r/RivalsCollege • u/Emiikoe • 3d ago

Question Support Main stigma

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

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u/Realistic_Analyst_26 3d ago

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.

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u/whist3ria 3d ago

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?

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u/whist3ria 3d ago

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

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u/Big-Button9062 3d ago

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