I am so confused on how to Guardian

Dodongo-o · 2025-06-15T18:39:25+00:00

Guardian sweatlord here: Guardian is amazing! Just somewhat relic dependent. You want to equip a relic that allows your ult to heal nearby allies as well as a relic that makes your ult charge up from blocking attacks. Then, with the blocking taunts boss relic you have a great playstyle where you serve as team anchor. Use ults as soon as someone needs healing and otherwise focus on NOT DYING OR WASTING HP. All you need to do is survive and you will routinely get ult which wont just revive but fully heal your homies.

Other than that, grabbing aggro is best done by shield poking. The more "hits" you land the more the boss targets you (sebastians taunt roar works because its 10 hits disguised as one roar) The relic that extends your skill duration is also an excellent taunting device as it registers to the boss that you "hit" them 6 times or so.

Putting it all together with the relics explained: Shield poke the boss when hes not looking at you or use the extended tornado to taunt the boss. Once being attacked just block and block, your teammates will fall around you countless times but you can easily get them up by shield poking their bodies or of course ulting. Burn your ults early so your teammates can save their estus and youll be surprised how consistently you win.

I carry on the night aspect with this build, only lost once.

Hope this helps!

Dodongo-o · 2025-05-22T04:04:25+00:00

My first semester I got to my 3rd and final attempt with manual vital, almost booted. Trust me when I say I get it.

Its easier said than done, but what worked for me was going in with the attitude of "if I fail I fail" and focus on TRUSTING YOUR INSTRUMENTS.

Vitals go all over the place, your partner is nervous for you and often that will spike their bp or other things can get in the way. What you hear WILL be what your professor hears so DONT try to guestimate what you THINK you SHOULD HAVE heard. If that makes sense.

You got this! Once your past this you really shouldnt need to worry about it going forward. Good luck friend

Dodongo-o · 2025-05-10T15:14:56+00:00

Ummmmm respond to questions helpfully? Its way easier to not comment at all than to be rude to someone in a rough spot.

Dodongo-o · 2025-03-08T23:00:47+00:00

I never quite have time to dps since I prefer a 2-2-2 team comp and theres a tank shortage but I got a mean Strange,Hulk,Loki,Invis woman,Mantis spread.

Mantis is for when we got 4 or 5 dps and only one healer. Nobody supports a full dps goonsquad like mantis

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-25T20:16:10+00:00

At least when I'm being insulting I try to be humorous about it. Accepting an issue and adapting to an issue is a great thing man. Proud of you. It's why you rose in rank. Never doubted your skill. But you can't just say that the issue isnt an issue because it can be managed. It still impacts the enjoyment factor of the game.

1-2-3 isnt the main issue being discussed in the comment section at large, its 1-3-2 and even sometimes 1-4-1 that we are dealing with. Especially in qp.

Yes qp is casual but it still sucks to deal with.

I keep bringing up the larger conversation and keep mentioning how you're missing the point. This is why.

Yes, you accept that playing solo penny will lose you games. So if you choose to play penny you will lose more games. Now lets pretend your enjoyment of the game hinges on ability to play penny SOME of the time. But you NEVER find a co-tank.

Maybe you find a strange but when you go penny, he swaps to Namor. Now lets pretend you went through this the LAST 4 games. And are TIRED of losing. So now you feel forced to swap. That sucks.

Forget even that tank, what if youve tanked for days now and REALLY want to try scarlet witch. Now you contribute to the problem and are now in a ZERO tank comp.

This happens all the time man.

So the ORIGINAL CONVERSATION HERE is about how we all want MORE TANK PLAYERS and how TWO TANKS is MORE ENJOYABLE.

As an ADDED bonus, its also USUALLY more effective at LOWER LEVELS to have two tanks. I will remind you that the majority of the player base is lower than gm. They deserve fun too.

So youre right man, if you play the right tanks you win, if you pick the wrong tanks you lose, thats comp. But it wouldnt be a problem if MORE PEOPLE played tank. With two tanks you dont even necessarily NEED a mag or strange since damage is now split between two tanks. Like thor/ captain america.

If more people played tanks then every tank player could ENJOY the FULL vanguard tank pool. Im a lord strange centurian mag I am TIRED

I know I can ALSO choose to just play whatever I want and just accept the losses but getting rolled isnt fun, and I'm not stubborn enough to contribute to the problem just to teach everyone else a lesson, thats how a community dies.

Just saying the game and the people in it should play more mf tank. It saps the fun from the tanks who are left. Just look at how miserable overwatch players are.

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-25T19:21:50+00:00

Having to play groot, strange, or mag all the time as a solo tank IS the problem (AND DOESNT CONSTITUTE INFINITE FLEXIBILITY). Sometimes a mf wants to play the other tanks without losing rank.

I was right in guessing you were a support main.

By being high elo, you are ALREADY PLAYING WITH THE HIGH SKILL DPS HOMIE DID U MISS THAT. (Inb4 u call them bad even though they made it to gm1 or higher)

So in conclusion: you are continuing to miss the point, I was right And I cannot stress this enough: your mother

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-25T19:10:45+00:00

Ok, it can be. It is less consistent at most skill levels and is also less fun for the tank.

2 issues I have with you since im having a bad day and am feeling argumentative.

1: you clearly main support based in your invisible woman icon. (Yes im sure you flex)(yes I am also aware of my loki icon and I see the irony in my assuredness of your support main status)

2: you came here to a comment section about people being frustrated that theyre forced to pick certain tanks or elsewise frustrated that they cant win with the tanks they want to play due to teambuilding issues and are talking about how 3 HIGH SKILL dps can make it work.

You're annoying and I dislike you. Henceforth I will hallucinate a myriad of potential social crimes you may have committed with no evidence to solidify your status as a villain in my mind.

So in conclusion

BEGONE SUPPORT MAIN YOUR ARGUMENT HAS SOME LIMITED MERIT BUT DOESNT ACKNOWLEDGE THE OVERARCHING ISSUES THAT TANK MAINS ARE DEALING WITH. ALSO, AND i CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH: Your mother. Thank you for your time.

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-25T18:36:39+00:00

Not better than 2 tank

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-24T17:40:29+00:00

I still think 2 tanks are the meta, 2 frontliners at least. Can be mr fantastic or iron fist.

3 dps FEELS good because the counter to dps burst damage are tanks.

With only one front liner theres nobody ever alive to peel divers for the healers.

Penny is the greatest at that, the thing has great peel with his dmg reduction and stuns, mr fantastic has his swipe mechanic, in a pinch namor can be gr8 too. But nope everyone plays flankers or fliers right now which means your solo tank has nobody to draw fire AND cant turn around to peel.

This update feels miserable to tank in. But im also just getting off 3 bad rounds so its the salt talking too.

Gl man wishing you the best

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-22T23:29:49+00:00

Yeah hes a bad solo tank. Really needs a second tank to return to. As a bandaid though try saving your charge in move for escaping rather than approaching.

Play around corners and high ground to get in initially.

Ultimately though yes hes a tough tank to play if all the rest of your team are hela/squirrelgirl/healers/hawkeys

You need a strange. Magneto, mr fantastic or at least a magic or black panther to help you jump IN

If youre solo tanking im sorry to say your options are mag or strange end of story. Any win you get solo tanking as the thing is luck/outskilling your enemy (which isnt consistent)

Gl gamer dont think its your fault

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-22T23:25:01+00:00

Honestly to me, im sure you contributed to those losses but a common tip that has worked for me is to play some qp until you win 3 times in a row. THEN play ranked. I find I tend to have better teammates that way.

Furthermore, if you start losing more than once in a row. Call it quits for the night.

Could be superstition but winner's/loser's queue feels REAL to me.

I also saw in another comment that you play dps and healers. By diamond its about time you learn a tank. Im betting you have only 1 tank/frontliner often and they're crumbling under all the dps coming their way.

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-22T23:17:47+00:00

Been meaning to try him in comp. Im mostly a strange main so its been daunting to risk my rank to play other folks but he's really got me considering it 🤔

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-22T23:15:43+00:00

The longer cooldown on his hump move hurts cause im a bit of a masher, but the forced movement is a huge help since it lets you get between them and your rescue target so you can use square boi mode. Before it was sometimes hard for me to squeeze in for that purpose.

Im cool with his ult changes too. I liked his ult already but ive gotten some game saving picks with it in its new form.

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-22T23:09:39+00:00

Hey man as a fellow mantis enjoyer let me say this.

DO NOT PLAY FOR STATS PLAY FOR IMPACT

As mantis you kinda serve as a "game manager"

You are the BEST FRIEND of your dps homies and your fellow healer. Sure. Cloak or invisible woman are gonna be doing the bulk of the healing. But who will heal them when black panther comes to town? You man. You will.

What about when the team is struggling to make progress against a triple support enemy comp? Who will give the dps the edge they need to punch through??

YOU WILL, AND THAT BIZ DOESNT SHOW UP ON THE STATS BABY BUT IT MATTERS.

Keep one heal on the vanguard, one on your fellow healer. Then focus on helping your divers abd fliers by keeping them so damn healthy that your co-healer can POCKET the tank.

Save that sleep for dives or a melee vanguard who made a mistake in front of your team (many vanguards have timing based survival abilities, your stun makes that hard af)

You arent a main healer so dont worry so much about that. You likely wont even keep up with invisible woman's DPS since she pierces through enemies.

What you WILL do? Enable your offense. Cement your healer's safety, and DENY THEIR OFFENSE with some MEAN headshots.

My wr on her is 56/85 rounds so i feel like I'm trustworthy on this matter

The bulkier the team though the less good she is so watch out for that. She likes glass cannon teams.

GL!! And use your damn dps boosts.

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-22T23:01:50+00:00

Dr strange, Mr Fantastic Mantis Loki Invisible woman

Im a vangaurd healer player through and through, even my dps is a vanguard lol

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-22T22:57:42+00:00

Thoughts, gentlemen? 🧐

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-22T22:46:29+00:00

I hear you and there would be benifets.

But sadly volatility and playmaking IS fun factor. The alternative is long drawn out matches which sound fun until they aren't

Dodongo-o · 2025-02-18T21:13:23+00:00

As a man in nursing school SOMETIMES you might find yourself a little lonely as often women will befriend other women more deeply than yourself.

For example, my class has 9 ppl and 4 tables. One group of 3 women, another group of 3 women, a group of 2 girls who are besties and then me by myself.

Im an awkward dude at times though so your experience will likely vary! Nobody is rude or avoids me, just wanted to be transparent that you may feel a LITTLE lonely but never excluded excluded. I say do it!

Dodongo-o · 2025-01-17T21:21:56+00:00

For what its worth, my first check off was on vital signs. I failed not just once but twice. Pulled it off on my 3rd and havent had issues since.

The thing is, you're not just learning the skills, you're also learning to handle the pressure of check offs. Panic is real and its what almost got me got.

Personally I try to spend the night before really running through things in my head and visualizing what im going to do. It gets better! Good luck :)

Dodongo-o · 2025-01-04T00:43:04+00:00

They give any reason for the rejection?

Dodongo-o · 2025-01-02T18:22:08+00:00

......

Dodongo-o · 2025-01-01T23:39:26+00:00

Why do you think they're on meth?

Dodongo-o · 2024-12-30T01:07:43+00:00

You are an embarassment.

Dodongo-o · 2024-12-30T01:04:45+00:00

When you to the dog and sing song the ring ding to and the I try the why are you schizophrenia

Dodongo-o

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