Across all regions in Masters+ ranks?? And you know who that is? Freja! Why is this hero, that is clearly and obviously not balanced not addressed and being ignored like this? 60% and higher ban-rate in America, Europe and Korea regions!
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Probably because it’s her debut season and Blizzard is doing their classic “safe side of strong”
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[Insert Gif of Mr. Krabs saying “money” here]
Because that’s truly what it is.
That’s also why they didn’t nerf Widow despite her having a high ban rate (for the same reason as Sombra - she’s “unfun”) because Widow has a skin in the newest collab and they don’t want to scare people off buying it.
Freya has a legendary skin available and they want to make sure people are having fun playing her in her current state so they’ll be more likely to throw money at the overpriced skin.
I have yet to see a single widow bann. 
I do have a blast with sombra doom and ball banned, widow was never easier.
because every new hero is going to be OP to sell things
I mean the data is out there.
Last week they released the bans and Widow is top 4 banned across all ranks on PC, Top 3 on console across all ranks. PC Masters is top 4, Console Masters is top 2.
I see her banned frequently and she’s one of my picks. A good Widow is downright oppressive and it’s not worth the risk or annoyance.
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Most banned doesn’t mean crap, look at the bots banning Sombra over Tracer.
Look how Tracer is 8th in masters + this community is dumb
AND who tf is wasting bans on wrecking ball, doom rofl. The fact Queen, Sigma are banned less than Ball, Doom just shows how dumb this community is also
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they literally nerfed her last week
Freya is mostly banned since it’s her debut and players haven’t quite developed stronger strategies into playing against and with her. I know she’s not op, but I still hate playing against her as a support and almost always have no idea where she’s often times attacking me from. Eventually we will develop the ability to figure her most used strategies and such lil by lil it’ll just take a few months and that’s why we have been banning her
EDIT sorry for the typos I corrected them
AKJ says that Sombra is a dumb ban. That means Sombra is objectively the most intelligent ban you can possibly make. I do not make the rules, guys. AKJ has spoken.
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Can they keep their “safe side of strong” out of comp
She most definitely is OP
well for once i agree with AKJ …BUT im in a dilema now since I AM playing tracer and slowly becoming really addicted to her. i dont see myself ever playing anyone else now. maybe the occasional widowmaker, sojorun or ashe.
im done with sombra so i really dont care what happens to her anymore. i still have feelings for her tho and hope for the best but i may not play her again no matter what. maybe if she becomes a support, would love to try that
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Not just that, but Freja s***s on Widow. Hard. The Widow player has to be absolutely cracked and probably on adderall to consistently beat out a good Freja.
You can’t even get her name right… and people haven’t come close to mastering Freja. She will only present better with better players. I’d bet you don’t play against good players.
yea ive noticed that when im widow vs freja. i think frejas projectile is huge? i mean it seems like she lands every focus shot lol…
its the season 9 thing probably and maybe her projectile hitbox is too forgiving. i dont have a clue tho since i never tested it but no matter what hero i go against freja she lands those things constantly
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my favorite blizzardism is “safe side of strong”
makes me so happy to know their idea of safe is the equivalent to jumping into the middle of a busy highway
QP and other non-competitive modes are much bigger issue, at least there are bans now in Competitive, in other modes you simply have to deal with this BS and can’t do ANYTHING about it. This is not just Competitive issue!
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