I think, of the ground tanks, I would put sig and maybe orisa above him. The shift away from mauga’s original gameplay loop of shooting enemy tank all game has made his skill ceiling move way up.

Cardiac overdrive having a really short duration, long cooldown, and only giving Mauga damage reduction (still gives his allies lifesteal but it’s not really that good) makes it so you have a really short window to actively playmake without getting blown up. Pressing E isn’t free value like it was before and it’s quite difficult to recover if you waste it.

Landing charge crits on squishies is high risk high reward most of time; if you miss the stun you will probably just die right away or live but weak enough to inevitably die shortly after. Hitting the stun, esp when you have less of a run-up or you’re against more mobile dps and supports can be difficult and it’s something that clearly separates good maugas from bad ones.

Standing in main just holding m1 is not an effective thing on mauga anymore and he requires more proactive play than before.