Doesn’t matter the matchup well maybe except for sigma and another zarya . She has a cleanse on 2 bubbles (unfortunately share same cd whats up with that?) She has lower dmg than OW1 but her bubble uptime is insane. I’ve had matches against all tanks and dominated all of them. Alll of this to say she’s insane right now and i love it. If only i could say the same about my other OW1 main Dva.
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she is strong and scary if the player is good with her. i hate going against her lol
ow2 beta i mean
yea man i do find she struggles HARD against poke though since she’s the only tank now, and struggles even further against ZEN SOJOURN. Then again what tank doesn’t just get melted against those 2?
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Zarya to me seems more of a counter pick character against certain tanks.
For one, Dva can’t block any damage Zarya pumps out.
Sigma going for fist means she cuts through 1/2 of his defensive abilities and can challenge him for range 15m vs max 22m on dmg shield. Bubble can invalidate a flux kill when timed well.
Zarya seems to work well enough on Junker Queen. Literally being on of the only characters that can de-anti-heal another ally.
All of Zarya’s dmg out does Dva and gets through her defense matrix on top of an easy alt fire + melee combo on demech’va.
However, she is heavily aim dependent ot make utmost use of that damage because if you can’t you aren’t doing anything.
Her 2.5 second bubble instead of 2 is also really good. Often throws me off too because I’m not used to the timing lol
its longer now? didnt realize thats so cool
Not really a buff when in OW1 team bubble was 8sec and personal 10. Is basically the same but if you use 2 in a row you wait 20sec. In OW1 when you bubble yourself and a teammate you wait 10 and 8 seconds.
That’s garbage. You use 2 in a row and you are screwed.
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since bubbles last now for 2.5 sec and you use 2 consecutively according to my math 2.5x2=5. Also bubbles CD’s start immeditately after using them unlike in ow1 so that would be 20-5=15 but that would only be when you use your bubbles back to back.
biggest reason I don’t play her in OW2 right there… the new cool down system for double bubble is just awful compared to how it worked in 1
Just something to get used to, one suggestion i had was to make her have 2 bubbles for each ally and personal but as a compensation nerf they can reduce her dmg accordingly since she would have higher bubble uptime and as a result HIGHER DMG .
If you use bubbles to save lives from burst damage(like a smart, good Zarya does)the bubble is over near instantly. 20sec is WAY too much.
I’m pretty sure they nerfed here damage and rate of charge lose for OW2.
they did nerf dmg which was smart bc if they didn’t she would be oppressive af and DPS mains would be crying to nerf her.
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Then why did every OW1 tank get big buffs, and the worst solo tank in OW1 get net nerfs?
“worst solo tank in OW1” u mean OW2? she’s definetly not the worst she’s insane and i hate saying that bc i mained dva and i hated seeing zaryas in OW1 but now since dva is not good i moved over to my other main and she kicks butt.
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“I main DVa”.
Ahhhh I see the bias now.
Lol
You forum folk are quite the weird lot. Too much game forum browsing and you get brain rot.
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Net nerfs are net nerfs.
It is weird when every other tank got buffs. All they buffed was her health and that’s meaningless with long CDs.
Give me back the OW1 niche pick Zarya.
How crazy is it that the weaker tank role OW1 Zarya is better than the OW2 with more powerful tanks
Zarya is a sleeper pick as well as some of the shield tanks.
People haven’t realized yet how much potential those can have.
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I would argue rein, after the recent changes, and rein being the base rush tank in a game that seems to have been built around playing rush exclusively and the lack of CC to stop him.
If orisa is ever given more mobility, we are in serious trouble.
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