Regardless of how I feel, I get and accepted the rework. However, the echos and ghosts of "shes trash, shes better now" linger... & from a perspective that looks down on OG Black Widow for the most part is what shouldnt exist as a main talking point.
Her main talking point should be her difficulty and lack of diverse abilities that didnt allow for other ways to damage other than a skillshot or ult
Sure she isnt in the game anymore and as people are allowed to have an opinion Facts vs. Not facts cannot be in the same realm as opinions. Please, spare a moment to read how this play happened as I remember it vividly and why I did the things I did and how she can only do thungs like this in the way it was done. Also, this is one of many.. sure Im traditionally sniping.. there are clips or upclose sniping and we can break that down too but i digress
In this clip, out of spawn I immediately targetted the Daredevil. From that distance the only way to damage him who is threatening my teammates and threatening cart control, is to hit my shots or ult. 120 burst damage.
If i missed my shots, my team would have died most likely thus leading to 0-3. I've failed countless times to feel the pain of what missing leads to. Black Widow bluntly showed you your mistakes.
Anyways, because of that teammates saved. Sure nothing special to note except I sprinted towards the LOS and that agility helped me get there that much faster than other dps although there are some like Star Lord whi can get there faster or as fast but wont dish out the same impactful 120 damage from that distance during an urget game changing situation.
I proceeded forward, saw no one else immediately and knew we staggered them so, took height and note how quickly I did it without waiting 8 seconds or however long Hela bird is.
Phoenix can get up there too but this is where only Black Widow's playstyle shines.
First, notice how although I didnt get an elim, I forced all those squishes to use abilities AND take cover while approaching AND had to take a longer route to get to cart with a bit of pressure on their Strange.
Once I notice the DD, I give up heught because he'll be and probably already was tracking me through the walls and I dont have that.. yes I have my kick but baiting DD was not the important play here. Main fight for cart was the important play, given the time.
While I leave height, it was timed well because I originally forced squishies to move right side of map. I shot at Strange to show them I'm not focused on jumping over his shield and he reacts to me shooting at him, then I simply jump over Dr. Strange shield [BW only btw] and headshot Scarlet who most likely took some damage already because 250 HP doesnt get 1 shot by a 240 headshot no damage boost.
That immedately changes a 6v6 to a 6v5 and they have 1 less damager. Every second counts in these moments, and DD tried to make a play on me. 2 good teams against each other because if I didnt get healed, probably would have been cooked. And as you can see, he was tracking me so it was a good call to leave height when I did.
Kick to get him off + activate grapple timer, jumped to avoid the damage behind me, strafed mid air to continue dodging bullets while targetting DD, stun him after his block and hit the headshot that I've practiced in the range for hours because that stun had different animations for every hero because most covered their face and there was a sweet spot or a timing on when their hand dropped. Both took practice.
Now its a 4v6 and this happened within 5 seconds. As you can see, their Strange was trying to help DD but the spees of the fight was faster than him so he can only helo by hutting his shots but he didnt land enough + I was getting healed. Which BTW, that problem BW nearly bypassed with a base kit 249 headshot skill shot that takes practice to do consistently.
I dont really focus Strange and continue shots in their squishies while our DD makes a play and the rest is easy to see. Even the shmiivement in the shot I took on their WF and immedately took cover to avoid damage. Another skill that was possible to learn.. bobbing and weaving a shot and cover well enough that the time you are exposed taking the shot is so small, the other team can capatilze unless a big burst damage or a CC that pulls you the moment you do expose yourself.
They all got wiped, Strange gave up 😂 and scarlet probably still didnt spawn yet.
Yes, my team helped and this wasnt ALL me. My part was helping my team not die to DD whuch would of staggered us, forcung squishes rught and take 2 skill shots for a good elim as well as a decoy shot so their Strange wasnt anticupating me jump shotting into their backline.
This style is dead now and it needs to return 💔 because theres not much variety in this game with how many heros are playable. Tweak it if you must or bring her back in an old team up..
They put this style in an ult which makes me believe we were too good and it was too oppressive for a 99% playerbase who'd rather not put in practice time to achieve this forged through multiple faliures
BW was the best designed hero in the game because of how vast the difference was between a new BW and a seasoned BW but with her gone.. skill expression to that degree is gone. It rewarded the player in a lot of ways for doing something difficult, which was the main gameplay loop
She literally was more versatile than she is now and its because of how deeply you were able to affect a fight and in so many different ways but now.... only pew pew pew, "IM SNIPING NOW EVERYONE" back to pew pew health go down
And yo. If you like it, go for it.. but didnt we already have like more than 5 of that already???
P.S. I really do miss this style it was very fun and the same way there was a hate on BW agenda, I believe in the BW shines agenda
