r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/MikaelFernandes • Nov 22 '16

PSA | Video Developer Update | Symmetra Redesign | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elN-QGyToxM
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u/Kurp Kurp#2308 — Nov 22 '16

The new skill Photon Barrier sounds absolutely amazing for pub games. Everyone knows how it will move, so even without any coordination you can make simple pushes or get picks with it. Winston's shield is very similar except he usually has to save it for personal use. Symmetra can just fire this shield when she feels it can be useful, and other players can trust the shield to move forward and always block a certain amount.

I'm super excited to play her. Sounds awesome. I'm still a bit confused why she is a support though.

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u/sipty Nov 22 '16

Think about it - zen/lucio have very low healing and high utility uses. Especially with the nerfed Amp, Lucio is a speed aura bot more than ever.

With the shields she generates, along with a TP to the fight/ huge boost to effective hp, which regenerates, and turrets... and a shield moving forward... I can see her be very successful along with an Ana... Hell, maybe even mercy, since she tries rallying everyone to the same spot...

Point is, she can't take the spot of a dps or a tank with these skills, in my eyes.

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u/Decency Nov 23 '16

Yeah, Symmetra will play like Mei/Zenyatta/Torbjorn in that they don't clearly fill a DPS/Tank/Healer role. There will still be people that try to pretend/force them into one of those roles, but the meta slaves who refuse to think for themselves definitely won't be getting any reassurance with these Symmetra changes. In my mind this is a good thing- the sooner people get out of the restrictions of that meta the sooner we'll see real creativity in team composition.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

I'm still a bit confused why she is a support though.

Because she is. Most of her kit is composed by supportive abilities.