Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yes. Yes it totally does. I know this because I play both of them a lot.
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Yes. Yes it totally does. I know this because I play both of them a lot.
optimus8936
Banned
Can confirm. The only healing it doesn't block is Tracers recall, which makes sense with how the ability works.
MarioHead3
Banned
I'm quite certain Ice Block negates the grenade's effects just like Recall and Wraith Form.
Unless I'm thinking of Discord Orb.
Did you solo up to 3500?
optimus8936
Banned
Pretty sure I've had times where I Wraith Form and I still have the grenade effect.
MarioHead3
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My mistake. I'm definitely thinking of Discord.
Kor of Memory
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My apologies. I could swear I read something from blizzard a ways back that said Mei could heal through it.
I mostly solo'd up to 3470. I played two games with my wife tonight and we won both of them.
I hit master rank and could no longer play with my wife.
Then. Turns out I actually hit top 500 at the same time.
Head of Vengarl
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Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
If this was me I would accidentally fall off the edge.
SgtWiggles
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Just got accused of throwing a match by a guy who went Widowmaker on Numbani Attack......I healed the first round because his premade took both DPS and one of the Tank roles.
I really love people sometimes
I really love people sometimes
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Ana's grenade is freaking powerful man. One of the most powerful tools in the game on a relatively short cool down and it can give lucio 80hps with amp it up.
I honestly believe that once teams get her down she's going to be used outside of the 3T3S role. She just has such a great toolset albeit difficult to master. I actually notice a lot of the top DPS players really like playing as her. Which I can see why, because she's the most active and technical support character. I've been thinking of branching her out to be my main healer once I get more comfortable with using her. Right now I still can't really get the feel of her proper positioning within the maps.
yeehamuffins
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Well, finally ended my horrible loss streak, helping out a fairly decent team as Mercy on King's Row. Diamond probably isn't happening, but at the very least I hope I can get to the point where I'm not the only "Platinum" among a bunch of Golds due to how far I've dropped. We shall see.
Oh, and I actually saw one in the wild: Ana PotM's DO exist! It was a Lifesaver, so guess she must have hit an enemy just as they were about to finish someone off.
Oh, and I actually saw one in the wild: Ana PotM's DO exist! It was a Lifesaver, so guess she must have hit an enemy just as they were about to finish someone off.
Berserking Guts
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I thought they fixed Mercy getting POTG all the time.
optimus8936
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There's just so much she can do. Here's the things I can name:
1. Damage enemies with weapon
2. Heal teammates with weapon
3. CC enemies for up to 8 seconds
4. Grenade for self heal
5. Grenade that increases teammates healing and your own
6. Grenade that negates enemy healing
7. Grenade just plain heals 100 hp
8. Grenade just plain deals damage to enemies
9. Fantastic ult
10. Weapon is fantastic at all ranges
It's just so much. You're rarely not doing something as Ana. I love it. I hope Blizz makes more characters with this much utility.
LucidMomentum
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The tradeoff is you have to know what you're doing, otherwise you look lackluster at everything lol.
I just won a match where I got shot by Deadeye as Winston right at the end, the game crashed, and when I reconnected I had a loot box and +30 SR waiting for me.
Lol.
Vault Dweller 111
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Ana is easily the most fun character to have a good match with in the whole game. Her being a legitimate good pick when you figure out how to play her is icing on the cake.
If I'm feeling a little down on Overwatch (which I kind of am lately) I feel like I can just go QP Ana for some fun ass games.
If I'm feeling a little down on Overwatch (which I kind of am lately) I feel like I can just go QP Ana for some fun ass games.
finalflame
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You know, I consider moonmoon a pretty damn good player, and he just got assfucked by a semi-pro team in comp. Comes to show you how many orders of magnitude above even the high-average level of skill these dudes are.
dang, well SLAY da game. Mine's been quite a journey from 2700...
Holy shit that looks like my graph! Minus the first dip. Fucking killed it at the beginning of season 2. Placed mid gold (woulda been higher but I fucking sucked hard season 1 and got stuck super low), went immediately on a winning streak straight to plat, then I've just been slowly plummeting. One really bad day w five losses and since then like days with 50% wins, but since I was so low season 1, 50% wins means I'm falling closer to last season's level because that's where the ranking system wants to put me, I have to go back on that beginning of season 2 streak to break outta this, or it's back to the pits of hell for me.
Moon moon is a pretty balls to the wall player. He's good, but any team that's at his level, but more organized is going to melt him. It's not all really just skill, it's team play.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I mean he's good but that much is obvious.
finalflame
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Yah he doesn't try hard very often, but he has pretty good teammates that generally know exactly what they're doing. But yah, you're right, without the coordination it's not gonna be enough to go up against a semi-pro team that scrims on the daily.
Just goes back to my observation that even these pros can't carry in solo queue pretty often, though. The opposing team was pretty much a full stack of pro players. But yet often times these same pro players (actually, better players like mendokusaii, harbleu, IDDQD, KYB, etc) go solo queue and can't carry. Just imagining how much better than the rest of us they are, and that even then they still get their shit pushed in on occasion when solo queueing, is reasserting.
finalflame
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Even if coordinated I'm just tired of fighting another 6 man stack. it's tiring, tbh lol
Full 6 man stacks can be exhausting. In fact, I suspect that's part of the reason for my current sad state. Played too many game with different 6 stacks on losing streaks, while I didn't take the time to do solo queue in between to bring my rank back up each time, while everyone else in the stacks did. Maybe by this weekend...
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
6 stacks are brutal. They're fun but unless your team is constantly on their shit you'll more often find other 6 stacks that are more on their shit than your team.
Duo and triple queue gives you a better chance. IMO.
Had an Ana hold her boost the entire game, and never used it.
Yes, absolutely. The problem is that the game is fucking fun and everyone and their mom has it, so when you start playing with a group of friends if it's a good night the team can easily snowball into a full stack even if you didn't plan on it originally. So hard to say no...
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I've actually gone the other end in that regard with ana's ult. I almost use it too liberally now knowing how fast it charges.
Sometimes I'll charge the rein just to clear 1 or 2 people for us to capture the point. Probably better to save it for the next push but I'm guaranteed to get it by then.
Sometimes I'll charge the rein just to clear 1 or 2 people for us to capture the point. Probably better to save it for the next push but I'm guaranteed to get it by then.
Bumbletron
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I love that I've finally gotten good with McCree the last few weeks. Consistently beating diamond level McCree mains with 100+ hours to his name feels good. I might actually start running dps in solo queue comp.
Yes, absolutely. The problem is that the game is fucking fun and everyone and their mom has it, so when you start playing with a group of friends if it's a good night the team can easily snowball into a full stack even if you didn't plan on it originally. So hard to say no...
Yeah. It's tough to say no to people. In the future, as party leader, I may just flip it over to Quick Play if the party balloons to 6.
It's all about having fun as a group anyways.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I kinda want to find a 6-stack that would go 3T3S with me though.
That was not a good match. Lol
TimeEffect
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Some of these trophies are impossible. 4 kills with deadeye? Never going to happen. Most players are too smart and know the game too well to get caught by that
Coordination as a group isn't just about player skill, it's also about concentration. I'm sure everyone has won games as a 6 stack, and some of those games would have been steamrolls too. When you're all working together and putting in serious effort a 6 stack is unstoppable. The problem is, it's hard to maintain that level of play and the more games you play, the more likely that it starts slipping because keeping that level of intensity is hard.
AnotherNils
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Saw someone with a silver portrait on PS4 tonight. It had no star under it. That makes him roughly 500?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I actually got that, but it was during PTR. ;_;
Actually had a mccree that did that yesterday to save our bacon. The enemy team was too busy wiping us out after they built ult advantage so the mccree popped to the back, deadeye'd and goddamn held onto the payload nearly solo.
MarioHead3
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600.
AnotherNils
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I think four is still good. One less random. 5 sucks because half the time you'll get matched against a 6 stack anyway.
Yeah, I'm fine with that.
Of course, what we're basically saying is SR should be unique for party size. They should have 3 tiers for 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6 stacks.
TheStruggler
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0-3 tonight yet im getting 3-4 gold medals a game, fuck these team mates god
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Try not to evaluate gold medals without context. It's a trap people fall into too easily.
https://gfycat.com/PolishedDistantKudu
You can get gold while making a lot of fundamental mistakes. Sure it could mean that your team suck balls too but you can only control yourself.
TimeEffect
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Some ults are fairly easy to counter. So many people are good at popping shields and running away.
It makes the trophies very frustrating as you need like 4 kills with 1 ult with some of them. Guess Ill hope for some blind luck
Can someone explain the character portraits? The stars and all that. What are the levels?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also saw this VOD review of a silver tier player that yes, even though you got gold medals, there are still mistakes you can make and areas you can always improve on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPidyYriMg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPidyYriMg
MarioHead3
Banned
Sounds like he's just saying his team is bad, which is probably true.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That's fair enough then. It's just that I'm so used to people talking about gold medals to deflect in a way.
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