zarya
-Winston
-Hammond
-Brigitte
-Lucio
-Widowmaker/Tracer/Sombra
-Doomfist
-Winston
-D.Va
-Moira
-Mei
-Tracer
-Reaper/Wreckingball
(Just to stall no matter what)
-Bastion
-Orisa
-D.Va
-Brigitte
-Ana
-Widowmaker/Doomfist
(First point attack Junkertown)
-Pharah
-Reinhardt
-Mercy
-Brigitte
-Bastion
-Sombra/Junkrat
(Point B defense Volskya wjen the enemy took the first point with Goats)
-Mei
-Zenyatta
-McCree
-Lucio
-Reinhardt
-Zarya
(Put up Mei wall to isolate the enemy Reinhardt, flashbang over the shield to stun him long enough for Reinhardt to get discorded, simultaneously use fan the hammer, finish him with Reinhardt’s hammer)
-Lucio
-Ana
-Brigitte
-Reinhardt
-Zarya
-Hanzo
(This is a disgusting composition, you can use this to keep, stall and quickly retake a control map point. It’s absolutely horrible. Nothing but a massive series of one shots will stop this)
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There’s also the No Fun allowed Comp
Sombra, Doomfist, Brigitte, Hanzo, Mei, Ana
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Just reading those six names and imagining them together made me want to curl up and die as a Zen main.
Woah ana is in the no fun club now?
Thank you! I screenshoted this
Where is cheese comp?
Sleep darts and bionades can be pretty devastating. As a Zen main, I cry when my transcendence is completely negated by a single bionade.
Well that’s not entirely true. My team cries. Meanwhile, I Zoomyatta the heck outta there.
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There are a lot of comps. The three general comps I guess you’ll see fall into either dive, deathball or bunker umbrellas.
Dive
Dive has Winston as a main tank and usually D.Va as an off tank, though there are variants where D.Va is substituted for either a Zarya or a third DPS. One of the dive DPS is always Tracer, while the second can be anything based on the map/what the enemy is running. Healers are Zenyatta and either Mercy or Lucio.
- Winston
- D.Va/Zarya/Soldier: 76
- Tracer
- Genji/Widowmaker/Sombra/Soldier: 76/McCree/Pharah/Junkrat/Reaper/Hanzo (seriously there is a lot here)
- Zenyatta
- Mercy/Lucio/Ana in very specific cases
Double sniper is technically a form of dive, even though it does not use Tracer, since it uses the same tank base:
- Winston
- D.Va
- Widowmaker
- Hanzo
- Mercy
- Zenyatta
Hammond can also be used as a dive main tank though the comp is usually different.
- Hammond
- D.Va
- Doomfist or Genji
- Sombra or whichever of Doomfist or Genji wasn’t picked above
- Ana
- Lucio
Deathball
Deathball is by far the most varied comp since you can have anywhere between 2 to 4 tanks, or 2 to 3 healers, never mind that basically any DPS can be run in it. It would be wasteful to list all the possible iterations so I’ll cover all the main ones. The only constant is Reinhardt.
2//2/2:
- Reinhardt
- Zarya/D.Va, depending on comp and player preference. Zarya is a lot more common
- Either any hitscan or projectile DPS, or Brigitte
- Usually a projectile DPS, since double hitscan is pretty rare now
- Ana
- Lucio/Zen/Mercy
As a rule, at least one DPS in 2/2/2 deathball should either have ranged pressure or make use of the shield, preferrably both. Otherwise you should probably have another main tank.
Triple tank without 3 healers still exists but it’s rare. Usually:
- Reinhardt
- Zarya
- D.Va
- An “all-purpose” DPS that can provide ranged pressure and do a lot of bulk damage, like Hanzo or Soldier
- Ana or Moira
- Lucio
GOATs and 3/3 are technically different comps. The difference is what the flex healer plays.
- Reinhardt
- Zarya
- D.Va
- Moira (GOATs) or Ana (3/3)
- Lucio
- Brigitte
Quad tank (slambulance) is very situational and probably the most rigid deathball comp.
- Reinhardt
- Zarya
- D.Va
- Roadhog
- Moira
- Lucio
Bunker
Bunker usually uses Orisa as a main tank and a lot of spam damage. Cheese comps are usually based on this as well. The stereotypical bunker comp might look like the following:
- Orisa
- Roadhog (if you’re going for HaltHook, more offensive presence) or D.Va (because she can contest points a lot easier)
- Widowmaker/McCree/Soldier
- Hanzo or Junkrat
- Mercy or Ana
- Zenyatta (if Mercy) or Brigitte (if Ana)
There is also a triple tank, single support variant that saw a lot of play in the OWL finals but isn’t really that great anymore because Mercy heals less now.
- Orisa
- D.Va
- Widowmaker
- Hanzo
- Roadhog or Tracer
- Mercy
Cheese comps also like Orisa’s absurd shield uptime since they are typically very static. Pirate ship is an example of this.
- Orisa
- D.Va
- Bastion
- Widowmaker
- Mercy (probably Ana now tbh, though Mercy really likes Orisa barriers for rezzing)
- Zenyatta or Roadhog
This isn’t an exhaustive list and will definitely shift as the meta does. It’s also my (admittedly) limited understanding of how the game is rn.
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This is perfect thank you!