Can we charge up the laser before using it? I think I'm using her wrong cuz it seems to take longer for me to kill guys up close with her.
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Can we charge up the laser before using it? I think I'm using her wrong cuz it seems to take longer for me to kill guys up close with her.
Garrett Hawke
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I can't believe they nerfed Widow ;_;
Dr. Buni
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The laser stays charged for a brief time after you kill someone with it. I have killed multiple opponents in a row with her because they never expect the laser to melt them that fast. Oh and I think you charge it on opponent Mei's walls?
She is great in a lot of maps!
Incendiary
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Abominable was the first skin I bought with coin. No regrets. Second skin I bought was D.Va's Junker. Also no regrets.
Next up is Valkyrie Mercy or Zenyatta Ifrit.
aggienader
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It needed to happen
That's some really good bunnyhopping right there. I know Symmetra does dumb damage up close with her primary fire, but I have problems staying alive long enough to get it to do that damage. I really need to get better at jumping around like an asshole to avoid damage.
Stone Ocean
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I need to play more Symmetra, my turret placement is a joke
AllBusinessJr
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Their entire points system is on the fritz. They were attempting a system overhaul that has gone way longer than anticipated. No one is getting reward zone points for anything at the moment, but I've been assured that once the work is complete, then we should receive all the points that we are due.
I start licking my chops when I'm Symmetra and I see a D. Va. Kill the mech and now your beam is fully charged and you get to melt her and then anyone else in range.
You're right and I really love countering her with Pharah as well. Fly over the first arch and round to the left. Drop in to the courtyard and blast away all the turrets.
Spread them out. You should use them as a distraction as well so while they fight other guys or try to attack your turrets, you or your mates can take them out.
Tyrant Rave
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It's not a big nerf really. She still plays pretty much exactly the same only without the one-hit kills for shooting Zenyatta or Tracer anywhere.
Dr. Buni
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Keep spamming her laser ball thing in choke points when there are no opponents nearby/no turrets to be placed. It is not great for 1v1, since it is extremely slow, but it is nice for area denial, since it does a lot of damage and the radius is fairly big.
I have Djinyatta for Zen and B.Va for D.Va! I guess I am buying Abominable, I am just trying to get to Lv. 120 first, since it is fairly quick to go through the "first" levels again.
And then you die after that. Anyways, only poor Symmetras will put all turrets together. They are better used as anti-flanking tool.
Garrett Hawke
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I put them in areas that people tend to run through in a hurry, either to reach a health pack or to try and flank your team if they know you're defending.
Oh, ok. I guess that's fine.
I like to put them in the rooms that have big health packs in them, and I make sure to spread them out enough that one explosion won't take out all of them. I also make sure that once I kill someone in that room or they all get taken out I try to find another spot to put them. Turrets are most effective when the enemy is surprised and panicking about taking damage, so they can't focus on the turrets and take them out as quickly.
Dead Prince
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also if youre playing symmetra please don't expose the turret. if i can see it from a mile away that you placed it on the corner of the door. please just switch heroes. and don't place it in a spot where i can spam rockets and it get its from the splash damage. but then again. keep doing it. youre not on my team lol.
The second defence point on that level is a nightmare to take with any set up if the other team is even half decent. The number of times I've seen the first point taken instantly then they comfortably hold B for 6 minutes...
Exploratory
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How does McCree counter Tracer? She dodges flashback and is constantly moving so Fan the Hammer usually won't hit. She also has a tiny hit box so headshots with his main fire are tough.
Braag
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The accuracy of that McCree player x_x
backflip10019
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What's the new brawl?
Also, it's really weird to me how they disincentivize playing brawl by giving fewer xp for it. You'd think they'd do the opposite, or at least have the two at parity.
We're all soldiers now.
Brawl is just no fun in general aside from random heroes. It's supposed to be a dumb mode for fun and yet they put a lot of restrictions into it and you don't get any different rewards from participating.
Everyone Soldier 76
One match was enough for me.
Straight Edge
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Apparently they updated the points system. I am still waiting on mine as well and checking everyday.
I'm going to assume the pattern for brawls is "Good -> Bad -> Good -> Bad" from now on, because Arcade mode and Mystery Heroes were both fantastic brawls but I can't give less of a shit about 76-only and Genji/Hanzo-only. Personally I think any brawl that limits the number of available heroes to such a ludicrous degree is going to suck. The whole point of Overwatch is the cast!
I found the most effective strategy to take point B on Anubis is to rush it the very second point A is captured. That way the Defending team doesn't have anytime to set up.
Bastion is way too easy to counter unless there are multiple in a team. I think we've discussed it quite a bit here.
My favorite Symmetra map is Hanamura, I like to put turrets by the 'window' and send orbs through the checkpoint. I got some double kills with one orb a few times last game, that's fun.
Anyways, I don't really get the D-Va as a tanky tracer thing people have latched on to. As far as I'm concerned the only thing D-Va is good for is taking control points on a big push with the group, where her ult and ability to eat up tons of incoming fire/ults comes in handy.
I guess she can take out turrets which the offensive flanking characters might have trouble with. But the problem is when you end up with a D-Va, Reaper, Tracer and Genji team and your Lucio or something is sitting there on the control point wondering why all of these idiots have spread out to four corners of the map.
I got teams like that a LOT yesterday somehow. The best one was when a level 12 locked in Genji immediately, then a 97 comes in and also picks Genji. Cue a huge hissy fit by the 97 about how the level 12 should switch characters. We were on defense too. I just left.
Anyways, I don't really get the D-Va as a tanky tracer thing people have latched on to. As far as I'm concerned the only thing D-Va is good for is taking control points on a big push with the group, where her ult and ability to eat up tons of incoming fire/ults comes in handy.
I guess she can take out turrets which the offensive flanking characters might have trouble with. But the problem is when you end up with a D-Va, Reaper, Tracer and Genji team and your Lucio or something is sitting there on the control point wondering why all of these idiots have spread out to four corners of the map.
I got teams like that a LOT yesterday somehow. The best one was when a level 12 locked in Genji immediately, then a 97 comes in and also picks Genji. Cue a huge hissy fit by the 97 about how the level 12 should switch characters. We were on defense too. I just left.
TheLetdown
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Keep playing. This feeling goes away.
Bastions are a joke right now unless I'm in Mystery Heroes.
Dr. Buni
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Bastion is one of the hardest heroes to be effective with if the opponent team has any idea of what they are doing. If anything they should buff it.
Torbjorn isn't even that good. Why do people ask for literally every defense hero to be nerfed is beyond me.
Pilgrimzero
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Awful time playing last night. It's like people forgot how to play.
Worst game: we couldn't even get past the wrecked train cars at the start of Dorado.
Another game had us with 3 flavors of turrets to defend with and we still got butchered.
Worst game: we couldn't even get past the wrecked train cars at the start of Dorado.
Another game had us with 3 flavors of turrets to defend with and we still got butchered.
divisionbyzorro
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The only thing that frustrates me is when a Reinhardt decides to just be Bastion's personal shield. At that point you just have to hope that your team is willing to seriously coordinate, or just expect that you're going to die.
D.va can be a good flanker at times and she is great if you want to disrupt the opposing team. Especially in Gibraltar where she can fly around and flank the team easily.
mikemandey
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On 10 winning streaks today playing with randoms.. I fear the matchmaking god will put me in some shitty teams soon.. :/
Red Arremer
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Have some rejected Overwatch designs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cz-i_2rnZs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cz-i_2rnZs
Yeah, Pharah pretty much destroys capture point A unless the opposing team is pretty good. Ie. Decent Widowmaker and Torbjorn on the other side. But as soon as you get to B, it's very difficult to make moves without a decent team, the enemy spawn point is just so close.
The Omega Man
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They should make a permanent Brawl event with only Widowmakers to draw all the drek away from the main mode and keep them away.
I played a game yesterday with 3 Widows one of them was named "l33t" I am no lying here.
I played a game yesterday with 3 Widows one of them was named "l33t" I am no lying here.
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