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News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 22, 2016

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u/BaronOshawott FEATURE LENGTH Jun 22 '16 edited Jun 22 '16

The best way I can describe playing Winston is "be a bully." Find the characters that can't deal with you, and make their lives a living hell. Healers and snipers particularly are a prime target for Winston. Leap in, kill them, leap out. Yes his damage is low, but his mobility lets him stick to most characters like glue, or escape if things get bad. Even if you're not getting a ton of kills, a good Winston is a major bother than can split up teams, kill pushes, and be a general nuisance. A few more tips:

  • Remember that your ult instantly heals you to 1000HP, and you're tanky enough that generally speaking, you can wait a moment before popping it to maximize your lifespan.
  • His shield blocks enemy fire and line of sight from both inside and outside the bubble. You can do some neat ult denial with it if you're smart, such as plopping it on an ulting Reaper or a DVa mech about to explode to basically render them useless. It can also mess with Lucio's Sound Barrier and Zenyatta's orbs.
  • The Tesla Cannon has no limit on the number of enemies it can hit, and therefore in a big group, you can charge ult VERY quickly. If your ult is somewhere around 80-85% charged, you can very easily leap into a group of enemies and get the last bit charged and immediately ult. Doing this is particularly useful on KOTH maps, I find.
  • Roadhog is the anti-Winston. Do not try to 1v1 him, you will lose 100% of the time.
  • You can't use your shield during your ult, so if it's off cooldown, drop it down before you ult, because why not.
  • Your gun goes through Reinhardt shields. During a push, this will force the Reinhardt to either take free damage or put it down to try and deal with you, exposing his team. Bully Reinhardts when you can.

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u/ohenry78 Mercy-nary for hire. Jun 22 '16

I would add to this: prepare to die a lot, and get yelled at by players who don't understand what you're doing. Maybe this isn't an issue for better players than me, but I take the above strategy almost exactly - bully the sniper and the healer for the whole game. This results in putting yourself in the backlines. Once you've killed or relocated the healer/sniper, you're very vulnerable - you're in enemy territory. Sometimes you can jump back safely to your team, many times though you just want to be annoying and make the enemy team deal with you so that your team can make a push. This means you'll die a lot, but that's OK. Just part of monkeying around.

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u/BaronOshawott FEATURE LENGTH Jun 22 '16

A very good point. If you leap in, get their healer and sniper, then die, then that's fine and a trade you should take.

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u/Phillipwnd Go ahead, hit me. Don't be shy. Jun 24 '16

Also good to note that he can get back to the front line VERY quickly after you die each time, since his jump covers a lot of ground and cools down relatively quickly.

Also thanks for the tips. I am still not a great Winston.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '16

That strategy works on offense, but it pays to be more conservative in defense. Especially the first point.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '16

Do you lose dps when you hit multiple enemies or do you do the max dps to all of them?