Ana has been one of the most picked heroes (if not the most) for a VERY long time.
She only briefly dropped out of the meta when Baptiste was made OP in attempt to allow another support to compete with her.
This is a thread I made all the way back in AUGUST 2019:
In this thread I was complaining how Ana has had the highest pick-rate in the entire game for over a year. This thread being 9 months old now and Ana still being one of the most picked heroes in the entire game.
She currently has 13.48% pick-rate in GM, which not only gives her the highest pick-rate in the game but also means that her pick-rate is more than double that of the next highest support.
You will get forum warriors who will say that pick-rate does not equate to how powerful a hero is, however, that exact same argument was being used 9 months ago now and nothing has change!
Ana might not have a stellar win-rate but it is still positive at every rank above gold and her pick-rate is still absurdly high at every rank.
How long do we have to wait for people to just admit that she is OP and needs nerfs? She has been stagnating the meta for FAR too long now and the only way we will see other supports played is if they are buffed to Ana’s lvl, which will probably make them OP in the process or we nerf Ana.
No, instead baptiste needs a proper buff.
Let’s look at the competition, shall we?
Moira? Well, No. She’s an easier hero and is good in lower ranks.
Baptiste? Well he’s garbage with a garbage tier winrate everywhere
That’s really all the competition, and it leaves ana.
I think the last buff was perfect and only slightly reduced her potential without butchering her.
She needs a cooldown nerf to her nade, add maybe 2-3 seconds and it’s fair. The downtime for the ability is only a few seconds after hitting a target and after the effects clear.
Yes Ana is probably the most skilled main healer but that doesn’t mean that she should be the most picked for the rest of time.
Simply because Ana DOES limit metas!
You might not think Moira for example is the most skilled support, however, Moira enables metas that Ana does not and vice-versa.
This applies for basically every support in the game, no matter if they require a ton of skill or not.
It seems that your main problem is with the lack of diversity in the support category with not enough “skilled” main healers but that does not mean that the metas should stagnate just so Ana can remain meta.
You can go an entire game just chucking nades at the enemy and DPSing while getting ridiculous value without even healing.
You see it a million times, a baddy Ana runs through the enemy tanks in a ridiculous position, slams a nade at her feet, and actually gets out alive while inflicting the absolute worst tank debuff in the game.
you’re right, they should make existing supports more challenging and engaging to play, with room for error and a need for decisive playmaking like ana, zen and lucio
Highly disagree.
Landing a good immortality field is so important, yet so difficult and 99% of the playerbase cannot do properly. He also needs projectile aiming, hitscan aim, cooldown management, then the rest of the other skills (which every hero needs).
I absolutely HATE having a bad bap on my team and always have, It REALLY stands out. He isn’t a hero you can pickup and play ez pz.
No support needs a nerf right now… Things MELT to the absurd amounts of damage in the game. On top of that, there’s a hero in-game now that has a “lol, 50% = delete” button.
