Is Winston too over powered / easy to play or am I tripping?
For context I play role queue competitive & am gold / low platinum average as a tank currently, I am experiencing incredibly high win rates playing as Winston for 75% or more of the time of every match.
This season I only have 3 hours of play time as him but with 72% win rate & I cannot say I’m trying very hard, each game just feels effortless with an average of up to 30-50 kills & minimal deaths even against my supposed ‘counters’ (Reaper, Hog)
I have not been playing as much this season but for my Winston stats this season;
Hours Played: 3
Games Played: 13
Games Won: 9
Games Lost: 4
Win Percentage: 72%
Eliminations: 369
Eliminations Per Life: 4.34
Assists: 71
Best Kill Streak: 21
I mean like I really am not trying very hard at all, just diving in on helpless supports & cleaning up the scrums
He’s kinda broken ever since shotguns and miniguns got nerfed against armour
The armour changes from a few seasons ago means bubbling off an armoured tank is actually nuts, they cannot mitigate your damage in any meaningful way because it goes through shields and armour
His cooldown cycle is short enough that you’re notoriously difficult to punish before you can just jump out. The biggest counter I’d say is Cassidy spamming his bubble, and then hindering Winston when he’s low and about to jump out
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As a dive hero, he naturally preys on disorganized teams. “Pub stomper” is what they call it.
I mean as with any dive hero yeah he preys on disorganized teams but with the current state of Winston I am diving into groups of 3-4 on the enemy team & still stomping them.
Almost as if the tank is too over powered in his current state & doesn’t need to prey solely on disorganized teams, I am diving grouped up teams not just stragglers & the only thing that seems to kill me is when their dps output is very high (my shield gets nearly instant cooked & I am left ‘naked’ so to say.)
I like shoegazer’s idea about spamming the bubble with Cassidy, Cassidy having that rapid fire makes him tedious for multiple tank choices
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