Don’t say that Tracer is balanced

Yes, I know, another Tracer thread.

But on every one I’ve created, I get a lot of, “Tracer’s fine,” “She’s still a good hero,” and the occasional, somehow “she’s still OP.”

…Why do people think this? She’s not doing well statistically, at all; she’s borderline useless.

Back in plat, well over a year ago before she was Brig’d and powercreeped out of the game, I had an easier time playing her than nowadays. If she’s more useful as your SR goes up, why is it so much more of a struggle to play her in masters, where my skill’s at?
disclaimer: was in masters last season, rusted nd decayed hard to diamond this season rip

I dunno, maybe she’s underpowered or somethin crazy like that…

When was the last time y’all played against a legitimately effective Tracer? No, not annoying, but actually effective. Most players have only fought against Tracers that were mediocre at best, unless they were a smurf…so who are you to have a say in her balance, to say that “she’s fine” if you 1) rarely see her in any games 2) don’t play her 3) when you do see her, she’s not good or is a smurf.

And I’m tired for waiting for the “meta” to change, as is the claim for her to be balanced. It’s been over a year and she’s still obsolete.

Look, Tracer is bad. Really bad. Just about every other dps is viable atm except for her. Give her some sunshine, please.

Jeez, my topics have been getting more and more hostile. I’m sorry for coming off as harsh or whiny or anything, I’m just getting impatient and frustrated. I just wanna play my main again.

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i dont see the point of tracer now. far too much spam and damage for a low hp flanker. she doesnt even have a big fight winning ult to farm like genji and sombra.

they should rework her personality so its not so annoying to people. lets face it her current situation is just because she tilted people so much.

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Blizzard needs to show Tracer more love
I never thought I’d be saying that

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Nothing feels worse than dodging a ton of abilities in an enemies back line just to see them armor packed to full hp :slight_smile:

Brig amirite

Tracer doesn’t need a buff, brig needs to be removed

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In her current state it is what she is basically.

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Her pulse bomb never should have been nerfed to 300 damage.

Revert to maybe 350 and suddenly she’ll be more useful again.

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Nah, brig still does aoe, healing, easy to land cc, and has armor pack, only thing really nerfed was armor from her ult isn’t permanent, still incredibly easy to get value out of.

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And this is when I stop taking you seriously.

But I do agree, Tracer needs some kind of buffs.

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What else was nerfed? Please inform me

Google it.

She’s had a number of real nerfs after her first season.

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Google it? Why? If the nerfs are so harsh they should be common knowledge right?

Brig is still a busted easy hard counter. Sorry

Oh I remember the nerf, having to completely change the amount of damage that goes into armor because brig is so busted.

Still busted

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They are common knowledge.

I even remember some: Shield bash cool down increased, shield bash damage nerfed to only 5 (from 50?), shield bash CC no longer goes through shields.

Edit: This is not even a complete list.

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Well if this isn’t the most wrong statement I’ve read all day.

Back on topic however:

Tracer is balanced. She has a bit of a harder time stomping support when they choose Brig, but she was never supposed to get free kills on the back line. Now that her main target has the ability to hit back you suddenly think she isn’t balanced? She has finally joined the rest of the cast in having a counter pick.

Yes, she has low HP and can die to most things if you aren’t careful, but she never had a character that you could pick to specifically counter her (besides maybe Sombra, but she should be targeting juicer targets anyway).

This is from someone who has significant time on Tracer and Brig btw.

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KabaJi tell them pls!

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Tracer is balanced.

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Its just not her META

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reported

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I think people say that stuff because we’ve all encountered the red team tracer hard carrying, which is super frustrating to play against.

But they’re a smurf so not really valid to balance based on that sentiment.

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it’s been “not her meta” since april of last year. since then every hero has become viable in some way except for her. not her meta my cat’s butthole

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One thing that’s changed—which may justify her one major nerf—is that new Torb is quite annoying against Tracer.

While I don’t think the best Tracers would have any issues, Torb can place his turret in some really awkward-to-deal-with locations; at least on some maps (e.g., Anubis).