Thank you to those of you here who recommended the float perk
I never wanted to choose the floating perk, because to me it was an extra button I had to hold and it never seemed appealing. After so many comments on this subreddit about people talking it up and saying to give it a chance, I did.
And holy crap Abed, I see your value now.
Climbing up stairs, jumping on things around the map, floating above everyone and raining balls down on them is such a fun way to play and a massive change to Zen's kit. It does take some getting used to with the different trajectory but my goodness I'm having the time of my freakin' life. So thank you, thank you, thank you Zenyatta mains. You have converted me.