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If only there was someone from the country where the cup balls are being made... 😏

Sorry for the delay, I'm paid up!

If only there was someone from the country where the cup balls are being made... 😏

I'm in for some rounds tonight. 

Alright so here's a slightly more in depth version of what I see as the forms of utility available in OW (one hero can fit under multiple archetypes):
 
Defensive Ults | Can prevent a wipe or at least counter offensive ults
Fucking Hot Healing Chick!, Zenyatta, Lucio, Moira
 
CC Ults | Combo with attacking ults or shut down an enemy's push
Mei, Zarya, Reinhardt,
 
Anti-Flanker | Protects support and vulnerable DPS from flankers
McCree, Soldier, Winston, Symmetra, Torbjorn, Junkrat, Mei, Moira
 
Flanker | Sow chaos among the enemy support or get picks from afar to make it 6v5
Tracer, Genji, Winston, Widowmaker, Hanzo, Dave's Spirit Animal, Ana, Sombra, Reaper, Zenn's orbs
 
Protection | Shields the squishies and soaks up major inc. damage/ults
Rein, Winston's bubble, D.Va, Zarya, Orisa,
 
DPS/Offensive Ults | Melt down shields and kill shit
Tank damage - Reaper, Dave's Spirit Animal, Junkrat, Soldier, Bastion
Hanzo, McCree, Doomfist, Pharah, Genji, Tracer, Torbjorn, D.Va's ult
 
Don't really have a name for this additional/optional category, but it basically includes characters who change the tempo of the game and allow you to push or recover: Sombra's EMP, Lucio, Ana's boost, Orisa, Symmetra's teleporter
 
My suggestion is that rather than trying to get proficient with multiple characters in a single category, it's optimal to have 2-3 roles you can fill, so if someone is lighting it up as a flanker one night, you can switch to anti-flank or tank, with no loss of effectiveness

Also on that note, just realised I haven't posted on here either. 
 
1. Fucking Hot Healing Chick!
2. Zenyatta 
3. Soldier 76
4. Dave's Spirit Animal/Reinhardt
5. McCree/Bastion
6. Mei 
 
Also, in re team comp, the way I look at it is that certain utilities need to be accounted for rather than specific roles. The examples of characters aren't exhaustive:
 
1. Defensive Ult (zen, Fucking Hot Healing Chick!, lucio)
2. CC Ult (mei, rein, zarya, winston)
3. Anti-flanker (soldier, moira, symmetra, torb, piggie)
4. Flanker (tracer, genji, Winston, reaper) 
5. Protection (rein, dva, orisa, zarya)
6. Offensive Ult + DPS (hanzo, reaper, McCree)
 
This obviously isn't a comprehensive list, but I think that'll give us more flexibility and let people play around with more characters while still bringing utility to the team. 
 
 

If you're gonna try placating me with flattery, at least make it believable. Put me on DPS and I've just wasted between 8-20 minutes of your life. 😔😔

Alright so here's a slightly more in depth version of what I see as the forms of utility available in OW (one hero can fit under multiple archetypes):
 
Defensive Ults | Can prevent a wipe or at least counter offensive ults
Fucking Hot Healing Chick!, Zenyatta, Lucio, Moira
 
CC Ults | Combo with attacking ults or shut down an enemy's push
Mei, Zarya, Reinhardt,
 
Anti-Flanker | Protects support and vulnerable DPS from flankers
McCree, Soldier, Winston, Symmetra, Torbjorn, Junkrat, Mei, Moira
 
Flanker | Sow chaos among the enemy support or get picks from afar to make it 6v5
Tracer, Genji, Winston, Widowmaker, Hanzo, Dave's Spirit Animal, Ana, Sombra, Reaper, Zenn's orbs
 
Protection | Shields the squishies and soaks up major inc. damage/ults
Rein, Winston's bubble, D.Va, Zarya, Orisa,
 
DPS/Offensive Ults | Melt down shields and kill shit
Tank damage - Reaper, Dave's Spirit Animal, Junkrat, Soldier, Bastion
Hanzo, McCree, Doomfist, Pharah, Genji, Tracer, Torbjorn, D.Va's ult
 
Don't really have a name for this additional/optional category, but it basically includes characters who change the tempo of the game and allow you to push or recover: Sombra's EMP, Lucio, Ana's boost, Orisa, Symmetra's teleporter
 
My suggestion is that rather than trying to get proficient with multiple characters in a single category, it's optimal to have 2-3 roles you can fill, so if someone is lighting it up as a flanker one night, you can switch to anti-flank or tank, with no loss of effectiveness