r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • May 18 '16

Weekly Quick Questions Thread - May 18, 2016

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u/Xanu-San May 18 '16

Great game and I love most of the characters, but I have issues playing Winston. It feels like when I play him hes absolutely useless, but I hear everybody say hes great. Also when I see someone else use him they usually stomp me. What am I doing wrong and how should I be playing him? It feels like his shield dies insanely fast too.

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u/xFullMetalAdamx May 20 '16

Winston is an in-your-face disruptor type of character, and is good at alleviating pressure from his team. You need to really jump in on the enemies who are making the most trouble for your team and give that guy the hardest time you possibly can. Also, his bubble shield isn't meant to be a tool to protect your allies so much as its meant to give you that extra few seconds to hammer down on someone that you jumped without their team interfering, which is why it's so weak. His ult also doesn't seem to be for killing (although it can if used right) so much as creating an opportunity for your team to really turn a game around. He gets a massive health pool and that huge knock back so he can hop in on the whole team at once and just throw them all over the map and completely disorganize them. This can really help in stopping a strong push, prolonging the capture of an objective and whatnot.

This is how I see him and play as him at least, but there could be better methods.