Symmetra Rework: Defense or Support?

MrSaturn-11829 · April 29, 2018, 4:22am

For those unwilling to read all the posts themselves:

General

Symmetra has been moved to the Defense role

"Symmetra is much more in the vein of a Defense Hero with her new Kit"

PRIMARY FIRE [Photon Projector]

Beam no longer locks-on to targets

Hitbox has been made much thicker

Increased range

DPS increased from 30/60/120 per charge to 65/130/195 respectively
It now takes a combined 2 seconds of damage to increase charge

Damaging barriers now refund ammo instead of consuming it
Barriers also increase beam charge

"This will increase her effectiveness against teams overall, and effectively make Symmetra a Barrier Buster."

SECONDARY FIRE [Energy Ball]

Now impacts surfaces and explodes, dealing area damage
Deals around 130 damage on direct hit

No longer pierces enemies

Charge/Fire rate increased
From 2 seconds to 1 second

Projectile speed increased
Effectively tripled

"This will make Symmetra a lot more engaging in the middle of a fight, as well as allowing her to take on multiple threats at once."

ABILITY 1 [Sentry Turret]

Now deployed as a projectile, which stick to a surface and activate

Max turrets reduced
From 6 to 3

Health increased
From 1 to 30

Have increased damage and increased slowing effect

"Projectiles travel similarly to a Pharah rocket; Turrets are overall more powerful this way, and allow Symmetra to carry herself through a fight with more engagement."

ABILITY 2 [Teleporter]

Photon Barrier has been replaced with Teleporter

Exit can now be deployed up to 25 meters away
When deployed, entrance is automatically deployed in front of Symmetra instead of in spawn

Now only lasts a limited time

Health decreased to 300
Entrance pad can be destroyed as well

Currently can teleport entities such as Turrets, Self-Destruct, RIP-Tire, etc.

"With Teleporter now being an ability, as well as being much more portable makes it essentially a team-wide Shade Step allowing for heroes with no movement abilities to reach all new locations. Giving Symmetra far more utility."

ULTIMATE [Photon Barrier]

Shield Generator/Teleporter has been replaced with Photon Barrier
Deploys a massive 5000 health wall-like barrier
Hypothetically spans across entire maps in size

"Casts similarly to Mei's wall; Allowing Symmetra to completely cut off segments of the map is incredibly effective at making Symmetra feel like she can have a big influence on a fight."

ULTIMATE [Shield Generator]

Removed in its entirety