Does healing need a nerf in general?

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One big problem in Overwatch is that it has never been easier to keep teammates alive. You can run triple support comps with Mercy, Zen and Brigitte plus a Zarya bubbling her teammates.

Why is this an issue? Because it makes sustained dmg really bad and high burst almost mandatory to have. This is also part of the reason we’re currently in a sniper meta because they can oneshot people and bypass healing.

If you nerf healing, heroes with less lethal weapons would automatically become more viable again.

Opinions?

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Even with less healing, one shot mechanics will still be better, I don’t think it would solve anything. Quite the opposite, as they would be less impactful, we will lack volunteers to play that role hence a nightmare for tanks.

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That must be why I think a flying heal ban skill using hero is needed. Mostly because pharmercy is most hard to stop from healing that is. Maybe we dont need it if Sombra could fly though

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But the difference between oneshot heroes and the other heroes would lessen which means utility could become more valuable.

I dont think healers would be less mandatory than they are now even with healing nerfed.

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Why would you ever pick a healer if the main thing they contribute to their team (healing) is useless? Healers at the moment have such little utility, meaning if they can’t heal effectively, what actually can they do? Why would you pick Ana if her healing was weak? Why would you ever want to use Moira if her healing was inconsistent?

Healing is fine. If anything, most healers need buffs at the moment.

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If healing is nerf, there would be less incentive to play this role. Life is already hard enough for tanks and some of them (hello Reinhardt !) would be extremely impacted by this and would die a lot faster than currently, hence less main tanks and more space for snipers

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No they wouldn’t.
Sustained dps characters actually do a lot more damage over time, among other benefits. Like really dps heroes aren’t too far off each other, until tanks and supports are introduced.

Make interesting healers, not over powered ones.

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Dps and healing have both been creeping one after the other. Nerfing the healing too much would lead to too much damage and less people wanting to support which hurts the slower tanks.

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Target healers. 5 char

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I’m not saying nerf it to uselessness. Just make it slightly less impactful so heroes without high burst can get the job done.
Moira is still valuable because she can heal multiple targets at once.
Zen has always been picked for discord. Mercys dmg boost is very strong at the moment and she still has rez.
Lucio would be used more since he was always about that speed boost. Ana would make healing actually even stronger again since her nade doubles it for short bursts and she can shut down Ults with sleep dart.
Brigitte still has shield bash which is basically her main thing since the beginning.

I dont think healers would become less mandatory than they already are.

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Brigitte takes the slot of an off-tank, not a healer.

The formation is ‘triple support’ on paper, but the truth is, Brigitte works as soft dps, even if people just won’t admit that her damage combined with her sustain is good together that forms her into an off-tank, not a support. They don’t pick her for the heals, they pick her for a different role.

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Yes but she adds to overall healing regardless with incline and repair pack is great at keeping your other supports alive.

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So how exactly you nerf that ?

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I dont know exactly which is the best approach, but maybe a 10% nerf for all incoming healing or something?

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Whatever the intention is, you are thinking the wrong way.
Snipers are the one who are wrong. They outdamage all heal or tanking. That is the problem. And a Slight exception maybe Mercy who super saves so many squishys against winston but that is a complecated balance problem of supports and winston.

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Who would you nerf ? All of them (ahaha poor Ana…) ? Just mercy ?

Not all of them have high healing output e.g lucio, if you nerf his healing rate, oh man… remove him from the game, because he would reach uselessness…

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You can still outdamage the healing though ?

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Yeah but healing is artificially reducing your dps over time unless you have high burst.

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In MOBA & MMO, your first target is the healer then the dps, tank last (huge hp pool and armor) it is no different in overwatch :slight_smile:

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Ana is only bad compared to other supports, which doesn’t mean much, because the support class as a whole is ridiculous.