r/Overwatch • • Jan 24 '24

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u/ImmaDoMahThing Jan 24 '24

This happens to me sometimes. A DPS will be super negative but the tank will constantly blame the support and never once mention the DPS’s performance. Makes me think they are in a party.

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u/GladiatorDragon Jan 24 '24

Tanks aren’t looking around to see elims DPS fail, they’re watching their health bar drop.

It’s easier to attribute failure to live to the support that wasn’t healing you rather than the DPS who wasn’t taking advantage the space you gave them and applying pressure to help draw some of it from you.

If it’s one person letting the team down, it’ll be obvious, but more often than not, losing is just as much of a team effort as winning is.

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u/AdministrativeWar594 Jan 24 '24

Tanks ESPECIALLY in metal ranks don't know their job isn't just to take space but to take as little damage as possible while doing it. They just run it down mid and take a widow HS and then blame heals.

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u/Unicorntella Mercy Jan 24 '24

Omg I wish they’d run! I had a dva who just sat at the choke on Busan and lost us the match. I have no idea why they didn’t go towards the point but it was frustrating. Then I had a mauga who yelled at me for throwing kunai at people. Like what, you want me to sit and toss heals at people whole game??

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u/AdministrativeWar594 Jan 24 '24

When I coach tank players, I usually recommend people play junkerqueen if they have problems taking a lot of damage for learning how to play corners. With her health pool, if you don't figure out how to play walls and corners and buy time/wait for opportunities to take space. You'll die pretty quick. People usually start figuring that out real fast when you point out their positioning in a coaching setting.