We one-tricks exist because

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We are not ranked by hero we are ranked as a player. I don’t really one-trick D.Va. i just create smurfs to one-trick as different heroes to see how well I can do with them. If I flex every match I would be stuck in plat and maybe i could fall as low as gold.

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I’d rather have a gold flex than a diamond one-trick.

No joke.

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nobody is going to be mad about one trink D.va… literally nobody. shes always useful…

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The game is not made to grade you by playing a character and seeing how well you play with them. The game is made for teamwork. If you get countered, switch your team comp and counter them. This is how the game works. Its pointless to one trick.

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i personally have a torb once trick and its great when the team works together cause you can win. i went from being placed at about 2200 to 2497 with 3-4 gold metals almost every game solo queuing. Once i hit 2497 sr people started to think i was throwing and they would go mei, hanso and widow to sit in base and do nothing while i am clearly in the kill feed killing the enemies. If you see a one trick on your team and they are sitting in base doing nothing (like building things in base or walling the team off) then you can say they are throwing but if you see them going out there and trying then help them don’t go and throw away a chance at a fat W well earned for both you and the once trick

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Why are you comparing throwing and one tricking… That is not the issue. The issue with your post is that say you have all one tricks on your team, which you think is fine because like you said you are a god one trick… If everyone decides to pick dps? How is that gunna produce your FAT W? Or better yet… Should the 5 players who play with teamwork have to cater to your strategies every single game? The issue is not throwing because even a flex player can throw… The issue is and always will be forcing others to play a game play that you are not forcing on yourself just to try and get that FAT W. Its actually quite selfish in a game that is built on team play and strategics… so technically if you are not switching and only one tricking and perhaps getting countered… you are throwing away a chance at a FAT W…Logically speaking…

Forcing others to team work as a one trick is selfish in its own right. Not saying torb is a bad or good pick… but it is selfish to think that everyone must build around your one trick! Oh… you can win with torb even without good teamwork… FYI… depending on the situation. So i dunno where your logic is taking you.

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I paid for the game i can play what ever hero i want tbh as long as i’m helping the team secure the win who cares. what i’m saying is when ever someone sees a one trick they automatically throw the game. but it is great when the team works together and doesn’t whine also i never said i was a god i said i did good considering everyone thinks one tricks are throwers and i did better than the other dps on my team.

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What if every one-trick became a two-trick? Would that make everyone happy? Because watching the Overwatch League I see that there are no one-tricks but alot of two-tricks.

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That is until that one trick DVA is in a match where somebody else already picked DVA. Then that one trick has to be carried because they are useless on any other hero.

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I guarantee you this is a result of the meta and not an inability to flex.

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That is a complete lie you one tricks tell yourselves. You may be whatever rank you’re at as one Hero, but once you start playing 2nd or 3rd one and use the OT less, you’d just drop

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That’s the thing though the game PUNISHES you for playing it properly. If you flex/fill for your teams you gain less SR than someone who one tricks or only plays a select few heroes. The game is all about countering the enemy teams picks/comps but the game punishes you for doing just that. I don’t really get it.

I used to be a flex in s6 but never got outta plat. Since season 7 I’ve purposely only played about 4 heroes max even though I can do more and I’ve been diamond ever since. The game rewards you for being selfish and sticking to one or a few heroes which is the opposite of the games design. Again I don’t get it but if you wanna climb you kinda have to do this. They need to rehaul their system to encourage flexing.

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Well your first argument in this paragraph is a great argument, and one i cannot tell you you are wrong. I totally understand your logic here… Typically for me, when i do one-trick its for my group (and not solo q) having said that… not many groups are looking for a one trick torb which is why you see alot of these type of one tricks solo q. Torb can be one of the best DPS in the game depending on your SR very viable. My question is… if someone locks in Torb before you? HOW DO YOU PROCEED? That is the bigger and more underlining question which will determine your logic…

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i’m sure they have methods to pick first by now :smiley:

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i go rein. i mostly protect the turret and torb ( along with my team of course but i need to make sure the turret is safe)

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I’d argue that if you play other heroes on other accounts, you’re not really a one-trick, you just look like one. If you thought you could play another hero you play in a match and do better, you would, right? It’s just that a strong Dva is never really out of place on a team.

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Fair… I consider you one of the good ones then :smiley:

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and what if the other guy is also a OT dva?

Otricking is NEVER ok.

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And what happens when the whole team is comprised of flex support mains? The matchmaker isn’t perfect. Sometimes these things happen.

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Not if you want to win.

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