TLDR;

short pins / Rein's right side = less likely to suck people in

long pins / Rein's left = more likely to suck people in

A lot of people don't understand how Reinhardt's pin actually works (and I'm not talking about its vertical capabilities, though that could be a post for another time).

If you've ever wondered why some pins seem to suck people in whilst others cause players to bounce off, you might be surprised to learn that it's not purely luck and happens for a reason.

Reinhardt's pin ability has a vacuum mechanic that starts from the centre of his hitbox and expands over time. This means that shorter pins are less likely to suck people in whereas longer ones are more likely.

However, when Reinhardt charges, he does so with his left shoulder forward, shifting his visible character model to the right, causing his left shoulder to align with the centre of his hitbox. This means that the vacuum effect emits from his left shoulder, making it more likely to suck people in from the left, but boop them away from the right!

If you'd like to see more then I have a video detailing this (with links to other Rein tech in the description). You can check the video out here: https://youtu.be/UIXdrSk5vGo

I just started playing Comp the past two seasons and I placed into Plat right away. I had advanced one or two divisions and then I finally succeeded in convincing one of my long time friends to play Overwatch. He placed Bronze when we started playing comp together. At first it went fine I didn't see myself making as much progress before and I went down to Gold but I didn't see it as a huge issue. But, just within the past few weeks it's been like I'm constantly deranking and going down. I'm all the way down to Bronze 5 and I don't know if it's a skill level thing on my part or what.

I pretty much haven't been playing comp without him because I thought solo queuing was a bad idea, but now I'm wondering if I shouldn't play comp with him on the role I want to rank up, DPS.

Just wondering you guys' advice on the matter and what your solution would be. I don't much care about my support rank so maybe I should only queue on that with him? Also if I do stop playing DPS comp with him should I find one or two other people to play with and how tf do I do that?