June 30, 2016

Overwatch

Date played: June 29th
Platform: PS4

Last night was all about Reinhardt. I actually played a few rounds as both Mercy and Lucio, but most of my time was spent with the big German soldier. I was a total fucking badass with him in most matches. I was aggressive, I was fast and I overwhelmed the other team often. I was a bit reckless too... For example, in the first few minute of a payload match on Route 66, I went around the enemy team and charged into a well positioned Bastion. I held on tight and ran him into the nearby cliff, killing both of us in the process. But it was exactly what my team needed to push forward and get out of the first section.
I kill a Mei and Lucio on the point with Reinhardt's ultimate
I also used my ultimate liberally, sometimes even for a single player. Sometimes, that wasn't the right decision, but most of the time, it was the little extra that the team needed to progress. I had a really great game where a Lucio was healing us and a Zarya was doing some secondary tanking. As usual, there were many last second victories, all of it more exciting than ever!

As Lucio, I did pretty damn well also. He works best when the team he can shoot his little gun from safety into a chokepoint, healing at the same time. His ultimate is a real game changer that can save an entire team from an enemy onslaught. The only thing that really bugs me about Lucio is the way his weapon fires in 4 round bursts. It makes it more difficult to aim than Mercy's blaster. I was good with him though, winning the rounds where I used him.