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Never trust random dps. Get good with a hit scan and take over.
Yep. I'll often try Mercy if it fits the comp, but sometimes your team doesn't DESERVE a kickass Mercy so I pull out Tracer and live off health packs.
For some reason I found Zen was pretty boss for ranking up too, but as a rule I'd say go Soldier, maybe Zarya.
TWrecks310
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Garrett Hawke
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It's very hard to climb with a support imo
Too reliant on other people not being shit
Just go tracer or someone that can be independent but still have an impact
Too reliant on other people not being shit
Just go tracer or someone that can be independent but still have an impact
Doug Heffernan
Member
Zen is amazing... DPS and healing all in one. With the recent aim buff he's even good at taking down a Pharah single handedly. He's the only support you can reliably climb with, now that Lucio's aura is nerfed.
Zen is def the Support to play. At least you can do some real damage yourself and help them out with discords if your team's DPS is mediocre.
Soldier is the easiest character to get good with and give your team awesome returns. Hes useful in almost every single gametype/comp/map.
Yeah Zar can def carry in plat. The only problem being is if the other team runs a pharmacy. Then youre at the whim of your hitscan dps (if your team even has one lol). Thats basically why I started staying DPS in the previous seasons because while its easy to use hog or zar, youre trusting DPS to random's which take a bit higher of a skill ceiling to be excellent with. Best let your weakest of the group take the easy characters and provide the dps in my experience.
Good example is, earlier today I played a game with my younger cousin on my smurf in diamond. Our soldier was having trouble taking out the other team's phara. We had our other DPS switch to Mcree to help, switched to zen, and I power boosted him with mercy. Still wasn't getting it done. Immediately next round I jumped right on soldier.
LucidMomentum
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If you absolutely must play support but tend to notice people in your games having trouble with Pharah / Flankers, Ana is also a good option.
She has a lot more survivability than Mercy when cornered.
If you can trust your team though, Mercy is so good.
With that being said, my Support / Defense WR is like 10 percent lower than my Tank / DPS WR. I need to just play what I'm best at.
She has a lot more survivability than Mercy when cornered.
If you can trust your team though, Mercy is so good.
With that being said, my Support / Defense WR is like 10 percent lower than my Tank / DPS WR. I need to just play what I'm best at.
Orochinagis
Member
I differ, Anna can help but not to take down certain enemy DPS, you need DPS for Phara or a good Zen
It's a trade off. Ana while focusing on Pharah is not healing. While Zen can. Zen can also take down Pharah than Ana easier. He's definitely a much better Pharah counter than Ana, though a bit harder to do. Ana is a much better healer though and the only one that can "save" a tank without an Ult.
Mercy on the other hand can easily escape Pharah. She recovers quick and can move around every 3 seconds. People underrate the peashooter too, but if the Pharah is thinking Mercy is an easy Kill. Float and Peashoot her ass.
SmackAttack
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Ended my session 9 SR less than when I started. Not bad but I'm still just a little more than 200 SR down from my high. I'll get back there and then some one of these days. Thinking of trying some early morning Comp. Wonder how that goes on Xbox.
broncobuster
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Did Bastion get a buff in a recent patch?
Terareflection
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I climbed to Diamond mostly playing Mercy and I almost got to masters mostly playing Mercy as well.
It's harder but not impossible
It's harder but not impossible
SmackAttack
Member
Two seasons in a row now I've climbed to Diamond mostly playing Lucio and hit a new career high of 3116 this season. I've fallen a little over the last week or so but it is doable as a support main. That feel when you carry a team.
Recon rifle is better (forget exactly how)
Can heal while moving
Heal is on a gauge like D.Va's defense matrix
20% damage reduction while in Sentry or Tank configurations.
Jimnymebob
Member
I just want to make sure I'm doing HotS event correctly if I'm on PS4.
My PSN is connected to my Blizzard account, and I've logged into the Blizzard client on my PC with the Blizzard account that's connected to PLAN, and am playing HotS. If I finish 5 matches, I'll get Oni Genji on PS4 right?
My PSN is connected to my Blizzard account, and I've logged into the Blizzard client on my PC with the Blizzard account that's connected to PLAN, and am playing HotS. If I finish 5 matches, I'll get Oni Genji on PS4 right?
Jimnymebob
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Five matches with a friend.
Karsticles
Member
You have to play with a friend.
Jimnymebob
Member
Bro that game we just had....smh.
I've been decaying and losing as well. I might be in diamonds by next week. Too much persona 5.
Dropping back down to join us plebs.
SmackAttack
Member
Hit level 400 and got the Tracer skin. Nice.
TheLetdown
Member
I wish they'd incentivize the shit out of 3v3 elimination.
Or even a full 6v6 in that style.
Because it feels great when you have a team that clicks.
Or even a full 6v6 in that style.
Because it feels great when you have a team that clicks.
Stallion Dan
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Anyone wanna do 5 matches of Heroes of the Storm tomorrow with me? In UK so a time that works with that.
Blizzard ID: KylieDog#2745
Connected in Europe but I can change that anytime I like, right?
Blizzard ID: KylieDog#2745
Connected in Europe but I can change that anytime I like, right?
CybernatonEvolution
Member
I decided to get back into CS: GO today, and after 3 Competitive matches it put me on a 20 hour cooldown to "recalibrate my skill rating".
At least Overwatch doesn't do that
I remember going to CS:GO to prepare for hitscans and Widow LOL. Custom games and practice range are better, but you can still sharpen your FPS overall skillset there. Projectile heroes require actual playtime and a lot of hours of playing matches.
I'm 100x better at CS than I am playing DPS in Overwatch. I've played CS on and off since 2001, it feels like a second home.
LucidMomentum
Member
Man every time I pick Junkrat on Eichenwalde or Oasis people give me shit for it but I played Demoman in TF2 enough that I can two shot Pharah if she dares come into range.
I can pick off flying Mercys with the mine too.
But I can be half as useful as Pharah and no one will complain lol.
RuinerPrime
Member
so if I unlock the genji skin will I have it on my PC overwatch account and my ps4 if they are both linked?
Yeah.
Is Mercy the go to healer these days? I've been out of the loop since probably 2-3 months after launch. Played a lot of Lucio at that time and have been playing Lucio now but would gladly play another support if he is shit-tier these days.
Lucio and Ana are still the "normal" supports. Mercy has niche use with Pharah and Zen goes with Lucio in dive comps.
Mercy will always be popular in regular matchmaking, regardless of her viability.
He ain't shit-tier.
Meta is probably an Ana > Lucio > Mercy > Zen, but an average Mercy will heal more than an average Ana. Ana's anti-heal grenade and the sleep dart just give her more utility.
Nano boost is also considerably easier to get value out of than Rez.
This is something I've been doing since the end of last season. No point healing people that die more often than they kill.
Psychoward
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Psychoward
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I wish they would also punish drawing out a game more. I've had plenty of Tracers or Sombras make the last part of a game a pain in the ass. Then there's the issue with camping too. I think 3v3 is really undercooked in this game, a small objective to it like Titanfall 2's Live Fire mode might be nice.
Yeah.