Overwatch 2 players couldn’t believe the steep decline in Illari’s popularity after she fell to being one of the least used supports in the game.
BlizzardintroducedIllari, a newSupport Heroin the franchise, toOverwatch 2duringSeason 6 “Invasion.“
Players reacted strongly to the release ofIllari, with some players loving herdamage capabilitiesandhands-off healing turret, and others feeling she was too strong.
Illari’sinitial performancewas so strong that the developers atBlizzard revealed they were planning nerfsfor the character just a few days after her release.
However, despite the nerf to the character, theOverwatch communityis shocked that months later she has dropped to one of the least-played support characters.
Overwatch 2 players shocked by Illari’s decline in popularity
OneOverwatch 2 fannoticed the fall in popularity on astatistics tracker websitefor the game and was shocked by what they saw.
“Illari’s fall from grace,” they noted, showing a picture from the stat website showing she had now become the least player Support Hero.
Some Overwatch fans were shocked to see Illari’s pick-rate so low, especiallyBrigitteMains who had come to like being known as the underdog Hero.
“Lower than us Brig mains?? Dang, I actually liked our lowest pick rate,” they said. Other players were sad to see how far she had dropped. “It’s kinda sad most of the new support characters have dropped to barely being used like that,” one player agreed.
But for other players, her low pick-rate came as no surprise, and many players offered reasons as to why she was so unpopular in the current meta.
“Once people learned to shoot the damn healer turret she was worthless,” one person explained. But to others, it wasn’t player adaptation that made her unpopular, but nerd. “They nerfed her too fast and didn’t readjust. Pylon needs a boost in every regard,” another person said.
Still, if you’re still determined to play Illari, check out our guide article tomake the most out of her kitin your games.
Rory Teale was a Gaming & Trending News Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in Call of Duty, Fortnite, Destiny, and viral stories.
