Ever since I stopped and actually looked at what i was doing wrong as a tank main, I’ve blamed dps way less than I used to… It’s this toxic and easy thing to blame damage but alot of the time you can actually win a game with bad dps but lose when you have amazing dps and for that, you need to look at the tank/support line.
Prior to role queue, i attributed about 20% of my losses to toxic teammates who switched off tank/support because “we’re losing anyway, i might aswell switch since you guys are throwing,”
i have a suspicion that i really cant prove but im quite convinced of it:
the damage role attracts the most people with a “just wanna shoot stuff without further thought” mindset. those dont go into healer or tank role.
so naturally, we end up with a lot of DPS players who, even if theyre good mechanically, simply dont get or dont care for the whole of the game the way they should.
you barely find these people in tank or healer role because their kits (mostly) dont lend themselves to it. exceptions seems to be roadhog and moira.