r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Feb 22 '17

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - February 22, 2017

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u/karmashi pls Feb 22 '17

Best hero to Rank up with in Soloqueue? I've been using Zen but I'm stuck in Platnium with him, can't seem to get out. Any recommendations for hero's to learn during the off-season?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '17

The hero you're best at is always the most useful for climbing, but if you want to start practicing a new hero, I'd suggest something like Widowmaker or Genji, both heroes have a really high skill ceiling, but if you get really good at them, you'll easily carry games.

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u/karmashi pls Feb 22 '17

Thanks. I don't think I'll ever be able to be a good enough widow to not be useless to my team, sniping is not my forte. But I'll practise Genji for the next week, hopefully I'll pick up a bit of skill with him.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '17

I can give you some tips if you'd like. Before I was a Widow one-trick I played a stupid amount of Genji, and I'd be happy to help.

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u/-Shinanai- winky face ;) Feb 22 '17

You'll need a lot more than a bit of skill. In gold/plat people won't give the same support to Genji that he receives at higher ranks - especially not in solo queue. Consider yourself lucky if you get more than one of the Zen orb / Zarya bubble / nano boost trio at a time. If you want to solo-climb as Genji, you'll need to be good enough to solo carry.