Ive been having lots of fun playing mauga into hazard, he just absolutely shuts him down imo. But i do believe there is counterplay no? so Hazard connoisseurs, what would you do against a fairly decent mauga (genuine question)
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Ignore Mauga; kill Ana.
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I’ve also been playing Mauga and it seems like a fine matchup. He can wall you off easily since Mauga is slow, and Mauga won’t heal very much shooting a blocking Hazard.
In-game is always different but in theory- fighting you when you have a power healer (ana) assisting you is as much a losing proposition as it usually is, so that’s the first priority, and I have the burst to make it happen. Since you need time and concentrated fire to deal significant damage, I feel relatively safe in doing so.
Damage resistance is the best counter to Berserker , and I damage you at the same time, so it’s even more effective at counter-acting that advantage of yours.
None of this is to say you aren’t a threat, which I feel like for some people is a requirement for them to think it’s a “fair fight.” I think it’s a pretty fair matchup overall.
Ignoring isn’t the right thing to do, more like taking advantage of being ignored. Do things that don’t let the Mauga feed on you, then when he isn’t looking at you, you strike.
That’s fighting him as dive tanks in general, hit and run tactics
Mauga is a problem for almost every tank, Mauga is tank shredder and the solution is always a team solution, hence why he is so hated
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I don’t see how this is a issue
Even in ow1 most tanks didn’t really want to trade with the enemy tank, it was just harder to avoid the enemy tanks.
What if the the Mauga plays with his own support? I know I do if I’m fighting dive tanks. I think you can separate him with the spiky wall? But then again it’s not a mei wall though…
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Yes but you can make hazard a block bot like how you would punish a ram on punch form
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Yes, and the problem is? Mauga is wasting ammo and not healing very much by doing that, leaving him vulnerable to all manner of dangerous counterattack by your team
If you’re focusing down a target that isn’t healing you as Mauga and isn’t dying either, you’re gonna end up getting yourself killed sooner or later.
Mauga wins the match up simply through his sustain and tank busting damage, the best thing Hazard can do is ignore him and go for his backline but current Mauga is decently mobile after his recent buffs so it can be pretty difficult to just straight up ignore him.
Hazard simply doesn’t have the tools to deal with him like D.va, Sigma, and Zarya have for example.
But you are denying Hazard value no? By simply existing with your team, you made sure that the Scott (he’s Scottish right?) can’t play the game? The same principle that applies to nemesis ram. Also I think u can counter engage hazard in maps with less high grounds bcs the overrun buff
Not really
Hazard is blocking your damage, probably hitting Mauga during the block too. Mauga blows through his ammo, doesn’t heal much, probably takes a lot of damage too and has to back up if he doesn’t die. Hazard, in the meantime, hasn’t used any cooldowns or taken much if any damage and can retaliate by either killing the retreating Mauga or going after a possibly vulnerable teammate.
Just because you’re blocking doesn’t mean you’re getting no value. That’s the whole point of being able to block in the first place, to deplete enemy resources without spending much of your own.
That’s what all tanks to do, other than stupid Reinhardts have you seen any other tank wanting to fight each other in 5v5, they wink wink 
at each other and run at each team squishies.
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Reinhardt players are the only true honorable tanks left. The rest are DPS players dodging their queue times. Why would I kill easy prey when I could wrestle with a lion?
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I thought his block itself is a high value? Sure it’s on a meter but you can pretty much force him to deplete it fast, I’ve had games where I just facetank his spikeguard till he drops and mows him down or make him disengage,therefore giving me time to reload myself. And it’s not a negative thing to shoot him while blocking right? He’s not like doom, and his spike missiles tickles you too imo ,it’s like 12 dmg per missiles not counting armor. I can see your strategy in maps like GIBBY ,but what about maps like Nepal’s shrine?
There’s of course nuance to it, I’m just saying that making him block does not mean you’re winning the fight.
I’ve never got the gist of playing rein,maybe because I don’t really like his playstyle? I don’t judge others for playing him tho, he seems like a tank that actually does what a TANK’s supposed to do🫡
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Ideally you’d jump on Mauga in 1 of 2 situations.
- CA just went on CD
In this instance Mauga could dump into only you and if you’re blocking he doesn’t heal much. Your team ideally pelts him down the rest of the way. If Mauga is smart he’ll give up early and run away.
- CA is about to come back online
In this instance you want to peel the Mauga. He’ll sustain better than situation 1, but he won’t be gunning your team down. Play with cover if he pops it before you leap. If he pops it as you leap on him use your wall to either boop him or put up cover between you and him. He’ll have to spend ammo to burn it down to get at you.
Situation 1 is more ideal if you’re looking to kill Mauga but situation 2 is still a W for your team because even if the worst happens and you die/are forced to move back you just took away Mauga’s best tool to live. So he will have to play more defensive in a team fight rather than push in and draw attention.
Also worth considering is you have superior mobility to Mauga. You can do things like scale>leap>scale to get away on some maps. You can also use his leap to air strafe around corners.
Basically any good dive tank has to think about the best way to approach tanks that aren’t easy to push off/out of power positions. That’s your main advantage, not really outlasting the other Tank.
Would you say in that situation Mauga still has advantage overall? Like compared to other dive tank do you he’s the worst option to fight Mauga? Also this shows that Cardiac is just an ability that bad design wise yeah?