As far as i can tell, the big reason Bastion can be countered so easily and so blatantly, is because no one respects his space.
If you’re next to a Bastion, it’s like being next to a Reinhardt… you’re not in pure danger, but you might could die maybe.
Bastion needs to be terrifyingly dangerous in the places that he should be effective… such as close/mid range and basically anywhere in front of him when he’s in Sentry Mode for a short distance.
People just… walk up to you, without fear… because they know they will not die.
And if they do die… it’s suddenly unbalanced and needs to go immediately, for some reason.
Another thing i have taken notice of, is that Bastion is most hard countered by Tanks, directly. In a 1v1 scenario, and in team fights… Tanks dominate without a second thought against him.
All of this points me to believe that he needs both self defense enough to keep him alive, and the ability to actually kill quickly.
So… something like lowering his ammo drastically, giving him headshots, and maybe a personal barrier that only regenerates while out of Sentry Mode.
I made a thread about the changes i personally would like to see, a while back.
I’ll link it here: