It’s hard not to think that this thread keeps popping up exclusively because of new players lol.

I think the context here makes this much more obvious, but no, sleep dart does not need to be removed from the game.

It is a much more skill-based stun like others have mentioned, and it is easily made pointless by your own teammates especially in solo queue. Beyond that I think it’s a pretty essential piece of Ana’s kit, and removing it would IMO call for a complete rethink/rebrand of the character which blizzard would never do.

I also think it fits within their supposed priorities for this sequel, at least as they stated on launch. I think the bigger issue is that we’re seeing tanks that are weirdly presented as damage dealers rather than frontliners like Mauga and new Hog, which goes against their stated priorities completely and, in a 5v5 setup, sets those tanks up to be particularly fcked when they are up against Ana.

I also think they need to spread the cleanse ability around a bit, so that there is more than just kiriko as a response to the dart, but I doubt that we will see them do that.

Every time I see this I wonder why they don’t just pay this person! And put the stuff in game. Seems like a win-win-win