He has a massive ego, but other than that not really that bad.
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He has a massive ego, but other than that not really that bad.
Dead Prince
Banned
i shouldn't play 3 in the morning just to get on a 7 lose streak lmao.
Oh i forgot, i wanted to quote this earlier particularly because of the bolded part.
When i've been describing Tracer to my GF and how to play her (she's not interested but sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet and listen to your boring SO going on and on), the first thing that came to mind was that it's a lot like dancing.
Always having 1 blink available and just... I don't know. Like you said, there's a certain rhythm to her.
In the beginning i used my blinks willy nilly (since i adore the speed) but watching VODs it became apparent that moving around requires a certain finesse. It helps having great spatial awareness as well. It's a certain flow to her. Fantastic hero.
Maybe you can provide another example? It would help immensely.
EDIT: It wouldn't be an Overwatch event if some info is preemptively leaked.
...excuse me, I need to upload something. Fingers crossed I don't get distracted.
I loved your write up btw!
Ah okay, i heard on harbs stream earlier that sinatraa is toxic so maybe that's where i'm getting it from? I dunno, i haven't watched any of their streams but in games with other streamers i follow they usually don't talk at all (which is fine), or are spewing some shit.
I mean, not xqc level but still. The game and pro scene needs more harbs and less xqcs, honestly.
This is such an insubstantial leak. We've maybe got the date and... That's it?
SgtWiggles
Member
Finally having a good couple of days, went from 3080 to 3278 since Thursday. Mostly been insta-locking D.va or Offense characters since good eliminations seem to be a problem at this rank.
Genji is fine, he just has solid hard counters so you have to play around them.*
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Meanwhile no one on my team will switch to a hard counter for him.
Dancing is a really good way to put it - her rhythm and flow is stupid-powerful, once it clicks for you. I remember the first time I tried her out. I fired her guns for 1 second, she reloads and I'm like "that's it?" So I built her ult and tosssed it on the bots in the target range and was like "that's it?!" After watching what Reapers and Genjis and Pharahs and Soldiers can do to teams, she seemed... mild, by comparison.
She's not mild. She is muy picuante.
This is a good example of Tracer's rhythm & flow from last night: https://youtu.be/y0g3R0XlbsY
A lot of nice examples of good Tracer choices in here, I think.
-I don't dive the Zarya and Widow with the intention of getting picks - I just want to turn their attention from my team, as they bolster our position on the payload, and quickly retreat when things get dicey (+sass).
-once I get the Mercy pick, I don't use any blinks as we clear the payload.
-perfect, beautiful headshots on Widow.
-usin' the rhythm on the Hog
-rollin' that Mercy+Bastion setup like a boss.
Thank you! I really need to turn that into a blog post.
The hell hard counters a genji
Mr. Luchador
Member
MEI! Mei counters all.
Winston.
Soft: Torb, Mei, Sym, Zarya - and any good Assault should give him trouble.
Terareflection
Member
HYPE. So ready for the best event to come back.
Time to get a Mercy Skin!
My standard video disclaimers are...
-I play on PS4
-Overwatch is my first multiplayer shooter
-I'm not very good
-I have a ton of fun
We got a major Halloween Mercy skin and she just got another big one for Summer Games. I wouldn't be expecting anything.
Terareflection
Member
It's Mercy though. Blizzard has almost as much as a hard on for her as they do for Tracer and Genji.
Dead Prince
Banned
useless ass mercy. i switched off healing at 6K (gold) and she still didn't beat that amount. the fuck were you even doing. oh. i see. too busy trying to res people going by that number. all she did was dmg boost people. didn't help the team one bit.
Give me dat Bard Lucio!
Sooo kyooot!
I know being a bard has no relation to the Halloween season, but I still want it.
But if I wanted some new Legendary skins for the heroes, this is what I came up with:
Soldier: 76 - First Blood (Rambo III-inspired)
McCree - Werewolf/Vampire Hunter
Ana - Alchemist/Plague Doctor
Hanzo - Tengu
Winston - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
D.Va - Baba Yaga
Lucio - Lobisomem
Zarya - Aliens Jenette Vasquez
I actually feel Tracer should get Wolfman/Van Helsing, as they are uniquely British characters.
As McCree is meant to be a quintessential American, I feel he should be the quintessential American monster: the zombie.
Why Baba Yaga for D.Va? oh my God chicken legged wood cabin MEKA YES - YES!
Also big thumbs up for Vasquez Zarya.
Winston, Sym, maybe even Junkrat because of double mine shenanigans.
TheThinWhiteDuke
Member
Or a video. My daughter is always asking me who she can watch to get better at Tracer (she's Silver), and I'd love to point her to some solid, thought-out Tracer play to emulate.
Oh there's all kinds of Tracer tutorial vids! Was it Your Overwatch (YouTube) that had good ones?
TheThinWhiteDuke
Member
Yup, those are good ones. But there was something about your simple- yet comprehensive- ruleset that would appeal to her playstyle. Tell her what to do and when and she can do it. But show her some cool little trick or meme-worthy stunt and she will spend the round trying to reenact it. She's 12, in all its glory.
Probably because Tracer as a Ghost/Phantom would be much cooler. That, and there were a lot of unused voice lines of McCree wishing he had his silver bullets, an unused variant of his Ult voice line ("It's High Moon!"), and that he dressed up as a Monster Hunter in last year's comic.
Then there was this fan art that had sweeten the deal, so I'm down for this to be a thing.
To be honest, I couldn't think of many mythological monsters that would fit D.Va, and my friend suggested that one.
And I want that skin for Zarya. With the exception of her Summer Games skins, she was short-changed in the cosmetics department and I want her to have at least one bad ass Legendary. That, and it would be such a complementary skin to Soldier 76's Commando/Special Ops skins.
Dead Prince
Banned
the match was so bad i got POTG with Ana and they didn't even want to put it in the Highlight section.
I would love to use Mei as a deterrent towards the Genji/Tracer players that have dominated the current meta these past two seasons. Her role should be to protect, disrupt, and enable.
- Protecting supports by countering the flankers coming after them, shutting them down, eliminating them.
- Disrupting the enemy team by stopping them in their tracks, and making them take detours with Ice Wall and Blizzard.
- Enabling her team by freezing the enemy and splitting them up with Ice wall, helping them secure kills.
But in her current state, she cannot do these things effectively enough to be good at her job. She is too slow. Her abilities are too slow. Hell, most flankers can ignore her wall and escape her reach, as Mei is a terrible anti-flanker against more skilled players. 20 out of the 25 heroes have abilities that can easily prevent them from being frozen by Mei, making her a deterrent to them at best. Soldier: 76 can sprint jump across the radius of Blizzard!
I'll still play her, regardless.
Rickenslacker
Banned
It's not even limited to skins. So we've got an arcade mode and we're using an arcade cab as the icon, who would be represent this? Who in the cast is best represented by video games... hmm... hmm... I got it!
To be fair, Tracer is the game's mascot. Expect her to get the most representation.
Also, I want to thank a MrSerious for giving me one of the funniest shutdowns in recent memory.
Goddammit, Lucio needs a fuckin' graffiti/masked rebel skin.
Also, I want to thank a MrSerious for giving me one of the funniest shutdowns in recent memory.
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