Why is Symmetra being viable a problem now? | OW2 Reddit Questions #27

Man my shitty console soldier76 aim had me shook when I found out I needed three shots to destroy a sym turret lmao.

Idk I think its kind of insane for the devs to nerf symm back to being a terrible hero when she was only decent (not even good) for like a week. I get they wanted to roll back some changes but the reality is that symm is just so much weaker compared to characters in her own role. Even if they decided to not nerf her tracer, echo, hitscans, and soujourn are so much better than her that its never actually worth picking her even on the maps where she would be best played.

The mirror question is so true. Even in QP peoples ego gets hurt if you're popping off (dps i notice most) and try to mirror all the time. Hitscan heroes this is VERY common it seems.

As a junk main I absolutely love the change proposed for the flankrat playstyle to stay. Spam fire was always kinda just something done to fill out time before I would try to target somebody. The only other change I even imagined to bring back more skilled style playing of Junkrat was something like vulnerability window from being hit by a nade for extra damage of the mine

As someone who plays a lot of Junk, I do actually like the concept of your "rework" It's small enough that it doesn't entirely change how he's played, all it really does is punish random spam from being so effective (unless you get lucky directs), while rewarding players who have good aim with rat, and of course making Flankrat more viable again. That, in combination with nerfing the mine's minimum damage so it's not such a powerful finisher, could put him in a good state again

pretty crazy to think ab magua having an unstoppable “charge” ability when that is literally rein’s thing

Gotta say, it's so weird to hear OW2 relayed talk while listening to sf6 battle hub music lol

With the rank reset explained. Now I understand why all my mid diamond games were so sweaty. I thought i was just crazy/losing my groove not being able to get back to masters.

The rein ditto is for honor and dopamine. Nothing better.

The zoom at 23:28 is fire. Thank you editor

You can see the struggle of KarQ trying not to say skill issue and move on after reading the title of some of these posts

That bad kunai Kiriko is me! :D Didn't expect to end up in video, but I do thank you for advice. I'll try to utilize my hero movement more for aiming instead of my mouse. Also you've said that kunai accuracy isn't what distinguishes a good vs bad Kiriko. Then what is? Ofuda is alright to track, swift step and suzu is just a reaction check, and kitsune is great in any teamfight. So at least to me, the only expressive part of her kit are the kunai headshots, which are more prevalent now that healbotting is much less effective due to dps passive.

Rein swing should destroy all projectiles that move under a certain speed. Rewards swing timing and saves shield for poke more often. Just a thought

Karq was cooking with the Junkrat Rework Idea

I think that Rein should have a speed mechanic that his speed increases the lower his shield goes, kind of like giving his shield weight and then as it recovers, he slows back down

As a junkrat main, that is the direction junkrat should go. I have been someone that has been saying junk doesn't need a full rework, but the proper numbers shifts. They already considered bounce falloff on junkrat a long time before, and I think that the way karq suggests here is exactly the direction they should be going for. This season has made it so junkrat balance is easier to handle than ever, bc before changing anything could break him easily, but rn he is in a spot where you can tweak his numbers without a true risk of breaking him.

i feel the thing you said about casually playing after work. i come home from work and manage to play like five to six games before I'm too tired and so I just instantly queue comp because who cares at the end of the day. When I was grinding the game seriously I peaked in diamond 1 (so still pretty low) but this season I've been hovering around mid-plat and it's just very chill to play a few mindless games without having to try your hardest every game

15:50 imo, as a Sombra main, Sombra absolutely destroys Cass in the 1v1. One, he's got that wide hotbox, so he's eating all of her bullets and virus. Two, roll mitigates some damage, which can definitely help, I've seen it help a good number of times before, but the duration is so short, so it's not exactly a hard save from her. And third, mag grenade does suck against her. If you time your tp right, you will still tp even if it sticks you. And the thing is, you don't have to tp far into cass' preferred range. You can throw it to the ground or a wall nearby. So yeah, unless you got some killer aim and get those headshots on her, you're toast.

Mauga can no longer ignite shields, very worth noting, tip for rein into mauga, play to bait his heal, and shield it out if you cant unpeek, then the mauga can fall over like a something that falls, but not that easily

They should make Junkrat like Demoman in TF2. Lower the damage a little, but give you critical dmg on direct hits.