No one is ever making threads on him but in most of my games no one wants a soldier on their team? Is he just seen as the perfectly balanced hero that all heroes should be but is over shadowed by Hanzo? I just never see him anymore, I even consider him a throw pick. Anyone else have thoughts on this topic?
I mean, in higher rankings he’s kind of in a bad spot. It’s kind of rare to find someone who mains soldier from my experience. shrugs.
Now that you mention it, it is a little odd there aren’t many threads that address him.
Soldier doesn’t do anything in this meta, but that’s just because sustained damage is trash. You have to play perfectly to get any sort of value out of him.
Plus he gets dumpstered by snipers.
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Not much to say. Soldier should be balanced, him not being balanced means that the meta is broken. Hanzo overshadows him and some other dps completely. Best thing to do is wait for everyone else to get sorted out, besides, he’s getting a buff.
This is basically it. The range buff he’s getting will really help him.
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he deals no damage to armor
armor is highkey broken
Helix rocket breaks armor. He’s just harder to use against armor, but he can still melt armored targets by scoring a direct hit as a leading shot instead of a finisher.
Mercy’s sustained healing nerf, if it goes live as-is, will also be a huge buff to Soldier and other sustained damage heroes.
armor doesent just affect soldier…
While true, this thread is about Soldier.
ok youre right im in the wrong here but its not like he can use helix on armored targets 24 seven, tbf b4 this meta he was pretty ok but god is he trash rn
Barriers, barriers everywhere!
It’s been said, his DPS is fine, but his burst is a bit lacking so he rarely solo kills. Most teams want double sniper (Widow Honza) as their DPS.
Nerf the OP heroes and Soldier’s pick rate would skyrocket causing any of his problems to become clear.
He was used shortly as side angle shooter. But people found out widow with a Mercy flying by now and then does 10 times better at sidelines
Developers said themselves that the “mid range” damage dealers are getting outshined by the snipers and that’s why they fiddled with their falloff damage in Tuesday’s upcoming patch.
I personally think part of it is, times people would maybe pull a Soldier, McCree gets pulled always instead now simply because he also brings stun to the stun comps.
I still enjoy my soldier. When I have a good tracking day I stomp. But true, snipers are the issue. A good widowmaker will render him useless to pick.
Godmode Hanzo and widowmaker cause any midrange heroes to not be usable.
The range buff on PTR does bugger all. (Have you been on the PTR?) Unlike McCree, Soldier’s fall-off range was huge to begin with.
The biggest problem for Soldier with long range damage is his spread.
There were plenty of threads on the topic. But unlike some mains, us Soldier mains just switched to Widow and stopped whining on the forums after one or two posts on the subject. There’s nothing we can do… it’s out of our hands. There’s no point in inundating the forums with a constant deluge (90%…) of posts about the subject. 
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Soldier 76 is a pointless pick against barriers, snipers and partially dive. Just play Tracer and you will do at least as much damage, plus live longer, combo ultimate with grav and pick off enemies in the back line.
I don’t see a point in having Soldier 76 in the game at all in current state. What is he strong against? Nothing.