She’s slower than the other dive tanks, deals significantly less damage than the other dive tanks, and has significantly less tanking/survivability than them.
Thank God they don’t allow her to use those three great talents at once. God forbid the ult farm with no damage output walks at a normal speed while Tickle Cannons are up… Such a terrifying weapon; never reloads at the expense of never doing viable damage at any reasonable range, and feeding like crazy without access to Defense Matrix if I want to use them.
Why does Blizzard love leaving worthless heroes in the roster for years at a time? Bastion literally saw a 0% pick rate at times, and doesn’t receive anything more than a self-repair buff to compensate for an atrocious feast-or-famine design.
Maybe D.Va will get another bug fix? If we’re lucky, they’ll remove that bug that increases aim sensitivity during the victory/defeat announcement!
with the right team she is quite the lethal tank i recently went on a massive kill streak with her one i dont think any of my oponents or teammates may of ever seen before
Every meta with Dva in it has been bearable, and that’s because she keeps overtuned hitscans in check. 3s booster Dva was only nerfed because hitscan players complained and you have to keep the point ‘n’ click crowd happy.
Ashe wouldn’t be nearly as unbearable to play against if Dva was still meta.
Take off the rose-tinted goggles, mate. 3s booster D.va was nerfed because it made her impossible to escape from for certain heroes and near-impossible to punish for misusing it beyond “just shooting her.”
A miserable pile of limitations! (on an otherwise decent concept for an ability)
Unlike barriers, Defense Matrix:
Can't block beams.
Can't block healing auras and mists.
Can neither block nor hinder certain "special" projectiles that most definitely would be described as looking like projectiles and exhibiting projectile motion by any normal person.
Statistically blocks less damage than barriers.
Blocks fewer ultimate abilities than barriers.
Is a strict time-limited usage ability designed to be quite easily exploited by one's opponents. DM can only be active for up to 2 seconds, and once deactivated, must remain off for at least 1 second. Compare to Reinhardt's Barrier which "potentially" has up to unlimited active time, and once de-activated, only has a forced down time of... what? 0.5 second? Think D.Va counters Zarya's ultimate or is to supposed to keep her in check somehow? Zarya has it easy- she (or her buddy) just has to shoot D.Va to bait out her DM, then Grav away 1-2 seconds later when she drops it. Guaranteed to work every time.
Guys, the sad part is. I think most people don’t even know HOW to play d.va correctly anymore. I mean most new players or even people who have played a while, play her on the ground like a main tank. They aren’t seeking high ground and giving high ground characters hell…
I guess it’s because it’s hardly easy to do so. You have to critically think similar to Winston before you commit or risk a demech. It boils my blood though because If you’re going to play on the ground at least learn dm for fellow team mates.
She exists so when I play her I can think about how much easier it would be to play any other tank and how much more value I’d get if I’d do so.
She exists to put the enemy’s team at ease knowing she isn’t a threat to their team unlike all other tanks.
She exists so Dva mains like myself can wake up day after day thinking that just maybe, she’ll get some buffs soon.
She exists so when the next day goes by I can continue to be depressed in that she hasn’t been buffed and continues to be left behind.
This is the life of a Dva main. All we ask is not to be a throw pick.
For just 15 cents a day, you can rescue a poor Dva main from their misery. Act now.
I think so many D.Va players play passively with the main tank because of how easy it is to lose her meka combined with how much stuff bypasses matrix making it feel too risky in most situations. She just feels so reliant on hiding behind her other tank’s shield.
You do realize Defense Matrix is one of the best abilities in the game, right?
It comes out instantly and doesn’t inhibit your movement.
Has a wide and long area of effect, and is moved with your camera.
It’s a great defensive ability, and to call it miserable is ridiculous. Heck, that’s the reason D.Va even has Micro Missiles; they nerfed DM and gave her extra damage to compensate.
