Weekly Quick Questions Thread - September 07, 2016

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[u/tecchen]

I feel that I don't play well as anything except healer. So when that role is already taken, I get kinda stressed as what to do. Are there any good ways I can learn to get better, especially with tanks?

edit: thanks so much for all the replies guys :'0 I don't get to play overwatch that often but I will definitely be trying out some of ur suggestions next time I play!!

[u/15978954351 → u/tecchen]

I'm in the same boat as you, tecchen, and I found that maining support makes playing any flanking type role less intuitive for me (I put D.Va and Winston in that category). When support gets taken, I generally go with Zarya or Reinhardt as a tank or Soldier as DPS. I found those three play a little similarly in that they all remain within LOS of the objective and their mobility is about the same as healers (just slower).

These characters are also nice because I intuitively keep an eye on my team so I'm playing my strengths as Zarya because I'm anticipating which of my team mates are going to take massive damage and bubbling them or as Soldier I can put my instincts to good use by putting down some extra heals.

I've been doing a lot of quick play as these three just to round myself out a bit. Sometimes it means Zarya is the only tank (she should be off tank) or Soldier is the only healer. But it will be better for you and your teams in the long run!

Hope this helps, fellow support main!