Why can't Sym have a 15m beam?

[Zephrin-11143]

@VexInsanity-2870

Teleporter cannot be enhanced without breaking too much. If its fast enough for personal mobility its to fast as team mobility. At best it could be reverted.

PSA that we literally had a tp that was better for >1yr prior to infinite tp and wasn’t OP nor oppressive. main reason shown visually below:

@Zephrin-11143

Sym has a low effective range and low sustain, and whether she’s going to zone out enemy territory, flank for picks or give her team utility, tp is the main driving tool to do that.

Right now her infinite tp is simply on too high of a experienced down time consequently leading to a really high hero down time and being unreasonably team dependent.

Proof of Down Time Problem

The timelines below graphically provide the reasoning of why infinite tp cd mechanic results a huge spike in experienced down time compared to old 3.0 finite tp.

Most other abilities and sym’s old 3.0 finite tp:

timeline of cd:            |-------------------------------|
timeline of getting value: |+++++++++++| ability down time |

Sym’s current infinite tp:

timeline of cd:                        |-------------------------------|
timeline of getting value: |+++++++++++|       ability down time       |

This is obviously simplified because technically, sym nor her team is getting 100% utilitisation of tp in it’s uptime (which further adds onto the experienced down time.