Evolution of Hanzo - Overwatch Meta Archives

[@FBIAgentRC-]

Ah yes the character that can be defined as “Wait for real? That hit?”

[@Wobble9000]

Just like TF2's Huntsman

[@calvin8775]

Nidalee

[@charKT-7461]

> Gets shot in foot > Dies instantly because it was a "headshot" > Type "fun game" in chat

[@Htiy]

@@charKT-7461 type gg ez 😂

[@batatanna]

The mandatory lucksman

[@fellowgmers932]

Evolution of Hanzo: *scatter arrow flashbacks*

[@thadex454]

Scatter arrow only exists in the cinematic short and our memories now :(

[@Juntou]

@@thadex454 and in that Experimental card

[@debbiehargreaves3350]

SCATTER *splintering arrow noises*

[@ericmarcelino4381]

I like scatter arrow Why don't they just tone down the damage?

[@fellowgmers932]

@@ericmarcelino4381 its strength was oneshotting literally every character in the game. Even if u toned it down to not one shot tanks, it would still be kinda cancerous playing any other dps. I agree fun ability to use, but I agree with storm arrows as a much better fit

[@MichailPunsh]

Great video! One correction about grav+dragon - what made it so dominant was the mercy boost "bug" that allowed her to boost Hanzos' dragons, making it outdamage the healing done by transcendence.

[@feelingrizzly1515]

DragonBall was a dogshit meta.

[@TheNightman.]

The boosted dragon was not enough alone to wipe or tpk. Zens ult still outhealed it

[@MichailPunsh]

@@TheNightman. Iirc, trance heals 300 per second, while raw dragons deal a max of 300 dmg a second and boost is 30% extra damage. And I believe neither of those values was ever changed.

[@playertoo_]

@@MichailPunsh You're correct. What made it so valuable was that you could Mercy boost or nano Hanzo to outdo the Transcendence healing. They changed this pre-GOATs so that certain abilities could no longer be damage boosted.

[@roven2987]

As a Zen main at the time, it was infuriating game design. When you got grav'd and heard the Hanzo ulti line, the counterplay or correct play was to "save" trans, because you couldnt outheal the boosted hanzo ult. I don't quite recall if naded trance could save you, as the nade boost didnt last all that long. All in all... bad game design.

[@selimherrera7503]

I would have liked if Mercy would have been talked about a little more. She was an Important part of grav dragon, as she could actually damage boost the dragon back then. This made zen ult useless for a time being, so much so some zen players refused to ult a grav if the Hanzo ulted.

[@TheNightman.]

If your zen was shit yes, the boosted dragon was not enough alone to wipe or tpk. Zens ult still outhealed it

[@giandani8064]

the same meta also brought in ana because her nade could completely mitigate the healing of a zenyatta ult. alternatively, the nade would mitigate the damage boost of a hanzo dragon if the ana on your team threw her nade into your teammates in a zen ult

[@ValoriYT]

If I'm remembering right, she also got a ridiculous amount of ult charge for damage boosting dragons at some point, before they nerfed it

[@acorn1265]

@@TheNightman. It doesn't? How does a 300 HPS outheal a 390 DPS?

[@selimherrera7503]

@@ValoriYT Yes. Even if they had an Ana nade to make sure they didn't die from the grav dragon they will have valk. This is why people actually remember incorrectly the part that "Ana was almost meta in this season". Because even though on paper Ana has the utility to outplay alot in the game all of that utility is mid fight use and in a Meta where the mid fight never existed then she wasn't good. Ana was just a better pick than Lucio, and Moira during that time.

[@sethyoder7996]

I was a proud scatter arrow demon. As an early hanzo main mastering the art of shooting perfectly underneath someones feet really is something I do miss, even if it was complete bs.

[@SnoozeCruisin]

i remember the “hanzo shooting logs at his enemies” memes from back in the day. can’t believe the scatter arrow replacement was all the way back in 2018

[@blacxthornE]

I appreciate that you've been working on Overwatch harder than Blizzard for the last couple of years.

[@g0oberdm417]

I swear the quality of videos on this channel never fail to impress, thanks for the upload

[@diogodinis39]

Best OW content

[@arrowsecho5779]

fr. this channel is carrying OW content on their back

[@diogodinis39]

@@arrowsecho5779 couldn’t agree more!

[@neoshenlong]

Listening to you say Cassidi talking about old seasons messes with my brain a lot

[@kosmosfan01]

Love this series. All I can ever associate with Hanzo is scatter arrows and large head hitboxes 😆 It's always nice to see a detailed outline for some of these character changes throughout the game's lifespan.

[@Kaejyn]

0:35 Glad to see the chart again and thank you for including it in the description. Great video as always!

[@Lynch2507]

Bizzare to me how grav dragon didn't become a "meta" until season 10 when both characters were launch heroes with the same abilities

[@FiltiarnYT]

I think it was because of the first dive meta. That whole comp just wrecked snipers

[@Kellexyz]

Also back then grav didn't disable movement ability, winton Genji tracer could escape easily

[@HiImKQ]

I don’t even play or watch ow but I love these

[@pachanas703]

Love the sheer variety of Overwatch content you guys still manage to put out. If you're able to do this now, I can't wait to see what you're capable of when OW2 comes out!

[@guardian3636]

Well seeing what is happening at blizzard I doubt ow2 will come out

[@broomlord8557]

Evolution of Hanzo: *posted* Blizzard: *changes Hanzo*

[@diegog5057]

I think it would be nice to mention some players who thrived in the heroes you talk about. Great videos btw

[@ethanlay3600]

Oh the days of scatter arrow will forever be loving and haunting at the same time

[@crowmagnon]

I’ve been waiting for this for some reason

[@SenfPenner]

More of this serie ! Its comfortable to watch. Oh yeah the good old times

[@JeffreySmiles_]

I missed these, especially with OW being stale af!. Thank you for this

[@StarChomp]

Hanzo..... Young? Bro he's 38 !!!

[@hg_aneh]

This looks like the beginning of an amazing high quality series. Loving it already! 💛

[@SlongestKongest]

Bow ninja name goes hard 💀💀💀

[@gerharddamm5933]

Every time they show the Titan concept art I just wish we could know more about Mama Hong and her manslaughter rap sheet

[@Diego-lr6xe]

You guys are the only esports channel that still treats OW with respect instead of just beating the dead horse of "is the game dead", you guys are goated We appreciate u akshon

[@ayembic7933]

True but it is dead tho so 💁🏻

[@fredericabernkastel8354]

@@ayembic7933 great, you missed the point of the comment.

[@ayembic7933]

@@fredericabernkastel8354 nah I didn't, I just wanted to change the subject and point out that overwatch is dead for the 473948292th time :)

[@Diego-lr6xe]

@@ayembic7933 Eh, I'm honestly sick of discussing that so I won't even get into that My main point is that I'm tired of people taking the lowest hanging fruit for clickbait which is always the easy "THIS KILLED OW" "BLIZZARD DUN GOOFED NOW" It fucking sucks actually liking OW because everywhere you mention it there's some guy that's gonna try and clown on you and it's all the fault of this youtube channels that only cover OW to shit on it Fuck us I guess for actually sticking with what we like instead of "moving on" to whatever is popular nowadays So it's refreshing to see a channel that covers OW and doesn't shit on it while doing it, it's great and hopefully it pays off for akshon

[@ayembic7933]

@@Diego-lr6xe TRUEING

[@OctoCorn]

FINALLY!!! My favorite series is back, plz do more!!!

[@TrumpetDude224]

You should’ve mentioned that the Grav Dragon meta was where Hanzo’s dragons no longer became effected by any damage amplifiers in the game. Reason being a damaged amp dragon made Transcendence worthless.

[@todorokithegamer1853]

“Genji and Cassidy instead of our sharpshooters” Cassidy: Am I a joke to you?

[@fredericabernkastel8354]

love to see a new meta archives! a wonderful video

[@fitschtitsch5354]

I mean Hanzo was good during giga Hog and he is seeing a resurgence throughout the last 2 months

[@impishrunt]

I may be late to the party, but god damn what a great series idea. Stoked to see this.

[@ghostrick9824]

This was cool, and I loved the Doomfist video too, I'd LOVE to see videos for Sombra, Symmetra, and DVa. Their histories with this game have been extremely interesting imo, moreso than any other hero.

[@kaz7690]

The problem with Hanzo imo is that in lower ranks he’s busted if someone knows how to play him. At lower ranks he’s strong at all ranges and essentially has no counters outside of Tracer or Widow who you are rarely going to see be as good as the Hanzo player.

[@himlolo]

That’s every character,90% of this game is aiming except for characters like doom fist

[@zupovtuber7426]

"upcoming balance patches" are we talking about the same overwatch?

[@LeMerlinard]

Love this content!

[@strawberrana]

god i miss scatter arrow, it's such a shame they completely removed it instead of at least trying to tweak it

[@charKT-7461]

I prefer getting deleted in 2 seconds rather than being deleted in an instant

[@firewalkwithjuno5421]

Zoned out and got knocked back in at, "the Pulled Pork combo"

[@LetsTakeWalk]

The timing of this video.

[@ValoriYT]

And the buffs make him even more stupid than he already is ._. What part of Hanzo's kit made them think that he needed a buff?

[@Bighomer5]

this is a fun series!

[@kylefleck7065]

6+ YEARS LATER AND HANZOS ARROW HIT BOX IS STILL SO STUPID LARGE (Petty zen main/Lucio main winging)

[@daorientalgamer6610]

I'm pretty sure I asked for this, thank you

[@ryole977]

I would love to see you do this for more heros, great video (:

[@McPyore]

One of my favourite heroes alongside McCree. I was kinda bad with both but it was still fun xd

[@thadex454]

Who is this McCree?

[@McPyore]

@@thadex454 the cowboy? the "its high noon" guy xdd

[@garrettyoung3597]

I was so confused when they kept calling him the new name since I haven’t been keeping up with overwatch lol

[@PaddyMcMe]

'Can you not play Hanzo.'

[@MrGameAndToy]

Remember when hanzo was so weak that “hanzo main” was an insult? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@Nooter_]

i miss scatter, storm arrow is way to strong. and yeah, i play main tank. theres like 100 things in this game that one shot tanks why not have a classic back

[@kosmosfan01]

Wasn't everyone getting one shotted by scatter arrow though? Storm arrow is weak as hell compared to that 😆

[@thebigzan]

@@kosmosfan01 thing is scatter was unpredictable while storm arrow is one of the best burst damage tools in the game.

[@Pbness]

Both Scatter and Storm are fairly overpowered, as people get better at the game Storm has become just as deadly as Scatter once was. I feel like they need to exchange the ability out for something completely different, abilities that fire multiple times add too much damage into the game (which is why Bap's immortality field has now become necessary). If they made the arrow have a slowing effect, that would still make the ability powerful, but have it be less about shooting and breaking shields and more about taking off angles to hit the tanks with it. Hanzo has both vertical and horizontal mobility but he hardly uses it to get anywhere in the current meta, all he does is use Storm Arrows on cool down to break shields. And while the slow is one option, it could be too overpowered if paired with Sombra or another burst hero (because there's quite a few in the game right now). It's something they definitely need to look into.

[@kosmosfan01]

@@thebigzan I'd probably prefer it this way just because there are ways around that burst damage over just being instantly deleted from corner shots.

[@kosmosfan01]

@@Pbness The last thing this game needs is another CC honestly. They could probably tone down numbers on a lot of these heroes like healing so that they don't feel the need to make damage stronger just to get through that sustain.

[@CocoMura]

>be me maining tanks >be blizzard only has 6 tanks >nerfs my main for being overly used >mfw it's out of 6

[@MomsAgainstCatboys]

The speckled past of Symmetra would be interesting… especially since when Brigitte came out before the Symmetra 3.0 patch and Sym+Torb+Brig basically made the entire team into tanks, making breaking through defensive formations frustratingly difficult.

[@MefoWho]

"Hanzo has a rich story ahead of him." 6 years for Riot to make Arcane. The Dragons cinematic was 6 years ago.

[@johnan3398]

i dont understand

[@MrDutchmarshal]

@@johnan3398 they haven't added any new lore in 6 years

[@hijisfriend9030]

Literally bunch of comic, yeah

[@johnan3398]

@@MrDutchmarshal damn thats sad

[@thadex454]

@@MrDutchmarshal they really haven't added much at all lately

[@Mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeee3]

"shortly after players began discovering that the primary hitbox was deceptively long" I guess big arrow hitboxes are a trend in class shooters

[@nagontingingenhar]

bro I remember when hanzo was viewed as the same level of throwing as picking torb or bastion

[@rinktheredlink9317]

Actually hanzo was very prevalent in the last season. 2021 had a lot of hanzo

[@tim0thy]

thats just in ladder, hes very good, relatively easy to play, and theres no comps that make him unplayable so you see him alot

[@rinktheredlink9317]

@@tim0thy hes kinda like that easy character to play, fun to master. I love watching him but when you're playing against a hanzo it's not fun

[@malenginerazor9004]

Were you guys invited to the content creator call that happened a couple weeks ago?

[@srdjan455]

And then he proceeded to do the same thing in Heroes of the storm and depending on who you ask he was either harder or easier to deal with But as a tank player I hated him

[@Macven]

This video is now outdated, extremely sorry

[@aacmbirdzilla2343]

Remember when been called a hanzo main was an insult? Yeh, those were the days

[@thadex454]

His arrow hitbox is the size of a basketball

[@JumpyZ_]

rip one shot capability to the original 200hp cast

[@antkay1312]

you could also spoke about the dragon boosted by mercy who can kill through transcendence

[@srflipp_]

One day he will make a video about sonic THE fighter i KNOW that he will.

[@hardfoil]

PERHAPS that story is STILL ahead of THEM

[@SilverScarletSpider]

4:57 is nice

[@gustavogaldinodeoliveira2298]

evolution of mercy, brigitte and moira when?

[@hijisfriend9030]

Lucio. 10 sec video

[@notsogeenius]

They already have a Mercy one, just look through their the playlist

[@Tomart0]

Thats my main :o

[@ToSemIdeia841]

As a main Hanzo, I miss scatter arrow

[@SenpaiChriss]

Pulled pork, pirate ship. Who's coming up with these beautiful names for comps?

[@523duncanjones]

you forgot to mention when damage boost would make dragon outdamage transcendence

[@icantthinkofanything798]

Personally I think its unfair that they like to bring scatter arrow back on April fool's and in experimental but they've never once brought back level 3 turrets or shield generators or mass rez

[@ono446]

Relax

[@kestanecihasanpubg]

1:33 this is just tf2

[@blastfiend7478]

Hanzo main since release and proud lol

[@fynngachter7758]

I was a hardcore hanzo main back in the day when he still had scatter

[@sorin_markov]

7:45 Not entirely true if you look at the Overwatch League, where he has been used at points. Most notably, he was used in the playoffs of OWL Season 3.

[@coocoocake6243]

I still remember the first days that scatter got removed , when you jumped them Hanzo players they would aim at your feet and then try to hit you whit their abilities, scatter fried their brain to the level that they could not aim at a enemy 2 feet away from them

[@kosmosfan01]

Bruh when you have something for so long that did the work for you, that muscle memory is a pain 😆 I would have love to have been there to see that.

[@teibo6710]

I'm good with hanzo ..its so rewarding when you get a one tap headshot ⛹🏻

[@black_flare]

You forgot to include Mercy's damage boost dragon combo that could go thru Zenyatta's Ultimate; until it was removed/ bug fixed.

[@nix294]

I always forgot that they changed McCree's name to Cassidy, when you mentioned Cassidy, I was so confused.

[@MarkusAT]

I just can't understand why they didn't fix the scatter arrow by limiting the maximum damage to single character to a fully charged body shot

[@arte2489]

because thats so massively undertuned, theres no point using the ability as theres no guarantee that all arrows hit meaning you do less dmg than a fully charged body shot. it'd be a useless ability. storm arrow is a far better designed ability in every way

[@MarkusAT]

@@arte2489 wasn't the purpose to use the scatter arrow in the first place to catch those who try to run away while being damaged? Hanzo is a glass cannon pick that has strong corridor advantage. If you can't make use of it you shouldn't pick him.

[@heckincat1406]

Hanzo mains when they can't one shot every hero with scatter anymore

[@crimsonking7609]

Music at the beginning ?

[@HaxenCo2023]

Where did you find the Prometheus picture

[@blitzixt4554]

I miss the day of Scattershot... Just pop it at an enemy's feet and poof, a free kill!

[@Sahil909s]

I still don't understand why the fuck does he have storm arrows, lunge and headshot. Like wtf devs, he does not need all 3 of them

[@ValoriYT]

I think if they took out lunge, made storm arrow not able to headshot, and made storm arrow deal increased damage to shields, I would be happy. Also, decreasing arrow size by 25% would be nice. He should be a sniper with high consistent damage output, not a tankbuster with a disengage ability.

[@Toupan]

where'd you get that list of meta's? i'd like to see it

[@duck6770]

Yes the scatter arrow still gives me nightmare just aim down with scatter arrow below the enemy your deleted

[@eryalmario5299]

hearing cassidy is weird i already got used with mccree

[@crazy5948]

Would love it if you did a pharah evolution and I want to hear if you think she's balanced or needs a buff

[@Matteo73M]

Due to scatur being removed the dragons animation is no longer cannon

[@twlghtx]

What's the website you used to see the patch notes, meta etc throughout the video?

[@zorroarkrz1686]

7:55 Only if we got that

[@Pieman523]

Right now Hanzo is one of the best picks. WDYM not meta ATM???

[@yummytea19]

Hanzo = scatter arrow ninja Genji = need healing ninja

[@Mike-os3pt]

What's the source for the image at 1:56?

[@Akshonesports]

This was concept art officially from Blizzard that was revealed at the Archives Panel a few years ago.

[@bluemuyunda4145]

What was the website that you saw all the past metas on?

[@wongochongo7409]

Damn so good, hold strong

[@danthedancer_1028]

1:57 blizzard, i need mama hong asap

[@borxbread5120]

I used to be a Hanzo main just for scatter shot

[@wilkham2678]

He could out DPS zen ult when damage boosted during dragon.

[@kohai-kun9261]

Ah, yes... the *skill arrow*

[@Ralkila]

Overwatch was a so good, and it is a splendid game... the thing is that Kaplan never wanted to let quickplay murlocs to have a different version of the game and tied Ranked-comp to the changes of quickplay. Wrong, give kiddos in quickplay whatever they want lasers, rocket launchers, mechas, nukes, etc who cares what happens in quick play just they... but rank and comp are tied up for competitive and give potential tournament players a hint of how things roll out. Other thing was that the game needed a more social experience like e hub world where you can interact with people and get a sense of familiarity the same way that works in WoW and for you to be able to form Guilds and such which could ultimately be part of a bigger PVE with bosses that required the same efforts and fun as in WoW. And of course to have people to hang at compe ranked to have a more solid and less random experience. I remember that one time i reported a motherfukcer 200 times i counted it, he just threw from min 1 when 2 of the team members said they needed a win to climb up to diamond. We got close to win even without that folk. However i got banned for facing him in voice chat, while people were saying it was not a big deal. He continued playing without any penalty for his shit. And i have like a ton of stories like that, you couldn't just trust majority of the people there was always someone either too egocentric to accept they are surpassed but the enemy dps and needs to give others a chance and people that were plain bad and needed better to go support or healer. On top of that overwatch is a game of changes on the fly when both teams have at least 3 people organized. Combos will destroy rounds if aren't countering or hard countering. And those changes need communication and cooperation. Not gonna lie most of the games i had were super cool and i got diamond at least solo queing , but i had to learn so many roles at an escell level to be able to clutch on whatever the team needed, i wasn't able to play what i wanted but what the team needed, sounds logical but if you like to dps all day you will find teams that don't work the way you want and need a more comboing meta and less individualist unorganized meta. I love overwatch , i had 500 hrs on ana and 250 on Rein and so on with 2 more chars. The problem was in big part the patches not separating quickplay from ranked as i said before. And they know it, i may have reported a lot of people more 1000 motherfuckers with video proof on most cases. But i also added a legend to all my reports "fuck jeff kaplan" i do not regret shit.

[@Saya_FPS]

Do a Genji one PLEASEEEE

[@Oldiesyoungies]

i like this series