I love the clutch saves and the feeling of protecting my teammates/saving them. I don’t care about kills or mobility really. What role should I play and specifically what hero?
If you’re after the feeling of protecting your teammates, I think Reinhardt remains the undisputed champion. I’ve been flexing onto him a lot more lately, and I’ve honestly been having a blast. Your responsibilities are split between creating as much space as you can for your team, soaking up damage with your shield, and playing mind games with the enemy main tank (especially if it’s another Rein). When you have good supports backing you up, Rein is incredibly rewarding.
As for a support, I’m incredibly biased towards Zen (don’t look at my profile). Everyone knows he can frag out, but the power of a harmony orb on a key target shouldn’t be underestimated… and of course seeing your team spam “Thanks!” after popping a clutch transcendence is a great feeling.
Aside from Zen, I’d suggest Ana as well. She can pump out some absolutely insane healing, and her kit provides incredible utility as well. You have to be confident about your aim, but everyone appreciates a solid Ana player.
If you want to clutch save, you want mobile tanks or burst healing.
If you want to provide consistent protection you want less mobile more shield like tanks and less bursty consistent heals.
You don’t really get both, but there are some mid ground heroes that can do both to less of an effect.
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If you meant as a class in general, then I suggest you play as support since their main job is to heal their teammates (a form of protection).
If you talk about heroes in general, I suggest rein, zarya, and orisa in the tank. Rein is an obvious choice as he can create massive shield while making some space for his team. Orisa is a solid protector especially against a hero who can knockback your allies since she can body block them. Zarya’s bubble is really life saving if you can use it properly.
In support class, all of them is a solid pick to protect your allies. If you want to pick a hero who can clutch save an ally then I recommend Moira and Ana. Ultimate wise, however lucio and zen is the better choice. I think moira is better at clutch saving in general as she has a burst heal and her ult can heal while also deal damage (to pressure the enemies). Beware of her resource though, If you ran out of it, you’re basically have to be offensive for a while.
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For clutch saves, no one beats Zarya. Few others can save you from a Roadhog hook a pulse bomb, a Junkrat mine, an ulting Genji, or a Doomfist ult. Not Reinhardt, not Orisa, nor any other healer or support.
And that sound you get when your bubbles take damage - “Dun dun dun dunnnnn!” It’s addictive. When you save a teammate with Zarya, the following happens:
- Your teammate is still alive
- You just got up to 40% stronger
- The enemy probably blew an important cooldown
- It has a demoralizing effect on the enemy
Don’t underestimate No. 4. Thinking you’ve secured a kill, only to see that red bubble pop up around an enemy is very tilting.
And if you bubble and save your mercy, she’s guaranteed to pocket you. She’ll be full of gratitude - trust me.
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Some heroes to consider looking into:
Zarya: The most active tank in clutch saves using her projected barrier. Sometimes involves bodyblocking using your own personal barrier and jumping in front of damage.
Ana : for her burst heal potential using her biotic grenade and heal shots.
Brigette: armour pack gives some clutch save potentials, her kit also provides a lot of peel potential to prevent people from diving on your teammates
Mei: her wall is very versatile not only to split up enemy groups, but for blocking a variety of ultimates. Honestly one of the reasons i loved playing her when i was starting out was the potential to block high noons, dva bombs, graviton surge etc woth that wall
Zenyatta gets a mention with his trans ultimate.
Hopefully these suggestions help you find what you’re after =)
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One thing about Rein is that you often need to take a leadership role as in deciding what route to take on attack or what is the key point to protect on defense. Also you do really need to maintain a balance between defense and offense. But he is super fun and you get to do a lot of awesome ‘saving your team’ moments vs Ults.
Mercy is the most protective hero and if you’re good with her you can pull off game winnning resurrections… the main problem with her is that she is target #1 for the enemy team.
They need a tank that can taunt enemy damage and passively heal nearby teammates. Then I will really feel like a protector.
use brig, she is basically a support/tank hybrid and really good at clutch saving. You need to know when to play offensively and defensively as her.
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Depending on both team comps, McCree might fit if he doesn’t become a peel sink himself.
Lucio is underrated at it too.
Players like this BTW, not enough of them going around and i’d happily have you on the team with that mentality.
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