I was 2 tiers away from hitting plat w/this new system. After hitting plat tonight with my tank, I decided to climb as support.
However, I don’t know if it’s the fact that I played late night (11 pm-2am) PST, but I had a loss streak of about 8 games before I finally placed my 7 wins. I went down 2 tiers on gold.
Every match is a mixture, I typically heal 14-18k as Bap. I do good damage, get picks, get a ton of assists and generally have decent positioning. However, the amount of badly positioned players, those who refuse to swap while getting countered, the no-game sense having tanks… it’s literal hell. How does one climb as solo-support? is it just bad RNG? Is there a blizzard forced-loss system in place? When I asking teammates in several lost matches what ranking they were at, I was told - “first comp game” - or "bronze/silver 5. Meanwhile, the opposition had good positioning, godlike reapers who flank and press Q to win.
I get it’s easier to carry as DPS/tank, but how does one do it as solo support. Did I just get terrible luck with teammates 8 games in a row?
It just doesn’t add up when you put in the stats and contribute but your team is utter failure. I watched a few replay of the losses and watching them feed or get caught out of position, or have zero aim accuracy was beyond disheartening.
It feels as if Blizz gives the opposing team great players, while the team I’m healing gets the low-end.
Frustrating.