i challenge everyone who have this opinion play ana on ranked,
and give me atleast 3 replay where u think u hard carry as ana,
no smurfing and give screenshoot of match lobby average rank at start of the match (the versus logo)
And had POTG on my first match lol. Can’t save the code because it was back in OW1.
But i challenge you to something else.
Play 20 matches in ranked and document how many of the matches had Ana in it. How many of them had on both teams and if only one had then add whether they’ve lost or not.
Not to mention every desperate attempt they’ve did in OW2 to make hard counters for her
Kiriko
Orisa rework
Hog Rework
Mauga
Venture (Digging will cleanse them)
It became a point to clear in future hero designs and reworks to make them hard counter Anti. But the devs have a hard time swallowing their pride and rework her.
I think because it has not been done before. Normally we rework heroes because they are too bad and not because they are too good.
Ana would need to be reworked, because how crazy strong sleep and anti is vs 1 tank and less shields in the game and the more “counters” like suzu they implement and the more feast or famine playstyles they implement like Mauga, the more unhealthy the game becomes.
People sometimes talk how Brig is unhealthy, but no one seem to understand how unhealthy Ana currently is.
Why do you feel like the game should be balanced around these statistics?
Balance the game for high level play; most of the player base won’t understand why some things that are too easy to use like torb and junk get huge value for 0 reason. And probably player retention plummets.
Balance the game for below highest level of play; I can’t think of a downside, other than content creators switching game.
If things are fair and fun for where the majority are, then you’ll have more players happy. Whether it’s right or wrong for the game isn’t relevant to the Devs any more it seems. And this isn’t an unusual business practice, most companies like to satisfy as many customers as they can, not just the select few best and most loyal ones… Sorry but ow2 (as apposed to ow1) is more of a business now, since going live service.
Ana is only a problem if people know how to get max value from her CDs. Players below diamond are not consistent enough in doing this. Ergo, she’s only “too” strong at high levels of play.
My guy… I mean about Master and GM (the ranks they balance around) with the 90% pickrate. Its maybe not for top500 players a problem, but for like… 99,8% it is.
No. healbotting Ana is strong in low rank and spamming sleep and anti on a tank is neither difficult nor ineffective. Sorry.
Edit: Sorry, she sits currently at a 130,5% pickrate in GM. lol