Because of the lack of defense she offers to the team, especially in comparison to Reinhardt or Winston's barriers, she is often picked as a secondary tank, mostly to provide some additional close-range, sustained damage. However, her ability to project barriers onto one ally at a time can help her and her teammate survive large bursts of damage while dramatically improving her firepower. Zarya has a smaller health pool than the other tanks, no armor, and is incapable of protecting multiple members of her team. This makes Wrecking Ball an extremely aggressive Tank. Instead, Wrecking Ball's role is to disrupt the enemy team with Piledriver, or to simply deny space with Grappling Claw or Minefield. Unlike other Tanks, he is not meant for long engagements, with his only protection ability, Adaptive Shield, having a long cooldown and a relatively short duration. Wrecking Ball offers very little protection to the team, making him weak when defending. While he excels at staying alive, his lack of ability to actively protect his teammates tends to cast Roadhog as a secondary tank, preferably while his team is attacking an objective rather than defending.

This leaves the door open for his teammates to pick off distracted enemies and for Roadhog himself to single out enemies with his Chain Hook. While Roadhog lacks a barrier to absorb enemy attacks, his Take a Breather ability reduces incoming damage by 50% while healing back half of his health, allowing him to survive soaking up large amounts of damage.

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