back in season 3 I started to play overwatch as my first, FPS and my aim and gamesense/decision making was terrible. I started off by playing no aim heros such as symmetra and winston and slowly built up gamesense and decision making which allowed me to win games and climb up to plat. By the time I was in plat at around season 6 I turned to the dark side and only played symmetra for 400+ hours achiving a 4.3k rating in season 8 symmetra only. However, after the symmetra rework and many games with frustrated teammates when i refused to switch, I decided enough was enough and I turned my attention to getting better at other heros. The problem now is that I find myself unable to play “viable” dps heros in the GM ranks, and the few games I have played on my GM account have all lead to losses. It seems that the only hero i can have any chance at winning in GM with is symmetra, but i dont want to one trick her anymore! I am open to any suggestions, thanks! <3
Symmetra is sort of unique in the DPS role as her kit is very alien to the rest of the roster, this was the case with both 3.0 and 2.0, the new rework is more akin to Zarya with her ramped up beam, and Pharah with her right click, so you have a bit of hit scan and projectile in the new Symmetra so if you ever get proficient in these two aspects you’ll notice there’s more transferable skills between a lot of heroes once you let go of the auto-aim.
the problem you’re likely running into is that you’ve made due with game sense and maybe a bit of solo queue incompetency from the enemy team (things Symmetra thrives on), rather than mechanical skills that DPS heroes stress, you would have a way easier time transferring what you know to tank and support heroes because they’re already more reliant on the cerebral processes you’re already familiar with.
what it boils down is that if you want to get good at DPS heroes that you’ll have to practice, honestly i would just keep playing Symmetra in the situations where she’s good to have and see if you feel more comfortable with the hitscan or projectile aspect of her kit and work from there.
honestly I don’t know if I could give you any help because of my rank but I have mained Symmetra since s4 and continue to do overwhelming damage with her
With the current Symmetra, once you charge up that beam you can absolutely melt the enemy team as long as you have a healer with you. This is absolutely vital because they gave her an entire primary fire with which to destroy but no survivability to go along with it.
I also don’t know anything about the higher ranks but learning how to perform to GM ability with a healer or tank probably wouldn’t be a bad thing!
I don’t know anything about the meta’s up there so I can’t suggest any DPS to learn xD But maybe with the current meta’s a sniper or spam damage might be good ? ;o; anyway good luck 
I’m not near as high ranked as you, so I might be wrong, but flexgod had mentioned Pharah and her primary being similar to Sym’s secondary and since it sounds like you have very good game sense, Pharah might not be a bad pick to try since you’ll be pretty aware of the Widow/Solider/Mccree heroes running around.
Zarya is another good one to try because she has the laser like current Sym and requires good game sense, but it’s also a bit more frantic because you want to keep an eye on your healers and barrier them if they’re in trouble. Using bubbles on dps rushing in is good use too.
One last good one I can think to suggest is Moira. You are usually more aware of the situation going on and can get out in a bind quickly. Also her secondary doesn’t require exact aim either.
I hope that helps somewhat or at least gives you an idea.
To add to your problem, Symmetra is even weaker than before and now cannot help you, OP.
The only solution is to Google “This is how sad Overwatch is”
When used properly her shield is very annoying(in gm/top500 games).
Her new teleporter allows for interesting strategies as well with bastion, there is recent thread talking about that. Pair up with a good bastion and try doing something where u move him around to high ground.
Symmetra, hit scan. Are you serious? 12m Range does not make hitscan.
her primary fire is literally a hit scan weapon, that is has a short range doesn’t change that you have to track with it, idk what you would want to classify her beam under if not hit scan.
Channelled energy maybe. Definitely not hitscan.
Suggestion 1: Play whatever hero you feel like playing. Take the losses. Gain experience on the heroes. Watch your SR go down until your ability matches your SR.
Suggestion 2: Go to QP. Practice other heroes there. Let decay take your SR down. Rejoin comp after you’ve been decayed to whatever SR you feel like is a good starting point for other heroes you want to play. 3K is the min but it is a long time to decay that far from 4300.
Suggestion 3: Use alt account. Humble Bundle selling it for $12. Practice other heroes there. Continue to use Sym on main account to avoid decay. Watch it go down naturally but slowly until you reach equilibrium.
what is the difference between “channeled energy” and hit scan?
Hit scan has distance and can hit Pharah.
Symmetra can also hit Pharah, hit scan refers to any damage that is dealt immediately in a straight line, which is what her primary fire does, that is has short range doesn’t mean the damage is being evaluated in a different way than a McCree would shooting at a Pharah at the same range.
hit scan doesn’t mean infinite range coupled with immediate damage, it can also mean finite range, are Tracer and Reaper suddenly not hit scan heroes anymore because they don’t deal with Pharah as well as some other hit scan heroes? range is literally not a factor, please think critically before you post.
Yep, that’s correct. Hitscan is when any object, with a path, teleports to the end of that path, without traversing, instantly. It’s commonly used with bullets, but things like teleporting are technically hitscan too. Few can use the word correctly.
It is technically correct to say Sym’s M1 is hitscan. 99% of people will disagree, and 99% of people will be wrong.
sure, but to most people if you say “we need hitscan” you think Soldier, Widow or McCree. Don’t be so patronising.
Symmetra needs a second to do 60damage. Widowmaker can line up a shoot and do an instant 250 with one click. Aim, click, damage. Hitscan.
stop spreading misinformation out of ignorance.
literally described Symmetra btw.
Symmetra 3.0 strong? What’cha smoking, bro?
A limited tracking weapon. Definitely not hitscan though.
hitscans are infinite ranged, instant bullet damage weapons… zaryas or syms energy beam isnt a hitscan
That is completely untrue.