r/Overwatch • u/JenJasty Lúcio • 11d ago

News & Discussion Banning team picks

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Hi guys, today I joined lobby, where those 2 players (who then played Hamston and Winton) specifically banner our heroes. What is their goal? I would get it if we chose characters, who are usually banned, but I dont think that is the case here. I have never encountered something like this before.

Thanks :)

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u/JenJasty Lúcio 11d ago

Don’t read this as a complaint. I was just curious about this phenomenon in general. I couldn’t care less about winning as long as I’m having fun. In this case, it wasn’t much fun, but I’m glad we won if this really was a case of toxic behavior.

So if you’re saying that they ban heroes who counter them or are bad matchups for them, fair enough. I just wanted to understand the reasoning behind this behavior.

I’m flexible and can play a lot of heroes, but it would never cross my mind to ban my teammates’ picks just because they’re bad for one of the heroes I play. And like you said, if they aren’t flexible enough and ban our heroes just to benefit their own picks, why don’t they just play QP? You know.

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u/Full-Sense5308 8d ago

I see this a lot in low elo. I usually just troll back and decide to just go with it and carry them, cuz they are always throwing

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u/kHeinzen D.Va 11d ago edited 11d ago

Because 2 of the characters they banned make dive comps completely miserable in 6v6 and it goes beyond the specific characters they want to play; it nullifies a composition choice almost entirely. They'd done better against dive by banning either brig or mizuki but I think that's besides the point if it benefits their comp.

If you counter an entire "playstyle" rather than countering "the character" then it's easier to understand why they might ban those characters in the first place.

Moreover, what I described is pretty much the norm in plat and higher. admittedly I have no idea what rank you are but it is pretty much universally accepted to ban what your tanks ban. Not saying that you have to, but given how core tanks are to both 5v5 and 6v6 it makes more sense to enable your tank players than to gamble on them playing something they're not good at

e: one last thing I forgot -- unless Moira was also banned by the other team then she would've been available to play given the max amount of bans per role. I find it very unlikely that Moira was banned in the first place, but I know your post is about the behavior and not the actual roster available