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MVPs and Benchwarmers

A Look at Team Composition

By Clive Dorrington

Unlike other hero shooters where playable characters can be swapped out on the fly, picking

a champion in Paladins means you are locked in for the entire match. This one little change

is what sets it apart from everything else in the genre. If you ask any MOBA player, picking

a line-up of champions is an entirely separate layer of strategy. Going into a game with a

good line up can make the world of difference even at mid level play. This is where team

composition comes in.

The meta has recently shifted. It has always
What is team composition? been a Fernando and Barik Tank combo,

Team composition is the theory that certain where these two champs would “build a wall”

team playstyles can be achieved by picking around the objective. The new configuration

different combinations of champions. has a main Tank and what is called an off

Generally speaking, there are three broad Tank. What this means is that we see one

philosophies in terms of team composition in tank focusing on the objective and another

Paladins. tank playing aggressively against the enemy

to harass other players away from the
The turtle philosophy objective. Since Barik and Fernando received

The first philosophy is the idea of having a major nerfs in the last few patches, Ruckus is

team with high sustainability via healing/ now a sure fire pick in competitive. By himself

shields. This composition would always field Ruckus is actually a terrible tank, but he

two Tanks and sometimes even a Support. shines when teamed with another tank.
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