1. You don’t have to worry about one shots from widow or Hanzo, ever. Sure they’ll go for your team, but you can take riskier players knowing you won’t be deleted

  2. You can cancel or flat out tank most ultimates. Dva, Sigma, Orisa can eat or block most dps ults, rein can block, Zarya can cleanse, etc

  3. You have the ultimate with the most potential for team kills. That’s because most tank ults are for CCing or displacing the enemy so that your team gets the advantage, allowing for 1 ult team wipes

  4. You don’t really have to worry too much about picking off enemies yourself - your job is to make space (by literally taking it or by displacing the backline), and to peel for your team

  • ShoeshankBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They feel that way because they were designed with that in mind. In 6v6 we had 1 tank whose main job was team protection and 1 tank who peeled and backed up the main tank.

    Also all of those tanks that were built “with protecting the team in mind” are better off using their abilities selfishly for most of the match.

    The community desperately needs to get away from the “traditional tank is only tank” mindset because it just causes them to lose more games and have less fun.