Rein Zarya is the best tank meta in the game. Beaming people and beating their heads in while having some of the best synergy between 2 heros is the heart of what OW is. You may try to change my mind but you cannot.
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Winston is the funniest he says “Sorry for dropping in”
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I always heard that as “Sorry for dropping your Zen” since that’s pretty much what he does
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I fullheartedly agree
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I really don’t get why people like this so much, it gets really boring after 3 or 4 matches
Having great synergy doesn’t mean something is fun, Sigma and Orisa have GREAT synergy and look at double shield
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They don’t have great synergy though IMO. The heros just have two shields and range they pretty much don’t enable each other to do anything. With ball tracer the ball enables the tracer to get picks after slamming, Winston dva can both feed off each others mobility and have a fast play style when played together same with ball dva. You could say soldier and mercy have good synergy but neither are engaged with the other one just holds down dmg boost and the soldier plays like normal.
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That’s a weird spelling of “Winston Dva is the best tank meta” but forums gonna forum.
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I mean, their synergy is pretty much filling in the other´s down time Barriers, grasp and fortify, 4 really strong defensive abilities being used in succesion, by the time you are done using the fourth one the first and second are probably ready to go again.
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The best tank meta is where all tanks have a niche and are map based
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Dive is fun but rush is better 
Hog and Ball torture is honestly underestimated.
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This is the correct take 
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Just because it’s not overt doesn’t mean the synergy isn’t there. Mobility feeds mobility, dive feeds dive, and defensive feeds defensive. Both of them keep the enemy from rushing in, and both have about the same range for the most suited play, as well as both having methods to keep them at that range.
They feed into each other quite well. It’s just not as fun to play against, and for many people not fun to play as. It’s also not as flashy, but it’s obvious the synergy is there.
I mean… What do you consider the point of ow in the first place and what do you consider a good tank combo?
Ow has so little clearity about what it is, that every forumer thinks it plays a different game from the one it speaks to. Some think they play normal fps, some team based fps, some moba-fps etc… etc… I’m not even sure anymore what most people refer to when they speak about ow…
As for synergy, what makes their synergy better than Winston-D.va or Orisa-Hog?
Both examples present a tank that blocks the front, allowing the team to take empty space (Orisa,Rein,D.va) and a tank that is responsible to provide protection while both teams fight on the same space (Zarya,Hog,Winston). While ofcourse having the same playstyle (rein-zarya is brawl, Winston-D.va is dive, Orisa-Hog is poke).
I can also argue sometimes non synergy between tanks provide unique benefits as you gain the power of the other playstyle for you to use.
For example Winston-Orisa might sound like a bad idea but by sending 1/2 of your team upfront you allow for the other 1/2 to take advantage of the chaos and get picks and damage done without fear of damage back. Same about the fear from targets coming close.
Rein-Zarya is for sure a great combo, I just struggle to see what makes them… better.
You’re not even a sigma male, are you?
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I don’t have to expain myself to a beta like you 
Smacking people with a hammer and a melting with a beam is what makes rein zarya better.
When the post is titled Sigma male take without mentioning Sigma, smh
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It’s weird because their synergy is clearly one of the best in the game if not the best between 2 heroes in general but like, it comes to a point where eventually playing it/playing against it becomes stale and players want to see change.
I think now is the weakest rein/zarya has been in a very long time but it’s still pretty powerful. Either way, we’ve seen that the viability of Rein and zarya individually largely depends on if you’re specifically running the two together. Put rein or zarya with almost any other tank and immediately the value and power of each drop, sometimes significantly.
This is where I ask, is rein and zaryas great synergy really worth making them both less powerful if they’re ran with any other tank? Like ashe can be ran successfully without a mercy, zen can be ran successfully without a bap but like I feel this doesn’t always apply with rein and much less zarya.
As much as I love this tank duo, I also would like the meta to shift up a little once in a while even If it’s something less enjoyable to play against like double shield. Just keep the game more fresh to me and adds in actual strategy at the hero select screen rather than just selecting what’s been meta for years and pressing W.
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In the majority of the playerbase rein zar is still playable and the tank meta is pretty balence RN. In higher elo its playable on about 2 maps. I want it playable on ALL MAPs. The most fun ive ever had was when i first hit GM playing zarya and the season after that mostly playing zarya. It was glorious
I don’t care whether you think I’m a beta or not.
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