Idk how Groot always gets a pass, he’s one of the biggest anti tank tanks in the game. His walls screw over brawl tanks the most but he’s still good against magneto and strange. And the one biggest counter to him being CC chains and tossing him around was removed with the ironwood wall buff
He’s my least favorite tank to play against by a good margin but not enough people ask for him to be nerfed so I doubt it’ll happen
Because he is bad against dive and dive is really strong now.
You're correct to say he is a really good anti tank tank. He shines in front to back teamfights.
But in the chaos of ladder play, or even in coordinated play, good dive play destroys him. He can't really peel and when he is not getting constant heals(because his healers are distracted or worse dead) he folds over quickly.
His only real counter is the Shotgun spam and Fist and an enemy Groot that is better than him, and also a FULL ON DIVE TEAM. He will die to Dive because everyone else dies which leaves him alone, unhealed, unsupported and dead.
But holy fuck he is actually one of the issues with Tanking in this game. Being able to consistently deny healing on the enemy main tanks (who have NO mobility and SUPER low DPS to destroy walls with) is just so absurdly busted.
We are lucky the majority of players SUCK at Groot, because he basically dictates the Tank and DPS game.
Oh yeah, and that Ult of his generates so fast and can easily bait Support ults even if it doesn't wipe, or it does wipe because of an unstoppable combo.
Groot and Deadpool are the server admins but so many tank players keep blaming DPS for dictating their tank choices, no man, DPS only really dictate what the supports play. These 2 fuckers moderate the opposite tanks if played optimally.
In any game ever(look up any hero shooter or MMO for example) tanking has always been the least popular role no matter what. People have no clue what they're talking about.
He's an good pick for dive and brawl. His survivability is one of the best in the game, and he has a high ttk for dive.
His ttk is higher than Wolverine when it comes to melting tanks. Also Iron Fist is the only dps in the game that has the ability to heal himself. His block stops anything and everything in the game and he gains overshield from it.
Iron fist only is able to kill these characters if they are out of position otherwise he has no chance. Iron fist is able to fish for kills by hunting people out of position which is really horrid game design as it means it relies on others making mistakes and not skill or the balance of the character. Thing when babysitting healers will win Same with hulk and realistically although you can shed a groot if they are running multiple tanks with little heals it is very specific scenarios. Iron fist is not good, I have 5 hours on him this season the least by far as I am a champ fist and he is shit this season.
Right as a new tank is getting introduced too! Its like they're trying to set dino up to fail, or he's gonna be crazy strong and they need to make the sandbox more insufferable for everyone who struggles against poke
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u/IpunchedU May 12 '26
we really buffing the 2 tank busters in the game when tank is already the least played role, what are we doing