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[PTTG??]

I really don't see the point of buffing Symmetra -- she's really fragile and her gun has two modes: Long range, can't hit, and easy hit, no range.

[Flying Dice]

The main issue I have with Ana is people ADADADADing when I'm trying to heal them, even if they're in cover and no enemies are shooting at them.

[EnigmaticHat]

I really don't see the point of buffing Symmetra -- she's really fragile and her gun has two modes: Long range, can't hit, and easy hit, no range.

Because she can go ham with the laser, is the short answer.  Unbuffed, it can get up to like 120 DPS I believe.  Which isn't amazing, but the extra speed and durability helps her dodge around and be annoying (she doesn't really have to aim) more than it would help out, say, a 76 or a junkrat.  Even tho in general those characters have better damage.

I dunno, I've never played with a Symmetra that goes ham on purpose.  Usually they go in as a desperation move and are surprised when it works.

Edit: I couldn't tell if Ana's dart gun was hitscan or not.  Apparently its hitscan only when scoped.  That... explains a lot.

[Flying Dice]

Symmetra's M1 is absolute cancer if she's in range, it's a hard counter to every single fast, low-health hero, especially if there are turrets around. Most Symm PotGs you see are just her running around holding down M1 as the beam skips from target to target after kills. IIRC her M2 goes right through Rein shields and does great damage fully charged, so she's good for bombarding chokes as well.

[IWishIWereSarah]

EnigmaticHat => Ana's heal per second is higher than Mercy's.

Mercy heals 50 HP per second.
Ana heals 75 HP per hit, and can fire once per second. She has to reload every 8 rounds, but if you hit with every one of them, it's still a positive for Ana.
And she has the Heal Grenade that can heal multiple allies at the same time (and help you heal your tank faster).
(but yes, she can't revive her allies :p )

[Egan_BW]

Don't discount the value of the fact that those heals are burst, rather than over time.

[SOLDIER First]

Ana needs line of sight, though.
Mercy does too, but she actually moves with the target.

[EnigmaticHat]

EnigmaticHat => Ana's heal per second is higher than Mercy's.

Mercy heals 50 HP per second.
Ana heals 75 HP per hit, and can fire once per second. She has to reload every 8 rounds, but if you hit with every one of them, it's still a positive for Ana.
And she has the Heal Grenade that can heal multiple allies at the same time (and help you heal your tank faster).
(but yes, she can't revive her allies :p )

And no damage boost.

Still, that would explain why people are so happy when I heal them as Ana.  I never seem to get those 7k+ cards, but maybe that's too much of a standard to hold myself to.  I damn well don't hit every shot on allies, not yet at least.

[IWishIWereSarah]

If you have a Reinhart or a Roadhog as your tank, it's easy to stay at "Mercy distance" (2-4m behind) and hit them with every dart, just checking your other allies when they need some. It's particularly effective with a Roadhog, as he won't have a shield, so you build your ulti-meter quickly :p

[EnigmaticHat]

Sadly, the current "meta" is people trying out heroes that were changed in the patch, so rando Reinhardt isn't around much at the moment.  And when I do have Roadhogs they're constantly backing off to heal themselves even while actively getting syringes stuck in them.  I do play Reinhardt tho and I can attest that nano boosted Reinhardt is absolutely ridiculous.  I really do think that while Ana seems decent at the moment she'll just get better and better compared to the other healers at higher levels of play.  Everything she has requires both personal skill and cooperation from her team.  Except the grenade, the grenade is just plain good at every level of play.

[Levi]

I bought a Logitech G602 gaming mouse today to replace my trackball.  So my aiming has gone to shit, but I know it'll get better soon.     I can at least turn nice and smooth now.

[Reudh]

So as someone who's just started, I already bloody hate Bastion. I know that sentry form is a "first order optimal strategy", and that Genji is meant to deflect it to counter the hell out of him, but Bastion has this wonderful thing where if he sees the deflection start up, he can stop firing. Genji's wasted a cooldown, and Bastion's free to continue firing.

The easiest thing i can think Bastion is like is like Heavy from TF2 if he was using a Brass Beast with all crits, all the time. We even had a match where I was tracer and we had some other teammate there, and a bastion transformed right in front of us. We killed it nearly instantly, but it still killed the other team mate!

[Skyrunner]

Genji is not really a good Bastion counter if the bastion is actually good!

I recommend pharah, don't fly just keep peekin' and shootin'

[MrRoboto75]

Hook him as roadhog if you can get close enough

Literally drag him out of sentry form.

[EnigmaticHat]

Genji is an OK counter.  Human reflexes dictate that Genji can always theoretically get a good chunk of damage on Bastion (who has a large hitbox and is completely stationary, an ideal target for himself), so it turns into an I-know-you-know kinda thing.  You basically want to just spam M1 and use the threat of your reflect to limit what he can do.  And of course make sure you're always less than 2 seconds away from safety.

Even better, anyone who can shoot in a straight line hard counters bastion.  Pharah, Hanzo, Widowmaker, 76, even Zenyatta and Mei.  Literally just grab a corner, peek it, and shoot at him.  Most characters have trouble getting enough damage together to kill Bastion quickly at a distance, but in a good team you won't be the only one shooting at him.  Many ults will completely destroy Bastion as he can't dodge.  He's not a very good character, he's more of a trap for new players or a surprise pick.  With the people I get matched with I see him maybe once every... 5-10 games?  And he's usually picked by one of the lowest ranked people in the match.  He can get some stuff done with Reinhardt + Mercy support but, ah, so can most characters.

The new update is a hilarious stealth nerf to Bastion.  Ana can de-sentry him whenever she wants, D'va can prevent him from shooting 36% of the time while leaving her allies totally free to shoot at him.  Even Zenyatta is now markedly more effective against Bastion.