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Winston Guide and changes

Updated: Nov 27, 2022

Role:

  • Tank, Mobility Hero

Winston is a highly intelligent space scientist gorilla. He is the inventor of the Tesla Cannon, Jump Pack, Portable Shield Projector and more.

Composition:

  • Winston, Reaper, Tracer, Junkrat, Ana, McCree/Cassidy

  • This is the best composition to play an Offensive or Defensive game

Counter Of Winston:

  • Bastion, Reaper, Roadhog, McCree, Mei, D.va and Zarya.

Overwatch 2 Winston Guide and changes 2022

Weapons

Tesla cannon
  • Electric frontal-cone weapon

  • Winston's base armor has increased from 150 to 200 in this update.

  • It can do 3 damage per round and can damage multiple targets at one shot.

  • Left click to do primary fire is an electric frontal-cone weapon and hold to charge the secondary fire, which is a focused electricity burst.

  • The secondary fire teaks 12 ammo and fire 30 meter range jolt which deals 50 damage.

Tips

  • Don't do a 1v1 to your enemies because the gun does not deal a lot of damage, you have to use punch between the fight.

  • You can also use it to destroy nitrous turrets easily.

  • This can counter Gengi easily because he can not resist electricity.

  • Anyone with low health you can kill him easily.

Abilities:

Jump pack:
  • Leap forward into air, landing on enemy damages them.

  • With this ability, you can jump forward to any high location or your enemies.

  • The cooldown is 5 seconds, so think carefully before using it.

Tips
  • You can use this ability to go around your enemies and finish them with ease.

  • You can also use it to move on to high locations and snipers.

Barrier Projector
  • Deploy a projective energy dome.

  • It is a shield with a dome shape that saves you from enemy attacks and allows you to fire your enemies.

  • Barrier projector now has 700 health from 650 and has a radius of 5 meters.

  • Barrier projector minor nerf of decreased in duration from 9 to 8 seconds. However, cooldown has been decreased from 13 to 12 seconds.

Tips
  • You can use this barrier ability to block most of the ultimates

  • It is a good cover for your team and helps them to defeat enemies.

  • It has a cooldown of 12 seconds and have a duration of 8 seconds.

Ultimate:

Primal Rage
  • Gain immense health but you can only leap and punch enemy.

  • This ability makes Winston a mad gorilla.

  • In this ability, you cannot shoot, but you can only jump and punch your enemies.

  • With this ability, he restores his health and achieves an extra 500 health.

  • Primal rage got a nerf as it ultimate cost has been increased to 20%.

Tips
  • You can use this ability to corner your enemies and kill them.

  • You can also use this ability to drag your enemies out of the map and get back on the map and surprise your enemies.

  • With this ultimate, you can kill healers that are running away.

Gameplay

  • Never do 1v1 with Reaper, Roadhog and Bastion because they can kill him like he is nothing, so watch out for these opponents.

  • Do not play in open maps; narrow maps are not friendly to Winston. It is hard to play in these types of maps.

  • Winston is not a good hero to do 1v1 with your enemies, so playing with your team will be more beneficial.

  • Winston can help with deformation of enemy team.

  • Useful to take out enemy healers.

  • Winston easily counter long range heroes like Widowmaker.


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