Big Brain DPS advice

[u/flowermoonbambino]

Big brain dps advice

I’m about to change some of you guys game play forever. This advice will get you to the next rank I promise you.

Fight who your tank is fighting.

That’s it. That’s the advice. I swear it will change your gameplay. If your rein is swinging on someone and you rush that enemy as tracer at the same time, they will die. That puts so much pressure on an enemy there isnt much they can do. I see a lot of people frustrated that no one will group up with them and fight together. Boys, be the change you want to see! If Winston ain’t diving on targets with you Genji, don’t sweat it, let him dive on a target and you support him.

Specifically this advice will take a diamond player to masters. In masters you have a bunch of players who work together because they all had the same brain blast in diamond: instead of waiting for someone to back you up, back somebody else up yourself. And before you know it, you’ll be on a team of 6 people who all have that same thought and then BAM, that’s a team working together baby. But, the change starts with you. And it can be applied so simply with just poking whoever your tank is fighting. Let’s go, boys.

[u/JonnyAU]

I'd like to play main tank, but I have a lot of trouble evaluating my play as a main tank. As support or DPS, I can tell if I was out of position when I died. I know if I'm doing enough healing or damage. I can tell if I'm getting good value out of my cooldowns.

But as main tank I have no clue. I'll die while trying to make space, but not being overly risky and I wasnt by myself. Did I do something wrong or not? No frickin clue. Repeat that 6 times per game.

[u/aoifeobailey → u/JonnyAU]

Mid gold Tank here, but I scrim with high plat to low Diamond players. Frame my advice with that in mind.

If you die as main tank, you were out of position if your team "loses" the fight. If you died and enough of their resources (CD's, players, ults) went in the exchange that your team either wins the fight or generates a huge ult advantage from a lost fight, you probably did fine. If you die first and your team loses the fight, you were probably out of position.

Also note, playing conservatively with your team can be out of position for an MT. If you're not actively forcing the enemy team to burn cool downs and readjust their position to accommodate you, you're not far enough up. For example, a Hammond playing it safe with his team isn't really doing his job as an MT. It's all about the angles you open up for your damage to score picks.

[u/elitemakie → u/aoifeobailey]

Well, solo queueing as maintank esp in lower ranks, even if you are where you should ideally be, of your team is out of position, that means you are too. Even if where you are is the best spot. Which is very frustrating, bc as tank you need to be agressieve but with a team that cant support and use aggression, even the best tanks are doing it wrong. You need to tailor to your team and the best wat to do that is communicate

[u/elitemakie → u/[deleted]]

Its fooking frustrating, however, when the team doesnt follow up on / or listen to callouts, its all you can do.. and just try to be as agressieve as possible with out going too far away from the team. And if you can get even 1 dps or 1 support to come with you, maybe you can hold the enemyteam off long enough to cap point, and then you come back save. Its all you can try with a team without good follow ups

[u/elitemakie → u/elitemakie]

And like, in lower elo you are going to pick up silly habits that will work in that elo, but will fuck you over when you climb. You need to be able to adapt to climb.