One of the reason why so many Syms players are so salty about the nerfs

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This is the second time where she got harshly nerfed during the Beta season. One of reasons the why there is such an outcry seems to be that the harsh nerf came so fast. You can say the same about Moira but Moira was already seeing more play time compared to Sym just because of her status as a healing support. She was never in the pits of usage compared to Sym.

Sigma was also just released, so the supposed ‘double shield’ meta isn’t even a thing yet, it’s just people trying him out. (Should I even bring up the fact that harshly nerfing one of the best hero against that supposed meta doesn’t even make a lick of sense).

It doesn’t help that the nerf happened during the role Q beta season, AGAIN, when stuff hasn’t even had the chance to settle. This is basically the same harsh nerf she got during the beta portion of Overwatch 1.0 where she got a harsh nerf hammer before the actual game even went live.

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What is this referring to? I didn’t play back then.

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Her E ability gave her allies 75 shields instead of 25. The devs acknowledged that it was a horrible ability leading to her 2.0 rework.

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Oh yeah I remember seeing videos of that, it looked pretty dumb. 75 was too much but 25 felt kinda underwhelming.

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Yup, and we are in the same situation now with her primary beam nerfed to oblivion. It wouldn’t be so bad if the TP changes were also reverted.

Right now she is essentially Sym 3.5.

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I think they’re just dramatic and emotional.

Sym mains are draconic and have no place in modern, civilized society slash s