Okay so after they told us they were afraid of giving Ana any kind of buff because of the threat of a Tank meta because of her and Moira being able to put out INSANE healing levels, I thought of a way to shift some of Ana’s power that would enable them to ALSO give her a healing passive WITHOUT making a Tank meta stronger.
Okay so!
Give Ana a healing passive of some effect (Say something like 15 hp for healing someone with your rifle)
Ana’s primary healing from 75 hp per shot to 85 hp per shot
Totally REMOVE the heal bonus portion of Biotic Grenade, increasing the healing splash range (NOT THE DAMAGE PORTION) by 2 metres for a total of 6 metres friendly
Crazy stuff! BUT hear me out.
Currently a full clip of Ana’s rifle can heal baseline 750 hp if you hit every shot; adding in the 4 shots from her the healing buff it becomes 900 hp for the full clip and 1000 total from the grenade splash.
By removing the heal bonus BUT increasing her base heal numbers, her baseline heals goes up to 850 hp, 950 with the grenade bust. A little LESS than it is currently BUT it would also help remove some of Ana’s issues of ammo waste by healing slightly higher. It would ALSO reduce how much healing an Ana/ Moira team could put out WITHOUT making Ana a less “burst” healer.
It would also give the team slightly more room to improve or tweek Ana as needed without having to worry about her grenade, her healing numbers, AND another supports numbers giving too much health for the duration.
Antiheal is already a SUPER powerful ability, and can be worked on without worry because of the lack of a heal bonus at the same time. It also reduces all the impact of ONE ability in the hero’s kit and gives room to improve say her Ult or Sleep without fear of being too good at too many thing.
YES this WOULD reduce her effective “burst” BUT it would make her easier to balance as WELL as make her slightly more welcome on other less tank filled team comps. PLUS it would also reward Ana’s who can aim at fast squishy targets by giving them a nice bigger boost in health for less ammo cost.
So hopefully people see this and agree! Lets give Ana some much needed love!