Had a game where Junkrat get his ult in 12 seconds

No. He can’t.

Aim is not the only skill in OW.

If you suppress a hallway or a door or a choke point, and the enemy team tries to push it while you’re suppressing, the timing took gamesense. The target area took gamesense. Hitting the enemy team with your grenades took some aim (not a lot in most cases…but some).

Mid-range or close-range fight outside a choke? He takes as much aim as most.

He doesn’t so much take aim as read the enemies like books, which fits into gamesense.

The illusion I keep seeing is that hitscan takes more skill than projectiles.

It does not. Hitscan actually takes less skill than projectiles because it removes all compensation calculation from shooting.

People like to point at junkrat and say he takes zero skill compared to heroes like widowmaker, soldier, and mcCree. He doesn’t. He takes skill, and the argument of “which character takes more skill” is far more complex than people give credit.

I have no idea why people think Hitscan takes more skill either. Maybe it’s because they think it can be spammed?

While spamming is applicable, in direct combat is where he truly shines.

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