Ken
Overwatch League: The Path to Glory
Since everyone else is replurking Sombra let me talk about something else that excites me: ACTUAL FUCKING STRUCTURE.
Ken
So the biggest problem with competitive Overwatch right now is that it started in a manner which was not run by Blizzard.
Ken
It kind of started on its own during the beta, and morphed into its own entity.
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An entity that brushed back against the game's own structure in some ways, and tried to dictate certain elements of the game.
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I've gotten the sense Blizzard has tried to play nice with it to some degree up until now but has finally just gone
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"you know what, fuck it, we're going to take control here"
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to which I say
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fucking good
Ken
(As for Sombra, she looks great, but I do worry slightly at adding another Offense character at this point in the game's life cycle.)
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she's confirmed offense?
Ken
Guardian Bear J
Insert offensive joke here? :-D
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pft
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AND she looks to be a pretty technical character so prepare for a mass wave of terrible Sombras for months until people figure out how to play her
Ken
It took like four months for Ana's place in the meta to suss itself out
Ken
SHE LOOKS GREAT
Ken
but I am afraid
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I think, realistically speaking, she's going to end up competing with tracer for meta space
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since both of them have a similar "get in, get out" pattern and most of their tools facilitate that
Ken
You're not wrong, but much like "MAN THREE SNIPERS SEEMS LIKE A GREAT IDEA" I can't wait for mostly-flanker teams that people think will work for some reason
Vehrec
so who will use the teleporters to get in, and who will use them to get out?
Ken
I can see some AWESOME use for her, but Overwatch's playerbase is bad enough about abusing Offense heroes the wrong way, it'll be a minute for her to work out her place in things :'D
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where's my flamethrower i need to spy check
Ken
She can HACK FIRST AID KITS to make them useless to the enemy
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that'
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s
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kinda rad
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I want to see how long her group stun is for, because I think that'll be what really is what will end up being the push
Ken
Yeah, it's ... akin to Reinhardt, Mei, and Zarya's ults in that sense.
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because if it's in a place where it's more disruption than her being able to clean up a whole team I think she might edge Tracer out in terms of bringing more utility/wombo to a team
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/nod
Ken
And those three I mentioned are GOOD picks in current meta with just their ultimates to start with.
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she def seems to be a get in debuff sort (aha)
Ken
So in that sense, it does make sense that one Offense character gets a stun like that
Quinn Angstrom
This may tilt the tank meta a bit
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because her ult is a hard Reinhardt counter
Ken
Her ability is hard for Reinhardt to counter
Ken
I have to think the cooldown on Hack has to be considerable
Ken
Because there's not much to stop her from going invisible > slipping behind the backline > disabling Reinhardt
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actually
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what's the cooldown on McCree's flashbang?
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her EMP blast is closer to a hard lucio counter
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Oooooh
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Zenyatta, too
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since it destroys barriers
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...oooooh
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GOODBYE TRANSENDENCE
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If it disables abilities
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And we see HACK disabling an ultimate
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it destroys barriers, shields, and Hacks everyone caught in it
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That may actually finally break the Lucio meta to some degree
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which
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I'm gonna be honest
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to be done
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I love Lucio
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But
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Lucio's ult is specifically designated as a Barrier, health-wise
Ken
I don't love every viable competitive comp revolving around Lucio
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so Sombra's ult nullifies his ult
Ken
And it's been that way since the game's inception
Quinn Angstrom
with Sombras disabling Reinhardt's shields everywhere
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it's time for D.Va to rise again
Ken
She could disable Defense Matrix just as well nthough
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hack on Defense Matrix is a pretty strong shutdown
Ken
It's going to be interesting to see how it functions in play
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I'm actually looking at here ult in a different waay than Prof is, I think?
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because it says it disables 'Shields and Barriers'
Ken
Because I'm sure there's a hitch in there.
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which are both different types of health, as well as having stuff like Reinhardt's shield
Quinn Angstrom
I'll defer to Sven, because I actually haven't touched OW in months
Ken
It says it hacks the enemies, and the little video on her profile page shows it disabling McCree and a Torbjorn turret too
Ken
It stops the turret, stops Deadeye, and stops Reinhardt's shield all at the same time
Ken
So it's just Hack on an AOE, instant scale
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Well
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the other thing I think, that's not shown in the profile might be
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there are certain characters that use Shields as Health
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and I'm thinking this fucks them RIGHT up
Ken
as if Symmetra weren't marginalized enough as it was :'D
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Symmetra and Zarya
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And Zenny
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The thing with Hack is that it takes some time to initiate.
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Zarya's hit harder by the ult's purpose than Reinhardt is
Ken
Basically if she Hacks you it's your own fault
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since it turns her EXTREMELY squishy AND removes your panic-button shield
Ken
The ultimate is another matter, but plenty of ultimates will instafuck you
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Reinhardt at least has Armor
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so even if he can't use his barrier
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you still gotta whittle him down
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depending on how long the hack effect is for, he might be able to recover quickly
Ken
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Huh. Hack is her secondary fire.
Ken
looks like 6 second cooldowns on teleport and stealth
Ken
A couple new maps coming to PTR soon
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new game mode?
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Antarctica
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Sombra's hack on health packs makes them recharge SUPER fast when you pick the mup
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so yeah she sounds very Utility Offense
Ken
The's a "What's new" Overwatch presentation in a couple hours. I have the Virtual Ticket so I'll probably be babling
Ken
60 round clip on her SMG, it has a spread but not quite as wide as S76
Ken
Seems like her gun is somewhere between S76 and Tracer
Ken
Sombra stealthed is completely invisible unless she's right on top of you, BUT
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Recon Visor and Sonic Arrow still work on her
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man
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I love her teleport
Ken
You can chuck it as far as you can chuck Ana's grenade and that's a LONG WAY
Ken
Yep, she is a HARD counter to Lucio and Zenyatta, noted by the dev in the stream I linked
Ken
You can hack MULTIPLE health packs
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The hacks on them last a minute
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and your ability cools down every six seconds
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so you can basically salt the field to disable health packs for the enemy
Ken
D. Va's Defense Matrix can eat her teleporter.
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Right now, Hack range is about 9-10 meters
Ken
She's also a pretty good Tracer counter, if you can survive the initial burst first and Hack her... no blink, no recall
Ken
her SMG seems pretty stout
Ken
"Can you deflect the teleporter with Genji"
"...I'm pretty sure, yes, but I don't recall what happens."
Ken
You can't salt the health packs with hacks during defense set up
Ken
Here's a fucked up thought:
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a hacked Zenyatta can't heal, and is the only healer who can get utterly nullified by Sombra
Ken
Hacked Mercy can't escape.
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Hacked Lucio can't change his song.
Ken
I'm not sure if the hack disables his AOE though, or else she almost completely punts him out of the meta
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