Ozo and 5v5

MoldedSloth · February 1, 2018, 11:57pm

So far he’s been my go to jungler since his stickiness and sustain lets him outplay cancerous junglers like koshka and taka.

idmonfish · February 2, 2018, 1:30am

Ozo is very strong in 5v5 - probably too strong with his sustain and obnoxious synergy with book of eulogies.

One dirty wee trick for CP Ozo players - if you hold onto a scout cam at all times - when you find yourself in a 1v1 duel in the jungle drop your scout cam at the enemy feet - then you can bounce on the enemy, bounce on cam, bounce on enemy.

NinjaBryden · February 2, 2018, 1:38am

Hey if you have enough experience with Ozo in 5v5 you can help out my meta overview wiki! My friend also said Ozo is great in 5v5 and I have yet to play him yet though cause I was busy playing Fortress kek

Odsfish · February 6, 2018, 2:09pm

First few matches have gone well, but I am finding myself a big target, and struggling to get built enough to sustain in late game. I think a combo, of me working on my game, and others figuring out what Ozo is capable of. Wouldn’t claim any qualifications as of yet. But an Ozo fan for sure.

MoldedSloth · February 6, 2018, 3:26pm

You can start ganking as early as lvl 3 with CP ozo. That is if you’re using a B oriented bounce build with ozo and not focusing on lvling your A. His B damage basically doubles after the first lvl and you can just go into a lane and nuke someone and begin your snowball. Remember to lvl his B, every lvl adds significant amounts of damage to it.

Odsfish · February 6, 2018, 3:48pm

Good words! Will focus that and see if I can starting bringing the snowball.

Bayou · February 6, 2018, 5:36pm

I posted this in the meta discussion thread last week. He is strong early. He still lacks great scaling so late he can struggle to finish off an enemy. I think when rank comes around, heroes who can flex WP/CP and lane/jungle will be valuable.

Meta discussion

The nature of 5v5 and recent buffs and nerfs could make Ozo near the top meta. Here a few reason:

Ozo’s Perk. 5v5 allows for 2-3 fountains to be built meaning Ozo’s 30% bonus heal gets more out of a multiple fountain meta than any other hero. Plus Ozo’s perk makes him an ideal target for a double support comp running barriers. An Ardan and Lorelai comp who barriers and fountains Ozo could be good. Ozo can even get more out of BoE and hold down a lane.

Ozo’s counters have seen nerfs. Lyra’s bulwark has had the silence removed which was completely crippling to Ozo (also Alpha). Lance has seen a huge 200 damage nerf on his impale which could limit his pick rate.

Ozo’s sneaky AOE. All 3 of his skills have an AOE component. With more heroes to hit, Ozo can leach health and stack BP even faster. More targets also mean a better chance of leaping from one enemy to another.

MoldedSloth · February 6, 2018, 9:28pm

Today I did some experimenting with a friend of mine for a few games with me using cp ozo and him using wp idris. Let’s just say we absolutely crushed any opposition once we both got to lvl 6. Idris latching onto an ozo ulting just NUKES any carry unfortunate enough to be a target. In teamfights it’s extremely hard for the enemy team to concentrate us and doing so means the rest of our team has free reign over them. It was WAY too fun. Ozo’s perk is really shining in 5v5 and with synergy picks (healing supports) he’s just a regenerating wall of sticky meat that annoys enemies.

Odsfish · February 6, 2018, 9:47pm

Oh man! That sounds like a lot of fun! Or not…depending in the side hahaha

Xaldarian · February 7, 2018, 7:44pm

WP Ozo is a sustain monster with 3 gapclosers and build in healing. SM SSw Bp TM/def fountain JB/WT

Ikaika · February 8, 2018, 1:11am

WP Ozo is a monster in 5v5. His combat mobility, duribility, and dive is ridiculous. Now you can hop around in Lyra’s bulwork and fights aren’t as contained so Lance doesn’t hard counter him nearly as hard.

7thlvl · February 8, 2018, 2:46pm

All jungle heroes are really stong now

Odsfish · February 8, 2018, 4:42pm

It really does seem like it. Maybe a bit OP… Yet… Always a way to answer right?

7thlvl · February 8, 2018, 4:52pm

yeah, they are Manageable. I’d say its harder to play bot lane due to the fact that you may need 2 scout cams for the bushes and they dont respawn fast enough to keep %100 vision. We need a im out of scout cams ping or a my scout cams are on cooldown bro so you should use yours you greedy basterd ping.

Odsfish · February 8, 2018, 5:12pm

Hahahaha! It’s so true. Bot can be a lonely place already, and then no vision to boot… always a bad thing to see the game and health is low.

Ikaika · February 8, 2018, 5:39pm

Haha, laning in general is pretty lonely. Especially if everyone is chasing fights rather than play their role.

Vice · February 8, 2018, 5:44pm

Yeah I feel like this is the biggest issue at the moment.

7thlvl · February 8, 2018, 6:22pm

I think people will catch on to the fact that its everyones responsibility to put scout cams out not just the supports. even with an upgraded super scout they can not provide enough. we will see if this knowledge spreads or not. I honestly think they need some kind of scout cam ping tho for sure. the im out of scout cams,they are on cooldown and the we need vision here ping.

Vice · February 8, 2018, 7:28pm

If I’m playing jungle I try to drop my first 2 cams in the enemy jungle, roam should probably do the same. People (laners especially) seem to keep spamming all their cams in the same predictable bushes. If you’re trying to over extend I can understand that. Your team starts with 10 cams however and I think at least half of those should be used offensively to give you a head start on vision.

Ikaika · February 8, 2018, 7:49pm

Agreed. Maybe I’ll try picking up an advanced scout cam when I play Ozo. That way I can drop one for solo fights and clears to bounce off of.