Ana is in a good spot, and I’m not convinced she needs a nerf.
But if you are going to nerf any part of her, it should be nano. The only thing I find oppressive about Ana is that nano guarantees a team wipe when Genji uses Dragonblade.
One potential change would be to make it so ultimates don’t get damage increases from nano. It would still be a great ultimate - it just wouldn’t be a guaranteed team wipe for Genji any more.
They just never should have buffed it in the first place. They were in the midst of killing Mercy, which would have naturally brought Ana up, and it might have even let Moira see some play at the top level.
Blizzard just really wanted Mercy to go away, and needed to incentivize players to change to something else.
Like how someone just brought up nerfing her nade and now another topic just to mention nano
someone request to nerf sleep dart for perfection
Ana doesn’t really need a nerf if her counterparts were brought into equal viability, however that’s not going to happen so I guess we’re going to get another diluted support for no one to enjoy.
Or… ana doesnt need a nerf.
Ana is fine. She’s the only high skill main healer, of course she’s going to dominate the higher ranks. We just need more high skill main healers.
And everyone else wants it to stay this way.
Don’t force this hero back into the meta, ever.
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Not a twinge of bias here. Nope.
I’d like to see her sleep replaced with a massive DoT or even an instagib with a longer cooldown.
UI takeover is pointless since it might as well be death.
It’s the way it should be.
Mercy> M1.
Ana> mechanically intensive.
Ana> Has to be aware of her surroundings due to weaknesses.
Mercy> Lul Shift.
Which hero should we reward more?
Please stop making these equivalences as if they mean anything. I’m not even debating this anymore because people just parrot what their betters say ad nauseum until you’re left in an echo chamber of
SKILL SKILL? SKILL? SKILL??? skill
Nobody even bothers coming up with more nuanced points anymore.
So i should be rewarded just as much for holding my finger in my nose playing Mercy?
If you insert genji or tracer into the meta, watch how quickly someone switches off Ana.
To put it in another way
If Mercy, who has infinite healing and the best mobility could heal on par/better than Moira/Ana
Why would you ever bother playing Moira/Ana outside of preference?
Ana admittedly has some utility but still
Because Mercy contributes virtually nothing in terms of damage
That’s why Zenyatta exists
No, she isn’t, she is a must pick, more than Mercy was, and with the Doomfist nerfs going live, things will only get worse…
Ana is the new Mercy: have one in your team or lose the game, she needs nerfs, just like Mercy once needed…
She has an infinite discount nanoboost at all times. That’s pretty significant compared to Moira’s tickling for gold elim and Ana losing her burst healing to damage the enemy unless everyone is stacked
But this is okay, because SKIIIILLLLLLL
Because she’s the only high skill support.
The alternatives are too easy to realistically compete with her higher up in the ladder.