As far as I’m concerned, I would like to say that I think and this is just my opinion but I have seen a lot of post claiming that doom is way to easy and he has no counters and stuff.
I think that doom is easy yes but it isn’t that hard to shut him down.
He has 3 hard counters.
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Orisa- she was built to stop doomfist. She has her fortify to stop all of his combos and her green ball of death to keep doomfist at bay. Plus she has more health/armor.
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Mei- many people I don’t think mention how good Mei is right now. She can freeze people in under like a second which could limit dooms mobility a lot and her wall can stop doom from getting punches. She can also regain health by freezing herself in a fight against doom if he gets shields or something.
Last but not least
- sombra- just hacking doomfist makes him an easy target since he mainly relies on his abilities to get him places and to kill other characters. He will be completely useless.
If I have missed anyone please tell me!
But like I said, from what I’ve noticed in game If I switch too any one of these 3 heroes on my team to counter a doom then 99/100 times I will usually stomp doom.
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Brigitte - They are counters of each other.
Pharah - The advantage of high ground.
Torbjörn - Doomfists are defenseless against his turret.
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It’s not about him having counters. Doom is overall a frustrating hero to play against (I also find him boring to play), which is caused by numerous factors.
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Special mention: Mcree
Flashbang can stop a combo. It’s not foolproof but it’s better than nothing.
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To see the caliber of a Doomfist, pick Tracer against him. Average Doomfists can’t do much against her,but the ones who can regularly outplay her will make your team suffer.
Also Tracer and McCree as soft counters at least. Hog is a strong counter to DF but don’t think I would call him a hard counter.
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Junkrat- Bait a doom into your steel trap and he’s practically helpless.
Reaper & Roadhog- Shotgun users LOVE big targets
McCree- Flash then FtH
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Orisa:
Halt is not strong against DF since he has the mobility to get away, plus he’s not diving Orisa 9/10 times.
Mei:
Again mobility just let’s him get a pick and get out.
Sombra:
DF can can just insta kill Sombra if he sees her. Also alot of randoms shots can hit Sombra and stop hack, not to mention DF has large hitbox abilities so it’s not too hard to stop hack.
Finally:
Zarya bubble or D.va DM and he is never going to die. DF usually has a team with him so he becomes basically unkillable.
Doomfist has counters. Forum Doomfist doesn’t btw.
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Mei, McCree, Sombra, Torbjörn, Symmetra, and Orisa. Too bad majority of his counters get neglected when it comes to balance.
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Yeah no one is saying he has not, but picking counter doesn’t mean you will guarantee 1v1 all the time.
Doomfist can still outplay his counter if he is good, I mean I saw chipsa destroy pharah in the air.
Halt can interrupt his ability and put it on a cooldown cant it?
A good mei can use ice block when doom attacks her(alot do), use ice wall to deny an escape followed up with freeze and use icicles to headshot his massive hitbox.
If the sombra is good, she will position herself well enough and get the timing right.
Zarya bubbles can save team mates from doomfist too and in my experience most doomfists dive the backline alone and try to escape back to the team. A small bit of peel denys him the ez zen pick hes searching for
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Eh in my experience as orisa doom can just fly in bait fortify and fly out and now I’m an easy target, If I don’t use fortify I will die so it’s a lose lose. Mei gets killed before she can freeze him and even if she does the shields he has already gained will prevent him from dying to a headshot. Sombra is great against him but it forces you to play this defensive style which is not how you play sombra. You have a very small window to hack him to defend your team. All 3 are small counters but not as big as you’re saying.
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Yet another post where someone who plays Doomfist fails to understand how annoying he is.
Everyone knows he has counters, and no one cares.
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And this just causes unneeded whining and complaining that nobody wants to hear. So we can go through every Doomfist complaint thread and say the exact same thing, “yet another crying post about how annoying Doomfist is. Everyone knows, but no one cares”.
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Knock yourself out. At least you’d be addressing the actual reasons people hate DF instead of droning on about him having counters. Like having counters makes him less annoying.
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This. If I ever see a DF with an orb of harmony over his head, I’m going the other way!
Halt him when he trys to escape then aim for his head. Orisa and hog are a very good duo vs a doomfist
If u bait his punch with ice block then u can potentially freeze him whilst its on cooldown or personally i usually dont even try to freeze him and just aim for headshots with icicle.
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You could play brig but she will only assist in killing him. Mccree can just flash fth unless he has sheilds or something
