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Iain Harris

It's only taken 3 days for Overwatch's worst meta to manifest in Marvel Rivals: "Games change. GOATS is inevitable."

Heroes and villains face off in Marvel Rivals key art.

NetEase's Overwatch challenger Marvel Rivals is enjoying a decent start to life with 10 million players in 3 days, and – what's that? People are already resurrecting GOATS? Crud.

Here's some history to start: In 2019, the second season of The Overwatch League became dominated by what's known as the GOATS meta – A tactic that involved playing with three tanks and three healers to steamroll the opposition oh so slowly. It was effective, tough to stop, and very boring to watch.

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