I come from League where a viable strategy sometimes is that if you're 100% sure you can still confirm a kill, it can be worth leaving the enemy alive a bit longer to stall their respawn, causing a bit of a desync with the rest of their team.

Does this have any credence in Overwatch? Say I'm an Orisa and there's an immobile Ana with no sleep. Can I just follow her round for 5-10 more seconds before finishing her off? I almost feel the risk/reward is worth it because she's useless on her own anyway, so even on the off-chance she does something amazing and escapes, she still has to wait for her team to respawn before she can do anything anyway? It's not like there's a direct and instant reward for a kill like in League where you get gold.

Could anyone give any insight into this please? I only started playing a few weeks ago so it's likely there's things I'm not considering.

Thanks!

So, im a Rein player, i never play anyone else. I’ve consistently maintained champ for the past couple seasons now and GM1 before Champ was a thing.

However, when i play on alts that are far lower in diamond/masters. I lose a lot more there than i do on my main.

Why is that? I try and pick apart my gameplay, i wonder if im washed but it makes no sense. I have no problems winning in MUCH higher elo. I try to play with friends but this seems weird.

Just like many OW veterans, I’ve installed the game after the recent update and I’ve been having a blast. Unlocked all ranks for all roles and been very chill. Now I really have no idea what has been happening but, I have been losing every single support game. Not in a tilting way or bad teammates or anything. I’ve lost around 25 support games in a row. And I am real clueless as to how or why this is happening some games are stomps which are normal and unavoidable. But some games just don’t make sense how I lose. I have never experienced this in any video game. I am losing my mind actually

Plat 1, I mainly play Venture Anran. I have NO CLUE what to do va Rein AT ALL.

I go Bastion: he gets behind cover and I'm useless.

I go flank: I get slammed by the other 4ppl while my team is just shooting Rein without success.

My main issue is Rein in maps with lots of cover, I have a few examples:

-Blizz World first point, choke just out of spawn (attack), I could not do anything for 4 minutes. I tried to flank, but the poke characters are getting pocketed. Rein is immortal because of shield and getting cover every .2 seconds on that map.

-Rialto, second point, I play Bastion to destroy the shield, he goes behind cover at the choke (after the bridge), so I'm just sitting there shooting without value for 2 minutes, while their Soldier and Cass just freely destroy my team.

I'm not a good player, I have not played this game for a while and my peak is my current rank, I feel useless against some heroes, but Rein is making me salty af.

Any tips are welcome, even just telling me skill issue.

Edit: thank you guys for the replies, I have to better my mental and not get tilted. I will try to get better following your advice tyy

We just started playing Comp, I played back in OW1 season 4 so basically starting fresh. We’re both mid-high Silver and he mostly plays Bastion. He also likes Soldier and has been really enjoying Emre but we feel like those all cover fairly similar niches, and they also get picked a lot so he wants something different. I told him to try out Reaper, he played him for one match but he wasn’t really feeling it. He also used to play a lot of Junkrat back during OW2 launch. Any suggestions?

Season 1 meta is starting to stabilize in ranked, and some patterns are clear. Domina and Zarya are sitting at the top for tanks. Zarya remains strong even after nerfs, and Domina’s kit fits the current fight tempo perfectly. DVa and Winston are close behind, especially in dive comps.

For DPS, Vendetta and Sojourn are leading the pack. Vendetta is hard to punish in coordinated play, and Sojourn is always relevant when hitscan is strong. Tracer, Cassidy, Ashe, and Echo follow closely as dive enablers or answers.

Support is where things heat up. Jetpack Cat and Kiriko are rated highest, with Jetpack Cat frequently banned. Kiriko feels near mandatory in many comps, while Ana and Lucio remain solid but not oppressive.

It’s still early in the season, but from your games so far, who actually feels the most overtuned?