With the present state of Overwatch 2 being principally okay, there are some obvious points that do make the group assume in any other case. Whereas that’s both matchmaking, queue instances, or game-breaking bugs, there was one character who has grow to be the brand new villain of the present meta. Neglect all the opposite gripes as a result of Roadhog has been making the waves by being the purpose of rivalry within the Bounty Hunter LTM (Restricted-Time Mode) throughout the Lunar New Yr occasion.
The large man has really been a degree of rivalry for some time. He was untouched by the primary wave of main balances when Season 2 began. We’ve seen distinguished Heroes like Sojourn, Genji, and Zarya get hit fairly exhausting and go down a tier or two. After all, with an ever-shifting meta, we noticed Roadhog climb up the ranks due to his equipment.
Proper now with the Lunar New Yr occasion in full swing, the LTM has been seeing an enormous inflow of Roadhog gamers. It is because he’s in a position to dish out loads of burst injury, but additionally maintain his HP along with his ‘Take a Breather’ capacity. Because you don’t have a staff, many characters with out self-sustenance are at a drawback.
This makes him really feel like the one viable character on this mode. Sure, the argument could be made that different characters have gained this mode earlier than, however Roadhog is constant. It’s not simply his capacity equipment that turns into an issue, although.
The issue begins to lie in the truth that tanks have an inherent benefit over the opposite two roles when put in a 1v1 state of affairs. Even when the function isn’t meant to dish out loads of injury, they will stand up to loads of it, rivaling injury numbers of meant DPS characters. To not point out that additionally applies to the Assist characters as effectively.
Positive, a majority of help characters can mend their wounds whereas different tanks can not (aside from Roadhog). What’s an issue is that it takes area of interest situations for tanks to truly be introduced down. It’s additionally a development that when one participant goes Roadhog, many others within the foyer will observe.
Whereas it is likely to be too little too late at this level, this may be checked out sooner or later when releasing different free-for-all modes. Plus, this was already considerably the case within the just lately ended Battle for Olympus occasion. Junker Queen was victorious, however at the least different distinguished tanks weren’t proper behind.
Fortunately, there are a number of different choices to counter characters like Roadhog in the event you’re attempting to get the Mark of the Rabbit spray problem full.
Overwatch 2 is obtainable now on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Collection X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Change, and PC.
– This text was up to date on January twenty third, 2023
