As the title suggests, there are 40 playable characters in this game as of this post (June 2024) and if you had the option to remove 10 (1/4 of the roster) who would they be and why (if they want to)?
It can be for what ever reason: unpopular, game breaking, not fun to play against, thinning out the roster, just plain don’t like them, etc. just keep it clean and don’t judge please. I’ll start (in no particular order):
They’re not only characters I don’t like fighting against but I refuse to pick them in any mode of gameplay. I’d rather lose than play them even if a win was certain.
So what about you guys, which 10 do you want to see removed if you could?
Mauga - Literally a horrible addition to the game in every single way Roadhog - No one likes Roadhog except Roadhog players Ball - It’s so 50/50 with him but for the most part it’s an awful experience playing with one Pharah - A balancing nightmare Sojourn - I just don’t like her Sombra - Every single rework just made her more and more frustrating to play against Symmetra - Literally no one plays her and the devs hate her anyway Widow - I don’t like playing hide and seek Bap - Immortality Kiri - Immortality
I’m going to break the rules, because I can’t get my list up to ten without including characters I could imagine a rework saving. So, here are the heroes I’d just take out of the game entirely:
Soldier: 76 - Soldier is how you’d play Torbjorn if you played as the turret, and not the dwarf. You just hold down your mouse while aimed at the enemy… and sometimes you move. Plenty of other heroes do the same thing in more interesting, and often riskier, ways. Tutorial character rendered superfluous by kit overlap and lack of utility.
Moira - If Soldier is the tutorial, Moira is journalist mode. Her whole kit is basically spam, and I only find her useful if I need a crutch. If you just have good teammates, Moira is superfluous. I also think she teaches people to play poorly, because the enemy Moira is often both the biggest trashtalker and the weakest link.
Orisa - I know there are people who disagree, but I haven’t liked either of Orisa’s kits. Her current one, however, is definitely more obnoxious. Even if her cooldowns were nerfed, her whole playstyle is just being a bully with no direct counterplay except swapping to Zarya. I actually think she’s one of the reasons tank is such an unpopular role.
Mauga - Do I even need to explain?
Symmetra - Yes, I love her thighs too, and having a character who sees the world through a similarly skewed lens is touching, but that’s all fluff. In practice, Sym doesn’t work. As long as her turrets do something, people will complain. After two reworks, the only reason you pick her is to teleport to point on Lijiang, or to make D.Va’s day worse than it already was.
Baptiste - His kit feels like it was pieced together from random, “supporty” ideas the devs had lying around, and then given the skin of a “Charming Haitian.” Regen Burst is generic, Exo Boots could go to a more specialized character, and Lamp is just another “nope” button to bait out/play around.
Lifeweaver - Like Baptiste, Weaver feels woven together (hehe…) from spare parts. However, Lifey has the distinction of having the worst ability in the entire game. Not only is Lifegrip yet another “nope” button, as it bonus it has the power to tilt the very person you saved with it. As for Petal Platform, it’s useful, but not a very cool ability for a magical botanomancing druid.
Venture - I go back and forth on this one, because I like Venture’s kit on paper. A DPS who doesn’t just shoot things! In practice, however, Vench’s kit is really spammy (and stunny/boopy) and they get away stupid stuff way too much. But maybe simple nerfs will do the trick?
Anyway, that’s it. I tried to focus on heroes who I think are “extra”; that is what they bring to the game is already done in a better way by others, or what they bring isn’t really needed at all. If anyone disagrees, though, I’d be glad to know of a way to save Symmetra.
Realistically, I probably wouldn’t get rid of any, but in MY version of a perfect world, Doomfist, Junkrat, Torbjorn, Genji, Moira, Orisa (OW2 only), Sigma, and Wrecking Ball would not exist.
Mercy - Not a bad hero but the mercy mains are the most insufferable people i’ve ever encountered.
Kiriko - voicelines sound like nails on a chalk board
Venture - See Kirikos reasoning.
Doomfist - Love the character and some of yall doom mains go hard, but majority of yall who OTP him are awful and refuse to switch.
Orisa - I don’t need to explain this.
Widowmaker - See Doomfist reasoning.
Mauga - Love the character, hate the gameplay.
Bastion - Not a bad hero but at that point just learn to play solider, same in concept except one is infinitely more mobile, can self heal and has an ultimate that’s actually effective.
Moira - Im gettin real tired of her just fading away any time anyone looks vaguely in her direction.
Roadhog - Not an awful hero but not one is ever satisfied with him. People are either complaining about the hook or complaining about the healing. Just saves us all the headache.
I understand not liking invis, or a sniper here or there.
But 10?
And of all the tanks, you take hog. The most balanceable one. (even though it never happens that way)
…And now that I have read the other posts.
Maybe I’m not as allergic to fun as I thought.
I dont like tha “hate” threads… I mean… I dont like to play against some heros. All of them have their personality and are “unique”. I wouldnt remove any of them… ((maybe rework, redesign))