Hazard is my New Main in Overwatch 2

[@Mezmorizedxx]

"3 swings on a support hero is crazy"...is what I say every time I blade.🤣

[@vexesne9762]

Only 3? Good for you

[@py4nk417]

​@@vexesne9762Ikr lmfao

[@MofoMan2000]

Use a dash first. It's 50 damage for free.

[@demifolk8940]

@@MofoMan2000that doesn’t always work. You know why Genjis dash up in the air first? Its easier to dodge incoming damage/cc and set up your slash and dash combo. If you dash into the supp, they have way more time to react to you

[@blaynegreiner9365]

@@demifolk8940 And it's a straight line into the Genji so waaay easier to aim into lol

[@android4754]

No you want the advanced setting on. Just set it to shoot on release so if you want to pre plan the placement you can but you can also just immediately shoot the wall too.

[@Daavel]

nah that kick on the widow, so based omg

[@AnimeOtaku56.]

A mix of Doom, Genji, and Mei. I really like hazard, and I think he’s gonna be so much fun in 6v6. Feels super fair and honestly pretty kill able.

[@notoriousmike3307]

Yeah half the supp cast straight up makes him useless ana, kiri, Moira. All three make him completely useless, Ana sleep and nade cucks him, kiri can just hop out of the 1v1 if she don't 4 tap u, and Moira doesn't even need to look at you, she can ignore u and u can't even fight her 🤣 the spread is too much for that small of a target

[@blaynegreiner9365]

@@notoriousmike3307 He is pretty useless into Brig as well but her kit is just very well designed for tanks like him.

[@blaynegreiner9365]

He very much feels like a 6v6 tank. So much so, it almost feels like he was designed to be one, which I am cautiously optimistic about.

[@NarwhalzNP]

Hazard is a lot of fun in open queue with multiple tanks, so I think he'll be pretty good for 6v6 as well.

[@dmajorray6154]

It honestly feels like his design seems better in 6v6. Seems like an amazing off tank, his damage mitigation and health would need to be toned down by a lot. But itd be doable

[@tswrangle1000]

@@dmajorray6154honestly, with his current lethality, he seems fine, just lower his health and he'd thrive alongside a rein, or perhaps sig

[@dmajorray6154]

@@tswrangle1000 yessir. Kinda gives me hope that the future will be 6v6. Cause it'd be crazy not to make a kit fit so well for that mode and it not come in some way shape or form

[@blaynegreiner9365]

@@tswrangle1000 He actually has fairly low damage for his primary. That would need to be either be bumped up, or the attack speed increased a bit. Even Doom's TTK for his primary is higher. On armor? Fuggetaboutit

[@lesliejacoby9137]

28:06 I've never respected you more Also hazard with a Mei and venture is extremely fun.

[@yaxxydesu5776]

AHAHAHAHHAA THE INSTANT WIDOW BAN IM CRYIN RN

[@bruhbruh7660]

Best thing about the ult is what it does to fliers

[@blaynegreiner9365]

It's so satisfying for that

[@kursna]

He's not op, just good. He has clear weaknesses and losses to a lot of tanks

[@blaynegreiner9365]

He actually loses most tank matchups, really. He feels sooo much like a 6v6 tank.

[@lesliejacoby9137]

I think his ultimate is fine but it does feel a bit to friendly towards wheather you get it off before you die or not. Knowing the balance philosophy though they will probably buff it. I think what does need buff is his slash dmg or just make it more consistent in the range. Also his wall climb feels clunky when you try and use it quickly like you are a genji. It really makes you stick yourself against the wall from what it felt like. Really fun hero though and it's nice to see blizzard getting a 3rd good hero in a row.

[@blaynegreiner9365]

It is incredibly easy to interrupt, actually. There is a lot more cast time than the animation implies.

[@lesliejacoby9137]

@blaynegreiner9365 it feels like though getting stunned and dying while casting are separate but maybe I'm just crazy

[@AfterUs14]

i had a blast before going to work playin with u Sam , Thanks for those games brother! I was the ana on ur team

[@hooparainbowbraceypkmonand7862]

6v6 ball + hazard would be an amazing dive composition

[@notoriousmike3307]

Hazard isnt op, hes essentially a defense oriented doom who plays with his team. Hes only as good as u can personally make him, like genji can be a wicked character, but he is hard to make useful.

[@calebbb3103]

This hero will have the highest skill ceiling of all ow2 heroes and top 5 in the game

[@shoppingcart238]

His ult goes through everything, other than that i think hes one of the best heros released since ow2 was a thing

[@tesla6938]

i think it’s okay that it goes through walls and shit, cause it’s just a root, and you can use abilities during it

[@blaynegreiner9365]

@@tesla6938 That and the damage isn't crazy on it's own. Add the fairly long cast time and it is pretty well balanced.

[@shoppingcart238]

Nah ur right tho

[@filbgyibcfyjechik3612]

21:56 he took the tactical nuke omfg

[@ThatRabbit.]

Ban all widows.

[@emperortime2356]

Right call. Let Chainsaw man eat them

[@kleckscraft_1713]

"He actually has some good long range" HAHA, good one

[@skullrak5951]

One of your best vids so far

[@zakigonegoofy]

Been loving the content lately, Sam. Keep up the amazing work! 🤝🏽

[@tea.23]

There's a sitting where you hold the button and then release it to confirm, no need for extra buttons

[@noclandevon]

Dont fall for it, as soon as he is ready for Competitive they will nerf him to normality, he is only good because he is new and they want him to be played so they buffed him up for release. You all know this why are you falling for this bullshit tactic?

[@tesla6938]

bro your the one falling for these you-tubers overhyping the character when in reality he’s in a really good place

[@JupiterSRC]

he’s not op at all

[@blaynegreiner9365]

He isn't close to OP...in fact, he losses most tank matchups. If this were 6v6, he would have a much better time but he isn't that great of a solo 5v5 tank. Fun as hell though.

[@tuckergymnest0]

I really hope the homing spikes don't track you through blinks. I feel like tracer suffers the most from auto aim abilities because of the low health pool.

[@isdaboss2880]

Now that I think about it, Mauga probably counters Hazard. Hazard has great damage reduction on his block (Seems similar to Ram) and Mauga loves that shit. Edit: Thanks for the replies. I'm still fairly new to the game and I probably don't know what I think I know.

[@tesla6938]

nah hazard actually has a pretty good matchup against mauga, unlike ram hazard has the option not to play right in front of mauga, and the dmg red is actually good when he is in front of him cause mm auga won’t he’ll as much

[@AzureShrike]

Mauga counters most tanks unfortunately... hes an anti tank tank. Dva and sigma are really the only tanks with decent matchups with him

[@PhantomedShazamTheOriginal]

​@@tesla6938As a Mauga main, I counter every Hazard I went against this entire weekend. I'm curious what you even mean

[@tesla6938]

@@PhantomedShazamTheOriginal well first off it’s only quick play and people are still learning the character, but maugas sustain come from shooting mostly the tank and hazard can choose not to play around mauga severely limiting his sustain, and when he does play by mauga he can block with not only reduces maugas healing but also damages him to

[@o0_VanYsH_0o]

Have played Mauga for the last year, it's a Case by Case basis. If he's got good supports and spams his block, you're not killing Hazard. If he doesn't have good supports and he tries to go for damage, he gets melted. VERY 50/50 Matchup.

[@wuzziecrunch5382]

Honestly my only complaint is how his leap cooldown feels (purely quality of life complaint) but it would be nice if the cooldown started when you use the leap instead of when you use the slash🙏

[@strawberrygemz2020]

Funnily enough, Hazard feels the strongest when you're not trying to have fun. Weirdly like Orisa. Don't do anything, don't overstep, just sit safe in a corner afk, and if an enemy oversteps, just give them a light push, maybe hit em with a wall or somethin, and go back to your afk corner

[@blaynegreiner9365]

Well, his whole playstyle is punishing poor positioning. He is actually really easy to blow up if played too aggressively.

[@killa6tv931]

How do people spectate rank matches. Is that PC only?

[@johnnymeansii]

So nice to see Samito smile.

[@CesarCaballero-ui8tp]

I’ve never hated that bap imo so much until I played this character 😂

[@brycenb2994]

Obviously these are your initial reactions so I’m not putting too much stock in the opinions but after playing the character they definitely aren’t super OP. Sure you could argue he has a lot of sustain but that’s a 5v5 tanking problem in general not a hazard specific one. And frankly it doesn’t feel unfair. I rarely ever die to hazard auto lock cause you literally just back up to stop taking damage. You’re only dying or getting kills to confirm on target that were already low to begin with or alone with no peel. And unlike doom or JQ hazard doesn’t have any self sustain. So the health and armor are kinda warranted to an extent

[@blaynegreiner9365]

His sustain is only as good as his backline. He doesn't have the mobility of full dive tanks, or the sustain of someone like Mauga or Hog. He is really good at punishing people who are out of position though.

[@bullrage74]

It's crazy that hazard has ledge climb while a literal monkey doesn't

[@blaynegreiner9365]

Winston isn't a monkey, though. Monkeys have tails. Winston is a gorilla, which is a great ape. While gorillas can and do climb, they only spend about 7% of their day in trees, usually to harvest fruit or play around. Other apes besides humans, spend a lot more time in trees. Chimps about 50-60% of their day and orangutans almost 100%.

[@WintonPeanutButter]

30 minute sam vid 🙌

[@shuqilin320]

27:53~28:15 yeah widows the system admins making sure no one's having fun, gotta show them who's the real system admin. I love that ban lol

[@stottpie]

The wall cooldown is way too short for how annoying it can be. I also think the right click has too long of a resource. It's kinda dumb he just walks up to zen and just holds right click to win.

[@strawberrygemz2020]

Also, at least in the rest of the ranks below Sam's, Doom is actually pretty decent against him if you play to ruin Hazard's fun lol Rein is pretty good too. Winton seemingly messes his backline up better than Hazard can. Mauga can be neutral but if Hazard makes mistakes, Mauga just eats him like a quick snack. Orisa, as usual, can just delete any potential for Hazard to have fun, Sombra-style. I've heard sigma is decent against him. I'm curious how he plays against Ball. Honestly most tanks seem to have a fine time against him.

[@blaynegreiner9365]

The reality is outside of the Hazard mirror, he doesn't do well against most of the other tanks.

[@BunkeeDaFirst]

Does anyone know why hes still live? I thought they said 22-25

[@RhodesianSuperiority]

If the enemy switches to mauga you instantly lose. It’s actually so depressing how easily he gets shut down.

[@dtg9k355]

this exactly what you said about venture

[@anerexicpig720]

No one complaining about the widow ban means the universe is healing

[@ciach0_]

Actually he has 275 health (in open queue) and 225 armor Also, it's better to press quick melee while jumping so you slash and automatically follow up with a quick melee

[@CharlieBrown-bh2pq]

you can shoot, slash, shoot extremely quickly for more dmg than the quick melee followup

[@GGSS-d5m]

Imagine hazard in 6v6

[@IgorJCorrea]

You could actually hide and do rollouts without leaving your team to die with no tank 😮

[@Libreom]

won’t have to “imagine” pretty soon. no reason he won’t be playable in the upcoming tests.

[@ciach0_]

they already plan on nerfing his wall but compensating the nerf in 6v6, they want to nerf the cooldown but buff the health

[@IgorJCorrea]

@@ciach0_ any source for this?

[@yomismo2689]

​@@IgorJCorrea Alec did an interview days ago, I think in Dextero. You can search it by typing "Hazard Overwatch 6vs6 Dawson" or something like that on google.

[@ricardo_islam314]

Yet another reason to WHY TF IS DOOM STILL A DAMN TANK 😂🤦🏾‍♂️🤌🏾

[@tesla6938]

no it’s not

[@meru_lpz]

Double wall meta? ❄️🦔?

[@XxDream_CasterxX]

Okay, umm, give winston his wall climb like come on.

[@tesla6938]

why

[@supershadow7672]

L Snibbershnap Widow player

[@sussybakamogus]

ml7 said thqt

[@im_zadic7372]

I would say his block is kinda broken I think I heard it blocks like 80% and than it shoots homing spines shi crazy and he has movement if he has a kiriko it’s over

[@tesla6938]

75% and thinking of it as homing isn’t really right, it’s really just a small dmg cone in front of him. he’s more of a jack of all trades, he’s ok at everything but not the best at anything, he’s actually super well balanced

[@emperortime2356]

He can get Hard stunned. His biggest counter is hog and Orisa. New heroes always seem OP.

[@tesla6938]

@ nah ana’s even better against him

[@strawberrygemz2020]

I remember watching this stream and how evident it was that Sam unfortunately kinda has no idea how the game works for anyone below top 50 ranked. Talkin bout how you're never gonna die as this hero, conveniently pretending like there aren't a million CC and denial abilities in this game. Not to mention how well so many of the other tanks play into him, at least in the ranks below his. Also lest we forget the classic overreacting to shooting bots in the training range lol

[@frozhq5899]

Is sam ever gonna speak about how poorly the development for Hypixel is going on?

[@AeroOW]

What, why would he talk about hypixel when they still obliterate his game in mechanics and playerbase

[@comedial6829]

He reminds of me JQ

[@caseparker9389]

Yea cause he’s OP😂

[@sussybakamogus]

I tried zarya dont think she good against him

[@emperortime2356]

Zarya is not really strong right now. Once her bubble run out she is done for.

[@sussybakamogus]

@emperortime2356 yea but zarya is even worse against dive tanks, except maybe DVA but even then you can still play around her

[@filbgyibcfyjechik3612]

28:15 x))))

[@faol4n654]

Great... another "Tank", that isn't a Tank but just a DPS with big Health Pool -.- Wonder if we will get a real tank anytime soon, that really can aid his team and isn't just another Doomfist, that just "tanks", cause he is annoying to everyone, so he get's shoot at... since... when people find out they can just avoid him and aim at Healers and DPS instead and get more value, this dude will be useless... and since he has NO self sustain besides his "I shoot homing missiles when I do the same as Ramatra (that btw isn't doing anything if he is not ulting in this moment)"... I can see the Voice- and Textchats explode for Flames, why healers aren't healing him (esp. in lower Elos)... I wish Overwatch would get back away from this "Everthing must be offensive and Dive and Rush are the only things that are good" and will get back to at least the option of kinda "Deathballing"... Esp now when Tanks matter so much in the 5v5 Format... people will pick him, since they just play tank for fast Queues and then you lose every Game since none is skilled like Samito and knows how and when to back out again and just jump in (like bad Winstons) and never come back out alive -.-

[@ZackMuffinMan]

ooo

[@dlanor15]

Guy is acting like shooting real players is as easy as shooting bots in the training range 🤡

[@indiegamesonly6617]

once again, all blizzard does is REMIX already existing abilities to make a new hero... its mei + doom + winston + ramatra.

[@tesla6938]

its a fun character, stop whining. and the only character you said that he’s close to is mei just cause her wall

[@Owlyexia]

Rather this than another Mauga situation

[@Dwarfstin]

Let’s go

[@Setogayamari]

Hazard just feels incredibly boring to play, he's not a bad tank but man a couple games with him and I'm already tired of playing him.