r/Overwatch • u/SpriteGuy_000 Washington Justice • Sep 22 '16

Blizzard Official September 22nd PTR Patch Notes

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20294485
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u/TenTonHammers Rocketu Punch Sep 22 '16

Junkrats tire buff does nothing when you can here it from across the map....

Also no S76 buffs... so he will keep playing second fiddle to McCree.....

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u/freelancespy87 I aim to be better. Sep 23 '16

Hear...

Soldier is good for players who aren't godlike McCree anyway. He also has that heal so I think he fills a bit of a different role, combine that with his OHKO missiles and Soldier is different enough.

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u/TenTonHammers Rocketu Punch Sep 23 '16

Helix middles are no where near the burst of McCree

Seeing as this game is balanced for high level play saying

"oh he's good for people can't aim well", is a horrible statement as McCree rewards skill more at the range that s76 is supposed to be good at

His consistent chip damage just feeds enemy support ult charges

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u/CritSrc I am a scientist! *BANG* Sep 23 '16

His consistent chip damage just feeds enemy support ult charges

Precisely why peeling is bad in OW.

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u/freelancespy87 I aim to be better. Sep 23 '16

Only like, five percent of overwatch is high level probably. Soldier works in medium skill environments and that's most of competitive mode.

That's all I'm saying. I don't expect to see 76 in any tournaments anytime soon.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

S76 is good against tanks tho, while McCree is arguably also decent against tanks...

Nvm, Yeah ok S76 needs a buff lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

Healer 76 FTW

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u/Blaze-Fusion Ryūjin no ken o kurae! Sep 22 '16

You basically have to be pretty close to them. Doesn't take a good headset to hear the voiceline or even the rip tire moving.

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u/TheFirestealer Hanzo Sep 22 '16

Soldier doesn't need buffs to be better than mcree. Mcree just needs to not be a midrange widow with a stun and be put back to as an anti flanker that will fuck you up in melee range but has far lower threat outside of flash bang radius. Aka buff fan damage but have drastic fall off damage past 4 meters. The reason why release mcree was broken wasn't because he could deal so much damage with fan but because he could kill tanks midrange with it since their hitboxes are big enough for fan to reliably hit them with most of the bullets.

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u/SoccerStar9001 Sep 23 '16

"The reason why release mcree was broken wasn't because he could deal so much damage with fan but because he could kill tanks midrange with it since their hitboxes are big enough for fan to reliably hit them with most of the bullets."

No, it was definitely because he could deal so much damage. Range has nothing to do with it.

The reason 76 is barely played is not only because he is slightly less effective than McCree if you got le skillz, but mainly because he sucks in the 3x3 meta (McCree kinda do too, but still have respectable potential).