What kind of Pharah counter gets trivially easily one shot by her?
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Reapers damage is only effective at 5 meters and he isn’t 1 shotting heroes left and right lol
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Whenever I’m killed by Widowmaker as Roadhog, I think some combination of “That’s a good Widow” and “That was stupid of me for being out in the open for that long”, not “Oh god nerf widow OP!!!1111!1”
You need to be out of cover for like 3-5 seconds to die to 2 widowmaker shots.
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Targets who have shields don’t get one shot if they stay behind the shield…
He is a shotgun hero balanced around doing lots of damage to big targets.
Like in that 5m range, he surpasses Widow without headshots.
Because she is a true sniper. All snipers in every game , 1 shot targets. That’s the point of them. This isn’t new. She has to be viable not just for 200 hp heroes.
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ana doesnt 1 shot lol
We are talking overwatch here not csgo
Ana is a healer. And for body shot she matches Widow’s dps withing a couple %.
And this game is still an fps, no matter how many people want it to be a moba.
She deals 120 to shield, and it’s a waste of time to try and break shields, better to relocate/flank instead.
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That’s not true.
It was true like 2 years ago, but since then the shield amount crept through the roof.
You need everybody to shoot shields to achieve anything when you are facing more than a single Reinhardt.
Widow’s dps isn’t much, but you need it.
My god, grow up.
If you can’t see that a sniper headshot requires much more skill than mcrees fan the hammer than im not sure what to do for you.
Stop with all this “rocket punch 1000 damage” bulls*** you sound ridiculous.
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Oh yeah I forgot, any hero that can kill you and it doesn’t “feel” good is OP and should be nerfed to the ground.
Overwatch : where even getting killed has to “feel” good.
See Doomfist, see Sombra, Junkrat, Road Hook combo , whiner nerf threads etc
Jesus 
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If youre gonna keep spamming shields the entire game on Widow, plz do your team a favor, walk to spawn and switch to hanzo.
You guys calling me a child when I am talking about legit stuff lol, widow doing 300 while hanzo doing 250 is dumb balance design
You people saying widow is harder than hanzo need to “grow up” and realise she’s hitscan
If anything hanzo should also do 300 right? Don’t agree? then widow should do 250
after all they’re both snipers right, RIGHT?!
Sometimes calling out a heroes bull is justified
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I’ve played this game for a long time, never heard of people asking for a Widow nerf (literal exact opposite actually) so this just blows my mind that someone who stands in the open long enough to get sniped in the head twice, finds it unfair that (surprise) sniper headshots do significant damage. What a sook lmao.
Hanzo doesn’t need to reload. Has better abilities and mobility. Is projectile based, but has very fast projectiles.
Hanzo is a mid range sniper.
Widow is a true sniper class character. Widow is also hitscan like all snipers should be.
Also , this is another case of , “Let’s make this game more casual by punishing people with skill or that have practiced very hard to get good at a character”.
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One thing I really want changing about widow is her ultimate.
Once activated, it’s hide and seek. Otherwise, enjoy your free teleport to spawn!
Why play mercy when McCree exists then?
McCree requires a lot more skill than widow, he has to work with falloff damage and less mobility, his only useful ability is his stun which is a projectile
But he’s a hitscan, and if you can aim well you’re rewarded
…Just not as much as widow though and with less safety
Balance doesn’t add up in this game
edit: dont act like this would completely destroy widow, it’s a nerf to her but it’s overall buffing armour and tanks as a whole
the only other way I can see this working out is widow getting 50 less health
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It’s almost like Widow and Hanzo are different characters.
And McCree is a gimmicky character built around flash banging people and staring them down while glowing.
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Because literally every tank can react to the first headshot.
D.Va can matrix and pull back
Orisa can drop a shield and fortify
Rein can pull up his shield
Hog can heal, gaining ult charge as well
Winston can bubble and leap away
Hammond can remove his critbox entirely
Zarya can bubble and pull back
As for Widow vs McCree, Widow can’t maintain field presence, she has to stay back as most characters can kill her easily if they get in close. McCree can be on point and holding flank routes and actually pressing the attack.
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