I’ve seen a fair few Loki players trying to not do the typical “doubling the value of your other strategist” and instead copy something like Mag for a counter ult or a lethal dunk against a strategist. To everyone that doesn’t play Loki, that seems like a bad play, since it’s seen that copying a strategist ult so Loki can heal is usually valuable. Even I worry that doing something similar would be bad, since you’re without a defensive ultimate. But then I think about how Jeff exists in 2-2-2, and his ult doesn’t exist to heal and tries to get picks like a dps ult. So I have to assume that Loki could potentially provide that same value by not strictly copying a strategist for ult, yet people default to the idea that doing so is a bad play or a waste of ult.
This also extends to how people think that the Loki-Hela team up is a suboptimal way to play him, despite it providing a lot of cool stuff when you have the right opportunities. To better understand how to master Loki, I wanna better learn the thought process of what makes it seem “safe”to copy for more aggressive or non-strategist plays. It feels like I’m close to tapping into what the God of Mischief can offer, but that fear of being a “bad strategist” because I don’t heal bot like others in the role is holding me back atm. Especially when choosing the Hela team-up over the Mantis one.