June 3, 2016

Overwatch

Date played: June 2nd
Platform: PC

Bastion is very valuable if protected
My first few matches were pretty damn rough. I played relatively well, but I got matched with very good players that knew how to coordinate.

Later though, I had a couple of very good matches, as Reinhardt of course. My team had two Reapers, a Hanzo, a Bastion and a Mercy to defend in the point capture mode.

We held the first point for a long time. I used my shield to protect my team at the only choke point while Bastion had set up near the point, but with line of sight to the door. The two Reapers were protecting the flanks while the Hanzo dealt damage through my shield. We held and held, our Mercy even resurrecting a few of us when the pressure was on, but eventually we lost the point to a Hanzo, Lucio, Junkrat and Pharah push.

We now had to hold our last point for more than 6 minutes. Throughout the whole match, me and the Bastion were communicating through voice chat. It's amazing the difference it can make. We coordinated together. He told me when he had to move or when I was blocking his view, while I told him when I had to drop the shield or when I saw enemies that were a threat. It worked so fucking well... I basically sat in front of him with my shield while he destroyed the opposition, protected from enemy attacks, while our Mercy kept both of us healed and boosted Bastion's damage output. We were very powerful. Reaper watched our rear to take out flankers and other crafty heroes. We won, and it felt amazing. It felt like we had worked hard for the win and deserved the glory. It was so fucking awesome!