Comments on Profile Post by Labyrinth

Ana is legit Zenyata remake.

At first glance she does seem to play like Zenyatta, but trust me: she plays very differently once you get used to her.

then again this is from some guy who does nothing but spouts nonsense out of his ass and plays vidya all day

I've spent three solid hours on her, and she is about as weak as zenyata was. Her abilities are meant to be used as a different style of Zenyata's denial, but to be highly flexible as a team player for bursts of healing. However, the lack of mobility coupled with her squishiness makes her an easily eliminated target, making her Mercy's emo sister who just wants to shoot things and heal. 1/2

Her main issue is the strain of having to balance all the team healing on top of staying alive, seeing as the only ability she has that can control a situation consistently is her ultimate, and that is really just meant for buying time in a competitive situation. 2/2
Overall, she's fun, but impractical

The problem is you're trying to make her the only support. She's meant to be a secondary, giving heals from safety. E.x. combining her with Lucio can be INSANE. Lucio will give group heals, and people really low can get heals from Ana. You just need to find a spot at the back where she can stay safe.

Much harder to offensively snipe than Widow, but that's kind of the point.

The issue with being at the back of the team is her survivability. If any of the good flanking or 1v1 heroes gets close to you "It's game over man. Game over." Unless you're snipe healing a bastion on defense, the application of healing from afar is only applicable on control point maps where you do not have to stay as mobile as would be desired. 1/2 sorry for so many of these

The scenario you listed above can also be filled by Mercy, who is decently mobile, and is arguably more versatile as a healer than Ana. Sure ana can heal from further away, and her ultimate is offensive rather than reactionary, Mercy simply is a much more consistent healer. Most of the time on an offensive push with Ana, you're stuck chasing the cart slowly, hoping not to get flanked. 2/2

tl:dr

Ana is weak

Eh, I don't know. I think Ana has a lot of potential, her abilities provide a good shutdown. Her sleep dart is pretty much an ult cancel, and she can prevent healing along with DOUBLING HEALING EFFECTIVENESS on allies. She has a lot of abilities to make up for her low normal healing.

Not to mention, her ult is just plain OP. Nano Rein is the scariest thing you will ever encounter. All you can do is pray for mercy. No pun intended.

Legit only thing that needs a nerf. Her grenade needs a larger range buff to truly be the crowd control hero she deserves to be.