That's actually really good advice. Imagine how much less cancerous ranked or even QP would be if we could all have that attitude and strategy.
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New failing trend seems to be no one wanting to heal, tank OR play a DPS with good ranged attacks...
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
-Kujako-
The mentality of 76 being a great counter to Pharah is a carry over from before her mobility buff. When she could spend less time in the sky it was easier for him to keep track of her and pump her full of bullets. It's certainly possible now, too, but now that she can move through the air more easily it's easier for her to escape and position herself for an advantage.
Not to mention there's a good chance that the 76 in question is being hassled on ground level by other members of Pharah's team. A lot of people seem to forget that this is a team based game. Yes, hard counters exist but that doesn't mean the Tracer darting about the battlefield can't put a few bullets in the Reinhardt chasing the D.va on her team.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
-Kujako-
who ask you to solo VS 2 ?
You still have your team arround you. Dva/Rein should protect you. Roadhog can hook Mercy. A single ana shot on mercy should help you enough to kill her as Soldier.
Its not because "hitscan counte pharah/mercy" that you are expected to go full single rambo VS them. It's still a team game, play as a team.
If you push a button that finds you a 'random group' and it gives you a random group of people with random skill and random knowledge then you have no right to complain that a 'random group' button did what it was designed to do. The fault lies in your inability to make friends to play with instead of relying on a button designed to be random. It is a 'random group' button, not a 'best of the best' button.
That's my exact point, there is a total miss conception soldier should solo Pharah 1 v 1 or even 1 v 2. It's a team game and more often than not you get left (as soldier) to be a single counter. More often than not you get charged by Dva and yet still your team will be whining.. "Soldier kill Pharah" all game, "you're shit soldier kill Pharah" etc. Etc.
Another Pharah + Mercy! ^^
Seriously been countered that way before, if their Pharah is even a little bit better at aiming than your own then you're going down, Pharah one shots 200 health people with body shots with Mercy's damage buff, which means the other Mercy can't save their Pharah or themselves.
Indeed, trying to keep a positive attitude and stopping people from arguing with each other has significantly improved my chances of winning games and made us turn games we thought for sure we were going to lose. A week ago I played Anubis defence and the opposing team captured both points within a minute and some manner of seconds, people immediately started blaming, complaining etc, I tried to tell them to calm down and work together as nicely as I could, and guess what, we captured the second point 20 seconds slower than they did, all of a sudden we had a fighting chance.
I also think he hits the nail on the head at 08:10, people are way too caught up in what heroes "must" be played, as a main Mercy I get stuff like "Mercy's bad on attack", "Mercy's no good on king of the hill", "Mercy's bad against Winston", yet I get gold healing every game, turn fights around and end up receiving praise and friend requests even from the opposing team. Just try to keep a positive attitude and remain calm.
And most important of all: Have fun!
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I've started playing Ana far more, so I can help v's a Pharah.. Played 3 games last night where their Pharah swapped due to being shut down by me and soldier anytime she showed, all I had to do was tag her once. We won the games easily as they were 5 v 6 before any major engagement.
No characters are 1:1 shutdowns without the team doing something and v/v. Example, Winston is a hard counter to Genji but only if Genji's team doesn't heal him or try and damage the Winston at all. Same with Phara, Soldier is only a counter if no one tries to heal the Pharah or kill Soldier. This is a team game. You don't pick one character and say 'ok guys, we have shut them down let's roll this game'...you know? Counters right now are fine apart from some combos on some maps which feel a bit cheap, but it doesn't get played in comp a lot.
This also disregards the skill levels of the players. Technically the player that is the counter has to have somewhat better skill than the other. You don't just get a counter by default of picking that character. You still have to be able to play it.
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When does this season end? I still need to do 5 placement matches. Been severly slacking in my OWing