Good news, I finally got Ramattra a couple days ago! (I just didnt want to say because I felt like I was spamming this acc)
Bad news is that for the first few games I played him I had jack shit what to do with him and I got wrecked lol
But I got some tips both from my friends and some youtube videos. The best tip I have learned as a Tank player is to NOT 1v1 THE OTHER TANK. They’ll just have backup support or DPS behind them, so cut them off. This goes for all tanks but ESPECIALLY Ramattra I realized.
The main tactic is to set up your barrier+chip away at the enemy with Omnic mode. The staff fire has a pretty wide spread so its pretty easy to get headshots with it and does a nice chunk of damage (Especially against squishy’s) Once they get low enough, trap them with vortex and punch them with Nemesis form. Like me playing Symmetra its like a 50/50 on whether it works or not but if it does its SO SATISFYING (Especially once you get ult)
Also I tried playing him in Open Queue so I can just mess around with his abilities and I got this INSANE game. We were playing Lijang Tower and by the final round, we were playing a Sigma and Wrecking Ball along with me as Ram. It was NUTS. Double barriers + a ball zipping around the point with a Soldier 76 for our only DPS. The only support was a Lucio that died a lot but he was trying his best lol We won that game and I got a lot of good Nemesis kills. A really fun and chaotic game for me.
And of course the voicelines and interactions are just, the absolute best. His voice actor absolutely kills it.
I’m going for Illari next because I already have 28/50 wins from the end of Season 6. But, it turns out I don’t even need to win them, and only complete the games, which is super easy for me. I tried Illari a bit when I player Trials of Sanctuary and I had so much fun with her! And as much as I love Zen, I want to get better on another Support chara (I have some hours on Bap and Moira but I dont really like their playstyle)