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Rein has a wonderful survival item called Crusader’s Cure.

It is a blue survival item that costs 3750.

It cleanses all negative effects on you every time you charge. Including of course discord orb.

So you go in, start swinging, and as soon as that discord hits you then charge at him.

Get shield stampede and gloom gauntlet for good measure.

Rein is my favorite tank to deal with Zen on because of this item.

It doesn’t matter how much attack speed or weapon damage or tankyatta items he has.

He will not be able to kill you before you kill him.

Please and thank you.

Love,
A support who desperately wants to help you.

Edit: There are some Zen mains in the comments who believe that the knock back from his kick and repulsion greaves is a counter to Rein.

I would just like to add that Rein also has a very good item for that as well.

It is called Iron Clad Cleats. 40% knockback resistance.

Now it says 40%. But it feels like 90.

You will not even notice the knockback from Zens kick.

You will barely notice the knockback from repulsion greaves.

I swear my Stadium win rate drops every time I see a Genji or Kiriko on my team.

Before anyone gets defensive, this is not a “Genji is bad” or “Kiriko is bad” post. I’ve seen both heroes absolutely dominate games.

I actually love Kiriko. I mained Kiriko for three seasons in regular Competitive. I’ve seen firsthand how oppressive a good Kiriko can be.

And while I don’t play Genji myself, some of my friends do, and they’re monsters with him. A good Genji can completely take over a lobby.

The problem is that both heroes have insanely high skill ceilings and need constant uptime to get value. If they’re not actively making plays, they’re not contributing much.

A mediocre Soldier still shoots people.

A mediocre Reinhardt still stands on the objective.

A mediocre Lucio still provides healing and utility.

A mediocre Genji spends four rounds trying to farm Dragonblade.

Then the big moment arrives.

“Ryūjin no ken wo…”

bleh

Dead.

I swear I hear Genji players die before they finish the voice line more often than I see them get value from Blade.

They spend the entire match building toward one play, and then immediately explode when they finally go for it.

Kiriko drives me crazy for a different reason.

The strongest part of her kit is Suzu.

A good Kiriko can completely negate fight-winning abilities with one cooldown. Junker Queen ults. Suzu. Mei ults. Suzu. Ana lands a huge anti. Suzu.

The problem is that most Kirikos never have it when they actually need it. Especially since the removal of 2uzu.

They’ll teleport to a teammate who’s at 90% health, instantly throw Suzu on them for no reason, and now the most important cooldown in their kit is gone.

The enemy team sees it too.

The second that Suzu hits the ground, every decent player knows Kiriko can’t stop anything for the next several seconds.

So Queen presses Q.

Mei presses Q.

Ana throws nade.

Whatever they’ve been waiting to use, they know Kiriko can’t answer it.

Then everyone’s screaming for Suzu and it’s nowhere to be found because it got thrown at a teammate who was never in danger.

Neither hero is weak.

That’s the frustrating part.

Both heroes are incredibly strong.

But they attract players who think they’re the carry, and most of them aren’t.

To my good Kiriko and Genji mains out there I know you see this too when others are playing your character.

And when I get both on my team in Stadium, I start mentally preparing for a loss before the match even begins.

Am I crazy, or has anyone else noticed this?

Hello my fellow stadium tanks. It’s a tough time for us out there right now.

I know this has been discussed on this subreddit but I don’t think I’ve seen a dedicated post about it.

If you are like me, most of the time your team mates are not reliable enough to save you from Jet Pack Cat’s ult.

It’s not really their fault. He is fast and hard to hit. And there is only a brief moment of opportunity to kill him after he casts it.

Enter the gadget Colossus Core. It is a purple gadget that costs 9500 money. It gives you fortify for just the brief moment you need to release yourself from him.

You have to be quick. And you can’t use the gadget when you are stunned from the initial impact. Use immediately after.

I’m sure a lot of people on this subreddit know this. But I have only seen a tank get it in game a handful of times.

I get it every time. It’s a bit annoying to have to spend that kind of money to solve one problem. But getting deleted by a support every minute and half costs you games.

It also has many other wonderful uses.

-Rein ult
- Sigma ult
-Mei ult
- Zarya ult
-Wuyang ult
- Queen ult
- Hazard ult
-Ashe ult (can stop bob’s charge)

Just wanted to share the love for anyone who may not know or realize how strong this gadget is for tanks.

Bonus tip for my supports out there:

Colossus Core has become a must pick for me on Mercy. You can use it when you rez. It lasts long enough to protect you during the entire process.

And it has a shorter cooldown at 25 seconds than the default Rez cooldown of 30 seconds.

No more getting slept or booped or hindered while you save the damned day.

Good luck out there stadium players.