Okay I legitimately only dropped out of masters/gm (another account) because being that high was a god damn headache.
Okay so how do I put this… Weaver has a unique approach in the game people would always say things like “Why not play Baptiste” (I do he’s my main). But he’ll a lot of the time Id switch off Baptiste because… It’s just like… A combination of everything I don’t know how to put this.
With Bap I can just “Shooty Shooty lamp” but with Weaver I was “Specifically” waiting out Ana nades and sleeps “Specifically” waiting out Helix rockets to pull my tank to high ground… Hell going to said high ground WITH MY TANK in the first place, pulling said tank with ultimate into background after waiting out all of the enemy teams cool downs.
With Weaver I just… I just knew what the hell I was doing like sure just anting the tank off cool down and hitting sleeps and all that is fun and all (if your REALLLY good at aim).
I don’t know people would always say why not do this why not do that, with Weaver it was such a a straightforward path.
“do not use tree of life till AFTER roadhog hs used ultimate, Do not ever ever ever do this”
“Do not use tree when torb has molten core”
These aren’t just rules they’re my entire idea of high-skill play. Lifeweaver isn’t about passive healing. It’s about reading the game, setting up plays, and controlling the battlefield. And that’s why I climbed to GM.
Lifeweaver plays in such a way that like… It’s not about weather Kiriko has Suzu, it’s not about Weather Illaris pylon is, I WOULD GO OUT OF MY WAY TO FLANK ON SIGHT once I learned that damn thing was a threat to me, Didn’t matter what game I was didn’t matter when I was “High ranked” or not pylon had a flank on sight order.
The only other support I think who could like remotely consistently do this was Lucio… AND WED JUST DOUBLE UP! Because I knew how to do it within my own right, and the Lucio player knew how to do it, imagine FORCING someone to switch off Illari as support because you 2 are just gatekeeping all of her value.
It’s so freaking hard to explain, Lifeweaver has just like… This way of playing that’s just so… “him”
And I don’t like that there taking away the 25 extra HP because abusing break points… I got to masters AGAIN! this season after getting surgery because abusing break points is something Lifeweaver does soooooo well as well as allowing my duals and flanks.
But yeah people have such a misunderstanding of this hero and I wish I stayed in masters/gm longer so I don’t know maybe my opinion would be more “Valid” compared to simply a guy who put in the hard work and dedication to fully learn the hero, yet I couldn’t just turn my brain off because well… Hell I literally just wasn’t that compatible with Ana and especially not Mercy, Ana someone can just stop my sleeps, Mercy they stop my rezea but no one really knows how to deal with a good Lifeweaver.
Just like there’s no real counter to JQ waiting out Suzu or sleep or etc there’s no counter to me pulling a Rammatra with annihilation into your backline.
(I just realized JQ and Weaver almost play exactly the same way to me only with fundemental role differences no wonder I like them both each one gives me complete control of the game).