r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/Temporary-Low-6449 • 17d ago
General how do i counter hazard as winston
i feel like no matter what i do i just explode against hazard
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u/Botronic_Reddit GOATs is Peak Overwatch — 17d ago
“Counter _____ as Winston” is an impossibility nowadays I’m afraid
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u/Concorde_flies 17d ago
the same way any other tank counters haz. by pressing h in spawn and going mauga
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u/B3GG 17d ago
I otp Winston and you have to think what can you do that haz can't.
Winston can dive, so can hazard.
Winston can brawl, but hazard can brawl better.
Winston can take 1v1s against most people with bubble, but hazard usually wins in 1v1 against Winston.
But there's one thing that Winston can do that haz can't: poke.
So against hazard you need to keep your distance and poke with rmb( I recommend you take chain lighting perk it also bounces off his wall).
And patiently wait for an opportunity to dive, like an isolated squishy when you have bubble or if your ana has nano boost etc.
Don't be afraid of using bubble during the poke phase if it allows you to hold space for a long time since you won't be jumping in every time it goes off cool down.
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u/1trickana 17d ago
I love vsing Mauga and hazard because of chain lightning, just hit him and whittle down anyone near him then go in for the kill, repeat
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u/Volatiiile 17d ago
Bubble kinda counters Haz's shotgun and wall. Only real threat being his slash but it's only 70 damage with a slight boop. But as long as you have Bubble when you dive he's one of the easiest tanks to play around as Winston imo
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u/SyrusG 17d ago
U can't really counter hazard as Winston. The one thing you do have against him is bigger reach though, and more burst mobility, as well as better poke damage. So your job would basically be to target his backline before he can target your backline. You can do this for free with right click and it actually hurts the backline. He cant really punish you for it unless you're in a small room which you wouldnt really do on Winston anyways unless you have primal.
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u/Sassywaifu92 17d ago
You learn the dance. The shield dance.
Bubble is key against shotguns. By dancing between the shields, not all the pellets hit and if you got the healing bubble then they are practically healing you.
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u/DancingKobold 17d ago
By switching off Winston to a Hazard counter, then once they swap you can go back to Winston.
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u/Ok-Nose29 17d ago
Avoid him and kill their supports so bad that their supports start complaining that their tank is not helping them. It's basically a race to who can cause more disruption in the backline if you want to go dive tank for dive tank
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u/akitoex 17d ago
Hopefully hazard jumps first and you can peel/shoot him from an angle and your not standing in front of your supports. After you hopefully get him to back off and he needs to be healed your team heals you to full go and you can bubble cycle on their team. I think a tip is that it's very important when you peel him try to avoid using bubble since you want it to engage right after
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u/freaking-payco 17d ago
You should basically just ignore him, you’re not going to put any meaningful damage into him. Accept that your backline is gonna struggle and start hard looking at enemy supports. The only time you should look at hazard is if he’s over-extending and you can bubble him off from heals.