The METAs of the Game (Ranked from Worst to Best)

General Discussion
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Lets get this started!

7, Mercy Meta
This one is obvious for many reasons. Mostly how oppressive Mercy was for support mains who would’ve liked to play anyone else.

6, Quad Tank
Boring and straightforward is the reputation this meta got. Great for tank mains, awful for anyone else.

5, Triple Tank
This meta had a little bit more breathing room than its “Quad Tank” counterpart. This was also a good meta for soldier (when he had 20 damage).

4, Spam Meta
It may be frustrating to play against this comp, but it is up here due to its lasting effect. before this meta, heroes like junkrat and orisa were f-tier. Afterwards, even though the meta has died down a bit these two are in much better spots. (say what you want about these two heroes, but any f-tier that can be made playable is a good thing imo)

3, Dive Meta
Ok admit it, you thought dive was fun when you first saw it. It may have gotten stale over time, but the fast paced dive offense was exhilerating coming off the heels of a lumbering tank meta.

2, Beyblade Meta
When Nano Boost was broken lmao! When I think of this meta, I think playmakers. The Ana on a team could make anyone she wanted the hero of the game. This is the only meta where every game had at least 5 play of the game moments.

1, Season 1 (Trial Meta)
No toxicity. No meta. No off-meta. None of us knew what we were doing. Everyone was playing to win with their favorite hero…And it really didn’t matter what that hero was, as no clear meta was found. This kind of “open meta” is why season 1 is my favorite meta…and one we will sadly never see again.

Let me know if you agree on the list.
If I missed a meta feel free to add it.
:slight_smile:

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There was never a meta like that, it was just that pros tried it and people started shouting that it’s a meta.

Also normally trible tank meta is way better than dive. In dive you have the same heroes being played while in trible tank more heroes are viable.

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Quad Tank wasn’t really a meta

It was tried at the end of 3 tank just before Ana’s grenade was nerfed (Thus killing both 3 and 4 tank meta)

And recently it’s less of a meta, and more of a strat on a few points on maps.

Also dive sucks :stuck_out_tongue:

Least in 3 Tank you could run pretty much any DPS other than Genji and Tracer… Even Mei and Reaper saw more use then…

Maybe that’s why people hated 3 tank :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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There was a meta before Season 1, it was pick two Winstons and Lucios and just suffer all day IIRC.

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Lol this is some residentsleeper bs.

Worst Meta: Dive Meta. Its cancerous and need to be killed off asap. Any meta, that ever existed and will ever exist, be better than tracer diva cancer.

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I miss these so much.

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Triple Tank is my favorite.

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I love dive meta, I finally could play attack junk

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I don’t know what that is lol

Also I don’t like the dive meta…i stopped enjoying it season ehhh 7. I’m just saying at first it was refreshing to play a faster pace.

Now it’s just obnoxious

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Tank meta >>>> spam meta

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Reinhardt nanoed before speedboost was taken away was the reason I picked up tank lol

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How is triple tank literally not the same heroes being played? There were two DPS that were viable. Two supports and then most of the tanks. Assuming all the tanks at the time that’s 9 characters.

In dive there’s Winston, Dva, Zen, Pharah, Widow, Soldier, Lucio, Mercy, Genji, Tracer, arguably junkrat and arguably Ana on specific points on defence

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Selfless meta was also a thing in season 4 ladder

Ana Lucio Rein Zarya Soldier X

X could be Tracer or some other DPS

That’s personally my favourite and probably the most healthy meta this game had so far

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I count quad tank as a cheese comp like bastion riding a cart instead of a meta because

  1. Quad tank is just building the team around the moira so she can auto-carry, like building a team around bastion.
  2. There weren’t enough willing tanks for this strategy to be mainstream, effective or otherwise. I have yet to see anyone try this comp with or against me despite suggesting it multiple times even in competitive.
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You’re right. The only prerequisite for dive are Winston and DVa. Then you can run almost any possible combination of dps and supports given that at least 1 dps has some form of survability or flexibility.

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Reinhardt was picked more than Winston in Platinum throughout the “Dive meta”. There was never a Dive meta in Platinum at all.

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I liked ‘dive’ meta. Nobody at my rank actually followed the proper dive playstyle, but they played the dive heroes all day every day.

All that mobility was fun.