Dva is the bigggest reason why dive meta still exist.
High mobility, defense matrix is very viable, great burst damage while using mini rockets etc…
She has the highest pick rate no matter in comp or OWL.
Low mobility 200hp heroes could hardly survive if she dive on them while using her gun and rockets. They can do nothing but take damage while Dva use rockets and defense matrix at the same time.
If Dva couldn’t use different abilities together just like she was before the changes, it will be the perfect nerf imo.
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Even if she can’t use abilities when flying, it would not stop her nor Winston from flying in face first and surviving.
The tanks are the ones who enables the divers, however I don’t think they need to be nerfed. We need better counters to repel these tanks from flying in, like a Lucio boop that is not on a diver
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You’d probably have to nerf winston as well way way back when winston first got his shield cooldown buff was basically when dive became big again.
And probably screw with some of the maps, because attacking on some maps is many times more difficult if you aren’t running Dive (Numbani first point is the really obvious one).
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How about no? Haven’t we done enough witch-hunting of D.Va? People have said she’s the enabler for every past meta and demanded nerfs at least since her first rework. And guess what? Every single time they’ve been wrong.
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Winston is the big reason dive is a thing, Dva is just a follow up. If Reinhardt was solid again Dva would likely still be played to assist the front lines while Rein stayed on the point.
She has something going for her few heroes do in this game: versatility.
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No she enables Winston to be as strong as he is currently
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Winston got a major buff to his shield when they changed it’s cooldown to start when he placed it. D.Va isn’t his enabler by a long shot. I would say it’s the other way around: Winston is Dive’s anchor tank thanks to his shield; D.Va is the off-tank like Roadhog, dedicated to getting quick elims with high burst damage.
Neither is OP, so much as they compliment each other.
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Dva is a bit over tuned. I don’t think a flat nerf is the answer though. I don’t agree that she’s responsible for keeping dive in the meta. Heroes like Tracer and Genji are still very strong/popular and give dive its bite.
As for her pick rate of course its high. She’s over achieving right now and the only other tanks that are fun and rewarding at every tier are Orisa and Winston.
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D.va is OP tho you’d have to be delusional if you think she is balanced currently. She’s way to versatile and fits into any comp she’s so much better then the 2 other offtanks it’s pretty ridiculous imo
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If Reaper and Reinhardt were improved, if Torb and Symmetra made relevant, if Mei could do her job to stall things effectively and if supports other than Moira didn’t melt instantly, dive would be easily countered.
The problem with dive is that the counters are horrible. Work with those instead of nerfing dive would be the better option
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I think Dva is the reason why Winston could survive in a fight. Her defense matrix protects Winston when he is in trouble.
No, Winston shield edging with 600 shield and 500 hp, with the bubble being quickly deployable is what protects him
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She also does the same thing for Tracer and Genji
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yeah but even if you remove dva people will just play with zarya. it’ll be a tad bit slower, but at the very best winston is going to make charge farming easier
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Of course his shield is the biggest reason why he survive, but D’va can protect him when his shield brokes or he’s out of position.
Play Zarya, Roadhog, or Reaper alone, and watch D.Va writhe as she dies. All three counter her in some vital way. You’re the delusional one, my friend. D.Va is not OP, and frankly has gone through one too many reworks over her lifetime. Make up your mind, will you? Will you be happy when Defense Matrix only lasts one second, has a ten second cooldown, no missiles, barely any damage on her shotguns and a ten second cooldown on her boosters?
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Reaper doesn’t counter her all she has to do is use dm then use missles to burst him down, she murders hog pretty easily, and Zarya gets trashed in by dive
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Yeah maybe I’m wrong about the defense matrix opinion because a tank is meant to be protecting the teammates. However, I still think D’va burst damage is too much as a tank.
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Reaper can use Wraith Form to avoid D.Va’s missiles. Then all he needs to do is fill her truck-sized critbox with shotgun shells and she’s done for.
Roadhog can tank quite a bit of damage with Take a Breather, hook D.Va through DM (which also interrupts her abilities), and fill her critbox with shotgun blasts as well.
True Zarya gets overwhelmed easily by multiple Dive heroes, however, that’s just how Zarya was designed. We’re talking about D.Va, not dive. D.Va gets completely wrecked by Zarya any day of the week.
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They need remove the ability of HEAD-SHOT on her guns this will reduce her DPS considerable and she will be unable to erase 200hp like roadhog did