Overwatch Ladder Season 21 - Week 4 Bans
This weeks bans. Hammond, Mercy and Hanzo.
This will be a short post this week because as much as I think about it i can't figure out too many data points to gather with this ban pool. There is one hero I see that's gaining a lot from this ban pool, Widowmaker.
I see her as the big winner because she won't have to deal with Hammond, who's good at harassing her up close and Hanzo who's good at putting some pressure at long range. Mercy is an interesting pick because it removes the main advantage of having a sniper, taking someone out before the fight even starts and without mercy you now have no way to undo that advantage.
Outside of that there could be some relation to the heroes that just got changed in the latest patch. You want Mei to be played so you can judge her nerf but at the same time you don't want her played just to deal with ball, even with her nerfs she'll still deal with him quite well. With hammond removed we'll now see Mei played in non-hammond games and see how she fares.
The same can be said for phara, with her buffs going live we can see how she does without her main pocket of mercy. Its a bit of a stretch but seeing how this is the first week mercy has been banned we can see how well or how horrible phara works out. Again, this maybe a bit of a stretch but its good to gather data whenever possible.
Overall, after watching streams for the past 5 days and playing games myself, not much has changed. While not seeing Hanzo is nice the dominate comp of rein/zarya,lucio/ana and McCree is still going strong.
This will be a short post this week because as much as I think about it i can't figure out too many data points to gather with this ban pool. There is one hero I see that's gaining a lot from this ban pool, Widowmaker.
I see her as the big winner because she won't have to deal with Hammond, who's good at harassing her up close and Hanzo who's good at putting some pressure at long range. Mercy is an interesting pick because it removes the main advantage of having a sniper, taking someone out before the fight even starts and without mercy you now have no way to undo that advantage.
Outside of that there could be some relation to the heroes that just got changed in the latest patch. You want Mei to be played so you can judge her nerf but at the same time you don't want her played just to deal with ball, even with her nerfs she'll still deal with him quite well. With hammond removed we'll now see Mei played in non-hammond games and see how she fares.
The same can be said for phara, with her buffs going live we can see how she does without her main pocket of mercy. Its a bit of a stretch but seeing how this is the first week mercy has been banned we can see how well or how horrible phara works out. Again, this maybe a bit of a stretch but its good to gather data whenever possible.
Overall, after watching streams for the past 5 days and playing games myself, not much has changed. While not seeing Hanzo is nice the dominate comp of rein/zarya,lucio/ana and McCree is still going strong.