I must say that Ana got brain surgery in this season. It is not really a nerf but more a redesign of her usability and combos.
Bad Stuff
The old Sleeper build where you could have like 1000 HP is history, sleep regimen is now a buyable Item that resets every round. So Boooh its gone and it costs money and it is meeh.
Nade them to hell! This build is also gone where you had a crazy synergy with cooldown and clustercore. Clustercore has been nerfed down to 1 second per affected enemy or friend. For me it became useless.
Good Stuff
This item! Is what makes Ana now very viable in the 1st rounds and let you increase your overall damage as you are now fast and can get to your team or even run away.
Feathered soles are now in all my builds and replaced the initial armor or shields. Just starting a round and being in the game with your first grenade offers so much reason to buy them.
This Power is awesome! Fountain of Soothe, Initially I was annoyed that it replaced Sleep Regimen and ignored it but then I tried it and read the text again. This is a grenade ICBM, it may have a bit less effect that a regular grenade but it is a 2nd grenade that you can throw immediatly after throwing your original.
And a grenade that you can shoot! Combine this with dreamer power and OMG.
So if you combo it with these Powers.
And add a funny little item called Grenadius Pin
You get the power of Rainbow coloured death bombs!
This keeps your team alive while making them Op and obliterates your opponent.
Im just making several builds with this and it is gold. I had 3 matches in a row where I was MVP and it feels like this is going to get nerfed soon.
So what I forgot to cover also is this Power
NanoNade is amazing because apart from the diminished effect it has a psychological effect on your teammates who are now feeling empowered and and will attack your opponent.
Generally these are the big changes that I found so far. Also it is still very viable to go full Damage and Speed with Ana.
