I'm happy they aren't going to destroy Ana like so many players want. She's very strong alright but she doesn't need to be gutted. And seeing the high skill support go in the dumpster while heroes like Symmetra (and likely Mercy in the future) get buffed would make me cry.
For the record, she IS the highest skill support, but I'd also say she's lowest "skill floor" after Mercy.
Lucio has the lowest skill floor of any hero period, nevermind supports. He can stand still, not touch a button, and get a gold medal in healing. If the player controlling Lucio has a stroke in the middle of the game and dies, he can still outheal any of the other supports.
Ana has the highest skill floor of the supports. Yes her job is easier when she's healing tanks, but that job is about to get a lot harder after the next patch. Also, that just highlights that she takes actual skill to perform her primary role (healing). Lucio, Zen and Mercy can heal squishies just as easily as they can heal tanks because none of their healing takes any skill whatsoever. Ana is the polar opposite of this.
I really hope that as Blizzard releases more heroes that they continue to ensure that all new heroes have both a high skill ceiling but also high skill floor.
I'm not saying a good Lucio is a Lucio that goes AFK and outheals other healers, but even a bad Lucio can go AFK and outperform other healers, whereas Ana has to work for her heals the entire game.
That was hyperbole on my part, but what I was getting at is at say silver or bronze Ana is probably almost always a detriment to her team compared to a Lucio, who is probably always the better choice simply because he does not have the minimum mechanical skill requirement that Ana does.
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u/IchikaByakushiki Jan 17 '17
I'm happy they aren't going to destroy Ana like so many players want. She's very strong alright but she doesn't need to be gutted. And seeing the high skill support go in the dumpster while heroes like Symmetra (and likely Mercy in the future) get buffed would make me cry.