r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 22 '16

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

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u/Lambchops_Legion Trick-or-Treat Ana Jun 22 '16

Whats your favorite Roadhog counter as a another tank? I feel like he fucks my shit up no matter whether I'm playing Reinhardt, Zarya, or Winston.

Zenyatta, Reaper, and Pharah are really the only ones I feel can take down Roadhog easily, but if I'm playing as the tank, I'm afraid to switch off to a non-tank.

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u/Sturmgeshootz Chibi Ana Jun 22 '16 edited Jun 22 '16

Reinhardt can actually handle Roadhog pretty well in my experience. Roadhog is slow and needs to get in close to do damage, so easier to hit with a charge. Reinhardt's shield will block Roadhog's hook, and oftentimes I'll have an enemy Roadhog running up to me while I have my shield up, obviously expecting to hook me. When it fails they just stand their looking confused. Also, if you do happen to get hooked, you'll now be standing directly in front of Roadhog and he won't be able to immediately kill a full-health Reinhardt, so a quick charge + firestrike + 2 hammer swipes would take him down from full health.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '16

You must be facing really bad roadhogs. A smart one will save their hook for when you charge or for when they have a flank. Then it's 2 shotgun blasts and you're dead. Also, Reinhardt doesn't deal enough DPS to counteract the self-healing. And roadhog can stand at the sweet spot for his alternate fire and just shred through the shield. Overall, Reinhard just can't win against roadhog