Torbjorn literally has no niche

Sure but with that logic every hero is a support,

the turret can be a “damaging support” part of his kit

the problem is that the turret does not last long at all to furfill its role

in fact, me and multiple torb players were suggesting changes to make the turret able to sustain itself without the help of torb, like giving it armor and a self heal, but they litreally nerfed the damn thing,