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  Serving House Aico. A Khan Guide
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  Added general tips, guide is pretty much complete

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  Kinessa: An in-depth discussion about her strong comps and team synergies
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  To all of you that replied about Strix being better than Kinessa, its true. I didnt say Kinessa is like BETTER than Strix but more like she can do better than him in certain comps that have good CC. The part on Strix and Kinessa was just my opinion. The first sentence regarding strix and kinessa was a bit too direct and misunderstood(mistake on my part). Now i just want to clear out my point on why I think she can do better than Strix in those comps(And yes Strix is much better than Kinessa overall). Take a look at a few of my examples. For instance,

  You are going to be dived by a flank and are in trouble. A good Damba player can stun him and the both of you together can finish him off easily or force him to use his escape. He can also stun others like tanks. Thats a team synergy and also helps her out to deal with her main issue that is, she is easy to flank. The enemy team is on the cap and the Inara used her ult in your presence and stunned 4 people on point. You can follow up using your own ult and pick off atleast 3 people easily while they are stunned by doing headshots. That would be half of their team dead and the other 2 people can easily be dealt with by your team or force them to retreat. Thats game-changing and also another really good team synergy with Kinessa.
  Kinessa can only do better than Strix when fitted to the right compositions like Inara, Damba, Cassie etc in the same team. Strix is better than her overall and doesnt need all that teamplay to be so effective and needs a hard nerf.
  @Heartstrife I dont have much to say to you but that by the words "simply outshines" i meant she can do much better than Strix at that specific situation where a player uses his ult and you take advantage or also combo that with your own ult if he got more than 2 players I didnt say She is better. Strix is better than Kinessa overall.
  @schachmaty Like I said Kinessa is not better than strix at all but only comes close with the right compositions. One thing that Kinessa does better than Strix is she can escape getting dived completely even at low health and even against 2 players, Strix cant do that and also can only fight 1v1s at full health. Its up to the dmg dealer to leave him vulnerable for flanks to finish him. Kinessa should never duel Strix. The one exception is when your flanker is ready to dive him. Just let him bodyshot you as you do the same to him and the flanker can do the rest. Also the best way to deal with him is to pick him off when he is not dueling you. This makes it easy to 1 hit him or follow-up on a half charged shot giving him less time to react. One shotting him when he is not dueling you is usually not too hard for good players but even if u cant, he will still have a hard time taking aggressive angles which gives flanks more opportunities to flank him without getting bursted down completely.
  Lastly, I dont think Kinessa is better than Strix(she is not). I think Kinessa can do much better than him ONLY when she is playing with her best team comps.
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  Tips to improve at playing support
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  Simple snd easy:

  Do not chase after your team to heal them. Running around wastes so much time, especially when each round only lasts a few minutes. Stay near the objectives.

  Ignore requests from teammates who want healing unless they are near the point or near you - those at the objectives are a priority.

  Do not concentrate on killing, but do concentrate on staying alive and healing. If your Frontline has a shield, use it. Get behind it. Also, use your enviorment and geography to your advantage.

  Keep your head on a swivel - always be looking around. Danger can come from all directions. Especially if your teammates do not know how to play.

  If your team(s) do(es) know how to work together, you will have more consistant wins.

  Thank you, Support!

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  Need help to be a frontline
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  @Dusklicious said in Need help to be a frontline:

  It helps, sure, but it also takes up an item slot that could be used for something else, like Chronos (which is actually a fairly good item on Inara btw, as most Inara builds really want Earthen Guard up as often as possible). Blocking Bomb is probably not all that difficult, though it also takes up a wall, and makes it harder for your team to push further up.

  Well, if you could counter Tyra without using skills or items the char would probably be useless.

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  Button binding on xbox one
  help mods xbox • • Imadeamess  

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  Any tips on how to play Lian as of her ultimate nerf?
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  you gotta use your ult less to save yourself and more to kill people, you gotta plan it sorta, it's not a last resort ult anymore, lian is still really strong, and her ult even if not utterly stupid anymore is still efficient

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  Date Around, Draw Bows, and Run. A Sha Lin Guide
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  okay time to give my opinion about this

  sha is probably better than you think

  he has a good mobility yaknow compared to other dmg... cd is a bit long that's true

  desert shadow is way better than you might think, with the reset card at 45% health, it allows for a huge burst when facing a flank, can allow 2 shots intead of 3 even on people with extra health cards (these cards will render explosive arrows useless) plus compared to explosive arrows you keep the nice stun possibility

  recurve is my go to talent not much to say about it

  as for cards
  wanderlust is an SSS card, if you don't run it at 4-5 then you don't play sha lin
  poise is...meh, if you know when to draw the bow then you don't need this, I mean it's not that useful, it didn't exist before and people never had any issues without it, I've tried it and I find it useless
  bullseye is great as you said
  extra health is useful kinda
  but you lack, the cd reset on withdraw when low health omg, this one is so important, always use it please

  other than that it's nice
  planted is best used on stunned (and such) enemies or to melt shields, as you said planting in the middle of the map will get you killed, don't overuse planted seriously

  withdraw you don't need to save it that much, using it when you fight is great, either to avoid a shot or to finish a kill

  there's not much else to say about sha anyway, he's pretty basic

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  Dredge question
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  Abyss Spike is my main talent for him. Tons of free damage especially against two tanks. Also great against snipers.
  Scuttle (reload spam) is the best way to fight off flankers. If the enemy team has two flankers or even one good one I'd go for it, without it Dredge is bad on close combat
  Hurl is also viable but it is like a weaker version of Cassie. I personally never use it.

  The builds are mostly about self sustain / portal heals. Nothing is a must except for Hull Piecer card for the Spike build.

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  Need Safecraker Challenge Help
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  Wait, fair point, I have not thought about the Overpower delay

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  Guide Request Page
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  Pip shielding
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  @talk2nate

  You don't...

  The shielding part can be done with any champion that has a shielding ability. It doesn't have to be in a single match either - meaning it accumulates what you've done. Just use Barik, Fernando, Makoa, etc. and shield as much damage as you can.

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  My Take on Raum
  raum thoughts • • Dusklicious  

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  @DaddyOoker

  grohk probably won't be used ^^' maybe in premade it could be a thing but I don't think so

  grover isn't a burst healer and you know that^^' raum takes a lot of damage, like inara, grover isn't made to sustain that, well with inara it's okay because of built in rejuv, but barik will always be better for sustained heal because he has the mobility for it to work

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  Tips to improve at playing frontline
  front line tips • • Dusklicious  

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  @DaddyOoker said in Tips to improve at playing frontline:

  @Dusklicious

  You don't need to be good at it. What's the saying? "Those who can't do teach".

  A general guide should be easy enough. Being unpredictable, target prioritization, survival that type of stuff. At least half of flankers problems is going after the wrong targets.

  The issue is many of the flankers require different styles because of their mobility differences so going in depth won't work well. A general damage guide would also have this issue.

  Maybe you could create two sections - one for higher mobility (Evie/Maeve) vs the more damage style (Skye/Koga).

  PS: No, I'm not gonna do it

  I don't play flanks pretty much at all though, so what insight could I possibly offer, considering I have little knowledge of how to play the role? It would make more sense for somebody who actually plays flanks and can do it reasonably well to do the guide for that role. Even Damage champions are iffy for me to an extent considering that Damage kind of encompasses a variety of different types of champions, some of which I have no idea how to play properly (Blasters).

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  Barik Guide
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  Skye Guide
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  Building Your Own Deck
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  Added a part on decision making and drafting cards

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  Maeve Guide
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  I like this guide! I'm struggling with Maeve though I enjoy her gameplay a lot!

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  Inara Guide
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  I think the only issue with Treacherous Ground is the fact that it's really damn buggy...

  @NisaHyuga

  I personally think it's really good if Hirez can fix it, it might make Off-tank Inara viable... (Off Tank Barik is Viable btw, run One Man's Treasure, Accelerator Field, Bowling Ball, and Failsafe)

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  The simple Positioning guide
  guide positioning • • NoMemeNoLife  

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  @Dusklicious and yeah I am bad at non-champion guides.

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  Paladins Survey about our current Champions
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  Amm.. Who are you? Do you work in EM or Hi rez?