@BLAZ3-Major I am on board with you here. There seems to be a lot of surface-level hate for ol'boy Makutu. I clocked up around 10 hours with Makutu during the beta and tank in all of the competitive pvp games I play, so I feel I can chime in here.
I think when compared to the other tanks Makutu doesn't tank in the same way. He is not a dive in and assassinate type of tank like El'bastardo or a positioning punish like Buttercup. Makutu is a disrupt tank, very similar to Winston or Hammond in overwatch.
I think there are a few key things that need to be understood when it comes to tanking before we discuss the "effectiveness" of a tank. The primary objective of a tank is to "create space", by create space I mean creating an opportunity to deal damage or create physical space for a team to move onto an objective. They can do this by mitigating damage and/or drawing attention from the enemy team.
So the key criteria for a useful tank are typically:
- High sustain - either through high health or shields
- Disrupt - A way to disrupt an enemy player (aka stun or knock-back)
- Escape/Engage - They need a way to start a fight and then leave safely
So with this in methodology in mind and some criteria to measure tank effectiveness against I think these points should be considered when ranking the tanks in the overall tier list
Makutu
High sustain - 5/5
Disrupt - 4/5
Escape/Engage - 2/5
Makutu, imo has the highest sustain without a support (only second to El'Bastardo, depending on skill). His ability to disrupt falls onto his shoulder charge and "boop" abilities, on the surface these seem useless or trivial but when used with the goal of creating space these are some of the strongest abilities in the game. He does fall short when it comes to his escape and is reliant on his speed boost and should charge.
Key mods: Cooldown on hit, increased heal burst, increased self-heal, 3 sec slow to players hit by "boop"
Buttercup
High sustain - 2/5
Disrupt - 5/5
Escape/Engage - 4/5
Buttercup on her own actually has very poor sustain and all of her threat and space creation comes in the form of constant damage. Her strongest utilities are her "hook/yank" and AOE slow. She speed boost is a great escape and she can charge people when coming off her mount.
Key mods: ??? (need some input here)
p.s: not too much experience with buttercup, would love someone with more experience to add to this.
El'Bastardo
High sustain - 5/5
Disrupt - 3/5
Escape/Engage - 1/5
El'bastardo has amazing sustain and in some cases pretty much unkillable when your time is abilities well. He doesn't have too much in the way of disrupting the enemy besides his stun on leap and this goes for escape and engage once you have used your leap your pretty much YOLO commenting into a fight.
Key mods: ??? (need some input here)
p.s: not too much experience with El'b, would love someone with more experience to add to this.
Thats my two sents, I love these conversations would love to hear others opinions or chat more about this.