From Overwatch to Rivals: Why Supports Keep Breaking Every Hero Shooter

Join the discord:   / discord   Supports are the eternal headache of hero shooters. In Overwatch, nobody wanted to play them until Blizzard had to force role queue, then Mercy and GOATS turned the game into a healing circus. Paladins thought they were clever with Cauterize, but all it did was make healing either god-tier or worthless. And now Marvel Rivals is out here repeating the same mistakes, from nobody healing, to triple Strategist comps, to Luna and Loki dragging matches into marathon slogs. This video dives into the full cycle of how supports end up either being ignored or completely choking the meta. I’m talking Overwatch’s Moth Meta, Paladins’ Cauterize disaster, and Rivals’ Luna/Loki nightmare. At the end of the day, it’s not that supports are ruining hero shooters, it’s that devs keep swinging the pendulum so hard the entire game suffers. If you’ve ever asked yourself “are healers ruining the game?” this is the rant for you.