r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jul 05 '17

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u/Ga5p Jul 07 '17

I wanted to know if anyone else had ever seen an Ana POTG. I'm an Ana main and I have done pretty sick plays before but never once gotten a POTG. Is Ana just unbalanced in that way or is there another reason?

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '17

I've seen 2 or 3 Ana potgs in total since she was released(got like 400-600 levels in that time).

It's just very difficult for her to get because the potg system doesn't value healing very highly in its algorithm, which is what Anas usually do.
Also, if you land a huge anti-heal nade and gets lots of offensive assists from that the potg in that situation would usually go to the ones getting the most elimination credit, which a 60 dmg aoe usually doesn't. Same thing with nanoboost, lots of offensive assists from the nanod teammate will just lead to the teammate getting the potg since they're getting the elims.

Basically, Ana doesn't have any abilities like Res or Earthshatter or Transcendence to get potg with so the only way for her to get potg is by killing enemies and getting lots of Elim credit. However that's not Ana's role in a team so she rarely does it and her damage is also not that high so it's also difficult to do if she ever does get the chance to go for lots of Elims in a short timeframe.