Pharah Nerf now!

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Dear Blizzard,i think u have a little problems with your ,hero" named Pharah.For real,she is a problem…that rockets are broken,kill healers and offensive with two max three bombs.Isn’t right.She has much range and dmg is not reduced.Now i saw a lot of Pharah+Mercy and that’s another issue.It’s imposibble to lose with this combo and u need a full team anti-Pharah,and it’s hard to focus.
Suggestions:Nerf Pharah range/dmg,don’t let Mercy fly or heal her in the air or something like that.Or maybe give us a new hero who can counter that combo.Thanks.

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I have an idea. How about put a repulsion magnet on Pharah, so she repels the Mercy by 20m away from her? :rofl:

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Go to qp/custom pick the blue french woman or the cowboy that forgets how to roll when hacked, practice, practice more, practice yet more, a few more hours and you’re set, alright you should be good to go now, good luck!

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The French woman has a :spider: tattoo on her back.
Use her to aim out the mercy hooked on Pharah’s bottom first.
Then go for the Pharah.
If that doesn’t work out we’ll ask Blizzard for some giant repulsion magnets :rofl:

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You play Brigitte / Junkrat ? :smiley: try picking up Dva / Soldier / Widow / McCree depending on distance Pharah spams from, ignoring Pharah though is the best way to deal with her she can’t 1 v 6 so just kill her team.

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If your aim sucks, just get an Orisa and put a Torb turret behind her shield, and keep hammering the turret non-stop :smiley:

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Is it always funny to me to read the usual ‘‘pick Mcree, Widow, etc etc’’ these chars need AIM have damage falloff (and widow need to do headshot for some good damage)

against a char that have splash damage, knockback your AIM with her fire, is ALWAYS out of range (in the past at least the legends told that she landed on ground sometimes)

and on top of that…

literally deny half of the hero pool with her pick FORCING people to play something else just because is literally impossible to interact with the skills of the hero (that maybe they spent hours trying to master) against Pharah.

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All she needs imo is to have her “footsteps” louder, she is very quiet considering she has a jet strapped to her back, she pop up in unusual places for more heroes often without being noticed.

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albeit pharmercy can be annoying to deal with sometimes, I would suggest you to try this combo for winning non-stop, as unbeatable as it is according to your own words you should be GM by now. In fact you will realize soon that mercy babysitting her phara constantly while keeping an eye of all other teammates is very challenging and has tons of issues, counterpicking on your part will render 2 out of 6 players largerly useless, leaving the rest of the opponent team without healing support would normally give you a considerable advantage to win the match if played properly. Stop asking for unneeded nerfs when you can act wisely and exploit pharmercy weaknesses to your own advantage.

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Yes, I agree that Pharah is kind of a problem child. But she isn’t broken. I even think she is underpowered since she is very vulnerable flying up in the sky where there is no cover. Also a lot of high elo players will tell you that Pharah’s ultimate ability is one of the worst in the game since it will almost always get her killed.
Furthermore her missles are very hard to hit and she has no self sustain and can’t even stay in the the sky for long.
Without consistant healing she is unplayable.
You should therefore consider learning Widowmaker and McCree to become the nightmare of an every Pharah and Mercy player :slight_smile:

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It’s not true, i am not an experienced phara player yet i have @ 50% accuracy on her so no she isn’t having any problems hitting the targets. I’m not saying she needs a nerf , yet pharmacy is pretty op on lower elo’s especially with the damage boost from mercy and not to mention some zen discords.

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Any hitscan counters Pharah.
Also Torbobjorn.

Pharah has to work for her kills. If you die to her rockets as a healer, you are not doing enough dodging.

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Torb isn’t the best Phara counter, she can shoot the turret from across the map without being in its range. But here it depends a lot on the map.

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She’s OP when not dealt with. If you leave her in the air just smashing rockets into your face, then yes she’s going to seem OP. If you deal with her, she’s easier to take down than you’d think. And remember, nerf Pharah. Brigitte becomes stronger. And no one wants that.

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Let me guess, console player?
Theres nowhere to hide in the sky, she is literally countered by good positioning and awareness and hard countered by any hitscan with good aim.
Im guessing you are playing in a team that lacks any of those things and sure, thats a problem but its not Pharah’s problem.

“I dont like this thing nor do i want to adapt so delete what i dont like please”.
Thats not a good train of thought mate.

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This. I will agree though pharmercy can be almost impossible to deal with on certain maps.