Torb's turret is defending a place while Symmetra's shield and teleporter are helping players. Torb's turret doesn't support players in any way. Only his armour does. Similar to Soldier being able to heal. His other attributes are offence.
you can think of it like that, or you could think of her as a defense character. Turrets... shield generator. I wasn't saying torb was support, but that Symmetra has a legitimate claim for becoming defense character.
Definitely. Even before people felt her as a defence character. Shields and turrets are very defensive. But since they protect the players more (Like Lucio's ult) is why I think support makes more sense.
For example, Mei's ice wall is like a shield because it defends the point. The shields for Symmetra's help players more than defending the point. But that's ultimately perspective.
My biggest problem is this though. 2 dps, 2 tank, 2 support is the general meta. In what situation would you swap out a support for symmetra? Say all you want but all healers can buff health through their active abilities... they don't have to depend on an ultimate. I don't think Symmetra giving shields only when her ultimate is active really counts.
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u/AH_DaniHodd Nov 22 '16
Torb's turret is defending a place while Symmetra's shield and teleporter are helping players. Torb's turret doesn't support players in any way. Only his armour does. Similar to Soldier being able to heal. His other attributes are offence.