DPS is back in the pro scene!

General Discussion
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I’m no fan of DPS, but there is no denying what we saw.

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I don’t trust this community. I have seen very little negotiating and a lot of insults and reporting…

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4 dps is not the new meta, its just anti goats.

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Maybe that’s a big part of the problem – you don’t trust.

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Which is why I’m trying to respond to such statements. I’m going to start calling this stuff out more.

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The OP never said it was going to be the new meta.

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I only said that it is being played in OWL right now

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Of course it’s part of the problem, I have absolutely no reason to trust any of my random team-members, and on the European servers I think I can count the number of games in which there were no insults on one hand.

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I suspect there will be more changes if the majority is GOATS, like Zarya’s damage being increased at the bottom end of energy and lowered at the top end a bit more in proportion so even at 100 she won’t be doing as much, but her bottom end damage won’t be as bad. I could see an ult charge nerf for Rein as well.

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So what was the 4 DPS comp they used?

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It takes high cordination and gameplan since Quad DPS that was ran, the great thing was they had players who were proficient in the selected DPS heroes and Support/Tank to make it work, it’s hard for this to happen in Comp Matches online, because you got different type of players with various levels of play, and RNG in matchmaking, you don’t have control over outside of LFG.

Sombra Pharah, Widow, Mercy made it difficult for Ground based Heroes like Rein/Brig, to be able to counter and get cover from the maps windows of opportunity. Goats is very user friendly comp for all levels of play, which is why it works very well online, but against the best players in OWL, it can be countered.

Range > Close Range fighters.
Not just Range, but consistent damage and coordination to execute the Quad DPS to close out the match after respawn.

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Widow, Sombra, Tracer, Pharah, Mercy, Wrecking Ball

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They can Run Tracer or even Doomfist as well, with that Setup because Wrecking Ball Provides the Additional Health Buff when Close to Enemy team which doomfist will most likely be near.