Soā¦ Rein/Zarya with a Zen instead of Lucio? That would probably mean double sniper to capitalize on discords right?
I mean ā¦ if Mcree and Widow are not banned, is it really necessary to ban Soldier76? like it was going to get picked 
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Itās random. Thatās the issue.
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100% wasted ban. They effectively only banned three heroes next week.
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It was really just one. No one actually used Sombra/Winston either last week.
Muma used Winston last week for Outlaws first win this season. Heās extremely niche, but had playtime. I think Sombra had some minuscule play too. Soldier was unheard of before yesterday and today.
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Honestly, I think itās fine. 10% seems about right. If it was too much higher it would really limit the possibilities since weāve so far only ever had 4 at most above 10% anyway and you canāt be banned 2 weeks in a row.
If you were to raise it where would you put it? Even putting it at 15% would still allow a Sombra ban and a Winston ban. In fact, youād have to raise it to 35% to avoid Winston. But you couldnāt do that because then you couldnāt ban 2 DPS like the rules say. And if you had it at 20% then that would have meant Mei getting banned last week, but this week it would have guaranteed a Tracer and Sombra ban because they are the only heroes above 20%.
I think it would be impossible to put it any higher than 15%. Even then, I still think 10% is better.
What I would like to see is possibly a weighted system that for every 10% you get a card instead of 8 cards for each hero no matter what.
Just a reminder of this week and last weekās eligibility.
This Week
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D.Va - 92.6%
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Winston - 32.5% (Banned)
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Orisa - 18%
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Ana - 61%
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Lucio - 53.8% (Banned)
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Brig - 39%
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Zen - 26.9%
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Mei - 58.5%
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Tracer - 32%
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Sombra - 21.7% (Banned)
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Soldier - 14.7% (Banned)
Last Week
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D.Va - 94.4%
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Reinhardt - 87.2% (Banned)
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Winston - 10.1%
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Lucio - 88.7%
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Ana - 85.4%
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Moira - 10.8% (Banned)
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Mei - 84.3%
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McCree - 59.5% (Banned)
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Doomfist - 10.4%
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Widowmaker - 10.4% (Banned)
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I dunno, I think the meta will change.
Instead of Bunker and Dive we had this week, I predict itāll be Deathball and Bunker next week.
I agree, 10% is too low.
Iād like it raised to like 25%, or have a scaling system. The higher the % usage, the greater the chance to be banned.
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Nice to see Lucio gone, but better still would be some actual balance.
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I think without Lucio, Orisa bunker is going to put up a better fight against Rein deathball than it could have last week.
I agree, Lucio is so huge in deathball. Without him, deathball trying to rotate around bunker will be very difficult.
And with monkey gone Dive will be pretty niche with only hammond/d.va. If Bunker wins out over Rein deathball because of Lucioās absence, we might mostly be seeing bunker vs bunker mirror matches next week.
whats the viewership this year compared to the previous? im wondering if its even worth investing time into the teams if its slowly dying off
Hmm, I have to agree with your prediction.
I hope it isnāt mirror bunker.
Deathball could work still, but it would need Rein/Sigma so that rotating would have constant shields. One of the challenges with deathball is rotating the team. If someone gets caught during a rotation the entire deathball falls apart. With double shield deathball, you have ample shields to ensure safe rotation, albeit that deathball style is much slower.
Live views are lower, but VOD numbers are really good.
right, BUT, if they donāt run Rein without Lucio, that would be useful information.
i dont know what that means. Whats with acronyms these days and why are they bloody everywhere
Thatās true. It might just come down to the maps themselves. I guess we can agree that next week is still up in the air. Should be fun to see it play out.
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Sorry, video on demand, essentially not watching it live, but as a rerun.
no it wont be because OWL is fast paced and shooting a 400 health pillar is still not fast enough to break your tank that got stuck free.