No. People not knowing how to play with/as Sym doesnât mean the character needs to be changedâŚagain. Same was true for original Sym. The character is fine.
Back when Sym was a support she didnât exactly get a high pick-rate because while teleporter was arguably one of the better ults in the game for Point 1 Defence.
She was still useless everywhere else, and she didnât provide enough utility as a support to warrant having her over Lucio or Zenyatta, who have strong base kits and more reactive ults.
Much like Mercyâs Mass Rez, it was entirely reactive, but the main difference is that it has that crucial respawn delay, great if you managed to wear down the enemy team and thereâs a lone Lucio trying to cap, or perhaps if you can hold the enemy team off long enough it can perhaps give you a substantial advantage when a Reaper with his blossom respawns and he can flank and ult easily.
But otherwise, if Symmetraâs team canât stop the first push sucessfully, she was basically a waste of ult charge because her lacklustre ult has 0 offensive use and on point 2 defence it was less than useless, as you could be charging a much more useful ult, like mass rez or trans.
Shield Generator remedied those issues a little, but her kit in general had very little to do with supporting, and so, finds herself more at home with heroes who deal damage.
In AMA they said that they actually tried healing turrets, new support abilities and a total support sym but it just didnât work because it was either very good or very bad. They couldnât get a middle ground for it
I find it a bit weird. When I was low level, Sym, Torb, Batsion, Reaper - that was my way to start with dps, before I finaly picked some hitscan. I would say, that starting as Sym was best if it comes to dps. It´s cool to have this âno skill trash picksâ for such starts. But whatever, I want a new support finaly, so I am just curiousâŚ
Zarya would make more sense as a healer than Symmetra does - her bubbles could heal the target in addition to shield them. She also has twice the shield health Symm does.
Winston could be a healer, too: every friendly hero within his bubble could heal up.
How about TorbjĂśrn? He gave out armor packs previously, we could bring that back. Or have his turret have a healing aura like the payload does.
Or Bob: in addition to shooting enemies he could drop health packs like Santa Claus.
Why is it always Symmetra who gets mangled into these healer fantasies, why canât other heroes participate in the âfunâ?