What is the most balanced ultimate?

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I think in general, the most balanced ultimate is Minefield, due to counter play, the inability to one-shot and reasonable start-up time.

I think the least balanced ultimate is EMP, because it has literally 0 counterplay aside from "oh just don’t group up ever, despite the fact that grouping up is generally how to you “peel” people away from Sombra.

What do you guys think?

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Tough one.

Moira’s ultimate seems pretty fair and balanced.

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To be honest, all transformation ultimates right now seem balanced.

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Symmetra ult. That wall is paper thin and still I’ve never seen it fall over.

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Maybe Dva Bomb? It feels fair when you are killed by it

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Alone as an ultimate? I’d say so.

Every single time it appears I’m always able to take cover, now I have had those 1-2 interactions where it gets me even though I’m behind cover, but all ultimates have been weird at one time or another.

Now throw a graviton or earthshatter on top of it, and that thing is scary :laughing:

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Bob.

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Pulsebomb. I used to think its weak. But honestly its clutch.

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Probably D.Va’s 2 ultimates,they both have tons of counterplay.

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r/woosh

13 char required

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I like Bastion’s Configuration:Tank, it’s a big impact ultimate, but it can’t do all the work itself, it really is a third mode for Bastion basically. I love that.

Least balanced and worst design is obviously EMP :rage:

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This is a tough question. I would consider most ults in the game to be quite “balanced.”
However, I would argue the most balanced ults are ones that do a lot, but can be interrupted/CCed/etc. Reaper is a good example of this. Does a lot of damage, however needs to be close and is easily countered by many abilities in the game.

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I’d say Winston’s ultimate.

For what it’s used for (i.e. area control/zoning), I think it does a good job without being absolutely bonkers.

I think the least balanced ultimate is probably Minefield, actually. It’s just ridiculously easy to break it with Rein’s shield by just walking into it.

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As a typically long ranged DPS player, I find Symm’s ult to be OPAF :rage:

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Any Ultimate that isn’t a Team-Wiper.

I wish more ultimates were like Primal Rage and Pulse Bomb instead of the Nuclear Weapons that pretty much win you the game.

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That’s kind of bias then lol.:joy:

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Tanks:
Balanced - Self Destruct, Grav (now that it’s been nerfed), maybe Primal Rage
Too strong - Earthshatter
Too weak - Whole Hog, Supercharger, Minefield

DPS:
Balanced - Dragonstrike, Photon Barrier, Pulse Bomb *, Infra sight *
Too strong - Dragonblade, Bob, Riptire, EMP
Too weak - all the rest

  • Deliberately weak ults meant to balance out strong heroes.

Support:
Too strong - maybe Transcendence?
Too weak - maybe Valkyrie?
Balanced - most of them.
Who even knows anymore - Rally

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Pulse Bomb is #1 for me. We need more ult like it and less like Ashe’s

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Also, unpopular opinion…

I actually don’t find Nano Boost balanced but that’s contingent on who is being Nano Boosted.

For example, Genji being Nano Boosted is a busted combo. But she can Nano Boost other targets and it still makes their ultimates sick. So I guess the synergy is more unbalanced than anything, and there’s nothing really inherently wrong with that, I suppose.

It’s kind of like Grav-Dragon. Just sucks because the counterplay is lacking. But that is two ultimates that just synergize VERY well.

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I think the way Nano-boost works is a bit flawed.

It too heavily favors melee weapons [Since melee weapons have stronger damage in exchange for less range] while shooter-esque heroes don’t get as much.

So perhaps reducing the damage resistance for something like a fire-rate buff to primary/secondary fire may work? (Melee weapons would be un-affected)

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