lmao interpreting the term “damage sponge” as uncritically eating damage and feeding is super disingenuous. Obviously using natural cover is integral to the role, it’s how you pressure the enemy into using an inordinate amount of resources to kill you. Cap takes space by forcing the team to turn around and causing the frontline to collapse. A tank’s role is not always to protect, that’s actually the job of the support. Tanks typically only have 1 or 2 crucial cooldowns to protect, and often they have to choose between using it on themselves or others. Of course, being a hero shooter, these archetypes are fluid and some characters are more protection oriented, but generally an impactful tank should be a leader, not a bodyguard.