State of sova

Do you guys think sova I too powerful at the moment? Why or why not? His pick rate is super high and he seems to outclass every other initiator on most maps, while also benefiting from the most extensive line up potential and ease to learn.

We're getting a new scan initiator for a reason I think.
They probably wanna power creep him with the new agent

hes not too powerful, hes balanced but just really good and versatile

hes played on most maps
Ascent
Haven
Sunset
Pearl
Abyss
Breeze
Icebox

best info agent. recon and drone are the best info util I guess.
beam down enemies from opposite side of map with ult.
plus shok darth.

Well it's a problem with scan abilities in general, any info on enemy positions is incredibly powerful in any game, apex was dominated by scan legends for a long time, and multiple successive nerfs we're required to bring down Their power.

And sova just happens to be the best scan agent in the game, if Sova did not exist, we'd be having this discussion abt fade, but sova simply outclasses her on every front with the exception of their entry-by-proxy ulti maybe, and the other agents can't take info as well as he can, both in terms of quality and quantity. As long as scans and info tools exist in a game where info matters they will be powerful (bloodhound/seer in AL, ashe in LOL, widow/sombra in OW, ETC)

He is good, Skye just need a slight up and the reveal debate would be sane again. But before that we will need to wait the kit of the new Initiator.
Sova's problem is that historically he was in concurrence with Fade and Skye that was 2 reveal good on shortrange Razesque maps, while Sova is good on open map and have no concurrences, since Gekko is here it's a little bit better, but I didn't state my mind on if Gekko can be counted as a reveal or not and he doesnt seems more longrange than shortrange.

The new agent need to be a long range reveal to keep the state of initiator reveal sane

Are we talking ranked or pro here?

I think what really sets him apart at the pro level is that his utility has unlimited range. He can recon the opposite site for defensive support (especially useful on Ascent/Breeze) and drone will always get information, even if broken, whereas there's some spots that enemies can simply be too far for a Fade dog to detect (especially a problem on Pearl)

Riot will probably wait for the new initiator before doing any balancing on these two, but I'd guess they need to slightly buff Fade's threat level within her effective range. I'd like to see the eye last an extra 1s longer or something

Initiator is the most balanced class right now though