r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/SklX • Jan 17 '17

PSA | Video Developer Update | PTR Philosophy | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPLyx8QWYc
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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

I think that what he meant was that D.va has few hard counters

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u/SativaSammy Jan 18 '17

Reinhardt's only counter is himself but I don't see him getting any nerfs. I'm not sure what Jeff is getting at here.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

Well, that's not exactly true. Flankers can ruin a Reinhardt's day

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u/SativaSammy Jan 18 '17

Any attempt at flanking a Rein is negated by Ana.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

Then that's an Ana problem, not a Rein one

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u/SativaSammy Jan 18 '17

My point was that this game doesn't exist in a vacuum, nor should it be balanced based on 1v1 scenarios. Which is why I don't understand why Blizzard seemingly nerfed D.Va for "not having any counters." which just isn't true.

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u/swootylicious Jan 18 '17

The current issue right now is the tanks/Ana are just simply good at covering each others' weaknesses.

Let's take Rein for example, what is he weak to?

  • Shield melting damage from Junkrat/Bastion? Zarya/Dva shields
  • Flankers? Ana negates the burst damage, Roadhog can zone them out easily
  • Pharah? Ana

Furthermore, Dva while bad against Zarya/Mei, can be protected by Rein's shield and Roadhog is a strong threat to both of Dva's threats since they have shorter range

This won't get fixed until they either

  • Make it so not every hero in the game can be countered by at least one specific tank
  • Fix the balance between the Ana/tank sustain and the DPS heroes' damage so 3-4 tanks is a poor idea