It never works, it’s a terrible comp, if you don’t want to play viable tanks pick a different role or a different game mode.
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Then back your rein up with some damage so they don’t have to do it themselves.
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Well, I will if I’m DPS, but I’m usually supports.
I hate supporting Hog Ball. Neither one uses supports and neither one protect them in any way. The other team just kills you, then kills them.
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You could always play tank if you’re tired of it. Part of the reason for that as well is that there isn’t a lot of variety in the “viable tanks” section. People get tired of playing just barrier tanks and Zarya. Back when Ana and Mercy were the only viable healers (different seasons), I’d play other healers just cause I was tired of playing them all the time.
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That’s why you go Lucio+Zen
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I can’t play tank in this meta. I don’t play Reinhardt well and I don’t like him so I’m not inclined to learn.
I won a few games with Hog-Ball today, very fun comp!
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if the hog and hammond are good this team is a nightmare to go against especially if your team is uncoordinated or have a good doomfist and tracer on their team
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Exactly. I watch Super and Harbleu run it all the time on some maps, and with their coordination it just can’t be countered.
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Yeah, but OWL is a different game.
Play Luico or Moria with them.
If you’re dps the worst thing you can go is Solider, Mccree or Ashe. Instead go Tracer, Doom, Reaper, Mei. They will have an easier time keeping up with the tanks and aren’t gonna need a sheild as much.
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I’m not talking about OWL, this is ladder I see it ran in.
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no its because main tanking is boring and feels awful. doesnt matter if it is rein orisa or sigma, theyre some of the least popular heroes in the ENTIRE game. of the remaining tank players in this community, most now just want to play off tank so they can actually have fun.
since blizzard is garbage at design and balancing, their main shield tanks in every game they’ve ever made are all bad. it’s also the least popular and least fun role in WoW, yet other MMOs like GW2 and FF14 managed to make main shield tanking fun and engaging and you can also solo content as a tank in those games.
blizzard is of some archaic mindset that main shield tanks in any game have to be extremely boring and limited. “but tanking requires good positioning” is not enough of a skill requirement, because it frankly isn’t that difficult and it’s boring as watching paint dry.
you feel utterly powerless as a main tank in this game, doomed to just get CC’d into oblivion and pray some deity has blessed you with competent supports for that game, because you can’t do anything by yourself as a shield tank.
so yeah i don’t blame someone queueing as tank and then wanting to play zarya or hog. it’s gonna be real common to get 2 off-tank players on your team because shield tanking is a disgusting experience in this game.
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Whatever, with double shield coming back, get used to seeing it a hell of a lot more.
lol, just won a game with hog/ball as ball
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im someone who always defended this.
i cant do it anymore, i probably spend more energy trying to make this abomination work and losing,
then i would playing a normal people comp and having a larger impact and possibly getting the w.
and because my comp is so bad, im having to play harder because of it(im not saying i make more mistakes).
im not going to do it anymore.
and you should be able to. frankly, any 2 tank combos should work together well in this game. the design mentality of “off tank” and “main shield tank” is trash and needs reworked entirely.
any combo of 2 tanks should bring enough to the table to be effective, same thing i believe with supports. they should all heal equally well, in different ways, that way it removes the idea of stacking the strongest healers in an attempt to cheese. it removes the concept of “we literally can’t win this match because we have lucio/brig and the enemy has moira/ana”.
rigidity needs removed from this game entirely before it can ever be considered a good experience again. people should be able to pick the hero they want to play and skill, not rock/paper/scissors, needs to determine matches. the blizzard school of game design has long been known as a cancer.
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They would have to completely rework tanks for that. Roadhog will never be as good a tank as Reinhardt without massive, massive re-designs.
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Yup, stop that. D.Va & Hog is much better trolling
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In diamond and below, literally any comp can work. I’ve won with ball/hog more times than rein/zarya this season. Rein/Zarya is a better comp, but that doesn’t necessarily mean those people are better at that comp.