This is why you couldn't do any damage on D.Va:

General Discussion
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1.22.0.1 - 4/11/2018

Micro Missiles

  • Explosion damage reduced from 6 to 4.

Boosters

  • Impact damage reduced from 25 to 10.

1.32.1.1 - 1/24/2019

Defense Matrix

  • Cooldown increased from 1 second to 2 seconds

1.37.0.1 - 6/18/2019

Defense Matrix

Reduced length of Defense Matrix from 15 meters to 10 meters.

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She didn’t get any buffs between the years, only nerfs.

Her damage was lowered on her boosters, from 25 to 10 because logic.

Defense matrix was cut by 5m because players couldn’t play around it.

Her cooldown was increase to 2 seconds, and then reverted to 1.5 seconds, it was at first, 1 second.

Micros got mega nerfed, almost completely trashed those.

These are the buffs we got so far:

Defense Matrix

  • Regeneration rate increased from 12.5% to 16% per second.
  • Delay before regeneration begins lowered from 1 second to 0.75 seconds.

1.43.0.0 - 12/10/2019

Defense Matrix

  • Cooldown decreased from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds.

1.44.0.0 - 1/16/2020

Boosters

  • Cooldown decreased from 5 to 3 seconds.

1.46.0.0 - 3/12/2020

Boosters

  • Cooldown increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
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Defense matrix charges fasters, didn’t even help her play rate at the time, still doesn’t.

Defense matrix reverted slightly from 2 seconds to 1.5, (feels clunky).

And of course, the booster nerfs/buffs (D.Va was meta for 2 weeks, and then she got chopped off again).

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Conclusion:

D.Va was nerfed everywhere and some of the major ones weren’t even slightly reverted. This is what killed D.Va, and by the buffs, they don’t give a crap about her state. Mhm, This character needs reverts or buffs that can fill in for those like say: Armor Increase, or… shooting penalty moved from 50% to 30%. Maybe even a defense matrix range increase and width increase.

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Im sorry, did you play when she could fly into a DPS and they couldnt do anything about it?

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I’m sorry that Blizzard made D.Va a main tank to a off-tank with better everything.

I still want the old D.Va, I don’t like this D.Va at all.

Sorry not a better everything, each tanks do her job better.

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Like i hope you realize even with all those nerfs you can still play her correct? You just cant feed your brains out

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You mean back when you’d survive if someone peeled for you, like every single tank that wins 1v1s cause you’re not supposed to 1v1 a tank?

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Probably. I like how most of the playerbase on the forums wouldnt mind dva being busted again, but the second a flanker gets buffed, they act like the sky is falling down

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yeah i would love old dva feels like 20 second DM in your face as DPS.

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Micro missles and the boop damage alone would almost auto kill you. You cant peel when they are being hard matrix’d. There was a reason ana was unplayable

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The game was originally fun because if everyone is busted, nobody is busted. They forgot that, and now no one feels like superheroes, just a chore to play.

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Yeah, and I hope you know, if D.Va was acceptable we’d actually have OWL players play her on ladder, but you know… That doesn’t happen because you wanna know why? She’s not viable

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Thats because double shield is just better. You do realize dva was one of the longest played tanks in the games history correct?

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But thats the thing. Making dva busted makes half the hero roster rn useless.

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Ok, but only if they make it so she doesn’t hard counter Moira orb :smiling_imp:

Cause that much longer range is really unfair on Moira orb when it has 10 sec CD and DVA CD is like 2 secs or w.e

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Lmafo, everyone runs aways from those, or gets a sigma and D.Va to eat those.

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Alright, the only thing I ain’t tolerating is, “D.va was meta but then they took half of the buff away and now she’s trash!”

Like seriously, it was still a net buff on the booster cooldown, I won’t stand for this trash that some of you keep spitting

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Dva is a hero designed to punish out of position people. Dva rework was dva allowed to feed as much as she wanted and get a pick or 2 every time. Not surprised you want that back, post plats only know how to feed.

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I’m not asking for old D.Va back. I want an end to this ridiculous act of pretending she’s playable when she hasn’t been for a year. If barriers and DM had been treated as equal, instead of pretending DM is uniquely broken, a double barrier meta would never have been possible. The only way double barrier will ever die (before this game dies) is if nonbarrier tanks like D.va are MORE powerful than choosing a second barrier. People need to grow up and realize there is no way double barrier dies without D.Va being playable again.

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The booster buff didn’t help her, yes the 3 second one did, but 4 seconds is the same and feels the same as the 5 second one. D.Va didn’t need mobility, she needed reverts / slight reverts. If those buffs really worked we’d see players in GM and Master play her, but guess what! She’s the last picked hero.

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DM is 100% more broken then a shield, even now its considered one of the most broken abilities.

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I do not care what she did or did not need, it was a buff and is still a buff, and a meaty 20% buff at that! Quit whining and maybe people would consider your stance!