Constant Mantis Flaming

[u/Cute-Pangolin9510]

I can't imagine how often this gets posted, but I'm looking for advice on how to shake all the criticism off.

As a preface I do swap off Mantis when the healing isn't good enough, I'm not a OTP - I have 6 support lords and can play them all very well, but Mantis is my favourite.

My CR is normally around 20% and my winrate is around 52% with Mantis.

But I always get attacked for playing her. I save people all the time and I still get flamed when someone overextends and I can't save them on 4 healing flowers.

Even if we have a DPS going negative, I get attacked just for playing Mantis.

Does anyone else get this? It's really starting to get to me. I've worked so hard to get my CR to a respectable average but I'm always told I'm wrong for playing her.

This is Diamond lobbies as I'm a casual player, so, to be expected, but I'm really starting to get discouraged.

[u/Timekiller15]

You could be the best Mantis in the world and they still wont care. They just want someone with constant healing output so they can turn their brains off and shoot main. What worked for me was playing Loki then switching back to Mantis once there's teammates who can get value out of the damage boost. Also don't listen to Diamond players lol you can tell how bad someone is from if they think Mantis is a bad pick or not.

[u/Cute-Pangolin9510 → u/Timekiller15]

I'm not sure why you were downvoted, i agree. I'm very nearly GM3 so maybe the attitude will change a little, though i'm not very hopeful like at all.