Ana needs a movement ability

Axe-12496 · October 4, 2018, 5:36pm

Ana getting away from harm heavily relies on either her teammates or if her sleep dart hits. Even then the sleep dart if good for one enemy. The other supports have ways of getting away. And before you mention zen that boy is the definition of “Don’t need to run away if they are all dead.” Also his ult can save his butt pretty well.

But I’d like to see some kind ability for Ana to get away. Maybe a roll or a grapple of sorts?

What do you all think?

AkaiEngarde-1459 · October 4, 2018, 5:37pm

I think they said they weren’t planning on giving ana a movement ability since it would take away one of her weaknesses and they want all the heroes to have their own strengths and weaknesses

Eon-11831 · October 4, 2018, 5:37pm

She absolutely does not need mobility. Ever.

BlueMonkey-21650 · October 4, 2018, 5:38pm

Ana is fine.

Senketsu-11621 · October 4, 2018, 5:38pm

They said Ana won’t be getting mobility to let her keep her weaknesses. If they ever go back on that, she would probably get a roll like McCree has

AkaiEngarde-1459 · October 4, 2018, 5:39pm

I’d be down for that as long as it reloads her weapon like it does for mccree

Macster-11267 · October 4, 2018, 5:39pm

As long as she gets a significant nerf to another part of her kit then sure.

CuppaJo-11973 · October 4, 2018, 5:48pm

So she has:

Hitscan Damage
High Hitstcan Healing
Burst Healing
Healing Amp
Healing Block
Hard CC(Sleep)
Powerful Ult

And you want to give her mobility too?

kya-11467 · October 4, 2018, 5:51pm

honestly she just needs some sort of healing regeneration. at least like 3hps, idk something minor

UndyingAgain-1541 · October 4, 2018, 6:55pm

Jeff already said they wouldn’t because they want each to have strengths AND weaknesses.

besides, she (and other snipers) shouldn’t be up front nor mid but in the back

TheMaelstrom-11479 · October 4, 2018, 6:56pm

and they proceed to buff widowmaker and hanzo in mobility even though their weakness was they have really low mobility options.

Hmmmmm, interesting.

I do agree ana needs no mobility ability, and needs no buff, shes already meta.

AzshFayd-2513 · October 4, 2018, 6:58pm

Ana lost her chance at mobility/survivability buffs after the support changes happened

Shade-1791 · October 4, 2018, 6:59pm

Ana doesn’t need any buffs at all, thanks.

Skald-1493 · October 4, 2018, 7:05pm

The DEVs already stated that they’re not interested on improving her stated weaknesses — her lack of mobility and her poor self heal. Anything else is fair game however.

PTR Ana Question!

I think its worth talking a little about our balance philosophy here. People often will post things such as “why doesn’t Blizzard see that this hero has X as a weakness and that is what should be fixed.”

One aspect of our heroes that is very important is that they all have various strengths and weaknesses. This is a core aspect of what makes teamplay so important in Overwatch. If you have an Ana on your team, this gives you certain advantages such as being able to be healed from very long range, having a more offensive-favored ultimate, and having the ability to disable healing on enemies (which can be especially vital against heroes that really rely on healing such as Roadhog). That said, she also brings her own weaknesses that must be managed, such as low mobility and lower self-healing. A team may opt to run Brigitte or Lucio with Ana to help peel attackers off of her, for example.

When we want to buff a hero, sometimes it can be the right call reduce these weaknesses. For example, if a weakness is just too overbearing or a hero just has too many weaknesses compared to their strengths. But more often we would rather amplify a heroes strengths and make the hero just better at what they do, which leaves their weaknesses still around for enemies to exploit and for allies to try to manage.

I hope this helps explain how we look at balance issues and heroes in Overwatch in general.

IsTheMedia-1302 · October 4, 2018, 7:09pm

Giving her a movement WOULD make her as OP as everyone is claiming that she is now.

No.

Rift-11388 · October 4, 2018, 7:09pm

Quite honestly… Ana is fine at this time. Her ult got just what it needed and her dmg buff from before is what helped her the most. The meta also shifted in her favor. She has clear weaknesses but she has insane strengths if you use her correctly.

I believe she’s fine and what every character should aspire to be balanced at.