The main problem with Sombra is they keep buffing then nerfing her without giving the buffs an actual chance to set in and be countered. She can never be viable because blizzard refuses to let her go through a period of slow patches like they did Mercy and are doing with Hanzo.
Too many players call OP after 1 day of play rather than taking the time to learn how to counter a hero. Just look at what the player base said about Brigitte (pros included) until they actually got to witness how the pro’s used her.
Right. But right now it’s hard to make plays with anything that doesn’t do instant burst of damage and there are other heroes that don’t require any followup from your team. I won’t say they are easier to play, but it’s certainly simpler. Why would you want to coordinate your plays with others when it’s much easier and faster to do them on your own on other heroes.
Also happens when you initiate a fight with EMP, and despite having opponents with no shields, no movements, no ults, no cooldown available, you still lose the fight. But yeah sure it’s all Sombra’s fault.
yeah this meta is low key really good for her, the common anti meta, doomfist, pharah, etc. are all countered by sombra as well according to both meta and counter meta she should be used more, but she isnt.
Technically Sombra was technically very meta in the tail end of season 5 where she was pretty much mandatory on Volskaya and Anubis beyond a certain level. But yeah they really need to look at her again. She needs to be more of a generalist. You’re not going to make Sombra viable without making hack oppressive without diversifying her options. Faster EMPs or reducing spread again would do wonders.
I blame hack, and a few other, really minor issues adding up to a great big “not worth it” hassle for most of the community. I think Sombra has a lesser version of Sym’s issues in that there’s someone better for the situation 85% of the time. Sombra can be really good, it’s just that there are usually a few other heroes who are better in more situations, that also happen to be easier to play.
I mean, weather or not Sombra is good is greatly dependent on what the enemy team composition is, and how good your team is. People like McCree, Hanzo, Moira, etc. are hurt a lot less by hack than people like D.va, Roadhog, or Lucio. Plus hack can greatly rely on your teammates to capitalize on it, which sometimes makes it lackluster in solo queue. It doesn’t matter if you hacked the Mercy to stop her from flying away when no one bothers to kill her. Hack is honestly a fairly wonky skill for a hero to be based around in that regard.
Meta is “Most Effective Tactic Available” So if you are facing a Team you can build your own “Meta” to counter theirs. In this game there is no “One” solid Meta. Its just most people are afraid to mix things up because they wanna stay in their rank.
Its pretty much a game on how to out counter the other team. Might as well be another numbers game. How many hero’s can counter “X” Hero.
Make a team based on what is the least countered Hero’s to maximize how many Hero’s your team can counter.