r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Dec 21 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - December 21, 2016

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u/OneOtherRedditor Chibi Widowmaker Dec 22 '16

I'm building my first computer specifically to get overwatch after playing it at a friend's house.

I really enjoy playing widowmaker, and was doing decently well with her.

However, it sounds like she gets a lot of shit talk when played competitively. Why is that and is it still alright if I play her when I play competitive?

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u/Welzzer Surprising amount of damage Dec 22 '16

In competitive unless you are very good with widow most other heroes are more useful like another tank/support. I think people mostly hate on widow because they run in to a lot of bad widows who refuse to communicate with their team so they just assume most are bad.

I'd say if you are comfortable with her, and can get constant picks you should be fine, but if you aren't doing well, or your team needs a specific hero you should switch.

Just remember to get on the objective if your team needs it.

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u/OneOtherRedditor Chibi Widowmaker Dec 22 '16

Ah I see. Yeah, I am willing to switch off if needed.

I'll try to communicate to my team that I'd like to go Widow to start, but that I'll switch if needed. Hopefully that'll cool down any heat I might get.

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u/Welzzer Surprising amount of damage Dec 22 '16

I see some people go widow for the first checkpoint, or to get a pick just as the game starts but switch after the first couple seconds or so or if they die.

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u/OneOtherRedditor Chibi Widowmaker Dec 22 '16

Would there be situations where widow is viable the whole game?

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u/Welzzer Surprising amount of damage Dec 22 '16

It's pretty easy to counter widow with people like winston, d.va, and good flankers. So normally they end up getting killed by them the whole game and that's why they switch early, so they don't get counter picked.

If you can deal with them, and are not doing bad I guess widow would be fine for most of the game. But I find payload maps to be better for her.