The Support Issue

General Discussion
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This thread is about discussing how blizzard can balance the Support role in the new 5v5 environment.
With the absence of an Off Tank to peel for Supports, the Support role has become extremely stressful to play. We need to make Supports feel fun and rewarding to play. Not stressful. Ideally speaking, Supports need to make up 2/5th or 40% of the player base.

IMO, In order of importance, Supports require ALL 4 types of abilities in order to be a viable and fun pick in OW2:

Main Healer Needs:

  1. Evasive Ability / Self Sustainability / +Base Hp
  2. Team Sustainability
  3. Utility
  4. Dueling Potential

Off Healer Needs:

  1. Evasive Ability / Self Sustainability / +Base Hp
  2. Utility
  3. Team Sustainability
  4. Dueling Potential

Possible Solutions:

  1. Increase base speed for less evasive Support
  • Ex: Brig, Zen, Ana, Bap
  1. Increase base HP for less evasive Supports
  • Ex: Brig, Zen, Ana, Bap
  • Value would be dependent on hero design
    • Brig would need the largest increase (250?)
  1. Rework Mercy to have dueling potential
  • Days of being a heal bot are over. Mercy is an outdated hero. The best support players in OW2 do a little of everything. Which Mercy cannot.
  1. Rework Moira to require more skill in her kit
  • Moira is too strong at low ranks and too weak at higher ranks.

What do you all think of these solutions?
Do you have any ideas of your own?

Let the discussion begin!

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As a GM Moira player, I say leave her alone. She is fine at high elo and doesn’t need changes. She doesn’t need utility or a rework just to arbitrarily increase her mechanical requirements.

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Support is already the most impactful role in the game and you want to buff it?

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I’m playing “role queue” aka Play support. I just got another great rage from a DPS because I didn’t pocket heal him. Why don’t they just delete support altogether and put 4 DPS, that would solve the freaking issue. I’m tired to play the role of a caring parent for a retarded child. From now on, im queuing DPS. screw em.

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Well if you were raged at for not pocketing, that means you were probably playing Mercy which was your first and biggest mistake.

Your 2nd mistake was not Qing for DPS or tank, not good times for supports rn

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was lucio, didnt got him in my ult. My mistake is to download a game that needs a podcast planning because of horrible queue times

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Yes, the biggest mistake was to download the game, everyones biggest mistake, LOL.

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at least it was free. Didn’t spend a penny in this piece of garbage :stuck_out_tongue: everytime i play a game, i hope it cost them money