The idea that auto aim weapon means a hero cant be popular or balanced is laughable. Literally EVERY other autoaim or low aim hero is meta. For example:
Winston
Mercy
Moira
Junkrat
Rein
Just to name a few.
There is absolutely NO REASON Sym’s autoaim has to make her weak or unbalanced.
This is a MYTH spread by players scared that they might actually get beaten by a Sym at high rank more than once in a blue moon.
I have been without a main ever since that forsaken 3.0 rework. Like how disgusting is it that they screwed over every single symmetra main because bronze genjis couldn’t get better at the game so they whined about lock on requiring no skill when she was completely fine. It is literally IMPOSSIBLE to beat doomfist with her current gun
I’ve played Sym a lot before her rework, I still play her a lot now. She’s still pretty strong in certain maps and comps.
You can still annoy DF with turrets, but yes, DF will win in a 1v1. That being said, I doubt that Sym would have been able to beat DF with her old gun, because when you get close to DF, he just punches you into a wall. Some 1v1 matchups are just not winnable (for example, in a Rein vs Tracer, Tracer will always win if both players play competently), and that’s ok, because OW is primarily a team game.
Sym is really great against shield tanks; she can melt Rein shields and then the Rein behind it.
You shouldn’t main a single hero anyway. OW is a game about switching and adapting. You should have a pool of 3-5 DPS and 2-3 support/tanks you can play.