Congrats Blizzard this is truly what the community wanted after having to deal with an Orisa meta. Nothing brings out the fun more then playing against and with Mauga the best designed hero in the game with innovative design that future heroes should take notes from!
Fun fact: Its kind of what people wanted. Mauga will change the support lineup from Juno/Brig to Ana/Kiriko again. I hope you enjoy the new meta! 
5 Likes
We will have to wait and see, pro footage shows him being ran with Juno/Brig so I donât think weâre going to see Ana/Kiriko be the dominant supports again simply because the Juno/Brig combo is still incredibly strong and Mauga himself plays very well with it.
1 Like
Isnt anti a death sentence for him and therefore Ana and Kiri are required? Because Mauga is like Hog. If there is no Ana to counter him, he has the game for himself.
2 Likes
Ana just gets rushed down by a Juno/Brig backline, sheâs still a great pick into him if theyâre not running Juno/Brig but when she is play into it she has no escape option and only has sleep dart to stop aggressive pushes which fine it can work but when you have 2-3 people rushing your position youâre pretty much dead.
It is a lot more beneficial to run a Juno/brig backline against him as well because it offers high AOE sustain which can make it tricky for Mauga to burst down the enemy tank along with the fact that not mirroring Juno/Brig=Loss 90% of the time.
1 Like
Forum Ana can throw a nade that hits all of them and solo kill them. Ez clap
2 Likes
Itâs funny to me how the forums treats Ana like this God of death who kills tanks, like bruh 95% of the time I burn both cooldowns on an enemy tank as Ana in an attempt to save myself I still end up dead unless I have a teammate who will actually peel for me.
1 Like
Yeah, but if Mauga is meta⌠Ana is meta. And if Ana is meta, Kiriko is meta. Thatâs just the way it is.
3 Likes
For me and gow much ai complain about Ana, itâs more that itâs incredibly annoying to be the focus of those potentially devastating abilities constantly.
Ability dumping into the tank isnât ideal because they can take measures to not die, but you still can very much die with great ease if you donât take great caution. Considering itâs not at all difficult to dump those abilities into the tank, thatâs what makes it really annoying.
Sleep dart is balanced by difficulty hitting, tanks are not hard to hit. Itâs annoying that way.
Most of the time the tank isnât going to die from mindless ability dumping on them from a Ana. When I do it out of panic when an enemy tank is in my face they more often then not will cycle their defensive CDs. Only time they will die from it is if they were already low on HP.
Doesnât change that itâs really annoying. Fighting Ana is never satisfying because sheâs just stuns and grenades on whatâs supposed to be a sniper.
She has no other form of defending herself so itâs fair and her being a sniper while only dealing 75 dmg per shot doesnât really make her threatening unless youâre a hero with 225 HP.
What about dps? I see a lot of Bastion played with Mauga.
Fair doesnât mean fun, thatâs the entire point
Or we can give zen his fluid discord back and he can take care of meathead.
3 Likes
Bastion is a noob trap into Mauga tbh, Mauga can get free health regeneration off of his fat hitbox and succulent 350 HP. Best heroes to play into him are Hanzo and Junkrat since they can burst down most tanks and JR ignores the headshot reduction passive. And playing with him is a noob trap too, would be better off going with Reaper and Genji if you want a more brawly DPS line up.
1 Like
I didnât say against Mauga but on the same team.
Everything just melts with that combo. And is horrible to play against.
classic doesnât have mauga nor any of the bad balance decisions
With the heavy handed nerfs they gave Orisa this season iâm not surprised Mauga is back in the meta. Orisa was one of the few tanks that can deal with him.
No1 likes ANY tank meta. Just stop it, its 5v5 u hate.