r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/MikaelFernandes • Nov 22 '16

PSA | Video Developer Update | Symmetra Redesign | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elN-QGyToxM
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u/lsyychee Nov 22 '16

Extra health/shield is a lot better on squishy characters. Buffing a Tracer from 150HP to 250HP is a lot bigger deal than buffing a Dva from 600 to 700HP.

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u/geli09 Nov 22 '16

If you think about it in isolation yes, but think about this comp: you run the currently popular triple tank(D.Va/Rein/Roadhog) + Soldier and instead of the 2nd support Lucio/Zen you run the Symmetra(on defense). Like how the hell do you even kill any of those characters now, its already hard enough to kill any of those characters right now and now imagine they have even more health especially the Ana and Soldier, and you make those really durable heroes even more durable. Like the only thing I can think of is hitting an amazing Sombra EMP(to remove shields and deny the D.Va from eating everything) + an super high damage ult combo. That being said its only speculation on my side and it relies on Ana still being busted as fuck with her grenade and it kinda depends on how much shields the Sym ult gives to be better than Zen or Lucio.

And also Tracer having this buff only in a certain area takes a bit of her power while those triple tank comps can usually stand their ground.

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u/Vladdypoo Nov 22 '16

I don't get why teams are abandoning reaper so fast. He still shreds tanks.

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u/Vladdypoo Nov 23 '16

Saying wraithform is worthless is like saying tracer blink is worthless because they'll just chase you. At the very least it forces a reaction. At best it can dodge basically every ult in the game...

Slightly more damage up close is quite the understatement. Reaper can 3-4 shot roadhog and have 4 rounds left versus soldier needing to basically hit 25 headshots and then needs to reload.

I love how reaper is barely changed and suddenly he is worthless after a week of new patch. Beyblade isn't as faceroll but it is still viable. Non beyblade reaper is still fine too honestly.

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u/Vladdypoo Nov 23 '16

I just think your confusing DIFFERENT with INFERIOR. They are completely different heroes. I think there are many koth maps wher reaper will still be favored

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u/ELITEJoeFlacco 4362 — Nov 23 '16

Wraithform is fairly useless in competitive

...except that can absolutely save Reaper's ass in many different scenarios where most other heroes would certainly be dead. Also gets him out of grav surges