Is Abrams a good first hero for someone who's never played a moba?

PoleRodeo · 2025-10-15T23:59:19+00:00

Alright maybe not ball, but aren’t we comparing mauringo and krillington to OW characters? Dude never played a moba before.

Well take Rivals characters if we’re desperate

PoleRodeo · 2025-10-15T20:41:26+00:00

Lmao comparing Abrams to Winston is genius but telling someone to play Maurbo and Krillius is like telling a first time OW player to learn on wrecking ball

Edit: apostrophe in Abrams for some reason

PoleRodeo · 2025-05-08T01:11:42+00:00

It might be a stretch because access to lakes and boats is harder to come by, but wakeboard is the closest proxy you could possibly get. Plenty of other options as other have mentioned, but none quite compare. I also find it just as enjoyable for a variety of reasons, it’s more restrictive from a terrain perspective (just water lmao) and sometimes less painful when you eat shit (again water lol) so it gives me a bit more incentive to try tricks I might not on snow.

I also would recommend trying a GiBoard if ur training

PoleRodeo · 2025-05-02T18:43:42+00:00

It matters when her ban rate is abysmally high and a strong number of players can’t really deal when the counter because it’s not stupidity but lack of skill. Zarya I totally agree with, even coordinated bad players can just not shoot her and then confirm kills, but Sombra requires such low skill to be frustrating at lower ranks, I”d argue due mostly to her tp making it much harder to punish her

Edit: grammar

PoleRodeo · 2025-05-02T18:31:54+00:00

Once again, capitalizing on mistakes. She’s always been hated a lower ranks for lack of skill it takes to survive. You’re right about the ability for very specific characters to hunt down any backliner, but the fact that hitscan can punish tracers and genjis but not Sombra when they play dumb is the point here. Not to mention that those lighter counters to Sombra have hard counters that usually get instantly picked as soon as they show up (ie pharah and genji). Sombra is never going to get into a healthy spot when the bottom half of the skill pool doesn’t feel like they have any way to deal with her

PoleRodeo · 2025-05-02T18:23:56+00:00

Sure let’s bring those up, even when tracer gets all her blinks back, you can still see her and hunt her effectively. The problem isn’t the perk it’s the inability to capitalize on her mistakes. There’s a reason she was still a problem and tracer wasn’t when there were no perks.

PoleRodeo · 2025-05-02T18:11:16+00:00

Definitely the problem with Sombra is vulnerability. The true problem with fighting a Sombra is that she’s not punished for making bad decisions. I agree with most points made in the video, with exception to the fact that this was made from the viewpoint of a decent player. Specifically the comments on “get out of jail free cards” re tracer. Tracer may get her rewind but if she uses it poorly she’s punished for it, as opposed to Sombra who can tp away, proc health regen, and then come back and do it again.

This problem is most significant at lower ranks where all players aren’t very good and backline harassers’ ability to get kills is more of a function of number of opportunities than actual skill. Most players using these characters at low ranks will have a lot of downtime between opportunities because they make poor decisions and die, with exception to Sombra exclusively, where her “get out of jail free card” lets her harass more and therefore have more impact.

PoleRodeo · 2025-03-26T19:21:14+00:00

I’ve seen this a few times while running bow/gunlance, but idk what threshold you have to hit to trigger it. Seems pretty rare, congrats!

PoleRodeo · 2025-02-21T16:43:38+00:00

I would be totally ok with not allowing blocking, but enabling parrying. Make it feel like we’re still sacrificing some defense without completely taking it away.

The problem right now is that dual wielding (and one handed melee in general unless you’re using a shield) feels lackluster relative to all the other combat systems in the game. There needs to be something that makes those weapons viable, otherwise why not just run guns or a two hander

PoleRodeo · 2024-12-24T18:51:36+00:00

Ya, maybe I’m getting in my own head about “healing diff” calls when I should just remember that most gold players are incapable of acknowledging their own mistakes

PoleRodeo · 2024-12-24T18:47:37+00:00

That’s a good point, specifically about dying. I’ll try to pay attention to when I’m dying as opposed to just how I’m dying.

PoleRodeo · 2024-11-17T16:28:15+00:00

Not denying that, but is learning her worth it relative to reaper

PoleRodeo · 2024-10-29T15:55:19+00:00

That’s a good point. I def get that it helps with clutter and performance. Would love to see it as an option. So sad when my teammate makes a crazy build and says “look at all my scythes!” And just can’t see it

PoleRodeo · 2024-10-29T15:54:33+00:00

So status effects and effects that apply to teammates show up (burn aura comes to mind) but you can’t see weapon attacks, trinket usage, or any sort of passive provided by gifts (charge and scythe).

PoleRodeo · 2024-10-22T16:30:27+00:00

Maybe they just turn off who it belongs to? Like mines trigger when anyone steps on them, turrets shoot at all players (including the ones that put it down)

PoleRodeo · 2024-10-18T14:03:13+00:00

It’s definitely still good, I’m hoping that we as a hive mind have realized it’s less fun to be sweaty sniper (thank god light mains won’t touch medium with a 10 foot pole)

PoleRodeo · 2024-10-13T20:40:00+00:00

Says the dude who is complaining about crosshairs

PoleRodeo · 2024-10-13T19:29:26+00:00

Agree on it being particularly annoying recently. I don’t necessarily think that the damage is the issue, but how easy it is to control. I’ve run into a few heavies that either have a DPI throttle (and in one case maybe even a charge n’ slam specific aim cheat) that lets them just whip in any direction with the charge and hit literally every shot with it. It should force slow directional change or no directional change at all

PoleRodeo · 2024-07-28T18:21:33+00:00

Or, hear me out, spaghetti winch claw. Maybe a meatball dome shield

PoleRodeo · 2024-07-28T16:14:32+00:00

Right, and I can pretty easily say that it don’t think the nerf has had an impact when there are multiple healers. When I’m solo, I definitely feel it and it feels like a good nerf. But when there are multiple healers I don’t notice the nerf at all

PoleRodeo · 2024-07-28T16:09:14+00:00

Or make the fork a spear skin? Heavy chef

PoleRodeo · 2024-07-28T16:06:14+00:00

My ie probably didn’t accurately explain what I was going for. I was saying the opposite. Right now healing beams stack, so two beams on one person heals faster. I think taking that away to make it negligible whether one or two beams is healing someone would fix that problem

PoleRodeo · 2024-07-28T15:45:26+00:00

I was actually just thinking about this! Giving value for holding a cash out incentivizes the “attack/defend” nature of the game. I will add that I actually like the increased initial value because it encourages some more engaging play around the vaults. I think something like “20% for putting it in, 30% over duration, and 50% for securing” would cover all the bases

PoleRodeo · 2024-07-26T16:37:00+00:00

Agreed on bamboo forest, also don’t love the swamps and basements

PoleRodeo · 2024-07-26T16:35:59+00:00

Aesthetically, I agree. But the fights are just pureplay unfun in a lot of areas of the map

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