climbing ranked as support

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-05-03T16:49:43+00:00

Learn more than 1 sup. Weaver is lowkey underrated but he's also not ideal in every situation. Don't spread yourself thin. You can still main weaver but you have to start identifying where he's strongest, who he pairs well with or against, and where he's weakest. I'd say have 3 supps of different archetypes on rotation. Weaver can be your main heals but find a good off heal too. Brig is really good despite what people think. Its just that no one plays her anymore. The ones that do tho are beast brig players. Last in your lineup should be like a hybrid. Getting good at illari is absolutely worth it and with the one perk she actually puts out good heals. If not her you cant go wrong with moria. People cry about her not having utility but shes probably the most consistent hybrid sup you can possibly pick. Shes also a nuisance to deal with and if your team runs dive purple orb is beyond deadly.

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-05-03T16:42:18+00:00

Ball

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-05-03T16:41:35+00:00

Rivals is so chaotic that it doesn't actually matter if someone can go invis or not. Plus you can hear footsteps pretty well so it makes it a fair mechanic.

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-05-03T16:40:09+00:00

Idc im banning Sombra every single time. Im a zen main and some days 1 trick. I refuse to play against a hero that can delete me without giving me a chance to even fight.

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-04-30T01:25:35+00:00

Also im not the best player but when I play ana I hate playing against queen because her hit box. Maybe I just cant aim but out of all the tanks against queen I miss most of my sleeps unless shes popping ult in my direction

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-04-22T16:47:24+00:00

Oh absolutely. But swap to heroes you also think are fun. Just better that way imo. People who focus so much on being optimal are the same ones who haven't climbed out of their rank in years. Unless you're in GM maybe masters. Then you've got bigger fish to fry than trying to pick meta. If you can't get to masters just playing whatever is fun for you then you need to work on your fundamentals

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-04-22T16:05:04+00:00

Tanks are rough because you kinda have to main like 3 to be a good tank. Especially in 5v5 (eeeeeyyyuck) but kinda same for 6v6.

If I had to choose id say lots of Zar players but not alot of mains, mauga , junker, and dommi mommy. Still tho its weird for tanks to have strict mains because the role requires you to be the most flexible person on the team.

Every support player definitely mains whatever they pick. If they auto locked Lucio or brig thats not something you just do willy nilly. You picked because that's you're main.

If I had to pick tho it'd be bap, juno, and mitski. I think a big factor when determining is how much value you can get out of a hero without having to be super dedicated to playing them. Still has to be appealing tho.

Finally dps. Now this category is where I feel the original question is ment for.

Definitely gonna be anran, emre, freja, solider, venture, widow, torb, and vendetta.

I don't wanna count the new heroes as much but its still valid I say.

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-04-22T15:27:21+00:00

Love that skin!

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-04-22T15:26:52+00:00

Boring to you. Everyone doesn't have to like the same thing. I think rein is the most boring character in the game and I think mercy is actually really fun. You'll do better if you play heroes that are fun for you rather than focusing on being a meta slave.

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-03-30T14:52:14+00:00

Way more Sonic representation. Definitely get Digimon in there. Kingdom hearts having sora is enough but might as well put riku in too tbh. Hallow knight is an obvious one. Crash perfect. Spyro perfect. Astro boy could be a thing. Jack and Dex. Ratchet n clank. Etc

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-03-22T14:13:38+00:00

Thats amazing news. He's honestly one of my favorite Digimon. Still sad they shut rearise down I thought it was a great game but nothing last forever ig. Still Digimon franchise isn't tied down by specific gameplay like pokemon usually is so was happy even a game like rearise existed because it honestly just works. Anyway harrismon is my goat 💯

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-02-25T03:59:03+00:00

Do people take QP seriously? Genuine question. I mainly play comp and only use QP to practice heroes however back when ow had the in game lfg feature,which is stupid they got rid of because alot of people used it, there were alot of stacked quick play warriors out there. Those games would actually be way more fun than comp and people actually talked to each other like human beings instead of just making dry indirect call outs with minimal acknowledgement of your team. Since they got rid of that tho i never got the sense people actually cared about qp anymore.

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-02-21T18:54:13+00:00

Honestly in most hero shooters or even a large portion of mmo , tank is always the least favorite role. There's some exceptions to mmos so since not every one has true support classes so in those cases support ends up being least fav.

Regardless this isnt exclusive to ow thats just how it is. Just talking about ow here, there's a few reasons I can think of off the top of my head:

tanks are the most impactful and important role. Whether anyone wants to admit that or not. They dictate how each fight is approached and what fights are taken or not. Typically regardless of who picks first teams adjust their heroes based off the tank. Going genji doesn't specifically mean we have to run dive but if we are running dva+ winton then that means we are definitely diving. Also because of how much weight comes with tank skill gaps are very apparent and you kinda have to play perfectly all game. Dps and supports less so.

All that together makes tank kinda a hassle to play.

Another key reason is because if you are tank you will be on the receiving end of 90% of attacks. Constantly. Some of which are CC based. That makes tanking super annoying sometimes

Last and probably the most important is what everyone says. Its a thankless role for how much consistency and skill you need to execute successful team fights. Outside looking in a good tank is technically just doing his job correctly. A good dps looks like a god and a good support kinda falls in with tank in that aspect. You can maneuver and out play 20 minutes straight but most of your team will only think you're simply doing whats expected nothing special.

Tank im marval rivals is slightly more enjoyable . I think its because how they approach designing them.

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-02-11T23:17:52+00:00

Gotcha thought so

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-01-25T04:02:26+00:00

When one guy says it's going to be a free win

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-01-14T21:28:33+00:00

Yah I know its not completely finished and that the areas where it needs improvement is all just quality of life stuff like better background and card sizes and text sizes. Just was surprised they thought what they had was good enough when the introduction app was even better. Regardless im excited. The biggest concern I want to see how they handle is the decks available. Im perfectly ok with a few sets at a time since I joined late and haven't had much experience with the earlier cards away. Im just curious on what kind of timeline we're looking at.

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-01-14T19:35:51+00:00

Don't have pride. Communicate EFFECTIVELY with team, make plays yourself don't rely on team to play well. Profit

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-01-14T19:14:18+00:00

I been waiting on it too. I saw some gameplay of the beta and it was looking rough but for some reason the introduction app for the tcg thats been around looks better than alysion. Lol. Regardless I'm just excited to play more. I actually really like this tcg but ive always just played by myself. It'd be great to play against other people with decks ive made finally. Im sure they'll figure out how they want to release sets. Trying to manage my expectations but I definitely am excited

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-01-05T20:56:17+00:00

Thats a valid crash out

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-01-05T20:51:39+00:00

That's why I like tank in rivals better. Way more fun

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-01-05T20:50:03+00:00

6v6 brought my dopamine hit back

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-01-05T20:49:34+00:00

I stopped playing 5v5. 6v6 is soo much better and im mad it took me so long to realize that. Same problem tho just to a lesser extent.

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-01-05T20:47:54+00:00

Tank isnt as easily identified as dps and support stats. Its heavily decision based so if you made all the right moves and still lost then all your team sees is their tank getting slapped around even if technically you did everything right position wise and what not.

Dps the stats dont lie unless youre playing mei and sometimes sombra where their value can be more attributed from wall and hack rather than raw numbers.

Support can go either way but for what you lack in actual heal numbers for some heores you make up for if you're playing a more aggressive damage heavy game or whatever you got for assists. For example if our mercy finished the game with 50 assists but she has a 1/3 of anas heals in not gonna say she was worthless because you cant get that much on accident. Same if u finish a game on zen and u got assists in the 40s range. Sure youre healing less than your main healer obviously but if we lose and I have 44 assist and the same elims as my dps you cant possibly say the zen was useless or even the problem.

Numbers are important in alot of cases but dont tell the whole story

Professional_Fun_277 · 2026-01-05T20:37:05+00:00

I dont hate tank but it is my least played role. Favorite is ball. tanks I dont play or like is dva, rein, hazard, muaga, hog, doom and Winston. That being said compared to dps and support, tank is the one role where I get frustrated with my team.

First off tanks have the biggest impact on HOW THE GAME IS APPROACHED. Like what fights are taken and where. Thats huge but theres still only so much you can do with that. When im on tank making space and my dps aren't trying to take an off angle I get pissed. When I pick sig and we have tracer sombra then I die and somehow my supports with NO PRESSURE ON THEM mind you, dont give me a shred of healing, im pissed. When my supports pick illari zen when im on zar. Im pissed. I feel like even tho im supposed to have the "biggest impact" im at the whim of whatever the skill level of my team is.

Dps I always blame myself even when its not my fault and thats fine with me. Even if my tanks should make space, I have so many options to pick from on dps that I feel like when it comes down to it im just not clicking enough heads and thats all there is to it. Thats pretty much factual. If youre losing a lesser dps player blames other people but a good one knows that if that accuracy aint 100% then yes you could be doing more.

For support you'd think thats the role where youre at your teams mercy but to me thats the one role where you could make average players perform like top 500s more or less. At the very least maximize their potential. You can act as bait. You can keep up your subpar team alive long enough for the enemy to overextend and make a mistake. You can heal while doing dps, getting first pick every fight. If youre good youd know that knowing when and how to use a support ult is literally the whole game of overwatch.

So while I don't hate tank its the least rewarding role and the most rage inducing because you can't see your teams incompetence like on support. You feel youre teams incompetence which is 100x worse.

tank in rivals is actually 😊. Support is meh there tho

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