The best way I can describe playing Symmetra is to play her like a spider. Set up your turrets like a web.
For instance, rather than making a "kill room" and putting all of your turrets in one place (which means that one good enemy push will destroy all of your turrets) make a "kill zone", meaning anyone who tries to take a certain route to the zone, is going to die unless they are very, very careful. Hide your turrets every few feet, hide them low, hide them high, hide them in boxes/bushes etc... basically make it a pain in the ass to rush through an area.
Furthermore, make sure you are spamming your orbs, that way if an enemy does try to rush your route, they will start off taking some good orb damage, along with whatever turrets they run through. When you get close to the enemy try to be a pest. Your laser beam locks on to enemies, so make sure you are jumping around and running in circles to confuse the enemy.
Don't be afraid to jump into teamfights either, your laser beam does insane damage when charged all the way. Obviously don't be the first one to jump into a big mess, but try and jump behind and get that thing charging (you can also charge it on Winston shields/ Mei ice walls btw). Once youre fully charged you can basically nuke squishy characters and can 1v1 most tanks. Also, try and drop a turret or two during teamfights while you are jumping around to add additional confusion/dps
Finally, know when to switch from symmetra/fall back. Symmetra requires a decent amount of time to set up (I usually can only get 5 turrets set up in places i like by the time the enemy is out of the gates). If the enemy is steamrolling, you either need to switch characters or start setting up at the next chokepoint/capture point. She's a defensive character, she's not going to be the one to push the enemy team back, but rather keep them from pushing forwards, There's a difference and you need to make sure you know your team's situation.
Landon Smith
This is one of my fetishes.
Levi Cox
xth for marsy
Connor Butler
Pubs are upsetting me on a deep emotional level.
Just add my shit up
Reznika#1825
Dominic Jones
Holy fuck, more?
Gavin Harris
>enemy has a Genji main >go Winston and turn him into deadweight that never gets a chance to do shit >ragequits halfway into the game nice hero weebshits
Nicholas Ortiz
>Press quick play >Joins instantly
Michael Wilson
do NOT add this guy, he is a huge attention whote
Oliver Garcia
>every game I've played today has had 2 Zaryas >even had a KOTH 5zarya team game >people talking about Zarya in here as well
So people have finally caught up to how OP she is? I was wondering how long it'd take. It's funny for how long being ugly and boring has protected her.
Matthew Wood
>time played as McCree: 0 (zero) minutes
JUST
Ayden Roberts
You have 20 seconds to justify using Mercy over Lucio when queueing with randoms.
Remember, "b-but I like her" and "she's muh waifu" are not arguments.
Kevin Garcia
Neck yourself m8 and leave my waifu alone
Parker Walker
Which Overwatch is the softest to hug?
Isaiah Carter
nth for I hate you please die.
And everyone else too.
Tyler King
D.Va is very cute
Elijah Diaz
that's a horrible skin
Joshua James
>join instantly >you're on defense on the last point with 6 people already capping every time
Ryder Reyes
What do you mean user? We've been Zaryaposting since Beta ended.
Ryder Miller
>playing with turbo autists from /owg/
Jose Peterson
post masteroverwatch
Dylan Adams
fucking sauce
Jaxon Moore
Mei and Winston.
Alexander Taylor
Reaper now gains 15% damage reduction while using Death Blossom
Isaac Roberts
no
why do you hate me ;-;
Ryan Rogers
>tripfag enabling why though
Noah Morris
Have you seen some of these pubs? I'd take turbo autists any day of the week
Jack Turner
>When you get awesome teammates and you roll the opposition for several maps >When teams get scrambled and you find yourself on the opposing team >When you roll your old team anyway
Colton Wright
I have no friends.
Camden Clark
Bakhar Nabievas
Brody Turner
>get toblerone legendary skin >decide to play him for my first time >17 kill streak >PotG
Why is he so much FUN?
Nolan Morgan
Reminder Pharah players are the Zed mains, Slark mains and AWP players of /owg/
>play in a way it's extremely easy to kill people >try to justify how hard it is, usually with stupid arguments like MUH QUAKE >beg for buffs no matter what
Brody Adams
Why are Genji players always the most obnoxious faggots I ever encounter
Aiden Allen
>Friends are utter shit
I think I want to live as a recluse from now on.
Mason Wilson
I hate everything.
Elijah Martinez
Too bad Zarya looks like a juiced up female athlete from the DDR instead of just a muscular woman.
Dominic Morgan
D.va is so important that her name is in blue when you type it!
Jack Diaz
Absolutely based.
Nathan Hernandez
>You have 20 seconds to justify using Mercy over Lucio when queueing with randoms. i don't play boys
Brody Richardson
Post salt powered robots
Oliver Russell
post THAT comic
you know the one
Leo Cook
what?
Jacob Peterson
ill be your friend
Jack Martinez
people have yet to realize that torbjorn is the best character in the entire game
Jason Jackson
Why is the matchmaking in this game so bad? Why do they let people group with their dogshit friends and ruin groups because they aren't on the skill level of the other players?
Grayson Powell
>NOT WATCHING THE BEST OVERWATCH STREAM
1. Go to twitch 2. Look at the Overwatch directory 3. Find DOGE PLAYS OVERWATCH in top 5 4. Watch for no more than 5 seconds 5. Make it stop
I CAN'T WAKE UP
Jaxon Richardson
Because I hate myself and I hate everyone in the general. I'm full of hate today. I hate my kitten that's sitting next to me.
Lucas Murphy
How do I become a Hanzo main without people thinking I'm a Hanzo main?
Nathaniel Jackson
>been playing Zarya since the start >people are now coming around to Zarya >means more shit Zarya players fuck god dammit, this is exactly what I didn't want to happen I was hoping no one would discover her
Jeremiah Green
okay add me
Reznika#1825
Ayden Powell
>Buy game to play with friend >He barely has time but finally we get in a game together >He's complete trash and I have more fun playing with pubs Man this hurts. He instapicked Hanzo last night
Daniel Sullivan
>not willing to play with them to help them improve >caring about winning in quick play
Seriously, just practice shit youre bad with and call things out and hope they eventually learn to be more aware of their surroundings.
Saying your friends are shit and then not even trying to help them get better means youre just a shit friend.
>Join Defense on Stolichnaya Industries >2 Genjis and a Tracer on your team >9 minutes left to defend the second point
Luke Hall
Of course I do.
Jayden Williams
>42.9% as Lucio The fuck?
Dylan Taylor
who are the most balanced heroes in the game? Soldier 76 to start, obviously
Mason Diaz
Genji laughing at bastion
Parker Taylor
...
Landon Peterson
i dont play anybody but genji or tracer now
everybody else is so simple and boring, but these two have some depth i dodge if our teamcomp is bad to not grief people though, i wont pick genji/tracer on a team that needs a support
You've become punished weeb, the cursed otaku. Dishonorubud in pubs, only by wielding your demon dragon sourueatingu blade may you face your enemies.
Angel Martin
thx anons
Gavin Wilson
Reinhardt, Pharah, Zarya
Dominic Torres
why is tracer so much harder for me to deal with as junkrat than pharah is
like i know traps are in my kit for a reason but i always freak out + get frustrated when i see her stupid face pelting me out of nowhere and then recalling the moment i get a grenade on her
Christian Flores
>hating on Dick Tracy ripoff You have horrible taste.
Jack Barnes
i don't even know how i played mercy before i started shift cancelling every shift.
Nathan Rogers
Cobalt faggot
Ryan Hall
I play whoever the team needs me to play, but given the choice I play Tracer for the same reason.
Matthew Wilson
Zarya/McCree or Junkrat/Mei
Nolan Robinson
nobody begs for Pharah buffs since Widow is not a standard pick anymore and she can unleash her potential
Jose Turner
nah widow takes actual aim now
Noah Wright
I'm okay with this.
Owen Moore
What the fuck is going?
During beta and on release you could actually win a solo quick play game. People would communicate. People would have fun and go all one hero.
But now: Nobody says a word. Everybody is toxic. Everybody plays genji or hanzo. Nobody plays support or tank. What the hell happened to the playerbase?
Hudson Phillips
McCree pulling out a semi auto pistol out and getting confused
David Jenkins
>Pharah counters a shitton of heroes >nobody seems to bother
It's funny what being a waifu does. If she didn't look like that she'd get so much QQ.
Owen Thomas
>playing Anubis >attacking last >teammate playing as Mei leads charge in with blizzard >the other team has two Torbjorn with turrets >one of them ults >4 of us die >Mei player complains about team not grouping up >still getting clobbered by Swedish dwarfs >Mei player goes salty and ragequits >he gets replaced >we end up winning with like 15 seconds left >rest of us praying to Kaplan that he got leaver penalty
So, what have you been up to today?
Camden Taylor
Working on it.
Ill do yours next
Wyatt Moore
No
Fuck off and go back to lolg with your "X mains" garbage
Blake Parker
Can you guys please stop talking about your game outside of this fucking general?
I literally can't go to any big board or general on Veeky Forums without reading about this shitty game
Benjamin Richardson
>toxic
Noah Rodriguez
not a legendary
Nathan Hall
>all the Zarya stuff in this thead
Oliver Barnes
>have 3 golds the entire game >get killed on the point right as it goes into overtime >everyone ults while I'm gone and we win but my golds turned to bronze ree
Nathan Reed
banana mccree is a joke skin right
Oliver Murphy
>File Deleted I bet it was that disgusting watermelon crushing picture. Thank you mods for deleting that trash.