Great but DVa did get nerfed in the current patch
he has no competition which is why he is picked. boggles my mind that we are almost 3 years into the game and it still only has ONE (1) mobile shield tank.
I think they are scared of what happens if a team can pick more then one at the same time
Rightfully so, and lookin’ at the stats it appears that Reinhardt doesn’t need a nerf since he’s not even the most picked main tank.
It’s gettin’ boring seeing D.va mains trying to drag other tanks down with them especially Reinhardt and Zarya, as if the armor nerf wasn’t enough for him. We get it, you’re upset just move on…
Someone had to say it, I love you all but you’re bein’ immature and childish.
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Reinhardt is the most OP character in this game, and the only thing holding him back are his bugs. If the devs fix every bug that afflict Reinhardt, he will be unstoppable.
Reinhardt only weakness is vertical range, and his team can build around that weakness to nullify it. Mostly, this just mean “pick D.va” (another overtuned character).
Why do people still think this?
I run orisa to counter him all the time and seemingly all he can do is stand there and eat bullets with his shield, or try and charge me (which never works due to fortify… and you can halt him back if he gets too close. People should try it.
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“But its his Meta!” - So is pretty much every meta except Dive
Jokes on you! You could still make Reinhardt work during Diva meta 
“But he has so many bugs!!!”
Old news. Most of them got fixed a while ago
I find it pretty telling that the Pro-Rein brigade seems to have left this thread basically untouched because they can’t whine “but muh DVuh” at it.
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None Reinhardt mains need to make up their minds, heh…
The big think with Rien is you need a Rien to counter him.
If there was another hero that could help save your team from earth shatter he would be pick alot less
He still have enough that some pins will not connect, or he will slide a wall he is more than 45º on its direction, or some earthshatters that will not hit anyone standing on the payload.
He is much more consistent than he was one year ago, but he still have a fair number of bugs.
You must be higher sr than me, or just a smart orisa.
Orisa tends to use fortify after a firestrike, or 2, or a firestrike and damage from another character. Shield back up, fortify ends, charge, beat the crap out of orisa, that battle is done.
Something about gold/plat Orisa’s aren’t smart in general, or I’ve just always played against them when they have the bad team.
On a side note since this is about Rein, does anyone else find his charge still has a tendency to just knock people to the side rather than pin when hit dead on, or is that just me ?
When playing Orissa against a Rein - u save fortify for his charge. As he is charging you fill him full of bullets, use halt to move him back and then kill him.
Firestrike - just step aside, it’s easy to dodge.
Orisa is a perfect counter for Rein
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Probably not either… it’s just I treat rein like the threat he is. I choose orisa specifically to counter him, and play around him the entire time he’s on the field. Fire strikes require minimal effort to side step and I’ve learned through a lot of trial/error that if he’s moving in on me as orisa, it’s time to find retreat for help.
The problem I see is, despite rein being in nearly every game, many players still treat him like he’s a useless shield bot and not all that much of a threat. Wrong lol.
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Anyways, how was your day mister Lucky, doin’ good?
His shield is amazing that’s why and no one else has something like that. Same applies for D.Va, Defense Matrix is very good and no other character has something like that. Does that mean we should nerf them? No. That means we should add more competition.
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Its really easy to fathom. He has the best mobile barrier in the game (in fact the only mobile barrier that can protect other people) and he has an aoe cone CC as an ult that can be charged very quickly if the rein is allowed to use his mouse 1 to dps. His ult can swing a fight very easily.
Orisa the only other hero that comes close to having a mobile barrier (short cd projectile) has a support ult and little cc in her kit. Her ult will almost never swing a losing fight and in general is the worst ultimate at creating space for her team and performing the tank role. Shes also much slower while shooting and now will be nerfed by the armor nerf indirectly.
His charge is kinda weird. Sometimes it will suck people into his grasp, when they should have been knocked away, but sometimes it will just knockback those who should have been pinned.
For me the later one happens mostly in slopes. The first one is just super random. Charge is a fun little gamble 
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The OWWC was months ago, and it’s pretty sad how desperate people always trot these figures out like they mean anything across the wider game. And while D.Va was certainly the most picked in the world cup, her pick rate on ladder is much lower, whereas Rein, as the title says, is in damn near every single ladder and pro game right now.
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Wanna make a bet that Reinhardt’s pick rates would be less than 70% (Lucio and Winston pickrates by the way) at the end of the current Contenders? The tournament will come to an end soon, then we get all them juicy stats!
And I’m also willin’ to bet that D.va will still have her 90% pickrates. So, deal?
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