And two of them are not viable. It’s all about Ana, Baptiste, Mercy, Zen and Lucio…
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Werent there 3 at the beginning? And there will be more once ow2 comes out
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4 if you include sym
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Considering how long it takes to make a hero and there’s 3 roles in the game, I’d say it’s pretty fair.
That’s a technicality.
Brig is still viable
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Very much so.
I want a new one but honestly, just about every support has broken the game for like a year each at this point, and I can’t say I’m excited about the chance that’ll happen again. Current balance is pretty nice all things considered.
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For most of the playerbase, Brigitte is niche.
Lucio is easy to use, but hard to get value that actually scales well. He has no game making plays unless you turn assassin.
Moira is still very viable as many maps are heavily enclosed getting insane value from multitarget healing.
Mercy’s value at lower tiers is strong enough still esp after all other AoE healers lost their single target healing strength.
Ana is a huge liability for most teams as she’s easily interrupted, but simply happens to get 2 incredibly strong low cooldown abilities with a useful perk in any range healing.
Most people can’t use zenyatta well as it requires aiming which is a talent most people in support do not hone well.
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Eh, half the supports are aim based. That ratio is a lot more than dps or tank.
What do you consider niche?
You can healbot supports just fine and win games. The heal aiming is WAY easier than damage aiming. Which is sort of the point of support in the first place. Support is really just healer slot. Heal people and you’ll win lots of games. Doing anything extra on bap/lucio/ana is optional. It simply a requirement on Zenyatta because 30hps is not enough without doing more damage.
Pretty much the off supports. Support is mainly just healing. If a support dies you are not lamenting their lack of supportive effects like discord, shield bash, etc. You are hurting really badly because your ability to sustain the team in a bad position (say in their spawn) diminishes really rapidly.
Spawn camping is only a thing because healing exists to bring your entire team back to full strength after each kill you get otherwise you just slowly get chipped away from each spawn until dead. Its not even just spawn camping, its simply any asymmetrical portion of the map. Pushing choke points hurts without healing to recover the siege.
Off supports healing is weak and are mainly played for their 2ndary supportive effects. Discord + Damage, Speed + CC, or Brig’s peel.
technically 4 since sym gave 75 shields every 8 seconds
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This is false. Sound Barrier, AMP, and even generally artillery participation is earning value. Lucio doesn’t need to be leading in eliminations or environmental kills to accrue value. His presence alone with his auras is generating plenty of value. If he participatings in an elimination, via killing the target or being an assist, he’s earned value.
True. Her healing capacity is still significantly reduced from its highs, however. It’s not something critical that needs to be looked at, but it would help her out a bit. This is not to say she should be healing more, but rather, the ammo supply just drains too fast.
Revive still is huge in value return. Area effect damage-boosting is still a big deal and Valkyrie in general is solid return no matter what Mercy does. Plus free single-target healing remains extremely high value.
Not really. Ana still has tremendous value in armor ignoring damaging shots, and her two cooldowns. Plus Nanoboost remains incredibly solid.
Doesn’t matter much, Zenyatta’s Discord, Harmony and Transcendence more than make up for a lack of offensive return on the account of the player. Increased player skill in hitting targets typically puts Zenyatta as a key-pick.
Largely correct, except;
This isn’t quite true. Transcendence and Discord still yield good returns. You’re just not hitting peak-Support play with Zenyatta, however.
It was 25 per allied target. Later, when the shield generator was added; it became 75 shields per target under the field.
God I wish zen was perma meta
no in the beta it was 75 shields every 8 seconds. in 2016 it was later nerfed and buffed to 25 shields every 0.5 or 1 or 1.5 seconds
I can after the disaster Moira, Brig, Bapt ( immortality) were.
one of those two was the big boss lady of overwatch. so she had her time in the sun
laughs in dps
every match is like choosing which different flavor of ice cream i want