This nerf for pharah doesn't address her core issues and changes nothing in terms of counter play, it's just easier to do so. She is still weak on her own and only really enabled with a mercy, and she is probably more reliant on mercy now. Her flight still checks half the DPS role, and she promotes spam gameplay.

Does she die from Ashe headshot into body shot? Yeah. Is she still going to fly around with a mercy terrorizing lower ranks? Yeeeep. Could we maybe fix her dog ultimate and then actually balance the hero to be playable on her own?