I agree with the ranking.I play 4 of em.Peni I use only on defense, and I go MVP all the time.Hide your thingy well, hell I even block it with my body even they flank it,and take the shots myself.I switch to Strange on offense if I have many ranged dps, I go Venom if I see we have a dive comp.I started playing Thor 3 days ago and I already wreck.Just be mindful, Thor is an off tank, and although I played solo tank a lot, its not ideal.I play him smart so I dont die.To put it into perspective,you said tanks shoudnt go back to save teammates.Thor though excels at that.Thors bane is Peni webs.To finish, people need to realize some tanks are not meant to kill people.Dont look at the score to see how they performed.Disruption and chaos along with creating space is more important.
The amount of players I see saying "KDA Bro, switch characters" is astonishing lmaooo. I'm just like...if they main the character and are having a bad game...why would they play anything else? 😅
Thor is good, but most people use his awakening runes wrong I believe. I think the typical thor player dives backline and pops his awakening runes, and it ends up making him immobile(cant fly out) and you give the enemy team a free kill.
Of the mobile tanks, my experience is cap and venom are like Winston space making hard dive tanks. Jump on the supports and draw as much aggro as possible while staying alive. They have decent mitigation abilities. Thor and hulk I see play more successfully like DVA off-tanks. Contesting off-angles, fighting isolated dps, peeling for teammates with their cc, or backing up another dive tank.
I think using Magnetos ult as a defensive ult gives him sort sort of unique identity within the tank role, like eating star lords or iron mans ult to give an example. He also helps enable a dive bubbling an ally diver but I think hes right click feels unrewarding to land, same with his badics even of they do good damage. I main Capt. America and I agree with you on his placement and I hate playing against peni with captain america when ranged dps refused to attack the nest. His shield blunce does almost nothing to it :(. Hulk i find it more difficult to get value from right now out of all the tanks.
A good hulk biggest impact is creating chaos in the backline and peeling on and off too get flankers and help his supports and the amount of aggro he creates when diving he isnt necessary need alot of killsor damage but just pressure and making there backline a mess while protecting your own while still being good frontliner WITH anothher more densive tank. Thats why his jump is his biggest impact.
I would put Thor in the "Based on skill level" category. He can be a menace in the right hands and a useless ult battery in others. It takes a good amount of practice to master his kit. Not like peni who gets kills and value for just pressing E and existing.
I tend to do better with Magneto then I do Strange mostly because I just live longer. The trickiest part definitely is cooldown management. If you pace it really well, you can survive for quite a long time... but if you're being hounded and don't have a healer with you for the most part, his speed makes it harder to grab heals yourself and self sustain. ESPECIALLY if you're being hounded by the melee tanks. I learned that the hard way 😅 He definitely is not the straightforward tank like Strange. I'm ngl my friends and I dubbed him as terrible just because we looked at him as such and didn't understand his proper usage at first. I'm glad I stuck around because he's been one of my reliable mains now!
I have a video like that out right now already, it's a more general video though. I plan to make more direct ones soon. It's my how to escape each rank series so going over some of the dos a don'ts of tanking in general.
Havent been able to decide which one I'll like the most. I thini I like Capt but I don't know how to measure my impact as a tank. Part of mee thinks Hulk does his job better, since he can have his jump always charged and thus be "faster" than cap, has more vertical movement, he can stun one enemy while attacking another to make diving easier, and can do way more dmg than Capt.... (I still like more Capt ability set tho, feels more synergistic, even if i believe he needs a bit of a buff) Thor was nice but I dont know how to close the distance properly when teams are separated. And Strange is really efficient and cool but I just dont feel like learning/using his portal.
Happy New Year Poppin, Im loving Cap and Venom since coming from Smite. I use Cap like Bellona from Smite and Venom like Bacchus. Also just went back to Speedstorm and wow a lot has changed.
I am an ow tank main and what you meant is this: Tanks shouldn't stay back and protect, the tank protects the team by being a threat, applying pressure and baiting attention. And yes Peni is busted. I believed Thor is a brawl tank with Groot since they both excels at close range well thor maybe not only at close range
I enjoy listening to you talk! cool video. I'd personally swap magneto and cap, I feel like magneto has a really crazy skill ceiling and i've seen good magnetos carry games, whereas i've probably been killed be a total of 10 caps in around 60 hours of playing. I kinda just ignore him and then shoo him off if he starts tickling me, so I feel like he's more of a nuissance than anything, which isn't bad but doesn't feel justified. def doesn't work solo tanking. I'd also rate penny lower, unless you're in like bronze. I think she kind of sucks, unless you play her like a CC machine or hard counter (IE hard panther/magik). I think her mines are super easy to avoid/break (i've probably died to like 5 of them ever) but a good penny will ruin your day with that stun. I think Penny is designed as an "area denial" character, but her issue is that she contributes close to nothing to gaining a desirable area. While the role of tank is to earn space and exert pressure, she relies on her team to earn that space and then does a (in my opinion,) not amazing job at holding it against people who know what her skills do. As a result, she tends to do well on good teams that are already doing well without her, and do completely nothing in games where the opposing team is of equal or higher skill level. I think she's ok at defense payload where you can prepare, but utterly awful at about everything else. I feel like groot is a "dependant on skill" because i've played with and against a lot of groots that throw the game for their own team. it feels like they just be throwing walls randomly and cut off key lines of sight for their team, funnel confused players into bad corridors, and even block their own healers off. I think a good groot is a menace but a bad groot is a... well a menace but to *your* team. I could be wrong here, just my opinions. have a good day!
It's funny when Groots know they are blocking someone and still decide to leave the wall up. 😂 I'm just like...bro. LMAO Also, thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂
hulk is one of the most mobile tanks alongside venom in my opinion, with hulk you want to be constantly jumping if you look at ZBRAs gameplay (considered the best hulk player atm, its always banned when he's spotted) he's ALWAYS charging a jump which makes him incredibly annoying to fight I do agree with your ranking though, he is incredibly good with a good player
I d say Thor is more mobile than Venom.I constantly do my dash.Like every 2 secs.Venom has what, a 12 sec cooldown?I play both Thor and Venom btw, I ve seen videos only of Hulk so I agree on that.
It makes sense I play captain America and magneto I love a good challenge in life But when time gets low in game I will change to Groot or Thor depending on what’s needed I hate stopping people from playing a game/using their ability so I’ll never touch Peni
Just started my comp grind a few days ago. Just got to bronze 1 almost silver 3 today. Gotta say, it's not a fun time down in these ranks. I've had back to back MVP/SVPs today as vanguard. If I gotta sweat this hard to get out of the low ranks I almost don't want to continue playing lol.
It only feels that way because you're learning and improving. It'll pass once you surpass the skill needed for the rank. I think you should keep going, you got this! I actually have some videos on how to get out of bronze (will continue the series going to different ranks). Check it out if you feel a bit of resistance. As I said before though think you got this, keep your head up! 💪 Also, gratz on the MVP/SVP.
@NinthCircleGaming I'm saying once you get the skill, you won't notice it. That's how good you'll be. When you belong in a rank you notice it more. I hope that better explains it?
I like Peni a lot but I feel like I can't solo tank with her, like if I try to keep my team alive I die myself and I struggle a lot when there's 2 tanks or just people breaking my nest even if I try to body block it or hide it
Solo tanking with any tank takes practice. I have some content coming out really soon about it (kind of) 👀. I know needing to solo tank is a low rank and high ranks prob. Mid rank I noticed tends to run 2 tanks oddly enough
I dont mean to be offensive but i feel like the low rank for Magneto come more from not understanding what makes him so strong. I personally think hes a top 2 or 3 tank in the game.
I main Magneto. Idk why exactly I love him so much but... I do. I think he gas his nieche and is different enough to Strange... but I can't put it into words. They just play differently imo. (I main Mags with 20h on him and Strange with 10h on him. My winrate is better with Magneto than it is with Strange xD)
@christmasgoomba1460 yeah but you could have given that role to Iron Man, Wolverine, Punisher or someone else from Marvel. They could have added the Thing, War Machine, or Drax, Thanos instead to fill that role
@@christmasgoomba1460 nope. Not at all. He is a skinny doctor. Who is a strategist. The other 3 names I gave u were clearly Tanks. Especially Wolverine for me
@Parth-gx1nw not every tank needs to be big and muscular. He's tall and his huge cape adds to his hitbox. He also has a shield which is an ability typically used by tanks.
i thought magneto was a top 5 tank i main magneto w a squad i play we go 1 tank 3 dps n 2 healers n we smack stuff im not no grandmaster but i only started playing ranked 2 days ago im plat already
What does Elo mean?
Rank
Dr. Strange is banned a lot in high ranks, so Magneto is definitely worth learning.
Why is Strange banned
@beelee6025 He's considered the best tank in the game currently.
go Groot 🌳
this list is literally the pro's list backwards lmao
It's not a tier list for pros. 😉
I agree with the ranking.I play 4 of em.Peni I use only on defense, and I go MVP all the time.Hide your thingy well, hell I even block it with my body even they flank it,and take the shots myself.I switch to Strange on offense if I have many ranged dps, I go Venom if I see we have a dive comp.I started playing Thor 3 days ago and I already wreck.Just be mindful, Thor is an off tank, and although I played solo tank a lot, its not ideal.I play him smart so I dont die.To put it into perspective,you said tanks shoudnt go back to save teammates.Thor though excels at that.Thors bane is Peni webs.To finish, people need to realize some tanks are not meant to kill people.Dont look at the score to see how they performed.Disruption and chaos along with creating space is more important.
The amount of players I see saying "KDA Bro, switch characters" is astonishing lmaooo. I'm just like...if they main the character and are having a bad game...why would they play anything else? 😅
Thor is by far the hardest tank to master that’s why mains are so good we don’t quit after 5 hours of figuring it out. Most try 2 matches and switch.
as a thor main this tier list did not disappoint lol
Thor is good, but most people use his awakening runes wrong I believe. I think the typical thor player dives backline and pops his awakening runes, and it ends up making him immobile(cant fly out) and you give the enemy team a free kill.
Of the mobile tanks, my experience is cap and venom are like Winston space making hard dive tanks. Jump on the supports and draw as much aggro as possible while staying alive. They have decent mitigation abilities. Thor and hulk I see play more successfully like DVA off-tanks. Contesting off-angles, fighting isolated dps, peeling for teammates with their cc, or backing up another dive tank.
I think using Magnetos ult as a defensive ult gives him sort sort of unique identity within the tank role, like eating star lords or iron mans ult to give an example. He also helps enable a dive bubbling an ally diver but I think hes right click feels unrewarding to land, same with his badics even of they do good damage.
I main Capt. America and I agree with you on his placement and I hate playing against peni with captain america when ranged dps refused to attack the nest. His shield blunce does almost nothing to it :(. Hulk i find it more difficult to get value from right now out of all the tanks.
Yeah, I think the Hulk is the one that takes the most time investment out of all the tanks.
A good hulk biggest impact is creating chaos in the backline and peeling on and off too get flankers and help his supports and the amount of aggro he creates when diving he isnt necessary need alot of killsor damage but just pressure and making there backline a mess while protecting your own while still being good frontliner WITH anothher more densive tank.
Thats why his jump is his biggest impact.
I would put Thor in the "Based on skill level" category. He can be a menace in the right hands and a useless ult battery in others. It takes a good amount of practice to master his kit. Not like peni who gets kills and value for just pressing E and existing.
Bro coming in hard with the Thor shade 😂. Love the video though. Probably the best tier lists I’ve found on Rivals.
LMAO, look....😂 Thank you for the kind words also, really appreciate it.
I tend to do better with Magneto then I do Strange mostly because I just live longer. The trickiest part definitely is cooldown management. If you pace it really well, you can survive for quite a long time... but if you're being hounded and don't have a healer with you for the most part, his speed makes it harder to grab heals yourself and self sustain. ESPECIALLY if you're being hounded by the melee tanks. I learned that the hard way 😅 He definitely is not the straightforward tank like Strange. I'm ngl my friends and I dubbed him as terrible just because we looked at him as such and didn't understand his proper usage at first. I'm glad I stuck around because he's been one of my reliable mains now!
Thanks for the video! Would you be making a how to tank properly guide?
I have a video like that out right now already, it's a more general video though. I plan to make more direct ones soon.
It's my how to escape each rank series so going over some of the dos a don'ts of tanking in general.
@@poppinoftenwithlofton6036 Thank you, will be looking forward to it, especially for new players like me coming into the hero shooter genre.
Havent been able to decide which one I'll like the most. I thini I like Capt but I don't know how to measure my impact as a tank. Part of mee thinks Hulk does his job better, since he can have his jump always charged and thus be "faster" than cap, has more vertical movement, he can stun one enemy while attacking another to make diving easier, and can do way more dmg than Capt.... (I still like more Capt ability set tho, feels more synergistic, even if i believe he needs a bit of a buff) Thor was nice but I dont know how to close the distance properly when teams are separated. And Strange is really efficient and cool but I just dont feel like learning/using his portal.
Hulks great. I used to love captian until I learned hulk.
Happy New Year Poppin, Im loving Cap and Venom since coming from Smite. I use Cap like Bellona from Smite and Venom like Bacchus. Also just went back to Speedstorm and wow a lot has changed.
Ah smite, that brings back memories. I remember no character names LMAO 😂. I really loved the Baron Samedi though.
Have you tried smite 2?
I am an ow tank main and what you meant is this: Tanks shouldn't stay back and protect, the tank protects the team by being a threat, applying pressure and baiting attention. And yes Peni is busted. I believed Thor is a brawl tank with Groot since they both excels at close range well thor maybe not only at close range
I enjoy listening to you talk! cool video.
I'd personally swap magneto and cap, I feel like magneto has a really crazy skill ceiling and i've seen good magnetos carry games, whereas i've probably been killed be a total of 10 caps in around 60 hours of playing. I kinda just ignore him and then shoo him off if he starts tickling me, so I feel like he's more of a nuissance than anything, which isn't bad but doesn't feel justified. def doesn't work solo tanking.
I'd also rate penny lower, unless you're in like bronze. I think she kind of sucks, unless you play her like a CC machine or hard counter (IE hard panther/magik). I think her mines are super easy to avoid/break (i've probably died to like 5 of them ever) but a good penny will ruin your day with that stun.
I think Penny is designed as an "area denial" character, but her issue is that she contributes close to nothing to gaining a desirable area. While the role of tank is to earn space and exert pressure, she relies on her team to earn that space and then does a (in my opinion,) not amazing job at holding it against people who know what her skills do. As a result, she tends to do well on good teams that are already doing well without her, and do completely nothing in games where the opposing team is of equal or higher skill level. I think she's ok at defense payload where you can prepare, but utterly awful at about everything else.
I feel like groot is a "dependant on skill" because i've played with and against a lot of groots that throw the game for their own team. it feels like they just be throwing walls randomly and cut off key lines of sight for their team, funnel confused players into bad corridors, and even block their own healers off. I think a good groot is a menace but a bad groot is a... well a menace but to *your* team.
I could be wrong here, just my opinions. have a good day!
It's funny when Groots know they are blocking someone and still decide to leave the wall up. 😂 I'm just like...bro. LMAO
Also, thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂
@@poppinoftenwithlofton6036 haha glad i'm not alone there! Keep it up.
hulk is one of the most mobile tanks alongside venom in my opinion, with hulk you want to be constantly jumping
if you look at ZBRAs gameplay (considered the best hulk player atm, its always banned when he's spotted) he's ALWAYS charging a jump which makes him incredibly annoying to fight
I do agree with your ranking though, he is incredibly good with a good player
I was gonna say the same thing as u, hulk is a beast and most definitely not ‘slow’.
I d say Thor is more mobile than Venom.I constantly do my dash.Like every 2 secs.Venom has what, a 12 sec cooldown?I play both Thor and Venom btw, I ve seen videos only of Hulk so I agree on that.
It makes sense I play captain America and magneto I love a good challenge in life
But when time gets low in game I will change to Groot or Thor depending on what’s needed
I hate stopping people from playing a game/using their ability so I’ll never touch Peni
The top player in the world has been tearing things up with the hulk if that means anything.
Honestly as a person who comes from league and the og overwatch (offtank player) I thought that hulk was the strongest tank in the game on launch 😂
Just started my comp grind a few days ago. Just got to bronze 1 almost silver 3 today.
Gotta say, it's not a fun time down in these ranks. I've had back to back MVP/SVPs today as vanguard. If I gotta sweat this hard to get out of the low ranks I almost don't want to continue playing lol.
It only feels that way because you're learning and improving. It'll pass once you surpass the skill needed for the rank. I think you should keep going, you got this!
I actually have some videos on how to get out of bronze (will continue the series going to different ranks). Check it out if you feel a bit of resistance.
As I said before though think you got this, keep your head up! 💪 Also, gratz on the MVP/SVP.
@poppinoftenwithlofton6036 it's not about skill man lol. It's a teammate lottery down in these ranks
@NinthCircleGaming I'm saying once you get the skill, you won't notice it. That's how good you'll be. When you belong in a rank you notice it more. I hope that better explains it?
Can you make that solo tank guide? Could really use it!
Coming soon for sure!
Thor could main tank if you know when to disengage and manage cool downs properly
Hulk is fast you just have to keep jump primed also he’s 3 characters. I use him as a dps and at the last second I pop hulk and shield everyone.
I like Peni a lot but I feel like I can't solo tank with her, like if I try to keep my team alive I die myself and I struggle a lot when there's 2 tanks or just people breaking my nest even if I try to body block it or hide it
Solo tanking with any tank takes practice. I have some content coming out really soon about it (kind of) 👀.
I know needing to solo tank is a low rank and high ranks prob. Mid rank I noticed tends to run 2 tanks oddly enough
Got a subscriber
I dont mean to be offensive but i feel like the low rank for Magneto come more from not understanding what makes him so strong. I personally think hes a top 2 or 3 tank in the game.
I main Magneto. Idk why exactly I love him so much but... I do. I think he gas his nieche and is different enough to Strange... but I can't put it into words. They just play differently imo. (I main Mags with 20h on him and Strange with 10h on him. My winrate is better with Magneto than it is with Strange xD)
Hey, if you love a character, you love a character. That's what the game is all about. 🙌
Thor Guide?
I just dont understand why Dr. Strange is even a Tank.💀
Not everyone can be a duelist
@christmasgoomba1460 yeah but you could have given that role to Iron Man, Wolverine, Punisher or someone else from Marvel. They could have added the Thing, War Machine, or Drax, Thanos instead to fill that role
@Parth-gx1nw yeah but Strange still fits the tank role
@@christmasgoomba1460 nope. Not at all. He is a skinny doctor. Who is a strategist. The other 3 names I gave u were clearly Tanks. Especially Wolverine for me
@Parth-gx1nw not every tank needs to be big and muscular. He's tall and his huge cape adds to his hitbox. He also has a shield which is an ability typically used by tanks.
im farming so hard on thor
i thought magneto was a top 5 tank i main magneto w a squad i play we go 1 tank 3 dps n 2 healers n we smack stuff im not no grandmaster but i only started playing ranked 2 days ago im plat already
That's because you squad. This is a solo queue tier list. 🙂
@ so you’d say tanks are ranked differently w different comps or based on squad ?
All characters are. Team play is different from random in all games to be honest. 🤔
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