Got through high plat into diamond with Pharah . I main Pharah hardcore , with 132 hours into her and a combined total hours of less than 100 on everyone else . I dont believe her playstyle can remain the same throughout metas , seasons , and ranks , which I do believe is a very good thing for her and is why we like playing Pharah so much shes dynamic . Shes quite flexible in playstyle and can easily switch depending on teammate opponent composition and map . Despite the rise of hitscans , there are plently of Pharah mains in top 500 , one I know for sure would be Fiya on KR who was top 50 last time I checked . Hitscans at that level are even better , but since we are not limited by either range or position , we can adapt . Im honestly against the buffing of Pharahs ult because it is already ridiculously strong as a combo , easily destroying Zens ult just with the burst damage alone . I also havent felt the knockback change much at all since I dont usually go in for the kill unless my first shot is a direct hit which I aim for . I feel the splash damage change more than makes up for the knockback ult change since Im dealing more damage vs clustered enemies , and I can clean up easier with the 30 min damage splash . I used to want her to have some way to land instantly like in her highlight intro , but discussing it with my teammates made me realize that its just a straight counter to tact visor and highnoon the two main reliable ways to take her out at long range without a sniper which would probably make her straight broken . The only buff I can probably accept without fearing that she ' ll be straight nerfed afterwards is probably being able to cancel ult sometimes we just dont do good ults , and while wasting an ult is already bad enough , we get instantly killed for it too . I would say if you really want to main Pharah , adapt to it . Just like how we need to adapt to new metas , mains should adapt to metas and go beyond it . I dont believe season one days will ever come back since that entire phase was simply too experimental for everyone , and it also gave Pharah mains a sense of invincibility that we simply shouldnt have ever had . She has a role to play in every situation and every map whether its knocking off defensive positions on highground , pressuring backline at extreme ranges , or going HAM and killing off everything once threats have been removed . Shes too versatile and brings too much impact into games for people to ever box her into the same category as bastiontorbjornlive symettra , and honestly the main reason she didnt work last patch wasnt because hitscans were strong , it was because last patch was pure boosted beyblade or dragonstrike with both being neutured and sombrasymettra probably coming into the meta , I believe Pharahs are looking at a very good season 3 .