The players were able to think outside the box to find the meta that broke the formula. GOATs highlighted the loopholes within the game. GOATs started in the T3 scene and slowly made its way into popularity. The GOAT meta was a heavy presence in the Overwatch League until the 2/2/2 switch up. Reinhardt, Zarya, D.Va, Lucio, Brig, and Moira was the classic composition for GOATs, but many iterations of GOATs have been seen throughout the years. This composition completely nixed the DPS heroes forcing players like Junyoung ‘Profit’ Park and Byungsun ‘Fleta’ Kim to flex onto the heavy damage hero of Zarya. GOATs, 3/3, or triple tank composition focused on the ability to massively heal high damage tanks. Image Courtesy of Reddit user u/WolfofVilliany
The OG GOATS Composition and it’s Namesake This switch to the 2/2/2 changed the game forever as well as how esport players marketed themselves. The GOAT era was so powerful that it made an institutional change to the core of the game. The most prolific era would be the GOAT era which ran for a long time.
Dive was energic and entertaining to watch, which also helped propel Overwatch into a popular esport game to watch. Yes, one player can pop off, but it is off of the backs of the other players supporting. It helped define Overwatch as a team game. If anything the high-skill ceiling or Tracer and Genji illustrated the mechanical skills that players needed to have. The teams needed to be coordinated in diving the enemy team or else they would be counter-dived themselves.ĭive highlighted the coordination and action of the match. But the downside was that getting out of positioning at all would mean a probably lost team fight, as the dive would come through. This means that teams can control the high ground, low ground, and dodge on and off of the cart.
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It was many professional teams’ favorite as it allowed for movement around the map. Essentially having the goal of being making a team fight a 5 v 6 by securing the first blood. The highly mobile heroes would dive onto the squishy backline or low-health members of the opposing team. Because Overwatch is so dependent on movement around the map to secure objectives and kills, Dive allowed for the whole team to move as one. Dive was popular because it was useful on every map in Overwatch, because of its versatility. The fast-paced nature of the dive never left the crowd bored. The Dive meta with Winston, Diva, Genji, Tracer, Lucio, and Zen brought to the community some of the greatest Overwatch matches. The two most prevalent and impactful metas that influenced Overwatch 1 it has to be the GOAT and Dive metas. Of course, at the moment it comes with the good and bad, but also nostalgia after the era is over. Brawl, Pigs Feet, Spam, Double Sniper, Bunker, Double Shield all have a place in history when it comes to the metas of Overwtach. Each meta that lasts for a significant amount of time gets nicknamed so for easy reference. This optimized strategy is usually figured out at the professional level and slowly trickles down to the community. Meta is in reference to the generally agreed best/effective way to play the game based on the patches and heroes. When it comes to Overwatch, the community is able to split the timeline into different metas based on different patches.
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