Symmetra was nerfed within 9 days for being 4th picked DPS

[VenusArmani-1354]

@pooch-11428

They have explicitly said they don’t balance around those stats.

No. They did not. They even have used pick and winrates as justification for buffs/nerfs or the lack thereof.

Their balancing is “player feelings” “our feelings” and “stats”, with pick and winrates being some of their most cited when discussing balance.

Example from January.

@JoshuaNoh-1358

Dropping by with a fun fact!
Looking at GM players for the current patch (1.43), Genji and Soldier: 76 are #6 and #7 in terms of win rate for damage heroes (out of 16 total).

They’re not doing quite as poorly as the general community sentiment would imply. Game balance perceptions/opinions are often repeated and perpetuated enough that they start to become accepted as fact by many players.

@JoshuaNoh-1358

We don’t balance solely off of stats anyway but they help inform us when something could be really out of whack or can give us a slightly more unbiased lens when trying to identify the root causes of gameplay issues.