Kingmaker mode is gonna be something

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Imagine a world where low to middle rank players who never experienced 6v6 suddenly experience Rein, Zarya, Juno, Moira and stat boosted Symmetra. How do they adapt to a multi tank brawl comp with a boosted, brawl focused DPS who already stomps lower ranks?

Say you end up with 5 DPS/tank only players. Someone bites the bullet and goes… Zenyatta. How does he become a viable solo support? Does his team receive the support passive? Would he get ult charge off that? :rofl: like I’m half joking but half genuinely so curious. I feel like realistically his discord/harmony numbers will go up and he’ll get like 75 more HP (hopefully in shield health) but would that be enough?

What happens if you’re on 50 HP as a solo support and one of your teammates who died swaps to support? Does your boosted HP stat adjust in real time or after you die? If in real time, does it adjust proportionally or if you gained 75 HP for being solo and lose it while having only 50, do you die? … okay the last one was a joke but I need my burning questions answered

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Same way anyone adapts, you just keep playing. Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.

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I’m just gonna one trick Genji in that mode.

You might want to pre- avoid me.

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Nah I’d pick Brig and be your best friend and make the enemy wish they could avoid you. I love playing her with Genji. Bro’s immortal with my packs and inspire and his mobility/deflect

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Looking forward to this mode. I wonder how solo heroes would work. Especially with one support.

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Feel like it’s going to be like OQ but restricted.

If you play 1 support and it’s just a Zen your team loses until someone else swaps.

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Most likely bonuses the “kingmaker” player may get:

  • Increased health
  • Cheaper ult
  • Lower cooldowns
  • Resource meter (if they have one) recharges faster
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Still makes me wonder about Zen because he doesn’t apply to any of those except maybe discord placement cooldown

Maybe harmony goes to like 50 hp/s and Discord is 30% with an AoE around the target of 15%, and takes longer to cleanse? Does that compensate enough? I need to experiment :sob:

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You do realize I had to play only Zenyatta in 6v6 back in the day without any bonuses, correct? It will be fine. His bonus can be a new voice line “it is far better to be alone, than be in bad company.”

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Im not playing 6v6 unless its strict 2,2,2 no multiple heroes. I already experienced years of 6v6 open queue and this community CAN NOT be trusted with being allowed to pick their own comps.

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All of which can easily break the game and lead to miserable experiences so it’s unlikely. Probably just more hp and that’s it.