Overwatch: Basic Team Comps Part 1- Death Ball

I've been spending a lot of time researching different team compositions, in particular, team comps that pros use. There are 3 main styles of play but there are several variations that can but implemented and give your team some creativity. Creativity is important in a game like Overwatch but I also want to give some context to people when they are solo-queing and you are having trouble with choosing characters or teammates character choices. Hopefully you have gained a basic understanding of at least 3 different characters in order to give your team a better chance of winning.

We are going to start with the Reinhardt Death Ball comp. This, in my opinion is the most basic and easiest to understand team composition in Overwatch. This is because Reinhardt is a giant shield. Easy. Get behind it and move forward or stay protected on the battlefield. Overwatch is an extremely deep game so I am only going to give a basic overview of these compositions including tips and positioning ideas.

Of note, all of the compositions are based around the tanks used in the comp for the most part. This is mostly because the tanks are to be followed in to battle. They can survive the longest. This is a really important idea that a lot of people don't understand and that is how key tanks are to fights and survival. I'll write more on that in a later, but just remember how important your role is when playing tanks.

2-2-2 Death Ball

This is THE most basic composition. You need 2 tanks: Reinhardt and one off-tank usually either D. Va or Zarya, 2 DPS, and 2 healers. The DPS is where you can get really creative and remember that the "defense" heroes should be used within this category because they can be fairly good eliminaters or damage dealers just with very clear drawbacks. Healers are going to be Lucio typically, and then whatever aspect you want to focus on from there. Zen for extra damage, Mercy for Res, Ana for the burst healing, and sometimes Sombra for health pack control and hacking. Positioning should be following Reinhardt in to battle and picking targets from there. Staying behind the Reinhardt shield until the fight is important because you want to survive long enough to actually help in the team fight. On low levels, there may never be a true team fight because players don't know how to group up, but if you want to get to a higher level you should be aware of how to play the game.

Triple Tank
This was the dominant meta for season three and I believe it's still pretty viable. The composition is pretty set in stone- Reinhardt/Roadhog/D. Va or Zarya/Soldier 76/Ana/Lucio. It's super important to be organized in this composition and you can get really destroyed if you don't follow Reinhardt's shield as you have only ONE long range damage dealer-Soldier. Most of the battles. Roadhog needs to get picks, D. Va needs to protect Rein and maybe chase targets down, or Zarya needs to get charge and beat down the enemy Rein shield. I don't know all of the ins and outs of the composition but without proper coordination the team has one consistent damage dealer.

3-3 Comp
This is a pretty unique composition and also requires a lot of coordination but it has a ton of sustain capabilities. I think that it can still be effective after some Ana changes. The comp is Reinhardt/Zarya/Roadhog/Lucio/Ana/Zenyatta or maybe Mercy for less damage and more survivability. This HAS to be played close range. Zenyatta is the only character with ranged damage.The main damage dealers are going to be Nano-Boosted Rein for team wipes, charged up Zarya and Roadhog insta-kills.