D.Va has a pick rate of 96% so far in Stage 2 of Overwatch League, making D.Va the most picked hero by a good margin. Mercy had a 95% pick rate the first week of OWL Stage 1.
I’d love to include the link proof, but the new forums won’t let me post it - so you’ll have to go to Winston’s Lab and see it for yourself if you want to verify the numbers.
When you think about it, D.va’s a highly versatile hero.
Dive? She’s got her boosters and rockets and DM for safe entry.
Deathball? Eats up all shield piercing attacks.
Triple tank? Denies tons of damage and puts out a good amount too.
Anti-Dive? She can block crucial incoming damage to save a support’s life.
Do you know why dva is being picked and why it’s a different situation than mercy or do you honestly think blizzard is like welp x hero has y pick rate where’s the nerf stick. Because that isn’t what happens.
Pro tip: Delete the http bit and change the “o” in .com to a zero. Bold it so people see it and bam, post the link. Adding a space in between the URL and .com helps too if you want to go that route, but it’s harder to notice.
And here I was thinking that D.va’s DM was nerfed because all the D.va players were playing D.va only because of DM and they wanted to be unshackled from being a DM bot.
Heck, before the DM nerf she was largely a DM bot and did next to nothing else.
Logic does not matter when you protect your waifu. Don’t expect anything from this forum when it comes to D.Va.
D.Va is not the reason dive is strong, Winston is. Remove Winston from equation and dive will not be nearly as viable as it now. You can replace any other hero in dive but not the scientist.
OWL? You OverMirror? Dive is dominant so Dva is good. You can’t say that a hero is OP just from because she it picked a lot. Stop withhunting! If you want to stop dive they nerf tracer and Winston. They are both stronger than Dva in a dive game. Dive is good because Winston got a buff… Dva is not the problem here.
Nerf D.Va = Winston’s effectiveness in dive is reduced AND the hero who is picked in basically every comp (Even Bastion comps on Junkertown) hopefully stops being picked in every comp.
If we’re comparing this to the very high pick rates for Mercy in stage 1, it doesn’t quite work out.
First off, Mercy was picked more than even D.va is currently.
Secondly, that was because Mercy was a must pick in more or less every single comp type. Dive = Mercy. Deathball = Mercy. Anti-Dive = Mercy. Actually the only time I can think of when she wasn’t a must pick was with the “Slambulence” of 4 tanks and Moira + Lucio.