And then when Orisa became meta while Sigma is added later, they both get nerfed into the dirt?
Yeeeeeaaa…
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to be fair, the devs thought dropping sigma who can adbruptly cast a stationary, permanent barrier up to any distance with 1500 shield hp was a good idea. they did this without even adding an actual barrier counter hero to the game.
instead of sym countering sigma, sigma actually became more enabled and reinforced due to syms playstyle. sombra was the only hard counter to stacked barriers, except she could barely farm ult because the enemy was hiding behind… barriers lol
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Well, that and Sombra is just trash atm sadly
I guess they thought his barrier would be good against snipers (in which case, its fun disrupting a widow)
Then they added barrier tanks that can use both their barrier and weapon at the same time, Rein can do one or the other.
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Sym, Hog, Junkrat, and Soldier all counter barriers.
There needs to be more variety in shield tanks, and tanks in general, in Overwatch. Nerfing the ones we have to the point where they’re unplayable is ultimately just as bad for the game as having tanks being too powerful
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Yup, OP, I remember.
Players: “We want more barrier Tanks!”
Blizz: “Here you go.”
P: “Wah! Sigma + Orisa is OP.”
B: “Okay.” *nerfs those Heroes into the ground
P: “Why don’t people want to play Shield Tank, anymore?”
Also P: “I don’t want to play Rein. I wish there were more (viable) Main/Shield Tank options.”
Me: 
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We kept our Hypersphere range 
dont forget baptiste too. but all these heroes countered ONE barrier, not stacked barriers. they were useless versus orisa+sig until the super heavy shield nerfs. heck at high ranks it’s still double barrier meta but now those heroes you listed can actually contribute
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Not gonna lie, I was happy seeing a lot of drastic changes being dialed back a bit
Shame about the rock explosion though…
(Does that only affect the AoE, or does direct impact keep its damage?)
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The problem is that when they switched to 2-2-2, multiple shields had oppressive synergy. Instead of buffing counters such as having Symmetra’s orbs pass through barriers, they simply continue to nerf/buff everything towards homogeny.
Sombra is fine rn wym
That one ^
And yeah, it sucks that rock is even more niche now, but fine, whatever 
Now no one can call it a Hook.
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I still do. Here’s hoping for Mauga.
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Shes the second to Bastion with the lowest pickrate and winrate
Shes 100% not fine 
I agree with Orisa’s nerf.
She can’t have damage and deny 80% of all damage while being the most tanky tank.
She blocks the least damage.
Compared to most tanks, I’d say she needs those factors considering she has 0 mobility and burst damage.
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Her pickrate is low but that doesn’t mean she’s bad. I of all people would be more than happy with another sombra buff, but I’m telling you people are really sleeping on her right now. I think you’re going to see a lot more of her with the patch that just went live.
Everybody wants a barrier to protect them from headshots, but no one wants to shoot into a barrier.
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NO, they countered stacked barrier too. You can still break a shield with Junkrat.