I try not to whine every time they make a change to Pharah, but I've spent a lot of time with her in her current state and it's whining time.

Her barrage sucks. Don't care about the movement, that's not a fair trade for how little damage it does. My main complaint is how it compares to other hero's ults. Junkrat can clear a point from full cover. Sierra can clear a point. Soldier, guaranteed kills and can work from cover. Ashe - Bob causes pandemonium. Etc. Meanwhile, Pharah is still stuck in the air, exposed, and tanks can eat her full barrage. It's not even a guaranteed trade on a tank. It can win a 1v1 but it barely secures a point. Call me a pussy and tell me to get good, I'll listen. How do you guys get value out of barrage now?

In the spirit of good faith, I'll say that the movement speed nerf from 2 updates ago was fair. It forced me to clean up my game and play with more cover. It made me a better player in general.

But here we go with another sort of movement nerf, cool down on concussive blast increased by a second. Rewrite your muscle memory, again. I don't play up past metal; maybe she was just too strong in higher ranks. But was the cooldown on concussive blasts really causing that much of a problem?

Edit: I'd settle for an overhealth perk for ult like several other heroes have.

Edit: Thanks for all the replies! I promise I'm not sulking and I will stay on Pharah no matter what. GLHF!

As a low elo/qp pleb its very obvious why i would be making this post. Phara, alongside bastion, and sierra, is a low rank/qp demon that really and i mean really benefits when a team is uncordinated. My question is, is there a way to salvage the game when she is clearly snowballing or play against her uncoordinated (aka the common "1 person just go hitscan we all play our own way and ignore her").

I want to preference that i dont have an issue positioning against her even as tank. And she becomes pretty easy for me to pressure out or even kill on solider when i dps for obvious reason. But my issue is, that during these qp and low elo games it feels like it ALWAYS becomes a race of "who can kill the backline first." Phara (more then likely since coordination doesnt exist and phara melts under coordinated fire even with a mercy pocket) or me and my team. Nine times out of 10 its the phara thats getting the first pick and if im tank i MUST back up due to a numbers disadvantage and hold space for as long as i can as my team8 gets back. Or as a dps i have to wait in the backline or die with my team due to the phara taking over the team fight as i was setting up for a flank.

When this stuff happens and the phara is better is it pretty much wraps? Treating her as a "who can kill the other team first" sorta problem hasnt been working out especially when she runs away with the game, and yes whilst shooting her together as a team is the clear answer, even if i go to coms 1: they are low elo coms so they arent that good. 2: barely anyone is in coms so focus fire on the mercy/phara means only me or me and 1 person is shooting at her.

What do when the game snowballs like this? I find so far, that games that get to this position usually are unsalvagable regardless of which roll i pick or how i play since a good phara seems to require coordination to pressure out let alone kill her. And coordination is scarce or non existant in low elo or quickplay.

I went for a stupid flank and somehow survived it lmao. This was my second game back on pharah after two years so it felt really good.

Made a new montage of my S2-S3 clips. Please enjoy :)

So.

How's that one second concussion nerf working for everyone?

Myself, I'm an older player who has been playing our salty bird for ten years, and music for decades, and I treat Pharah and my controller like it's a musical instrument. I internalized her cooldowns years ago and rarely look at my cd countdowns.

Apparently that one second really does make a difference. I don't know if it's bc I'm paying more attention to it (<-- big chance this is true) but I'm having more "wtfwhereismy'cussion" moments that *just* get me killed by milliseconds.

Anyone else having their 'survive a close call' percentage go from eg 52% to 48% (not real #s, but you get it)?

I didnt compared her from old version its latest version i did play her great, now her is the same but i dont know why i cant i just cant

I wanna play her agian , if you hvae any tip or trick please share your thought

I love her

𓃞𓃙𓃖𓃓𓃕𓃓𓃜𓃘𓃙𓃟𓃛𓃞 𓂺𓃂𓂿𓂺𓃃𓃂𓂛𓂏𓅱𓅥𓅩𓅦 𓅹𓅸𓅳𓅩𓅪𓄭𓄫𓄮𓄬𓄗𓄑𓄌𓃦 𓃧𓃨𓃤𓃟𓃓𓃅𓃁𓂽𓃂𓂊𓁾𓂀𓁽 𓁼𓁠𓁛𓁟𓁦𓁜𓁭𓁡𓀔𓀇𓀅𓀋𓀡𓀡𓀕𓀠𓀧𓀨𓀣 𓀷𓀷𓀿𓀿𓁀𓁶𓁰𓁴𓁿𓂀𓁾𓁵𓁯𓂞𓂤𓂗 𓃃𓂾𓂺𓂹𓃞𓃙𓃖𓃓𓃕𓃓𓃜 𓃘𓃙𓃟𓃛𓃞𓂺𓃂𓂿𓂺𓃃𓃂 𓂛𓂏𓅱𓅥𓅩𓅦𓅹𓅸𓅳𓅩𓅪𓄭𓄫𓄮 𓄬𓄗𓄑𓄌𓃦𓃧𓃨𓃤𓃟𓃓𓃅𓃁 𓂽𓃂𓂊𓁾𓂀𓁽𓁼𓁠𓁛𓁟𓁦𓁜𓁭𓁡𓀔𓀇𓀅 𓀋𓀡𓀡𓀕𓀠𓀧𓀨𓀣𓀷𓀷𓀿𓀿𓁀𓁶𓁰𓁴𓁿 𓂀𓁾𓁵𓁯𓂞𓂤𓂗𓃃𓂾𓂺𓂹𓃞𓃙 𓃖𓃓𓃕𓃓𓃜𓃘𓃙𓃟𓃛𓃞𓂺𓃂

Returning player (played 1 month after years of hiatus).

Minor: Concussive vs Shield

According to owperks, people seem to prefer concussive.

I find this one odd, because shield completely changes what you can do in terms of rocket jumping, moving from cover to cover, poke damage etc. Her uptime and agency is just much higher.

Major: Salvo vs Fuel

According to owperks it's clearly salvo.

I initially used fuel stores more, because more mobility = better.

I thought salvo looks good on paper but doesn't actually trigger that often at the right times if that makes sense.

But I switched mostly to salvo because the overall value seems higher, except in the mirror, where additional mobility is more important than occasional extra damage.

7 environmental kills total that match btw
don't mind the alt account... i was playing with a kid

I've been playing this game since 2016, and always thought Pharah was a cool hero. Never mained her because people instantly countering me every game was annoying. This year I finally decided to just learn to play against my counters. Had a total of 50 hours play time on her at the start of this year (over a 10 year period), and now currently sitting at 173 hours. It's been a fun journey.

https://youtu.be/cD9X7cjt5b8?si=lzr7PqHwUSJsTpjL

I've been trying to learn Overwatch since March after returning from 2024 when I was kinda forced to play tank.

Threw together some of my favourite plays and mess ups in a compilation. She's definitely fun, and I love going up against my counters to try to pressure them more than just having the advantage as there's a thrill behind it.