Okay guys.
Some of you might remember my friend Cross. He played with us during the Ready Steady Pan thing we sucked at.
Well, he plays Highlander as a Spy. And since we all suck at comp, I asked him for advice.
Usu: you there
bEAST Vapora: busy
bEAST Vapora: but yeah
bEAST Vapora: sos o
Usu: okay finish whatever you're doing
Usu: my team doesn't know what to do and i need you to tell me what everyone should do
bEAST Vapora: like
bEAST Vapora: what do they mean
Usu: their roles
bEAST Vapora: do we have a mumble server
Usu: what they should be doing
bEAST Vapora: ok well
Usu: also just write it down on here and i'll send it to them
bEAST Vapora: i'm gonna do geography real quick
bEAST Vapora: kk
bEAST Vapora: well
bEAST Vapora: give me a bit
bEAST Vapora: but like
bEAST Vapora: roles
bEAST Vapora: what do they mean
Usu: like what should we be doing
Usu: like if pyro sticks to the medic
Usu: soldier goes roamer/pocket
Usu: sniper kills sniper and others
Usu: spies give info
Usu: that ♥♥♥♥
Usu: I know that as a Spy I must call out positions, medi guns and that ♥♥♥♥ and try to do important picks whenever I can
Usu: amirite
bEAST Vapora: i'd rather be on voice myself
bEAST Vapora: but yeah
bEAST Vapora: i'll write in abit
Usu: k
bEAST Vapora: Ok
bEAST Vapora: Um
bEAST Vapora: first
bEAST Vapora: It really depends on what playstyle you're taking
bEAST Vapora: Gonna go from top to bottom
bEAST Vapora: From scout to spy
bEAST Vapora: We should map review as well in order to get everyone's roles in their heads, and y'know, get it ready and ♥♥♥♥
bEAST Vapora: ok so
bEAST Vapora: brb
bEAST Vapora: and i'll type scout
bEAST Vapora: Back
bEAST Vapora: Ok
bEAST Vapora: Scout really depends on how you want to play him. The scout usually stays at long/mid range dealing damage while staying out of harm's way himself. If the flank is down, the scout can go in and deal damage to the medic and/or get a kill on the demoman even. The scout can also sneak to the backside of the team and focus their sniper (If he's that important). Never forget that the scout can deal tons of damage if he jumps onto someone, and if he has good aim, but most of the scouts i've seen prefer to poke and if the situation calls for in, go in and deal some damage.
Usu: brb keep writing
bEAST Vapora: The soldier is supposed to be one of the pushers, usually the soldier would be protecting the medic or at least being close to him. However, some soldiers prefer to deal damage up close by doing what it's called "bombing". Bombing is the action of rocket jumping and landing in the middle of the enemy team and try to take as many down as you can, but it's mostly used to make the enemy pop uber early. Bombing should only be done when a clear opportunity is seen, and you don't want to do this when there's a pyro around, for obvious reasons. However, soldier is better being around the medic until an engagement has occured, then it's up to him to who to kill first.
bEAST Vapora: The Pyro is the peeler, the protector. You must NOT go far from the team unless you are a very confident pyro player. As a pyro, you are also good at ambushing, but this should be done when in a defensive position such as defending a cap. Pyro can protect the medic very easily due to his ability to spycheck, deflect rockets and stickies. Pyros in Highlander prefer to run Powerjack (Due to its powerful roaming potential) or Homewrecker. You should never forget about your engie either, a good homewrecker pyro can keep a sentry gun untouched.
bEAST Vapora: The demoman is tons of ♥♥♥♥ damage. Usually you'd be spamming stickies from afar and pretty much kill everything in your path. You do the most damage on your team, but you are not exactly a tank either. As a demoman, your mobility is also off the roof, and you can defend a cap extremely well with proper sticky use and even zone out a complete team by just using your stickies. Traps are a huge deal in highlander, and holding house with a demoman in Lakeside is a huge play to make. Usually, you'll be the one getting ubered on your team, so make sure your guns are loaded when you need to go in.
bEAST Vapora: The heavy has one of the best sightlines in the team, albeit how fragile he can be (coming from a spy player). You will usually stick with the combo and be aware of your surroundings constantly. Don't be like most heavy players and rush headfirst into the battlefield like an idiot, that is just dumb. Have a plan in man and you'll prevail. And yes, there is such a thing as roamer heavy, but it is difficult to pull off. Because of your tanking potential, you can peek into places that would be dangerous to look into if you were a squishier class. NEVER EVER LEAVE YOUR MEDIC FULLY ALONE. I can't stress how important this is, you need to realize that close range you are a monster.
Usu: back
bEAST Vapora: The engie's first priority is to find a place to set up, and have teleporters delivered to the battlefield. Usually, you can rely on your pyro to help you and cover you while you do this. I'd rather--- gtg for a bit
Usu: k, i can wait
bEAST Vapora is now Online.
bEAST Vapora: k
bEAST Vapora: so
bEAST Vapora: I'd rather get a mini sentry on koth and put it in places where I know I can zone the team, but on defense, it is best to go ahead of time and built a sentry nest where the enemy team will push. Your combo + a sentry nest is hard to get through unless an ubered demo comes ♥♥♥♥ your ♥♥♥♥ up. The engineer is extremely efficient at zoning a team out due to his combat build and his use of sentries, make use of it.
bEAST Vapora: The medic
bEAST Vapora: I can't stress this enough.
bEAST Vapora: Do. Not. Go heal teammates.
bEAST Vapora: They must come to you.
bEAST Vapora: If you expose yourself for a second, guess what, you are a squishy motherf*cker and a decent sniper or spy can put you down easily.
bEAST Vapora: You must coordinate with your combo to push, an uber can completely turn a fight and even a game around.
bEAST Vapora: On numerous ocassions, our team's gone from 1-5 to 6-5 due to good use of ubers. For the love of God, let your team scout for you and give the clear for uber pop. Spies usually go for the pick when the team's about to push because of the noise there is in the mic.
bEAST Vapora: Sniper is in charge of picking off their sniper as soon as possible so he doesn't wreck your own team and to try and get a pick on the heavy classes or medic. Keep in count that every pick will have a different consequence. A sniper should always be changing positions whenever possible, like don't change positions after one shot, just change it once in a while so the enemy team doesn't have a clear idea of where you are. There is nothing more satisfying than looking at the other sniper look in the place you just where and then putting a bullet in his head.
bEAST Vapora: Spy.
bEAST Vapora: You know trickstabs and have nice aim.
bEAST Vapora: But trickstabs on highlander usually won't work for ♥♥♥♥ unless you're against an Iron team, and in order to pull them off in higher levels you must be GOD ♥♥♥♥ LIKE. As a spy main, I find it easy to pick off any target at close range with my knife since I have 1k hours on spy.
bEAST Vapora: Every pick will have a different consequence.
bEAST Vapora: Even killing the pyro is worth.
bEAST Vapora: Pyro down? Flank's open, no counter for your uber.
bEAST Vapora: Soldier down? No one to bomb your medic or protect theirs.
bEAST Vapora: ♥♥♥♥ Sniper down? Cool, your team won't need to stay pinned down to a wall anymore.
bEAST Vapora: As a spy, you MUST know the map. It's fundamental to your success. Know the shortcuts, know how to get at 'em. And for the love of god
bEAST Vapora: do not
bEAST Vapora: Stick
bEAST Vapora: to one
bEAST Vapora: loadout.
bEAST Vapora: Unless you're extremely good at that loadout.
bEAST Vapora: The most gamechanging you can do is switch watches around.
bEAST Vapora: Dead Ringer works for a foxy approach, and to manipulate the enemy's heads. It is by far the most rewarding watch to master but also the easiest to counter. I can give a few tips on thsi.
bEAST Vapora: Invis watch is an all around nice approach to spying, you have good movement while holding enough cloak to stay still for a while and keep your team informed of every position they're at.
bEAST Vapora: Cloak and Dagger is great for an intel spy that goes for picks every now and then, and L'etranger works great with CnD too. CnD can also be used aggressively to camp a spot when defending.
bEAST Vapora: I personally run Amby + Knife + Dead Ringer
bEAST Vapora: My average KD is 2.9
bEAST Vapora: Incredibly high.
bEAST Vapora: However, invis can be used equally as aggresively. I know Hei preferred to run it that way.
bEAST Vapora: And as a spy
bEAST Vapora: Never
bEAST Vapora: Ever
bEAST Vapora: Forget
bEAST Vapora: No matter how good of a player someone is, they have to expose themselves to kill somebody.
Usu: sounds hard
bEAST Vapora: Well,
bEAST Vapora: gonna type some more on improving
bEAST Vapora: hold on
bEAST Vapora: As for aim, the best way to practice revolver aim IMO is to jump into a pub and just play battle spy (Don't play spy legit in pubs once you get into HL unless you're pro at not letting the bad habits get ingrained into your playstyle). Or play Scout MGE.
bEAST Vapora: If you have good scatter aim, you'll have sexy af revolver aim.
bEAST Vapora: As for dodging bullets and ♥♥♥♥, this is what you do.
bEAST Vapora: Go into a 32 man pub
bEAST Vapora: equip the invis watch
bEAST Vapora: And try to not get hit by random ♥♥♥♥.
bEAST Vapora: If you get good at this in a 32 man pub, HL will feel easier becasue of how less congested it is.
bEAST Vapora: Also, quality picks before quantity picks.
bEAST Vapora: Don't kill the gibus scout over and over.
So, anything else I should ask him? Would be good to have a good idea of what we're doing before we go do something real out there.
Also, get Mumble and P-REC. As soon as possible.
Posted: June 25th, 2014, 10:37 am