Every other tank is so much easier to aim at close range than it is with Ball
For example, jump and piledrive a kiriko, or moira, you may as well not even attempt to get out of ball form and autoaim because they just wdwdwdwd left right left right strafe and it’s almost impossible. The RNG for his gun vs their slippery movement is a roll of the dice. And mind you, if you do land some hits, they both have such easy ways to escape
if you struggle then you are too close !
move back a bit it’ll get much easier to aim
find the balance point for ball… he’s not zero range he’s a bit farther
I think the idea (same as most heroes) is to move your body to match their strafe, don’t use your aim/mouse. Ball’s guns do have a lot of spread though, similar to Soldier, even at close range.
I think just because of his design, shooting things really up close is meant to be tough? Idk…I am an average plat player and rarely use the guns unless it is to finish off a very low hp fleeing target. I spend my time either flying through the air, slamming the ground, or rolling fast XD
Yeah, that’s part of the challenge 
Melee for trigger discipline. When your crosshair goes off target, melee and realign during the cooldown.
Not a Ball player complaining about heroes not dying…
If your playing on a 60hz monitor that will be your problem, otherwise I have no idea what you mean re ball at close range, he is a fat tracer.
When you jump and **successfully ** piledrive. it should toss the player in the air and they land.
By the time they land, you have taken most of the chunk out.
Maybe you are not pile driving. That thing hurts if it connects.
It’s because he requires near perfect aim to do any real damage.
Pretty sure I ran the numbers back awhile ago and a Kiriko would practically be able to out-heal 90% of the damage you do with headshots as Ball. It would take several reloads just kill to a squishy with a pocket.
he’s hitscan, closer targets move faster because travelling same distance crosses more area the closer the enemy is to your view
I’m a ball main, reaching top 500 with him soley. Just because I don’t post on that account doesn’t mean i don’t play him.
What do you main? Other than forum surfing? 10k+ posts jesus. Do you even play the game? Or just the forums?
I think the irony of my comment went completely over your head.
This guy gets it. He understands the struggle.
While the rest of you said may be theoretically true, saying it and doing it are two completely different things.
Heroes like kiriko and moira can simply strafe left and right and it really doesn’t matter how godly your aim is as ball, you will be missing enough shots to where it leaves you vulnerable for so long that its not worth.
And it’s only seemed to be like this in the last couple of patches. They changed something to him that I just can’t quite put my finger on, other than his capability to aim at close distance is ever frustratingly hard
the only thing that went completely over my head is that near 11k post count.
You literally have more posts than just about every user commenting on this thread combined