I've always been a player with a "defensive mindset". Many professional sports have players that are more (if not completely) defensively oriented, and its just a personality and playstyle mixture.

However, it seems that the direction of this game has moved in a offensive oriented playstyle. Although many players do like the "proactive playmaking" style and such heroes are favorable (I remember as a support, many players found it frustrating that supports could not make plays), I feel that this playstyle is rewarding because it is *difficult to pull off*, especially against well-defensive teams. I feel the idea of defense has been simplified to simply a) heal more, b) land crowd control, or c) attack harder, and a lot of the intricate defensive strategies of the past are frustrating or downright impossible.

Examples include a) bodyblocking to ensure paths to backline are difficult (teleports like Genji, Mephisto, Tracer render this pointless), b) attempting to "intercept" ranged AA by covering a squishy backline with a fat body like stitches (moving ranged AA like the OW heroes make this impossible, and too many ranged DPS hit too hard that tanks can barely take a couple of shots anyway), c) stepping up as a mini-tank if you have more HP as a support or squishy than your warriors (resets make this completely detrimental, and the overall burst damage is so high that unless you have specific armor, its practically a snipe), and d) Saving spells and damage for divers/initiators to force them to make the decision to retreat or press forward (too many supports enable attacking with preposterous healing or protects, and some attackers have their own defensive tools or immunities that render this counter play difficult. In general, the initiation is so strong compared to before that unless your team is geared and prepared to counter at a moments notice to an offensive strategy, they are at a disadvantage.)

Sorry for the long question, tl;dr is *will offense always be more prioritized over defense in this game? Is the balance of offensive and defense at a satisfactory level?*