That ' s awesome ! Seems like they love the roads for getting around quickly , ha Me , Yellowstone , 2015 <| sep |> I think Zarya ' s biggest weakness is actually survivability . Having no mobility , nor defense except her own bubble and damage , the best way to handle a Zarya isn ' t to deny charge with a shield , but actually kill her . In this respect , I think she ' s weaker than ever . Here are the reasons . 1 . She doesn ' t acquire as much charge as before , and doubly so with the firestrikemelee nerf and the 20 % damagecharge nerfs . This means you have to go to greater lengths to acquire charge , and you have to use them more frequently , meaning fewer in reserve for selfpreservation . You die more frequently because of this , and you build charge even slower . 2 . Heroes that have frequent fire are Zarya ' s worst enemies , compared to burst damage . McCree , Genji , and Hanzo are relatively easy to survive against as Zarya because you can predict their burst and shield then punish . On the other hand , heroes like Soldier and Tracer are harder to deal with because their consistent damage can outpace you pretty easily . Evasive maneuvers are also less effective because of their random spread . 3 . Projectile characters are the breadbutter charge builders . Pharah , Hanzo , Junkrat , Symmetra , and Rein all used to contribute to her charge . Right now , it seems like double hitscan is the way to go , so her favorable matchups have decreased , and the best projectiles like Rein and Symm have been fixed . 4 . Ults take even longer to build , and Dva is not a favorable matchup anymore . Dva ' s still good for building charge on , but she gets to determine the terms of engagement with her mobility and that ' s bad news for you . Graviton is less important because most team fights will be decided without ults , and Dva makes comboing with it very difficult R e a p e r s oldierMcCreePharahRoadhog get completely shut down most of the time , further limiting usability . 5 . Winston isn ' t as good now compared to Dva in dive comps . We ' ve seen plenty of teams switch over , which means her projected barrier isn ' t as useful on proactive engagements . It ' s still just as great on reactive . Altogether , I think the above combine to result in Zarya building ult charge 2030 % slower on top of the explicit 25 % slower ult charge nerf . That means that her payoff is harder to take advantage of , less frequent , and overall not worth it , especially in comparison to the other three tanks competing for Zarya ' s slot .