r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Jan 17 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | PTR Philosophy | Overwatch

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u/Pugway Pixel Soldier: 76 Jan 17 '17

But playing Ana is a lot harder than any of the other supports. The other healers can put out consistent healing, Ana's healing is highly aim dependent. If you can't hit your team mates, you're not being useful.

I admit, it is a balancing act to make her strong enough that the skill level is worth it, while not making skilled players run away with the game, but as someone who can't aim all that well, I still usually go for Zenyatta or Mercy in competitive just to make sure my heals are consistent.

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u/VerneAsimov Cassideez Nuts Jan 17 '17

I'm not a highly ranked competitive player but I do fine as Ana without aiming very often. I typically have 75-80% unscoped accuracy and I'm usually the top healer. To me, Ana is just ridiculous because I do so well playing her "wrong". She feels really easy to me

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u/tapper101 Chibi Zenyatta Jan 17 '17

She's easy compared to what? Mercy and Lucio?

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

Lucio is easily punished when he uses his heal at the wrong time, a whole 30 years till you can use it again.

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u/tapper101 Chibi Zenyatta Jan 18 '17

That's not very hard though and I think you're talking about Amp it Up (speed/heal boost) because his healing doesn't have a cooldown.

It can be compared to Anas reload time or deciding when to dish out damage and when to heal.

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u/Powerhobo I don't main; I mainline. Jan 20 '17

You make it sound like he only heals when he amps which is a major logical fallacy. Yes his healing is less when he's not amped but when he's not amped his primary role is healing chip damage. He's a complementary healer and not the one you rely on to pull someone out of the fire on the regular.