Before you say, “you don’t need aim or skill to play her…” hear me out.
I used to main Moira earlier on in my Overwatch playing and I still fall back on her sometimes. When I do, I’m reminded of how critical her contributions are to a team, and how much I love her abilities. But no matter how good I do with her she’s never appreciated, and people are so quick to discredit her. As soon as I stopped playing her as much my endorsement level went from teatering a 2 MAYBE a 3, and now it’s a steady 4, and this is despite me not doing as good with other characters statistically. I can definitely do well with them, but I haven’t broken any PRs that I set with Moira. I’m still learning and perfecting the other characters as I’ve only been playing for a few months, but I still find it so ironic how little respect good Moira’s get. An example of this is how many people say, “love you mercy” after a game when Mercy has actually only done a portion of the healing a Moira has PLUS the Moira will have a decent kill count whereas the Mercy may not have any??? I don’t get it, because Moira is actually such a crucial player when executed well. There’s not many other characters that can deal as much damage AND healing as her simultaneously. Or at least that I have seen.
Despite her not requiring a ton of precision in aiming, you definitely need skill to play her well. Does that skillset maybe look different than a hero that requires high aiming accuracy? Yes. But I don’t believe that is the sole characteristic that defines a skillful player. You know?
That being said, if the only reason players don’t like or respect her is because “you don’t have to aim” then why is that not true for other heroes that don’t require precision like D.Va, Junkrat, Mercy(healing), etc etc…???
So fill me in, where does the general dislike/disapproval of Moira come from?
I actually started as a RELIGIOUS Moria main and now, I hate her/going against her.
She has no utility. She has high raw healing output, but I can heal just as much with Bap, Kiriko, and Ana. She has SELF survivability, but Bap, Kiriko, and Ana can ALSO keep their teammates alive, not just themselves. Morias fade only saves her. Immortality Field, Suzu, and Sleep can save an entire team. For example, I’ve slept a reaper ult. Moria just fades away and let’s her team die.
Also, she’s toxic. Moria just holds out her damage arm indefinitely and zig zags. She doesn’t have to reload at all or there isn’t a pause between damage. When she goes 1v1 she has a healing orb to heal herself while fighting or a damage orb to help finish you off and if she can’t kill you off, her fade/jump can get her out fast and far. Which makes me mad because sometimes I have to use my burst heal/immo field/Suzu/nade to keep me alive to battle her and she just fades away after a slight bit of damage and I’ve just wasted my utility meant for the team.
I’ve realized that Moiras numbers don’t mean anything because she has two forms of damage output, arm and orb. So Moria players they think their elimination numbers mean something and are toxic about it. Also in higher ranks, people will hate you for going Moria. She doesn’t provide anything FOR the team and usually go DPS, regardless of how good their healing is.
Do I still go Moira, yes in rare situations, but I’ll always go Kiriko, Bap, or Ana first.
A not insignificant number of players on this very subreddit even have convinced themselves any hero who isnt a hitscan sniper is automatically low skill.