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• ✅ Winston is a very strong pick in Stadium mode, and it's good to first-pick him regardless of the enemy's composition.
• ✅ Because Winston is so strong, it's good to consider letting your DPS and healers pick to counter the enemy.
• ✅ Anti-picks against Winston are meaningless; Winston is strong against all characters.

Picking Winston first can increase your team's chances of winning.

• ✅ Rational Kiracuto Premonition: This is the core item of the build, maximizing Winston's survivability and mobility.
• ✅ Essential Items: In addition to Rational Kiracuto Premonition, you'll need rare fixed items related to abilities and survival.
• ✅ It may look weak on the surface, but it's actually a very powerful build.

• ✅ Vital Conversion: Converts HP to armor, increasing Winston's durability. The Premonition effect increases melee attack power based on armor stats.
• ✅ Nano Coating: Converts 15% of damage taken into damage over time.
• ✅ Indomitable Will: Increases resistance to status effects, allowing Winston to participate in combat for longer.

• ✅ Winston is a unique character whose cooldown starts immediately upon using a skill.
• ✅ Rational Kiracuto: If you press the jump button while using Jump Pack, you'll perform a slam attack in the direction you're facing.
• ✅ After using Jump Pack, you can use Rational Kiracuto to buy time on the cooldown and deal additional damage.
• ✅ This effectively reduces the Jump Pack cooldown to 3 seconds.

• ✅ Nano Coating: Converts 15% of damage taken into damage over time, and this damage over time is treated as a status effect.
• ✅ You can use Jump Pack to remove the damage over time effect.
• ✅ This allows Winston to continuously jump, attack, and easily retreat when necessary.

• ✅ You may have difficulty in the early game due to the enemy's anti-picks.
• ✅ To prevent snowballing, it's better to choose Rational Kiracuto before Primo Punch to increase mobility.
• ✅ Wait for the enemy to appear, then jump in at the right time to disrupt and draw aggro.
• ✅ Use the 3-second cooldown Jump Pack to quickly escape from dangerous situations.

• ✅ Primo Punch: Resets the Jump Pack cooldown when you eliminate an enemy.
• ✅ You can deal powerful damage to enemies through jump and melee attack combos.
• ✅ Constantly harass enemies with high mobility and enhanced melee attacks, and increase survivability through infinite jumping.

• ✅ The reason why Kiriko and Pharah are strong in the current Stadium is because they can perform their roles while somewhat avoiding the Winston scourge.
• ✅ Winston is so strong that DPS and healers must develop special strategies for survival.
• ✅ Winston is too mobile for Reaper to chase, so Reaper must ignore Winston and attack elsewhere, or play hide-and-seek with Winston.

• ✅ In the late game, more aggressively destroy the enemy line and attack key objectives.
• ✅ Winston penetrates deep into the enemy line to harass DPS and healers, and plays a role in collapsing the enemy's formation.
• ✅ Ignore the enemy's interference skills with Jump Pack and continuously pressure the enemy.

• ✅ Winston can raid the enemy's respawn area to break the enemy's morale and gain additional advantages.
• ✅ Winston can wait for enemies in the enemy's respawn area and attack them as they come out, making it easy to eliminate them.
• ✅ Through this, Winston can put constant pressure on the enemy and completely dominate the flow of the game.

• ✅ Winston is currently too strong in Stadium, and the outcome of the game depends on Winston's skill.
• ✅ There is no effective counter to Winston, and even if you focus all your skills on Winston, it's difficult to deal with other enemies.
• ✅ Winston is like a hamster with increased mobility and durability.

• ✅ Stadium balance adjustments are made based on North America, where Hazards are strong.
• ✅ Asia tends to discover meta builds first, which often harms the Japanese.
• ✅ Actively use Winston to destroy the environment and induce rapid weakening.