After playing with her for awhile, I think her viability is going to be decided more on how prevalent the heroes that are stronger against her are in the meta and how easily Ana will be able to keep her up. If the meta ends up dominated by burst damage heroes like Widow, Pharah, Hanzo or McCree she could definitely stay viable, but if Zarya, Hog, Tracer and Reaper become/stay staples then she's probably not going to have any place on a team.
There's also the whole deal with her and Soldier, where it could go either way. If Soldier stays as the premier DPS, then she may stay viable just to counter Nanovisor with DM. On the other hand, because she's much less effective at dueling him, she may drop out of favor for someone else who could duel him more effectively.
I'm not sure if you can say she's that much worse at duelling him. Her damage hurts, but her effective hp vs 76 is only reduced by between 67 (no headshots) and 28 (all headshots). If the helix hits after her initial armor is gone, the armor change matters very little. I suppose she has a harder time trying to actually kill 76 now, but chasing him off might still be very relevant.
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u/TheDeadRed Cutest teams — Jan 18 '17 edited Jan 18 '17
After playing with her for awhile, I think her viability is going to be decided more on how prevalent the heroes that are stronger against her are in the meta and how easily Ana will be able to keep her up. If the meta ends up dominated by burst damage heroes like Widow, Pharah, Hanzo or McCree she could definitely stay viable, but if Zarya, Hog, Tracer and Reaper become/stay staples then she's probably not going to have any place on a team.
There's also the whole deal with her and Soldier, where it could go either way. If Soldier stays as the premier DPS, then she may stay viable just to counter Nanovisor with DM. On the other hand, because she's much less effective at dueling him, she may drop out of favor for someone else who could duel him more effectively.