After I play Overwatch, I bounce between DPS and Tank heroes. Solely due to Mercy’s design I’ve dabbled in Assist, however I am frankly not that nice at it, so DPS and Tanks it’s. I am within the temper to jot down about Overwatch, however on the time of writing Overwatch 2 has not but launched and the unique has been shut down. I missed the beta, have not performed for not less than a 12 months, and I am nowhere close to sufficient of an professional to touch upon something significant. That is why I am rating all of Overwatch’s Tanks by how effectively they may drive an actual tank.

Wrecking Ball

Are you kidding? He is a hamster. I do know he drives his personal mech, however that is specifically designed for him. In an actual tank he’d simply be a ineffective hamster. Backside of the listing.

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Winston

Overwatch lastly received a Black lady with the launch of Overwatch 2, however it’s odd that they’re nonetheless outnumbered within the sport by animals. In any case, Winston has the other downside of Wrecking Ball. He is a giant ol’ gorilla, and subsequently too giant for the tank. He is above Wrecking Ball fully as a result of for those who might squeeze him in there (give him a giant buttery butt or one thing), he might in all probability make a go of it. But additionally, even then he’d in all probability break the controls, so second backside it’s.

Sigma

I am certain Sigma might design a tank pretty effectively, and may even be capable to get his arms soiled sufficient to take care of and repair one. However driving one? Nah. Sigma’s a nerd, and tanks aren’t for nerds. Plus, his gravity-based powers do not look like a very good match for a tank, even when they are a good match for a Tank. Additionally the tank too small for he gotdamn ft.

Orisa

Right here we now have the identical downside as Winston – Orisa is just too large and certain too robust to function a tank appropriately. Nevertheless, given Orisa is a robotic and might subsequently be adjusted as wanted, I believe an answer is in sight, and I additionally assume that answer in all probability performs out higher than greasing a gorilla up with butter. Nonetheless, getting a daily human who can drive a tank appears loads simpler than rebuilding a robotic.

Reinhardt

You can provide you with mainly any listing in Overwatch and I would in all probability have Reinhardt proper within the center. A really boring and common man who’s okay at the whole lot.

Zarya

I’m actually struggling on the place to place Zarya. She’s a Russian soldier with arms like Redwoods, so I believe tanks would come pretty naturally to her. Then once more, it has been closely speculated that Zarya is homosexual, and everyone knows gays cannot drive. A pickle. Possibly she’d purpose effectively however wrestle with three-point turns. Let’s put her in fourth and cease worrying about it.

Roadhog

Roadhog’s title implies he is one thing of an professional driver, so he needed to make the highest three. His playstyle is much extra shut quarters than most Tanks although, which does not appear too suited than tanks themselves. Whereas certain, tanks can roll over and crush something of their rapid neighborhood, they’re used for assaults from a distance, so Roadhog’s title will get him a medal, however his fight preferences see him settle from bronze.

Junker Queen

As I discussed earlier than, I have never performed the Overwatch 2 beta, so I do know nothing of Junker Queen in addition to what she appears like. Nonetheless, what she appears like is an individual who has been methodically grown in a lab to be able to drive a tank, so she locations excessive. Junker Queen additionally feels symbolic of all my complicated emotions in direction of Overwatch. Blizzard appears to have been a hellscape of harassment, and but they’ve created such a various (Black girls apart) forged of feminine characters with a spread of physique sorts. For all of the oversexualised Widowmakers and Tracers, we had Zarya, Mei, and Moira placing spotlights on completely different varieties of girls too. Junker Queen, along with her uncovered midriff, has components of the Windowmaker philosophy, but additionally appears extremely queer-coded and has the kinds of rippling muscular tissues girls are sometimes not allowed in fashionable tradition. In any case, good at tanks I reckon.

D.Va

Whereas Wrecking Ball was at one finish of the listing due to his reliance on a mech, that is why D.Va finds herself on the high. On condition that she’s the dimensions of a daily human, she slips very simply right into a tank and clearly has the professional driving and weaponry expertise to drive one. She got here right here to chew bubblegum and drive tanks, and he or she’s all outta bubblegum. No wait, she has one other pack proper there.

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