Flats reacts to the WORST Overwatch 2 advice he's ever seen... 

this is untrue, doomfist does not counter doomfist - only marginally disadvantaged

Unless you are zbra and you can use totally intended techniques

At least when you play total mayhem he gets to be the only counter to invincible zarya, not because he can kill her, no one can do that, but because he can punch her off the obj faster than she can walk back to it.

@@alricfremanosrs1509 This is legitimately hilarious to think about.

@@alricfremanosrs1509 Total Mayhem I just go Rein and pin Zarya nonstop, if there's a ledge I'm a happy boy

It was a definetely a thing back in 2018-2019. After Hanzo , Brig and McCree (also Moira in lower elos) it was a hero that singlehandedly made some of the better known Sombra players at a time (Fitzy, Codey, Mightyy, etc.) to swap off her the more often than any other hero. Even some Widows players like Kephrii, Juzu, Surefour etc.) shared the same opinion. Maybe right now after Sombra buffs and mini rework with hack the matchup slightly changed but Widow's kit with her burst oriented dmg compared to Sombra's smg that requirres more time to kill is naturally pretty good into her.

@@lunacy5510 disclaimer, Im no pro, but it does seem like the matchup has shifted a lot yeah. Hack being easier to get off plus the damage boost is just lethal af if you get them in awkward situations.

probably because of the trap being able to break her out of stealth

They probably were thinking of mine and sights? But only being able to force sombra to play scared once every couple of fights doesn't make it a counter... Hanzo, on the other hand, is a valid take. Doesn't lose too much if he gets hacked, still has 1-shot potential. Is much more mobile/aware than Widow. And can spotcheck with Sonic better/more often than Widow can with Mine/sights

I'm stll confused over widow beng a sojourn counter but sojourn also being a widow counter...Something's very wrong with this list.

I think the logic is supposedly that if Widow wants picks and your team are behind your shield you are countered but its more of a bandaid than an actual counter lol. Rein can't just be a shield bot.

@@BushSage right, and if he is a shield bot, widow already neutralized the tank

@@BushSage what kills me is that even by the logic of "shield blocks sightlines", sig >>> rein b/c the barrier can be deployed at any angle and at any range. still not a counter, but that just shows how idiotic this chart is

I have been in situations where as rein I have dueled widow and that was because I dominated enemy rein to aim at widow with fire strike to help my struggling sniper. Only because I had no other better target. And I could get angle safe and call out her movements for my Lucio or genji to chase. And get the supports to look away from the enemy reinhardt so I can blow up the reinhardt. *edit* also widow hard scopes so random fire strike or spear hits way more than it should. But no way is rein good against widow

Notice how ashe is also "countered" by rein. I think they're under the logic that shields block snipers

Doesnt take effort to be wrong when it comes to OW2 hot takes

@@SuperLifestreamtrue 💀

The person who made it is basically brand new.

Poor guy probably spent at least a couple hours making this chart. I'll at least give them props for effort and a decent visual design.

@@Zekegedd has talent for designing and organizing... Not really for thinking up what counters what in OW lol

@@Zekegedd releasing bad information to the world, especially when nicely presented is a BIG garbage move.

@@thierryfaquet7405 let's just hope it's not intentionally and he's just a low rank Player trying to contribute to the community lol

@@SMKurama that's how I choose to take it

Yeah and they didn't put Sombra as a Doom counter

@@seabass3818 As a Sombra main, if you ask me to 1v1 any hero, Doom is my first pick.

The lore counter.

@@FueledFromFiction I dunno, Zenn coming out of spawn is just 12% ult charge rn.

As a Reaper main, I look at Winston and see nothing but an ult battery

The last chart should've been 2 for every hero are Sombra and the other two are Sojourn.

And sombra... And zarya

I could fix you

@@KiePatty91 huh?

Sojourn, Orissa, Kiriko. Counters everything.

@Charly anything that stops new players from using this chart, they could be used as building blocks

@Charly I think if there's an enemy player who is extremely good and is destroying your whole team, it'd probably be good to have a chart on hand to quickly let you know what characters the enemy might have more trouble with. I've had several times where we've just been destroyed by a particularly good player, and not had any idea who to pick. We were getting killed by a really good pharah, and our dps' switched to hanzo and soldier 76, and we lost the game because they weren't able to hit the pharah, and next game we saw a bastion and mcree counter our pharah, and realized that those characters are easier to hit pharah with.

I remember using basic counter charts in ow1 and it helped me a lot. I googled a chart recently and this is the best result on Google images. if I was slightly less familiar with the game he would've 100% messed me up, but I managed to realize they made no sense. context: I'm a gold casual player who only plays to enjoy the game

@Charly Okay, but if you have no idea who to switch to, is using a chart worse than just getting steamrolled and losing?

@Charly You really like thinking about this in black and white terms. Whether or not it will provide any beneficial impact at all seems irrelevant to you, you just think that because it is not a one-stop shop solution, it is worthless and nobody should use it. How is a player supposed to look at the entire roster and come to the conclusion of what hero they should pick if they're struggling with being attacked by a genji, for example? They have no fucking clue unless someone tells them something like 'this character has an easier time with dealing with flankers". I myself have no clue what I would pick in that situation, because I haven't been in that situation yet. And as soon as I am, you know the first thing I'm doing is alt tabbing and looking up what counters genji. I don't care if it's not 'meta' to not coordinate your character picks with your team, but do you REALLY think that me being slightly non-optimal in terms of team composition is going to matter if I'm at the level where I don't know which characters are good against what?

True, you pick Sombra & the Doom is instantly suffering from crippling depression lol

The trick with playing against doomfist is that you don't want him to switch, because if doomfist switches then they'll have a better tank.

@@jeksewnoleeray1020 every ranked match against a doomfist the play is to ignore him even if he’s on point so his team tilts against him causing someone to throw

@@jeksewnoleeray1020 6head take

As a doom main the one thing I like most about doom is to punch phara in her stupid face

It was a spot on imitation of a flank hog

2:09

@Royal Messiah HA IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE FAT NO ONE HAS EVER MADE THIS JOKE BEFORE

@Royal Messiah damn bro you got the whole squad laughing

Why ?

Honestly, kiriko's tp is entirely useless when half ur team is dead/across the map whereas with moira she goes bloop I'm gone

@@ClorxxKage Ya know, I think it just might be the case that tp is worse than fade cuz what if your teammates aren’t anywhere nearby. Moira can disappear at any moment.

With Kiriko, a lot of times you'll just be teleporting out of a bad position, to an even worse one because (for me) almost all the time my closest teammate is either in a fight too, or running away from one while being shot at. Your survival is dependent on someone else more than a Moira fade. It's good for aiding your team instead of running away, while Moira fade is good for both. Not to mention, it's fun to jump out of fade.

​@@ClorxxKageI've had cases of getting hooked while starting a to so it doesn't "feel" reliable like moria

Yes! She hacks so flipping fast that getting an ult off is nigh impossible if she’s mildly competent and present.

Also her hack just recalls your barrier instantly

Or you can be in OT and about to win with flux and they swap Sombra and run out and hack you as soon as you use it causing you lose a game by losing your game winning ult to a hack that you couldn't have stopped because she just runs out and hacks you while invisible

@@AwkwardHillbilly The counterplay is to turn off the video game and walk outside for awhile

That's really not accurate at all. I'm sorry but it's actually close to the other way around. Sigma has a deployable shield with which to shield dance. It's quite easy to deal with Sombra.

lol that's what we call a skill issue

technically they're right

Ye becuz of him I had to learn how to boop pharas mid air Somehow I'm doing it and it's Hilariona every time

@@poland2016 that's way too situational to be something you have to learn

@@mekacrab but I did

Unironically, Ball's ability to slingshot himself into the air, exit ball form, and shoot the Pharah up close while mid air - actively makes Ball better at helping deal with Pharah than 80% of the tank roster. As a Pharah main, whenever I pick ball I always do this and enemy Pharahs hate it xD

Flats Hog at Blizzcon needs to be a thing!

If was pretty good NGL. Lmao

Let's be real, Flats would just dress like a clown and call that his Roadhog cosplay.

He doesn't need to cosplay 💀

and then your team becomes 64 Sombras

what

yep. but they put zen as a counter instead, whose ult is nullified by JQ's ult...

she isnt even a “counter” to rein when she can cleanse his ult too

they said kiriko counters junkrat lmao. (not even ana..)

I've figured it out. I don't think this person knows that suzu can cleanse. edit: after this realization, it explains a LOT

@@mekacrab kiriko, is much better at fightin junk than ana, like kiriko can 2 tap any dmg dealer can immunize herself from any of the dmg and knockback, and can teleport out as soon as she sees a bomb coming towards her ana cant really do anything against the pure burst of junk

im ngl seeing Doomfist "countered" by Echo and Pharah, im like.. >good Doomfist players who can punch mid-air and hit it have entered the chat

Yes, any one-trick can play against hard counters, but that's not the average player.

Zbra and aquamarine scare me with what they do with their respective heroes. Doomfist is weak normally but zbra really doesn’t make it look that way. Junkrat is already really good but aquamarine just makes him more horrifying.

@@firstnamelastname9237 as a fellow Junkrat main Aquamarine and PvPx are insane and true inspiration lol and yeah ZBRA and all them one tricks scare the shot outta me too lol

@@ElsaChan597 Meanwhile, good Pharahs can see these punches coming from a mile away and know how to dodge them. One-tricking goes both ways..

What's the timestamp

The counter in low ranks is just to be more skilled than your opponents, because character synergies barely matter when no one on your team is playing the same video game.

@@lydianlights Correct, but if someone is able to outplay a Plat player on any character in their role, guess what, that person climbed out of Plat a long time ago... Even though "just be a GM" is technically speaking a solution, it's not a possible one for 90% of the playerbase. Besides, that's not even what I'm talking about, I'm talking about bringing awareness, not cheats for climbing, I'm talking about having 4 people afk spam a double pocketed orisa and being unable to kill her all game, instead of just getting the rest of the team first. I would be surprised if a Diamond player could consistently 1v5 carry in Plat, you'd have to be much, much higher to pull that off

shoot them in the head, that's usually a hard counter

@@mekacrab ah, another intellectual, the "just be a GM DPS player and 1v5" argument is so boring... If you read the replies you'd know I already explained that I'm not talking about that

@@ivanfranebijelic7009 Well I never said that. All i'm saying is that it works with almost any hero and at any rank.

Sometimes if your DPS won't take the duel you gotta take it yourself.

The feeling of deleting the widow with volley is one of the best ones there is

As a support main that plays zen and ana, I'm left to deal with at least 1 of the dps most of the time while my dps pointlessly tickle the tank getting infinite heals.

Whoa whoa whoa back the fuck. JUNKRAT is a Sombra counter on the chart. Rat is the one DPS I’m happy to see when locking Sombra. What is this guy smoking?

im guessing hits cause of the mine? + her ult, but ye hardly a counter usually the other way around. if anything. though i guess she can also one tap her? so she cant teleport out intime?

Widow used to counter Sombra not only because of reveal, all though that + trap reveal especially if Widow know how to use it against flankers are definitely the most annoying things for Sombra, the main thing was the time to kill that it takes for each character to kill. Even despite the jump on disadvantage any decent Widow used to still shit on Sombra due to her superior dueling dmg. It used to take way too long for Sombra to kill Widow with her pepper shooter and it used to give way too many opportunities to ding her head even for the most average/slow reflexes Widows. Also, naturally the way those characters play (when Sombra is not purposely targeting Widow) Sombra just gives way too many easy opportunities to kill her easily with the translocator in the air thing, and harassing tanks ,etc. However, Sombra was changed and buffed and now she has more assassin capabilities compared to when she was more of a playmaking utility dps.

If widow is in a spot where sombra can only reach her from a couple directions, widow blocks off one direction with venom mine. The other direction widow is fully aware that a sombra will appear soon. The most a sombra can do is occasionally cause the widow to stop mowing down your team to mow you down instead. Widow is not locked into sniper fire, she can spray a few primary fire bullets out near her every now and then to try to catch sombra. She can also reposition with her grapple. Sombra will spend most of the game trying to find widow and trying to avoid the venom mine/occasionally shots fired. When sombra does fight widow, you either coinflip since your close range automatic weapons do similar damage anyways, or pray you don’t get one shot by a widow who’s capable of landing close range sniper headshots. Even Genji does a better job at ruining widows day. If the widow knows what sombra does it’s not that difficult to deal with sombra

They put Widow as a counter to everybody. She shows up 16 times on this list, which is a lot compared to Ashe, who didn't show up once.

Question: do you still play Overwatch?

Brings a new meaning to Dva eating Zenyatta's balls

Wtf man

I thought like Kirby lol

and please tell the symms i counter them so they'll be scared and switch!

He doesn't really hard counter anyone, I guess widow maybe, but still not guaranteed.

the sky is falling

Cant get out of it. Litterally went down in rank after 7 wins and a single loss. I was a gold plat player in ow1, but when i finished placements in ow2, i got silver 1, so, i tought ill just play some more and hopefully win and get a better placements, which was when i got 7 wins and 1 loss, and went down to bronze 4. 😂 its so dumb.

@@emilwillumsen3180 Hmm, so are you saying your account was flagged by blizzard specifically to piss you off ? Cause i'm in the exact same situation, except that when i do 7/1 i go up 3 divisions, instead of losing one. Also, sarcasm, i'm simply calling bs on what you said. Probably didnt go 7/1.

How is that a bad thing? That's hilarious.

@@evoknz well according to him he went 7-1 and went down around 9 tiers, which isn't possible. so definitely cap. silver1, silver2, silver3, silver4, silver5, bronze1, bronze2, bronze3, bronze4. literally impossible to go down that much from one round of placements. dude probably went 1 win 70 losses

look at the leader boards now and come back to reply lol

@@HelloMrDino what is that supposed to mean ? Junkrat is still not a counter to most picks

@@mekacrab "junkrat is still not a counter to most picks".....well as a junk main i can easily say ....he counters everyone, you just have to know how the only challenging ones are zarya torb bastion and echo cause her flying isnt as predictable as pharahs movement.....

@@HelloMrDino being able to kill someone =/= counter someone

sojourn = death from mid range zaraya = getting walked down then death sombra = extreme annoyance then death

well yeah they are s+ currently

@@alexo_pog they are op tier

If he didn't get an aneurysm, he would definitely get it now

i wish he would've ignored it since it's a waste of time + stupid. make your own list if you think there's a better list to make, or realize there are no "counters" in OW2, just strengths and weaknesses which all depend on your comp and the map mode.

@@frottery It's not a waste of time, it's content for him.

@@frottery then leave if you don’t like it

They probably thought "Oh they can shoot the turret beyond its range" bloody turret can snipe like 200+ ft it's insane

I’m like 90% sure there’s one of those generic overwatch tips that says something along the lines of using Pharas gun to out range the turret. Used to see it when the game first came out lol.

they are tho

echo is good against torb tbf, peak his turret for a milisecond and destroy it with stickies and then you can just duel him out of the range he can realistically aim at you

@@jyrlan2596 I can understand Junk but I feel like Torb has the range to deal with them. I know he’s not hitscan but a good torb should be able to land a couple shots which is really all you need. I don’t realistically see fliers dodging both amped torb shots + turret shots. I’m not necessarily saying he counters them by any means but the matchup isn’t as one-sided as you may think. I do get where you’re coming from though, especially with torb ult not really having a purpose against fliers and it’s certainly harder to hit fliers with primary fire than it is to hit ground level enemies. Junk though I honestly don’t know why anyone would play him into fliers, ever

As Flats somewhat mentioned the reality is the "counter" is being a better player. Legitimately just get better at the game and you'll be fine.

@HappySquid also skill level with that character and how you play it

If there's an EchoPharahMercy comp, *go Junkrat* ! This was a junk tip, or a Junk tip, or both.

@HappySquid ^^^^^^^^^^^

@HappySquid that and just altering your playstyle when certain heroes are on the other team is just as or probably better than counter picking to a hero you’re not as comfortable on. Besides, people literally one trick a hero and still manage to win games and climb since they’ve developed a flexible playstyle where they make the one hero they’re good at work against most picks on the enemy team. Overwatch is a game where gamesense and gameknowledge matters more than aim for climbing imo.

@@prototypeow now all we need is a flying tank... can we give roadhog wings?

Doom has so many counters that Junk isn't even high on the list. Imo he is not reaaly a counter, but a nice option against him, similar to reaper.

Doom is kinda like Tracer in that everyone kills them easily, but that's why Tracer and Doom are like more skill-based heroes coz with the right hands they can demolish everyone.

If the hog actually aimed for your face (ain't hard with that centered critbox) that's like half or more of your health gone and then if any other person on their team shoots you as you're being reeled in, bye bye mech. If you play Dva into a hog, you really have to be wary on not getting hooked yourself.

i thought this was how bastion was played in normally played even in high ranks now? was this video recorded pre bastion unban?

@@Koozul yeah same.

What happens when they Zarya doesn't immediately use both bubbles though? cooldown is pretty short and so if you don't use them both immediately you can almost have your first back by the time you use the second. Cooldown management is a part of the game too

@@javianbrown8627 If they're not using their bubble, shoot them... It's not your problem what their cooldown management is. No bubble? Shoot. Second bubble? Shoot. Live your dreams 😁

@@javianbrown8627 thats why you force out the second one, you make her either not use her bubbles, or try to contest you by bubbling her team mates and having them dive you. either way she leaves herself more vulnerable than most other heroes would be able to leave her. she doesnt really have a good dps counter right now so its the best we’ve really got