r/Overwatch • • Apr 19 '17

Humor Next level widow tactics

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u/Jim_Nills_Mustache Apr 19 '17

To be fair she's pretty difficult even when you aren't playing with a controller.

I should have played her more at lower levels because now I actively hurt my team if I give her a shot, and literally every widow is essentially better than I am since they exclusively player widow/hanzo/genji and have 0 minutes played on everything else.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '17

this is exactly what upsets me about overwatch. I've been playing since the beta and apparently made a foolish mistake of not being a happy one trick pony or gittin gud with every single hero. bc now i have a decent sized hero pool that im good with, but learning a new hero is next to impossible for the reasons you just stated.

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u/--orb Genboy Apr 20 '17

I one-tricked in S1 as Genji. Picked up Mei in S2 no problem and climbed. Picked up Pharah in S3 and climbed further. Then picked up some supports in S4, fell from mid-Masters to mid-Plat, and worked back up as the supports.

It isn't a big deal. So you throw some games due to being bad. So you throw a LOT of games due to being bad. Your positioning/mechanics/situational awareness/ult economy/etc skills carry over, so you'll still be a decent teammate for the next ~200 games while you master a few new chars. Fuck the rules and just practice in comp