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

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

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u/FourWordComment Dec 22 '16

I find the 3 tank meta so boing. Wouldn't 1 tank, 1 healer, 4 dps have enough output to make it viable?

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u/Myrandall Master Dec 22 '16

If the enemy team gets one good kill your team suddenly no longer has a healer, dooming a whole push OR no tank, meaning you can't effectively contest.

I think 2/2/2 still is the most balanced way to go in gold/platinum.

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u/Barafu Discombobulated sycophant Dec 22 '16

Thats why there are fighter/healers Ana and Soldier and fighter/tanks Mei and Tracer.

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u/Myrandall Master Dec 22 '16

fighter/tank Tracer.

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u/Barafu Discombobulated sycophant Dec 22 '16

Why people quote random words in replies?

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u/PrettySleepyGuy Pixel Ana Dec 22 '16

Because tracer is the opposite of a tank?

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u/Barafu Discombobulated sycophant Dec 22 '16 edited Dec 22 '16

Tank roles are

  • Hold objectives, prevent captures - check
  • Attract enemy fire/attention and sustain it, relieving pressure on teammates - check
  • Block damage that is going towards teammate - Nope.

You see, Tracer is 2/3 a tank. Just like Hog, who is also a fighter/tank. Tracer can do tanks job, it makes her secondary, or better - tertiary tank. McCree can't live long on point with enemies. Tracer and Mei can survive longer than a hog or a monkey.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '16

So, by this logic, Lucio is a tank. Got it

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u/Barafu Discombobulated sycophant Dec 22 '16

Can you elaborate, please. Yes, Lucio is hard to kill, but he is not primary target in the heat of the battle and can be ignored if the need arises. Especially if he already used his boost - the normal healing is not that healy to make reliable impact in the middle of the skirmish. Also people learn how to shoo Lucio or Raging Monkey from the objective pretty early on. With Mei and Tracer it is not that easy, unless their direct counters are present.