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cooldowns of your skills, the firing rate, Always, always play the objective first.

reload speed and range of your Champions is I’ve been in games where my team was

valuable. Level 0-5 you will play against Bots, destroying the enemy and everybody was kill

do not let this lull you into overconfidence. hungry but neglected the objective. It’s safe

You might think that it’s easy and it’s not to say we lost the match.

uncommon for you to amass several Play of

The Games or get 50+ eliminations but you Combine your abilities, hooking an enemy

still playing against bots. After level 5 is when with Makoa into a Bomb King Grumpy Bomb

you start playing against real people and can can guarantee a stun and an easy kill. Try to

test your mettle. focus the Support, as the focus fire will result

in a quick kill and negates sustain for the

It’s important to remember to play ranked enemy team.

you need 12 Champions at level 4 or higher.

Note that before you even attempt ranked Try to use your ultimates right after you

matches, play as much of the Champions captured the objective as you push most

as you can as you won’t always be able to of your ultimates will be up for the next

select your favourite. Ranked mode also objective if not before that. Save ultimates

brings something else to the equation than when the enemy team is pushing the

normal casual matches. You won’t be able to objective, only use it when you really need

have mirror matchups, as once a champion to defend. In the event that you know that

is picked, nobody else in your team nor the you’re losing the objective, do not ult, as

enemy team will be able to select it. A good

tip is to always ask your team when you are

first pick, if you must secure them high tier

champ. You are allowed to trade champs with

teammates once everybody has selected.

What should I know?

It’s important to get to grips with the role

of your Champion in a team to utilize his

abilities effectively. Flankers, for example,

should focus the squishy backline and

dismount. It does not stop there. Always

try to assist your team as best you can

either with an ultimate or killing the healer.

Getting kills will get you nowhere if nobody is

capturing the objective.

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