Illari's problem will never be her damage

[Westbrook-11486]

@Veluna-11783

Illari has a bunch of weaknesses baked into her kit which keeps her from usually being a super dominating hero.

She’s currently a top 2 support lol.

Even with dive getting played.

[Guac-11908]

@Darmok-11969

nerfing her boop & removing the 100% uptime aspect of pylon (lasting 5s max) would actually make Illari balanced.

I have no love for illari, but 5s is too little imo. I think something like ~25 seconds would be better.

[Veluna-11783]

Which is not uncommon from Baptiste metas. Baptiste himself is horrible to pair with as dive synergy. He’s not a Kiriko or Ana which have traditionally been really great pairings for pretty much any team synergy combo.

Baptiste excels in generally spammy compositions like Sigma based tank or possibly pairing for rush. Illari is no different exception. She supports rush and dive comps poorly, but Sigma is one of the best performing tanks right now which is Illari’s arguably best tank pairing.

[hellosen-1327]

@Yin-1797

You’re under the assumption that it is impossible to kill a target being healed, which factually false. Using just a Damage-role hero, Pylon will never heal it’s maximum possible amount, and many Damage-role heroes can do twice to three times the damage that Pylon can put out.

Moreover, you’re also under the assumption that Illari can simply ignore healing demands just with Pylon, when that’s just not possible. Pylon can only heal one target at a time, and at a very minimal amount; there’s no way for Pylon to cover the damage from Reinhardt’s Firestrike, or Soldier’s Tactical Visor. It’s just not possible. Math can prove this.

Pylon provides just enough sustain that in most situations, it’s favorable to DPS instead of personally healing someone with RMB - unless they’re critical health.

[Yin-1797]

@hellosen-1327

Pylon provides just enough sustain that in most situations, it’s favorable to DPS instead of personally healing someone with RMB - unless they’re critical health.

Depends on who you’re fighting and who you’re healing, and whether or not your next shot can do enough damage to make a kill, or even land damage on that target.

[Andough-1183]

Lol

I just go Ana and throw a nade and bam. Now her pylon doesn’t matter