winston is not good his shield is the weakest and his gun is the weakest. Go in a custom game have winston vs anyone and winston will lose. Have anyone aim at his face close up because thats the only way his gun will do anything then fire at the same time winston will lose. In game you jump in do a little bit of DMG and then you must jump out hoping no one can follow. Maybe change his gun to if you aim at their face it will do more DMG, or have his jump do more DMG . winston is a let your team do DMG then you jump in when their close to dead or if you do want to tank you must have a mercy healing you at all times. to all you people who dont know jump in a reaper and see who will win or a bastion or a sombra ect. winston is a bad character he is only good if you have a healer or if the person your attacking is focused on someone else. even in overwatch league with the best players cant do anything with out a healer or have the enemy already weak. His ult is not good i trapped a hanz in a corner and was swinging at him and it takes a unusually long. winston is NERFED asF have him vs any tank and your dead im only good if i have a healer or if i jump in do some DMG his DMG is the worst by far i jump in with aa healer that they only can focus on you or jump in do dmg for a few secs shield walk away and when you get jump jump the F out of there. google (overwatch winston statistics) then see everyones statistics
He was more than fine before brig got added to the game, but I don’t think he needs a buff either right now
winston vs genji winston vs mercy winston vs zen etc etc he is still decent but he got to f tier cause of brig
Brig that exists to counter tracer and genji, and cannot counter them relaibly, while deleting others weaker characters.
Blizzard way of balance
winston a weak character? that have to be some kinda of joke
that why he got 50% pickrate in pro ow
compared to like rein who only got 13%
he’s the second best tank after dva
and with anna buff and brig and mercy nerfs he’s in super strong place atm
I wasn’t speaking about harambe, he is so stupidly easy to play that every nerf would be legit since he doesn’t require any skill at all.
the title is “rip winston”
so who is the “weakest character” are?
whoever cannot disengage a fight at his will.
You’re comparing owl to competitve ladder… neat.
Winston is currently 6th most picked hero in Masters and 7th most picked hero in GM. His winrate is slightly below Reinhardt. He’s currently in a very healthy spot and has been ever since Brigitte’s popularity and viability dropped
This reminds me of when KSI made a video saying how winston was the worst hero and he had footage of him trying to ult a full hp tank and hes like WOW SO BAD
In other words, both of you dont know what youre talking about
owl pretty much defines the ladder meta
no it definitely does not lol, when Rein/zarya/Mercy/hanzo/zen/brig was dominating the game and dive was trash… guess what they were playing in OWL DIVE… do you even play the game and watch owl? cause they are both different lol
Specifically telling the forums that he has no clue on how Winston is supposed to be played
I don’t think that I need to read the rest as it’s most likely nonsense too.
Why play Winston when the newest tank/healer/support/dps/disabler/coffee maker Briggite exists? Play her instead. And don’t forget to buy her skins. Winston isn’t very profitable anyway!
I’d advocate a very slight buff to his shield. Why not electrify his shield so that anybody that attempts to walk through it gets a slight electric shock and some minor damage? Road / Brig can still attempt to hit him through the shield with hook / Flail but will get a slight shock in their efforts and slightly reduced damage. It just feels too cheap to me that enemies can walk through his shield effortlessly.
As a widow main i can confirm that hes better in that matchup thanks to the hook and SMG nerfs.
Like people are saying, Brigette makes it much harder to play a Winston as she royally ruins his dives. And like you say he does have a hard time against reaper, roadhog and bastion. But he also has really good match ups, great against widow, Lucio, Anna, mercy, tracer and genii. He also provides your team with a lot of space, while he might lack damage, I usually get gold elims with him so I usually get picks and generally cause the enemy team to have to focus their attention else where and force them to move and give up areas of the map to deal with me. His greatest assist is his ability to force the enemy to deal with you and waste time trying to take you down, with leaps, barrier and med packs it’s easy enough to stay alive.
you dont watch any owl if you think people play dive there
its goes as far as the tactic was the send a scouting winston to check if the enemy got a briggite ,if yes they switched