I mean the joke writes itself at this point.
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Imagine a world where there is no Sombra to counter widow. People would be crying on the Internet asking for widow nerfs.
Widow hard counters many heroes. Makes sense that she’s hard countered by few heroes. Justice served.
They have been crying since release and they are still crying about her.
The crying will never end.
If Widowmaker were not there, they would cry over the next thing killing them.
Who does she hard-counter? I don’t see that she is hard-countering anyone. You can really play everything with a Widowmaker.
Of course, someone on your team has to counter her, so if noone does, she may demand you play something specific.
She basically counters every non-tank and some of the tanks.
Few notable mentions: Junkrat, Pharah, Echo, JQueen, Zarya, etc…
It all depends on the maps of course. Some maps favor her more than others.
I eat Widowmakers for lunch on my Pharah.
There are some maps where the sightlines are so long and it is impossible to find decent cover on Pharah, but outside those, she does in no way hard-counter Pharah. Soft? Could be argued.
Junkrat? Ya, that is really a poor choice, but outside him, I don’t see anything she hard-counters.
And the game is balanced for the higher ranks - so we suffer by getting the fun hacked out of our game and a constant fly to swat at. What a fun design
That’s not countering my dude 
, I want a hero that forces Sombra players to pick differently. Like when you play Junkrat and the enemy has a Pharah, you’re going to switch no matter what.
Besides, if I’m spending the entire match shooting at open space then the enemy will just roll over us. It doesn’t work.
For that, we suffer from Widow, Cass, and Sojourn. Just like Tracer and Genji. It’s not possible to consider all ranks. But if you want to make a competitive game, you have to cater to the higher ranks. That doesn’t mean those people are always right, though.
It must have been around 2017 when I met two GM players. We chatted a bit during QP. Back then, I was a gold/platinum player.
I said that Sombra was way too weak, which was true, and listed the problems:
- Hack affects too few targets
- Translocator has a 20-second timer or the ability gets deactivated
- Invisibility should last indefinitely to get the timing right for a good hack
According to them, Sombra was perfectly fine. Strange that a few months later, all three changes were implemented and worked for years without major adjustments. Then OW2 came along, and now we have the same problems in a different form.
Eh, it’s a counter option. Not an exact delete.
Also,.it will work. You just gotta play some TF2 and hone your spy-sense skills, once you get the tingles, spray n Pray or use a mobility option to GTFO.
skill issue
yeah how am I gonna deal with widow as support if our widow is worse?
you cant