Key Takeaways
- D.Va emerges as a dominant hero in Overwatch 2 Season 12, prompting calls for nerfs.
- Players believe D.Va’s versatility with high mobility, burst damage and survivability requires balancing.
- Recent updates have reinforced D.Va’s strength, leading players to wonder if she will be nerfed.
An Overwatch 2 player has shown how D.Va is one of the most dominant heroes of the current season, with others agreeing that she needs nerfs. Overwatch 2 has a well-known troubled relationship with character balancing. While some heroes fail to rise in the game’s meta, others become very popular picks and are a constant presence in matches.
One of the most controversial heroes in the game, Mauga, has a skill set that has become a source of frustration for Overwatch 2 players due to his ability to deal massive damage and heal not only himself but also his allies. Pharah also has a place in the history of the game’s most dominant heroes, causing players to call for her to be nerfed. Another name often remembered as a strong pick is D.Va, and with the start of Season 12, players have noticed that the character needs adjustments to contain her firepower.
Reddit user RgObese shared part of the Overwatch 2 top 500 in Europe and Asia, showing D.Va’s dominance. Of the top 30 console players on Europe’s tank leaderboard, 26 players have D.Va as one of their top picks in the current season. D.Va is even more dominant when looking at the Asian ranking, in which the mech pilot appears as the main hero of all the players in the top 10. In the caption, they ask if the community thinks she needs any balancing changes.
D.Va is One of the Dominant Names of Overwatch 2 Season 12
In the comments section, other players agreed that D.Va’s skill set is too strong at the current moment, and gave their reasons why they believe she needs nerfs. One of the Redditors said that the main problem is that “she’s very good at everything,” having high mobility, burst damage, and survivability. Another comment noted that she “is strong at basically any level,” and a third player pointed out that “D.Va was already good on console,” but that now “she’s just really good everywhere.”
In recent seasons, Overwatch 2 has made major adjustments to tanks, which have received buffs to passive abilities, increased resistance to headshots, and knockback. The July 9 update, in particular, increased the power of D.Va’s kit, giving the character even more ways to remain a prominent name in the shooter’s meta. After Overwatch 2 recently nerfed Sombra following complaints from the community, players are waiting to find out if D.Va will follow suit and have her dominance reduced in one of the game’s upcoming updates.
