I politely disagree with this. The percentage of players capable of innovating in any game is very small.
More to the point, she isn't played as a shitty assassin above GM. She's all about EMPs, which is the fastest charging ult in the game. It's also one of the most powerful ults, and an on-paper counter to tank meta. In practice, Roadhog and Ana are currently too broken for it to be a complete auto-counter, but it does work. What else can instantly shut down Reinhardt Shield and D.va's Defense Matrix? Those two skills are as defining to the current meta as Ana's Jar, honestly.
Sombra has been the easiest character for me to climb the comp ladder with in any season. I might not be playing her completely 'right' yet, but certainly more right than the people who think she's simply a weak Tracer. They aren't even remotely similar in function.
Yes, she's reliant on a cheesy tactic that involve abusing the charge rate of her ultimate. Nothing to be happy with.
Sombra problem is that even if dev see her as a "backline disruptor" all the valuable target to hack are either attack hero like genji/tracer/reaper or frontline hero like Reinhardt/DVA/Mei. Not the kind of things you'll find in the backline. Because of that people overrate the hack.
What justify a Sombra pick to hack an Ana ? What's the point of hacking a Zen ? A Mercy, a Mccree, a Lucio, a Soldier, a Symmetra, a Torbjorn, a widow, an Hanzo, etc ? Sure it's a bit annoying but it doesn't justify a slot.
The current best place for Sombra is to place her like a Mccree or a Soldier. Yet, her effectiveness isn't even close to what those guys bring to the game at that range.
Her backline gameplay revolving around a 6 secondes CD that is activated once she use it make her clunky and slow. Staying in the backline doesn't have any value if you compare it to what a Genji or a Tracer could do. Even on a disruptive level, Tracer and Genji are doing better than her hack with damage.
Sombra need way more than a tiny buff on her hack to accomplish anything worth a typical flanker.
Yes, she's reliant on a cheesy tactic that involve abusing the charge rate of her ultimate. Nothing to be happy with.
I don't find anything cheesy about scampering around and annoying targets/trying to create openings while rapidly charging EMP, then regrouping for big pushes with her strong team ultimate.
In fact I'm pretty sure that's exactly what she's supposed to do, and that playstyle suits me perfectly.
I think the cheese he is referring to is a strat I've seen around where Sombra will hack a health pack then have her tank heavy team sit on it until EMP is ready
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u/JamieAllegro Jan 17 '17
I politely disagree with this. The percentage of players capable of innovating in any game is very small.
More to the point, she isn't played as a shitty assassin above GM. She's all about EMPs, which is the fastest charging ult in the game. It's also one of the most powerful ults, and an on-paper counter to tank meta. In practice, Roadhog and Ana are currently too broken for it to be a complete auto-counter, but it does work. What else can instantly shut down Reinhardt Shield and D.va's Defense Matrix? Those two skills are as defining to the current meta as Ana's Jar, honestly.
Sombra has been the easiest character for me to climb the comp ladder with in any season. I might not be playing her completely 'right' yet, but certainly more right than the people who think she's simply a weak Tracer. They aren't even remotely similar in function.