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Hammond, sort of, but on ladder most players don’t know how to play without Rein.
He is basically always going to be the default tank, the community and developers seem perfectly fine with that as they simply don’t like playing with or against alternatives.
Hanzo shreds his barrier easy, you get free vision if you use vision as well.
I also like Soldier. He is one of the best to beat that barrier down fast without any of the downsides of Bastion.
McCree can still do the good old flashbang mix-up that made Brigitte so overpowered. How dare a character lower his shield? Speaking of which… DOOMFIST. OH Yeah. You can thank me later. If you want the Rein to just hate himself, Doom is your only option.
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There are those who will say Sombra as well. None of those truly counter since Rein is still more than resilient enough to soak the resources and make harder than other tanks.
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Mei, Mei is an effective counter to Rein.
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I just hate how he can tilt his shield a bit to cancel the hack. It is an option though. I was mostly listing the viable ones… And McCree because everyone pretends he is viable.
I believe Bastion, Sombra, Mei, Pharah, Reaper, and even Symmetra are pretty good against him. They are all troll tier though.
Doomfist is a very soft counter. All it takes is an Ana pocket to make him useless. Rein can use 0.1 seconds of his charge animation to cancel a rocket punch then his shield will make all your primary shots do nothing.
Not a counter. That is why I put him by McCree, just a character that has a tool that shuts down his barrier.
It is just funny to hit him with all that CC and juggle him around. They hate it and will solo ult you.
hamster, mei, sombra, and dive as a whole are strong against rein unless he has two tanks and three supports enabling him
he’s just overrated, if you don’t want to run him, don’t.
in fact, I honestly think in lower ranks he is the MOST overrated hero in the game, close to ana (except she’s overrated in high ranks).
Seriously, not running rein will in a lot of cases increase your chance of winning
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I think playing vs Bastion and Rein are one of the most basic things you learn in Overwatch.
He has a 2000 hp shield that gets melted the moment 2+ persons in your team focus it. Shield management is a skill that many Rein users dont know how to do correctly and yes, he has a lot of counters.
Just.Shoot.The.Damn.Shield.
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Tell that to the entire Overwatch community. There is a reason Rein’s pickrate is literally 1700% higher than Bastion’s. Unless Bastion is on highground behind and his own Rein or Orisa shield, he won’t live long enough to do any significant damage to your Rein’s shield. Charge plus Zarya Bubble equals dead Bastion
What does this even mean? “You’ll win if the enemy is bad”.
If that were true, I wouldnt have made this thread in the first place.
A lot of people complain about reinhardt tbh.
But i could play this hero every time or agains it, i dont see problem 
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Yeah dude, and still theres people complaining about Bastion today.
Just like theres people “sick to death of Reinhardt” and believe theres no reliable counter to him than another Rein, which is false.
It means that just because some dude holds Right click, it doesn’t become immortal, you know?
Reinhardt has a brutal skill curve , its not like Silver Roadhogs and Zaryas are rendered useless because all the Reins they face are Masters.
It is though, you just don’t accept it. That’s denial. That’s a different matter mate.
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No. But I am sick of Orisa. Even though I actually really used to like playing her a lot and still do. It’s moreso that seeing too much if any one hero gets stale.
The most resilient tank since the addition of Baptiste is Orisa, imo.
poor rein, most pocketed and peeled for hero in the game needs counters?
literally any hero beats him without peeling or healers around, its not him that is the problem, its whoever is peeling for him and healing him
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And they are wrong because of the fact that he is the least picked hero in the game right now.
Are you seriously trying to argue that all stats are wrong and the entire communty has convinced itself that Rein is weak.
No, but the stats show that a sliver Zarya and Roadhog lose more that Rein does.
Just like you being in denial that Rein is actually super strong.
Alright, then lets brainstorm nerfs for Zarya and Ana, despite them both having winrates below 50%.
You can’t use stats like that mate. There is context, just like you cant distort statements like :
Where were those stats during Dive comp?
Oh yeah, we all know how to use stats mate. Do you know how many changes did Rein go through since Dive? Don’t wreck your brain : NONE.
There are a thousand miles from saying “Rein is not overpowered” to saying “Rein is weak” so dont take the Delorian yet, because nobody is saying the latter, ok buddy?
So? Check the damage stats too.
Also the rates are not insane, its not like Zarya and Road have a 25% WR and Rein has a 75%, chill. They are less than 5% apart which are normal fluctuations.
Now check masters and chill back again, ok?
He isn’t. You should try to put your money where your mouth is.
He is super strong huh? Become an OTP Rein and climb 500SR in less than one week. He is super strong right? Should be easy.
Go on. We’ll wait.
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I have no problem playing with a rein or against a rein. The main problem is about people who are extremely bored of having to play him.
Generally if the enemy has a Rein and you don’t, there is a sense of disadvantage. There is no other alternative to rein, but nobody want to play him.
Despite his pickrate, most of it is an obligation, not a willingness to play the hero.
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