i know a lot of content creators say its sombra atm but i think its a close tie between all three
symmetra of course is maybe strong on her maps. enclosed areas maybe with teleporter and with communication teleport is still one of the best utilities. mei just seems weak now that tanks are monsters. she use to be the scary tank killer… can still wall off tanks but they live now
so yea i can see the sombra argument but only at the highest levels. i still own with sombra for some reason. i mean im not like super carrying but i think i contribute to wins a lot?
Symmetra is definitely the worst. I want to lose and still refuse to play her because I am not masochistic. The caveat is that she is AMAZING on her maps. She is genuinely niche. The actual definition of the term.
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yea i want to play her as well since that new skin but man… i know it would be torture
im still summing up my courage to do a symm run. i use to do them no problem seasons ago but they really have killed her
my highest winrate hero IS STILL symmetra at 61 percent in all modes but havnt really played her in like 6 seasons
edit: well maybe 3 or more seasons ago… hmm. its been a while and if i do i can only do one game and im like…naaaahhhh
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Symmetra has nothing going for her that isn’t done better by someone else. Her kit is basically just Reaper (Close Range with a teleport), but without the survival tools in her kit. Teleporter takes too long to use dynamically, and turrets basically don’t exist. Because of that, you just end up spamming M2, which is just playing a Pharah who can’t fly.
She certainly is mainly cause her best dps is like soldier bodyshot…after charging and playing close range with no sustain also her charge goes down 6x faster than soj.
Her turrets are destroyed easily unlike torb
Her tp is too clunky a d slow for personal use
But very good for team use but most idiots on ladder will tell sym to switch instead of playing with her.
Other day on shambali attack second point
My sym said me to dragon from tunnel so it’s like dragon shooting from under ground and then she will have tp for me to get to that window quick to shoot people escaping.
Worked like a charm as I dragon then ran and tp ed up and stormed while team pushed main with dragon.
Sadly these kinda players are rare and those who listen to them are too.
I do think sadly to taxi is were the power budget is locked due to team to and it’s were they need to rework and make her more viable.
what is it with the blizzard developers and symmetra. she usually gets IMMEDIATELY nerfed when doing well… its crazy. no other hero is treated that way
if they dont like teleport that much why havnt they reworked it away. they have done tons of reworks with other heroes
something tells me there is a deeper reason with the developers but maybe im just a conspiracy nut or yea im tripping
edit:
well everyone has a high winrate with her back in the day and we only have overbuff as a statistic source… maybe she was doing TOO WELL its just not a favorite pick
who knows
To be frank they’re both doing really bad. I’d say it’s a bit worse for Symmetra but Mei isn’t doing well either.
Symmetra is the worst because her kit is to slow for 5v5 pace.
She is niche which is just a fancy way of saying bad/suboptimal on most maps
most of the gameplay symettra gets in mega high elo scrims and tournaments is tp’ing people out of spawn then swapping heroes
i think she is just very particular
her beam is very strong (against certain enemies), her wall is pretty nice, her tp is useful, her turrets can situationally be good, but she is definitely not great on every map
she is similar to mei in that she has a close range beam and a long range attack, and a lot of utility, but i think mei is just more broadly useful than sym, but a really good sym player can definitely perform very well with good team coordination
Bastion is the worst dps.
Symmetra is a good pick if I’m trying to counter a Sigma or Dva otherwise she’s useless
I always enjoy the threads of people freaking out over their overpowered heroes getting a slap on the wrist, while I been over here playing sym/mei/junkrat/torb since the dawn of time.
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Mei isn’t even in the same class as Sombra and Sym. Mei can actually do stuff and win fights/games because she can easily function as an offtank.
Sure, she’s low damage, but contrary to OW2 players’ beliefs, the damage stat isn’t everything.
Definitely Sym.
Mei can bring fight defining CC to the table with her ice wall which can secure a pick. Sym takes too long to do anything of impact in a fast paced setting. Her primary fire takes time to build up, her turrets are crap and so is her survivability.
Sym only works if the team play around her and is actively pocketed by the supports to allow her to steamroll. There are too many conditions required for Sym to do what almost every other dps can with less effort.
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Whenever a team has Sym the other team goes Pharah and its a easy win for them, despite that:
Is symmetra the worse dps atm or is it mei?
It’s just you.
Symm’s winrate is a well-known example of how a niche hero can skew surface level statistics.
I think both Sym and Mei are supportive DPS like old Sombra was. With Sym your team needs to punish those slowed by the turrets or lure them to them and use the teleporter to ambush, surprise or get a better positioning.
Mei on the other hand is a master of stalling objectives and the wall can block a ton of ults and stop healing very efficiently. Throw a wall behing the enemy tank and then your tank/DPS can smoke them.
The main value is always team dependent. Neither Mei nor Sym have great DPS potential and I think this should change.
I’ll let you know if I can ever play one match of either of them without the enemy swapping to Pharah.
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I don’t like to admit it since I hate how feeble Mei’s beam feels, but I think the icicle buff actually did a lot for her. Meanwhile, on Sym, I think the +25 HP and beam charge buffs were great, but on this character it’s the altfire that sucks since the orbs feel terrible. Using an orb makes me thing of some anime character charging up a mega attack for twenty episodes, only to launch a spit wad at the interstellar tyrant. In conclusion, I don’t like playing either right now. I hope this helps even though it doesn’t.
She has her uses
I think she just needs 300hp that would solve so many of her issues