After almost 5 years and two reworks, Symmetra’s pickrate is still underwhelming and she lacks play time at the highest tiers of play.
She’s still one of the most hated heroes with her 180 potential DPS, her turrets, and the possibility for TP to completely skip chokes.
But in reality, Sym players know all to well that her turrets are quickly destroyed, her damage output is inconsistent and half the teams we’re put with are either oblivious to teleporter or just simply refuse to use it.
She’s needed consistency buffs for a long time, but whenever the devs touch Symmetra, streamers and their sheep have a meltdown because the hero is still considered unfun to play against.
Her rework failed to shift community perception (albeit, she’s not as hated as pre-rework) and she is still widely considered as a niche hero. So what’s going to happen?
Honestly, not really. A lot of them have never complained about her much, and the ones that do usually hate other heroes way more like mccree bap or brig. I’d say if anything, low ranks hate her more because they dont shoot TP or turrets; they also dont focus her when shes out of position and just let her farm that Level 3 beam off rein shield
I played / mained her before the rework and IMO her redesign / reworks haven’t worked because her kit doesn’t fit well for a DPS character. She should be reworked slightly and put into the support category.
To be fair, I am pretty consistent. I don’t like her either. But at least she doesn’t have turrets that prevent my team from functioning like normal. Is it her fault my teams are awful? No. But she is still a direct cause of my suffering.
sym’s fine, she’s one of the most hated heroes in the game and her tp mechanics gatekeep her potential. at best she can only ever be good and niche, which is exactly what she is now. Look at top500 leaderboards, watch dyslexia, harmony, biscuit, abandoned, doglight, stevo, slytradesman, imaxe(lius) etc. There are many 4400 sym otps doing fine
