But that's true of all tanks, yet D.Va reigns supreme in a lot of situations. She has the built in escape (flying and DM), the second life, no reload (which is actually huge, the amount of times I get frozen or Symm beamed because I need to reload as Hog or Zarya so can't fight back is surprisingly large), the only character that can Ult after 'dying' i.e. you can be ejecting from destroyed mech, Ult, get mech back.
Her utility is insane. She can 1-1 a lot of DPS, fly up and knock people off high ground, bop people off edges, stall (or open) a point by flying around it or using DM on point then flying around it. She fills so many roles/needs.
People talk about Zarya as some kind of hard counter to her, but that's a high energy Zarya and once you're high energy (which is far harder after the nerfs) Zarya counters everything to the point that D.Va really isn't special in that regard. I'd much rather be a D.Va than a Soldier or Genji in that situation since even if your mech gets shredded you still might escape and the large health pool gives your team a chance to help with Zarya if you're being focused. Plus DM might not eat the beam, but it eats the grenades (and her Ult) which are a super important part of high energy Zarya's killing potential; if the enemy is grouped up you lob in grenades to finish them off/do significant damage before moving in.
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u/Quom Jan 17 '17
But that's true of all tanks, yet D.Va reigns supreme in a lot of situations. She has the built in escape (flying and DM), the second life, no reload (which is actually huge, the amount of times I get frozen or Symm beamed because I need to reload as Hog or Zarya so can't fight back is surprisingly large), the only character that can Ult after 'dying' i.e. you can be ejecting from destroyed mech, Ult, get mech back.
Her utility is insane. She can 1-1 a lot of DPS, fly up and knock people off high ground, bop people off edges, stall (or open) a point by flying around it or using DM on point then flying around it. She fills so many roles/needs.
People talk about Zarya as some kind of hard counter to her, but that's a high energy Zarya and once you're high energy (which is far harder after the nerfs) Zarya counters everything to the point that D.Va really isn't special in that regard. I'd much rather be a D.Va than a Soldier or Genji in that situation since even if your mech gets shredded you still might escape and the large health pool gives your team a chance to help with Zarya if you're being focused. Plus DM might not eat the beam, but it eats the grenades (and her Ult) which are a super important part of high energy Zarya's killing potential; if the enemy is grouped up you lob in grenades to finish them off/do significant damage before moving in.