These bans are brutal. When hero bans first came out, blizzard implied that they would be using them to get rid of metas, by simply banning heroes that are popular picks, which is fine, but this week, they decided to get rid of every pharah counter in the book, which is absolutely bull. What went through their heads that made this seem like a good idea? Every single comp game I’ve played has just had one team dominating as pharah+ mercy, and the other team struggling to figure out what to do. I’ve been on the giving and receiving end of this, and both are not enjoyable to play. Please never do this again Blizz
1 Like
seems like they want to try and make a new meta?
How about make one that is somewhat possible to counter?
It’s a skill test. Can you find a way to counter with what remains?
I suppose Ashe isn’t a hitscan that can be used to counter said Pharah?
Ashe is the worst hitscan in the game, and 1 hitscan in lower ranks is definitely not good enough to counter a team centered around pharah+mercy.
You will struggle to convince me that a low ranked pharah is owning the map.
I have seen Pharmercy die to so many things from the most unlikely characters and often enough its comical.
Pharah is pretty damn easy to play, you don’t really have to aim, mercy can heal you to full whenevrr, you take a hit, and you have 2 abilities that get you out of tough situations…
1 Like
I mean this - its sort of almost funny people running in complaining … either sit it out, or counter Pharah with what’s avaiiable. I will say, banning Mercy would have been appropriate, instead she’s Pharah’s flying umbilical cord…
1 Like
go ashe and torbjorn, shield his turret and watch it rinse the pharrah.
You’re going to have a hard time hitting slow projectiles while not attempting to aim them.
And to your statement of Ashe being terrible. Ashe is being used often in higher ranked games that I’m seeing on mL7’s stream, so it’s not like she’s that terrible. She’s just overshadowed by the other hitscans.
Honestly, this is the healthiest I’ve seen the game in years. Everyone is being pulled out, even my man Torb.
Is just wrong. If PharMercy is really giving you terror, then play Ashe/Bastion/Hanzo/Ana and support them with Mei/Ball/Torb.
Pharah isn’t the issue here. She was repressed before because the heroes that countered her also had the neat benefit of doing a whole lot else. Now, she’s treated like another hero.
It’s also important to mention that Mercy isn’t in the best place right now. PharMercy is fine, and in the games I’ve been playing around mid-plat, people have been dealing with it perfectly.
1 Like
Blockquote[quote=“RobotWizard-298497, post:13, topic:479527, full:true”]
Honestly, this is the healthiest I’ve seen the game in years. Everyone is being pulled out, even my man Torb.
Is just wrong. If PharMercy is really giving you terror, then play Ashe/Bastion/Hanzo/Ana and support them with Mei/Ball/Torb.
Pharah isn’t the issue here. She was repressed before because the heroes that countered her also had the neat benefit of doing a whole lot else. Now, she’s treated like another hero.
It’s also important to mention that Mercy isn’t in the best place right now. PharMercy is fine, and in the games I’ve been playing around mid-plat, people have been dealing with it perfectly.
[/quote]
did you really just tell me that hanzo is an effective counter to pharah ion low ranks?
Depends on your definition of “low ranks”, but he’s been a real trooper in mid-plat.
It sounds harsh, but the low ranks don’t matter. Pharah is fine where she is, she’s in a very balanced place right now, along with most of the DPS roster.
She is normally fine when there are heroes to counter her, but along with mercy and these stupid bans shes broken. There’s no denying that.
No, I am denying that. The heroes that are currently available are still perfectly capable of shutting PharMercy down.
Focus… Fire… Don’t just do 50 damage to her and move on with your day.
I think it’s great. It last one week. They took out my most used hero, Sombra, and I’m ok. Last week it was my second most used, Ana. Not a big deal.
If it takes an entire team to kill 1 hero, that is broken. I don’t care what you say.
That depends on the value that 1 hero can output. I’m sure you’d agree that if Roadhog had nothing but his healing, not even a gun, then requiring the entire team to kill him wouldn’t be an issue.
Furthermore, it doesn’t take an entire team to kill Pharah, Ana/Ashe/Bastion/Hanzo are all perfectly capable of shooting her out of the sky.