I heard zarya does really bad in Overwatch 2 couldnt they rework her into a DPS or a Support if they raise the minimum damage she could easily be considered DPS type damage and bubble seems like a very supportive utility
Support doesnt mean healer obviously its better if shes a tank but I heard she kind of sucks as a tank in overwatch 2 because she isnt as surviveable as Hog while pretty lack luster protection for her team outside of the bubble cooldowns probably making her the worst solo tank.
If she’s not chnged too much from the last time we saw her in OW2 in the Hawaii games, I think she’ll be ok, if not only needing a few buffs
She’s got a unique playstyle with having to micromanage her bubbles and can really enable her teammates or herself to do what wouldn’t have been possible in ow1 its pretty cool
I kind of like the idea of having to manage both bubbles as a resource, it raises her skill level outside of just ‘get better aim’
Maybe a support inspired by her design could be made though, though they could have their healing be increased depending on their energy instead or something, it has some cool potential but Zarya does fit in the tank role pretty nicely
I know but I think shes going to get curbed by all the other tanks with the only exception being maybe ball and winston since theyre more divey with lower damage.
Hog destroys zarya even without hook, Rein will just hold w and mess them up and Zarya cant effectively close the distance on Orisa or Sigma both of which have almost no downtime to their protectiveness D.va has matrix and more health and is divey so Id say shes better off than Zarya too.
Zarya also gets curbed the most by tank busters like Hanzo and reaper the rest of the cast has some sort of protection or disincentive or escape manuever.
I think she will be decent if they make bubbles cooldown seperate from self-bubble.
Maybe even reduce the strength of bubbles, so she could apply them even more often, but at reduced effectiveness.
Also, the last thing this game needs is adding more DPS
I said support too
Hopefully they can make her work for tank though.
I think the pros said she’s too weak, but the devs and playtesters said she’s too strong, or something like that.
Hard to say where she’ll land with conflicting reports. But so far, I see no reason for Zarya to change roles.
I think its because the devs are like silver in high ranks they either dont shoot the bubble so Zarya gets 0 charge or they only shoot the bubble when they can garuntee kills.
In low ranks zarya probably has more carry potential than roadhog.
Super said she’s garbage, but that all the tanks were pretty trash. From how they looked in the play tests, they did seem pretty awful.
Gorilla railgun looks fun, though.
She is not fine in OW2 because her bubble is for offtank only, also her passive are not effective in high rank. I hope that she will have a rework in future.
Yeah it only does like 30 damage though I think it was and the range is super small.
Support Zarya could work incredibly well tbh, might even be the easier rework path. I’d much rather they try their hardest to make her work as a solo Tank first though, she’s so iconic to the role and always been a popular Tank.
A move to DPS seems a simple solution to both her and Hog but I don’t think it would work so well in reality. Short of major-major changes (which would invalidate the benefits of the move), you’d end up with a worse version of the problem we’ve seen with Mei and others. They’d effectively still work as off-Tanks and therefore be must-picks.
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rumors are cheap, especially when people can’t actually play the game to prove them
OW2 Zarya would work well with a dive-centric team, but there are likely going to be far better tank options to choose from here.
I don’t think she would ever really work as a DPS hero, her bubbles give her far too much peel. If her bubbles were given a buff, or if she gained another passive/ability, I think she’d easily be able to compete in the tank role.