stadium-discussion

[random relic]

it's fixed to me

played like 7 games with no issues

[jaunty kernel]

I'm having to check the name for every item they've moved and the icons and just art not helpful

[random relic]

I do not like them either but im sure it's because we were already used to the previous ones

just give them time

still... they didn't improve the UI in a way you understand it better

imo

it's just same confusion

[burnt epoch]

These new icons are throwing me off I miss the old ones

[devout imp]

what’s the current state of stadium rn?

[dry swallow]

Where did Vendetta’s free ult power go 🥀

[woven crown]

current stadium is same as always, stacks beating up on solos with horrible matchmaking

[red ridge]

did one of Vendetta powers just got removed? i think it was overloaded strike, one where u get a mini ult if u overhead after soaring slice?

[unborn ermine]

vendetta is broken op in stadium rn

[runic summit]

i believe so

i was in the middle of a game and it got removed

[red ridge]

i never knew that can even happen

[runic summit]

yeah it just became a regular item and that was it

[red ridge]

i cant seem to find

[steel aspen]

how is everyone finding vendetta?

[oblique rampart]

Anyone notice the All Star reward says Exclusive Cassidy Skin while the picture shows reinhardt

[runic summit]

i meant mid game it became a regular item in my hero build and then it just wasnt there anymore

[sage cedar]

Fun as hell honestly

Very explosive and mobile

And she gets some great anti-aerial capabilities, I made a Mercy rage quit in my latest game

[potent blaze]

has anyone else run a "ranged" AP vendetta build? It seems to be extremely weak to me. Needs a crazy amount of investment with powers and items to do anything

[sage cedar]

Was testing it in the training room but it feels too gimmicky

[fallow socket]

itll never work as the main focus

the projected edge will always just be a compliment to other builds

[upper flame]

Yo, orb of perception on zen, better or worse now?

[potent blaze]

definitely not in its current state, but i think thats what they were going for with even one of the example builds being based on that

[sage cedar]

The "projected edge on overhead after blocking" is lethal in combination with the "next swing after blocking becomes an overhead" though. It turns Overhead into an instant one-shot against everything but tanks

[fallow socket]

take the blue rare weapon item too

adds 30 dmg

[sage cedar]

Ye

That's what I used to bully the Mercy. I could just delete her at will

[fallow socket]

xd

[sage cedar]

Also I did this, which made her start flaming in match chat then quit 🥲

https://streamable.com/no0cvv?src=player-page-share

[fallow socket]

i tested on the first day that item just works 95% of the time no matter air or jumping etc

[boreal ruin]

I've had some ridiculous amounts of fun just trolling vendettas with my soj build

bonus point if they have rein/brig

[dire plume]

is Serenity power still working correctly on mercy?

[floral robin]

does vendetta with gloom gauntlet work now or is it still bugged?

[vital tulip]

works on her quick melee not her sword swings. not a bug

[floral robin]

why isn’t it a bug? it says melee damage and her weapon is tagged as “melee”

[fallow socket]

i was surprised too

they either looked in advance and didnt let it apply to keep her power level lower or they just forgot

[vital tulip]

power level mainly. JQ axe, Hazard leap are also tagged as melee but don't count for it either

[fallow socket]

they also added several "get off of me" items probably just for her too

same way they added reflex coating for doom

and then nerfed it bcs doom is sht LOL

[vital tulip]

It could definitely be worded better. Better way to think of it is "quick melee. unless your hero cannot quick melee (rein brig) in which case their base m1"

[floral robin]

she’s pretty weak in stadium in my opinion there’s too much burst dmg

[fallow socket]

why did they gut reinforced titanium and crusader hydraulics

genuinely the only items in the game that kept burst damage manageable at an affordable cost

[vital tulip]

too good for rares basically

hydraulics for ex was sleeper op on any heroes w/ shield hp baseline

not saying I necesarilly agree with them but yeah just waaaaaay too good for price

[fallow socket]

they rlly look unusable now

[vital tulip]

they're not just more niche

hydraulics is better on armor heroes inverse for shield

orisa for ex is a demon with new hydraulics

run that with weapon jammer and you're nerfing opp attack speed 20% in any engagement you have

rein duels

genji with his armor blade build

[fallow socket]

thats so troll lol

[floral robin]

they butchered crusader hydraulics they could have at least bumped up the price or even make it epic with 25 extra armor bonus

[fallow socket]

didnt think abt that

[vital tulip]

My thinking is they want to change the pacing of items a little and have round 1-3 be more about putting together builds with 4-7 being "okay now deal with their builds"

[floral robin]

also the new redesigns for the items are so poo

[vital tulip]

agreed, they do not make things "more clear" like they wanted to with the armory

[floral robin]

maybe an option to switch between classic and the updated one would be cool

[vital tulip]

and they also didn't do a redesign of hero unique items and gadgets so now everything is clashing in the ui

[hallow rock]

lf pro+ duo i play supp

[main igloo]

How do i get access to competitive stadium mode?

[inland quiver]

play some unranked stadium games?

[woven crown]

does weapon jammer reduce basic attack speed? it thought it only nerfed ?bonus" atk speed

the tooltop says bonus

[pale gale]

anyone looking for a montage edit to be done, dm me or send me a friend req for more info, tryna make edits for people

[stiff bobcat]

I wanna play comp stadium so bad is it still bugged

Im not queuing 15 min to find out :/

[wet jackal]

I haven’t had issues

Dps and tank queue times are usually less than 3 minutes

[stiff bobcat]

Oh thats so awesomes

There was a bug yesterday that u would load into the game but it would just stay ‘frozen’ on the hero selection screen from quickplay

[paper mantle]

a bit worse, unless you play with discord transcendence

(which i don't think you should)

[obtuse rover]

is stadium still broken?

[paper mantle]

no?

[livid marsh]

Anyone else having issues with the spectate on console

I can’t swap who I’m watching

[obtuse rover]

ah yesterday people couldn't get out of the hero select and got booted lol

[paper mantle]

dunno when, but i played a lot yesterday and never had a single problem

[fast spear]

is there a hero ban in stadium upcoming?

[wet jackal]

Bold of you to assume they would balance stadium

[fast spear]

true

[paper mantle]

hero bans is a garbage mechanic that shouldn't be anywhere

[wet jackal]

I feel like power bans would be interesting

[fading flame]

gets more balance than the main modes btw

[paper mantle]

what would be the purpose?

[upper flame]

Such a bummer, was a must have for my zen

[paper mantle]

i used to pick it a lot, it was amazing, but as it is now i don't feel like dunking 11k for that

[untold sage]

rein needs to get gutted

80% of the tanks i see in stadium are playing rein

cause hes braindead as fuck

[paper mantle]

a character doesn't need to be "gutted" because you see them a lot in your skill bracket

[weary fulcrum]

is it just me or is stadium really addictive

[solar kite]

anyone else having an issue where its stuck on "Preparing for round X" loading screen

cuz of a "failed to connect to server"

i tried reconnecting but it doesn't work and i get penalized because its comp

[weary fulcrum]

try changing your region if that doesnt work ask again later and someone else will answer

[untold sage]

did you read what i said

hes braindead as fuck

its not just cause i see him often

i see him often cause HES BUSTED

0 reading comprehension

[paper mantle]

you have given exactly 0 reasons as to why he should be "gutted"

and you won't find any because there's never a reason to make a character "gutted"

if you want to discuss character balance, that's another topic, and you need to put actual arguments forward

[pale gale]

anyone looking for a montage edit to be done, dm me or send me a friend req for more info, tryna make edits for people

[sly glen]

why can't i buy crimson weapon variant?

[frank mango]

I would love if they added this ugh

[sly glen]

who would be your first thought to ban?

[frank mango]

Honestly my only ban would be Vendetta rn. Havent played stadium since she’s been out yet and need time to learn how to deal with her before dealing with her in comp

• my boyfriend tested her out already and said she does a massive amount of dmg rn if she gets fed so 💀

[sly glen]

yeah shes definately annoying if shes good, especially when teamed with a genji

[frank mango]

Yeah definitely. The only real thing that could maybe counter them would be cc but idek if that’ll be enough cause there aren’t too too many cc characters in stadium that arent tanks (theres cree but only him aint really enough)

[sage cedar]

How would you learn how to deal with her if you ban her?

Bans are such a toxic mechanic that should only be used in extreme cases - in a game with a hero roster, people don't get to play what they enjoy just because it happens to be perceived as strong at the moment. The cast is so diverse, that if you enjoy anything other than "point and shoot", you risk not being able to play your prefered character at all at the whim of patch notes

[frank mango]

Quickplay. The way to learn how to deal with certain brand-new characters?

And yes, brand-new to stadium.

[sage cedar]

Oh so you mean you'd like to ban her in comp, until you have played against her enough in quickplay to learn how to deal with her?

[frank mango]

Yes

[sage cedar]

Right

[frank mango]

I dont expect the devs to ever put hero bans in quickplay gamemodes, that’s just weird and no game has that lol

Even league has a quickplay now and doesn’t have bans xD

I have too much hope in this dev team tho

5 brand new characters already in normal comp which is wild

[sage cedar]

Is it fair though to prevent people to play what they enjoy just because you haven't learned how to play against it yet? I'm acting devil's advocate here a bit but still

[frank mango]

In comp, bans should be a thing 100%

even if its 2 hero bans, 1 per team til the roster expands

(They’re a thing in almost every game comp I’ve played. League, Rivals, normal OW comp..)

[sly glen]

Kinda see both sides here. It is generally ideal to learn to counter, however sometimes things just aint balanced and a ban suits that situation better.

[frank mango]

Yeah definitely. I’d just so much rather learn to try and counter something in quickplay but be able to play comp until I can adequately learn since quickplay 100x over gets boring

[sage cedar]

I would agree if bans were used strategically, but in most open queue systems it's mainly used to delete certain characters from the game. Bans only serve a purpose in premade team modes imo

[frank mango]

Me and my friends 4-5 stack typically in stadium comp so 🥹

[sly glen]

Like an example in league, wouldn't it be cool to actually see Faker play at his best instead of on his 3rd option cause hes hard-banned on mains?

[frank mango]

Eh, if it’s regular comp you don’t really know who is on the enemy team so 🤷🏻‍♀️

e-sports is a whole nother ball game

[sly glen]

yeah but the concept is the same though, if people get to pick freely what they're best on its more skillbased than situational

[frank mango]

Eh I suppose but it also allows those who are 1 trick ponies to climb pretty high too which is just meh

I value people who can flex more than 1 trick so I'm a bit biased in this regard too I think

[sly glen]

i mean thats up to counterplay to decide

[frank mango]

There's unfortunately not much counterplay in stadium

[sly glen]

true true

[sage cedar]

I mean at the end of the day it's also a game people play for fun. So bans in a solo queue format will never be strategic, it will just auto-ban the thing the community decides to be the annoying thing of the month. And if you happen to enjoy playing that thing, then you're just not allowed to play your fun thing

Sorry game popped so had to wrap that up quick - what I mean is, if the game occasionally banned my character because it was a counter to the particular strat used by the enemy team, that'd be fine. But if I play a character that just gets banned every game because it happens to have slightly higher numbers than the rest, then that's just a ban on certain people, not strategies

[paper mantle]

finally someone who understands

not just that, but it also makes the devs lazier at balancing the game because hero bans would exist

[paper mantle]

see, that's where the devs should invest their time; creating items and powers that are designed to counterplay powerful strategies

instead of developing a hero ban mechanic

since you can't switch heroes, there needs to be items/powers that allows whichever hero you have to handle the different difficulties you might face

it balances itself out because if you're investing in those, you're investing in making your build more polyvalent instead of making it stronger at a specific thing

and that's where build diversity and build skill would come from; the ability to adapt your build to any situation, which would change constantly depending on which heroes you're facing

[sage cedar]

Exactly

They're already doing this for many things, like the specific items against fliers or the anti-cc items

[mighty mantle]

Dude I go to social and it says all my chats are "restricted" does anyone know why?

[wheat wing]

Guys

Need help

About the livestream tmr for the drops

Its starts for me at 7 in the morning and i have to go to school at 6:30 can i get in the live stream before 7 and leave my desktop or nah?

[misty frigate]

i need to report a soldier bug in stadium maybe you all have noticed already

his ability to jump 200% more with missiles is no longer working

[paper mantle]

yes kinda, but not enough

like, if you're Junkrat, none of those "anti-flyer" items help you at all, you need to be able to hit flyers for them to actually do anything

[fallow socket]

zip grease to the rescue

spiked gloves to the garbage bin

[sage cedar]

Yeah, it needs to be fleshed out

[paper mantle]

yeah

i'd much rather see powers geared towards filling hero weaknesses than give them funny, joke builds (looking at you, Zenyatta flying kick melee build)

[sage cedar]

I think a lot of the earlier heroes just need to be redesigned now that they have experience

[fallow socket]

works as a movement tool tho

and stadium zen is undiveable vs being a victim normally

[paper mantle]

I would definitely love a Zenyatta rework

but at the same time, they can do that when they're done putting in the missing characters

[paper mantle]

it's one of the best movement tools in the game, but i don't think that was the objective, and it doesn't make sense for Zen to have an escape tool on a 5sec cooldown

[elfin bronze]

Does anyone know how long shop skins stay in the store? I want the valentines skin for domina but i need to know when itll leave

[shrewd torrent]

yeah +1 on that, its a waste of 4000 money

no where does it say that they changed it either

i checked the patch notes and nothing in there talks about how they neutered our boy

[peak sparrow]

is there a minimum mmr for unranked stadium? feel i'll be stuck in rookie 5 0% by the time i unlock comp

[peak sparrow]

Wouldnt it be bad to be in single digit MMR?

[sage cedar]

Is Mei competitive in stadium atm?

[main hawk]

Are soldiers bomb diffusal boots bugged??

They used to shoot you into the sky and they aren’t rn

[fallow socket]

yes

just doesnt work at all

[main hawk]

Amazing, god knows how they would mess that up

Small indie company ig

[dry swallow]

Is Vendetta’s power back or is it only available in Practice

[cunning vector]

i just won a stadium competitive match with a 2,625 bounty as cassidy, tell me how good that is oht of te

ten*

[reef lichen]

what is the best possible vendetta build to use right now

[misty frigate]

a lot of people are reporting this bug in their website on their “report a bug” page, i hope they fix it

[misty frigate]

people are currently reporting this hopefully they will fix it in the next days / weeks

[reef lichen]

is this a fine vendetta build

[last glen]

Hi, where's the best place to report stadium issues?

The exalted empress power turns ALL over health into temporary overhealth, substantially nerfing both phantasmic flux, and her up and over power.

[random relic]

no idea what all those do

[reef lichen]

this is what the top stats look like

[fossil silo]

I just got back into overwatch, what is stadium?

[reef lichen]

get money for upgrades across 7 rounds

[inland quiver]

if overwatch had a limited roster and moba-esque ability selection + item customizability and also, u can play it as a 3rd person hero shooter not just 1st person

[little lotus]

is crossplay down? battlenet to steam?

[tame galleon]

whats good soldier 76 builds?

[frosty harbor]

guys what are the best perks to counter Pharah with Genji?

what should i focus on building?

[fallow socket]

not much you can do

the homing shurikens.. exist.. never seen them be good

[cunning vector]

for what hero

ohh shoot wait

u said with genji mb

thought u said pharah and genji

[sly glen]

is soldier rocket build ever viable?

compared to aimbot one

[alpine lodge]

soldier poison build only viable one trust 💪🏻

[inland quiver]

tbh u could use the ranged dblade build, some focus on attack speed and getting ult charge asap but i liked the ap one better

or if ur mechanically gifted, just dash right click her head and kill her with melee :')

[cloud stag]

deflect-o-bot

+200% projectile speed often results in a direct hit on pharah

finish her off with the homing shuriken and make sure to have the 50% cd reduction on swift strike if u miss

this paired with the dblade deflect also works well

[cloud stag]

cyclone charge imo is bad

[cloud stag]

i tend to opt for a brawler style build and completely ignore my ult unless i can synergize with grav or shatter
not buying crater creator early game is missing out on a big dmg boost

[cloud stag]

the spin to win scales off ap so idk why u would keep spinning if u dont go ap

[fervent berry]

How can help with something.

[sage cedar]

Vendetta people, how do you make money in losing matches? Other dps can just shoot stuff, but if the first round is a stomp against my team I'm just so fucking far behind the rest of the match

(I mean, if there's no pressure on the enemy team and they have a ranged comp, going in is pretty much instant suicide, so I don't deal much damage and end up being very short on cash)

And Vendetta without cash hits like a wet noodle, so the problem just escalates from there

[spark magnet]

please reverse the item design changes

idk which blizzard employee thought this was nessecary or good looking idk

[cloud stag]

it's cheaper to go tankier, but tbh even with low WP she still hits like a truck

[sage cedar]

I just feel that if my overheads don't nearly one-shot, people often get away with how many invulnerability abilities and shields and overhealths there are in stadium

[cloud stag]

i've been running a build that doesn't need me to one-shot with the overhead

[sage cedar]

What build do you run?

Mine's pretty effective mostly, but not if I get cash starved

[cloud stag]

booting up practice range..

i cant send images rip

[sage cedar]

pm them to me

Or just give me a build code

I have a 75% win rate on Vendetta so far so I'm doing pretty ok, but there have been matches where I've literally gotten zero kills in a round because the enemy is so oppressive. Like, I just played a game now that we barely won 4-3 in overtime. First 3 rounds I went 10-0, thought it'd be a walk in the park, but then round 4 onwards both Freya and Ashe would basically one-shot me with a single glancing hit by their aoe abilities, and I was completely shut down

I could get hit by one dynamite and lose 350 hp

I think my main problem with Vendetta rn is that even when I do very well in a round, I generate much less cash than other characters because I'm not doing as much damage and have much quicker interactions. Just fighting around the tank becomes pretty hard after a few rounds because there are so many characters that can just cc me or melt me with aoe abilities when I get close

[cloud stag]

hmm

our builds might suffer from the same issue, only way to solve dynamite or freya is buying suzu

tried buying the colosseo coin?

[cloud stag]

my build probs doesn't cover ur issue, what build do you use?

a lot of games in stadium are also quite matchup dependent

double dash lets you close the gap between you and ashe much easier

[sage cedar]

I mostly run a full nuke build atm, but I am thinking I might need to change things up. Currently it's roughly this (but I adapt it depending on if I need double dash early or not): AMHPE (build code)

[cloud stag]

assuming they're also squishy, you don't need much wp to beat them

[sage cedar]

Powers are 1) Overhead after block, then 2) either double dash or projected edge on overhead after block. Mainly just stacking WP.

[cloud stag]

i'll put my build together rq and share the coed

[sage cedar]

Ty

[cloud stag]

E2CAT

reason why i always go double dash is because it makes stacking up to 8 a lot easier

eye of the spider is just not worth it imo

i prefer ms/as

[sage cedar]

Cool, I'll try it. Do you play this close to your team as a bruiser, or do you still go for backline?

[cloud stag]

you can do both

mainly as a bruiser

at 8 stacks, with vanadium injection you become a huge threat because you can chase a lot of people down even in the air

[sage cedar]

Atm the thing I feel limits Vendetta is that unless you actually one-shot, she does the same damage as the other dps except she has to be right next to you while the others can just click you from across the map. So you make less money and have less threatening uptime. That's why I've been going just full one-shot build so I can instantly delete whoever is the most threatening in the enemy team

[cloud stag]

so usually i play corners

get that overhead poke

but after it purely becomes either you defend ur backline from their dives

or go for their flankers

obviously you want 1v1s

[sage cedar]

Yeah I try that too. How do you deal with Ashe/Freya on some of the more open maps? Playing against enemy dive I find incredibly easy

[cloud stag]

but if it doesn't work, that's why u got double dash

can go back to team

freya is my nightmare too

[sage cedar]

If they have doomfist, genji, reaper etc I just auto-win. Same if they have Mercy. I specifically lose against a combo of any of Cassidy/Ashe/Freya (Sojourn/Soldier to a lesser extent)

[cloud stag]

but tbh

a well timed E

she ded

because then she dashes

u got double dash

[sage cedar]

Ye the problem is the good ones don't give me that lol, I just get deleted in my approach. So unless I can literally ambush them it's such a hard battle

[cloud stag]

open maps always play around the covers

yeah the only way against good freyas is literally suzu and block at the right moment

only way to kill is E

[sage cedar]

Like the 4-3 game I mentioned, round 1-3 was fine, round 4-6 was on open maps and I literally went 2-3 kills per round max. 7th one was Oasis and there I went 12 kills again and we won

That was against Freya and Ashe, with Rein tanking - nightmare

Rein feels like the only tank I can't even interact with too

[cloud stag]

when i can't deal with freya ashe thats when i try to trade the tank

[sage cedar]

Yeah same, but going Vendetta against a swing build Rein was 🥲

[cloud stag]

ashe i had no problem yet

double dash handles her easily

literally don't see the point in other powers yet

the 2 last ones make almost 0 diffrence to me

[sage cedar]

Problem with Ashe was actually not dying directly to her - I'd just get clipped by dynamite and literally any other damage on the map would kill me

[cloud stag]

block initial explosion helps

[sage cedar]

I recommend trying the Overhead on block one, Riposte. It's actually insanely strong

[cloud stag]

ashe and freya requires perfect positioning

to play against

[sage cedar]

Even round 1, you can block a ranged attack and instantly delete anyone you want

[cloud stag]

esp as melee

[sage cedar]

Literally just block a ranged attack, dash into an enemy, click m1 and they are dead

[cloud stag]

so basically E

[sage cedar]

Yes, but without actually using E

[cloud stag]

i dont think its that diff

[sage cedar]

so you have permanent access to double overheads

[cloud stag]

but i get it

[sage cedar]

You can either E in, block an attack, then overhead directly again

or just use your block overhead and follow up with E overhead

[cloud stag]

problem with that playstyle is it just takes too long

[sage cedar]

Once you have blocked something, the overhead gets stored for a long time

[cloud stag]

defo would consider it as 3rd pick

but i dont play like that anyway

[sage cedar]

Yeah it's playstyle dependent I think

[cloud stag]

it kind of defeats the purpose of high AS

[sage cedar]

I like being able to instantly remove something from the team fight

[cloud stag]

with my build u get about +60% AS on full stacks p sure

[sage cedar]

Yeah that's sick too. I usually play with the 8 stack perk in regular matches so I know how strong it is

I'll def try your build though

[cloud stag]

i think it's a little more forgiving on the high risk playstyle of vendetta

[sage cedar]

But I will say that Riposte + Skycut actually lets you one-shot every normal health hero in round 1-3

Which is very strong

[cloud stag]

yeah thats p cool

[sage cedar]

Or well specifically round 2 and on since you get Crater Creator + Skycut for two sources of extra damage on your instant overhead

I can actually even melt tanks in round 2, but once you reach higher rounds they just get too tanky

So I see your build working much better in later round brawls

while mine is more of an early game demon

[cloud stag]

yeah because i don't struggle as much in the earlier rounds, then your ult is still relevant

unsure because u can snowball

but after round 3 ulting is almost not worth it unless u have zarya rein or sigma

[sage cedar]

Usually my matches are either 3-0's or 4-3's - either we instantly win, or they catch up in round 4 and onwards and it's not until round 7 I have enough cash to again one-shot

Yeah I see no point in the ult in stadium honestly - in regular matches I use it uncharged to combo squishies quickly but in stadium just regular overhead will do more damage anyway

in later rounds at least

I'll give your build a try now anyway, cheers

[cloud stag]

alright let me know!

cheers

[pallid bramble]

Gens need jet pack cat in stadium and an ability that lets her pick up her whole team

[sage cedar]

I've lost two games in a row with it, don't think it's quite for me

[cloud stag]

the playstyle is very different from ur build so im not surprised 😭

[sage cedar]

Team diff though, so it probably works better in more even games, but I don't feel like I have an impact to turn around the games

Yeah for sure, and I think in more coordinated play it works well

I'll try it again when I'm higher ranked and people work together a bit more

I just feel that tanks become so incredibly strong in stadium that Vendetta can't brawl like she can in regular matches

And with all damage being short-range, I just get melted by so many of them if I'm fighting with the team

One thing I am considering is the power that turns overhead into a mini ult. It's clunky, but it should also mean it would bypass all overhealth, which could be kinda strong in later rounds

[somber cave]

I just had a Kiriko throw a stadium match (sitting in spawn emoting half the game) & say to avoid me for playing Rein?
what did I do wrong?

[fallow socket]

they just dont like rein ig

[shrewd torrent]

lets hope they fix it i dont wanna have to quit soldier for vendetta...

[vital surge]

oh it hurts so much when you get someone who just cannot play the hero they picked in ranked and they've never touched it clearly.

Vendetta ended the match -30k the enemy Winston and never one had a good kill/death ratio.

I don't think I've yet to see a useful Vendetta on my teams in any game mode, but I didn't come back til this season

Lost 4-3 after being up 3-1 because she just was so much dead weight

I don't know if my dps were why Winston had 80k gold in round 7 while they were low 50s or what.

[fallow socket]

everything just does too much damage or runs away from vendetta

[severe wing]

what are some fun but easy ish builds for tank

[paper mantle]

it completely depends on the character, no role has a cookie cutter build every character uses

[boreal ruin]

survival

most fun build path in general imo

besides that one wuyang build i made

nothing beats that

[paper mantle]

good'ol water

[boreal ruin]

legit funniest shit i've tried

i got it up to like

70%ish atk speed
35%-40% WP
And whatever amount of atk speed super serum adds

[severe wing]

no i mean like actual builds

[proven knot]

tokki slam is fun on dva

[boreal ruin]

i lowkey fw the new melee stuff

[proven knot]

What new melee?

[fallow socket]

here lies lava dva

[reef lichen]

my 2026 stadium hero predictions

[shadow hemlock]

you didn’t do anything wrong but almost any other tank is stronger in stadium than rein - I personally don’t like getting them on my team either but I wouldn’t be a crybaby and throw about it 😭

[chilly sundial]

I play support I had a tank run in and die over and over and blame me am I at fault

[wet jackal]

This implies blizzard acknowledges the existence of bap

[boreal ruin]

The new burn on boosters power + melee speed build

I like it much more than the lava diarrhea it replaced

[boreal ruin]

she got her stomach in check and stopped shitting aggressively around the map

[elder halo]

im trying to get rein skin from becoming all star this season

recommend me somethin to play

to carry my team

[wet jackal]

I play weapon power Winston usually

If the other tank has a ton of armor then build into the weapon perks that give attack speed for damaging armor and the perk that ignores 50% of armor reduction

[boreal ruin]

Winston already ignores armor reduction

That’s effectively a waste

[wet jackal]

the attack speed is still useful

and with vendetta running rampant its definitely useful

not to mention if ana or zen on the other team decide to go tanky build

[sage cedar]

Vendetta is hard to get value out of in stadium compared to the mainstream dps heroes. She earns less money, and she needs to be right next to people to do the same burst as something like Freya can do across the map. I don't think she's necessarily bad though, just hard

[sage cedar]

Basically being melee without invulnerability or protection in a mode where everyone does 2x the damage they usually do on half the cooldowns is hard 🥲

[shadow remnant]

so if a quest says wins grant double and also says stadium grants double if i win a stadium do i get 2x2 = 4 ???

[boreal ruin]

The one im talking about gives weapon power

The 50% armor ignore

you’re better off getting the 10% + 10% WP inside bubble for the same price

[tepid finch]

did they fix vendetta gloomgauntlet

[boreal ruin]

what was the issue w it i dont play her in stadium

[proven knot]

oh ya

lava build was stupid

crutch build for bad players ngl

the change is cool

[livid marsh]

why am I not getting any progress from my challenges? anyone else have this problem

[serene sun]

Why has it been disconnecting me from the game for the past hour, telling me to force restart?

[fallow socket]

i dont think they ever will

since she has a quickmelee

its weird how theyve done it, any hero that has a melee attack and no quick melee can use gloom and not siphon glove, and any other hero with melee attacks but still have access to their quick melee can use both siphon and gloom but only on their quick melees and their other melee attacks are unaffected by gloom

[shell dragon]

So many of you dps and healers need to learn how to play the game. A whole lot of yall suck and don’t know how to look at anyone but the tank. Please shut up sometimes and follow the tank. Mainly moiras and Ana’s and Juno’s

[flat carbon]

Stadium question, I've been trying to get a player icon for one of the expert builds, yet it seems no matter what I do I don't progress? Are the challenges bugged or am I just doing it wrong? ( New to stadium )

[visual otter]

u mad

[shell dragon]

You would be too if you play tank and get incompetent healers. So you play dps and get an incompetent tank and healers. So you’re stuck leading the team on healer

[main steeple]

so when my boy bastion coming to stadium?

[fallow socket]

everyone is shit and youre the greatest player to grace this game or what

[wet jackal]

preferably never

[main steeple]

😭 whyyyy

[wet jackal]

do yk how awful he would be

build into weapon power or ability power and its wraps

every game will just be "who has the better bastion"

[main steeple]

no it would prob be wep power tbh

but yea i see what you mean

[wet jackal]

theres a few heroes who should never be added to stadium and that one is one of them

[acoustic kiln]

he already does 360 dmg a second with his turret

with wp or as he would just instakill anything in his sight

[opal agate]

I mean he is a sitting duck in that form though

It wouldn't take long to kill a bastion in stadium

[acoustic kiln]

hell

he could go all survivability items

360 dmg a second is still going to melt people's health

[opal kindle]

Thought servers were gonnabe down?

[vital surge]

PST

[midnight burrow]

Guys is the random key press on the overwatch website jetpack cat story a joke to cats typing?

[charred elk]

i’ve always wondered why zarya doesn’t have a power where she can put a bubble on an enemy and it explodes using ability power

[blissful gulch]

cats walk on keyboards they cant type so yeah its a cat reference

[vital surge]

Holy cow is Vendetta the most useless Stadium DPS ever

[finite dock]

Idk if I asked but what do u think about this change

[boreal ruin]

Good, helps slow starters get to it quicker

And also means the game doesnt mercy end when picking the second power

[woven crown]

its better since some builds are kind of useless until they get the 2nd power. and you now get to play 4 power games more often

[shell dragon]

If you don’t have these issues, high chance you are the issue yourself on many occasions, or u just have a stack

[fallow socket]

love that

[wet jackal]

Zenyatta one trick to top 500 here we go🤑🤑🤑

[zealous jewel]

i need help i cant friend people on ow it keeps saying friend request prohbited

can anyone else add people?

[midnight burrow]

Any one heard the venture they/them joke😭😭😭

[rich shoal]

why am i still loosing rank and challanger score for leavers

[inland quiver]

Servers be shittin themselves

[dusk plover]

im looking for 4 or less pc players who want to grind competive my skill level is almost above avg

[tepid finch]

does the 250 ap on lucios beat drop also work on radio edit (mini ult)?

[reef lichen]

what is the best juno build right now

[chilly gull]

can i have poe’s brig code

[fiery mist]

If i play against another fucking soldier I’m shooting myself

[jade crag]

why does stadium not have all the characters?

are they adding them over time or do they not plan to add them at all

[sage cedar]

I imagine it's a ton of work to come up with and balance test all the powers and items and see how they interact with the rest of the cast. Many more variables than in standard play, so it'd be chaos if they implemented too many characters at once.

[jade crag]

makes sense

[sage cedar]

Also, I don't know if this is a thing they consider but it feels like certain characters would absolutely break stadium

[jade crag]

like who?

[sage cedar]

Like, Bastion already does over 300 dps in regular gameplay

imagine that with 100% weapon power and a bunch of powers

[jade crag]

yeah yikes

what about wrecking ball

[sage cedar]

No idea, he could probably be fine but I'm no expert

Can't see him being more broken than something like Hazard or Dva

[dusky orbit]

Played 3 season of stadium now, is it normal you dont loose points until you hit allstar?

[sudden bridge]

Fairly normal

[dusky orbit]

Why do the other ranks exist then 😅

[sudden bridge]

Some ranks can’t lose rank at all and otherwise you’ll lose a certain threshold

You can lose rank before all star though

If you arnt personally the system has said okay this guy shouldn’t be below all star

Why the ranks that exist I’m guessing it’s because it wipes each season so they don’t want any new players that join stadium for the first time to feel absolutely ass blasted and up and quit if they have a bad first couple of games

And to slow down the reward a bit since many people just quit at all star

Based on how they designed stadium ranking in general though even if you could lose rank in the starter 2 the number would be basically 1 or something so small they probably said fuck it make it 0

[thorny spindle]

I rlly want lifeweaver in stadium

[severe wing]

any high rank stadium players have fun orisa builds

[crimson niche]

is anyone elses stadium ui just bugging out every match?

[sly glen]

why is ashe always making freezing sounds in stadium pre-game?

[shrewd torrent]

3 days later, still nothing

[twin mortar]

Has the colour bug been fixed yet/is there a way? Don't get it often and when I do it's only in stadium for a match or two, like there's a colour blindness filter over everything but it's still super distracting

[sly glen]

never seen it in +70 hours of stadium, sounds local

[twin mortar]

yea doesn't seem like a common thing, only found a couple posts ab it on reddit 🥲
but i doubt it could be my system, I'm on ps5 and other than that occasionally it runs overwatch n other games without issue

[sly glen]

never happened on any other games?

[bleak python]

how does ranking on stadium even work? I've gotten to elite and I'm losing every game now but I dont seem to down at all

[twin mortar]

nope never, was so confused first time it happened - was hoping someone had the same issue n knew a fix

[sudden bridge]

Typically you’ll continue to rank til you reach your baseline whatever that is

For a lot of people that’s pro or all star

They probably should just let you keep your rank at this point but they locked rewards around grinding to set ranks seasonally

So they’d have to rework all that I guess

[bleak python]

oh that baseline is way too high for me lol

should've kept me in the low ranks

[sudden bridge]

Maybe but it’s like open queue top 500 is like masters

[sly glen]

kinda seemed to me that you kept momentum until you started losing

[sudden bridge]

So if your plat your like around all star

[bleak python]

I used to be plat but I can get past elitein stadium

[sudden bridge]

It’ll keep going you max per game regardless till you hit base

Usually I practice new heroes at the start of the season now

Then whether I win or lose I’m still growing and learning while not being punished

[bleak python]

how do I know what my base is?

[sudden bridge]

You don’t that’s the fun part

Once you hit it once you can reasonably guess

But if it’s your first time who knows

I typically gain max til all star 3

Then drop off

But I usually stop trying to rank at legend 5 or 4

Once you hit legend once it’ll usually give you til all star but it’s probably using some other metric for calculating the first play through

If I had to guess you’ll probably Peter off at the very high ranks of elite or low pro

[bleak python]

are those easier?

cuz at this point I rather be hardstuck rookie, I havent won a round in like 7 games

[sudden bridge]

Well you also can’t lose rank in the first two either

So basically no one is really a novice

Since it’s only really calculating contender on

[bleak python]

oh that makes no sense actually haha

[sudden bridge]

They just don’t wanna push people brand new to the mode

Which if your brand new I guess it’s working at intended

I’d imagine til you start learning the meta builds and what people are running remembering to check others powers and items

You’ll probably lose but that doesn’t mean you’re bad mechanically so the game is like let’s not punish you hard

Like the number of games I have to tell people orisa has reflect stop shooting and the game turns around

[bleak python]

hahaha I was shooting orisa for like 10 games

[sudden bridge]

Once you start understanding all the stuff you’ll probably start winning

A lot

Because mechanic wise your probably above average

[bleak python]

I hope so

[sudden bridge]

See an Ashe play closer to heath packs

Problem with shield convince your team to take slugs

[bleak python]

has brig ever been meta in satdium?

[sudden bridge]

She’s pretty good

Either the fire whip build or the shield throw

[bleak python]

I'll go look at brig then, she's the most fun to play usually

[sudden bridge]

Fire whip does percentage based dmg based in the distance of the whip hit which is 31 meters with an item

Kinda week if shield tank but when no shield nice

[bleak python]

31? are there even places where you can use that range?

[sudden bridge]

All over

Plus the girth is bigger with a power

So you can hit multiple people and flyers

Really easy

[bleak python]

that sounds pretty fun actually

[sudden bridge]

The hit itself does good dmg since you stack ap and get your ult a lot

[bleak python]

thx for the tips, imma try em out

[sudden bridge]

Her get in your face build also is good but I tend to think it puts you more in dangerous positions

Though if your team is better it is just better

You can play around at the start of seasons but if you wanna like actually rank I’d check out the builds on stadium io

Not only for your build but so you understand what others will be doing to you and how to counter that

[bleak python]

I saw that she got some extra attacks for that

shield throw and some spin attack

[sudden bridge]

I’ll see people complain about certain heroes like Ashe vs Winston but then I’ll look at the build and items an see they have nothing to help against the problem

So it’s like well of course your gonna probably get ass reamed all game

[bleak python]

I'm struggling the most against mei

[sudden bridge]

She’s usually pretty tanky but what I do is use a jump gadget and bait her then jump to a ledge

And then she just runs around

[bleak python]

oh that's a great way to survive he rolling attacks

[sudden bridge]

If it’s a right click Mei you might be cooked but that’s not super common

Usually it’s gun or ball

[bleak python]

mostly ball in the lobbies I'm in

[sudden bridge]

Yeah but whenever she can’t do that she’s usually weak

[bleak python]

and then she just rolls over a support that just doesnt have the hp to survive

[sudden bridge]

There’s a lot of cheap survival items that help a ton with gadgets

[bleak python]

I have mostly just been picking the auto builder items

but maybe not doing that will help

[sudden bridge]

Yeah those are pretty good baseline but they don’t really explain when you should swap them out because your facing problem X and it’s to hard to deal with

Also helps when you can say okay they have 3 people that can cause a problem say they rein rein cree Anna

Then cushion padding will probably give you tons of value

But if they only one of those heroes maybe you can just tighten your positioning and get away with it taking something else

Rein brig torb slugs is gonna give you Jesus value

[bleak python]

oh I have those in my current game

[sudden bridge]

Yeah if you look at an item and go it helps against 3 people you basically don’t even think just take it

3 flyers aerial distress

Then plan to build that way right at the start of the game

Also helps to try and not like intentionally tick of team mates at the pick screen

Last night my other dps picked phara and the healers locked Lucio Moira

Then at the start said it’s not my job to heal you and of course we lost that game it didn’t matter that I went like 47/2

The phara was just floor shooting rockets

Just say like I’m bad with x hero and they’ll usually drop it

[dusky orbit]

stadium seems to be only plat players though 😄 top500 is also palt xD

[sudden bridge]

Yeah

There a lot less in stadium now

Makes sense everyone wants to play the 5 new heroes

I primarily play stadium and even I took a break and went back to comp

They need to rapid fire add 5 to stadium

Then it’ll be a big boost

[dusky orbit]

ii dont play normal comp at all i have 600h in comp but 500 of these are from ow1, i like stadium cause its ez comp points and i can otp winston, last season i played a little more than usual (29h) and was top 95^^

should maybe try 6v6 comp, most fun i had in comp in ow2 was open q

[sudden bridge]

Makes sense tank is like extra hated in stadium

Though healer has like 20 min queues

[dusky orbit]

but i love it, its way more fun than in nomral mode

[sudden bridge]

I can’t stand stadium tanking more then like 10 games a season

[dusky orbit]

you can counter pick through items not through heros

[sudden bridge]

When I do though Winston is my dog

Yeah pretty much cept I always take mender

That shit op

[viscid plover]

Anybody here a plat-Dia manga main?

[sudden bridge]

Now do you take the extra gold item like a boss

[dusky orbit]

of course very first round, before they changed it first 2 rounds 😄

always gamble

[sudden bridge]

Go big or go home

[dusky orbit]

its so nice sometimes you did nothing but you get the mvp cash cuase of winton item xD

[sudden bridge]

Sometimes I forget to even buy an item

But then I just play it off like I was giving them a handicap they needed

[dusky orbit]

i won rounds where i didnt equip a third power..

[sudden bridge]

After the Ashe rework last night I couldn’t decide on the 4th power between two

And then ended up with out it

[dusky orbit]

ahaha

happende to me on those epic items when i started

[sudden bridge]

I still don’t know what is better

[dusky orbit]

now i know my way around but i hate the new symbols

[sudden bridge]

What in tarnation or stand on business

[dusky orbit]

the old one were so clear

and they said they make it better to understand lke wtf

[sudden bridge]

Yeah new icons sucks also they moved some things

I feel like stand on business does more but

It’s not as flashy

Ashe isn’t a particularly good match up for Winston but how do you think they can best counter Winston @dusky orbit

[bleak python]

I did win @sudden bridge

thanks

[dusky orbit]

Freya is the worst counter i met

[sudden bridge]

Yeah but how can an Ashe counter Winston best

What would you recommend

[dusky orbit]

Shoot him 😄

[sudden bridge]

Yea but like build items

[dusky orbit]

Idk never played anything else than Winston 😅 only ashes that were good against me were like full weapon dmg with crazy aim. Most of the time they just stand alone on high ground and are easy diveable 😅

[sudden bridge]

Have you fought against the new hip fire build

That’s what I’ve been doing but I haven’t faced a Winston yet

[dusky orbit]

None i remember, only games i lost was due to cracked hazards, but i didnt play many Games yet, im only elite rn, i dont play much

[verbal stratus]

Best dps heroes for stadium ?

[wet jackal]

Freja, Ashe, soldier

If you’re good at her then Vendetta

[verbal stratus]

Tried vendeta on practice and seemed interesting and easier to land her crit hit on third person

[terse needle]

what can we expect for stadium is there some kind of roadmap

[wet jackal]

Ramattra in season 2

Odds are some of the season 1 heroes following him

[median mica]

I have a question about Vandetta’s continuum power item, where you get health back per stack.
Am I missing something, or is it just not that impactful because even if you get 8 stacks of the health back, you die before the over health is depleted anyways. Am I not understanding it? I put on a total of 625hp worth of items as well.
Or is this power bugged?

[opal agate]

It specifies that you "Temporarily" come back

[chilly sundial]

I’m new to comp I’m just wondering at the end of season do you get rewards depending what rank you get to?

[reef lichen]

is this a good juno build

[lime yew]

yep

[alpine bison]

did they removed that one ana item who used to make the sleep dart chunky?

its been a while since i last played stadium lol

[hollow dust]

are stadium servers still messed up for SEA players?

[inland quiver]

Yes

[vapid stone]

Are AP Tracer and Flanker AP Lucio any good? I used to play stadium but after that reverb change to lucio

I feel like that just gunned him down in an alleyway i havent played since

[jade thicket]

what is stadium i dont get it

can someone explain this gamemode to me

[twin cypress]

nah

[vapid stone]

Overwatch with no swapping and you can upgrade your characters in various ways to make them stronger

Often with fundamental changes and additions to how their kit works, and raw stats

[jade thicket]

that lowkey sounds peak

i might try it out

[sage cedar]

A match consists of various rounds that are like normal OW games except shorter, and the team to reach 4 rounds won first wins the match. By doing various things such as damaging, healing, killing, etc, you generate money, that you can use before each round to buy various items that makes your character stronger.

These are divided into 3 categories - Weapon Power, Ability Power, and Survival. There are also character specific Powers that you can pick before round 1, 2, 4 and 6, that modify and empower your characters in fundamental ways (giving new functions to abilities, increasing power by a lot). So a build consists of a combination of these Powers, and the items you can buy, to make a certain playstyle stronger.

As said above you can't swap characters, and the character roster is smaller than in regular OW, so not all heroes are playable

[jade thicket]

is genji playable

[sage cedar]

Yep

https://overwatch.fandom.com/wiki/Genji/Stadium

Oh yeah one big change is that you can choose to play with 3rd person camera, like Marvel Rivals. But you can also set it to 1st person cam like in regular matches, so it's whatever you feel works best for you

[pure pollen]

Is mark of the kitsune good for Soldier helix build? I've been trying it out but I honestly can't say I feel the difference that much, I'm not sure if I should really be getting it over CD reduction or just striaght AP

and on that same note does the amplify for healing on mark of the kitsune affect lifesteal?

I'm just worried I'm eating the instance of extra dmg/heal on the same lifesteal my abilities have

[frail nexus]

i main dps

but when im bored i like to play support as kiriko

and I only play kunoichi build kirkio, more flanking harassing backlines and less healing

people rage at me for it, yet i keep getting potg

its called support role

not healer role

🙂

[boreal ruin]

because it brings utility

not damage

atp just play moira

[surreal swallow]

who knows when the new hero’s come to staduim

[civic spoke]

Is hazard op?

[proven knot]

it is yes. Helix builds are “one shot” builds and kitsune enables that

[pure pollen]

gotcha, I had been running it but I just honestly never felt it effectively in combat

so I wasn't sure if I'd just rather get extra raw AP

sadly this game seems to have the same issue as in league where some things are just kinda left vague and you just have to know how they work

like how mark of the kitsune doesn't work on a bunch of abilities

[proven knot]

yeah that’s true

I had to do a lot of testing in practice range to figure out how all of the abilities actually functioned

[proven knot]

Think of if like this

If the ability doesn’t have a “real cooldown” it doesn’t proc kitsune. Ie Dva DM, Soldier sprint, Zen orbs

[pure pollen]

yeah that makes sense, I just would like they said it

ngl all of the visor upgrades for soldier seem super underwhelming

actually a lot of the ult powers for most characters are

its just a "win more" condition which doesn't really help when you are already changing the teamfight with the ult

[proven knot]

yeah im not a fan either

[pure pollen]

zen's thing where you can straight up cancel the ult is super fun though

its so insane

[proven knot]

oh that one is actually good

I fought a Zen once that was impossible to kill because he just ulted like every 15-20 seconds

[pure pollen]

yeah lmfao

you can get the item that extends ult

and the 20% extra ult gen from abilities

[sage cedar]

Yeah I've noticed that from Cassidy players as well sometimes, they have their ult every single fight in the later rounds. Do they get something similar?

[lunar lintel]

Cassidy has something where he can refund ult charge but idk what the specifics are

[dire girder]

Man, I wish stadium came out first. I love it but can't play ranked with 10+ min queues.

[nocturne oak]

Can you do older achievements (the ones that aren't in the challenge tab rn) that say "in quick or competitive play" in Stadium?
Like I'm trying to get Sojourn's cute spray rn and I'm wondering if it's worth it to try in Stadium

[indigo fable]

Anyone got a good Genji dragon blade build or good reaper build to erase health

[sharp current]

How does serenity work fi they removed sympathetic recovery

does it do nothing

or

[wicked pilot]

hey so i joined for this reason in particular

has anyone else exprienced the glitch in stadium where around round 3-4, you are unable to access the armory?

all hero outlines are removed, both allies and enemies aren't highlighted, and everything but your character's UI (abilities and hero icon) are in the game?

because it's happened to me 5 times, twice in a comp match, and it's getting to be really frustrating. I just wanna know i'm not the only one experiencing it.

[reef lichen]

why did they have to remove the lifesteal from pulstar destroyers

[sudden bridge]

Huh queues are like under a minute on tank or dps

[acoustic kiln]

because pulstar destroyers makes juno unfun to go against

[ember kettle]

Is Stadium even worth trying to play now

[reef lichen]

i dont care, it was fun to play

[reef lichen]

14 minute queue on support

about to become 15

[vague garden]

i think u clicked alt+z on accident

[wicked pilot]

no no, that removes the personal UI.

I reinstalled and that might fix it?

[cosmic cove]

Ball in stadium

[sage cedar]

Yes this happened to me a couple of weeks ago (so in the old season). Super frustrating. I had it twice in a row but then never again after

[cloud stag]

does genji deflect spirit of sanjiro cd reduction count with anti beam deflect?

didn't test properly

[reef lichen]

i wish there were cutscenes when you ranked up or were close to ranking up

[cunning arch]

Mei snowball should knok less

Tank have that thing that they get knok back less

But for mei snowballs it doesnt apply

[slow ridge]

hii any advice on stadium builds, specifically to get juno and kiriko to work rlly well together, im not very smart n have always struggled with builds in games

[woven crown]

theres a build site if you want guides but I see lots of people blindly follow builds and not buy items based on the enmy team

https://stadiumbuilds.io/browse

[sudden bridge]

yeah definally don't queue support

[plucky scarab]

https://discordapp.com/channels/94882524378968064/182420486582435840/1474158977553268972

[frank mango]

illari in stadium please, i beg. im having so much fun with her in normal comp T-T

[wet jackal]

I guarantee one power will be that her knock back ability ignites nearby enemies with her ult power

Or that the turret gives damage boost instead of heals

[woven crown]

they generally do 3 themes per hero so id expect a kb, a turret and a pewpew line

[plucky scarab]

https://discordapp.com/channels/94882524378968064/182420486582435840/1474175620853403688

[sage cedar]

I usually look up guides on youtube as a baseline, there's a guy who goes over the top players' builds and why they work step by step. That's a pretty good baseline, then you can modify from there once you feel like you have it under grips

Something I do is I use a meta build as base, then I just save some additional custom builds with niche items to keep track of them and name them - "against CC", "against fliers" etc. Just to sort out the good things to buy in various scenarios

Is there an internal cooldown on the "Divine Intervention" item btw? It seems pretty strong for later rounds otherwise

[coarse topaz]

is there any good rein build?

[wet jackal]

Ability power and just pin everyone

Or weapon power paired with the smashing power and it’s wraps

[vital surge]

sucks so hard trying to carry dps lol

especially hitscan who can't kill a mercy

[wet jackal]

Big on this one

Everytime I decide to play a projectile hero any of the other hitscans on my team don’t even look at anyone except the tank or their mirror

[sullen coyote]

Jus play rein

[wet jackal]

Odd way of saying Winston

https://tenor.com/view/overwatch-winston-eating-banana-focused-gif-27040618

Shoot no image perms

[sullen coyote]

Na smack smack smack

[wet jackal]

I have exceedingly more fun on Winston than on rein and I often just carry my team with mvp almost every round

Weapon power Winston with his jump landing power mmmmm so good

And he counters almost every single tank too👀

[sullen coyote]

Play monkey to carry, play rein for da love of the game

[wet jackal]

And any support except Ana is Winston food

[vital surge]

I've found Hazard easiest to play in Stadium as tank

[drowsy snow]

what are the best Zarya powers to pick?

are these good

[fallow socket]

preworkout is great

i dont think ive ever seen anyone play anomaly

[drowsy snow]

which one should i pick then?

[fallow socket]

a lot of zarya players use volskaya vortex

even in weapon power focused builds

it just adds an 80 dmg ability for free super useful adds to ur burst

you probably also want a barrier power over piercing beam

containment shield looks like a safe pick

[drowsy snow]

its like souj's ability

also the damage for +100% weapon dmg is crazy

190 damage per second with 0% energy is straight nuts

[vital surge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/117109898420027400/1474207868810170560/image.png?ex=69990291&is=6997b111&hm=97e26c25bc996505e199e894c4a89805238809ae410ca2dc1b569bbb88f8d818& Guess who the Mercy said was messing up the team

We had been up 3-1 at some point but the healer got salty and then she stopped healing

Like sorry, a tank can't afford to babysit a Junkrat when their build is about getting in there

[azure gulch]

b-but how is she going to farm healing off the tank instead of pocketing the dps? 💔💔

[vital surge]

She could've healed me haha, I was the only one getting any kills at all.

I just don't get some people though, like gold doesn't tell the whole story, but the 76 one round went 5-0-5

[lapis loom]

why is everyone and their mother is picking sigma

[dapper salmon]

stadium takes no skill

[wet jackal]

He does insane damage and can get some Orisa levels of survivability if built right

Not to mention how strong his shield is especially if you know how to place it between the enemy tank and their supports

[wet jackal]

Overwatch in general is easy 💔👀

[dapper salmon]

in your opinion what game do u think is hard lol..

[lapis loom]

yeah Its free win

[fallow socket]

he has tons of self healing

[lapis loom]

imo they shouldn't have added the easy ability builder

now the game is just play this hero and forget about items making it 0 skills

[split remnant]

Anyone else hate the new stadium ability icons?

[ruby tangle]

Ana nade/nano/build, or pure weapon build with crits/noscope build?

[split remnant]

Weapon build

[river maple]

imagine jetpack cat in stadium

😭

[fallow socket]

would genuinely teleport ontop of you and delete you

[vapid stone]

Complete ass you are correct. They need to revert them

I get someone will probably lose their job after that

...but like look at these man
come on you didnt think these were good i know you didnt

[exotic hare]

ong

[reef lichen]

But it's fun

[wet jackal]

The only genuinely difficult pvp game is either Rust or Escape from Tarkov

[compact vigil]

No rank progress for losing? Been stuck in Rookie 3 for days.

[charred rune]

stadium high k buns

[worthy wasp]

Tips for a newbie that wants to try out stadium?

I heard its a bit like lol or dota 2. That true?

[reef lichen]

i need them to nerf ana, all you have to do with her is just get weapon power only and just one shot everyone

and your teammates also become mentally ill and unable to shoot her despite her having 0 movement

[bleak python]

How often does it stadium het rebalanced? It feels like some heros just arent viable

[boreal ruin]

ana has movement speed and a 3 second cooldown dash for 4000 btw

[proven knot]

dash boots are awesome

[woven crown]

the viability is generally because heros are balanced on their entire kits and what stadium does is split it down the middle. like torb for example wp vs ap, as the game goes on one aspect generally becomes irrelevant and the hero just ceases to function

[tame galleon]

we ALL knew this

[clear dew]

does attack speed on mercy only boost weapon attack speed or is there something else

[restive fox]

how does top 500 work in overwatch

im so confused

[woven crown]

now? in regular ow you accrue points for wins. the higher rank you are the more points you get per win. you lose some per win as well but not as much. then its just a numbers thing

for stadium its a clown show. you do not earn points until you hit allstar. then its a points win/loss situation again. but since there is no matchmaking in stadium its a pure playtime/grouping simulator so whoever is most unemployed

the best part is blizzard didnt even give out the top 500 titles for stadium from last season

[fallow socket]

it makes your heal staff tick faster so it has the same effect as weapon power for your heal output

makes advanced nanobiotics one of her best items

[spare tartan]

what tier is everyone in the pass

[acoustic kiln]

mercy's bad in main game and she's not even good in stadium anymore

i'd actually sacrifice both mythic skins just for her to be decent this was NOT a good trade

[woven crown]

I don't have a problem with stadium mercy and I think that hero is not good anywhere else

Imo Lucio is the only underwhelming stadium supp

[radiant sonnet]

I might start streaming OW2 on my PS5 tomorrow morning, any tips?

[compact vigil]

Is something wrong with Competitive Stadium? I'm not getting any rank progress.

[exotic hare]

r u winning

[compact vigil]

When winning, yes. No progress or decline for losing. I was expecting progress for "Loss Compensation" (Earn rank for rounds won on a lost match).

[toxic grove]

Idk if I'm mad dumb but I feel like Genji is so weak in stadium. Last season got Legend and stuff but now Idk feel super weak or I'm am just fumbling. Any thoughts? Also who r the strongest charakters rn

[timber hearth]

What heroes are doing good in stadium rn?

[dire girder]

https://youtu.be/_JvBAdJkUEI?t=378

How did this zarya go from 0 to 60 energy?

[fallow socket]

she used a bubble on targets taking damage from rocket robots

not even a stadium exclusive thing

well she didget two bubbles from the power

[dire girder]

@fallow socket Ty!

[fallow socket]

np

[sudden bridge]

I like junk rat because you can bounce around and insta gib people and they get pretty mad

[timber hearth]

Or just show a trap somewhere and catch a hampter

[sudden bridge]

Most of the heroes are pretty decent though but it kinda depends on your team mate

Like if you go junk rat and your partner goes Mei

Then you face phara freya your probably going to have a rough one

Unless you out skill the other team by a wide margin

[timber hearth]

Ashe has also been fun, and has been easier to aim than expected, even managed to snipe a Lucio a few times

[sudden bridge]

Then it doesn’t matter what you play we beat a double flyers as reaper Mei but it went all 7 rounds it wasn’t easy

[timber hearth]

Then I blow of their team with dynamite

[sudden bridge]

One shot Ashe is pretty good atm

[timber hearth]

Without speed boost they couldn't run away

Really?

I'll have to look into that

[sudden bridge]

Ashe is obviously personal favorite

[timber hearth]

Can't say I blame you

[sudden bridge]

You can also go hip fire Ashe atm

I find it pretty funny

No one expects the infinite shot Ashe

[timber hearth]

I'll definitely check it out

[sudden bridge]

Reaper is a bit weak in my opinion at the moment but he’s still decent just never take the ult on teleport power that’s a trap

Everyone else is pretty solid

[timber hearth]

So far the one shot wp build is super fun

[compact vigil]

Is Stadium Comp leaver penalty same as regular comp?

[quartz seal]

Lmao u guys actually play stadium 😆

[reef lichen]

yes cause it's actually fun

[quartz seal]

No it isn't it's boring asf

[reef lichen]

it really isnt

it's just a skill issue if you think that

[elder halo]

i hate stadium cuz of fucking mercy

this bitch wont die

[boreal ruin]

Sojourn is by far my fav to play in stadium

I love just steamrolling visor build soldiers

I sometimes take autoaim on ult power and the item that extends it on elims just to spite theirs

[tiny belfry]

stadium wuyang build, brain less code:XHQ2H

[acoustic kiln]

why are you pressed about what gamemodes other people play😭

[knotty wren]

can someone explain how stadium top 500 works

[compact vigil]

For Stadium Ranks, can you only go up for Rookie and Novice?

[woven crown]

you do not earn points until you hit allstar. then its a points win/loss situation. but since there is no matchmaking in stadium its a pure playtime/grouping simulator so whoever is most unemployed

[knotty wren]

so is it just if i have enough points on dps ill be top 500?

[woven crown]

yep

I believe its also a sitation where you need your phone number attached and 750 total comp wins challenge done but not entirely sure since they reworked the system last season. those were requirements before that rework so probably still needed

[sudden bridge]

Okay but then you just swap to rocket build and insta the sojourn back perfectly balanced soldier ends up being better since he better rounded for handing all targets ground and air

Of course if you just wanna insta people you just play Ashe atm since it does everything sojourn does atm without needing to charge to do it

[peak sparrow]

Can unranked stadium mmr drop so low that I can start being put vs bots?

I have like 15-20% winrate and matches dont seem to get any easier

[woven crown]

like no not really

[jaunty umbra]

What are your thoughts on Lucio in stadium?

[woven crown]

worst supp imo. doesnt offer enough

[cobalt shore]

i can't stand lucio

[dense shadow]

whats meta across da board rn

[fallow socket]

i like brig, mercy, moira, genji, soldier and ashe. idk abt tanks just dont play orisa or rein

[pseudo glacier]

How do I pay this game mode I don't get it

[woven crown]

i think doom and hazard are the worst tanks, everything else is fine

each tank has a build that is generally throw though. zdps rein, ap orisa, wp hazard, ap queen vs kiri and fade/cleans bros

[pseudo glacier]

I tried a few builds

I tried to use m1 zayra

Tank wasnt fun

[woven crown]

as someone who has played a metric ton of zarya in ow, probably over 300 hours I generally dont play her anymore in any mode. shes either overrated or the enemy team knows how to punish you

ap zarya is bad but when I do pick her starting with the ap dot on right click is plenty fine just dont try to scale it

[random relic]

It would be great to have a separate Hero Menu for Stadium mode in the main game menus. That way, we could easily check our Stadium heroes, review their abilities and powers, and manage everything related to that mode. It would also be nice to be able to customize skins separately from regular Overwatch.

I'm kinda tired to have to join a practice room to check powers . .

Have you ever thought about this ?

[alpine bison]

Bro orisa mercy is straight up unkillable if u dont have an ana in ur team its so unfun

[cosmic cove]

They should add ball to stadium before i lose my marbles

Wdym epstein with a sword and wuyang are in

[random relic]

No.

[jaunty nest]

Stadium junkrat is the most dishonest hero i've seen in any hero shooter and it's unbelievable they let this mickey mouse hero remain untouched for another patch

[elder halo]

wait till bro plays tf2 and demoman

[jaunty nest]

Not even in the same stratosphere

[tepid finch]

does iron eyes work for vendetta overhead?

[jaunty nest]

I buy it vs her so id hope so

[random relic]

They better don't.

I easily own enemy teams 1 vs 5 with him

by round 4-5 you basically have infinite jumps and sniper shots

it's so damn fun

[jaunty nest]

Obviously

A single celled organism can 1v5 on this joke hero

[random relic]

I mean, at least you require a minimum skill to play that build

[jaunty nest]

No you dont

[random relic]

I barely see other junkrats go sniper build

[jaunty nest]

Its even more braindead than freja

[random relic]

the others just want to spam like a bot from base

useless shit

I just jump over the entire enemy team and kill em all

[jaunty nest]

Yeah bro turning ur projectile blast damage weapon into practical hitscan doesnt take any skill at all

[random relic]

mostly aim

[jaunty nest]

Infinite cds and hitscan blast damage weapon by roynd 3 is a complete joke

No its not aim the projectile is the size of the moon

[random relic]

but also good positioning

[jaunty nest]

Right.....

With ur infinite cds and overhealth on mine?

[random relic]

i mean he has low hp so you need to know how to engage and disengage

or else you will die within 2 shots

the infinite cds is only by late rounds

just win before that time comes lol

[sinful tulip]

what do you think is the reason that some hardstuck gold players are top 500 in stadium ranked xD

[random relic]

do you think they will be releasing new heros in next seasons ?

or not any time soon

[jaunty nest]

It takes 1 item and 1 power

U can get this by r3 even in a bad game

The change for powers being on r1 and r2 make it even faster to get online

[jaunty nest]

U need to know how to not jump in the wide open with 5 people looking at u?

This is basic fundamentals, not any skill whatsoever

[random relic]

not only the entire team lol, one dps can easily kill you if they got aim

ashe or cassidy

[random relic]

you gotta tell me how you get infinite cooldowns with 1 power and 1 item

[jaunty nest]

U start bango r1, r2 u get hop boom + zip grease which makes ur char turn from the worst char in stadium to the best character, r3 u get jamisons jumpers and there u go, infinite cds in practice

Hell even buy bingo r4 if u need even more cdr

[random relic]

hop boom and zip grease is cool

but the entire pack is what makes the best cd reduction

[jaunty nest]

No they cant, theres not a sjngle dps that has the effective duel potential that zip grease gives junk

[random relic]

bingo; hop boom; zip grease; jamison jumpers

[jaunty nest]

Its literal hitscan burst dmg with burn

[random relic]

I own them with ana 😛

[jaunty nest]

No u dont

[random relic]

i can show you

lemme find some replays

i have pretty good aim with ana

even with her sleep while flying

and with nade i get up to 800 health to avoid 1 shot kill

[jaunty nest]

Awesome bro im not interested in ur replays

[random relic]

oki np

I think it's just skill issue your problem

just get better

[jaunty nest]

For sure bro

One day they'll nerf this mickey mouse hero

[random relic]

see . I don't see you proposing alternatives or solutions, just crying

I also hate playing against freya and/or vendetta

but there are ways to deal with them and win games

not big deal

it's also a team game, you don't have to deal with them alone all the time

[jaunty nest]

?

The solution is to nerf him

Its just zip grease

10k to turn the hero from the worst char in the game to the best

[brave nest]

why rank stadium is lock ?

[pseudo glacier]

Can someone give me an easy hero to play for this game mode? I tried torb and junkrat but I did bad both times as them

[boreal ruin]

Ashe, piss easy aimless dynamite brainlet or just oneshot on m1 builds

either way no committmend required with her to win

[pseudo glacier]

Is the dynamite build at least partially pre made? The few heroes I've tried in this game mode have 3 pre made builds

[boreal ruin]

yeah

[pseudo glacier]

So far I've honestly just been insta locking mercy and pocketing whoever does the most damage for the round and it's worked

[pseudo glacier]

That exists?

I didn't know about that!

I've been buying from like the default screen

[boreal ruin]

Yup

[pseudo glacier]

I really liked the rein shield build but I did bad as him

Imma stick to what I know, which is just zayra bc mauga isnt here I think

[boreal ruin]

you're welcome

[glad flume]

Hi guys 🥹

[pseudo glacier]

Hello

This is a very dead channel

[reef lichen]

most no skill build in the entire game

[jaunty umbra]

I did this to someone running that build

Nvm I can’t send the ss apparently

But the Ashe was 32-30 and I was 40-5 on Lucio lol

She called me a dickhead

[zinc root]

Hey guys I started playing overwatch after years I was just wondering how come the queue times are so long in competitive!

[vapid stone]

Any wordon reverting the item icons?

[pseudo glacier]

Wait, was 32-30 the KD or the KA ratio

[jaunty umbra]

That was the kd….

I wish I could post the damn ss in here

[shut chasm]

When they gonna nerf junkrat?

He's low effort garbage lmao

[floral nacelle]

is anyone else lagging in ow rn💔

[shut chasm]

They need to buff Ven already

Pathetic balancing right now no wonder this game mode is dead

[boreal ruin]

Send it to me i'll use my perms to post it

[jaunty umbra]

Don @boreal ruin

[jaunty umbra]

That Ashe was so pressed lmaooooo

[pulsar fractal]

Is there a Gaza flag icon in game?

[pseudo glacier]

What do you think is the best zarya build

[shut chasm]

Idk I don’t play Zarya

[south inlet]

whats the best soldier build?

[wet jackal]

build into weapon power

[queen hedge]

Who do yall think the next characters are gonna be released into stadium

[fallow socket]

ram for tank is most likely imo, support could go any way btwn lw bap illari. mizuki is a personal want tho