I just finished watching the VODs from yesterday's ALGS Grand Finals and... Wattson was all over the place? True, she was no longer on every single team, but still easily on 50-60% on teams. Just rewound the final game and counted; there was a Wattson on 4 of the 6 last squads? (I was watching the NA tournament; maybe you were watching a different region?)
Not saying that she shouldn't be buffed in normal play, but let's please base our assessments on reality. She is still dominant in pro play.
The second part of your analysis that I'm going to respectfully disagree with is that she's useless; on Olympus or elsewhere. You're confusing two things: pick rate and effectiveness. Yes, she's lowest pick rate (at high skill Rampart is slightly below her right now but that's splitting hairs), but her win rate is very good across all skill bands. She is top 4 across most power metrics.
So why isn't she picked more? Because humans aren't robots that are optimized for...
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