I called and predict it: ANA buff

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i called and predict it: ANA buff

been saying for weeks now thats she weak and need buff

finally ana got buff she deserved, she so weak at OW2

probably revert the nerf their done moving to OW2

so thats 4 sec anti nade, and 12 sec sleep or maybe even 10 sec

ML7 have been asking devs to buff ana CD (probably on their content creater discord server)

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many supports need buffs

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She doesn’t. Reason she’s weak is because kiriko literally hard counters her.

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Yeah now that Kiriko exists it’s ok to buff anti nade duration. Sleep too probably.

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well mostly sleep i can guaranteed 100%

it would atleast 12 sec at worst, or best bet is going to be 10 sec cd

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I think its only a net buff, as some has said Ana was quite possibly one of the best supports until Kiriko’s overwhelming power-creep got introduced wich also counters Ana with less skill involved.

And the meta became dive with the new dps passive and Winston being overpowered.

Muh prediction is :

Anywhere between 12-10s with stats to match it.

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eh no

i main ana but i win more games with bap / zen / mercy

she weaker than bap lucio, arguable weaker than mercy even at some map / team comp

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Again, shes only weaker now cuz Kiriko, when the game first launched, she was quite decently up there with Bap and obviously, obligatory Lucio, some Moira here and there cuz shes too easy, when Kiriko got in though everything changed.

With Kiriko nerfed, (hopefully her overtuned ult) , Ana will have a better fit on the game.

(Also if Ramatra’s Block does not work against CC… i feel like Ana will hard counter the villain.)

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she need atleast her nerf reverted back to OW1

so thats mean anti nade 4 sec

sleepdart 12 sec, at minimum

then lets see from there if she need more

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Disagree, she was already quite decent before Kiriko,

What she (and every medium-long range character other than Sojourn wich needs nerfs herself) needs imo is Winston, Kiriko and the DPS passive to get nerfed.

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Ana is far from weak…Shes ruthless but bronze silver gold and plats have no idea how to use said hero to her fullest…Im surprised by this “buff”

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dps passive are allready comfired getting changed, they will give new type of DPS passive that benefit all DPS

idk what they are going to give though

but probably a new type that other heroes can benefit like sniper

so probably damage increase after elim? ult charge gain after elim? idk

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Ana is one of the hardest Heroes to play effectively right now. OW2 moves too fast for her Hero design. She requires PERFECT positioning to do her job without dying, and even then dive & rush comps can STILL overwhelm you.

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So they said, all the way bk on SE01 launch, but nothing on it on the SE02 blogpost…

This would fit best imo :

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No. Ana’s problem is that she was designed for the slower-paced OW 1. In OW2 she requires PERFECT positioning, and it you’re targeted by an enemy DPS your margin of error is missing ONE OF ANYTHING, even a primary fire.

With the extremely long CD on both her Sleep and Nade, alongside her requirement for perfect positioning, that results in too large a window of opportunity to focus her down.

It’s ironically similar to her greatest weakness in OW1 H lack of ability to self-heal. Now the support passive can heal her, but she often needs to have her Nade for defensive use anyways.

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I wonder if her winrate/pickrate took a nosedive compared to her ow1 stats. Now the devs want to tinker with her in this updated flankerwatch.

Still I don’t want that old way of Ana dominating all ranks but we’ll see what happens lol

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its not even flankerwatch

i rarely see genji / sombra / tracer on my support games in diamond,

maybe 1 out of 7 games i get a genji but swap out if they cant win

i see alot of reaper though… so thats only 1 flanker, i wont call it flanker watch LOL

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One less bodyguard (off-tank). Also a lot of crowd control nerfed. Most likely it hurted Ana along with them nerfing her cool downs

Also the new Naruto hero

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If you think kiriko hard counters her you dont play support. Most likely suzu will be on cd unless you specifically save it for anti. If you do save it for anti then you will probably find it easier to just wait a few seconds for it to wear off instead of wasting your cd on it. Very few times do anas get a fat nade that their team takes advantage of. Even if thats the case a smart ana will wait for the suzu then nade you. 9/10 times if better to save your suzu instead of cleansing an ability thats been nerfed to dust like anas anti. A pre nerf anti maybe that would be worth a suzu but by the time you see the nade, you determine if you need to use or save your suzu, then you target the hero and throw the suzu 2 seconds have passed. Why waste one of your strongest cds to cleanse the last second of an anti. Just wait a second then heal them. So buff ana to where its worth a suzu and then talk about a hard counter. Its gotta be a rare case and a fat nade with hard follow up and no cover for my team for me to even consider making that trade.

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it’s cause kiriko gets played a lot

the game isn’t flankerwatch, other than reaper and echo all of the flankers are mid or bad.