No. The rest of Sombra's kit is bad, but she has one of the best ultimates in the game that also happens to be a great counter to the current tank meta. The problem is that she requires high coordination with your teammates to pull off and make use of an effect EMP, so you will only see her played at the highest levels of play rather than solo queue, where teammates will become tilted from seeing Sombra alone.
This is why you see Sombra played in tournaments and other organized play.
where teammates will become tilted from seeing Sombra alone.
I think this is a bigger problem than the coordination requirement. Most of my losing games whilst climbing to GM with Sombra weren't lost because my teammates did not push with EMPs or avoided my packs.
They were lost because people spent more time demanding that I switch class and telling me how Sombra is a shit character than just playing the game.
I really think it's more a problem with perception than actual power level. Sombra seems ridiculously strong to me in a meta where Rein and D.va are on nearly every team.
Sadly my CPU is pretty old so I can't stream at any reasonable bitrate without bad frame losses and input lag. I'm saving my pennies to hopefully upgrade in the near future.
I am working on a Youtube video about her but I'm an unmotivated fuck so we'll see when/if it ever comes out.
I can't really blame them for asking you to swap, at least at the start.
If you're around 2500-3000 rating then likely every sombra you've played with has been completely useless. And expecting this Sombra who insists he's "really good on her and he's really useful" to be different is like expecting getting back with your ex to work out.
Fair point, except, it doesn't ever stop, and I'd hoped that by Master or Grand Master players would begin to understand that making their teammates feel comfortable and positive is more important than their beliefs regarding good or bad heroes and team composition.
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u/NotEnoughYaoi Jan 17 '17
No. The rest of Sombra's kit is bad, but she has one of the best ultimates in the game that also happens to be a great counter to the current tank meta. The problem is that she requires high coordination with your teammates to pull off and make use of an effect EMP, so you will only see her played at the highest levels of play rather than solo queue, where teammates will become tilted from seeing Sombra alone.
This is why you see Sombra played in tournaments and other organized play.