Is he just an “off tank” in the same way Mei is an off tank? It feels like the game wants me right in front of the battle with the tank and using my hinder to bail him out of trouble.
I fully support the Magnetic grenade change, make no mistake. I don’t think that ability should have existed for that character, but the close range hinder just confuses me. Is he not a mid ranged character? Is he mid ranged with a hinder to protect himself specifically? It doesn’t even do it that well.
I’m a trash McCassidy, but I’ve found the most success walking in with the tank and hindering and fanning people that we’d approach or would try to push us while I poke at their backline. Cree’s roll even gives him damage resistance so I can pull out of bad situations.
I’m only a Cassidy tourist, and of course map and team comps play their part, but I think of FB as more of a defensive tool to punish characters like Tracer or Sombra when they get too close, or simply to deter them. So my rough gameplan is to hang out nearer the supports to protect them against that lot, rather than rush in with an aggro tank. I’m not looking to burn FB every time it’s off cooldown.
I’m no expert, though, so maybe I’ve not got the right of it.
That is not an off tank, because he isnt frontlining.
He is just a mid range hitscan with an anti-flanker/dive tool.
He can threaten flankers, but that is doesnt mean he is an ‘‘off tank’’. He just seems to be the only DPS popular enough to be allowed to threaten flankers. Mei, Sym, Junk and Torb have been basically neutered out of being able to do it.
If the enemy has widow you play close to tank cause tank diff and make the enemy team turn on widow.
For this your team need to be good and smart and not get killed.
Also if enemy has two ranged heroes can just be Cassidy hanzo.
While you have no range non dive hero like junku sym etc
Again you playing offtanksh and contest their dps when they Re weak and exposed is better.
When you play against dps contesting is when you enemy has weaker ranger or dive and even if enemy has widow , you have your own or id enemy has cross fire you also have one.
The thought of that just makes me want to sleep, being on guard duty 24/7.