These words are tossed around and idk what they mean. I always thought your main was your top 5 heroes. But I hear others say it’s only your most played. Some goes with one tricks. I used to think it was playing the same hero more than everything else. But some say your a one trick if your most played hero only has like double the hours of your number 2 most played.
I like to say Main is your top 1-2 heroes in every category.
One trick is when you pretty much only play one hero.
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It is subjective, there is no set definition. For me, your main is the one you are best at or most comfortable on. One tricks exclusively play their main.
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Im a Hanzo main, aarge is a hanzo one trick
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To me , a 1trick plays 1 hero all the time in every map regardless if the hero you 1 trick is weak at that map. Regardless if you are getting constantly countered.
And there are also 1-2 tricks that 1 trick heroes in every role.
For example lets say there is a Mercy 1trick that is also a Sym 1 trick when they switch to the dps role. And in the tank role they are probably a DVA 1 trick. So to me those are still 1 tricks.
Players that 1 trick a hero in every role.
I have mains i play frequently and play at a higher level than other heroes.
The funny thing is i dont consider myself a flex player but i know that my hero pool is bigger most of the time to people that actually consider themselves flex players.
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a one trick is more like an idea than anything else. for example superTF and flats can play a lot more then rein but are labeled one tricks just because they love rein
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Its a main if the hero is good, but a one trick is the hero is bad.
So you’re a tracer main but a sym one trick. Stop playing bad heroes.
If you play a popular hero, you main them. If you play an off-meta hero, you are a one trick.
Regardless of total play time.
I main the tank role. I mostly play Reinhardt, but am comfortable on many tanks in the line up.
I have been labeled a 1 trick many times, and I do not consider any hero my main hero.
I look at the roster as tools in a toolbox. Reinhardt just happens to be Gerber. I still have no issues playing a wrench or screwdriver when necessary.
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main: Who you’re best at/Who you play the most
one-trick: Someone who is only good at a single hero, but bad at everyone else
personal example:
I’m a hitscan one trick. I’m pretty good on Ashe but I suck on McCree/Widow/Soldier/Tracer
I’m a Pharah main, I love her and play her most. But I’m decent on other projectile and beam heroes
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Depends who you ask and depends on the player. I don’t care if you have a hero with 3x more hours than your second most played hero. If you have 2000 hours in the game, and 500 on your main hero and sub 250 on your second you objectively aren’t a one trick. That’s still only 1/4 of your total time played on a single hero and 1500 hours combined on others. One trick to me is someone who can only play 1 hero efficiently and will refuse to swap no matter the situation.
I have significantly more hours on Mei than any other hero. People still call me a one trick Mei even though I will do better playing Soldier, Cree, Echo, Phara or a plethera of other heroes and at the end of the day I don’t listen to them.
A main I would describe someone like myself. I love Mei, I love to try and make Mei work, but I’m not going to force Mei into a comp or map that I am either not getting value out of or know I won’t be able too. E.G. Mei on Havana 1st point is terrible so I don’t play her into it. This obviously varies from hero to hero as someone like Ashe can be played pretty effectively no matter what map/comp so that further complicates things.
I would say a main is your strongest hero. A hero which you can play with confidence, know roll outs and you don’t have to think much about it to perform well.
You don’t need much time on them, but they are your favored choice. It’s like “mastering” the use of a tool but changing it when it does not work.
The main could as well be a newly released hero but maybe you have some great talents for them or they suit you the best to let you perform well and you actually like to play them.
A one-trick is someone who plays a certain hero no matter what. Even if the situation might require another hero. This goes beyond the functionality of a tool and it’s sometimes like using a hammer as a saw and hoping it will work out.
(And depending on the skill-difference it is ofc possible to beat the counters).
Main is the character you play the most.
One trick is when you never switch off your main even if you are being hard countered.
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A main is someone who prefers to play one character over others but is a little bit more flexible. One trick players only play one character no matter what.
I have 215 hours played on junkrat; I use to be a one-trick. These days I play a lot more diverse pool of heroes but Dva is probably my main, even if I only have 74 hours on her and have 150 hours on soldier.
For mains I defer to the individual in question. If someone says they’re an X main, I’ll accept that. For me, I define it as an unusually strong attachment to my ability to play a character. If I get extra upset that I’m underperforming because I expect myself to be better on that character, or if I get instinctively defensive during balance discussions, that’s a main.
Onetricks I define as someone who plays one character in the modes they find relevant nearly all the time, and does not switch off unless forced, and even then they’d be upset about not playing their character even if they won.
If someone takes your main can you comfortably swap to another hero? If not then you’re a one trick.
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I dont know about flats but I honeslty havent seen anyone call super a rein one trick since 2019
main = a hero that you prefer and often go to to play (i.e. kinda like your default option in a sense)
one trick = you exclusively main them and really don’t want to nor can really play anyone else.
There are no hard counters in Overwatch.
There are 1v1 hard counters (eg, Winston can’t beat Bastion), but that’s not how Overwatch plays. It’s possible to play Winston against a red Bastion because a team can cover for each other weaknesses.