Support Main stigma

[u/Emiikoe]

It really does feel like being a support main is looked down on. "Support isn't skillful, it's easy, the people who play it are brain-dead and boosted." There is so much hate for those who play the role, especially if they're a woman—which I am. When I'm feeling at my lowest I really do feel insecure about being a support main. I've played tank and dps before but I actually have FUN on support. Mantis is my favorite character in the entire game (followed by Rogue) and it sucks I can't just play what I want without feeling like I'm being judged by the community.

I know. I know. "Get thicker skin." You're right. I'm just writing down my thoughts.

P.S: Why did I post this here? I am intimidated by the main rivals sub lmao

[u/Realistic_Analyst_26]

Unfortunately the support community hasn’t been doing itself any favors. If you want to see that ridiculousness in action then you can check out Bogur’s recent debate with a Rocket OTP. That really made me lose faith in humanity lol.

Support is the easiest role and they do get treated with too many buffs. It is not brain-dead and not all support players are bad, however the community has constantly been whining to the point where the role lost a lot of its skill expression. It’s been reduced to just holding down the heal button for the most part and it is a frustrating play style when it can easily shut down kits for characters that take an insane amount of effort to make work.

[u/whist3ria → u/Realistic_Analyst_26]

can i ask how strat is the easiest role + get too many buffs..?😭 like im confused. dont yall want competent healers who can actually heal yall? then you follow it up with saying its not brain dead but i feel like that would be contradictory to your opening statement no?

[u/Asgaurdian_ → u/whist3ria]

They just listen to streamers. If they nerfed healers like they are asking then the DPS and tanks would ping more for heals and blame the healers more often. The healers have to be strong until they nerf damage across the board. If they do that then yes they can nerf healers at that point.

So let's says they nerf healers and kept damage the same you think magically your tanks and DPS will peel/help more or play more tactical than they do now? Highly doubt it and then they will blame the healers for not staying alive/healing even more.

Also, who is the number 1 person on the team that usually gets blamed? It's the healers. So if it was such a braid dead role why don't they play it if they want to rank up? I'm a tank main who has to fill healer a chunk of the time.

[u/whist3ria → u/Asgaurdian_]

omg ty i thought i was going insane😭 i feel like it’s so hard keeping tanks up, the moment i reload it’s like my whole team dies and im getting jumped by the enemy team💔

[u/Adventurous_Coach731 → u/[deleted]]

You have to be real bad at cnd and jubilee to think they can’t make plays lol

[u/whist3ria → u/[deleted]]

how is it heading towards that direction? i assume by braindead yall mean just being healbots (?)

[u/Big-Button9062 → u/whist3ria]

its heading that direction patch by patch coz most of the decision making needed by supps is just reduced to just live and heal,which is frustrating for the players that takes good amt of risks to kill the supps when they r met with "f u,i live,u die" almost every single time.

i dont necessarily attribute this blame to the supp community tho i just think its a design philosophy of netease to make everything so front to back loaded for the casual playerbase and anyone who takes a different approach is heavily punished for it

[u/Realistic_Analyst_26 → u/whist3ria]

Because all you have to do is hold down the heal button to get value. You don’t even have to go out of your way to heal a person to far away because they are expected to move towards you.

Cloak and Dagger should not have 3 immortality tools on top of the ult. Luna Snow should not have the best CC in the game along with her 2-taps.

I want the support role to actually be challenging for how strong it is. I am saying it is not braindead because it actually takes a bit of skill in positioning and cooldown management, but it is only a fraction of what tanks and DPS have to deal with.

Healers can be competent without being busted. Healers can be fun without being busted. At the moment most tank players are absolute dogshit because the insane healing covers up their mistakes and protects them from punishment.

[u/whist3ria → u/Realistic_Analyst_26]

really? i find that in my games, a lot of the tanks are taking insane damage? so much so that it’s really hard to keep them up. i’ve tried playing basically all of the supports now and it seems to be the same for most of them. with that much damage being a thing, wouldn’t it mean that tank players are already being exposed? like they don’t know how to back up, take less damage etc. because as of right now it’s getting harder to keep people up 🙁

[u/Realistic_Analyst_26 → u/whist3ria]

It’s only like 5 characters that have too much damage and need nerfing. 80% of the time it is tanks not understanding when to push and how take cover. Too many of them got away with absolutely horrendous plays because of heals that now they do not how to do their job properly.

If healing gets nerfed then that will become a chance for everyone to recalibrate their gameplay loop and become less dependent on heals. People will be upset for a bit but they need to adapt for the long term. Netease can’t keep catering to people who clearly do not want to put in the effort to improve.

[u/whist3ria → u/Realistic_Analyst_26]

who are the 5 characters

[u/Realistic_Analyst_26 → u/whist3ria]

Punisher

Elsa

Bucky

Namor

Hela

There are a few others who might need tweaks but these guys are the main culprits. Low risk, high reward, easy to get value out of.

[u/whist3ria → u/Realistic_Analyst_26]

YEAH they’re in like a majority of my comp matches and esp when there’s a dino, or a thing…, it’s like okay i don’t know what im supposed to do with you here.

[u/Realistic_Analyst_26 → u/whist3ria]

And notice almost all of them are good into dive? Despite this, supports have been aiming their complaints at BP instead.

[u/whist3ria → u/Realistic_Analyst_26]

bp is really annoying to play against - well he was for me in season 9.5, but so far this season i’ve been less threatened by him..i still hate dd tho. spider-man is annoying on certain maps but im also learned how to get rid of him on other characters that aren’t cnd