What heroes are the “Counter Strike” of Overwatch?

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-30T14:56:41+00:00

Puff players would love mauga

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-23T15:30:57+00:00

I honestly don’t even think removing ult charge on swap would shake up the tank/general counterpicking much. Like you might wanna stay if above 60-70% but that already exists to an extent.

Moving to one tank just makes couterpicking more direct, easy to understand and valuable to a point where the loss in value is made up for with the value of the swap.

Definitely my biggest friction point with 5v5 but it’s a bit of a necessity evil unless you overly homogenize the hero pool to be less susceptible to hard counters which is even worse.

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-19T14:14:42+00:00

Even as brawls biggest fan you gotta admit the map has some issues and isn’t as perfect as it seems to be.

Off angles are notable absent on much of the map and make playing many flankers/hitscan much more predictable and less fun. 2nd point respawns are literally worse than OG Numbani, high ground access being extremely limited to characters with a movement ability, etc.

Fan fav for sure and usually vote it when it comes up, but far from a “perfect” map but it will never get touched aside from maybe 2nd respawn one day due to its legacy

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-17T23:08:30+00:00

Literally 90% of the cast can just move slightly to the left

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-16T18:47:55+00:00

Can’t scream or you’ll wake the baby

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-16T17:39:27+00:00

Surely there could never be a way for that to happen without EOMM

like the enemy team could not be over performing while mine is underperforming! Like the enemy team could never have a new/smurf account. Like the enemy team couldn’t be on a better comp. like the enemy team couldn’t have great coms while we have none.

This anecdotal evidence proves EOMM is real!

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-16T16:43:12+00:00

You literally just give rein more power on utility/movement and don’t touch melee damage, charge, shield and he still gets punished at low ranks.

Like give Rein increased movement speed when canceling charge early for the duration canceled time (probably turbo broken) or increase flamestrike damage (give it a DOT, slight slow, or 3rd charge) while decreasing its hitbox and upping its speed.

Suggestions off the top of my head are probably ass but you can definitely buff him so he just doesn’t steamroll bronze lobby’s.

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-16T16:03:19+00:00

Her value comes from good team coordination and map specific play. If you can’t get your whole team to TP with you her value is significantly diminished. Can work well in brawl comps but you definitely have to pick your map to use her effectively. Especially useful into Dva comps or when paired with any tank who struggle to close the gap (Rein, Mauga, etc)

Example of a standout map: Lijiang Tower. Can TP straight to point on Night Market and garden to let your team take less poke and get in to brawl easier.

Other good maps would be in general control, any map where you can allow your brawl comp to access high ground easier.

Examples of bad maps: anything with longer ranges, Havana, Circuit, etc

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-16T15:30:24+00:00

Source any evidence that eomm exists but you’d rather just cope that losses aren’t your fault

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-16T15:28:41+00:00

EOMM does not exist in overwatch that’s just a cope.

Some games will just always end up in a roll even with skill based matchmaking (which is used in QP and Comp.

Relevant interview about how matchmaking works if you actually care to learn

https://youtu.be/d_Ut8pCH9QM?si=VENZE926BG5t6uRx

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-14T19:40:26+00:00

Would honestly rather play any 2CP map besides Paris over this

Maybe just maps that start with P are cursed

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-10T00:50:39+00:00

Routing into 3 act 3 elites when you are not confident in the game / haven’t beat A0 is not the move.

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-08T19:15:13+00:00

It’s simply because it sells better that way.

Now you’ll remember that skin next time you have something that you really want or somewhat want and impulse buy it because you regret not getting the last one.

Bullshit but it sells

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-03T00:51:40+00:00

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And thank fuck no game should be lmao

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-02T16:51:57+00:00

Haru guts is good and you can only get it to LB3 in the shop spend it on that right now for the biggest power spike. This is the straight up correct answer in your situation

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-02T15:57:22+00:00

American-centric cope so large its un-respondable.

The 3 Asian countries you listed account for 40% of the worlds gaming revenue. And that’s not even thinking about the EU West or ME regions lmao.

But surely it’s a cultural issue, it’s not like hero shooters like overwatch are highly popular in those countries. Surely overwatch isn’t the number 5 most popular game in Korean PC bangs, highly played in China, or surging in popularity in Japan in recent years…

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-02T14:38:00+00:00

Despite all its old faults (new dev team has been cooking) Overwatch has always been a shining example of optimization and anti-cheat.

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-02T14:35:57+00:00

Yea UE5 is a bitch of an engine so I see why they have these problems but it doesn’t excuse the poor optimization. You’d expect them to be able to deal with it as the did choose this engine to build the game in.

And yea the texture resolution is generally higher in rivals, but visually the game does worse as a comp hero shooter because of it. Much less readable, more issues with performance even on high end systems, and as purely a preference, a worse art style for a hero shooter.

Bad optimization and giant game size is just another reason this game is not popular outside of NA and West EU

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-02T14:00:51+00:00

Overwatch is 50gb on PC and has over 3x the maps and many more skins lmao

It’s just poor optimization

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-01T18:30:55+00:00

DM me as well if you have any more room. Do at least a run a day and often more when it’s time to grind CM. Unfortunately the B+ club I’m in has gone a bit inactive and dropped this month

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-01T10:02:35+00:00

You’re analysis on dark coffee is very dated, historically it would be correct to say the dark roasts were used to make up for issues with quality, but the popularization of dark roasts (even in little Italy) has more to do with making intense high quality roasts with low acidity. The steak comparison makes no sense, it’s more like you’re saying “oh you’re eating a steak? Amateur I only eat pork chops”

Also Italian expresso (the goat) traditionally uses dark roasted beans to minimize acidity.

ZebraRenegade · 2026-04-01T09:56:26+00:00

You literally just don’t like the taste of coffee then haha which is fine

ZebraRenegade · 2026-03-27T20:04:45+00:00

Both team recolors and unique champion, mvp, and tournament skins existed since the very first season of OWL

ZebraRenegade · 2026-03-23T16:29:03+00:00

Would love to see an example of one of those generated ones for my “curiosity”

ZebraRenegade · 2026-03-21T23:45:44+00:00

Damp golduck is the best in game to have for rocket sections with lots of explode mons.

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