Well folks, open beta is winding down and now we eagerly wait for Overwatch to consume our lives on May 24th. I figured I would start a thread and see which heroes are your favorites since most of those who are interested in the game logged some serious playtime this past weekend. Lets say pick one for each archetype(attacker,defender,tank,support) and maybe an honorable mention or two. Welp, I'll get this train rolling.
Attacker - Pharah
No surprise here for me. I only saw the character revealed and I was having flashbacks to my time in classic FPS games with serious vertical gameplay(Tribes I MISS YOU). I still need to perfect my accuracy with her, especially when I am being harassed by the other team, but man she is fun to play. If the other team forgets about you or loses your location you can pour some serious hurt down on them. Your concussion rocket comes in handy for knocking people off objectives, splitting healers from their team, and throwing people off of ledges. Her ult is fantastic for clumped up teams, and if you have someone who likes to main Zayra that ult wombo combo is a wet dream.
Defender - Torbjörn
This was a tough category, as I am slowly getting the hang of Mei, and running Bastion with certain teams/maps is fantastic. I have to stick with the dwarven smith though. His turret is nothing to scoff at especially if placed correctly for control point maps and the shotgun alt fire on his weapon is pretty devastating in close quarters. His ult is arguably one of the most powerful with it leaving your turret strong enough to fend on its own while you run around shotgunning people. He also hands out tasty armor buffs as victory candy after a successful defense.
Tank - Reinhardt
An even tougher category as I logged some decent playtime on 3 out of the 4 tanks in the game. I really enjoy D.Va even though I realized I was playing her a bit wrong for most of the beta. Winston is the other tank I logged some time on and he is brutal on certain KotH maps. My main squeeze in this category though is Reinhardt. Giant shield with 2k health for pushing payloads/control points, awesome hammer to smash weaker heroes into the ground, and a ranged hammer flame attack that can catch unsuspecting heroes. He also has a pretty devastating ult that when aimed correctly can stun the whole enemy team if they are bunching up. I saved the best for last though, and that is Reinhardt's charge. Sure it has a setup time and you are vulnerable, but nothing beats charging and pinning a key character like Mercy or being a martyr and charging half their team off of a cliff.
Support - Lucio
This is probably the biggest surprise as up until Sunday night my answer would have been Symmetra. I had previously tested out all the heroes during the stress test weekend and didn't really understand Lucio. It didn't help that I was sleep deprived and didn't have an actual team to heal. I shelved him in favor of getting playing time in on my main squeeze, Pharah. Anyway Lucio is a blast to play since his heals are AoE passive. Sure you could argue the skill ceiling in terms of his healing is lower, but that leaves me free to perform the other role he excels at. He is a fantastic harasser as long as he is not the focus. Ive caught plenty of snipers off guard with a barrage of bassballs(his main fire) and it can definitely do damage to weaker heroes. His alt fire is a concussive blast(or bass drop as I like to call it) that can knock people off points and off the map. Sure Roadhog has gotten me a few times but I can't tell you how many times I have escaped using concussive blast right after he pulls me. His ult deserves mention as well because it temporarily turns your team into what is essentially 6 tanks with the massive shield buff.
Plenty of other great heroes out there and more to come from Blizzard, but these were definitely my favorite. Reply with yours!
Attacker - Pharah
No surprise here for me. I only saw the character revealed and I was having flashbacks to my time in classic FPS games with serious vertical gameplay(Tribes I MISS YOU). I still need to perfect my accuracy with her, especially when I am being harassed by the other team, but man she is fun to play. If the other team forgets about you or loses your location you can pour some serious hurt down on them. Your concussion rocket comes in handy for knocking people off objectives, splitting healers from their team, and throwing people off of ledges. Her ult is fantastic for clumped up teams, and if you have someone who likes to main Zayra that ult wombo combo is a wet dream.
Defender - Torbjörn
This was a tough category, as I am slowly getting the hang of Mei, and running Bastion with certain teams/maps is fantastic. I have to stick with the dwarven smith though. His turret is nothing to scoff at especially if placed correctly for control point maps and the shotgun alt fire on his weapon is pretty devastating in close quarters. His ult is arguably one of the most powerful with it leaving your turret strong enough to fend on its own while you run around shotgunning people. He also hands out tasty armor buffs as victory candy after a successful defense.
Tank - Reinhardt
An even tougher category as I logged some decent playtime on 3 out of the 4 tanks in the game. I really enjoy D.Va even though I realized I was playing her a bit wrong for most of the beta. Winston is the other tank I logged some time on and he is brutal on certain KotH maps. My main squeeze in this category though is Reinhardt. Giant shield with 2k health for pushing payloads/control points, awesome hammer to smash weaker heroes into the ground, and a ranged hammer flame attack that can catch unsuspecting heroes. He also has a pretty devastating ult that when aimed correctly can stun the whole enemy team if they are bunching up. I saved the best for last though, and that is Reinhardt's charge. Sure it has a setup time and you are vulnerable, but nothing beats charging and pinning a key character like Mercy or being a martyr and charging half their team off of a cliff.
Support - Lucio
This is probably the biggest surprise as up until Sunday night my answer would have been Symmetra. I had previously tested out all the heroes during the stress test weekend and didn't really understand Lucio. It didn't help that I was sleep deprived and didn't have an actual team to heal. I shelved him in favor of getting playing time in on my main squeeze, Pharah. Anyway Lucio is a blast to play since his heals are AoE passive. Sure you could argue the skill ceiling in terms of his healing is lower, but that leaves me free to perform the other role he excels at. He is a fantastic harasser as long as he is not the focus. Ive caught plenty of snipers off guard with a barrage of bassballs(his main fire) and it can definitely do damage to weaker heroes. His alt fire is a concussive blast(or bass drop as I like to call it) that can knock people off points and off the map. Sure Roadhog has gotten me a few times but I can't tell you how many times I have escaped using concussive blast right after he pulls me. His ult deserves mention as well because it temporarily turns your team into what is essentially 6 tanks with the massive shield buff.
Plenty of other great heroes out there and more to come from Blizzard, but these were definitely my favorite. Reply with yours!