Summary
Marvel Rivalsplayers have just about gotten used to the balance changes inSeason 2, and they’ve discovered that it’s pretty bad news if you’re a support player. Already suffocating dive characters like Black Panther, Psylocke, Magik, and Spider-Man haven’t been touched, while Iron Fist has been pumped with buffs so much that he’s now unkillable in the right hands.
To make matters worse, support characters like Loki, Adam Warlock,and Rocket Raccoon have had big hits to their survivabilitywith cooldown nerfs, so trying to stay alive as a support character right now is fairly frustrating. This isn’t even mentioning some of the more relentless dive tanks out there, like Captain America and Venom.
It’s rough as a support player right now, and it appears to be contributing to what players are calling a “support strike”, as many claim to be experiencing less support players in their matches recently. One particular post on the Marvel Rivals subreddit about this topic has been gaining a bit of heat, as a user called Revolutionary-Ad6480 calls for “basic respect” for support players.
Marvel Rivals Fans Are Going On “Support Strike” Over Dive Characters
Issues raised by this post include DPS and tanks not peeling for their support players whenever an enemy is in the backline, the ever-so-reliable complaints about players blaming their supports for not healing them,and just the sheer amount of effort it takes for support players to stay alive. They’re not new complaints, but they seem to have increased recently due to how powerful the dive meta is on consoles and in lower ranks.
On top of that, a lot of support players have also beencomplaining about how ranked points are dished out, with support players getting less now that the amount is determined by individual performances. It appears as though the system rewards damage and final blows the most, so supports are now spending games getting harassed by divers constantly, and not being rewarded as much as the rest of the team, even if they win. Kind of makes sense why you might not want to play the role.
Of course, Marvel Rivals is such a massive game that an online call for a “support strike” will only go so far, and most people will probably be completely unaffected by even a well-coordinated strike. It is an indication that dive is far too suffocating and overwhelming for people to deal with right now, and if NetEase doesn’t do something about it soon, we may see people look to other games instead.
