I don’t get it, why is he seeing so much play all of a sudden when the meta doesn’t favor him and McCree is 2 time better than him. From a personal experience this season he still seems just as underpowered as he’s always been. He still struggles to get kills, has to worry about Mei & McCree is most games.
Because Soldier fun.
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You should be asking why cant Soldier reload while sprinting.
Or why he can’t get a spread reduction on his primary fire.
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We’ve been asking for that for like the past 2 years… Devs clearly don’t want him to be viable
He’s amazing on KotH maps but struggles on almost… any other type of map.
It’s a shame fun heroes aren’t viable
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This was going to be my response. Because he’s fun.
Fred Tatasciore’s line delivery is great. Soldier’s kit is basic, but that in itself is fun. He’s well-rounded. Sometimes, you just wanna be decent at everything, instead of super-specialized.
Heck, I’ve even shredded teams with him back in Sigma’s debut days. Managed to get the flank, pop ult while they were distracted, and take 'em apart.
“I’ve still got it.”
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Soldier’s sprint and healing are underrated. His ability to reposition on the fly is pretty wacky, and he builds ult wicked fast if you’re healing multiple people.
For the same reason i play bastion in all my QP games i can
Cuz i wanna do it
I got you into my sights! 
Simplest to play and not too likely to get nerfed 
Soldier is low key better than McCree everywhere but GM. That is why. The only people that disagree are parrots that scream about burst damage.
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a) Because Soldier is extremely fun to play
b) Everybody knows that tracking is the aim method of the gods and as Soldier you can fully embrace the tracking lifestyle
c) You get to use his “Get off my lawn” voice line
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Because doomfist players wait for me to open up game.
I cant get a day off in overwatch from that hero ruining my day…
when you’ve aggressively sprint-strafed in your biotic field at like 20 hp and avoided the bullets of at least 3 enemies as you heal up, then you will understand the power of playing The Legs
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That’s an easy one
Because LEGS
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So soldier was my go to dps for a long while and first one I climbed with in season 3. I’m coming back to him now as I’m trying to climb dps queue and I’m finding that he is missing something in comp.
I can duel out most people, but when it comes to comp I find I"m just doing trash damage and nothing is dying in a team fight. Also I feel like the above comments about reloading while sprinting or maybe increased magazine size would help secure more kills, as too many targets get away with 1 bubble of health.
Random spread is a determent in those regards as I have to decide weather to spray and pray or burst fire for the kill. If I spray the rng may make me miss, if I burst I may lose fractions of a second before they get behind a wall or healed up.
The other issue is his ult is basically trash damage that you could do better by just aiming yourself (you can’t headshot in that mode). Maybe make it full AE for everyone is vision, or a dmg boost while ulting?
While yes, I play a lot of soldier, yes I also agree he isn’t good enough sometimes. Ok at everything, master of nothing. That’s why I play him, to be the middle ground till I need to flex for what we are lacking.
You are the only Person on the forums and on the game who I’ve ever heard say this lol, if that were try he’d have a higher pickrate than McCree truth is he’s one of the weakest hitscan in the game. Sure he has consistent damage but unlike McCree, Widow, or even Ashe he struggles to finish off enemies.
The only ranks I can see him being better McCree is below Gold because he’s easier to use.
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Okay. But tell me why McCree is better. Stop beating around the bush and fufill my prophecy.
Because he deletes enemies a lot faster and is effective at close-long range. Where as Soldiers isn’t nearly as effective at long range due to weapon spread and unlike Soldier McCree has an ability that makes him more effective at close range as well. If Helix Rockets were more effective and his ult was more impactful it would be a different story.
Pretty much just Time to Kill. It takes Soldier too long to kill something that a well aimed Mccree can do. In addition to his utility as Star99er said with flashbang to peel for healers, lock down targets for a kill, and interrupt/setup ults like earth shatter.
During that time Soldier could…shoot the shield…flank and try to ult from behind (but can’t lock down a target a large target could body block it) McCree’s TTK is just faster in and outside of ult.
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