If you are someone who even mildly studies Overwatch, you know that every meta in the game is shaped primarily by its tanks. For example, Dive was really popular back in the day, since Winston's mobility and D.Va's high-range Defence Matrix were quite powerful. Right now, we've got Double Barrier, since Orisa and Sigma can fight together at midrange and provide multiple layers of protection to their teammates. Before this we had Bunker, since Orisa and Roadhog's Halt-Hook combos were easy to land and were also highly rewarding; I'm sure you get the gist. Last week, I wrote an article about my thoughts on the latest PTR patch, which nerfs barriers to a significant extent. This week, I thought I should look deeper into the upcoming tank meta, and see what the Overwatch community thinks will happen to our tank pool when the PTR patch is moved to the live servers. For that purpose, I created and posted a survey on Reddit and a few Discords I'm part of, and have ...
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