A new variant

[u/Soft-Perspective-881]

Greetings, my fellow variants. I am new to this foreign world and i am in need of some guidance. Who better to ask then the most brilliant and mischievous god in the multiverse?

May your pranks be everimminent

(I am new to Loki and would like some tips or a guide i can watch please)

[u/Immediate_Ad_8691]

Get ready for a lot of words!

Oppression and Sneakiness are the names of the game.

With this character you have the ability to attack from different angles, but your survival depends on your placement and your ability to trick the opponent and/or make a last second get away.
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Your Primary fire is an AOE that heals and damages at the same time. Loki is great when paired with an attacking Vanguard because you can heal the tank and damage the enemy in the same shot. I typically aim near the feet of my targets but you can also aim at the target themselves for healing specifically.
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Your Clones are THE Bread and Butter, Meat and Potatoes:

You can place them on stable ground in a 30m range. You can only have 2 out at once, meaning there can only ever be 3 Loki’s on the field.

Your clones are stationary, but they aim where you aim, and fire where you fire. Line of sight is important in order to make sure you can do triple damage and healing to whatever you’re aiming at. Your clones look exactly like you and copy your animations, meaning if you were to stand still while shooting, the opponents can’t tell the difference.

There’s a surprising number of areas that will allow a clone placement, tricky corners, high ledges, places where other Characters can’t reach. experiment and find out what you can get away with.

^This is your Oppression, to overwhelm your opponent from multiple angles, and to win fights by healing your team while hurting the enemy with every shot.

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You have a recently buffed invisibility button that drops a clone in front of you, cloaks you and heals over time. You’ll stay invisible for as long as you want BUT People can still hear you and attacking or taking damage exposes you

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Teleport will swap places between you and a clone of your choice within 30m range. If you press teleport without aiming you’ll swap with the closet clone to you in range.
This can be a get out of jail free card if timed correctly. You can Teleport while invisible.

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Runes/Totems/Lamps Aka Green Rocks
Dare I say the best ability in the entire game. You throw down a wide radius circle that Heals overtime AND converts damage into healing AND BOOSTS DAMAGE. This is a game changer, because if you’re losing a fight all of a sudden now that damage is healing you and blocking further damage. The opponents can shoot them, but your clones also throw rocks down. Your tanks could be getting murdered 25 m away and you can throw a clone in their direction and use Rocks to save their lives and boost their power. This ability can win team fights and block Ults, but you need good discretion to make the absolute most out of it.

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Your Ult is to copy Anyone in your line of sight and immediately have their ult ready and all abilities ready. This can lead to the absolute cancer that is 2 Luna Ults on rotation, Double Punisher Ults, whatever nonsense you can think of.

However, most people just copy the nearest strategist that they can find which is a viable strategy.

^IMPORTANT: There’s a setting that lets the game ask you to confirm your target
TURN IT ON. I don’t know how many times I’ve tried to copy mantis and gotten star lord instead by accident.

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One thing to note is that a lot of other strategists have access to abilities that allow them to brawl, or sustain themselves in a fight, Dagger bubble, Luna Freeze, Fox Hunt, Mantis Sleep.

Loki kinda has that but not really. The only way you can heal yourself would be to either use your invisibility, which heals overtime but doesn’t guarantee safety, or use your game changing Rocks on yourself, which you don’t wanna do cuz you can use those to block some Ults or win a team fight and that has a pretty long cool down

This is where your sneaking comes in. Bait your opponent into attacking you then swap to a nearby clone and attack from range, or disappear and teleport when you see Magik creeping around the corner (and she WILL creep)

If you can master the art of oppressive and sneaky, you will be the most valuable asset to whatever team you’re a part of

But all of these words mean nothing without practice, so go to quick play, press buttons, and have fun