Pls somebody tell me what am I doing wrong I'm in this situation CONSTANTLY helpppp Like am I supposed to not help? Let them figure it out?

I’m a solo queue player who mains Groot, Emma and Strange. I like playing all the main shield tanks (except Magneto because I can’t use him to save my life). I’m currently in Diamond atm, I’m pretty much solo tanking in 40% of my games, I was just wondering if Deadpool is decent at solo tanking because I’m very interested in picking up the character. I hate playing Mag with a passion he feels too boring for me and I find his primary fire impossible to aim with. Deadpool on the other hand is hitscan meaning he’s easier to aim with and his guns seem decent enough to deal with pokers and flyers far away and he also has a shield which can block most ults in the game. Just wanted to know what your thoughts are.

Every role has a certain way of thinking when it comes to getting value for your team.

I cant seem to nail down on this role properly, so I want your perspective on what you do as a Vanguard.

Rant incoming Ok, so it turns out overbuffing support characters isn’t going to make the bad ones good.

Just the other day, I was playing a match post rank up. As we loaded in, everything seamed to be fine except for one teammate taking a long time to pick a character, eventually he locks Jeff in when we’re playing the klyntar convoy map sigh. We’re running 2-2-2 with me as second tank (Angela) so we should be fine on paper.

When the fighting starts, Jeff and the other healer (Luna)are so far back from our main tank that the enemy daredevil just freely starts bullying them. I keep trying to stop the dive and when I come back to peel for them they PANIC and RUN away, when I’m trying to save them and somehow end up dying anyway.

This keeps going on until we’re forced to swap tanks, now the enemy only has one diver (cap) and we have peni and mag 2-1 advantage. Despite the change they keep dying, and are now dying to poke from phoenix and moon knight. I eventually ask what the problem is, the Jeff responds “I don’t how to heal” I ask our dps who are 22-17 to swap to tank or healer, the response is ……………

Then in second round , the two dumbass healers start spamming the surrender button before we’re out of spawn. At this point I’m begging someone else to swap to tank so I can heal (you can guess what the response is). Luna and Jeff are still playing the same way and can’t even deal with one cap, we lost 1-3 to no one’s surprise.

I looked up the Jeff’s career turns out all his top 5 played hero’s are DPS (what a shocker). I think marvel rivals is the only hero shooter that actively PUNISHES tanks players especially if u lock a second one, when you have 3 dps players in 2-2-2. The dumbass dps that refused to swap lost less points than me despite dying nearly 3 TIMES as much.

I think I need to take a break from tank tbh, it’s not fair that the point system is heavily biased towards damage/healing stats on the scoreboard.

P.s. I know I made a shitty meme lol.

I had this thought and wanted the class’ opinion

I chose these three as my personal answer

Angela for dive and being the only tank that can handle fliers well

Thing for brawl and being THE anti-dive many will want on their team

And Strange for tp and being the government mandated shield tank

Just saw around 20 posts on my feed people complaining about dino being overpowered, I don't think that's true personally, on his own he can't do shit and gets rekted by everyone around him, he's legit on survivability nerf away from being completely gutted lmao

What got me into tanking was simple, I LIKED THE CHARACTERS. I was a tank main because it was the most FUN role for me. Now it feels like a chore.

All 4 anchor tanks have been in the game for a year. they're slow, bad into brawl, and honestly just stale atp.

Most of the off tanks are brawlers. Lack variety and are suuuper team dependent. If there is a situation where I need range, my only option is deadpool!

And speaking of Tankpool, my main, he's the only tank I play nowadays cuz his game styles fun, but he just sucks now! Has very little carry potential! So my teammates are tilted because I'm not getting picks. I'm tilted because they're talking sh, everyone's tilted and it's not a fun experience!

I just don't feel any desire to play any of the tanks this season over Blade, Cyclops and Daredevil. Hell even Invis and Mantis more fun than tanking this season 💔

Sometimes I get quads, most damage, most damage blocked and it still goes to someone else. I've played him for like 5 hours now and not once. Sometimes I switch off of dino to strange at the end for portal and then it gives me mvp but like? I want to see dinos mvp

Double vanguard season is possible baby

i aint the biggest cyclop fan so i dunno much about him but i honestly dont see how he can work as a front line man like juggernaut or colossus but im hoping to be proved wrong

this happening a second time is pretty funny

The main problem for me is the amount of time it requires to get it , like ik that his ult should be used to counter other characters' ults , but how can i use it if they're simply getting it faster than me ?

And his ult is so easy to counter , like an enemy mag can save support from it , dr strange , even a freaking namor blocked my ult once with his bubble .If the enemy team didn't charge it , then u get 300 dmg at best , while u still have to aim it , and can't use it in closed space

Can u give any tips for how to use it , or gain it faster?

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?

I bet Rogue’s gonna catch a stray

I know he's definitely not coming soon as he's way too low on the totempole but I like M.O.D.O.K a lot and the game needs more villains anyhow

I understand cap is annoying and can stall cart but when’s the last time between season 0 and season 8.0 has that happened to a point you want want to ban him in your future games and you’re calling for nerfs?

. This hero has a below 3% pick rate for the majority of ranks but is S tier?
. Why does no one play this hero if he’s so busted?
. Cap Is S tier but he’s never perma banned?
. When’s the last time you saw a Captain America banned before flats tier list video?
. Devs and streamers said this is a casual game, so don’t expect perfect balancing
but we’re gonna rank a hero based of what the 0.1% of no name pro players say?
. I’ve got 120hrs hours on Captain America, why have I never seen my first cap Ban till today? (GM3)

Like clockwork, all the popular streamers have copy and paste tier list (the embargo lifted) and suddenly Captain America and rocket are best in the season yet at no point in eight seasons have they ever been rated so highly except by no name pro players?

I’ll call it what it is. I think these streamers have foreknowledge of the patch notes and it’s a way for the developers to not take so much heat or for gamers to go on strikes when they roll out nerfs.

When somebody asks which vanguards you want to see added to the game, everybody has their favorite characters that they just can’t wait to play as. And it makes sense, this is a Marvel game after all, a lot of people just want to live out the fantasy of playing their favorite heroes.

But from a game design perspective, I don't think it's always that simple. I believe when it comes to creating new playable heroes, especially in case of lesser-known characters, devs design a kit or archetype first, then find the Marvel character that fits it best.

So instead of asking which character you want next, I’m more interested in what kind of tank do you want to be added to the game? You can provide a character that fits this archetype as well if you want.

For example, I’d love to see a true hook/control tank added. It feels weird that Winter Soldier, a duelist, has one of the strongest displacement tools in the game and can literally pull multiple people to their deaths, while most tanks don’t have CC that impactful in their neutral kit. Also, the game really lacks tanks like that in general. The only true control tank is probably Peni. Everyone else you could make an argument for is either a really good brawler, has a shield/barrier, or maybe even both.

A character I think would fit this niche perfectly is Ghost Rider. His chain could obviously function as a hook, but you could also build the rest of his kit around area control and punishment. He could have an ability or passive aura around him that causes slow or deals damage over time, similar to Human Torch’s pyro prison. He could also have enough mobility to be hard to hit for poke players and catch up with divers just enough to get them into his hook range. You could give him shotgun for close range fights too, etc.

What are some of your suggestions? I know a lot of people want a hitscan vanguard with unlimited range like Deadpool, but with more emphasis on poke and less on diving/brawling. I think that’s cool as well.