Sanjay's Kit Looks Pretty Interesting (Hero 28)

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Sanjay is the newest Hero to be added to Overwatch.

His kit is loaded with new, unique and interesting mechanics and I can’t wait to see how he plays on the PTR.

He has 200 HP (100 HP with 100 Shields)

Primary - Hard Light Beam
His Primary fire is kind of like Zarya’s Beam except it charges on its own. It can deal a lot of damage but has a much slower charge than Zarya.

It would interesting to see how his much slower charging beam balances out on a squishy hero with 200 hp.

Secondary - Explosive Light
His Secondary fire is like Zarya’s Secondary but it shoots in a straight line. So it’s much easier to aim than Zarya’s Secondary.

Ability 1 - Shooting Stars
He has the ability Shoot Turrets that stick to surfaces and damage nearby enemies. This is kind of long range version of Symmetra’s Turrets but he gets fewer Turrets.

Ability 2 - Portal Gun
Portal is unique ability. It is kind of like Reaper’s Teleport ability but for the entire team. It should lead to some interesting flanks.

Ultimate - Great Wall of China
Even though Sanjay is from India, he borrows China’s wall and brings it to Overwatch. Great Wall cuts off areas of the map and has the potential to swing team fights due to the immense zone control this ultimate provides.

Overall, I am excited about Sanjay’s design…

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what’s that?

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There’s no new hero?

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Oh there is no Sanjay? it’s Symmetra?

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Well F… :rage:

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This is amazing
20 characters

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Ah lovely a new trend of annoying threads.

Sanjay will be a tank people, let Symmetra’s rework be.

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If they, instead of reworking sym, made sanjay a better sym, I’d be pissed.

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I like the idea of the rework but this was hilarious lol.

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Symmetra’s new turrtes do more dps, have more hps and have more slow. I don’t know what you’re talking about with her secondary fire. It’s just her current secondary with less charge time, faster move speed and AoE dmg on impact instead of piercing. Her primary’s range and beam size is unknown. Save your judgments please.

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Does anyone even remeber the original Sym, because I can’t😂

After all these changes, it feels like it belongs in a history book.

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Is the ultimate a joke? Ive seen it in other places lol. Surely it is

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This looks like Trolling honestly.

Sym looks interesting, finally.

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So like Zarya’s secondary firing in a straight line.

I have been playing Symmetra since release. Her first rework made her a stronger version of herself. This rework, makes her in to something that she is not.

So no need to save judgements.

I do sadly.

It’s Tassadar in OW baby.

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Out of curiosity why would you be upset?

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Because they would have made a hero that did what she does better. Making her even more useless.

I like her character so I prefer she be changed into something viable rather than becoming pointless for the sake of keeping outdated gameplay

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this is the best thread on this forum i can’t stop laughing :joy:

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They could just buff her to be stronger.

But it seems like as they were making more and more tweaks to her, they ended up creating a new kit.

I think at that point, it’s time to call quits on the rework and create a new hero instead.

They should just be making Sanjay here and go back to Symmetra and buff her kit like they did in Symmetra 2.0.

Symmetra 2.0 made Symmetra a stronger version of herself.

This new rework is not a rework, it’s the making of Sanjay. It’s Sanjay Apha Build 1.0,

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They couldn’t make old sym viable without making her op. Just can’t. She’d either never be good enough or fall into op territory

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They can.

I wrote so many threads and posts discussing her previous mechanics and how to improve them and make them less clunky.

See my thread below - What is Symmetra’s Core Identity and How to Buff her Accordingly

What they are doing now is creating a new hero that is not Symmetra.

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They couldn’t straight up buff her old kit, they’re trying to make her viable on attack which her current kit doesn’t enable.

Yes she feels a lot different but that’s how some Mercy mains felt and now, Hanzo mains. And that’s the point of a rework.

I honestly feel like the changes that they’re bringing are actually really good and hopefully will get her out of her troll-pick tier.

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Melee range sucked.

Frankly, her core was fundamentally flawed and if the changes don’t go through shell never be viable

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Melee range was fine since her weapon was very powerful.
She also has the piercing Orbs if you encountered shields and Photon Barrier to close the gap between you and your target.

Her Teleporter and Shield gen also allowed her to be more agrressive with her Melee attack.

I don’t think so. When you can OTP a hero into Top 10, it means that they are at least viable, if not decent.

I am playing her on Attack right now in Masters. Symmetra’s kit works on Attack if you know what you are doing with it.

Symmetra 2.0 felt different and powerful. That’s the kind of rework I want.

This rework feels like Sanjay 1.0. That’s not “a lot different” that’s a new hero.

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Our lovely Symmetra no longer is… well, Symmetra. The cost of potential power being her identity. A trade off I can’t say I want to take.