Can you solo tank with the Thing?

[Karnarax]

I think, you need a 2nd tank with the Thing (Magneto preferably). But no one wants to tank with me and I want to play the Thing. What's the solution here? If I play the Thing I get flamed by picking the Thing as a solo tank.

[ikan]

From what I've seen so far, he's pretty much doable on domination but hard to do on convoy and convergence.

[Quasiendo]

Originally posted by ikan:

From what I've seen so far, he's pretty much doable on domination but hard to do on convoy and convergence.

on contrary.. he's actually really good at convoy and convergence and bad in domination.
That Cart is his shield. on domination he don't have that.

Just keep playing as is OP. If you're solo tank then its their fault because they dont want to accompany you.

[Karnarax]

Originally posted by Quasiendo:

Originally posted by ikan:

From what I've seen so far, he's pretty much doable on domination but hard to do on convoy and convergence.

on contrary.. he's actually really good at convoy and convergence and bad in domination.
That Cart is his shield. on domination he don't have that.

Just keep playing as is OP. If you're solo tank then its their fault because they dont want to accompany you.

Yeah I think I should tbh. So tired of solo tanking.

[Mykell]

My tip for solo tanking is quickly lock in a dps..this forces someone else to pick a tank and then just switch at the last minute lol.

[plotch]

Solo tanking with the thing is doable, your just forced to play corners a lot more and constantly be using your leap to get damage reduction as well as to get out of trouble.

And as someone else said, use your cart for protection and the slight healing you get from it and you should generally be fine if you do what i described above as well.

Not saying this is a guarantee, a lot of it is going to be down to your team mates as well.

[Fartin' Futa King]

It's better to have some tank than having no tanks at all. And you can win games by solo tanking with him.
From the competitive standpoint it's obviously suboptimal, because he is an off-tank, and it it can be less enjoyable, because struggling and losing isn't fun. Solo Groot or Magneto are much more comfortable to play.

[KRINGO]

He can handle solo tanking but he thrives with another tank on the team.

[Gray Grim]

Originally posted by plotch:

Solo tanking with the thing is doable, your just forced to play corners a lot more and constantly be using your leap to get damage reduction as well as to get out of trouble.

And as someone else said, use your cart for protection and the slight healing you get from it and you should generally be fine if you do what i described above as well.

Not saying this is a guarantee, a lot of it is going to be down to your team mates as well.

Hard agree on all of this. If they are flaming you for solo tanking that's too bad on them if no one else is willing to flex.

[Rave Pathfinder.]

I would assume so yes, as the thing currently has more surviability vrs current cap

[Karnarax]

Originally posted by Quasiendo:

Originally posted by ikan:

From what I've seen so far, he's pretty much doable on domination but hard to do on convoy and convergence.

on contrary.. he's actually really good at convoy and convergence and bad in domination.
That Cart is his shield. on domination he don't have that.

Just keep playing as is OP. If you're solo tank then its their fault because they dont want to accompany you.

I actually started to do that. People pick 2nd tank more now. If they tell me I need to switch from the Thing I just say - yeah would be cool to have a 2nd tank.

Originally posted by plotch:

Solo tanking with the thing is doable, your just forced to play corners a lot more and constantly be using your leap to get damage reduction as well as to get out of trouble.

And as someone else said, use your cart for protection and the slight healing you get from it and you should generally be fine if you do what i described above as well.

Not saying this is a guarantee, a lot of it is going to be down to your team mates as well.

Yeah, I've been playing more safe solo now.

Originally posted by Fartin' Futa King:

It's better to have some tank than having no tanks at all. And you can win games by solo tanking with him.
From the competitive standpoint it's obviously suboptimal, because he is an off-tank, and it it can be less enjoyable, because struggling and losing isn't fun. Solo Groot or Magneto are much more comfortable to play.

I main Magneto, just tired of playing the same character over and over again.

Originally posted by Rave Pathfinder.:

I would assume so yes, as the thing currently has more surviability vrs current cap

I would argue with that tbh. Cap is more independent tank - he can rush and pick all the medkits on the map. The Thing is more teammates dependant - you need someone to "pick you up" - be close to get out of the fray with your E.

[plotch]

Originally posted by Karnarax:

Originally posted by Quasiendo:

on contrary.. he's actually really good at convoy and convergence and bad in domination.
That Cart is his shield. on domination he don't have that.

Just keep playing as is OP. If you're solo tank then its their fault because they dont want to accompany you.

I actually started to do that. People pick 2nd tank more now. If they tell me I need to switch from the Thing I just say - yeah would be cool to have a 2nd tank.

Originally posted by plotch:

Solo tanking with the thing is doable, your just forced to play corners a lot more and constantly be using your leap to get damage reduction as well as to get out of trouble.

And as someone else said, use your cart for protection and the slight healing you get from it and you should generally be fine if you do what i described above as well.

Not saying this is a guarantee, a lot of it is going to be down to your team mates as well.

Yeah, I've been playing more safe solo now.

Originally posted by Fartin' Futa King:

It's better to have some tank than having no tanks at all. And you can win games by solo tanking with him.
From the competitive standpoint it's obviously suboptimal, because he is an off-tank, and it it can be less enjoyable, because struggling and losing isn't fun. Solo Groot or Magneto are much more comfortable to play.

I main Magneto, just tired of playing the same character over and over again.

Originally posted by Rave Pathfinder.:

I would assume so yes, as the thing currently has more surviability vrs current cap

I would argue with that tbh. Cap is more independent tank - he can rush and pick all the medkits on the map. The Thing is more teammates dependant - you need someone to "pick you up" - be close to get out of the fray with your E.

Just an addition to Cap, he is less about being a meat shield or a backline harasser and works better as a moving distraction, he is probably the best cart staller in the game currently to where you can jump in and out and delay as much as possible and still survive for long stretches.

I have had plenty of matches as a solo tank on cap doing this where we won simply because i stalled long enough to where my team would respawn and keep them at their checkpoint.
This is also a fairly regularly used tactic by very high level players, especially in the case of "bronze to gm" runs on cap where team mates are questionable at best. :P

[FireJach]

No character is good if your team sucks, unless you have excellent aim for Hela.