Now it feels like the tanks have to swap to cover thier dps’s crappy comps.
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the amount of times my dps swap to widow when theyre getting mauled by dive is insane, and in metal ranks widowmakers are famous for being able to land their shots.
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Actually, pretty much every role swapped pretty frequently. Supports less so, because of fewer choices available to them.
But by the time of GOATS, compositions became fairly static, even the Damage-role had only a small selection of choices that didn’t really change.
Moreover, you’re talking about a role that, for two years, had no new choices for heroes while Tanks and Supports continued to grow in number. Many of these Damage-role heroes are running fairly archaic kits that have had virtually no changes for years. And Tanks have always been better balanced kits and sustainability, same with Supports. More changes have also come to them in recent years than towards the Damage-role as well.
Nah, it’s totally cool that your supports stay Moira mercy and your dps stay genji and widow against the roadhog who is going 25-3. It’s totally a tank diff.
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I logged in for the first time in two months just now and I am seeing Zen OTPs getting destroyed by Sombra. Guess quality of Supports has gone down alot.
Zen vs sombra is an impossible matchup. He’s the size of wrecking ball, sombra can just wait till perfect moment to pop out of invis, and even if he hits all headshots she still wins.
To boot, zen can’t heal his other support if they’re attacked by sombra, since he’ll only do 24 heals per second lol
Actual state of the game
I mean, the reverse was also true.
Dps had to swap cause the tanks are too darn stubborn to swap outside of brawl and dive comp, getting themselves killed often.
Right, but that seems way less common now that synergies are gone. Tanks were usually the meta slaves in OW1.
Swapping on dps is still very strong which is why being comfortable many heroes is a big advantage! You won’t really be able to hard counter tanks with a dps pick like in OW1 but you can still provide value. If they have a Doom/Ball then Sombra is still a great pick. Obviously hitscan is good vs pharmercy or echo/mercy. I know winston is very strong but Reaper still players well into him. There’s more example but you get the idea hehe
I doubt it, dps also pick whatever they want and that often includes swapping to heroes that they can win the game. They are just as meta slave then and now.
Problem often comes down to WHO they think the meta was.
Tbf every role should be swapping if its needed but in the state of todays game it seems like only tanks are supposed to whilst supports and dps and supports can play what they want. Overwatch isnt a team game anyway, its team deathmatch and 5 players doing whatever
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for real though it feels like they expect the tank to counter everything.
I’ve noticed in 5v5, its about countering the enemy tank, not picking a whole comp meta. Both are swaps, but one is proactive and one is reactive. Rarely do you see a counter dps swap to help a tank.
Yup peoplw nowadays want tanks to counter everyone whilst being countered with no support from the team. DPS/Supports just want their hands held
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DPS never learned they are now the off-tank peel role.
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Best I can offer is Reaper, regardless of map or team composition.
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Theres a lot of things dps seemed to not learn sadly
Also discord is basically non existent now