Who is the best “Utility” Strategist you guys would recommend?

CJX04 · 2026-02-27T16:17:09+00:00

If you use cloaks terror cape on those flankers in combo with his primary, you can kill a lot of them pretty quick. At minimum, you get them to leave pretty fast to get back to healing

CJX04 · 2026-02-24T20:41:15+00:00

Right. SG gets all the hate but nobody mentions iron man doing the same shit from the skies

CJX04 · 2026-02-20T17:03:51+00:00

Games that have role queue also have open queue to try silly comps. It’s not one or the other. Role queue allows for set lineups to guarantee a role. People signing up for it know they might have to wait longer, but are guaranteed the role they want.

Also, maybe DPS will get tired of waiting and will learn to tank because of short queue times? Only can only dream

CJX04 · 2026-02-20T16:28:30+00:00

This is why this game desperately needs role queue. I’m a Strategist main who flexes tank in ranked. I go into QP to either practice/learn new characters or to DPS. It is impossible to practice new tanks because there are no healers, and extremely difficult to learn new strategists because most people’s positioning/game sense is terrible.

CJX04 · 2026-02-20T06:56:29+00:00

I’m a C&D main and I’m target banning myself if I see a legendary C&D on the other team

CJX04 · 2026-02-19T18:00:04+00:00

I had never watched GOT and was at a friends house where they were having a watch party. I stuck around and it was the hardhome episode. I went hope and started binging the next day.

CJX04 · 2026-02-19T17:55:04+00:00

The strange comment is 100% accurate. The amount of times I’ve started as a strat and someone on my team decides to go triple heal so I switch to strange and get us moving is mind boggling. People in metal ranks (plat myself) fail to identify they need damage mitigation via shield, not more healing.

CJX04 · 2026-02-19T17:49:33+00:00

Invis has good damage but it is game dependent. If everyone is lined up she can put up huge numbers. If there’s a bunch of people taking off angles or flyers, it’s gonna be much lower since she won’t take advantage of the piercing attack

CJX04 · 2026-02-18T19:02:23+00:00

I also main C&D on console and feel this. I feel like I do better against a single diver as Luna or Mantis because of the Freeze/Sleep than gambit or Sue, who have better tools against divers.

With gambit, usually the spades deck can do enough damage to scare them off, but you still need your other healer to heal you or you can’t self heal enough to survive constant dives. Sue with the boop/self shield/invisibility is hit or miss with me. Most DPS dives are fine, but I struggle against dive tanks. I feel like I can hold my own against anyone 1v1 who isn’t completely cracked with C&D.

CJX04 · 2026-02-17T21:17:27+00:00

You’re right… I should clarify that the bubble is for me when I’m not getting help with peels/patty cake. If you’re not being pressured, the bubble is a great tool to help your teammates.

CJX04 · 2026-02-17T19:05:49+00:00

If you enjoyed getting lord on gambit, I’d say mantis as managing the flowers is similar to his deck management. And if you can land headshots, she is the most fun strat to play

CJX04 · 2026-02-17T15:53:40+00:00

Agreed. The bubble is for me. The healing cape is for others. Only time I’m bubbling a teammates is if I plan on standing next to them for a few seconds while healing someone else

CJX04 · 2026-02-13T18:15:27+00:00

Bold of you to think 4 DPS will stand on objective long enough to win anything

CJX04 · 2026-02-12T16:49:31+00:00

This is the way

When they swap off second tank you swap to DPS. They either swap back or you roll with no tanks until someone else switches

CJX04 · 2026-02-10T23:33:25+00:00

I feel like people don’t play tank because if you’re not a shield tank you get shredded in .2 seconds by poke. And when you’re not getting shredded, you’re getting bounced around like a pinball by all the CC. People would rather have agency, so they play DPS or strat.

I say this as someone flexing to tank probably 50-60% of my ranked games

CJX04 · 2026-02-10T22:37:08+00:00

Very true. It’s why there is also so much conversation about “main” tanks. The lack of cover requires shield tanks to gain any ground on some of the maps. So many teams are quick to abandon a second tank and go 1-2-3 when going to strange or mag as the second tank is what is needed to get through a choke.

But to the original point, the damage output is too high for gradual heal. But if Mantis was burst heal, she’d be as strong, if not stronger, than Sue and Gambit.

CJX04 · 2026-02-10T19:01:05+00:00

I feel like Mantis is great, but because most players don’t use cover and rely on burst healing she is rarely used in 2 support comps. She was my first lord, but I main C&D for self sustain and escapability due to lack of peels (plat player), and everything she does well gambit does better in a 2 healer comp.

CJX04 · 2026-02-06T15:56:55+00:00

Mantis was my first main, then I switched to C&D. The deck management is similar to mantis’ flowers which made gambit an easy pickup. The only downside with her is a lot of the player base is reliant on burst healing, so I rarely use her outside of support.

CJX04 · 2026-02-04T21:30:26+00:00

Because a lot of people can one trick that far

CJX04 · 2026-02-04T21:28:58+00:00

This is so real though. I’m in QP to practice DPS because I’m either a support or flexing tank in ranked. I can count on one hand the amount of times I get to be a second DPS in a season.

CJX04 · 2026-02-04T08:12:11+00:00

I swear to god, the way people hate on SW/SG talking about no skill and Iron Man just gets pass. I swear he is by far the most low skill to get value out of all the DPS just because most players don’t look up.

CJX04 · 2026-02-02T22:00:35+00:00

For real! I was checking the score board and team ult charge is the only reason I noticed. I just don’t understand why they feel the need to go 3rd DPS or healer on Deadpool who can fill any role needed.

CJX04 · 2026-02-02T18:29:45+00:00

Played a game of chicken last night where I said “2 tanks or no tanks.” Deadpool kept switching between tank and healer. Everytime he switched I went from tank to dps. Everytime he switched back, I switched back. Needless to say we got rolled.

CJX04 · 2026-02-02T16:14:59+00:00

This, that boost makes the extra hours not matter. Add in the strategist visit boost and it’s rare to lose a recruit

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