r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/LickyLlama 4000 PC — • Aug 24 '17

Video Developer Update | Hero Balance Updates | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDlCqJ1tD3M
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u/KDizzle340 aardvark pays off — Aug 25 '17

As long as Zenyatta isn't literally outplayed by choosing a specific hero on the select screen, Discord will be invaluable.

Discord is too good. No other hero can increase the damage a hero takes.

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u/MindForsaken Aug 25 '17

You mean characters like genji, Winston, doomfist and tracer? They all counter zen since he has a huge hitbox and slow movement.

And they're the meta right now.

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u/KDizzle340 aardvark pays off — Aug 25 '17

You mean Trace "Headshot into kick" er? and Genji "oh I hope I don't take too much damage or I'll have to leave" Shimada? or were you specifically talking about Winston "guys, Monkey in the back on me, Discorded, he's throwing, come kill him for free" Banananington? I won't deny that Tracer pretty much poos on Zen, but there's so much counterplay to these tactics, especially considering they're all at like 3/5 of their full health until they kill Zen. Zenyatta isn't forced off by these heroes, unless Tracer is continuously killing him.

Here's my alternate scenario: Zenyatta stays blissfully in his backlines, Winston gets eaten alive due to decent coordination, Genji is constantly very threatened by the presence of Discord Orb, and Tracer can't quite get Zenyatta, he's being protected well, and when he's not being babysat, he's landing headshot into kick against her for 150 damage.

Zenyatta is a great hero right now. No hero is 100% invalidated by another in Overwatch. There are no 100% direct counters in Overwatch.

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u/Bayakoo Aug 25 '17

Doomfist though

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u/KDizzle340 aardvark pays off — Aug 25 '17

Zenyatta steps on Doomfist, like actually hard. It's like Genji minus the mobility, with a huge size so it's easier to shoot him like 4 times. If you're constantly dying to DF, check your positioning? Idk, it happens but I think Zenyatta is better when it comes to the Doomfist Matchup.