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The F Tier - The “We Exist, Barely” Heroes - These Heroes very rarely saw any serious usage this week, as usual. Tracer’s fall is, as stated, a bit due to the rise of the Zarya-Reaper duo - but may see a rebound if McCree and Widowmaker Nerfs come through this week as hinted by Blizzard. Roadhog’s 19.59% Usage Rate just barely fell short of the 20% cutoff for joining his pals in the Balanced Tier as Pros seem to be warming up to using him as an Initiator/Assassin, sharing a similar Lineup role as Winston. The D Tier - The “Almost Viable” Heroes - was more a story of Roadhog’s near miss with the C Tier than anything. It was partly for this reason that Tracer fell to the D Tier despite an increase in King of the Hill Maps played: one of the two main Lineups Teams brought to King of the Hill included the deadly Reaper-Zarya duo instead of what would historically be a Tracer spot. Zarya was used in a large amount of Attacking lineups as Teams have begun to experiment running her and a Reaper for shielded, 'shotguns-in-your-face' action. The C Tier - the “Balanced” Heroes - saw little movement this week as well, losing Tracer to the D Tier and nearly losing Zarya to the B Tier. Seriously: while compiling Map Data there were several Maps that had 100% Usage Rate on Widowmaker until Amateur Team Data started to trickle in. This could be because she’s really that Overpowered - or because McCree getting a tap from the Nerf-bat is already a foregone conclusion at this point - but Widowmaker would actually be an A Tier Hero if more Teams had a player in their Lineup skilled enough to be their Widow Ace. First, the Competitive Scene complains about her dominance almost as much as or even more than they do about McCree. This week, it is worth noting a few observations about Widowmaker in particular. The B Tier - the “Negotiable” Core Heroes - stayed the same besides the inclusion of Reinhardt. It doesn’t matter what situation you're in: you need a little M&M in your Overwatch Lineup. That said, even Amateur Teams know that Mercy and McCree are completely Non-Negotiable, and both of these Heroes also had high usage on King of the Hill Maps as well. Don’t get me wrong: Reinhardt is still without question the Tank you need for Payload-pushing, but factors like increased Zarya and Winston Usage, increased King of the Hill Map picks, and a large influx of “Amateur” teams*** into the Dataset due to GosuGamers opening the Tournament to 128 slots were enough to drive Reinhardt down into the Negotiable Core range. The A Tier - the “Non-Negotiable” Core Heroes - lost a member this week: Reinhardt.

In “Mercy-Usage Watch” news: Mercy hit 91% this week, losing 5% over last week’s Usage Rate. As you may have guessed, this didn’t happen. Just like last week, the beauty of 1 Hero Limits is that its actually impossible for any Hero to reach the S Tier, unless they’re literally used on every map by every team on Offense, Defense, and King of the Hill. Before we get to that though, let’s dive into the Hero Tiers for this week. It's not just King of the Hill - something funky is happening with the entire Map Ban system in Competitive Overwatch. Reinhardt's downward movement can also be partly explained by a slight increase in King of the Hill Map usage compared to last week - one of many Butterfly Effects beginning to emerge as a result of the new Format. This has had the effect of increasing the size of the 'Negotiable Core' Heroes as more Teams experiment with Winston and Zarya in their lineups - demoting Reinhardt by an entire Tier.

Overwatch 1 meta full#

Teams have had another full week to familiarize themselves within the constraints of 1 Hero Limit and they have begun to branch out a bit more in their Hero Swaps. Last week’s Report noted that distinct Hero Tiers have begun to coalesce - this week these Tiers have become even more explicit. Whats up guys and gals, CaptainPlanet here to present The Overwatch Hero Tier List and Meta Report #14: Where did all of the Maps Go? This Report marks the second week of the experimental Eggplant Format (Banning 2CP Maps, 1 Hero Limit, Stopwatch Scoring) and new patterns are beginning to emerge.