when he first was teased mauga was very VERY strong…
when not against ana.
Against Ana he was ok? He wasn’t unplayable but it was clear Ana was the #1 reason he was not as strong. So now blizzard has taken a hero who was already op without an Ana and now he is ridiculously powerful if you don’t run an Ana against him. To the point where you are probably throwing it you don’t pick Ana against him. So now you must run the old lady vs him.
How about we keep Mauga as he was and simply remove anti nade from the game? Why is this so difficulty for them to see? Are they just that determined to make her permanently meta? All serious questions that need to be answered.
Even without ana he falls over with even a little bit of focus fire. He is like a hog without hook and rein without shield. Certain support comps like Lucio/brig/zen almost feel impossible to play if you have mauga in your team.
Mauga had horrible, practically non-existant damage mitigation regardless. He was physically strong, maybe, but he 100% should have had better tanking abilities out of the box.
Sincerely, I feel like people overlook that point when I make it. People will ignore that and go “Yeah, but anti nade needs to be nerfed!”. What if it gets nerfed and tanks still suck? What if they suck because tanks are being turned into fat damage heroes instead of actual tanks?
Really, he should have had a passive that helps him resist damage, or something. It was fun to play, but as you say, he’s like some fusion of Roadhog and Reinhardt with none of their upsides and a lot of their downsides.
He needed the armor and buffs regardless of Ana though?
In most games that weren’t a mirror tank match up he got absolutely destroyed by every tank that wasn’t Hog or Rein. The armor and healing buffs were warranted IMO.
My thoughts exactly, it’s the same deal with Hog when he gets buffed. Not sure why Ana is so protected when the damage she is doing to the game is unbearable.
Nah he exploded in games without anas as well very easily. Probably due to big head hitbox in part + no armor. His HP could just evaporate against certain comps.
Just trying to keep that guy alive was a full time job. I havent seen a bigger damage sponge in the game.
Mauga is getting buffed because his design is useless.
What is his role/identity? I can’t find one.
He is not a disrupter, doesn’t make space, doesn’t counter anyone specifically, doesn’t have huge damage output, doesn’t protect.
He has just some random abilities without a concept behind them. This is why he needs to be op, otherwise he’s just useless.
Really don’t know why Ana’s name gets called for everything around here. Stepped in mud? Ana is to blame. Got a flat tire? Ana is to blame.
Anyways, Ana isn’t the reason Mauga needed improvements, he was never “strong” from the start, he was just fun. Those that didn’t realise Mauga’s problems were most likely playing Mauga mirror matches where no one dies. But take any other tank and it’s clear to see that he really had big downsides for such a huge target.