I Played Hazard EARLY in Overwatch 2

[@brandtlystrobeck2542]

New tank looks like if Buzz Lightyear wasn’t hugged enough as a kid.

[@erussell033russell2]

So that is the comment of the day.

[@khele2k]

😂

[@Djitterbug]

Human Shrek.

[@eddielopez6731]

Yeah and got addicted to radioactive lsd lol

[@factoryreset855]

Just say you're a normie who orders packs of shirts from fruit of the loom, that's okay.

[@zero13z34]

The ult needs more punch with the visual and sound. It lacks something I don't know why

[@rolando90s]

nice feedback

[@Glickstick]

@@rolando90s yeah it needs better feedback

[@miguelcruz7826]

It lacks a final impact for me at least, maybe a louder sound when you hit someone hit?

[@CGJero]

Feels like a valorant ult. Maybe some purple vignette around the players screen? More glow and sound effects? Not sure

[@athena-love]

Y'all complain about visual clutter but when they release a well visually designed ult that doesn't clutter, you say this stuff. Lol

[@Ryniano]

So its like a less mobile doomfist but he can actually tank

[@solacies]

he's fat genji

[@Das_Ungeheuer]

It's like a Junker Fist or a Doom Queen

[@OrphanHart]

Evasion is a form of tanking. Ignoring that, Doom also gets overhealth fairly consistently, has hard CC on a faster cooldown, and has damage mitigation. Doom can tank. Guarantee a good Doom will soak more damage and survive longer than a Hazard player will, while disrupting the enemy team and getting picks. Hazard just gets more value with less effort while showing said value in more obvious ways via obligatory tank wall and being near the team.

[@prodigalsun1678]

Honestly i wouldnt say hes that much less mobile. You can go a long ways without ever touching the ground as this character especially if you use stall spots

[@shogun0810]

Doom can tank, you're either shite with him or you play with shit dooms. Or maybe it's both

[@nova_1894]

If mei was a tank

[@snypesdid]

Mei can’t wall climb

[@charKT-7461]

@@snypesdid but she can wall to climb

[@bolmee6759]

​@@charKT-7461 🗣️🔥

[@mattevans4377]

Mei would actually be good as a proper tank, not this fat DPS

[@AresThePoss]

I shuddred

[@Funz]

seems like a really high skill ceiling character, definitely not braindead like mauga. im really happy with his design!

[@Man-xn1fp]

Learning his combos, his wall lineups, and landing his shots is gonna make him a monster at high skill lvls. And 80% damage reduction on command is pretty wild, timing that properly is probably gonna be huge

[@Machosause]

I'm also happy that they didn't fall into the trap of "let's design a new character that counters the current meta characters/strategies". This character definitely has a place, having g dive elements, but still being brawly enough that he doesn't suffer the con for constantly being away from his team. There are some interesting g combo ideas we haven't really seen, like putting a wall behind someone, booping them into it, and having them bounce back for a powerful shotgun shot.

[@atlas3556]

​@@Machosause he's very dynamic and unique compared to HA HAAAA

[@SparkingSkeline]

As a mauga main I agree

[@imnottellingyoumyname3050]

Yeah I tried him and I can't play him for shit

[@pyryvirtanen6081]

It is crazy to think the mouth breathers behind Mauga somehow also made this god tier character.

[@tau-5794]

Another fun factoid, Sigma's kit early on in development was designed for Mauga.

[@mattevans4377]

What's even funnier is how much Mauga destroys Hazard

[@FullMetalEdits]

@@mattevans4377surely not? The block + the wall will take him a whole mag to go through

[@mattevans4377]

@@FullMetalEdits It's not Mei wall, far from it. And does block help Doom against Mauga

[@FullMetalEdits]

@@mattevans4377 it saves dooms life yes, so he can empower punch away at light speed

[@ToTouchAnEmu]

I keep hearing people say his hp needs a nerf, but he has no health regen or shield gain. He's very punishable if he dives too deep without his supports.

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

I'd argue he is too easy to explode

[@Bruh-jz1uu]

bros playing like the characters been out for months

[@tiredjay3000]

Nice try, you almost got me! 😅

[@Za_Phantom]

they really made the needler and energy sword into a tank hero

[@mustuddd]

Fr. Saw the character for the first time and couldn't unsee the needler

[@Haamuhai]

If you ask me, Hazard doesn't even feel like a Tank, but rather a really buffed up Genji :D

[@ConspiracyCinema]

Bro… Yeatles second to second decision making is fkn nuts to watch. Incredible player

[@michaelkhiev2070]

stop glazing 😂

[@ConspiracyCinema]

@ sorry I have eyes

[@webbacon7106]

​@@michaelkhiev2070no way complimenting people is glazing. Chronically online

[@TwistedMetal32]

Obviously. The dudes been playing 9 years and does this for a living.

[@ConspiracyCinema]

@ you could play for 10 years and not be half as Good.

[@tpl2023]

They nailed the fun aspect for sure. One thing i appreciate is that at least the mirror match up isnt boring like it was for mauga. To me thats a success, there are so many different ways to express skill with this hero and as a tabk main its refreshing

[@Ryniano]

It feels like a jack of all trades master of none type hero. He lacks range with not enough horizontal mobility, he has less damage than junker queen, less tankiness than mauga or orisa. Like I genuinely dont see what he is supposed to do against orisa or mauga other than run away. I feel like dorado might be his best map actually. I think his highground superiority is his strong suit where he can dive easily from height, ult from height, and wall climb is insane on maps like dorado.

[@mdc867]

As a doom ball all we can do is run away from mauga

[@Das_Ungeheuer]

​@@mdc867 You actually get it!

[@lemonyskull4813]

I just attack the back line because most tanks don’t pay attention to their teammates

[@babykirbyman]

bro is yapping

[@Ryniano]

@@babykirbyman says the guy who didnt make a counter argument

[@Das_Ungeheuer]

6:51 yes! That's how I feel he can be played, a weird combination of Ball + DF + JQ. Also, the Wall is really useful to spite Widows!

[@sapperswag512]

from my experience he struggles pretty hard into dva, she can eat his wall and force his jumps and thenelt him down quickly, I also found that sigma can handle him pretty well with good rock timing and wall usage. overall an amazing character though

[@solidagold115]

Nice. He seems like a healthy tank then. He looked broken in this video, the way he can jump and delete supports.

[@TheMortalKombatent]

@@solidagold115 like winston can? or doom can?

[@sapperswag512]

@solidagold115 he's for sure healthy, I feel like the only real change he needs is having his damage reduction reduced a little and he's fine

[@NonJohns]

Lots of interesting notes *You can shoot during the leap *you can melee to do the leapslash (pressing shift wears out my pinkie lol) *bunny hopping extends the slash window until you touch the ground *slashing gives you a mini hop in the direction you're looking *you can animation cancel the leap into wall throw or vice versa *wall climb cancels leap *the slash knockback doesn't change vertical angle even if you look up *leap functions similarly to Winston leap but the vertical horizontal ratio is much worse

[@samfisher1024]

Feel like his ult needs like the spikes to rain down heavier or something. I know theres been a thing about visual clutter so i kinda get why they didnt. But it doesnt lookas cool as it could be.

[@Professor_Utonium_]

That's funny that there's been a concern about visual clutter, then you get probably the biggest eye sore every from this dude with his wall 😂

[@ReaveIdono]

Looks fine to me.

[@updog4L]

Yep, it's hard to notice. They could make them more pronounced for just the enemy, since it doesn't really matter for hazard (roots are easy to see)

[@haiho9027]

That lifeweaver at 13:07 has an insane movement.

[@willwunsche6940]

Looks fun! He seems mobility crept but I can't tell how powerful he is yet.

[@callumanderson6373]

As a movement fps enjoyer, mobility creep makes me happy

[@willwunsche6940]

@callumanderson6373 On one hand absolutely agree some of my favorite heroes are hyper mobile like Lucio or Juno who is my favorite time playing a new Overwatch hero since August of 2016 maybe ever, I love her kit so much. Hyper mobile games like Splatoon 1 or Titanfall 2 are some of my all time favorites. On the other hand I feel like the game plays better with some variety occasionally and some slow heroes sometimes too like Zen and think more heroes with no extra movement like Zen should be added. I really adored and loved replaying slow Overwatch Classic recently reliving the old days of more casual fun, strategy, and heavier fps focus.

[@Professor_Utonium_]

You can infinitely stay off the ground with all of his moves apparently lol

[@ReaveIdono]

I disagree. His mobility is reigned in drastically in comparison to Doom, Ball, Winston and Dva. In terms of distance covered.

[@OneBrokeBloke]

0:55 us LoL virgins call that rooted

[@gabrielaganon3160]

There's a similar effect in Destiny 2 called "Suspend" on the Strand subclass. After the nightmare that was Stasis' launch (the subclass that freezes ppl like OG Mei), they made "Suspend" so that there's at least *some* chance to fight back for whoever is affected. If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time Overwatch has gotten a true snare effect outside of *maybe* Cassidy's current nade (but that slows while Hazard's ult just anchors ppl).

[@Zethil]

Moba terms it as "Rooted" lol

[@adrianflores4939]

​@@gabrielaganon3160Junkrat trap

[@gabrielaganon3160]

@adrianflores4939 Yeah I had a feeling I was missing something lol Ty

[@StalinBeWallin]

The fact that he has a dash (like Genji) and the ability to wall climb (like Genji) it's extremely concerning (I'm a Genji main). LMFAO but actually he looks like a possible dive tank with a LOT of crowd control... which is scary. It makes me feel like JQ is almost becoming obsolescent

He barely has any CC tho Doom is the dive tank with CC

[@StalinBeWallin]

So his slash that boops people back, his wall that boops people back, his ultimate that keeps victims in place isn’t CC?

[@davidchang905]

That wall for the high noon 17:20 so good

[@joeburch6754]

If he was a bad Hazard, HE WOULDN'T BE HERE DISCUSSING IT WITH YA NOW, WOULD HE?

[@tesla6938]

i mean, yes he would

[@hayabuzon8219]

Hazard vs demoman if only

[@rvgr]

Oh, they're going to have to glue ye back together.... in hell!

[@transtoaster5660]

Very interesting, seems like he might be a bit much in higher tiers of play rn. Lifeweaver and Ana seem like the ideal supports against him. The biggest thing right now is it seems like you can get away with whatever you want, you only die if you mess up. Might need a few more counterplay options.

[@rvgr]

disagree, LW provides no offensive utility like Ana. A better duo would be ana, brig to punish the dive.

[@ReaveIdono]

​@@rvgr LW's offensive Utility is not letting a teammate end up in Spawn and providing different elevation advantages. Not all offensive advantages are damage and cc.

[@davibarbosa7283]

It makes me pissed when I see that blizzard can pull off some great kit designs like Hazard and then see so badly designed characters

[@metazeen]

Kendrick and yeatle drop same day, make the 22nd a holiday call it Yeatdrick day!

[@eyesorefosho]

u still have time to delete this

[@ReaveIdono]

Comical

[@RJsParadox]

Not that this dude needs anything. But he could have a passive of taking a little bit less dmg from behind. Makes a little sense with his spikes

[@palooski227]

oooh yeah like something light tho like 10% damage reduction (or is that too high for a passive?)

[@TheCrumdum]

i've got a sneaking suspicion that hazard is gonna body queen match ups

[@bushzillafishmlg7975]

right click replenishes ammo. Got this info from flats

[@HarryBondInc]

Don’t know if you’ll reply Yeatle but overall how do you feel about about OW2. I have been a die hard fan since the first one but I just slowly lost interest in playing because I wasn’t getting that satisfying adrenaline rush that I got when clearing house with my other tank. To me it just doesn’t feel epic like it used to. I’m sure it’s different for since you are an OW creator and you’re going to pretty much play no matter what but I wanted your brief synopsis on OW2’s current state.

[@ReaveIdono]

I'm still trying to figure out where all these mythical tank duos are coming from? Even in Classic people are struggling to get more than 1 tank on their team.

[@HyyHarston]

Yeattle the tank god has returned 🙏🏾

[@Classicopop42]

Its like a cockroach tank with earth bending powers

[@teegloo]

The way you can delay his jump slash tho🤝🏾i been cooking with him all day

[@maragazh9993]

The most unique and interesting character added in ow2

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

Incorrect

[@updog4L]

how? his right click is the only completely new ability (not counting damage mitigation)

[@GriFFonRec4]

That leap almost looks like Shiv's ult from Deadlocked.

[@YellowLemonmuncher]

So basically he’s just white doomfist with mei wall, wall climb, and spiked theme

[@jundossantos]

Of course yeatle masters this character on the first day. Sheesh.

He's such a prime example of why we need 6v6 back. This guy on his own is gonna struggle as a solo tank and will probably play like one-shot junkrat in the tank role or some sort of dive roadhog Add another tank into the mix and suddenly this guy can cycle engages, play flanks, peel for his team, combo off the ult and rock and seems like a cool option Also can we just rework Genji deflect at this point? the amount of things that just outright bypass his deflect is getting stupid and it makes learning how to play him feel really unrewarding when your defensive cooldown doesn't do anything against what feels like half the roster at this stage

[@EnigmaticSpuce]

you can get a preview of his e in the hero settings

[@gaminggranny1541]

I think for a Brawl/Dive hybrid like him, 500 health (650 in role queue) is a bit too much. Something like 475 or 450 would make up for his great mobility

[@loogiemusmaximusoftides8540]

I think the hitbox need to be a little bigger for the wall-boop, like an enemy should not be able to stand anywhere near it without getting pricked

[@fugonee]

Can his ult be suzu'd?

[@Billy21200]

No

[@yuno4373]

@@Billy21200 r u sure?

[@Billy21200]

@@yuno4373 there’s footage in mL7’s hazard video of the enemy Kiri trying to suzu the ult and nothing happens

[@fugonee]

@@Billy21200 that's honestly great! Suzu counters too many ults while just being a regular ability lol

[@Billy21200]

@@fugonee agreed, but I honestly think it doesn’t work on the ult bc it’s a root as opposed to a stun. Kiri can suzu shatter but not junk’s trap, and Haz’s ult is like the latter.

[@jake9854]

basically a Mei + Doom Hybrid with Wall Climb? damn Monkey is crying in the back ground 😭

[@BoldTool20]

I just realised you can probably bap window the right click

[@terellcase9231]

Yo I love this hero concept he's like genji but a tank

[@archaeologyB0Y]

I could listen to his voice lines all day

[@ryocunami455]

Tanks gonna be a fun role again

[@Professor_Utonium_]

Play more Ball

[@eyesorefosho]

i played ball the first time in comp a few hrs ago and went 60 - 8 in a 24 min match after watching a ball techs guide video lmfao, also when hazard drops im abusing tf out of how powerful he prob will end up being on release in comp.

[@josevega12093]

He is a better doomfist - better range damage - does damage while mitigating - cooldowns need a nerf - ult you can’t compare

[@bigbeanhead9008]

I wouldn't say better, just more consistent value rather than the high peaks and low lows of doom.

[@juritudi57yearsago59]

Doomfist just has a lot more cc. Hazards ult and wall are the only things that really push u or root u.

[@kevinolivares8793]

facial hair on point, yeatle

[@billsill9833]

After the Bhop on leap you can still slash

[@hassandabo6288]

14:52 yo that guy in chat is lowkey right, how come winston, a literal gorilla can’t grab a ledge after doing his jump but hazard can? 💀😭

[@lifestudent6744]

Bro, use the Spike Shiled more. It’s gonna get nerfed.

[@woolypies]

so just stand next to squishes and hold right click

[@beetlejuicefan5966]

wow this is sick

[@ovencake523]

bro why does he shout like hes in valorant when he ults

[@youdontknowmegigna]

Imagine they released a character like Hanzo or Junkrat or Ana or Zarya today. People would be mad as hell that they're so boring. I'm totally ok with heroes' kits boring closer to "boring" than the marvel superhero stuff we've been getting lately.

[@vcp2077]

So basically Hazard = Doomfist + Genji + Mei

[@jimmydelcid8779]

Yooo! Freddy Mercury plays OW!! 💪

[@immacat9420]

1:54 Does the block defend against sleep dart or did the Ana miss by a few pixels?

[@Cjkhaled]

Another character easily countered by braindead swaps

[@idkmanp9573]

I feel like this definitely ahould have been a dps hero

[@yabito]

Doom without charge time. Hate how it telegraph the punch

[@ChrisJet]

Damn hazard looks sick man good games 😮

[@JoeBurner1720]

heroes like him makes me wish console had an fov slider

[@eyasluna2303]

It’s basically a mei+ genji but as a tank

[@hakzource8660]

I cooked hazard with Ram in my matches lol, he just lacks the sustain to go toe to toe when I can just get 400 armor on demand

Maybe but I think he has solid counterplay to Ram, people just suck at him rn Hazard players will have to get into the habit of baiting nem form then hard committing to someone else once he pops it and can't peel with staff or shield. Vortex usage will probably matter a lot here and there's probably a decent bit of room for Haz to use the brick to space out rams punches and his block to deny punch damage while whittling armour He seems cool in the sense that he's mostly a dive tank but can brawl reasonably well compared to other dive tanks, kinda like how Ramattra is a poke tank that can switch to brawl when he needs to and I think his matchups into most other tanks seems pretty even

[@hakzource8660]

I mean honestly I just outranged him with staff poke and when he tried to get in close nemesis and vortex+shield behind him to stop the healing lol, most of the time they swap off lol

[@Ldtization]

You can climb->Dash->climb

[@jakelarson9238]

I was having fun shooting my wall and people stuck in my ult

[@xBezerkerrr]

idk why they switched his color scheme from green to purple, purple is already associated with Ramattra's base design. seems like a bad design choice

[@kramer1916]

Im just gonna call him Freak from borderlands

[@SparkingSkeline]

I just played Hazard a couple of minutes ago and he's very fun to play as like I'm loving his gameplay.

[@ovyle]

Another dps disguised as a tank

[@Fondofmelobster]

Dude that chin strap is wicked

[@indecust1255]

yeah lets just put in tank and damage into one

[@geert574]

just more food for the glorious DPS

[@Classicopop42]

Poor Juno

[@Kaasi_OW]

Rank 1 HAZARD ALREADY?

[@noahaah]

I thought blizzard has an art team?

[@davec8473]

Can't wait for the UN to GM!

[@yazan_q]

Fun fact: he can wallclimb

[@spyrx6590]

شكرا يا يزن معلومة قيمة

[@yazan_q]

@ العفو العفو 😂

[@superduper4696]

The ult looks soooo broken. It's waaaayy too big for something that goes through walls

[@aegislight5996]

heres a list of what counters it that i know of symm can tp out of it + it removes the root effect, her wall blocks it and is quite easy to time, any shields aimed towards the sky , kiri suzu (before the cc hit, easy to do), genji deflect, sigma succ , lw petal and lifegrip and hide behind his tree, mei can also put her wall and hide behind which blocks the cc entirely, echo when she ults, dva matrix, zarya bubble (does NOT cleanse)

[@khele2k]

Guarantee I'm not playing him ideally but so far he's super weak, mostly because nothing in his kit does much damage. He feels like he's supposed to be a Brawl Tank (definitely not poke and his mobility isn't great so I think he'd be bottom of the dive heroes), but I can't kill Orisa or Rein and Mauga massively out-damages him. I'm also a casual player so I could just be stinking against GMs all evening...

He has more burst damage than junker queen what the fuck are you saying

[@unwono]

I would rather he could jump a little higher than being able to wall climb, seems just weird that this hunk can do that

[@ML-bk2eh]

How many days until he’s nurfed ? Comment below .

[@zeroescape]

He has a wall climb... _and he isnt even Japanese!_

[@palea1335]

his gun is about 2/3rds as strong as reaper, but he has several abilities for confirming kills, unlike reaper. he also has a 'i don't want to be here anymore' ability (which can also confirm a kill AND boop), wall climb, a doomfist block which can confirm several squishies simultaneously, and a 'i don't like you guys, leave me alone' ability (which can also confirm a kill AND boop off maps). can we please now talk about giving reaper a right click which lets him confirm a kill? please? pretty please??

Reaper has been in desperate need of a ground up rework since before ow2 released, its insane to me that sombra got reworked before him when sombra had an actual place in the game beyond being a way for people who suck at torb and junkrat to counter tanks

[@timsagmyr2014]

So since he can't move, with the voice line ana to sleep him would he good. Does kiri cleanse from being stuck?

[@cheliks-blya]

Kiri cannot Suzu the ult,which is good

[@InTenSiFieR-29]

Another reason why not to play overwatch anymore, another op tank

[@geomaniacman3514]

Unranked to GM hazard 👀

[@lateralus5925]

He looks like junker King to me

[@VYKSU]

Alec Dawson ahh hero

[@rixraxpox7]

Looks semi cool

[@heehoobanan6117]

I love him but he’s not Scottish enough. Need a VL where he just screams SCOTLAND FOREVER

[@phant0mimee]

believe it or not, everyone has played hazard early.

[@supremeape2549]

looks like it has too much mobility for pros and too little mobility for normal players lol

[@DavyJones-h4h]

Why does he look OP rn

[@ieatsand9259]

It’s pretty common for new heroes to look OP when they first come out

[@jacobj3491]

All the new characters they're introducing basically have no weakness. This guy has movement, zoning, solid health pool, good ult, and damage mitigation? Where's the weakness?

[@AusterEngineer]

Lacks range. Less damage than junker queen not as tanky as Orisa. Gets shredded by Mauga and Orisa.

[@cherrycola4476]

Hog will keep him in check

Except his severe lack of range, super limited ability to protect/peel for his team, borderline 0 CC, high weakness to CC himself and his giant front-on head hitbox

[@palooski227]

wait doesn’t he literally have 3 cc abilities of am i misunderstanding something???

[@aegislight5996]

block is not a cc, his wall is to unreliable and ult is countered by way to many abilities to be considered a good cc

[@DavidReyes0224]

What is hazards ultimate voiceline saying??

[@cheliks-blya]

Tear it down

[@nullnull629]

Basically jq and genji