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CookisaCac

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The toughest spots are on the borders of two ranks (2900-3100 for example) after that games are a lot smoother.

But you do have to change your playstyle depending on what rank you are. Playing someone like Zenyatta at plat is a lot harder than playing him at master. Once you get higher your team actually peels for you and you don't have to 1v1 Genji and Tracer as often.

Right now you can climb easy by just playing meta heros, (Rein/Zarya/Hanzo/Mercy/Brig/Zen) and you should be fine. Especially Brig and Mercy.
no one at low elo will play that meta team. they are gonna play what they want and be bad at it
 

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no one at low elo will play that meta team. they are gonna play what they want and be bad at it

You might see it sometimes at plat at least. Brig is probably the easiest to climb with, you can just one shot Tracer now.
 

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Brigitte is the worst thing to happen to this game.


I main Tracer so yeah, she's ruined the game for me :mjcry:


I haven't even played a single game on any mode with Brig that's how much i despise that character.





















But i'm gonna start this weekend. fukk that:lolbron:
 

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Hammond gameplay looks dope but I may be quitting this game if these Sombra changes go live :mjcry:

I don't think it's that bad, the stealth will still be even more limiting I think. She can't contest point now, and she still can't shoot or anything.

Let's be real, stealth was practically unlimited already.

Being able to destroy your translocator is great too, I'd be fine with that having unlimited time. Fits her character more, you should be afraid that she could be behind you at any moment now. She was going to get behind and EMP Zen no matter what.
 

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I don't think it's that bad, the stealth will still be even more limiting I think. She can't contest point now, and she still can't shoot or anything.

Let's be real, stealth was practically unlimited already.

Being able to destroy your translocator is great too, I'd be fine with that having unlimited time. Fits her character more, you should be afraid that she could be behind you at any moment now. She was going to get behind and EMP Zen no matter what.

Let me say I’m ashamed that I care this much about a video game character that I’m about to leave such a detailed reply but I’ve been playing overwatch much more than any other game for the past year so here it goes :snoop:

I’m overreacting but I’m probably going to just stop playing her period and severely cut back my overwatch play rather than stop cold turkey. I understand the game is constantly evolving but I’m not liking the direction the game is headed. If this Sombra change goes through this will be the second time one of my mains has been changed to make them easier for people to play. This change however not only lowers the skill floor but the skill ceiling as well.

This new Sombra is only a buff to ppl that don’t know how to use her kit or use it passively (too passively imo but that’s a matter of preference that I respect). These changes are a nerf to anyone who put the time in to learn her kit.

I agree with your post. Any competent Sombra player has been abusing the shyt out of stealth for a while. With new stealth I’ll NEED the ability to cancel translocator because the speed nerf means I can’t just jump to certain places. Not only will I need to put my translocator on cool down because I can’t make a simple stealth jump anymore but I’m giving up my location when the red team sees a translocator flying through the air. Translocator being able to be destroyed also means I may not be able to toss it in the middle of a team fight. I haven’t even mentioned the increased detection radius which may be the biggest nerf of all.

All they needed to do to “buff” Sombra was fix her bugs, breaking hack (which they did), and auto reload when you translocate. No timed translocater is a nice qol change I guess. Cancel translocater is the only buff I see.

After months of seeing blizzard repeatedly drop the ball on Sombra I just think they don’t know what to do with her. They don’t seem to understand that pre/post fight is a strength for Sombra and mid-fight is where she needs help. They’ve nerfed her pre/post fight abilities and didn’t address her mid-fight weaknesses. Being able to toss my translocater mid-fight and reload would be huge. Letting me actually hack wtf I’m trying to hack the first time in the middle of a team fight would be huge. Stealth is a repositioning tool. New Sombra can scout all she wants but she won’t be contributing shyt to a fight while invisible.
 

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Wow, great character design on the new hero. A super intelligent hamster is totally not stupid and gay af









































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I main Tracer so yeah, she's ruined the game for me :mjcry:


I haven't even played a single game on any mode with Brig that's how much i despise that character.





















But i'm gonna start this weekend. fukk that:lolbron:


Seeing as how Tracer hasn't had a single counter in the history of the game before Brig. Hold that shyt! lol.
 
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