The Most BROKEN Metas In Overwatch

Overwatch has seen some truly broken metas over the years, where certain heroes and strategies dominated the game to an almost absurd level. In this video, we’re diving into the most broken metas in Overwatch’s history—from the infamous GOATS comp to the double shield meta that made matches feel endless. We’ll explore what made these metas so overpowering, how the community reacted, and how Blizzard eventually had to step in to rebalance the game.

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[rexoverwatch]

no hero limits is the natural counter to the sniper meta, because you can just pick 6 reinhardts

[technounionrepresentative]

In a way i respect GOATS, it needed everyone to succeed,
In a team based game it is nice that the most dominent meta required soo much teamwork

[utk]

You forgot the one that started it all, dive. If dive wasnt that strong, brig probably wouldnt even exist

[qwooperdooper]

Slight misconception, GOATS does not stand for "Go Only All Tanks and Support." The strategy was named after the team in open contenders that first discovered it. I mean, it can mean that if you want but that's not where the name originated.

[OfficialFo]

10:10 goats actually got its name from the contenders team that invented it

[zepchir]

Dive was so dominant they added a whole new hero that countered it - Brigitte. She was so overtuned, she had a whole meta (Goats). She was the reason for role lock because she terrorized the whole game for years. And then Double Shield only possible for Sigmas insane Shield HP and Baps Lamp.

I am so glad the Overwatch 2 Balance Team actually fixes issues often. Even dropping hot fixes or trying out new stuff. Could you imagine Mauga Meta for two years bc the Team wouldnt know what to do?

[GhostyBoi]

Mauga meta was the worst. It was during winter break so not only was it not fixed any time soon, but also everyone was online for the holidays, all playing the broken new character

[ethanpinky]

Orisa, Roadhog should’ve at least gotten an honorable mention. The halt and hook combo was so op, especially when halt had a larger pull than Grav

[senpaipugs]

i remember wayy back in the early days of overwatch before even hero limits, there was a strat for specifically koth maps where you would play 2x lucio 2x winston and 2x tracer and could hold overtime for what felt like 10+ minutes in some cases

[joshuk]

Great video, just a little side note - GOATS was only "broken" in very high level / pro level due to the teamplay. I played during OW1 and was in the low ranks and rarely saw the exact Goats COMP. ALSO, in OWL it was more common to have a zen instead of a moira due to the value of discording a tank and focusing them

[NotOki]

Something small that sadly goes unnoticed is the citing of youtube channels clips. Awesome video :)

[TerminatorZXY]

2:40 - Hackfist could stand up to GOATS but not that consistently, GOATS was still too powerful. Even a ton of nerfs wasn't enough, it still dominated. They finally killed GOATS when roleQ came.

[jackmcmorrow]

You forgot to mention that double shield only worked because of Baps lamp picking up the slack while the barriers were down.

[neya]

having played overwatch so long it's so weird to hear "DRAGON STRIKE" and "GRAVITON SURGE"

[Staymare]

I remember moth meta had Mercy at a 95% pick rate with a 55% winrate in competitive. The statistics of that basically dictate you are certain to lose if you did not play her. To this day she was statistically the most OP hero OW has ever seen. I think people have memory holed the truly baffling state mercy was in for a couple months because it was more fun to play than double shield, but as far as balance goes it was by far the most broken meta of all time


Also GOATS stands for Greatest Of All Time, the tier 2 pro team that first ran the goats comp, not whatever acronym the video said.

[feelingrizzly]

Hanzo's Scatter Arrow was replaced by Storm Arrow before Double Sniper Meta. Storm Arrow was the actual crux of the comp because Winston would get absolutely blown up by Storm Arrow, making Dive unplayable at the time.

[thebluecomet]

Were forgetting pulled pork. Orisa x Hog. It was painful. Abysmal. Tragic

[BnZ]

Suprised that you didnt mention sojourns rocky release alongside maugas, she was terrible on release, it was another one of those every peek your dancing with death situations

[awildridehome]

3:19 Doom being more lethal wasn't due to being a DPS; it was because CC reigned uncontested at the time. Current Doom can still be extremely lethal, it just takes more talent and has more counters because people are stunned as often.

[itsovertoolate]

2:38 what a missed opportunity to call it brafist