05 - Omnic Lab: Basics: Defensive Heroes

In the Lab today we are covering the basics for heroes, Defense heroes! We’ll dive into specializations for each hero, who they synergize with, and how to build a team with these offensive heroes in different scenarios! We’re going in depth to talk about Bastion, Hanzo, Junkrat, Mei, Torbjorn, and Widowmaker

News & Patch Notes: 
*Reminder Dates: May 24th - Game release date!
*Confirmed: All player progress achieved for Closed and Open Beta accounts do NOT carry over when the game launches. You will all begin at level 1 with no rewards.

*Patch Notes:
Open Beta Extended! May 10th is now the cutoff date at 10AM PDT (1PM EST) http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20743735540 

General Play for Defense Heroes: Defense heroes excel at holding down areas and at zoning enemies out of objectives. They are great at tracking and scouting enemies and can provide very valuable information for their whole team. Defense heroes can also pack a punch which they trade off with some of the mobility that some offense heroes have. 

1. Bastion: http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Bastion?version=c3268fc86f5293e14f98fcf1125d49b6 
*Hero Tips: Cynical Nerds Quick Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJQrmZs4PE&index=3&list=PLOW3wTM0_w5_CVjO9q3r5dlTpDf9udg8s 
 
2. Hanzo: http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Hanzo?version=28499a8cf9d2e3a6eb89963c605da4fb 
*Hero Tips: Cynical Nerds Quick Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpbbLZ9pfhc&index=4&list=PLOW3wTM0_w5_CVjO9q3r5dlTpDf9udg8s 

3. Junkrat: http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Junkrat?version=1ea2798cdb586febcd20663d847debca 
Hero Tips: Cynical Nerds Quick Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY5H6ntfNHI&index=8&list=PLOW3wTM0_w5_CVjO9q3r5dlTpDf9udg8s

4. Mei: http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Mei?version=66f7430889703883fbec1d47055193b9 
Hero Tips: Cynical Nerds Quick Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSlc63KyAM&index=18&list=PLOW3wTM0_w5_CVjO9q3r5dlTpDf9udg8s

5. Torbjorn: http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Torbj%C3%B6rn 
Hero Tips: Cynical Nerds Quick Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVwl1KmefiI&index=1&list=PLOW3wTM0_w5_CVjO9q3r5dlTpDf9udg8s

5. Widowmaker: http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Widowmaker?version=521c47cd82d45d3360540f061518e4e3 
Hero Tips: Cynical Nerds Quick Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32-iUlIReD0&index=11&list=PLOW3wTM0_w5_CVjO9q3r5dlTpDf9udg8s

Link of the Week:
*New Overwatch Character Comic with Junkrat & Roadhog: https://comic.playoverwatch.com/en-us/junkrat-roadhog-going-legit  

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