u/Formal-Blackberry-68

I recently found out that you can use phoenix’s ult to shut down a Hela. How I’m wondering if you can cancel another Phoenix ult 🤔

During a ban phase, someone voted Spider-Man. The guy eating Doritos in the mic goes, “Don’t ban Spider-Man, I’m going to play Namor.”

So we don’t ban Spider-Man.

Game starts, they have a Spider-Man, he fails a pull & falls off the map.

Namor goes, “Oh this guy sucks, don’t worry about him.” And proceed to play flank Namor.

We manage to cap the first point, but we’re struggling to push because spider man was harassing our supports.

I get on the mic & go, “hey Namor, can you protect our supports from Spider-Man?”

He straight up goes, “That’s not my job”….

Excuse me????

You specifically said not to ban Spider-Man because you’re playing Namor…now it’s not your job?

His excuse was, “Spider-Man isn’t getting kills”

Which was true. However, I can’t push up as a tank if my supports are constantly paddy caking.

I tried to explain this to him & he muted me 💀

I wouldn’t call Thor a dive tank necessarily, however I can see why some people would. His ability to enable dive is great, & I wanna share some ways I like to do that. (Forgive format, on mobile)

-Poking the backline: Probably the most obvious. An important tip is to call out who you hit, so that your dive can follow up.

-Attacking enemy anti-dive: Shooting squids, baiting cooldowns like Thing slam or Emma grab give your dive more room to operate

-Take advantage of lack of heals: Sometimes the enemy supports are track stars, but they’re so busy running that their team isn’t getting heals. If you smack a tank and notice that they aren’t getting healed quickly, it’s probably a good time to focus them down. If you can use your surge to isolate them, even better.

-Use your Ult as bait: It’s butt anyway. Might as well try to force movement abilities so that your dive can follow up.

In his current state, Thor can be considered a Jack of all trades. He can brawl, he can poke, he can peel, he can dive, but he’s not really a master in any area.

If you could firmly slot Thor into a role, what would it be & how would you adjust him?

Just because you’re getting a lot of kills, doesn’t mean you’re helping your team win.

I’m sure we’ve all had games that felt way too easy, but somehow lost anyway. You’ve got 20 finals and no one else on your team could muster up even 5.

Wtf happened? Is your team braindead? Well, maybe. Sometimes people just suck at the game or don’t care.

But sometimes, you’re being selfish - Hear me out

I’m going to paint a picture- You’re playing Hela. In the first fight you hit an off angle and pick a dps & a support. 85% of the time this fight is already won, however you also lose two teammates. You’re after your 3rd final in under a minute but you suddenly get overwhelmed because hulk & daredevil have your team in a corner.

You also play Bucky, & can help create some space for your team, but so far you can’t miss on Hela & decide you’ll “swap after your Ult”, hoping your team will get it together.

They do not. Hulk and DD are playing hopscotch in your backline. You start to think in frustration, “Why can’t they just figure it out.”

But you’ve already figured it out. Play Bucky. But your ego is telling you that you can carry on Hela.

Getting a bunch of kills does not equate a win. Controlling the objective does. Sometimes this means swapping off the character you want to play, for the character your team needs.

Everyone knows that Thor is the best 1v1 in the game. But what does this mean throughout a match?

For one, you should be the one peeling - Ideally you’ll have a second tank, and when your healers call out for peels you should be foaming at the mouth. Don’t get greedy, your goal is to force the dive to disengage, & keep track of them because they are coming back. But anyone over staying their welcome should pay the price

You should attack enemy off angles - Use your awakening to force them to reposition. If you can close the distance and hammer them out of position, even better. Now you have an off angle 😉

If you flank, attack the support in the *back* - You want a support to have to turn around to keep their other support alive. If they don’t, it’s up to you to secure the kill. If they do & end up patty caking, well now you have to count on your team to take advantage 🙃. Again, don’t get greedy. The most important thing about playing Thor, especially in higher ranks, is knowing when to get tf out.

That’s pretty much the whole post

Possible team ups based on the ones other tanks have received.

Peni/Rocket- Thor gets another hammer throw. Enhanced: The hammer throws now do explosive aoe damage

Groot/Namor (I think)- A self healing bubble shield would be amazing

Magneto/Wanda - Thor can use his awakening normally, or use it to extend the range & damage on his normal melee attach. Enhanced: The attack inflicts slow & knock back

Hulk/Wolv- Easy, boosted attack speed

Emma/Luna - Thor can place a lighting wall that boosts team damage and reduces enemy damage. Enhanced: it’s bigger idk lol

Cap/Bucky - Thor can slam on teammates to give shield, or enemies to apply vulnerability. Enhanced- also gives speed boost/slow.

I know I missed a few but you get the picture. Thor was the first one mentioned on the list of “Hero’s we buffed” during the reveal. Idk I guess I just expected more

Not gonna lie, I got excited when I saw a post from the Wolv sub that said, “Thor got a better healing factor than us”.

No. We did not lol. I’ve seen a few Thors try to run away W/ 2nd life, not seeming to realize that they’re still gonna die 😭

The Angela team up? Forgettable. It’s on such a long cooldown for such a low impact ability, I usually look down at the end of a fight like, “Oh yeah, I had a spear”

I don’t know, it just seems like everyone got something shiny & new except us 😪

Triple support is a STALL tactic. So sick of losing the first offensive fight on a convoy map, and my teams first instinct is, “We need triple” NO WE DON’T.

Then, to make things worse, it’s usually 1-2-3 which means none of the 3 supports is going to get ult before the other team.

Or all 3 supports are dpsing because they assume the other supports are healing 🤦🏽‍♂️