I doubt it will be dive with DVA getting nerfed and it won’t be goats with Brig and DVA getting nerfed.
Well, My meta predictions if PTR DIDN’T go through wasn’t goats after OWL, since, they would be fielding a bunch of different Goats counters.
And that would trickle down to the rest of OW, as it always does.
I was expecting to see a fair bit of Mei, and some Sym / Bastion, and a whole heap of Ashe. Even a bit of Torb. They are all GOATS counters which work, which is what has been driving their win rates in GM.
So instead of a bunch of really interesting comps, we are going to get dive, since the D’va nerf just stops her using DM in small bursts, but you could use it all at once in Dive.
Hell you could use it all at once in GOATS.
Dive for sure. Tracer is coming back stronger than ever, Winston has no longer a tickle canon, Moira can also… nvm still tickles. Sym is becoming an even bigger Rein counter, D.Va gets more buffed than nerfed uhm Hog is getting a huge buff and I think Bastion will melt charging tanks even harder. Sombra might bully tanks even more than Tracer but thats just my guess.
Can’t think of other heroes who benefit from the changes right now other than Zarya with her grav.
Tracer only benefits from D.Va being weaker and a bit on her headshots; her gun doesn’t do enough on a bodyshot to benefit from the armor change.
Wouldn’t it be hilarious if we still end up with Goats?
Like, we still have AoE heals to keep up the tanks. Still have speed boost to get them in quickly. Still have Brig’s rally for the upcoming fight if she just times it properly. Still have the game changing CC ults from Zarya and Rein. D.Va can still eat ults and dive on people to bruise them up.
I dunno. I don’t want to say this solves nothing, but I’m not sure if things will change much either.
How does DVA get more buffed than nerfed? The damage difference to armor?
a dps meta
tracer,sombra ,symetra ,reaper,mc cree ,widow,wrecking goat
some bastion orisa sym…
3 to 4dps meta…
and a bit more mercy/zen/ana.
I don’t think we’re going to get a DPS meta, not whilst healing is still super strong.
My prediction is that GOATS is still going to stick around because the armour nerfs don’t really affect it that much since Brigitte was dropped for Moira.
Healing is still strong, barriers are still strong and anti-tank/sustained damage heroes are still weak.
GOATS isn’t going anywhere.
i dont think they will survive a sort of dive meta.
there is already videos about goat wipe with dafran seagull kilorblind and other…
Goats
I like the changes(except Reaper’s, but that’s for a different topic), but I highly doubt it’ll shake up the meta.
The D.Va changes are a pretty big Zarya buff. Gravs will be a lot easier to use.
Hes prolly watching some “your overwatch” or “stylosa” who thinks the armor nerf is kinda buff to dva because dvas weapons are weak vs armor. But the turth is the armor change has 0 change for dvas weps and only a really minor change for micro missiles. Also dva is half armor so she is getting a big hit and also the matrix change is a pure nerf.
Btw I did watch a video from one of those silly channels and they actually said dva is getting kind of buff buff because her weapons are weak against armor and now they are stronger because armor is weaker, while in reality the armor change made dvas pellets to do 1dmg to 1dmg. Nothing changed. But hey, stylosas biggest argument was when brig got nerfed he said brig got actually buffed because brig vs brig changed (not really a buff or nerf in the mirror) while she actually got a huge nerf and just a minor non existent buff.
The 5 dps instalock meta with one flex healer will rise up and prosper.
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Quad DPS. Running heroes with armor are lots of health is risky now. Additionally, main healers are going to be dead because of this. You’re going to want to run lower HPS heroes like Lucio, Zendaya, Brigitte because there aren’t any tanks to be pocketing if you’re a main healer. And maybe not even Brigitte because she has armor and will get demolished.
Can you give few examples why armor is risky now?
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The only thing i can be certain of, if this goes “Live”, is that Torb is even more of a troll throw pick now and Orisa is even more situational than ever.
I was going to say that Zarya is a 100% must pick but i believe in the higher Tiers, that is more or less a given. Maybe we will see more players playing her at when i am at.
The nerf to armor that we’re receiving in the next patch. I believe for every 5 damage received in armor, that accounts for precisely 1 HP of armor. Now it’s gone done to 3.
rein-reaper-mei-(widow,genji,tracer)lucio-ana
What? Im not sure you have slightest clue how armor works in this game.
Can you chill the hell out and stop being a prick? Thank you.
Let me rephrase what I said:
Armor will block 5 damage from every individual hit that deals 10 damage or more.