It ' s definitely okay to pick offmeta stuff if you ' re confident . Sometimes the comp calls for a Zarya , but I can ' t play her so I ' d rather play my tank main than suck on a meta pick . Heck , sometimes you can win competitive games with a solo healer or a weird comp . Only if the team unwittingly plays the kind of playstyle that is viable in the comp though . I . e . with a solo healer , you can ' t dive as much , but you ' ll likely have higher frontline firepower , if enemy dives you without sufficient burst damage to down a tank or penetration to kill the support , you will always win the fight . But if you ' re serious about the game , I recommend trying to acclimatize to meta picks . Once you ' ve put in the hours , you ' ll know that you ' re just not very good at what hero and what hero are a good fit for you . My main offense is Tracer but I know I ' m subpar at Genji no matter what . Despite constantly playing Genji in QP , I often play better with Tracer even without warmup .