Surprise surprise, that 5 healing nerf has done nothing.
Ana has been one of the most picked heroes in the game for an absurd amount of time. Literally the highest pick-rate in GM for over 6months which is as far as Overbuff tracks.
I made this post AUG 2019:
Since then she has only briefly dropped out of the meta when the devs buffed Baptiste in an attempt to allow him to compete with her, making him extremely OP in the process. He was nerfed and now we are back to square one.
I was complaining back then how Ana has been meta for over a year and the fact that literally every other hero that was meta in that period received nerfs upon nerfs to kick them out of the meta except Ana.
This is just ridiculous at this point, Ana indeed does require skill but this is not an excuse to allow her to be the most picked hero in the game for the rest of Overwatchâs existence.
Ana is causing stagnation.
Like every hero in the game, Ana will always synergise better with some heroes more than others. Ana canât support every type of comp in the game!
I do not think Ana is ridiculously OP. However. She cannot be allowed the #1 support spot for the rest of time. This spot should rotate amongst all supports depending on the current meta.
I think Ana by Design is a very offensive support having anti heal and nano is also the most effective when comboâd with a dps ult. But because she is that offensive, her weakness should be that sheâs weaker on the defensive side of things. Her nade shouldnât give so much burst heal by itself if its already doubling any healing and antiâs the enemy. Bringing it down from 100 hp to say 75 hp would be a reasonable change imo.
Well letâs just nerf Ana and then the next âstrongestâ support takes over, letâs nerf that one as well so the next âstrongestâ can take their place, but we donât want that so letâs nerf them as well.
At some point Blizzard will have to stop continuously nerfing supports you know.
You and many others rely on the assumption that a hero being strong is the only thing causing a high pickrate. But, how many people enjoy playing a hero is also very important. Ana is definitely strong, and in combination with a lot of people enjoying her kit, it gives these incredibly high pickrates. You canât simply conclude she is OP.
You also have to keep in mind that there are only 7 supports to play right now from which 3 are considered main healer (Mercy is more like a dps pocket at this point). So if you take Bap out, because he is trash at the moment, you have 2 choices left. You either play Ana or Moira as main healer. A lot of people donât like to play Moira, so you are left with Ana.
You know how people call out enemy Zaryaâs bubbles before targeting her? You should also call out Anaâs nade so your team (or your flanker) knows when to kill her without problem.
Ana wasnât so much of a problem until Genji got buffed⌠I think itâs unfair to nerf HER ult when itâs HIS that people actually hate.
Lower rank players can find Bastion OP but that is mainly because they donât know how to deal with him but for these players, he is perceived as legitmately OP.
Ana is in a similar siutation but in reverse. Ana is crucial at higher lvls of play due to her high burst healing potential and anti-heal.
However, she is more of a problem because of trickle down meta and perceived power.
Basically âOPâ = Overpicked.
I donât address this because I think it is irrelevant reasoning.
Similar reason was giving during the moth meta why Mercy had such a high pick-rate. Indeed it contributes but not to the degree that I would make a hero the most picked hero in the game, especially at GM when the prime focus is winning and not necessarily having fun.
No. Ana was STILL the most picked hero. Even before the Genji buffs. I guess the Genji buffs just cemented this position even more but you can look for yourself how long Ana has been the most picked for.
The thread I linked is nearly a year old btw, this should give you an indication just how long Ana has been a top pick for.
if Ana is the most picked hero itâs simply because sheâs the ONLY support to play that is ANY fun at all. It has nothing to do with her being OP or good⌠thatâs why she isnât even being picked in OWL. Sheâs not the BEST support or OP⌠sheâs simply the only one that makes playing support funâŚ
Her winrate is always like 3rd or 2nd lowest though (across all ranks).
When you check most picked in GM, itâs Ana, Brig, Bap, Lucio. Basically, utility-based heroes,itâs not really about healing. If you want to change the pickrates, youâll have to change other supportsâ abilities, or add supports with other utility-based abilities. I doubt youâd be able to nerf Ana to the point that sheâd be less useful than Mercy or Brig, for example. Unless you remove one of her abilities (like Brig atm⌠but hard to say still since we donât have stats yet).