When would you ever play Tracer?

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When Soldier, Cassidy, Hanzo, and Ashe exist.

For real asking for a scenario.

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Tracer doesnā€™t care about barriers much at all and can be much more difficult to take down than any of them you listed

Proper use of recall gives Tracer anywhere between 200 to 299 effective health on top of all that mobility

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Hanzo doesnā€™t much care about shields either, and you can say any hero can be difficult to take down - that is very subjective. Effective health doesnā€™t really mean anything when all of these heroes can 1-shot her.

I want to know an enemy comp that you would play Tracer against vs. any of the 4 heroes I listed above.

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Because Tracerā€™s mobility, burst damage and uptime make her the single best DPS in the game for threatening the backline, as well as the single best duellist DPS.

E.g., pair her with a Ball and maybe a Zen and the enemy team just gets deleted from back-to-front unless someone can handle the Tracer.

Bad Tracers = extremely easy to punish.

Good Tracers = extremely difficult to punish. Combine that with the above and you have this borderline immortal nuisance assassinating Zens, Tracers, etc.

Hanzo, Ashe, Soldier and Cass all have better poke. So if youā€™re not comfortable using mobility to take flanks and angles, then Tracer is an awful pick. She really only comes to life when you can min-max her aggression within her limits, especially with coordinated pressure from your team.

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Tracer really shines when she is terrorizing the back line and preventing healing. The tankline will crumble if she is back there keeping the supports dizzy and the dps trying to hit her.

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Tracer literally has a higher potential than all of those heroes. Sheā€™s the strongest DPS in the game right now. Her ability to duel is unmatched and her mobility allows her to pick virtually any fight she wants. Even GM players will consistently struggle to shut down a good Tracer, thatā€™s how good she is in the right hands. If youā€™re not getting the same value on her as other heroes then you just need to get better.

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The only time I wouldnā€™t pick Tracer is when the enemy team shuffles their comp specifically to deal with me on Tracer. But by that time Iā€™ve pretty much done my job

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You obviously donā€™t play in a high level, Tracer IS the DPS of choice of high level players, just go suss the T500 leaderboard if you donā€™t believe me

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i mean your basically right for the general population of players. at the highest levels she is the best tho

this is me when i play tracerā€¦

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to kill them all tracer if you are good with her is the best option.

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In an ideal meta, Tracerā€™s niche is KOTH and certain escort maps where verticality isnā€™t a big deal.

Thatā€™s how it was before the first dive meta, she was always C tier or D tier.

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I like playing Tracer if I have dive tanks to help distract the enemy team and take pressure off. Tracer is really difficult to do anything if enemy team is looking at you.

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Because when sheā€™s played right sheā€™s basically unkillable.

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When enemy play Soldier76, Mccree, Hanzo or Ashe? Tracer smokes those

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Absolutely not.

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Winston, Zarya - Tracer, Pharah - Zen, Ana.

Tanks keep enemy Tanks occupied, Tracer draws cooldowns with Recall, Pharah flies in to mop up what Tracer got low.
Zen keeps DPS permanently discorded.

Pharah is disposable, the threat of discord and 2 high burst DPS will keep any squishies in check.

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lol people dont even try with bait anymore

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When you know that opponents get low frequently but not eliminated.
Elimination > damage done.

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When is most of the time as Tracer and Echo are the two top heroes in OW right now for a reason. In Tracerā€™s case her high mobility and ability to circumvent barriers and cover and just be in the backline allows her to secure kills in a way that other DPS struggle to do (save for Echo who can also get in and out pretty well).

If you want to bust shields pick Hanzo. If you want to deal with pressure in your backline pick Cass. If the map is specialized and you are not good at the hero who is best at that map (for example Sym) then pick Soldier/Ashe. Generally though you want to pick Tracer.

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Tracer is basically Overwatchā€™s hard mode

You can dodge everything, but you have to dodge everything.

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