Being as how double shield has returned, I feel now is the time to buff Symmetra to be the shield counter she was designed to be. Currently she doesn’t really Have a specific role in the game. Her kit already has a few qualities too counter shields, it’d be nice too see them refined a bit more too give her a more specific role in the game and allows her too offer more than just her TP. Maybe make it so her gun does more damage against barriers once it reaches level 3 it could be added as a passive. Or allow a small percentage of her damage of her level 3 beam to pierce through shields Making her more of a threat. Or letting her regain a small amount of her shields health ( her base health not her ultimate) when she hits a barrier with a level 3 beam. Right now the only people playing her are people who just like the character,other than that she gets no use besides rushing to point on 2 CP and even that sometimes doesn’t work.
They should just normalize her beam to do one consistant dmg constantly, then just add a passive that is a flat bonus % dmg to shields and shields ALONE.
Then buff/nerf the dmg and range accordingly.
I always liked the idea of her being a character to fear charge up her beam similar to Zarya. But shes been trash tier for so long at this point im welcome to any form of changes. If they let her just do flat more damage too shields its make players think twice before just shoving them in her face. They could even make it so that when she gets close to a shield she just leaches their HP. That way they could make her do more shield damage without changing her weapon
She isn’t mean to counter double shield.
source - Them nerfing the hell out of her the moment she STARTED countering double shield.
She is still one of the best dps to run into double shield even if she no longer enables triple barrier. Lul.
symmetra should counter double shield
How can you say something so controversial yet so brave? 
True be the fact that they added Echo with her focusing beam, and allowed its half health mechanic to work on shields kinda took away one her her only things she did. They should just added that too Sym as a passive.
Symmetra countering anything,
Carefull, the dev team just raised their heads as a single being “Sym needs nerfs!”
Not too mention shes even worse on console with many bugs with her TP and gun. Along with her turrets just doing less damage yet torbjorns didnt have his turrets damage adjusted. Even just a straight buff too her ammo would help, or make her ammo aginst shields recharge faster.
what if they just multiplied the damage her beam did to barriers by 1.5x
so the 180 dps laser would be 270ps on a barrier. That’s a little over 2 seconds to burn an orisa shield……… but I mean, orisa can 1v1 her even when she’s full charge if orisa just aims at syms head lmao
not to mention halt and fortify etc
I say do it.
What if symmetra…… holds breath was allowed to do her job uproar
/s
Yeah but the point isn’t too make shields useless, but too make them slightly weaker and make Sym’s role in the game as a shield breaker dps more clear.
I like that they gave better beam breaking abilities to the dps with the mobility to literally fly around them but not the supposed “anti-shield” hero.
What if her beam would charge up 50% faster on shields?
Sym can already pressure shields pretty well because her gun regains ammo. She just needs a Tank to peel for her or a support to keep her up while she gets charge…
So that’s a problem.
Yet they won’t change the base damage. It should be 90/135/180??
They won’t buff her range.
Or now that we know now how absurdly large her hitbox is maybe it’s time to give Sym more Shield health to go along with it.
So now most Spam orbs because it’s the most reliable source of damage and Blizzard are like: this is fine
In my opinion still the biggest overreaction I’ve seen from the devs yet. 20% net nerf on her entire kit for being the 3rd best dps. like what am I supposed to make of this.
That balance isn’t what they are actually interested in, in an esport.
Like, if you WANT to treat it like a sport, then do so, but that stuff has gotta end.
They nerfed her because she was too good against shields.
I would like for her to be able to crit and have crit damage on shields and stuff like Zarya’s shield to make her gun more like a destruction (building) thing.
They nerf her for being “too good” as the third most used dps in a meta she’s supposed to thrive in… meanwhile gives Genji four buffs for being in the same position in a meta he’s not supposed to be great in. 
Jokes on you, she was nerfed when she started countering Double barrier.