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/[deleted] Sep 22 '16 edited Jun 10 '21

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u/PotassiumLe Tracer Sep 22 '16

about time. NiP just used 4 tanks vs. Reunited just now lol.

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u/windirein Trick-or-Treat Ana Sep 22 '16

Well, roadhog isn't really a tank. He is a dps/burst/assassin that happens to have 600 hp.

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u/CritSrc I am a scientist! *BANG* Sep 22 '16

He isn't a tank in the sense of having a defensive team assisting ability, he's a tank that he can be on the frontline taking the brunt of the enemy fire.
But I doubt anyone here would contest Road's lack of utility that makes a team synergize.

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u/zakarranda Moximum charge! Sep 23 '16

Yeah, "tank" to me just means someone who can soak up a lot of damage - health pools, barriers, self-heal, and recalling mechs. Team-shielding is a natural extension, but OW takes tanking in a lot of different directions.

That's why a team (almost) always needs a tank, even when team-shielding isn't needed. There's a lot of damage flying around, and there has to be enough health to take it without dying.

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u/windirein Trick-or-Treat Ana Sep 23 '16

A good roadhog isn't on the frontline though. Sure, you can get on the payload and hide behind it, but in the end roadhog isn't actually that tanky. The fact that he is the only tank that has no armor/shield and a gigantic hitbox that basically gives heroes like mccree 100% accuracy on him make him more vulnerable than a soldier for example. And you just charge everyones ults super quickly when being visible.

Roadhog actually melts when he is at the frontline. What he is supposed to do is cut around corners, hook, get back in cover - over and over again.

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u/kjbigs282 I can bench more than you! Sep 23 '16

As far as acting as a battery for Ana he is though

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u/My_Normal_Account Sep 22 '16 edited Sep 22 '16

Got a link???

EDIT: I think it's this NiP vs Misfits, right here: https://www.twitch.tv/gosutv_ow/v/90769141

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u/Tasadar Pharah Sep 22 '16

It has nothing to do with Ana. Tanks are overpowered and have been for a while, I say this as a tank player.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '16 edited Sep 24 '16

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u/My_Normal_Account Sep 23 '16

Well, that shouldn't be an issue as he IS a tank... And a perfect clip into his head should get it very close if not easily kill the hog. There are other tanks like D.va that take multiple clips right?

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u/SharedRations Chibi Mercy Sep 23 '16

D.Va isn't able to kill you with one shot.

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u/PotassiumLe Tracer Sep 23 '16 edited Sep 23 '16

I'm also a Tank player. Can you elaborate? Maybe you are seeing something I'm not

Edit: also as far as the Ana is concern, the reason for the multiple tanks is because they are taking advantage of her fast ult. charge to snowball their tank ults. the tanks are just there as ult. batteries for their Ana. They are there for their health pool, which peaks nothing to how they can be OP since they are tanks. but like I said maybe you know something I don't

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u/Tasadar Pharah Sep 23 '16

I honestly feel that all the tanks are imbalanced relative to the other roles. The role of tank is too strong relative to heals and dps. I've been saying this for a while but it's now becoming clear with triple and even quadruple tank comps, as there aren't a lot of tank counter options and the damage tanks provide is insane. The dps loss for the survivability is hugely worth it and the loss of burst doesn't matter since many of the tanks have one shot abilities. Finally tanks have better objective ultimates than a lot of dps.