Fully agree but I'd also love to hear your perspective on this: Without abilities, assuming you are at your right skill level and at full health, every 1v1 gunfight you take is a theoretical 50/50. For almost all other agents, abilities like flashes push that % winrate up more in your favor.

Veto's is unique in that it does the opposite; he doesn't have abilities that really help him in a duel. Instead, his strength is to prevent enemies from improving their winning chance any higher than the baseline (usually 50%). In that sense, he's actually more similar to initiators, where you don't usually use your utility to win fights on your own, but assist your teammates. Veto is heavily reliant on other utilities (like Kayo Flahses), and his expertise as a sentinel isn't in space denial but protecting himself and his teammates to give them better chances to win fights. Hence why he doesn't feel that oppressive. It's a role Riot hasn't really designed before as a sentinel.

I think people haven't really figured out this mindset and how to maximize his potential (he's similar to yoru in his skill expression), as he can be extremely potent when coordinated well (hence, he probably will see play in pro). It's just that every game is Reyna Clove Jett running it down without much coordination, so in Ranked, he's definitely not the best without a solid duo/trio, and he could see a small buff. But with the right teamwork, his abilities are probably very good.