stadium-discussion

[modern hawk]

i played a lot of brig before midseason so i was thinking of trying her out but my ideal build got nerfed so i felt unmotivated

[neon galleon]

Yeah if we go the different support option, Brig is really scary to Tracer now thanks to the shield bash buff, Zen can make himself pretty hard to kill while keeping his damage up thanks to the self orb and enlightenment, Ana has sleep and nade to try to scare Tracer away or force out recall, and Kiriko has the potential to 2 shot Tracer at base, at least I think kunai headshots are a 2 shot on Tracer.

[proven knot]

honestly i think literally any other support works

[neon galleon]

I mean the only nerf I think Brig got so far is scavenged steel not triggering during Rally anymore and that doesn’t really mess with how strong the item is.

[modern hawk]

they also nerfed that one item where if u used an ability you would get 25 overhealth

they made it so that it can no longer stack

[neon galleon]

I mean….that item is kinda a worse version of Aura Farming for Brig-

[modern hawk]

fair

[hasty mortar]

I think ram should be the next tank in stadium

[neon galleon]

I agree, I feel like if Doom or Ball get added it could force more players to pick Cass or worse it could make the devs add in Sombra next, and Hog and Mauga could very easily force players to pick Ana. I don’t really see Ram forcing people to play a certain character just in case they have to fight him. Plus I feel Ram would have more potential for interesting powers.

Hog and Doom in particular I feel like either don’t have as much potential in that department or a lot of people would try to get the devs to use it as a chance to add uppercut and pig pen back.

[paper mantle]

you're thinking like this is normal overwatch
there's plenty of items that control these heroes already, cybervenom being the big one

[boreal ruin]

pharah is absolutely unplayable dogshit in stadium holy mother of fuck

never again

bottom of the barrel character

[paper mantle]

lrn2play tbh

[acoustic kiln]

if that stacked with tracer blinks she'd be unstoppable

[acoustic kiln]

i think its between doom and hazard

those were the two tanks that were on the updated roadmap for season 19 and beyond

if i was to guess i'd say bap, sojourn and doom season 19, then wuyang, hanzo, hazard season 20 with echo in the midseason

[boreal ruin]

nah she free as fuck, not one team ive seen do good with her

and they removed her only good power because they couldnt code it properly

[acoustic kiln]

lowkey the concussive blast build isnt bad

[boreal ruin]

its ass, in half the maps it boops them into cover unless you're on top of them so they home into walls

the homing missiles should come FROM the blast

[paper mantle]

skill issue

[gaunt sorrel]

just me who can’t use tracer in stadium comp?

[hasty mortar]

If they don't get a soldier of ashe you insta win

[sharp needle]

is tracer not playable in comp or something, she was greyed out as soon as the drafts started

[humble steppe]

same for me

[acoustic kiln]

sounds like my comp games are saved

[acoustic kiln]

i had a genji and a tracer spend the entire game trying to kill me

which lead to us winning in 6

[acoustic kiln]

tracer is disabled in QP too

not just stadium comp

[boreal ruin]

nah i've diffed them on genji

[hasty mortar]

If your playing phara

[neon galleon]

I…don’t think cybervenom and the dps passive work against lifesteal?

[boreal ruin]

Im saying i've diffed multiple pharahs as genji no hitscan

[boreal ruin]

you're terrible at ragebait

[neon galleon]

Cause yeah cybervenom messes with Hog’s heal, and Doom and Ball will hate Liquid Nitrogen, well Ball will, Doom might not care due to how his movement works, but if I’m right in that Cybervenom doesn’t affect lifesteal, Mauga’s overdrive won’t care

[neon galleon]

They aren’t wrong, I know I suck at Pharah and I still know how dangerous she can be in Stadium. Remember the devs literally had to nerf her mini barrage build and I’d still say it’s strong.

[misty talon]

FOR HOW LONG

[neon galleon]

Welp something done fucking broke with Stadium Quick Play’s backfill system-

Joined a game on round 3 as tank, picked JQ and for some reason my health was stuck at the default health for her and I was completely locked out of armory

[paper mantle]

i just assume it does, but good point i've never tested it

it's hard to test

[acoustic kiln]

idk

they're probably bug fixing

[acoustic kiln]

i feel that it will

cuz lifesteal is still healing yeah?

[neon galleon]

Well with quick play and comp stadium being apart of custom games now we can test. I can be Reaper and test how much a base shot in someone’s face will heal me, and then someone can apply Cybervenom to me and then I can fire again

[neon galleon]

Yes but I’m pretty sure Reaper’s lifesteal isn’t affected by the dps passive so that could translate to Cybervenom not affecting lifesteal either

[coarse arch]

i hope they continue to treat comp and stadium different

like i dont mind if the characters feel like two different games

i love stadium, but i also dont want to play CounterPick

I like OverWatch, where everyone is equally busted.

right now it just feel like tank gets to pick in 6th place to counter the other tank, and its so lame.

(during drafts)

[paper mantle]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this, x100000
anything about bad matchups can be solved with powers/items

[thin inlet]

why is tracer suddenly locked in stadium?

[paper mantle]

i dunno, maybe they thought she was too busted and needed more than a few adjustments?

either that or there was a severe bug involving her

[bleak moon]

guys...what is the best build for juno ( your opinion ?)

[rough patio]

severe bug, with a power regarding recall you could get the effects from items that you've sold

so having a 1k health tracer at some point with weapon power items is possible

[hasty mortar]

Ee

[rough patio]

?

[hasty mortar]

Ew*

[drowsy ledge]

anyone know how ability power actually affects nano boost other than the burst heal?

or does it just affect the burst heal?

same with the healing amp from grenade, does ability power affect that?

[neon galleon]

Apparently, there was a major bug where Recall would make it to where you could sell her items while keeping the stat buffs

[neon galleon]

AP only affects damage, healing, and overhealth numbers. It does not affect buffs

[drowsy ledge]

noted

thx

[dark crane]

the only change i'd make is that both tanks are always the last pick and they're both blind picks

[paper mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/john-jonah-jameson-lol-laughing-hysterically-laughing-out-loud-funny-gif-17710543

[coarse arch]

idk i think maybe we should just remove drafts. but tanks not counter picking would be great. i just dont see how they can make it work without removing the systrem entirely.

[dark crane]

idk i feel like the more they add heroes the more the system is useful

i was playing stadium quick play last night and it was really fun for me to play tracer against mercy zenyatta

[empty hazel]

what is the best things to build up on ana in stadium

[hasty mortar]

I have a theory I'm not home rn so can someone test it if you go death step build and get the ability item that ability DMG and healing gives you 20% more ult charge does that work with DMG from death step

[paper mantle]

if you go death step build you're throwing

[livid marsh]

what does ability power even do for conc blast? lol

oh a direct hit actually does damage, maybe it amplifies that

[fluid ferry]

Is tracer still not enabled?

[livid marsh]

man pharah's triple volley power isn't even enabled lol

[crystal light]

does ap make the radius bigger? does ap do things like that

[livid marsh]

i dont think so lol

[crystal light]

That's too bad haha

[hybrid gust]

i think it increases kb? i remember testing pharah a whiles back, like pre stadium release, and having crazy kb with a full ap build, take this with a mountainload of salt tho

[compact vigil]

Stadium Competitive is so much harder than Stadium Quick Play

[winter basalt]

for sure, I had a really bad comp stadium game as Rein and my teammate Cassidy for that game messaged me on Xbox. They were so mad 💀💀

[outer crypt]

Still disabled, yes

[old island]

hi

is there a good pocket mercy build rn

[neon galleon]

Pretty much regular Mercy, except you grab 2 specific powers, one that gives whoever you’re boosting lifesteal and the other one gives whoever you’re on 10% DR if they at least have 80% of their health.

[compact flare]

why tracer is disabled? what happened?

[hasty frigate]

bug

[fallow socket]

Power supply distortion protective beam. I never take protective beam cause i usually just push damage boost and hope the person im pocketing will kill the enemies before dying or just lifesteal back up, so i wouldnt rlly get the benefit of protective beam

power supply and distortion is a stupid good combo to pocket JQ/moira/reaper/genji tho

and maybe tracer but havent had a game where i pocket tracer yet

[sudden bridge]

You’re telling me people don’t want to face 1600 armor tracers

[neon galleon]

Basically there is a major bug with Tracer’s recall where it lets you keep the stats from her items after you sell them

So like at round 2 you could have a 2000 hp Tracer

[compact flare]

Damn, that sucks

I wanted to try AP build with her

I suck at normal tracer

[neon galleon]

You can still mess with her in the practice range at least

[old island]

okay thanks

[old island]

alright thanks

what do u build? weapon power/survivability right

[rustic scaffold]

Any update on if Tracer will be added back to stadium today?

[plucky jolt]

^^

[paper mantle]

you know blizz doesn't communicate

[forest finch]

do you guys know if, you dont play stadium until end of season rn and Im at legend rank does it go down with inactivity like Master and GM in comp ?

[coarse arch]

well this isnt comp, so i would assume no.

but maybe right click on the ranks for comp and stadium to make sure one talks about decay and the other doesnt

[autumn crescent]

no

it won't decay

[late sleet]

is juno torpedo build still the way to go? haven’t played stadium in a minute

[acoustic kiln]

i believe so

but juno overall just isnt that good this season

she's not bad but she isnt game carrying like brig lucio

[nocturne sandal]

Yes thats her only good build

But she was nerfed into the ground so she kinda sucks now

[late sleet]

ok thank you

[late sleet]

sad to hear ok thanks

so brig is meta?

[nocturne sandal]

Yeah winston brig is pretty good

[gritty charm]

Max ammo rein build is kinda op guys I highly recommend it

[forest finch]

Do I need to get to Legend rank 1 to get the legend name card for my profile ? Cause i got to legend rank and didnt have the card

[dark crane]

when did you reach legend

if its this season you'll only get it next season

if it was last season, you should have it if you didnt rank down

[proven knot]

nope only legend 5

[livid marsh]

she's great against pharah imo

[forest finch]

Oh yes was this season

[acoustic kiln]

i hate when i backfill and i cant access the armory

and i cant leave unless i wanna get suspended and lose my endorsement level 5

[acoustic kiln]

so should i go for threads of fate instead of protective beam?

[fallow socket]

yeah thatd be good

double power supply double distortion

[misty talon]

U don't keep rank in stadium bro wtf 😭🙏

[coarse arch]

for last seasons rewards and icons your final rank i think matters

[frozen zodiac]

Pls fix tracer in stadium…

[flint oasis]

20 minute stadium q time is DIOBOLICAL😭😭😭😭

[dark crane]

?

you dont

[topaz narwhal]

How do I enter codes for stadium builds on PlayStation?

[sudden bridge]

It resets seasonally

Although you basically do since it basically sorts you back to your previous rank instantly.

[dark crane]

yes

but you still receive rewards based on your rank

[crystal light]

guys, if I get Packstacker and Lindholm Wall, throw out repair pack then hit 3 enemies in 1 shield bash, does this extend the repair pack duration by 1 second or 3 seconds?

[forest coral]

i'd think 3

[crystal light]

hmm ok

[sharp needle]

is tracer available yet

[bleak moon]

no

i dont think sp

so*

guys i had the stupidest mercy on my stadium team once. she maxed out ability damage.

[unkempt wedge]

yooooo fix it , im related for one week in this rank

[neon galleon]

…please tell me she grabbed one of the 2 AP powers

[gaunt sorrel]

why does tracer get less health from survival items while everyone else gets the regular amount

[paper mantle]

so she doesn't become an unkillable death machine

[dark crane]

i think its only 1

[empty hazel]

does anyone need an ana/juno/mercy duo in comp for stadium

[upper birch]

does elite 3 not exist why is it elite 4 and then elite 2

[paper mantle]

matchmaking is messed up

i keep getting newbie teammates in high ranks

this shouldn't be happening

[forest coral]

i mean if she has whambulance i don't think it's that much of a throw

[forest coral]

bc tracer's tiny hitbox hypermobility and lethality are balanced around her small health pool

if she could negate that weakness by grabbing a few 25 hp items she would be insane

[gaunt sorrel]

i mean shouldn’t the same apply to kiriko then they have like the same hitbox

[forest coral]

kiriko doesnt have 3 burst mobility options and a button that full heals her and puts her in a safe position frame 1

[fallow socket]

Its weird but when ur in a rank it doesnt say your rank on the left and your progress to the next rank on the right, it has the previous rank on the left and next on the right

so you are elite 3 right now

[upper birch]

ohh okay

[finite dock]

[forest atlas]

Anyone know if there was any confirmed characters coming season 19?

[acoustic kiln]

sojourn is the only confirmed one

my guesses of whos coming with her is baptiste or wuyang and hazard or doomfist

baptiste, hazard, doomfist, hanzo and echo are the silhouettes in the 2nd stadium roadmap we got

so im just guessing based off of that

[forest atlas]

thank u👅

[finite dock]

I wonder what is "Stadium trials feature" and "Active items"

[proven knot]

I think “active items” means more items with gameplay effects. Like dash boots on Ana giving her an extra ability

[finite dock]

Ah

We'll see

[proven knot]

Almost positive thats what it means

wonder what trials is tho

[finite dock]

Consumables is also intriguing

[proven knot]

oh thatll be a good addition

I run out of stuff to buy too often :/

[finite dock]

I don't know what it is

[proven knot]

think items but temporary or single use

[finite dock]

Ah alright

[glad root]

does anyone know when tracers coming back into stadium?

[neon galleon]

hmmm...maybe its a similar thing to when we get to try the new hero early?

[tidal yoke]

why am i not losing xp in the stadium competitve bar when i lose? im elite now and i thiught u dont lose any if u were only rookie and silver,

[neon galleon]

they changed it to where you only start losing points once you're close enough to your predicted rank

[tidal yoke]

how do ik what my predicted rank is

[neon galleon]

I...don't know if it tells you, but if you're not losing points yet you're probably not there yet

[tidal yoke]

Ah i see thank you

[fallow socket]

wait i dont remember recall ever playing a single game of stadium in samoa

[neon galleon]

The map with the lava is one of Samoa’s control maps

[fallow socket]

ohh the one with the jump pad and the hole

[winter zinc]

Is Winston op in stadium?

[pale plank]

Does anyone know how stadium cash actually works? It's like no matter how good I do I get no mones

[fallow socket]

Pretty much everything. You can healbot and get rich, or popoff and get rich, or you can also spread out your damage to get credit on many eliminations which also give good cash each. go for bounties too

also depends on character, freja and juno are often broke even when they are doing well. Ana gets rich easily off very little numbers.

[pale plank]

I see, so I think I'm just bad at stadium then cuz I low-key suck at doing any meaningful DMG or healing which is odd since I'm a masters role q and open q player

[humble steppe]

damage, kills and healing give you cash

[bleak moon]

she didnt.

[bleak moon]

yeah nope

[neon galleon]

Depends, sustain is not the best against him due to how much overhealth he can get going but burst still rips him apart.

[forest coral]

yes absolutely

best hero in the mode atm and it’s not close

[compact vigil]

Does anyone know how Competitive Stadium ranks work?
I've only started very recently this season (new to this) and started as Rookie and now am in Contender. Despite some losses, I don't seem to lose rank progress?

[random hemlock]

when you go to queue theres a rank information page you can look at, describes progressing ranks when you lose points and so on

[fluid ferry]

is tracer still not back?

[neon galleon]

I wouldn’t really say he is the best right now, he can still get screwed over by burst damage

Reaper especially can still screw him over

[forest coral]

100% winrate against reaper

[neon galleon]

I’ve literally won against Winstons as Reaper in Stadium the fuck you mean 100%

[forest coral]

bad winstons

im not a bad winston so i have a 100% winrate against reaper

sc from back when i was only solo queue

only loss was to aspen colourhex duo

so 2 ex pros

[old island]

NERF THIS 0 SKILL ANA SLEEP BUILD PLEASE

[paper mantle]

no

[finite dock]

Enter the Stadium 🗣️ 🔥

[random hemlock]

is tracer back?

[fluid ferry]

yeah someone just picked tracer in my match

[random hemlock]

yippee

[livid marsh]

https://fixupx.com/aaronkellerOW/status/1970276462419964084?t=dG2M9GeehRkWp6JtVGMrlA&s=33

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Recall activated - Tracer has been re-enabled in Stadium! We know you’ve all been waiting to try her Bullet Time power! ⏱️⏱️⏱️

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[livid marsh]

yes

[random hemlock]

yeah ive already played a fee games with her, not sure if i go straight into comp tomorrow or get my muscle memory back some more though

[livid marsh]

i love playing tracer in stadium, she's incredibly fun

i stopped playing stadium when she was disabled because i would either pick pharah or tracer and now i can go back to doing that again

[humble steppe]

Blizzard still hasnt adressed the progress bug in Stadium

[mellow sinew]

WHY IS JUNO SO BROKEN RN???

just played a game where opp juno didn't heal AT ALL and had 6k in dmg wtf

[paper mantle]

seems like they were throwing

[crystal light]

whenever i get juno teammates they always dps

and forgot to heal

[supple kayak]

shes literally so good i love her

and like its so funny watching people complain about the auto aim

when its like 8 whole shots

and my crosshair is already on them

LOL

if youre still loading in and in the map

if you kill an enemy you get money

[livid marsh]

i tend to get that as like the 3rd power, the first two being the recall bomb and the one where extra damage with consecutive shots

[supple kayak]

yea thats fair

alsoo

get vanadium trust me

[livid marsh]

this is generally what i build, 4th one was temportal and i just picked that randomly lol

[livid marsh]

oh that one, the 10% to everything, hmmmmm
i need to try that been meaning to but i want to throw the big bomb lol

[supple kayak]

trust me its so good

like

the stats are nice

the main part is 38 health and 38 shield its insane

plus 10% cooldown reduction

[livid marsh]

imma give it a try tomorrow since i do be holding that bomb for some time anyway lol

[acoustic kiln]

and pulse bomb with no ap won't be a oneshot at later rounds so

i can see why vanadium is useful

[supple kayak]

depends but yea

[supple kayak]

mostly the hp and cooldown

[stray rampart]

can someone tell me how i am not losing % in pro 5 in stadium? like is this intended?

[stark pendant]

is tracer playable again ? or is she still disabled

[humble steppe]

playable

[stark pendant]

ty

[inland quiver]

I think they updated ranked mode where u dont lose as much if u get team diffed ¯_( ‘ ^ ’  )_/¯

[paper mantle]

maybe, but what they did for sure this season is prevent you from losing points if your internal mmr doesn't match your rank so that you get to your predicted rank faster

[tribal flint]

Playing a game of stadium against tracer really makes you appreciate that she was replaced as the poster girl of overwatch by kiriko

[calm knoll]

Anyone available to play one game of stadium

[hexed arch]

still no shield stampede fixes

[compact flare]

is tracer available on stadium?

[compact flare]

is foresight working properly? I tried it in training mode and it felt weird

[hexed arch]

yeah

i just against her

i think her ban just lifted

[supple kayak]

Yea its normal

[clear condor]

Guys is there a leaderboard or something for like who got the most kills on dva in a match or some?

[true pollen]

what is the general counterplay for tracer ? feels severely unfair to play against as any healer

even playing him does not feel designed for stadium

[dark crane]

buy survival items

early rounds you can get the item that gives you 100 armor until she gets codebreaker

[inland quiver]

typically stick closer to ur team or landing key cooldowns

sleep, whipshot, boop or run away w fade, tp, ga, double jump/fly... cry if ur zen ig or get his mobility perks or just kill her w discord

[thin bay]

Do supports get more stadium points?

Was playing with a friend I was all star 5 (dps) he was pro 2 he is now all star 2 and so am I? How does that work only a few points away I'm getting mvp every game so it ain't based on performance

[paper mantle]

Mei's rolling iceball needs counterplay

[crystal light]

mei is literally the devil

[inland quiver]

The game could be giving ur buddy more points per win based on mmr

[acoustic kiln]

pharah usually works against that

but besides her and like maybe zarya

its rough

especially on maps with indoor sections or places to get knocked off

like ilios or one of the payload races

[paper mantle]

wym pharah works

[livid marsh]

closest to stadium tier list can be found here: https://owtics.gg/en/hero

pick rate

tracer not even on here

but i imagine her to be the #1 dps pick

[upper birch]

do u get the title when u reach all star 5

[crystal light]

i think the title is only granted at the beginning of next season

[upper birch]

i mean if u reach all star 5 last season

do u get it next season

[crystal light]

if you reach all star 5 last season, then you get all star title this season, lasts 1 season

as well as the weapon charm

and name card

[upper birch]

do they also last 1 season

[crystal light]

yeah, title, weapon charm and name card all only 1 season

[scarlet bronze]

truke

[old island]

i lowk like healbot mercy

if there isnt ana on enemy team

i dont like pocket build anymore idk why

[neon galleon]

I imagine Zen could actually reasonably fight her if he can track her if he has good WP, the self heal power, and enlightenment. Plus some armor to trigger the damage reduction against Tracer.

[livid marsh]

Guys i need your help

I just won 3 matches stadium dva only in a row but each matches only +9, +11 , +7?? While i used to see it +220?

Is something strange here

[thin bay]

You reached a rank you belong at

I presume

[paper mantle]

a good tracer will always smoke a good zen, it's extremely hard to win that matchup, she has too many tools to play around what you can offer and she has more burst damage also

about twice as much dps

[finite dock]

I hope they put hero ban soon so I can ban Tracer

[acoustic kiln]

real

a good tracer is so hard to escape from

[paper mantle]

there's items and powers, they can dial that instead to give answers to problem heroes in stadium
we don't need hero bans and draft

[gray crown]

hero bans would be the worst thing added to stadium

what makes stadium enjoyable are the countless different builds and quite literally everybody being op

[bleak moon]

fr

hero bans are what would make people quit faster

[gray crown]

right

if you struggle with getting picked off cus of 80% wp soldier build up your hp and shields

[paper mantle]

that peanut butter item that makes winston cleanse himself every time he jumps (like 3 seconds) NEEDS to go

that shit has no counterplay and makes him invincible

[signal rune]

She’s really annoying to kill😞

[inland quiver]

ya i mean being good is fine but not much counterplay lol

[tepid thistle]

Tell me why I have to get matched with all stars and legend players every game when I'm in contenders 5

Why do I have to consistently win against the highest elo players to climb in stadium's equivalent of gold

[gray crown]

that’s the problem with wide division

stadium is not fun when one game you’re steamrolling everybody with 0 deaths for 3 rounds then the next game you can’t even leave base cus you’re matched with contenders playing against all stars

[thin bay]

Just gotta make her use her cd then she can't do much most dps can kill her pretty easily if played right

[tepid thistle]

It shouldn’t be wide if I’m solo queueing tho

It just takes the fun out of ranking up

I’m not motivated to rank up if I’ve gotta play games way harder than they need to be for honestly bugger all rewards

[fleet kite]

do any stadium winston players know if Moon Landing or Lunar Leap is better for a round 7 AP build?

[sudden bridge]

Only loses can rank you up in this mode and or you don’t lose rank so it’s not a huge deal after you rank once

[tepid thistle]

Wdym only losses can rank me up

I love stadium don’t get me wrong but why is my mmr so high😭

[signal rune]

Yes! I play cassidy I just flash and then go brrrr

Also I reached legend as tank after 184 wins🫡 It was really tough with randoms now I’m trying to do it as dps,I’m almost all start

[thin bay]

It takes 184 wins to get to legend??

I was wondering I'm gaining like 3% every win at all star 2 😐

[thin bay]

I play soldier I go boom she recall my aimbot go brrrr

[signal rune]

I had some rough games with randoms that’s why it took so many😞 I was even getting –140 sometimes

[signal rune]

Yes for me too

[signal rune]

hahaha nice!

[thin bay]

I'm at like 50 wins iirc

[signal rune]

I play reaper and cassidy and as tank I mostly play rein and sometimes orisa

[signal rune]

Samee for me as dps 🔥

49*

[thin bay]

Damn I only just touched dps ain't played the others

My games only lose if my tank is just terrible like I can carry of other dps sucks but I can't do the tanks job

The tanks don't even need to do much they just need stay alive

[sudden bridge]

You can lose in stadium and still gain rank up to a certain point, and like for me losing in all star doesn’t cause me to lose any rank

[tepid thistle]

My rank doesn't move if I lose a game?

It just stays where it is

I get 220 a win otherwise

[inland quiver]

yea once u get high enough, game starts taking rank away but its a pretty easier climb this season compared to 1/2 imo

[humble steppe]

no this season is bugged

I get +20-40 from wins

need 10-15 wins for a rank up

insane

[sudden bridge]

Well that’s just the system saying it thinks you belong in that rank

Which regular comp does the same thing during placements when you think about it. Since we reset seasonally you’re basically in placements til you reach the point the system believes you are at then it dials up the the difficulty

[true pollen]

what is up with the queue times on healer

like why are my queue times for tank and dps 30-60 sec if that in all star and pro divisions meanwhile the contender and elite is 14 mins

[dark crane]

support has the highest demand

[boreal ruin]

stadium support is piss easy tbf

[inland quiver]

rank doesnt matter theres a metric fuckton of support players in queue compared to either tank/dps

[warm flint]

can i get like a scientific answer as to why every virgin plays the 4 legged cunt

i am so tired of this shit

[warm flint]

that's also because support is easily the most fun to play in stadium. maybe make the other roles fun and then you'll have people playing them 5head

[inland quiver]

no hate, im playing all roles brother, just explaining

[warm flint]

also this game is so fucked it's not even funny anymore. you queue all roles you're 100% guaranteed to play tank. there's literally no other role it's even gonna queue you for it's fucking stupid. weekly challenge should just be play tank not all roles

[inland quiver]

ive seen a flex queue get support

n=1 but still

[warm flint]

in stadium qp solo queue

i don't believe it. if i were to play the game and queue for all roles until i get support i'd be playing for a week straight

[inland quiver]

no ranked stadium

[warm flint]

i mean fair i would only ever queue stadium ranked with a team at this point but i would also therefore never queue all roles. stadium quickplay all role queue is just idiocy on the other hand. it's just tank

and every virgin and their mother just plays orisa. or pretty rarely zarya. just boring, stupid and annoying

[paper mantle]

it's the opposite, support has the highest offer

[dark crane]

no

i mean yes but still the most played role will have the highest demand

[warm flint]

and the answer is extremely simple. make more fun heroes for the other roles. why is it that support ends up having the biggest variety of playstyles and the most fun designs? and then they're surprised that other roles aren't played as often

[paper mantle]

yeah it's the most played role somehow

[gray crown]

this is true I tried out almost every dps hero but none of them had an enjoyable playstyle for me

it’s just boring in a way

tank and support have all sorts of kits some of them are very creative

[boreal ruin]

wanna play support? just go AP soldier

go biotic build + the double helix

cooldown reduction, ap, couple survival stuff

gg

[terse summit]

Wait, I just saw a TikTok comment and I gotta know if it’s true or fake. Is it true that once you cross 100% in one of the stats the extra numbers don’t do anything? So 100% is the same as 130% AP??

[gray crown]

I’m not sure but you can test it out in practice range

Try with Juno’s torpedos and tank bots

[terse summit]

How do you see exact damage numbers tho

Is there a setting for that in the range I wonder

Hard to visually tell if the difference is small

[gray crown]

I don’t think so I looked for it before but I couldn’t find anything

I think if 100% and 130% truly are different it would be noticeable in health

[sudden bridge]

There’s no cap so going over 100 should provide a benefit unless something specifically is bugged

[sudden bridge]

Tested it definally has an effect

[lethal bay]

anti tracer build?

[sudden bridge]

whip shot brig

1shot / 2 shot

Rocket soldier or anyone that can one tap her is pretty good

[lethal bay]

true

[acoustic kiln]

finally made it back to legend

now i dont have to touch comp till the drives come out

[gray crown]

that’s true they would’ve not allowed you to purchase more abilities if they didn’t benefit you

[livid marsh]

Hey friends
I have been grinding as d. va in stadium just for the skin and it seems like i'll be forever stucking in pro 3
And my second main is mercy so i decided to play her in stadium (still in rookie 5) and i must admit i'm pretty good at her! And i've been looking for the best healing builds
But i need to ask a question is her primary healing staff counted as ability or weapon category?

[main jungle]

Weapon, other than some niche powers, it's best to build into weapon power and attack speed, as both increase the heals per second she gives. I'm not sure what people are running these days but from my understanding threads of fate is hard meta

[livid marsh]

Omg really no way uwu owo dva

[safe crow]

Why is there always

Someone sending jpgs here?

[livid marsh]

It's scam!

U can click on it it doesnt send virus just an image of them getting free money from selena gomez

That's really hilarious honestly

[safe crow]

Oh lol

[topaz narwhal]

Guys, it says “You are banned: SEASON 18 OPENQUEUE” for competitive, so when exactly will I get unbanned?

[livid marsh]

When the season ends!

It's like 17 days left the last time i checked

[hoary sierra]

Compromised accounts

[real fox]

so

i just discovered stadium

and its wonders

(namely attackspeed rein)

any other "fun" (or funky) tank builds?

i also did a raid boss orisa

[proven elbow]

Important question! Who is the worst tank in stadium?

I have played all of them and i can't say there is a very clear, worst

[acoustic kiln]

there’s a sigma build where you can heal almost 10% hp every second

[sudden bridge]

This is pretty build dependent assuming you playing the absolute best tank meta build id imagine it’s probably deva

That being said it’s probably well within tolerance of 1-2% of other tanks. And stadium is pretty match up dependent it’s like if you pick JQ into kiri Lucio or a whip brig and you want to play an axe build your setting yourself up for a bad time unless you just massively out skill the lobby

I’m only a diamond tank though so that’s just what I notice from playing all roles around diamond level

Pretty much all tanks work fine though assuming you and your team build items that work well into whatever you face

[real fox]

You have my attention

Any details?

[reef axle]

been out of practice with stadium tanks cause I took a big break of stadium followed by me only wanting to queue dps + support when I returned

what tanks are probably the best if I don't want to worry about bad tank vs tank matchups as much? so far Orisa followed by Reinhardt both seem ok for that but wondering if there's someone better

Sigma seemed a lot more flexible than he was on launch after the beam splitter buffs but it's hard to tell sometimes if I'm struggling with a skill issue or being overwhelmed with him, most of the laser and melee matchups that gave him trouble are fine after round 1 but Rein with 1-2 melee/laser dps/healers still seems a bit tough for me on Sigma

[proven elbow]

Sigma i think just struggles in stadium because everyone runs zar or rine and usually moyra

[boreal ruin]

a good sigma bullies reins to death

i have at least 2 builds made just to spite rein players

wether its charge/shield or hammer build

firestrike build's not an issue for sigma

[reef axle]

idk the last time I saw a firestrike build in any context

[reef axle]

if you would happen to have a link to both (or at least 1) I'd like to check that out, I think Reinhardt is still the only pain point I have for Sigma specifically when he has another laser/melee abuser (which feel very common now)

Zarya has not been an issue for me at all even with additional lasers/melees since beam splitter buff

[plain lantern]

Adding tracer killed this mode bru

My queue times are all 30 min

[boreal ruin]

give me a short bit im hopping on

[acoustic kiln]

you get the double shield power, sigma has an item that gives him and allies 3% healing of his max health when they’re near his barriers

both shields count individually

and then you just throw martian mender on top of that

rest of the build is up to you really you just need that one power and two items

[boreal ruin]

i take the 3 barrier powers and either triple hypersphere or the melee float, then the barrier heals, martian mender, ogundimu reduction field, divine intervention, nebula conduit and then depending on their comp, either containment field or synced shielding

hit 20k heals with this before

[real fox]

ok so

there's this power up for mercy called "equivalent exchange"

thing is, i saw a mercy use 4 rezes in a row

6 during the whole ass match of payload race

[boreal ruin]

worst power in the game lowkey

they were throwing by picking that

[real fox]

i dont think they picked that

but they once rezed 4 people in a row

no cooldown or anything

thats highly sus for me but idk can just be a stadium build i dont know

[acoustic kiln]

its awful

your res speed becomes 33% faster but you can only res 3 times per round

[real fox]

idk what it was then

cuz the mercy rezed 5 times and 4 of those were back to back

[acoustic kiln]

either they were cheating or their teammates had the self revive item

[real fox]

no no it was always them

[real fox]

thats possble?

[dense shadow]

Who’s meta rn

[tepid finch]

what do you do as reaper against pharmacy ana dva comp

[proven knot]

what was the rest of the team?

you obviously do nothing to those 3

[tepid finch]

pharah mercy ana dva soldier

[proven knot]

you need to somehow get to ana or soldier. if ana has that power that gives her like 600hp then your only real target is soldier

I’d say don’t play Reaper into that if you can avoid it

[real fox]

interesting

[small saffron]

no fix on this issue? happens to me too
https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/bad-routing-very-high-ping/37304/30

[livid marsh]

Why u keep sending

Nobody'll do that lol

[fallow socket]

hacked

[neon galleon]

Dva can be a potential tank buster target but Soldier will be your real squishy target. Best bet against Pharamercy is to get a kill that will force the Mercy to attempt the Rez and try to kill her during it before she can fly back to Pharah. Once Pharah doesn’t have Mercy on her anymore it’s a matter of waiting for her to get close enough to the ground, while Ana is basically a race to kill her before her cooldowns come back, mainly sleep as you can get rid of nade with wraith and potentially heal a bit doing so.

[neon galleon]

Basically your job against Pharamercy is to force Mercy to ditch Pharah so that your team have a shot at killing one of them

[sweet maple]

/START

[dense shadow]

best tracer build?

[errant scarab]

you know how there's stadium powers
that give dps their mini ult on an ability
soldier has visor on rocket, reaper blossom on tp, pharah barrage on dash
none of them give ult charge except pharah's
3-5% per hit btw

why tf pharah gets ult charge from it

[fallow socket]

tp blossom definitely generates ult charge tho

[supple kayak]

Weapon power for sure

anything with weapon power and just hit shots

[acoustic kiln]

mei's mini blizzards also give ult charge

and freja's mini bola shots

[dense shadow]

Yea went the auto aim after blink and wp build

Ts was insane

[scarlet bronze]

idk shit abt builds

what do i do if i wanna play genji

[paper mantle]

go in the practice range and test powers

that's the best way to learn about a character

[inland quiver]

hes super flexible it depends on how u wanna play him

[spice umbra]

I honestly don't know what to do with JQ into the late game

Feels like no matter what direction I push her, she just can't do much whatsoever. Can't damage well enough to score elims on anything that invested in survivability, can't heal the team well-enough with wounds, can't really protect the team meaningfully whatsoever

I dunno, contrast with basically every other tank, who has the, well, lethality, utility and survivability in equal measure

Seems like Queen just closes the game early, or not at all

[frozen zodiac]

I think people figured out counters to tracer in stadium. My tracer games got alot harder

[spice umbra]

Queen certainly gets no shortage of cash, though. Like, gee-whiz, I get those MVP bonuses pretty consistently in the first three rounds

[hallow glen]

to stadium or not to stadium

that is the question

[fallow socket]

Take bow down 3rd or 4th if you find its hard to make something happen in later rounds

reckoner’s roar + shout items makes your wound healing on teammates a lot more consistent and good too if thats what you are looking to improve

[spice umbra]

That's what I've been attempting

but, uh, I'm not quite seeing results

Hard to save a sinking ship, right? I can only heal my teammates so much when enemy dive heroes are glued to them

Even with reckoner's roar and royal bullets and all

[fallow socket]

oh yeah thrill of battle healing is not good enough to save your backline.. its just a boost to your brawling or diving teammates

Idk maybe just try w keying and not saving your backline sounds throw but what can you really do, thrill of battle isnt burst healing or mitigation so

who’s getting bullied anyways they need to figure it out, zen becomes undiveable in stadium and ana can get like 600 hp and big sleep

[spice umbra]

oh, crap, I just realized three tap tommygun got nerfed?

That's kinda an interaction I relied on as Junkrat

Thought I could maybe apply the same principal to queen, but, not anymore it would seem

That's kinda another thing. Early on, JQ's lethality is great, but once the enemy supports have invested in all their survivability stuff, assuming it's not a Zenyatta or Brigitte, I find it nearly impossible to focus them on my own

even when I've got weapon power up the wazoo. TMM and Bloodhound Mask and Superflexor all at once and I still can't scratch Mercy

Hence, well, I feel kinda useless. Since Queen kinda depends on her lethality to protect from flankers and keep the pressure off

[fallow socket]

It got changed cause tracer would be too strong

New tommy is a buff for like.. moira or something like that

[spice umbra]

Yeah, I dunno, I'm still entirely stumped

I've got the roar, I even put cybervenom on it, I've got 50 WP, 35 AP, with Bloodhound Mask and Superflexor each stacking an additional 25% on both.

I feel like I've built everything right, and went for every play I possibly could, and I still can't make a dent in the late game

granted, the Ashe just melted my entire health bar with one dynamite

But, like, the enemies are literally bodyblocking me, I'm swinging the axe on them, I'm yanking the Winston every time he tries to jump away, I just can't seem to make them flinch—or by the time I do manage to isolate a support in a hectic point fight, my entire team's dead.

You simply just gotta win early or not at all as Queen, it seems

I feel like if I was Reinhardt, I could still do something with my shield. Even my gimmicky Orisa AP build can make big plays.

[spice umbra]

Yeah, I love my 'javelin vortex' build. It's not the best build—definitely loses heavily if the enemy has both Mei and Zarya—but it is the most fun build. I love the deflecting javelin

And I can just create a vortex of building and using ultimates, use Liquid Nitrogen to trap enemies in the ult, and just snipe with the spear a whole bunch.

Deflecting a blizzard always feels great.

Theoretically, this build also lets me drop tons and tons of superchargers, but supercharger doesn't feel very good, because it gets destroyed very easily. If anybody looks at it or D.Va dumps lava alll over it, it's gone, and I've wasted a power slot I could have used on more survivability or something

[dense goblet]

have they said they will fix the points rank in today's patch?

cos winning giving us 10 points and losing being like -50 is no fun

[humble steppe]

yes

[dense goblet]

they havent said anything tho

[humble steppe]

yea theres no fix

[hidden adder]

dude the weekly recall announcement actually made me think we were getting a workshop update for stadium

[sudden bridge]

Dylan Snyder said that a fix would go live today

[humble steppe]

I got 2 wins and got +50 for both so def no fix

[sudden bridge]

Might not be in yet could just be a back end patch

I believe we're planning a change that will make the minimum points per win at least 60, but unsure when that will go live was from sept 21

[forest phoenix]

can they nerf tracer already

[livid marsh]

Can you do some more unique scams? This one can get spotted easily

It's not professional at all!💅

[marsh mortar]

enjoy the nerf, tracer-mains? ENJOY IT!

[acoustic kiln]

AP FREJA BUFF

i love to see it

ap freja is my favorite dps build

totally not because my aim is bad

[frank creek]

Thank god they fixed the stadium points holy 😭

[scarlet bronze]

What's up with the random image files in this channel

[scarlet bronze]

Idk wtf I'm doing so i just build for headshots

Heh

[acoustic kiln]

idiots that got hacked

[scarlet bronze]

Huh

[inland quiver]

I think the most consistent build for him is melee then pivotting into ap burst when ppl get too tanky in later rounds, but ive seen poke/attack speed builds do well into certain match ups like orisa, pharah, etc where u can shred em from afar w good aim primary shurikens and then dash in for garunteed kills

[paper mantle]

also i don't know why people use the auto recall power, it's pure trash

like wow it prevents a death once per round
big whoop

[neon galleon]

It also gives you all your cooldowns back and permanently makes it to where ult use gives half of your recall cooldown back…including as it was discovered the pulse bomb on recall if the auto recall triggers while Recall is on cooldown.

[paper mantle]

/shrug
a power doing something good once per round isn't something i would pick ever

and the recall cooldown reduction doesn't even line up properly with how you play Tracer

it's just bad lol

[acoustic kiln]

if they put it on like a timed cooldown i could see it being useful

like a minute or sumn

[fallow socket]

Code breaker 10k no more cheap wp

[scarlet bronze]

Why is everyone in here hacked

Zombie ahh channel

Walking dead

[paper snow]

why has moira been meta for so l9ong

they refuse to nerf anything about her in stadium

she is genuinely broken and the devs havent nerfed her money or anything

[fallow socket]

Her internal stats are probably bad and keeping devs from touching her since most people only know how to play ap orbs

The amount of people choosing multiball first is sickening its a very weak power lol

if people start actually being good at moira and playing grasp powers and builds and phantasm they might do something

[solid mural]

best stadium build for moira?

[proven knot]

why has blizzard still not fixed legendary loadout on dva

[paper snow]

I mean money wise

just nerf her cash and we good

[paper mantle]

what's there to nerf about Moira? She's fine

[acoustic kiln]

a good Moira can make her team unkillable if the other team isn’t running Winston or D.va

can’t even say Ana or junker queen anymore because you can just voidhoppers their anti heal

[cosmic saddle]

8 min que for stadium comp as all specs........ thats wild 😑

[sudden bridge]

No way tank is actually 8

[forest coral]

i was getting 20 min tank queues a few hours ago

[sudden bridge]

hmm my double healer que has been under 10 mins

[acoustic kiln]

the day they add sombra or symmetra into stadium is the day i dont look back

stadium only

[scarlet bronze]

the day i never look back at stadium

too far gone

[acoustic kiln]

enemy team had a pharah

still no match for ap reaper

[dapper yew]

Anyone know who's going to be in stadium next season?

[acoustic kiln]

i dont know for sure but my guess is sojourn, baptiste, and doomfist

[neon galleon]

If I had to guess what would be meta for those 3, Sojourn and Bap would probably be WP with Bap getting some AP to let burst keep some of its strength since I doubt they’ll let you touch lamp much, and Doom could probably go either way or even hybrid

[acoustic kiln]

imagine they give doom his uppercut back

[neon galleon]

They might not put it on a regular button like how with that one power Orisa’s old barrier gets auto placed if you overheat. For Doom I could see maybe a power where if an enemy is close enough to him after slam he auto does uppercut or maybe it’ll be like Brig’s Shield Bash where if he is currently in block he can then do uppercut.

[paper mantle]

we do know Soj is going to be next season

and it's usually one of each role

[dark crane]

we also have torb

[acoustic kiln]

cushioned padding is my favorite item in stadium

its so useful

rein shatter, get up almost instantly

cybervenom?

what cybervenom

[dapper yew]

I just hope bastion is in stadium im currently otping him and wanna play him in stadium

[acoustic kiln]

please no

if i have to deal with a 95% wp bastion turret i might flip

[scarlet bronze]

do ppl js come in here to drop 4 jpegs and dip

[neon galleon]

Those are hacked accounts

[neon galleon]

Imagine a Genji or Orisa deflecting that and just insta killing whoever they look at-

[acoustic kiln]

phantasmic flux might be like

a must have for any character that isnt mercy

the lifesteal is just so good

[vapid stone]

I really wnat ap tracer to work but

I dunno it feels kinda mid

[main jungle]

I wish Genji was real this season

Any time I try to play him I just get blown up by a Phara or Winston any time I try to dive for 30 minutes

[vapid stone]

thats the one thing that sucks about stadium

if you just get counterpicked to hell as a dive character

[ionic tree]

is stadium filled with bots rn?

[ionic tree]

genji mains when they have to play instead of clicking 2 buttons

[paper snow]

actually its 4 buttons

shoot slash ult and deflect

duh

[vapid stone]

is there any way to make this ap tracer shit work or is it just buns

[ionic tree]

deflect? it’s normally kill cam 😂

[tepid lotus]

Always has been

[warm flint]

is phara just the character for people with no brain?

cause so far it seems like you can get value with her so easily it's not even funny. literally the braindead spam character

her inclusion to the mode has singlehandedly made the mode 100 times worse

[fallow socket]

pulse recall is good as a power but you dont really need to scale ap into it

wp tracer is king

maybe u can superflexor or phantasmic flux with it.. idk

[vapid stone]

Its just weapon power is boring

Youre just playing regular tracer with bigger numbers

[dusky idol]

I really hope doom gets added next season

I hope he gets his uppercut or something

[scarlet bronze]

regular tracer isn't boring anyways

[vapid stone]

the whole reason i wanted her in stadium

is undeniably her kit is simple ap tracer chucking bombs on recall was that extra oomph i feel i needed

problem is it isnt good :[

youre incentivized to just stack a shit load of weapon power and clickon people instead like every other dps in the game

which is why dps queues are so short and support queues are so long. they just objectively got the better end of the bargain when it comes to powers

how did tracer not get blinking through targets does ap damage over a second or two

that is like a no brainer

[acoustic kiln]

mei, ashe, freja,and reaper all have good ap builds

though like most ap builds they're only good in the mid-late game

[neon galleon]

I feel like inconsistent is a better word to describe Reaper’s AP build

[paper mantle]

it's trash tbh

imagine teleporting and spinning like an idiot doing negative damage

[acoustic kiln]

early game its pretty bad

but once you get to like round 4 and 5 you can start doing very well

especially if you coordinate with your team and track important enemy cds

[vapid stone]

I think ap builds could use a little kick in the early game

Like playing quickplay stadium i can only get an ap build TRULY online round 3, or 5 if ranked. ..and the game is usually fuckin over

[exotic pilot]

why does no one run pure survival build rein ive only seen people half commit to it

its by far the most busted rein build in the game rn

you get 1400health 3000health insta regen shield 112 self healing insane damage reduction plus healing from gloomgauntlet

[exotic pilot]

bit late but not really its more ammo is the problem any character who can scale off of ammo is braindead to play into because its so cheap for the ammount of output you get with it like soldier cas and tracer

[neon galleon]

Because people don’t really like just holding barrier up for most of the game

[boreal ruin]

sigma is my all time favorite anti-everything tank for stadium

even with a full survival build, since the barrier healing from the item counts as heals, i get to spam ults and they do half hp regardless

[neon galleon]

Yeah Sigma is pretty adaptable, heals from barriers makes dealing with anyone that can’t just ignore them easy and for anyone that can ignore them Sigma has a flight build he can use.

[exotic pilot]

its still by far the strongest build rn and its not even close

and its more intresting then the spam swing build or the firestrike build

the only build on rein more enjoyable is flyhardt

[fallow socket]

smashing is buns not even good for how popular it is

[exotic pilot]

its goood for the speed but lifesteal isnt important when gloomgauntlet exists

[compact vigil]

Since Moira has lifesteal by default on her secondary fire, is it good to invest more lifesteal sometimes?
(Still new to Stadium and been stuck only on Reinhardt)

[neon galleon]

Not really, investing in Weapon Power also increases how much you heal.

[compact vigil]

For the latter, does that also affect primary fire?

[vapid stone]

the power that increases pulse bomb range for tracer

this shit feels like a curse it just makes every throw go past them

or maybe im just dogshit at hitting pulse bombs

[lunar veldt]

how can you play rein into tracer like i'll be fighting the enemy team and i just watch tracer solo my entire team behind me and i can't catch up to her

[neon galleon]

If it isn’t on a cooldown and it’s trigger by mouse clicks or L2 and R2, weapon power usually affects it

[boreal ruin]

flux on moira is arguably the best it could possibly be

also zen is genuinely the most fun support imo

[scarlet bronze]

you can't peel tracer as rein. focusing her is a waste. js try to kill their backline

[acoustic kiln]

pleaseeeeeeeee reveal the next 3 stadium characters and my life is yours

[ashen hound]

Stadium players are bout to throw the largest fit oml

Hazard soj and Torb

Lmao

Soj gonna be dope tho

200+ rail im praying for

[raw urchin]

Anyone yall using that flying perk for tracer?

[paper mantle]

where are you getting that info from

[ashen hound]

Twitter

[paper mantle]

they are missing a support

[neon galleon]

So..maybe this means a support will be coming to Stadium for season 19’s midseason patch?

I definitely think Torb getting added now is partly in response to complaints about Tracer in the mode

[main jungle]

Hazard one trick incoming, I will be exclusively queing tank if he's even a little bit viable

[main jungle]

They seem to only add a fourth hero every other mid-season, so probably not until next season

Also, they gave sojourn an auto aim, because of course they did.

[neon galleon]

I’m pretty sure it’s only for primary fire and not railgun

[dark crane]

ana is getting a rework

4 new powers

[neon galleon]

Plus if it follows the other instances of auto aim you still need to aim at the head yourself

Dva Mech and Genji currently are the only 2 that have their headshot hitboxes close enough to center mass for auto aim to naturally hit it

[main jungle]

Yeah, my issue is that auto aim is inherently a crutch, you trade power for ease of use which isn't healthy for a ranked game mode imo. You can get to high ranks without developing the skills you need to actually hang at those ranks

The only even slightly healthy one is Zen's since it can hit people retreating around corners

[neon galleon]

Well you also gotta remember, Sojourns primary fire is also still projectile based instead of hitscan like most of the others, Railgun is the part of her that’s actually hitscan

[acoustic kiln]

two dps?

wasnt expecting that

[acoustic kiln]

nah

they wouldve announced it

thats why they gave us the ana rework

[boreal ruin]

rework the most annoying bitchless boring support yeah good one

leave her to die for once please 💔

stadium's fun because she isnt viable

[main jungle]

Unless the items are good, the powers seem woefully underwhelming other than nanonade, so I doubt it'll move the needle too much

[drowsy minnow]

Finally hit legend phew

[acoustic kiln]

good luck getting past legend 5

you barely gain any

but at the same time you barely lose any so

[drowsy minnow]

I dont intend to play more stadium haha

[acoustic kiln]

the gadgets

stacking kitsune core with cushioned padding for -80% negative effect duration is gonna be insane

jq might be in the gutter next season

[boreal ruin]

weapon power's gonna rise up

I feel like they'll be buffing her on that aspect

[paper mantle]

i just want more items overall, and more items that solves problematic matchups

main one being projectile heroes vs flyers

[barren finch]

I get one more genji on my team and I'm going to crash out lol

[fallow socket]

rlly i like genjis

besides their attitude

to me feels like one of the only dps in this mode that can do anything, him and mccree

[reef dune]

has anyone had a problem with players who play like bots in stadium? me and my friend had a match where our rein didnt pick any items, only 1 power, and then started standing still while throwing his hammer around and stuff and then throw

and then next match the other team had a tracer that did make a build, but only got 1 round over 1k damage and threw really hard and played like a bot

my friends theory is that maybe someones putting bots into stadium

or like testing it

but i think it might just be a coincidence cause we only played two matches so far

[ancient ibex]

Theres 20 min wait for damage in stadium qp right now and they want to add 2 more damage and no support, fair right ? 🙁

[shut chasm]

Genji is such low skill bait lmao brain rot hero in this mode

[boreal ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/zarya-zarya-main-overwatch2-overwatch-ow2-gif-12988593655274777350

[molten quartz]

do attack speed buffs work on winston?

[paper mantle]

yes it does, but i wouldn't recommend it

attack speed's main purpose is to mitigate accuracy issues

[shut chasm]

Are you r3garded? No one wants your shitty voice acting btw

[supple tree]

If ur playing for drives and play supp/tank who are u using and what builds?? Im struggling lmao

[boreal ruin]

@scarlet bronze another hotsoace alt

[scarlet bronze]

Stadium?

Yeah

"Genji mains" who only play stadium are hardly Genji mains at all

[scarlet bronze]

Yeah, it's the same effect as damage except it's worse into armor and makes u run out of ammo faster

Building damage is just better

[acoustic kiln]

weapon power is more useful for Winston than attack speed by a long shot

I think he’s the only beam character like that

idk about Zarya but mei benefits a lot from having a good mix of weapon power and attack speed

[paper mantle]

what's the point of attack speed on beams

[boreal ruin]

Winston cannon ignores armor dmg reduction tho

[scarlet bronze]

Oh fr?

[boreal ruin]

Yeah

[scarlet bronze]

Wait what

Bogur lied to me

[boreal ruin]

They did that a while back during all the armor changes

[scarlet bronze]

Oh cool

Ok then u js run out of ammo faster

Got it

[boreal ruin]

attack speed is very good for his melee build tbf

[acoustic kiln]

winston has to be at least a top 3 tank in stadium

[vagrant cove]

Does anyone have any tips on how to better survive as Pharah in stadium?

Ive been playing Pharah in stadium a bit for the last few weeks and I have to say it is well hard to survive, especially against all the high damage numbers there is against fliers.

Ive tried multiple self sustain builds, some working better than others. But it's still not enough to win me games 90% of the time.

And I fear that with torb and sojourn comming out in around 4 days, I'm never going to be able to play Pharah again!......

Theres a few builds I've really tried to make work but never has worked due to the amount of damage i take. (Fx: Carpet bomb build.) Causing me to almost always go with a direct hit auto aim builds with loads of weapon lifesteal and ability lifesteal, which don't get me wrong, it's fun. Just not always my cup of tea..

So if anyone has any tips on how to better survive as Pharah without needing a lot of self sustain it would be much appreciated ^^

(Elite 4 DMG if that means anything.)

[shadow fjord]

all the pharas i see do well tend to play alot of peekaboo and coming at odd angles, like they'll wait until the engage starts then pop out to assassinate

but also i feel like its the support and tanks who need to win the game, the damage just need to help keep up pressure... i could be wrong

[paper mantle]

double conc blast + conc blast missiles + ability power is nasty

[past frost]

this is the most boring way u could play pharah

[shadow fjord]

its the only ones i see living in my games, tho its mostly 76's and tracers and meis i see

[past frost]

pray to god everyday that i dont move to the us and then one day get into ur lobbies bc i will target u personally

[shadow fjord]

lol i'm a support main, thats just a game of overwatch for me

i would probably tell you you're good if you shut me down, its what i tend to do

[past frost]

oh ok

that's cool

[boreal ruin]

mei is nasty

had an orisa round 5 literally give up, quit shooting me to presumably type at her team for like 5 seconde because i'd been contesting their payload for the past minute solo

to the point they didnt even bother walking to their own and just went for my team

safe to say we were at the end

well, everyone but me

[acoustic kiln]

thank god for demotion protection

im getting god's worst soldiers

[acoustic kiln]

im down to all star 1 now

[lilac kettle]

does kiriko have reduced cash gain or am i just straight ass

feel like im doing so much healing, damage, cleansing etc but hardly getting any cash compared to other healers

[twilit vapor]

I think it is reduced I js started maining n it feels slow

[neon galleon]

Every character has different rates they earn cash to help make it to where they get about the same amount of cash per round.

[paper mantle]

except Moira

[raw urchin]

Is there like a Kiriko ability that stops you shooting her?

Like I keep blinking up to her and I literally can’t shoot at all

For a second

[inland quiver]

her suzu that makes her invincible ?

[shadow fjord]

honestly i'm surprised i don't see more moiras as i was grinding out the rank to all star... she feels like a consistent late game carry if the other team doesn't also have a moira doing the same thing

i see alot of ana, but you can just bully the ana without her being able to respond

by grinding i really mean waiting for 14 min queues to pop because it didn't take a huge amount of games

like moria doesn't feel like an instant win but she feels like she can carry really hard in the late game for a support in this mode

[scarlet bronze]

like ur gun won't shoot or u do 0 damage?

[boreal ruin]

Suzu in a nutshell?

[earnest gazelle]

Tank in stadium is miserable

[reef lichen]

what is a good mercy build

[hallow fog]

the one with perks

[barren finch]

Hi, Legend 4 Mercy here. My typical build is focused on weapon power, attack speed, survivability and movement.

Powers I like
Threads of fate , Supply Surge for my go to first picks. Third and fourth power depends on what I'm feeling but I go between the whambulance and triage unit typically.

Epic Perks i like Overdrive core, Booster jets, Hardlight accelerant, Amari's antidote, and resurrection rangefinder.

Rare Perks: Aerodynamic Feathers, Aftermarket firing pin, glass extra full, basically anything that ups movement speed, attack speed and weapon power.

[main jungle]

I forgot how fun Zarya is in this, although the siren call of playing Lucio with kinda bad off meta builds will always call to me

[vapid stone]

Does anyone else play ap tracer? I really want to make this work

I got absolutely dumpstered by it in a ditto matchup but whenever I play it i am just absolute dogshit

[paper mantle]

it's definitely not optimal

[main jungle]

I think the melee/AP build is probably the best way to go, but the biggest thing is just that tracer has a monstrous skill ceiling

[zealous escarp]

There is a stadium setting that will highlight enemies within melee range

[vapid stone]

Wheree is that that sounds so nice

[zealous escarp]

Go to Controls, in the Stadium tab, quick melee range indicator- turn it on

[main jungle]

Can we please just nerf 76 into the ground. Genuinely a charity character

[barren finch]

[paper mantle]

76 is fine, wait until you face the best Tracers, you're going to cry irl

[winter basalt]

Facts, I had this tracer on the enemy team with this unstoppable build and I was trying everthing to help the team out as Cassidy 😭😭

[timber hearth]

Think I just gave the enemy team a permanent fear of Torpedo Spam Juno

[winter basalt]

Less goo

[sharp needle]

if i were to get the armor reduction perk in the weapon tab, would it then also let my abilities ignore 50% armor DR?

it doesn't say it can't but i wanna make sure

[winter basalt]

What’s everyone’s thoughts on Hazard, Torbjorn and Sojourn being added to the stadium roster this upcoming season?

[acoustic kiln]

i wanna see their powers and unique items before i start judging

[paper mantle]

more characters = better

but what i want is more items

[acoustic kiln]

they do add a solid amount of items every season though

not that i end up using most of them

[pale plank]

This might be a dumb question to ask but how do you go about counter building in stadium?

[acoustic kiln]

like building against counters or building to counter

[pale plank]

Building to counter

[acoustic kiln]

well obviously it depends on who ur against

hol up in in a match

[neon galleon]

Depends on what you’re fighting against, if it’s damage over time or stuff like Anti, Cushioned Padding will save you big time

[acoustic kiln]

if its against flyers

you got the two anti air items in weapon power

[neon galleon]

Intervention and Nebula Conduit can save you against burst damage and reduction field can help you a fair bit against sustained damage(though right now Intervention is bugged to where the 150 damage requirement doesn’t have a window)

[acoustic kiln]

most counters tend to be defensive wise in terms of items rather than offensive though

usually to help mitigate bad matchups

[pale plank]

Oooo I tried the reduction field one just now and it helped a good bit

[neon galleon]

I will note though, in a situation where you end up grabbing Nebula and Cushioned, Cushioned also works on Nebula’s damage over time, letting you permanently negate part of that damage

[paper mantle]

huh? there was like 3 new items this season

[nova gorge]

Does normal comp vs stadium give you the same amount of drives xp?

[hasty frigate]

i believe so yah!

[paper mantle]

i don't know about that, but the matches are way longer so your points per hour are a fraction of what they are in other modes

[lethal bay]

what items is good against freja

[acoustic kiln]

anti air items if ur on dps, divine intervention, cushioned padding if shes running an AP build with cybervenom/liquid nitrogen

[lethal bay]

For survival

She would use her sticky bomb ability

I would hide in cover and die from the delayed explosion

[winter basalt]

Yeah I’m the same too, especially with Torb

[proven knot]

I bet Torb will be mad annoying

I’m guessing he’ll be good just based off how he plays in the base game

but not meta

[acoustic kiln]

them torb headshots are like faster mei icicles

weapon power torb'll be nasty if you're good at aiming at him(or just spamming chokepoints)

i still think sojourn is gonna be the best of the 3 characters though

[main jungle]

All I know is I'm gonna try one-tricking hazard to at least pro. If he's not fun I will be genuinely impressed

[boreal ruin]

JQ shout build still uncontested for me

Havent lose ONE match w it

[paper snow]

I made really good genji ap build

XFEKP

pretty cool stuff

[acoustic kiln]

ill have to be a quickplay merchant on torbjorn

when me and my friends queue comp ill prolly have to be on support

[main jungle]

I like support, but not nearly enough to sit through support queue times. Nothing more demoralizing than waiting 15 minutes to get 0-3d because your dps is asleep at the keyboard or your tanks W key is broken

[acoustic kiln]

this is when you open up your hulu/netflix account and start watching your favorite shows in queue

[winter basalt]

Yeah I think so too, especially with the turret and the powers he’ll get. I’m keen to see the powers Sojourn and Hazard will get too.

[winter basalt]

Does anyone play stadium in 3rd person?

[acoustic kiln]

i occasionally do

[winter basalt]

that’s great though, I recently started playing in 3rd person regularly and it’s been great. I mainly play as Winston, Cassidy and sometimes Lucio for stadium and it’s quite fun playing in 3rd person

[frozen ginkgo]

how long do most orisa duels usually go?

[proven knot]

looks normal

all of the sustain tanks run into that issue

[frozen ginkgo]

i forgot what makes stadium incredibly fun (or potentially boring) the buildup to that one match point where it's all about cooldown diff between two mirror tanks

[forest finch]

Hello, whos, added to Stadium the next season in few hours ?

[neon galleon]

Hazard, Torb, and Sojourn, and Ana is getting a bit of a rework for Stadium

[acoustic kiln]

stadium comp is gonna be first to 3 like quickplay instead of first to 4 now

[finite dock]

I think it's going to be a great change

I've played QP a lot and I think the format is better

[neon galleon]

Alright I’m already in the game, time to look at the new characters

[acoustic kiln]

same

it really helps out the late game builds

playing doctor soldier or AP reaper in comp was risky as hell

[neon galleon]

Ok Hazard is more focused on AP and I think it’s gonna be REALLY interesting, even has a way to make his primary fire do some AP damage without getting Kitsune

Ok so I just checked Sojourn’s powers, the auto aim is only on Primary fire, so the Railgun shots won’t auto aim, and it’s only during her ult

Kinda weird she only got 1 survival item though, also kinda scary one of her powers gives charge shot kills aoe damage

Also I was right that there was gonna be a cost to having 3 turrets active, they have half their health, 66% of their attack speed, and their upgrades only last for 15s

Also the level 3 turrets are only during overload and it HAS to have been level 2 beforehand

[acoustic kiln]

sounds like a lot of setup just to get oneshot by a single take aim bolt

[neon galleon]

Oh, Ironblood Injectors sound neat, grow 30% larger and heal 5% of your max life every second

Also I find it funny that they made the little meme of Torb healing Bastion by hammering him real in a sense in Stadium

Tbh I think Torb is probably gonna be a hybrid character, he doesn’t really have much that directly increases his damage without needing some requirement or having some kind of cost

Also they nerfed Sleep Regimen, it’s capped to a 75 health increase

Bruh they nerfed Spirited to Slay, Wraith only gets its cooldown reduced by 50% now

[tepid finch]

strangle step nerf is also yikes

nobody complains about that

[neon galleon]

That mainly hurts AP builds, WP builds can still play without it

Also they have added damage numbers to Stadium, we don’t need to use that custom game anymore to see how much damage or healing something does now

Also Hardlight Accelerator triggers on gadgets now too

Same with Commander’s Clip

And Booster Jets, so I’m assuming anything that triggers on ability use also triggers on gadgets

[tepid finch]

which is even more of a reason this nerf is just dumb

[plucky jolt]

bo5 in stadium comp:(

[tepid finch]

guys lets nerf reaper's niche build while kiri keeps her double suzu

[raw urchin]

Sojourn going all into charge shot seems like it will be strong

[neon galleon]

Ok so Hazard’s Barbed Shot power triggers Cybervenom

[fallow socket]

💀

[fallow socket]

Basically yeah burst is king

[raw urchin]

Servers break inbetween rounds rn anyway it seems

[neon galleon]

Alright so I can definitely confirm that I’m not gonna try to do the hammer Torb Build against a Rein and Brig, cause a Torb I was paired with tried to do that..it did not go well for them

[main jungle]

The best of 5 format feels so gross. I hated it in quick play and I hate it more in comp

At least hazards cool, and torb hammer seems fun

[acoustic kiln]

my friends played one game against hazard and already quit overwatch

i dont think falconer stacks with nano nade

or at the very least it doesnt give ult charge

[runic ginkgo]

Dude they basically removed stadium, like wtf

It's just quick play with 1 more round.

[boreal ruin]

Torb is NASTY

AP build is pretty unsurprisingly not the greatest

but holy shit WP builds are insanely bursty

hammer is funny as hell and gun does a shitton of dmg

vanadium injection on a wp torb build might be worth it ngl

[neon galleon]

Someone test if attack speed increases how quickly Spike Guard fires out

[boreal ruin]

No

It doesnt

Wait nvm yeah

I was trolled by the power

It does

[nova edge]

The hell rankeds take 5 rounds only too-?

That's

I hate it

[boreal ruin]

I hate that

I liked the long matches

[nova edge]

Same

[paper mantle]

everybody just has suzu now for 10k credits

these gadgets are something else

[neon galleon]

Alright so I can confirm: Hazard’s blood needle item is not very good-

[neon galleon]

From what I can tell all Gadgets are one time use and you have to buy them again later

Oh no wait they have a cooldown

[paper mantle]

um, no, they have a cooldown

[neon galleon]

Also they have the same incoming negative effect duration reduction that Cushioned Padding has….wait do those 2 stack?

[paper mantle]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

also they nerfed Zen's self-orb hard

[fallen cargo]

Eww why swap from best of 4 to best of 3?

[paper mantle]

but in counterpart, they fixed enligtenment not working correctly for him

[fallen cargo]

7 Rounds was goated, 5 is too quick

[prime breach]

soj is going to be the death of this mode

[neon galleon]

Alright they don’t stack

[boreal ruin]

how? its always been 75%

[neon galleon]

Yeah Inner Peace didn’t get touched, in fact Zen only got buffs this patch

[tepid finch]

shocker

[boreal ruin]

yeah i was so confused

[neon galleon]

Anyway yeah Hazard’s Blood Needle is not a good item, the spikes feel like they don’t heal enough

[main jungle]

You can just build life steal anyway

[plucky jolt]

BEST OF FIVE WAS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE IN STADIUMS LIFE

revert it please

[paper mantle]

lol no

[paper mantle]

nope, it's never been
blizz didn't know how to write english so in their brains 75% less meant 75% percent efficiency

[paper mantle]

no, it HELLA got nerfed, from 75% efficiency to 25%

they also changed dual harmony to reflect the change of them learning to write english

Instant Karma also got hella buffed, from 30% to 50%

[vapid stone]

andd ap damage lucio just gunned down in an alley.

nice

[fallen cargo]

I think the wording just changed - Change log doesn't show a change to Zen in that regards - Went from 75% less effective to only 25% effective, same stats just worded differently

[paper mantle]

and as said previously, they fixed the bug of enlightenment lifesteal not working for Zen if he has self-orb, unless you had discord on your target

[paper mantle]

i have 300h of stadium Zen and picked this power every game, trust me it healed for 75% of normal orb

[fallen cargo]

Then that was a bug because it used to read 75% reduced efficiency

[boreal ruin]

doesnt matter in the long run, that power was only really good with enlightenment for the synergy

made 0 difference by itself in later rounds

[paper mantle]

well now that synergy is just better as you don't need discord on a target for it to work

[mighty perch]

what's the hazard build guys

[main jungle]

Format issues aside, max HP torb is really fun. You can almost do a 3 support build that actually works since hammer explosions scale off max HP as well as armor packs. You become a feral swedish dwarf with a hammer slinging armor packs and giving overheal to your whole team, peak OW

[main jungle]

I think ability damage/life steal is really solid, just building around spike guard and getting a ton of survivability from it, but I haven't experimented much tbf

[lunar veldt]

Thank god they added sojourn to stadium, now i have an excuse for being in spawn room every 5 seconds

[acoustic kiln]

wall hazard is also a huge issue

i watched my teammates get oneshot in round 2