Winston doesn’t have hard counters anymore

My source is going to be a “trust me bro” type source but off the top of my head I’ve won about 20 from 25 games. I’ll edit this with the imgur link when I’m back on my PC. I have been switching tanks a lot so it’s not 100% of my playtime on him, there’s some Dva, Doom and Queen in the mix too

Granted it’s only in Diamond for the moment, just finished off placements and progress is slow and it’s still calibrating my real rank

But the armour changes and every global change considered, there’s like no heroes you have to be concerned about anymore. Reaper and Dva deal pitiful damage against half his health, Hog is a non issue because getting hooked at full health means he can only do about 1-2 half damage shots before you leap out (though Whole Hog is still nuts), Bastion’s armour being ignored removes a fair bit of tackiness against Winston and you can just wait out form. Play with a Genji or Tracer and Bastion is perma-respawning. Cassidy is so diveable it’s actually hilarious. Winston and Dva have the best tools to deny flashbang, and bubble dancing combined with all his recent nerfs means he’s in a losing battle with Winston quite a lot. Brig is so free to dive every single time ever since the tesla cannon ignoring armour change. Mauga might be the only hero that actually made me consistently swap to Dva he’s kind of the exception but yeah.

I think he is probably the best tank in the game, I’m strictly queuing tank at the moment trying to hit a new peak on it (kind of masochistic) but I’ve found that there’s never really a situation where I’ll actually have to swap off of him. Idk if he needs a nerf but reverting the tesla cannon ignoring armour could be a start since he’s benefited a LOT from other changes

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Reaper, dva, and hog haven’t been giving you problems?

If i’m being totally honest no. I’ve seen Dva Reaper picks the second after the enemy team lost a single fight, but maybe I just got lucky and they had a very vulnerable support line I could dive at the back. At some point they swapped to Bastion and it was only at that point it became unplayable but I just swapped to Dva at that point

Maybe pre-armour, pre headshot reduction changes I wouldn’t bother playing Monkey against them, but now it feels playable

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I tried Dva into him the other day, he could have easily demeched me before i got him even half health. The matchup is no longer a favorable matchup for Dva.

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I would be lying if i said this doesn’t please me.

:thinking: maybe its time to dust off my winston play?

Absolutely. Like Shoe has said, now it’s prob the best time to play Winstonk

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My brain…

Why do you guys think that? Shield? Boost out as he jumped in. Pop bubble. Boom your CDs are better and burst too.

Yeah, as a DPS Reaper doesn’t cut it anymore and Bastion can counter him(not as well) but he’s also so punishable and easy to play around on his own.

Hanzo, Echo, and Sojourn situationally have been better picks for me against him when he’s melting my backline.

Torb, Junkrat or Cassidy. Go in the bubble and shotgun blast away, bombs galore, or cowboy revolver dumps. He’s either gonna die or run. Both are good. Then pop the bubble as soon as possible.

the post DIRECTLY below this rn says winston is too easily countered

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That guy is just a bad Winston in my humble opinion