The healing column in the score screen, which was useless for anyone who didn't use
a healing support character, is now called the role column.
Not exact matches
You can order
characters you're not controlling, along with the
support characters to attack enemies and take forts,
heal or pair up with someone.
As in J - Stars, several
support characters exist purely to boost your abilities and provide
healing.
In fact, it will all but require carefully swapping out team members to get access to specific spells and abilities since no one
character has a full set of useful
support magic, and no one gets every
healing spell.
That is, except for the new ability to hire an AI
character for your team that can either focus on heavy fire,
healing, sniper
support or hunting your closest opponent.
After leaving the Army and a failed marriage, Tidwell, who was diagnosed with lupus in 2010, has found solace in the
healing powers and emotional
support served up by these porky
characters, who bond for life with their humans and desire to be with them 24/7.
Both Leia and the Emperor act as
support characters that can lay down handy things like a power - up and a shield and even
heal enemies while also coming with a small entourage of honor guards that players can step into the boots of, giving them access to more powerful infantry.
Now a few of those
characters have been given a special sidekick designation, meaning that they will tag along with you in Toy Box games and provide you with some
support such as fighting by your side or providing you with some
healing when you're in a pinch.
The classes on offer are your traditional RPG fare, with Clerics making superb
support characters with their
healing powers, and Fighters and Knights delivering sturdy builds for players who wish to go toe - to - toe with Escario's fearsome wildlife.
Consider
characters like Lucio for frontline
support and Zenyatta for
healing support.
As already discussed,
supports are valuable
characters and as such, letting them die would mean your team loses its form of sustain and without
heals, it can be hard to win a drawn out team battle.
L2 / R2 move the player cursor between your
characters, determining which
character is currently the focus of the party's buffs,
heals, and
support.
Simply known as Moira, the new Overwatch hero is a hybrid
support character who dishes out considerable amount of damage to enemies aside from providing additional
healing to allies.
While
support characters can still do damage, and can still kill other players, they will do a lot of
healing and buffing of
characters.
Your party members can perform different skills such as Attack Skills to damage Digiheads, Guard Skills to decrease received damage,
Support Skills to strengthen allies, Move Skills to move a
character to attack or evade or Recovery Skills to
heal party allies.
Supported by two powerful flying
characters, I can use Tiki to
heal and
support my flyers whilst keeping her safe.
Another new feature is the
support skills, in which
characters outside the three - man party will jump in to attack, cast a spell, or
heal; a nice addition that never feels out - of - step with the rest of the combat.
Having a balance of front line fighters, ranged fighters, and
healing or
support units can only benefit you in the long run, so feel free to mix up your battle parties a bit to give lower leveled
characters a chance to level up.
Also, most
characters either get good
support spells or good
healing spells, but rarely does one
character get both.
In fact, it will all but require carefully swapping out team members to get access to specific spells and abilities since no one
character has a full set of useful
support magic, and no one gets every
healing spell.