Ana is one of the classicOverwatchsupports. Being dropped shortly afterOverwatch1’s original release in July 2016, Ana was easilyone of the best supportsof the original game. Now inOverwatch 2, she still performs her role fantastically and rewards those who are skilled at aiming her abilities.
Ana’s kit is rather difficult to use, but her utility can have absolutely devastating effects if used correctly. She is easily one of the mostdifficult supports inOverwatch 2, but will reward players for their expertise in her kit
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Playstyle
Ana is primarily a hero that wants to play in the backline. With her trusty sniper rifle, Ana can heal her teammates from afar, keeping them topped up on health while staying far away from danger.
Ana’s kit is suitable for players with good aim and precision, as her sniper, Biotic Grenade and Sleep Dart are small but highly potent skill shots.
Abilities
Biotic Rifle
Ana’s Biotic Rifle is her main tool for healing her teammates. This is what players will use mostly while playing Ana. While it’s healing is useful, it’s also a useful damage tool if Ana needs to defend herself or take down a hero herself.
Sleep Dart
Sleep Dart is one of Ana’s most important abilities. Being able to immobilize an enemy for several seconds allows Ana and her team to potentially capitalize on it and pick off an enemy. Enemies will not wake up until they take damage, so players should look to coordinate with their team to quickly burst down the sleeping target.
Biotic Grenade
Like Biotic Rifle, Biotic Grenade not only heals allies but also damages enemies. On top of this, it increases the effectiveness of healing on allies while also preventing enemies from being healed. Due to the strength of healing in Overwatch 2, a well-placed Biotic Grenade can easily turn the tide of a fight and result in a victory for Ana’s team.
Ultimate: Nano Boost
There isn’t really much to say about Ana’s ultimate, using this ability on an ally causes them to take less damage while dealing more. It also heals them back to full health which can be useful if a teammate is in a pinch and Ana doesn’t have the resources to save them properly. That being said, Nano Boost is an incredibly powerful ultimate when paired with heroes like Genji or Reinhardt as their high damage compliments Nano Boosts' percent damage increase.
To Scope or Not To Scope
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Advantages
Roadhog
While working well with Roadhog, Ana is also able to absolutely demolish Roadhog. Ana can prevent Roadhog healing from his Take A Breather, which is his main way of tanking. An anti-healed Roadhog is as good as dead if he’s caught out of position, as his large hitbox makes him an easy target to focus down quickly. Alongside this, Roadhog’s size makes him more susceptible to Ana’s Sleep Dart, which can be followed up with a Biotic Grenade and then eliminated shortly after.
Pharah
Ana’s Biotic Rifle becomes a hit-scan weapon as long as she is aimed down her sights. This makes Pharah a vulnerable target to skilled Ana’s that are able to take her down if she doesn’t receive healing. Three shots from Ana’s Biotic Rifle are more than enough to eliminate a Pharah out of the sky.
Pharah’s ultimate abilityRocket Barrage also locks her in place as she fires down a barrage of missiles at her enemies. Players with fast reaction time may be able to swing around and sleep her quickly before she is able to deal too much damage to Ana’s team.
Zenyatta
Zenyatta’s ultimate ability Transcendencegrants all nearby players a huge amount of healing per second. Ana’s Biotic Grenade is able to cancel out this healing and allow for her team to push through Transcendence granted she gets a good grenade.
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Orisa
Due to Orisa’s large hitbox, Ana is able to land her sleep dart on her quite easily. Alongside this,Orisa’s Fortifyisn’t able to negate critical damage from Ana (aka headshots) as Ana’s Biotic Rifle cannot deal critical damage. Ana’s Biotic Grenade is also able to counter Orisa’s Javelin Spin, as a skilled Ana player can toss it at her feet, having the explosion of the grenade hit Orisa instead of the projectile itself.
Lucio
Ana is able to take down Lucio quite easily due to her Biotic Grenade cutting off his healing. Due to the rather large explosion radius, an Ana can throw it at his feet and force him to flee as he isn’t able to sustain himself in a fight. Lucio also likes to fight at close ranges with his Sonic Amplifier, making it rather easy for Ana to land a sleep dart on him.
Dive Heroes
Overwatch 2is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
