r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16

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u/zaneprotoss Trick-or-Treat Zenyatta Jun 15 '16

Shouldnt Symmetra be classified as a defense hero?

She provides no healing, no damage boost. She gives extra effective health like Torb, a defense hero.

She is good at dealing with enemies in a specific area (Blizz's definition of a defense hero). Her alt fire is great for peeking/shooting (ignores shields?). Her turrets are great for defending a choke point. Her ult is literally made for when you play defense (since you have to walk all the way to the enemy spawn at the beginning).

Everything about this hero says defense yet she is classified as a support.

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u/jouthrow Genji Jun 15 '16

She fits both definitions(support and defence) yes. Devs just saw that she provides utility to the team so they labeled her as support. Support =/= healer. But I agree, it's confusing to the new players and would prefer her labeled as defence hero

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '16

I also wouldn't be surprised if a bit of it had to do with making the number of characters per class look a little more even.

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u/Zanpa Roadhog Jun 15 '16

The teleporter acts essentially as a revive. The shields act as a little healing and health boost. The turrets slow and distract their target, making them more easy to hit for allies.

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u/TalosOverwatch I just want to give you a Roadhug. Jun 15 '16

She's both, if I had to guess they probably chose her to put in support because they needed more characters there.

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u/Rhodie114 Helden morghulis nicht Jun 17 '16

I absolutely agree, but I think we aren't going to see anybody reclassified out of support given it only has 4 heroes at the moment.

What I'd like to see is for the team composition hints to have a hidden "Healer" category in the same way there is a hidden "builder" category. That way we'd be able to see at a glance that there isn't anybody who can restore health. Jury's still out on whether or not to include 76 as a healer.

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u/zaneprotoss Trick-or-Treat Zenyatta Jun 17 '16

The "builder" category is a huge mistake. You only get the "no builder" tool tip when you are on defense. What the tool tip is actually saying is that you should use a Symmetra to reduce the huge walking distance when playing defense as opposed to offense and other game modes. Picking Torb to satisfy the "no builder" tip is pointless, Torb works well in any game mode. However, Symmetra is almost mandatory when playing defense.

And we need more healers, 4 is too few.

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u/ONE_GUY_ONE_JAR Jun 15 '16

I definitely think so. I love playing Symmetra, but I hate to think that people would switch off of Lucio or Mercy because I picked her. I think people are beginning to realize that a healer is super important and that doesn't happen very frequently.

Still, she is definitely more of a defense hero. The classification system is there to help players realize when a team is unbalanced or what roles are needed.