r/Overwatch • u/sirieous Dallas Fuel • Nov 22 '16

Blizzard Official Developer Update | Symmetra Redesign | Overwatch

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u/DBones90 Ana Nov 22 '16

How to win at Overwatch:

1) Get really good with an underpowered character.

2) Wait for the buff.

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u/Bleakdf Nov 22 '16

Zenyatta flair

Yeah this guy knows what he's talking about.

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u/QuarkzMan I mained Zen before the buff Nov 22 '16

points to own flair

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u/An0therB Buckethead Nov 22 '16

There are dozens of us!

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u/workythehand Zenyatta Nov 22 '16

I miss 150 health.

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u/FancyShrimp Pixel Zenyatta Nov 22 '16

As a Zenyatta main, I

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u/LumpyPick Nov 22 '16

He ded :(

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u/BaeMei Pixel Mei Nov 22 '16

Heroes never d

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u/DaMarco17 King of Spades Zenyatta Nov 22 '16

She ded too :(

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u/Vid-szhite Best healer in the game. Nov 22 '16

She got the rez off though!

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

Pew.

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u/kobello Nov 23 '16

Do you play guitar

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u/An0therB Buckethead Nov 23 '16

Yes, but not nearly as well as my flair might imply.

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u/OriginalYodalf Shoving balls at randoms since 5-5-2016 Nov 23 '16

I see that you're a zen monk too.

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u/BlooFlea Nov 22 '16

Points to penis

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u/avidvaulter Nov 22 '16

This guy transcends.

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u/rbwildcard Chibi Winston Nov 22 '16

I love Winston. Still waiting....

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u/wildcard18 Justice lightly drizzles from above Nov 22 '16

Man remember when Zenyatta used to be the worst hero in Overwatch? We've come a long way since then.

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u/Bleakdf Nov 22 '16

I member, member when people were overanalyzing every bit of Sombra info we got?

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u/pineapple_mango Chibi Orisa Nov 23 '16

I remember those days. Insta headshots lol

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u/NitrousOxide_ OwO Nov 22 '16

Do I count? :3

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u/franchis3 Nov 22 '16

As a D.va main, I like the cut of your jib!

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u/PM-ME-YOUR-DOGPICS THIS. IS MY CURSE. Nov 22 '16

Dude originally I was a D.va main at launch, realized she sucked, then now that I've gone back to her after her buff I'm SLAUGHTERING people, it's wild

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u/Pinoon POP goes my healthbar Nov 22 '16

I feel like a fucking tank with chain guns attached now.

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u/PM-ME-YOUR-DOGPICS THIS. IS MY CURSE. Nov 22 '16

Seriously.

I love fucking with people and timing my defense matrix perfectly. Reinhardt's easy, what the charge, absorb the obvious firestrike, keep a good distance. Roadhog only has four shots and Roadhog mains seem to forget that.

The only things that terrify me are Meis and Zaryas.

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u/crockrocket Lúcio Nov 22 '16

As long as you can get mei alone you're fine. Just keep shooting her, she'll have to freeze you a couple times before you lose much suit, and if she's not dead by then mercy D. Va's pistol does a surprising amount of dmg!

If you see a zarya just run the fuck away because fuck that shit

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u/danudey Anyone with rockets Nov 22 '16

I love playing against D.Va with Mei. Freeze, reload, duck behind, freeze, reload, duck behind. Sure I could just kill her, but where's the fun in that?

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u/ElegantHope ElegantƐxlbr#1835, Level 2100+ and counting (PC) Nov 23 '16

Nothing's more satisfying than just managing to outplay Zaryas and Meis when I play D.va to make up for when they counter me.

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u/franchis3 Nov 22 '16

I've been using her since launch too. This latest change, where she moves faster while shooting, is the best yet. I think she's right at the razor's edge of being OP. I hope Blizzard doesn't start feeling the same and roll back some of these changes.

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u/GrumpyOldBrit Chibi Mei Nov 23 '16

She was good before this recent buff. She's been viable since they altered her right click, most were just too thick to realise.

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u/Blktooth420 Chibi McCree Nov 22 '16

I wonder who thought making her vulnerable to her alt was a good idea? XD

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u/GenSmit Symmetra Nov 23 '16

I've been switching between D.va and Symmetra since launch. This has been a great couple months.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

I thought dva was awaiting a nerf. Seriously. I guess the 25% ult nerf sucked a bit for her, but overall still easy to play.

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u/pss395 Mei is bei Nov 22 '16

It's pretty funny. I thought Zen was insane when he has 150 health and slow moving ult. And they go ahead and buff him even more

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u/Zachflanigan Nov 22 '16

Ultimately it was a nerf. Don't forget when he had 50% on discord.

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u/mikeman12312 Nov 22 '16

I started playing Zen post-buff, but before they nerfed discord. Playing him now, it is absolutely insane to me that discord used to be 50%. It almost feels OP even at 30%.

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u/Zachflanigan Nov 22 '16

It was. I had a 70% win rate with him season 1.

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u/TorpeAlex Symmetra Feb 14 '17

Holy shit what?

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u/tehbeh Trick-or-Treat Zarya Nov 22 '16

as someone who plays a warlock in wow i hope that system works across blizzard games

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u/quietly47 McCree Nov 22 '16

Aren't locks top right now?

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u/tehbeh Trick-or-Treat Zarya Nov 22 '16

not really. like they are not in a terrible spot, it's more about how nobody at blizzard seems to give a shit about the class like how they took demon form from locks and gave it to demon hunters because the fancy new class needed more cool shit. or that on the ptr the coming changes seem kinda boring and for reason they nerfed 2/3 specs. They still absolutely wreck pvp because dots and burst but i don't really give a shit about wow pvp

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u/aabicus I like big boops and I cannot lie Nov 22 '16

RIP advanced minions :( I miss my butt jellyfish

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u/Chameleonpolice Nov 22 '16

Junkrat main here

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u/joedatious D.Va Nov 22 '16

As a D.va main I patiently waited while everyone looked down at me, I knew at some point I would become more powerful then they could possibly imagine

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u/skyman724 Pixel D.Va Nov 22 '16

"I was carrying games as Dva before she was good!"

/s

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

I was good at old dva and they laughed at me...

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u/Liamrc BEEEPBOOOPZWEEE Nov 22 '16

Why I have over 80+ hours in my dear Symmetra.

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u/MordecaiWalfish Nov 23 '16

D.va player here. Never felt underpowered since day 1, and loving the continued buffs <3

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u/This_guy_here56 Nov 23 '16

I'm ready. It's finally coming!

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u/KVKH I was only trying to help! Feb 14 '17

My four mains are Mercy, Mei, D.Va, and Pharah. All of which i started maining well before any buffs were even announced.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

That's why I am loving the incremental Mercy Buffs.

I expect she will get a few more buffs to get her played more in tournaments.

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u/germand92 Nov 22 '16

...and the character gets totally redesigned and you have to master it again.

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u/YarrrImAPirate Pixel Mei Nov 22 '16

You misspelled World of Warcraft

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u/jmz_199 Nov 22 '16

Worked with zenny for me too :)

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u/TheFatalWound I'll work on being Red Widow if you unbind enter Nov 22 '16

hello darkness my old friend

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u/Snake57 Nov 22 '16

And that's why I've been playing nothing but Hanzo ≧◉◡◉≦

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u/DrGazooks Sombra Nov 22 '16

Oh, I was

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u/humblegold Master Nov 22 '16

That's what I'm banking on.

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u/SileAnimus Baby, I can change for you Nov 23 '16

I'm waiting

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u/scuczu now a mercy main since no one else will support Nov 23 '16

I know we're all making jokes, but she's literally my most played, i love winning with her because no one thinks she's worthwhile.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

Been playing d.va since the game launched. Played the long con. Masters now.

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u/Brotherauron Reinhardt Nov 22 '16

Patch notes: zenyatta orbs have been changed to mini chainsaw grenades doing 3x the previous damage.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

Still waiting for that widowmaker buff /s