it’s annoying that this hero is unplayable in PUGs now due to low tickle damage instead of burst, even most supports deal more burst damage.
In higher ranks in any team fight you can hack a half HP Genji AND virus him and try to shoot him down, and the chance of him dying is exactly 0% if it’s not a 1v1, because any support can just instantly negate all your risk for basically nothing and heal him up faster than you can kill him except if he’s standing still lol. It’s just pointless.
You have to invest around 150% as much sweat in Sombra in PUGs ie QP games now on higher levels than any other hero to get the same effect out of it.
At max, sombra can deal 160 dmg a second from close range.
The dps healing debuff makes even ana’s darts only do 55 hp per dart. (Same with baptiste’s, both of which are the highest single bursts of healing in the game)
So even if you miss half of your bullets and he’s getting pocketed, he will still die.
Put the virus on top of that and nothing will save him.
Most supports now can only negate the effect of the virus(as long as you’ve landed even a single bullet), so if you keep shooting through that there’s nothing any support can do.
Sombra is meant to be disruptive or an anti-flank hero. Either go for enemy supports first so the team has to peel for them and give your team advantage.
Or if there’s a really stubborn flanker just repeatedly killing your supports, you can make their life a nightmare and give your team some breathing room.
Manage to surprise your squishy target and you’ll almost always win (depending on your and your target’s aiming ability)
In qp especially.
Just keep in mind that people will grow smart to your presense and after a few successful attacks they will start checking for you. If they don’t, just keep enjoying the support buffet.
Use her more to off angle and to apply the DPS passive.
She’s just like a weak Tracer then