UPDATE - I just don't understand - How are you supposed to play as Sombra?
Some of you may remember my post from nearly a month ago about my current struggles with new Sombra, and I thought I'd post a little update on my progress.
I want to start by saying thank you to everyone who responded to my post and/or sent me VODs and DMs to help me study the character. Some of the advice I got was infallible and helped me develop a play style that was consistent and impactful. There are still some minor struggles, like missing virus and poor aim, but that has improved with practice and relaxing a little, as I found myself getting too frustrated and stiff while playing. I'm beginning to prefer this new Sombra over the old because it forced me to address old habits and stop playing the game as if there were no consequences to my actions.
The best bit of advice I got was to not underestimate my enemy. The old translocator was the ultimate get-out-of-jail card, and it enabled me to just attack without really thinking of the consequences, whereas the new one kinda forces me to be smarter with my plays. I pay attention to support cooldowns now and plan my escapes before attacking, enabling me to be useful regardless of the situation. Plus, I found just irritating the players from behind, and making them turn around, is a good way of assisting in a team fight.
As of now, I'm back in Diamond, but my God that was a challenge. One thing I've noticed is that supports in the Platinum rank seem to hate supporting Sombra. Its very rare that I ever got any healing from them, even if I was doing a full Riverdance routine in front of them to get their attention. I overcame this in the end by being smarter with my positioning and being nearer to health packs, so I could jump in and out of fights quicker and not rely on those passive-aggressive people. Does anyone else have this issue?
I found my spark with Sombra again and I'm glad that I came to this reddit and sought all your advice. So thank you everyone for being the fantastic people that you are. You've saved me from quitting this game.