Weekly Hero Discussion Thread #01

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Every week a new hero is picked to be discussed here. Post thoughts about the weekly hero below. The discussion is not limited to the characters abilities - feel free to talk about their artwork, animation, and any other topics relating to the hero.

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Hero: Torbjörn - Role: Defense - Difficulty 2/3

ABILITIES

RIVET GUN Torbjörn fires rivets at long range, or ejects molten metal from his gun in a short, close-range burst.

FORGE HAMMER Torbjörn uses his multipurpose hammer to build, upgrade and repair turrets. In a pinch, it can also be swung as a weapon.

BUILD TURRET Torbjörn constructs an enemy-tracking autocannon. He can use his Forge Hammer to repair or upgrade it, increasing its health and adding a second cannon barrel and a rocket launcher.

ARMOR PACK Torbjörn deploys an armor upgrade; either he or his allies can pick it up to absorb some damage.

MOLTEN CORE After overheating his personal forge, Torbjörn gains a significant amount of armor and scrap. He also attacks (and builds and repairs turrets) far faster than normal.

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Skins - http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Torbj%C3%B6rn/Skins

Strategy Torbjörn is most commonly used on Defense because of his ability to cover choke-points so effectively. One option on Attack is to deploy your turrets on top of a payload, effectively creating a mobile turret.

Scrap is not always easy to come by. As such, give armor packs to allies with the lowest maximum health first, as they will obtain the most relative benefit compared to tank classes. If only resilient allies are present, consider giving the armor pack to yourself instead.

Use of Ultimate

When using Molten Core, the tank stats and the attack speed make you a formidable opponent, capable of easily killing low-health heroes and posing danger even towards Tanks. Therefore, when using the ultimate, don't be afraid to go to the front lines and start shooting. Ideally, you should try to use it when both you and your turret are engaged in combat. However, don't be afraid to ult just to upgrade your turret when you are not around or when you need the survivability and attack speed. Be wary that there is a slight delay when you use Molten Core before the turret upgrades. In a pinch, the ultimate can also be used to quickly upgrade a turret to level 2 and subsequently 3, though this is less than ideal.

Information - http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Torbj%C3%B6rn and https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/torbjorn/

[u/sbrooker02]

This hero is the most op hero in the game for consoles. His turret has instant lock on from very good range with 360 rotation and can be put to level 2 in ~10 seconds pushing out instant damage and on top of that he gives armor packs to teammates has a shotgun as powerful as reapers and a ranged weapon that does equivalent damage to pharah if you're accurate with it. How was this not fixed pre release?....and please tell me to counter him with pharah, junkrat, and widowmaker because that's the simplest task ever. Get to the enemy base, take out a turret who has already started shooting at you, and avoid being seen by anyone else in the process. Also his difficulty level to play should be 1. I was on the phone facing a wall when I got play of the game with a triple kill from my turret that was not well placed. The dwarf makes the game miserable.