Some people here play a surprising variety of heroes and roles.

 

And some just play Roadhog...

 

I was about to say when I see a Sym and my team are having trouble with her sentries depending on the role I am I just change to Winston, so easy to destroy her sentries with him and that severely limits her effectiveness.

Then you go and kill a Winston anyway

 

Sym melts tanks. And anyone stupid enough to come close while she's doing that.

Junkrat, McCree, Snipers if you want to rip her imo. Hanzo particularly effective, esp on 66 where she likes to hide in tunnels.

 

Not really only shit tanks and if her sentries are up, Roadhog is one of the best counters for Sym, Winston does his job but his more used for her sentries, should still be able to easily kill her 1v1. She counters Reinhardt hard, but beyond that it's even money on D.Va and Zarya, and only if that is close range.

 

Still don't consider Roadhog a tank, lol, but fair enough.

Also her turrets are a part of her kit, you can't discount them...

 

That's why I said if her sentries are up, without them she is severely limited and even Reinhardt would pwn her. The only tanks she counters close range without sentries are unskilled ones.

I barely use Roadhog as a tank either, but thats more my hook accuracy, or lack thereof. >.>

 

Wraith mode with Reaper then blast her turrets point blank also works well.

My sole Tracer use has been Temple of Anubis, particularly Objective 1 when the other team sets up outside the gate or right in front. Blink through to the objective and spread their defense when everyone falls back to deal with you

 

Well you can say that about any single combo, just saying if both parties are even, then Sym should lose without her sentries. All tanks can out damage her, she wins because her weapon is like Winston. So yeah, it is skilled based. Doesn't mean a Sym is shit, or the tank is shit, but it does mean they lost the fight when they should have the advantage, if someone can aim (not me), a tank should be able to win.

 

Please stop saying without her sentries.

She should either always be by them, or by teammates. She's not genji/ tracer.

If a tank runs up to you, do the Symthing and win (i.e. Don't stand in front of your turrets so they can be attacked simultaneously and hop around the enemy like a bunny on crack)

 

Think we are arguing different things here, the argument was who can take Sym 1 on 1 and we were talking about tanks. Otherwise we can go around in circles. For me, 1v1, roadhog and winston should win, reindhart should lose, d.va and zarya is really depending more on skill of both characters.

 

Just played on the Russian map, Volskaya. I was one of four soldiers (or two soldiers and two stuntmen, I guess), with our other two heroes being a very supportive Reinhardt and a Genji. It wasn't a steamroll, but it wasn't particularly close either. Great fun.

 

Hmm, I don't usually find Symettra that bothersome as Zarya. A combination of longer range(both left and right click), higher damage with either attack(although tracking a target with left click can be bothersome sometimes), and definitely higher durability. That, and her turrets kind of just die to right click. Honestly, I like finding Symettras, sometimes, since her turrets are a really easy way to charge my energy.

Anyway, on a semi-related note, I visited that Guide website out of curiosity, and noticed something on there that wasn't on the wiki. I quickly checked the wiki, and it has been added in since I last checked.
That is, I honestly did not know that a Barrier(Reinhardt, Winston and Zarya self or ally) will block the entire damage of the last hit to strike the barrier. Thus, as long as the barrier is up at the time of impact, it can be used to prevent death by D'Va/Junkrat/McCree massive damage single shot ults on yourself or a targeted ally. It does help explain why Junkrats and Pharahs with their heavy damage per hit left clicks never seem to do quite as much as I might otherwise expect(I guess I just thought I was avoiding the last hit).

Now that I know, I should be able to start doing this intentionally to greatly increase my survival rate... yay?

The more you know~

 

Yeah, it's really nice being able to save your Mercy as Zarya (or Winston or Reinhardt, I suppose). Getting that last second bubble into the multiman rez usually cancels out any push the enemy might have had.

Saving yourself is always nice, too.

 

D.Va and McCree yeah, if junkrats rip tire doesn't get shot it's hard to block even with a barrier, only misplacement of the tire will save you. All they have to do is drive through it.

Love being Reinhardt when someone is trying to get a McCree ult off, however being a McCree with an enemy Reinhardt shielding can get extremely frustrating.

 

Same with Tracer bomb.

 

One thing that really pisses me off in regards to Rip Tire is I as Pharah can chose to launch myself into the air and even from ten/twenty metres high (whatever Pharah does) I still get OHKO'd from the ground.

 

... Just shoot it...