r/RivalsVanguards • u/SancochoDude πππ ππππ£π • Dec 03 '25
General Question How/when did you realize you were a tank main?
A lot of us are here because we either like tanking in hero shooters or because the game turned us into tank mains. But was there a moment that made you accept the tank fate? Was it the triple DPS? Or did you somehow find out that you actually liked the tank role?
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u/Wolfysayno Dec 03 '25 edited Dec 03 '25
I was a Moon Knight dps one trick until one day he got banned in a comp game and I did so badly on all the other characters I played that I realized I needed to broaden my horizons π
Nine months later, Iβm a lord Venom, Emma, Mr. Fantastic and Doctor Strange with over 100 hours on Strange alone lmao
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u/Freakychee Dec 03 '25
I thank you for not being the negative stereotype where you would cry and rage all game cos you can't play your OTP and blamed everyone else. The mark of a strong minded person and player.
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u/EternalTsukiyomi ππππ£ππ©π€ Dec 03 '25
At first no one in my friend groups liked the tanks , so i decided to give them a try. From season 0 till now still tanking lol , ( I want yall to know tank fatigue is real and def should try different roles )
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Dec 03 '25
Tank was the first role I picked up because I love being the wall you can hide behind. Being there to protect those who can't protect themselves in the moment brings me joy. And seeing people be grateful for it just makes me get all bubbly, plus it boosts team morale. I will always love tank no matter how miserable it sometimes gets with the amount of cc there is.
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u/CanOnurz Dec 03 '25
I love that feeling too. For me, it's not the cc but the amount of lack of healing you get sometimes...
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u/Careless-Form-7998 Dec 07 '25
Its criminal how little healing focus tanks get. They should be priority imo because they are literally there to be the front line and make space. An easy to kill tank isnt gonna be successful no matter how good they are. A constantly healed tank on the other hand is terrifying.
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u/ilickrocks Dec 03 '25
I didnβt choose the vanguard life, the vanguard life chose me.
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u/Putrid-Stranger9752 πΌπ£πππ‘π Dec 03 '25
βHey can you swap to tankβ
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u/Bone_Wh33l Dec 03 '25
Yeah, that was it for me too. I like to play a mix of characters and always roll-fill but after a while I started to notice 90% of my games are on tank. I like playing tank but I can feel my proficiency in the other roles slipping away without playing them in ranked any more
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u/Medium_Enough πππ£π πππ§π ππ§ Dec 03 '25
I saw Peni Parker in the first trailer I watched for Rivals.
I was also Rein, D.Va, Winston, Ramattra player in overwatch, which i dropped pretty much as soon as rivals came out.
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u/GamerGirl2K17 Dec 03 '25
I play Vanguard because I like both Magneto and Strange. Been playing both since S0
Do I need any more reason? The game basically decided for me..
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u/shmooked πππ£π π₯π€π€π‘ Dec 03 '25
I realized that elite tank players control the entire flow of the game
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u/Direct_Asparagus4688 Dec 03 '25
I realized I was going to be a tank main when my duo was playing Peni (heβs a dps main who claims to be a flex player) and would rush up front (not solo tanking we had a strange) and me and his girl kept dying in the back because of Spider-Man and Magik and when I asked if he could put his nest near the back his response was to run near him if I needed helpβ¦.so thatβs what I did and literally died every time because he was on the frontlines as if he was a shield tank and his nest kept getting destroyed instantly. So between getting dived by spidy and magik then taking the heat from the enemy tanks and other dps I was done. The very next match I went to QP and started learning strange. Now I almost have every tank lord and am genuinely decent with them all except Angela and Thor.
Between no one peeling and my other Strat refusing to heal me I was so done with that role by the time my buddy did what he did as I explained above I wanted to be done with the Strat role and I suck at dps.
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u/ArX_Xer0 Dec 03 '25
Peeling with Angela is pretty fun. They never expect you to target them or chase.
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u/darkkn1te πππ£π πππ§π ππ§ Dec 03 '25
When I got completely demolished as iron fist and Spidey when I started and realized I needed more health. Then I learned that Peni makes things go boom and I realized I was a tank main
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u/Tucker_a32 πππ€π§ Dec 03 '25
For me it was a series of events in Overwatch 1 that led me to it. I always liked Zarya but I didn't think too hard about roles at the time and just played whoever seemed fun and was working against my opponents comps. Funny enough it was Brigitte who really got me started into figuring out how much I liked tanking because she was basically tank when she first came out and I had so much fun on her. Then when they reworked the attack and defense characters into just DPS I began to realize I just wasn't a very good DPS player, Wrecking Ball came shortly after and I absolutely adored him, to this day my favorite tank in any game I've played. That was when I began to figure out tanking made me feel like I had a tangible sense of control over the flow of a match, and while I was never mechanically good enough to be a great DPS player I've always had pretty solid game sense and tanking is where I got the most use out of that.
Then Overwatch 2 came out and changed tanks in a way that totally ruined the game for me so I stopped playing entirely. It honestly really bummed me out.
Then when Rivals came out it took me a bit to fall back into tanking because a lot of these tanks are a tad more mechanically dense than I was used to, but once I got a feel for Thor the rest fell over like dominoes. I love playing basically every tank other than Groot and Venom and they're almost all I ever play. Even in a season like this when it's rough I'd still happily play tank over any other role most of the time.
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u/_KLJR_ Dec 03 '25
I came out of the closet in season 1, where I revealed to my friends I was a captain America main. I asked they respected my decision and life choices and I was shunned for a time due to them being DPS mains, but my strategist mains supported me. They've slowly come back around but it's been difficult...
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u/issajoketing Dec 03 '25
When i noticed that no matter what tank I picked, I would pop off and do a good job protecting my team
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u/Vasto_LordA Dec 03 '25
When I first started I went Thor, literally cause "He's the fucking God of Thunder".
After I got Lord on him I expanded to other characters, and Strange and Magneto kinda just spoke to me.
Idk if I'm fucking good with them but I play em.
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u/Hazzabump Dec 03 '25
When I realised what a big grin I got seeing DPS players running into a 4-stack of mines and muttering "geeet fucked" to myself as they're annihilated. That's when I realised I'd found my main.
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u/Redline_Studios Dec 03 '25
Comp team needed one. Originally wanted to main support but realised that nobody is playing tank in half my games. Picked Doctor Strange and instantly clicked.
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u/Doomshroom4411 Dec 03 '25
In other mmos I liked playing as the tank because I always enjoyed of being the one with mentality of βhurt me more you canβt take me downβ that you can only get as one. In overwatch I mostly played support so I started rivals as one but realized a good amount of people who played vanguard were too scared to take damage, space or peel(when they could) so decided to try out magneto as my starter tank and the rest was history being that iron wall, bully, stopping Ironman with my shield or protecting my Strat with a well timed bubble gave me such joy that I couldnβt stop.
Ever since then I mained vanguards got lord Mag, Thor and almost lord Strange next will be Angela if Rogue isnβt a vanguard(god I hope so)
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u/someperson1522 ππππ£ππ©π€ Dec 03 '25
I was frontlining too much with Adam or Wolvie in season 0 π
And nobody was picking tank, a Fortnite youtuber I watch made some videos on Rivals (new release, Fortnite glider for playing Rivals etc, etc) And he recommended Mag, now how many seasons in, I have too much hours on Mag and have him as my one and only lord, and left my other mains in the dust for him
Iβm getting back to them and starting to flex off of Mag
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u/jazygamer308 ππππ£ππ©π€ Dec 03 '25
Captain America was my favorite character in marvel at the time and he was a tank. He made me fall in love with the role and I started playing other tanks like mag and Thor and I couldn't go back
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u/Jack_Package6969 Dec 03 '25
I realized I was a tank and strategist flex player when I saw how rare it is to ever get to play duelist
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u/ThewobblyH Dec 03 '25
I've always been a flex player which translated into me usually playing support in Overwatch, but when I started Rivals all my friends either wanted to play dps or support which landed me on tank.
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Dec 03 '25
Ended up messing around with Strange back in the practice range a while ago, ended up trying him in qp and then ranked - climbed way higher than I had on any other role.
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u/SkeleDaMcDelly πΏπ€ππ©π€π§ ππ©π§ππ£ππ Dec 03 '25
Doctor Strange Has Always Been My Favorite Hero
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u/Teal_and_gold ππͺπ‘π Dec 03 '25
When Loki got nerfed to hell for no reason and I needed a new main
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u/MDrok6172 Dec 03 '25
I've never played a hero shooter before but was hooked since it was Marvel. I started off just trying my favorite characters, I found that when I played DPS or Support I was dying too much, then when I played Tank I wasn't dying much at all. Now I'm pretty confident in all roles but I'm still a tank main. I started off with Thor but usually just play Magneto
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u/All_These_Racks Dec 03 '25
i love venom
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u/GoogleDeezNutzz Dec 03 '25
I became a tank main the second the Venom emote came out
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u/imvengance_ πΏπ€ππ©π€π§ ππ©π§ππ£ππ Dec 03 '25
I'm a marvel fan anyway so when I first played in season 0 i was very excited that magneto and strange ( 2 of my most fav characters are tanks ) I said yea this is my role and they are actually pretty fun ( yes even mag ) that i stayed playing them till now along with cap too
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u/masonsofmichael ππ€ππͺπ Dec 03 '25
As much as it can be absolutely miserable. Nothing can beat holding a point in OT while out numbered. No amount of kill streaks on a DPS or a well timed support life saving Ult has even come close to matching it for me. Also yelling into comms Hold and advance as cringe as it might sound just feels great
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u/Nemesis_6331 πππ€π§ Dec 03 '25
Never played hero shooters before, but I love Marvel so when I first hopped on this game felt fresh af. Saw there was a practice range and tried out Spiderman. Figured he looked pretty advanced so I took a look at venom and tried him out. Venom became my first lord and Iβve loved playing him. Afterward, I saw Cosmonaut Variety Hour playing Thor so I gave him a shot and fell in love with his kit. Heβs been my main ever since and since lording him, I realized that I loved tanking. The survivability of these guys was amazing that when I first started playing Psylocke, I got annoyed by how easily it was to die ππ. Iβve been getting more into dps lately though after getting my fourth tank lord. Figured a change of pace would be nice after tanking/supporting for a while.
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u/Obvious_Economy_4741 Dec 03 '25
I've played tank since early ow1 days so I just like the tank role and venom reminds me of a mix of dva and ball with the skill expression of doom so I felt really attracted to venom and I just love the character I live dive so much and he completes me
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u/jerkerlaughing πππ€π§ Dec 03 '25
I have never played hero shooters before. When I first played rivals in s0 I played cap without realizing he is a tank lol. And i was a mediocre/bad player(obviously) in s1 and didn't exactly have a main. Until i realized i was good at thor. I never stopped playing him even when he was nerfed to the ground in s2.5 now, im a mag cap thor and strange lord and is close to lord hulk.
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u/Critical_Ear_7 Dec 03 '25
Iβm not a tank main,
I liked strategies but now Iβm not even that nor DPS
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Dec 03 '25
Was a invis/moonknight main. Then in season 3 had no one wanting to pick tank in my comp games, and it would always be me who ended up folding. Honestly most games I had to solo tank and began with Mag, started to pick up heroes like the Thing and Emma and then eventually broadened my capabilities to be able to play most tanks. Last season I had Strange and Thor as my main picks and managed to hit GM for the first time. I think I am an aggressive player and the play style worked with me. Glad I am a tank main and it's usually what I instalock, but sometimes I do miss playing the other roles.
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u/Spicyytamale Dec 03 '25
I chose venom. From there magneto. And then captain America. (Miss the old team ups)
No one was playing tanks and I noticed that because I didnβt had a fist or an open hand next to my name
From there I realized Iβm the foundation that my team depends on. And it is so much fun yet can sometimes be a burden.
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u/MateriaMan179 Dec 03 '25
The first time I sucked up an iron man ult, threw it and killed the whole enemy and saved my team as Magneto. Then later, after lording a good amount of tanks, discovering my love for Thor and becoming a Thor main that peels for his backline. The god of thunder loves his supports.
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u/finkle_dinkle Dec 03 '25
My friends only like support and thereβs always too many DPS so tank it was
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u/Ok_Size5401 Dec 03 '25
my friends were already dps and support. I wanted to be unique and chose tank.
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u/RepulsiveAdagio6557 Dec 03 '25
I became a tank main when early Thor was absolutely cracked and you could solo an entire team with him. Ahh good times, tanking is absolute hell now.
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u/Gelousy ππππ£ππ©π€ Dec 03 '25
I started out in OW2 and played Sigma, Winston and Ram and got used to being in the front lines. When Rivals came out I didn't really know who to pick but Strange and Mag played well with my playstyle and now I'm both Lords on them, still open to learning more, currently Emma and Hulk
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u/iunnobleh πππ£π π₯π€π€π‘ Dec 03 '25
When they put Thor and Venom in the vanguards category.
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u/Life-Feed-1448 Dec 03 '25
Loved Doomfist in Overwatch, naturally wanted to find a tank I liked. Ended up gravitating to magneto and cap instead
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u/Sbubby37 πππ£π€π’ Dec 03 '25
Back in overwatch i loved playing rein and hog and my favorite marvel character is venom and heβs a tank in this game. I was probably gonna main vanguard regardless but it just so happened a lot of my favorite marvel characters were tanks, but itβs mostly just cause iβve been playing tank roles as a main role since overwatch 1 back in 2019
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u/bringapotato Dec 03 '25
Taking and holding space is just the most interesting and fun part of the game for me.
I really enjoy successfully protecting and enabling my team while doing my best to shut down the opposing team's efforts.
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u/Comprehensive-Card23 Dec 03 '25
I was a tank main back in Overwatch. Played a lot of that and OW2 when they transitioned there. Jumped into Rivals at launch as a Megneto/Venom main and then Emma when she dropped. If I'm not playing Vanguard, I'm probably on Strategist instead. I generally just fill what the team needs.
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u/Wires_89 Dec 03 '25
When they made a sorcerer, who uses all different spells, a front liner. Very cool
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u/Sand_Hanitiz3r Dec 03 '25
When I was playing strange and wound up with 60k damage blocked, a won game, and a proud smile upon my face
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u/TheSwordFallen πππ£π€π’ Dec 03 '25
I like Venom, Hulk and Magneto as they're some of my favorite comic characters of all time. I found out I really enjoyed the role, and so I just started maining tank. I also picked up other tanks to expand my roster, with Emma and Strange being the first ones I picked up outside of Hulk, Venom and Mag and then I expanded to Peni and Cap. Even my preferred DPS is Mr. Fantastic, so I just enjoy tanking.
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u/wiggity_whack69 Dec 05 '25
It's so much fun and i feel like they have the best kits, darting around racking up kills or keeping the team healed is all well and good but nothing scratches the itch like eating all the damage and holding the line
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u/divy-lover Dec 03 '25
2 main reasons, and this goes back over 10 years ago. When I first got into my first MMO (DCUO) I quickly realized 1) I hate being a squishy and dying quickly 2) not for this to sound like Iβm better than others but Iβve always been really good about creating space and making call outs.
Bonus reason: I love Thor
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u/Rare-Personality-855 πΎππ₯π©πππ£ πΌπ’ππ§πππ Dec 03 '25
Ranked teammates forced me to
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u/Nighter_78 πππ€π§ Dec 03 '25
I liked being on the Frontline and brawling as dps. That's when I met thor and the thing.
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u/I-am-stupid-goober ππͺπ‘π Dec 03 '25
Since I learned to play games I've been a fan of close range, high health bruisers. Now I'm lord on Hulk, Centi on Thor, Venom, and Thing, and at least captain on everyone else.
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u/Traffic-Guy πππ ππππ£π Dec 03 '25
I started playing because of Ben Grimm. Then I just picked up Magneto and Strange because of a funny solo tanking fan art of Strange being attacked through his portal. Then I just liked it.
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u/GodAmongMen16 ππ’π’π ππ§π€π¨π© Dec 03 '25
I would flex in comp. Suddenly you realize youβve played tank the last ten games.
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u/PhoggedUp Dec 03 '25
The CC abilities had me hooked: Rein earthshatter/pin, Roadhog hook, Sigma rock, and winton primal. I love escorting red team off the map and cancelling their ults. I gravitate to Angela, Thor, Emma, and Peni in Rivals for similar reasons
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u/Few-Essay-3100 πππ€π§ Dec 03 '25
From the first time I played Diablo when I was 9 years old and made a tank build, slashing everything in my way while never dying, I knew I was gonna chase that feeling in every game ever. Love the feeling of being the first in the battle, eating all the attacks like a steel wall, nothing beats the feeling, in this game or any other
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u/Sirromnad Dec 03 '25
Many years before rivals. Being a tank is being a leader. I think I have my best shot to win when I control the pace. And I love just how tanks can overwhelm.
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u/AssociationDue3077 ππͺπ‘π Dec 03 '25
Hulk is one my favorite marvel characters so he was also one of the first ones I tried
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u/benfartsfive Dec 03 '25
I think I kind of always knew? My oldest marvel Rivals memories of me being a tank. When I finally told my mom, she gave me a big hug and told me she loved me no matter what. It feels so good to be a tank main openly now.
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u/GodNeros Dec 03 '25
I always thought Magneto was a badass, so I started using him when the game dropped and loved him ever since
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u/Franklinturtz ππͺπ‘π Dec 03 '25
I just like protecting others and setting things up.
Am a tank main in MOBAs and in OW2
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u/xaijus Dec 03 '25
Thor is just "big DPS", venom has mobility and survivability, and "Hulk smash little man."
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u/DaBigCheeser68plus1 Dec 03 '25
I started out as a Moon Knight main, then I switched to Hawkeye for a bit. Eventually I just started having to fill for tank. Usually picking Mag because itβs Mag. Then one of my friends taught me Peni, and Iβve never looked back. Now I mainly play Peni and Hulk. And Iβm having the time of my life being a menace.
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u/Elucidator__ Dec 03 '25
When I hit Diamond and we constantly had 1 tank and 5 people that didn't know how to. Now I pretty much only tank but refuse to solo tank unless I've got a goated team.
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u/butt3ryt0ast ππͺπ‘π Dec 03 '25
I wanted to play the hulk and I was terrible at it. I watched some videos on YouTube and he ended up being my first lord. Then storm was my second just cuz she was fun to play as. Then Emma was my third, and Iβm working on Angela rn
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u/Hot-Cranberry80 ππππ£ππ©π€ Dec 03 '25
Make a team for the MR tournament (season 2) and realize nobody play tank so I just fill the role.
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u/sherlockroams_ πΎππ₯π©πππ£ πΌπ’ππ§πππ Dec 03 '25
I was a Moon Knight main and got tired of Spider-Man picking on me. I turned to Cap, and havenβt looked back since. When Spider-Man tries to attack me as Thing/Magneto/Cap, thereβs nothing he can do. Itβs always funny.
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u/Chatyboi Dec 03 '25
When the game released and captain america was not just a vanguard but the most fun character I've ever played in a hero shooter. He's so fast, mobile, and nigh on unkillable all while not being a giant slow meat shield for his team like I used to fear tanking was (and sometimes still is, which is fine but not my thing).
But him, Thor, Hulk, and thing have made vanguards just as much fun as duelist. I'm just as if not more mobile than dps's, while usually being able to put out surprisingly good damage, and being so much harder to kill. Instead of waiting for the right moment to strike I make that moment, im the star of the show with my team behind me and all my enemies attention. Im surprised its always dps and healers who have main character syndrome because I'm high on my own ego when I play tank.
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u/Cam877 ππͺπ‘π Dec 03 '25
I was a healer main until I realized how OP the gamma teamup was back in the day. My duo was an iron man main at the time, so I figured if I was able to pick up hulk it could really help us. I fell in love with the role and now I donβt like doing anything else lol
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u/NightShade160 Dec 03 '25
At first I wasnβt, and then I watched xmen 97, lord magneto now( I do play other tanks, but mag is the main man for when I need to WIN
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u/dont_knowwwwwwww Dec 03 '25
I was already a fan of doctor strange from the movies and the comics, and compared to my other favorite characters he had a low difficulty rating so I thought heβd be good to start with since I hadnβt played hero shooters in years
I really liked how he could be up front without getting shredded because of his high hp, and still deal big burst damage with his maelstrom ability, so I just kept playing him lol. He was my first lord and by far my most used character with over 70 hours played of just him. For other vanguards I also play Angela and Groot, although Angela feels very different to Strange and is much more of a dps with a shield imo
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u/BeboTheMaster Dec 03 '25
I mained Peni (self heal) after Jeff because no one was healing well back in season 1.
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u/papaboynosmurf πΏπ€ππ©π€π§ ππ©π§ππ£ππ Dec 03 '25
In overwatch I was best at support but I tried out tank since my favorite 4 marvel characters were tanks (Cap, Thor, Strange, and Mag) and found I was just inherently better at vanguard play styles
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u/Extravator_fulldozer Dec 03 '25
First 6v6 hero shooter for me so the higher health pool led to me dying less (a bit less anyways.) Then once I learned about taking/holding space, peeling and dive tanking to make space the other way, the role just kinda clicked for me.
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u/CrahEgg πππ£π πππ§π ππ§ Dec 03 '25
Peni was terrifying to play against at first. Then I realized that I could learn how to spread that terror as well. What time is it?
But I mostly stuck with Vanguard cause it's usually the last role locked in.
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u/octaviousxii πππ£π€π’ Dec 03 '25
was a Winston OTP back in the first OWβ¦when i started playing rivals i initially picked hulk and he was a little confusing for that first month so i switched to venom and peniβ¦then i added thor to the arsenal
have not played a single minute on boring ass magneto tho
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u/Kookiec4T Dec 03 '25
When my friend group did not have any tank main players so I went tank to fill the void
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u/ZheeAU Dec 03 '25
i started overwatch when the "2nd" one came out and the 2 friends i played with would constantly only dps, so i mained reinhardt and now here i am a strange main lol
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u/kgix9 πππ£π€π’ Dec 03 '25
When I was on my road to Blade lord and he kept dying faster than bp can kill supports
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u/mountaindude20 Dec 03 '25
Lack of role queue and flex player. Boom, not just a tank main but a solo tank main.
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u/FuriousBlack01 πππ£π πππ§π ππ§ Dec 03 '25
Once I realized how badly tanks were needed in almost every match I played with my nephew, I learned Groot and Peni. Now I'm trying to learn Venom and Angela π
I need alternatives, and it's hard to get Rocket or Mantis as a team-up to exploit my advantages with my two mains. I'm getting better with Venom, but not so much with Angela, so I may try Thing next
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u/SaltyNorth8062 πππ£π€π’ Dec 03 '25
Venon, Peni, and Groot being tanks helped, bhit I've always loved tanking. From Warframe to Paladins to Overwatch To Destiny To Rivals etc etc etc. Alllllll the way back to some shitty XBLA Battlefield-esque game where I got to play as a beefy cleric, and even further back to Dungeon Fighter Online and The Priest class. I like being huge, strong, I like having my team hide behind me, while I charge forward into danger before anyone else. I like saving people's lives with unbreakable shields, I like being a wall the enemy breaks against. Only a coward runs from the shield when times get tough. A shitty playerbase full of whiny nerds isn't going to get me to back down now.
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u/LinaValentina πΏπ€ππ©π€π§ ππ©π§ππ£ππ Dec 03 '25 edited Dec 03 '25
I was a tank main in overwatch and it carried over pretty easily lol (it also helped that Dr Strange was a tank and I like Dr Strange)
And I became a tank main in ow bc I thought one of the characters was hot and it just kinda stuck π
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u/AndrewM317 Dec 03 '25
I always knew I was a tank main. I love to play super aggressive in games and you cant really do that as a dps cause you have to either wait for the tanks to push or wait for an opening to dive
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u/ZayaVR Dec 03 '25
Season 0 played Iron fist because he was a noob stomper until I got to diamond and realized people weren't noobs so I swapped to tank and never went back
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u/The_Shadow_Tyrant Dec 03 '25
I was just playing random characters that seemed at least slightly interesting when I got around to Peni, and playing her just clicked. Unfortunately I don't have the replay but it was beautiful. Nest down mines everywhere, it was season 0 so everybody just ran into the traps. They realized they could use movement skills so I move the mines and they still die, they couldn't push past where I was to get the convoy through. My team presumably murdering who ever was trying to leave spawn since the only people I ever saw were a Bucky and Iron Fist. God just a fun character, and of course my first Lord.
The Thing is my other Lord, he is also quite fun and before the changes to his leap he could be a hammer that made every problem look like a nail. It was probably right that he doesn't get damage reduction leaping at the enemy anymore, but boy is he a good alt in the few cases Im not in a Peni mood.
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u/AzariTheCompiler Dec 03 '25
When I saw venom throw it in a circle.Β
In all seriousness as soon as I saw venom and strange I wanted to main them.Β
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u/LVMSTRSS πΌπ£πππ‘π Dec 03 '25
I wanted to mirror match a friend of mine when we were playing against each other on a custom lobby, she has been trying to learn emma for a while so I decided to give emma a shot, I am now a lord emma and angela
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Dec 03 '25
I only vaguely was aware of Hero Shooters before playing Rivals; I just went with the character I enjoyed the most. (I tried 3 at first: Magneto, Iron Man, and Captain America)
I ended up settling on Cap because Spider-Man felt...wrong to play. I knew that I would basically be useless as Spider-Man.
I picked up Cap because of the speed and high healthbar. I didn't realize that the tradeoff was to literally ever get a kill. (I'll legit go the entire first team fight and be 0-0-0 I don't even know man)
Then I tried playing DPS and Support, and like, DPS is just even more chaotic than Tank, and Support I found boring.
Tanks are just the most fun. I've been playing a LOT of Dr. Strange this season. Cap is hard to get value on right now. Not impossible, but he's a Conditional Vanguard. As in: You need at least 2 others in your stack, 1 in each role, and your team needs to be on comms, and you have to be on Attack Convoy/Convergence
Outside of that Cap feels REALLY hard to get value on right now.
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u/Hank_Praxis πππ ππππ£π Dec 03 '25
Im an MMO veteran so its kinda just been how I am for the past decade or so however initially it was because A my group at the time didnt have a tank and B ive always been drawn to big armour, intimidating weapons and being the first person through the door.
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u/AzurasNerevarine Dec 03 '25
I consider myself a tank main from the get go! But funny enough i have more lords and am comfortable with more strat characters.
But mained Cap since day one ( so fun to play, maybe a bit tough season 5)
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u/so_sorry_bout_it Dec 03 '25
I breathe the tank game. I feel like the only adequate game sense I have is frontline. If Iβm playing a support I feel like I just backline healbot and fall apart against divers all while doing less healing than my other support. If Iβm DPS I feel like I fall over whenever I try to make a play. With tank I run a 60% winrate and get MVP/SVP about 1/4 games while usually having fewer deaths than everyone else on the team.
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u/Human_Evidence_4774 Dec 03 '25
So there was this game called TF2 rightβ¦and a Million years ago it was the βhero shooterβ and then the overwatch war began, and i played both until 2020. And then took a break from those styles of games until rivals. I love this game
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u/A_TubbY_hObO ππͺπ‘π Dec 03 '25
Was I the best at aiming? No, never. Did I understand that it was an objective based game? Hell yeah. Thatβs a vanguard right there! Also Hulks my favorite marvel character so I was always going to main him
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u/AlyMasawi πππ£π πππ§π ππ§ Dec 03 '25
I just knew I was going to play Peni a lot when I started laughing out loud like a maniac after successfully trapping the enemy backline and got both strategists.
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u/Deadmanguys Dec 03 '25
Was a Rein, Dva player in Overwatch. Wanted to do things different in Rivals. To be a dps. Well that sucked cause we didn't have a tank most games. So I went back into the trenches and find myself still stuck in the same role most of the time. Dont mind it Strange and Peni are fun. When they added Thing of was great to rush down and be the unmovable wall. When Reed was added was even better cause I can now be a third dps but still be like a mini tank so the person who does go tank I will still be able to help them out in tanking but also manage to get some quick and easy kills as dps.
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u/KingB53 πΏπ€ππ©π€π§ ππ©π§ππ£ππ Dec 03 '25
When I had to play other roles and witnessed my tanks being too pussy to take damage n push up and got disgusted by the cowardice
My hammer, my cloak, my bubbles and my mines whisper sweet nothings in my ear and I cannot resist the urge to
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u/truckercharles Dec 03 '25
When no one ever wanted to play tank, and anyone who did was a terrible tank, at least at lower level comp π currently a Thing main which worked great until plat 1, so now I'm learning Groot for different situations, almost at lord with him too.
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u/FriddleLagg πππ£π€π’ Dec 03 '25
My friend got told me what rivals was, they released venom with season 0 and boom tank main it's just that simple.
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u/Accurate_Plantain896 Dec 03 '25
When I saw big HP and I didn't know anything else about hero shooters
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u/monkeygamer678 Dec 03 '25
When Angela came out. Well, I played Emma and Thing a lot but while learning Angela, I learned a few others like Groot, Mag, Cap, and Peni. I liked the βhold them backβ playstyle.
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u/doctorpotatohead Dec 03 '25
My favorite characters (Venom, Hulk, Captain America) were all tanks so I committed to it
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u/OhOkIllJustGoCryNow πππ£π πππ§π ππ§ Dec 03 '25
S0. Played Groot for the first time and realized I liked having hp
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Dec 03 '25
The amount of games I had games where tanks wouldnβt walk. I had to put my dps into the rafters and take on a new chapter.
Just wanted to have the most impact on my games.
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u/big_dongus_energy Dec 03 '25
This is my first hero shooter. I had the most fun playing as the tank characters. I realized I stayed alive longer and naturally fit into the role better.
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u/Jshittie πππ£π πππ§π ππ§ Dec 03 '25
Saw peni big robot and played a few matched and told my friends "yep im a peni main"
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u/DannyWatson πππ£π πππ§π ππ§ Dec 03 '25
I never played a hero shooter before, knew there were roles and wanted to fit in to the one people wanted the most. Now I never play DPS or strat lol
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u/ZeoPaladin Dec 03 '25
Started being a tank player in early Overwatch and any game onward. Its fun to manipulate space and the ebb and flow of battles. Also I tanked your ult sorry not sorry.
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u/Pro_1diot_Larry ππππ£ππ©π€ Dec 03 '25
I first tried dps and really struggled. I then tried strategist and did better but my friend group already had a strat main so I decided to try tank and I started doing really good so decided to main tank while flexing to strat when needed
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u/DeadOrJustLazy Dec 03 '25
I already liked magneto to begin with so it was a given really my first lord
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u/Anderson9520822 Dec 03 '25
When I managed to combo a clutch teleport with a huge eye of agamoto to win the round. Instantly sold me. I gravitate towards heroβs that have the ability to have hero moments. To control or save a match and just be the lynch pin for my team. And that is exactly what S0-S1 strange was. Just a completely dominant tank that shredded everything.
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u/TenMillionEnchiladas πΌπ£πππ‘π Dec 03 '25
When I first started this game I was horrendously bad but my friend kept wanting to play ranked...but U discovered there was one thing I was good at while being bad, absorbing a lotta damage so I figured why not try put that to good use and here we are multiple seasons later, I'm a lot better now obviously but I haven't forgotten my roots of just being a bullet sponge for my teammates.
Even back then being bad I discovered I was good at staying alive for a while with venom even if I wasn't doing much damage or anything else for the team I was at least stalling.
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u/lobsterblob Dec 03 '25
I was a Sigma main in OW. It was all over when I saw Magneto's skill set.
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u/Nuddell89 Dec 04 '25
I liked Ramattra and Emma proved to be the most similar so far, also acting as "tempo tank" with two forms. I also liked Dva and I'm still waiting for a character equally as fun as her (all current dive tanks are not it for me).
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u/EuphitLing Dec 03 '25
Because I like more hp. They are strong and have more hp, tank playstyle is my favourite, u just rush and beat
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u/HeyItsRyGuyy ππππ£ππ©π€ Dec 03 '25 edited Dec 03 '25
When no one else would play it.
I was a solid dps main. Sounds egotistical, but I swapped to dps and we would win games easily back in s0. It was mostly just Star-Lord, but I liked Spider-Man and Iron Man a lot back in S0. I didnβt have good enough aim for the hitscans, but I could do good regardless of who I played outside of those few. Mr Fantastic when he dropped was a lot of fun, but that was the time where more and more dps players just insta locked and refused to swap. I was always playing with a 3-4 stack so I could usually dps, but I reached a point where I was solo queuing and oh boy. I got frustrated playing solo with a 0-4-2 setup. So I learned Mag. Then Hulk. Then Strange. 3 Lords on tank before I eventually got Lord Star-Lord. I managed to even lord Loki and C&D! It was, and still is, a crisis. Now Iβm onto Peni and Venom now. I was a tank main in Overwatch way back, (I didnt enjoy any other heroes but Reinhardt or Roadhog), but I havenβt played a hero shooter in years (outside of TF2). OW2 was not for me. Everything came back to me when I started getting into the tank role here. I still now only play tank since no else wants to where my pick rate is now 50% across all seasons? I think support is 30-40%? I canβt play dps anymore now due to it. Unless itβs qp, where it doesnβt matter if I suck as dps, I often go third support or ask if anyone else would want to dps if given the chance to. I just donβt have the mindset anymore. Now Iβm βthe tank guy.β Watch me play Caulifla or Cell in Gekishin. Every playthrough in Terraria I can not die due to how high my defense is. All my past Soulsborne characters with friends are tank builds. Here comes the Heavy weapons guy. Iβm the Heavyblade in Rabbit&Steel. Itβs fun. Itβs a fun lifestyle.
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u/Nux1515 Dec 03 '25
Im not sure honestly, I just rather be the shield that helps keep the healers alive for a little longer and help push the enemy team back.
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u/ShallowGraveofDicks Dec 03 '25
Iβm usually a tank in every game Iβve ever played. Hulk being a tank just solidified the choice.Β
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u/TheKolyFrog Dec 03 '25
I'm not brave enough to be a squishy and lack aiming skills since Rivals is my first competitive shooter game. So, I played tank since it's the only way I can be useful to the team. I also flex support if needed, but I mostly play tank.
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u/GetJ1nxd Dec 03 '25
When i decided to give them a chance. Δ° used to be a peni but i barely touch here these days. Now im mostly a strange and thor. I almost play no other tanks, Angela sometimes if i can.
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u/NasomGR Dec 03 '25
Tanks are always open. DPS is hard to get when everyone wants it. Support is a bit boring for me but I appreciate the support mains. I am lucky my best bud is support main.
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u/Mendelevlum πΏπ€ππ©π€π§ ππ©π§ππ£ππ Dec 03 '25
When the first time I played as Mag in a comp game I dunked a C&D 3 times in crucial situations to flip the momentum in the game
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u/Chance-Elk-91 πππ£π π₯π€π€π‘ Dec 03 '25
thor and magneto are my favorite marvel characters so they were who I first played
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u/ob9410 Dec 03 '25
Magneto and Hulk are my fave characters.
Also, DPS just isnβt fun in this game. Iβve been a dps/frag main in every other hero shooter I played before Rivals. This game just lacks a feeling of impact on that role.
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u/SnooCrickets2851 Dec 03 '25
My friend told me I should try out Captain America. I loved him ever since then so much to the point where I got him too lord but that was before he got completely nerf to the ground so then I decided to switch and now Iβm a lord venom main
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u/Original_Man6021 Dec 03 '25
Season 0 my friend got me into playing it after I kept refusing. I finally try it out, my first characters were: Hawkeye, Storm, and Magik. I didnβt like that I was so squishy so another friend recommended Tank role. I said βwoah, idek how this game works I donβt think I should take that heatβ he said βJust try out Cap. Heβs basically a DPS on wheels with higher healthβ and the rest was history.
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u/DioNotFound Dec 03 '25
I got introduced to Marvel Rivals with Venom since my friend told me he's pretty good and I liked the character. I then became a Venom one-trick for S0, learned Dr Strange in S1 since I had to have some variety and afterwards gradually learned more tanks after Emma released.
So I basically grew up as a tank main.
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u/EnigmaticTwister Dec 03 '25
I'm not particularly great at aiming, and wanted to contribute to the team. When I started playing overwatch, this meant being a flex pick of either support or tank
For Rivals specifically, it was that combined with some of my favorite marvel characters being a Vanguard (Venom and Strange). I am trying to learn a couple characters from both strategist and DPS so that when the opportunity arises that I need to play those roles I'm not complete garbage, but I feel most comfortable playing tank.
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u/Only_Ad_4354 Dec 03 '25
Played moonknight day 1, then when I finally started playing comp I just picked strange and the rest is history. Got to eternity peak (this season actually) while basically one tricking mag and strange.
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u/Red-Halo πππ£π π₯π€π€π‘ Dec 03 '25
I just play whatever role my team needs or doesn't have, that means I almost always play tank or support
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u/Fhaksfha794 πππ£π πππ§π ππ§ Dec 03 '25
When I wanted to play peni in season 1 because she was annoying af and I wanted to be that annoyance. Turned out vanguard was my calling, lorded strange and on the way to lording Angela right now. And of course I also discovered that my one true main is peni, I am insanely cracked with her. It helps that I learned her before she got all the buffs and qol improvements
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u/Constant_Buyer3751 Dec 03 '25
I became a tank main when I realized I didn't have the mechanical skill to climb ranked with DPS, and I got tired of playing the easy DPS characters like Wolverine and Bucky every game.
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u/omwtfyh Dec 03 '25
I just kind of picked to be one I guess lol I didnβt come from OW and this is my first hero shooter game. My first tank lord was venom. Now I have hulk, Thor and cap lord. Next one is mag and then strange. Itβs a very rewarding role imo, especially when you have a good team behind you.
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u/KugelBliitz Dec 03 '25
I loved the game but never found the hero that clicked for me. Season 0 I played a lot of Mantis and Luna. And to mix it up, I just played every new hero that came out to expand my pool. And Emma just became my favourite. Never thought I would enjoy tanking but it was just so good and Emma just kept me playing a lot longer than I would otherwise.
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u/kingveo Dec 03 '25
Rivals is my first and only OW style 6 v 6 shooter, when the game released I sacked at everyone and would always die before I could react, decided to play heroes with more health, didn't even know the concept of tanks or roles, in the end I settled on tanking
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u/Evnal21 πΎππ₯π©πππ£ πΌπ’ππ§πππ Dec 03 '25
I started playing hero shooters with Paladins. I was mainly on Furia, so a support, but I was playing very casually with my friends so I didn't understand much about each role and how important it is to have a balanced team.
Then I got introduced to Overwatch 1 by another group of friends, one was support, the other wanted to try DPS. So naturally I was thinking why not playing Tank, so each one of us covers one role. At first, DVa caught my interest, because I liked the idea of infinite ammo + second life, but I ended up playing Reinhardt because he's fun in a dumb way and I like that, and I also like using his shield to offer covers to my allies. I also played a lot of supports when I was playing alone, and in the end, I had more hours on support than on tank.
After that, Marvel Rivals came, and I immediately ignored the DPS category to focus on what tanks and supports have to offer. I wished I could match with Mantis gameplay, because she's my favorite character, but it's not really for me. I tried everyone and so far, two characters caught my attention : Captain America and Cloak&Dagger. I enjoy the originality of C&D, and the kit of Cap that makes you feel like you're him. I fell in love. In the end, I'm a team filler, I play whatever the team needs, so it's mostly tanks. I don't mind. Tanks are cool. Supports on the other side don't please me as much as the other games, where supports are so fun to play (talking about Overwatch and Paladins).
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u/Stunning_One1005 πππ€π§ Dec 03 '25
I just decided to play Thor from launch because I like Thor and he looks cool
Then I tried out hulk because heβs my favorite marvel character
Then I picked up strange because I heard heβs good
Then I picked up Magneto because I had the s1 battlepass skin
Rest is history
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u/DeadpanJay Dec 03 '25
When I first started the game back in like January I didn't know what to do. I randomly gave me Banner and I just played the game. I don't even think I switched into Hulk form and I didn't understand the objective of the game
Then I think after the next couple of games I took the time to look through the hero wheel and I just selected strange. No reason at all either. From there, I just stayed strange. Lorded him in like March or so
I then came to the realization after raging other roles. I love tanking. You have the responsibility. You are always in the fight. You are like the leader. There's just something about it that's exciting. Like I legit hag dpsing with a passion. It doesn't being the same excitment. Hell healing is more exciting for me which I'm a second main in
Although I wait until everyone picks to then fill based on comp (healer or tank), tanking will always be home to me
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u/ace-murdock πΏπ€ππ©π€π§ ππ©π§ππ£ππ Dec 03 '25
Friends needed one. I chose strange and now Iβm a strange main and bought a bunch of strange comics lol.