These are just 13 tips and tricks about improving your PvP game and how to approach PvP. also I didn't proof read this as I wrote it at 2:00am. But I will tomorrow.
TL:DR - if your too lazy to read this then your loss.
disorientation in relation to PvP (for me) occurs when a player dies. When they die they lose track of the fighting, get randomly teleported, and need to reorient themselves before their next fight (I.E. collect energy, find opponents)
weak is any other player low on health and running.
1)75% rule, 75% of the time when your shields go down turn and run. Find cover, rethink your strategy. If you have already taken down your opponents shields and some of there health and think you can survive the encounter without being beneath 50% health, stay and fight it out. In PvP you have to think about surviving your next fight, and getting the next kill. Not just the Immediate one. Plan accordingly. When you die you have down time, your KD is lowered, and you lose the pace of the battle and enter disoriented.
2) Dont. Stop. Get it? Get it? Never stop moving. If you stop moving your dead. End of Story. The only time movement should stop is if your a frost in your bubble, but even then you need to be ready to dodge the MOMENT you take damage. If you take damage you are in the air, rolling, or changing direction and facing your attacker. Never stop moving or your a sitting duck. Even during a dog fight you keep jumping, rolling, and sliding. OUT MANEUVER YOUR OPPONENT.
3) The law of tank. Say your opponent is a tankier frame, (Frost, Valk, Rhino, Saryn, Ash P)you need an edge, if you have no stun abilities, low energy, or no decent damage abilities, and your approaching him head on, YOUR DOING IT WRONG. to handle a tank when you have low energy is suicide. EVEN IF YOUR A TANK. To kill a tank you need to out DPS them, out smart them or out tank them (The latter is a terrible idea, second one is the best approach). Wait till the tank is weak on health, wait till the tank is low on energy, wait till its distracted. Then attack like the devil, hit em with powers first, then shoot. If its a blade-storm wait till you lower them till all they have is 80% or less health and blade-storm to finish them. If he is tankier then you double your efforts to deal damage and cast debilitating powers, double your efforts to dodge bullets, and if your shields go down, and he is at 90% health or higher. Run. Like. Hell.
4)The Weak Must Fall. You see someone low on health? Go out of your way to kill them. If someone is low on health slay them immediately. There are two reasons for this: 1) lowers potential enemy damage dealing. 2) removes a factor from the battle field and disorients the slayed. Even if you need to chase them around the map. You kill them. A weak player on low health is a free meal. So you better darn take it.Often times a weak player will run from the majority of the fight, and you following the 75% rule should have more health and shields then them. So killing them wont be a problem. Take your free kill.
5) Distractions of the weak. When chasing an opponent who is low on health do not get distracted. Distractions are what a good player low on health is waiting for. A smart player when low on health runs past healthy players hoping they will attract the person chasing them. usually they will. Ignore them and chase the weakling. If the weakling stops and turns to fight you (understanding there is a player chasing you too now and senses a tactical advantage) run past him and then turn and shoot at him. Now the weakling will be surrounded by two healthy players and you will have the upper hand as the player chasing you is now most likely distracted.
6)Be a coward. Only fight when your health is high, only fight when you have the tactical advantage, only fight when your opponent is weaker then you, or less skilled. The only time you fight someone who is as good as you in skill or better, is to get better yourself and learn how they move, and what they do that keeps killing you. If your not trying to learn and want to rack up kills, and end up on top of the list at the end of annihilation, then you better target the weak, disoriented, distracted, or animation-frozen players.
If you get hit and you don't know by who or from where, run like @(*()$ hell till you do. You cant fight blind so don't @(*()$ try, just immediately go into evasive maneuver mode.
7)Be a Thief. Steal oro, steal health, steal energy. War is not fought fairly, so don't play fair. Everyone is going to steal the oro you earn, so you better darn steal theirs. In Warframe you don't win by playing fair or honestly, you win through cold, calculated, decisive moves. Stealing oro is part of the PvP in warframe, it is an aspect of the combat and therefore not dishonorable.
8)Relax. Dont play tense, don't get angry, and if you do, deep breaths. A frustrated player is a dead player. You cannot be tense when fighting in PvP. When your muscles stiffen they fight against each other and your reaction time slows. Stay relaxed, analyze your opponents, and think about WHY you died and how to avoid it. If you fight calm, you'll fight like the devil.
9) Stealth, timing and speed are key. If you move faster then your opponents they cant catch you, they cant hit you, and they will never kill you. Moreover if they dont know your there, they cant do S#&$ can they? "Stealth is not possible in PvP" WRONG. This is where orientation is important. Perception is everything, if someone is fighting for their life with another player everything else but the jackhole attacking them doesnt exsist. When a player charges into a fray, they dont see the sniper perched hundreds of meters away. Hundreds of yards in the air, crouching behind cover. and That sniper needs to be you. Whether you have a vectis or boltor you can rack in all the kills by staying away and "hidden" from there perception. The best place to hid is in plain sight.
Never underestimate simply following another player. If you get behind a player, dont immediately attack, wait until they are in a corridor, wait until they are sniping, wait until they get distracted. THEN KILL THEM. If you attack at the wrong time you are dead.
Time your attacks so they make the most difference. For example know your damage type. If your playing ash, and your opponent has shields dont open with blade-storm. Slash is weak against health. Lower their shields and then attack with blade-storm. With Zephyr, open with tornado as magnetic will lower there shields then kill em with your weps. Frost, hit them with your first the first thing, the slow gives you an advantage, the cold lowers shields, and the fact its a power startles inexperience and even moderately experience players into "oh S#&$ im being attacked mode"
10)Most important advice. Understand your opponent and counter accordingly. you need to know what every power in the game sounds like. So you know when to run. For example if you hear an ember casting World On Fire, GET THE F*** OUT OF THERE. If its an equinox approach so they cant cast sleep. (Behind) if its a ash understand that ash moves faster then you and plan a quicker TTK then normal or attempt to stagger. If your enemy has a gorgon, understand its inaccurate at long range but hella beast upclose. If they have a vectis or lex prime get good and close and beat em to death with something that has a faster fire rate as it will do better in close quarters. If they are a melee spammer (a completely dishonorable art form in my mind but whatever its a thing) simply run away and shoot backwards, or roll under there melee and turn and fire. Basically think about what your opponent has at their disposal and fight them like its the worst case scenario from shot #1.
11)Understand your equipment inside and out + KEY-BINDS. Know your key-binds. If you have your powers on 1,2,3,4 your not doing it right. All your powers need to be easily accessed. I suggest binding a power to mouse 3, q, c, alt, or ideally have everything off of your mouse. You need to be able to attack with your powers with out debilitating your movement. IF YOU CANT MOVE YOUR DEAD. IF YOU STOP MOVING OR MOVE WRONG YOUR DEAD.
Know your gear, know when its outclassed, understand when you need to compensate for it, how to compensate for it, and what gear you perform best with. Always use gear you are good with, if you are bad with your gear, then you better be playing for fun or a new experience. The best PvPers have mastered there gear, and understand why its good. Research and play your gear till you hear it shooting, slashing, and grinding your opponents to dust in your dreams.
12)Crossfires, Not going to say much here other then STAY OUT. And be the guy on the edge. The people in the middle of the crossfire will die. The people who charge into or toward it will die. The man who waits and attacks from a moderate distance and angle will not. Learn how to lure opponents into a crossfire, how to get them to start one, and how to get everyone else fighting each other, so they can die and you can live bathing in there blood and oro.
13)Modding only a few words on this as i dont want to give away all my strategy and trade secrets. All your weapons need to be able to handle every frame. Mod accordingly. *cough* damage types.
Parting shot: Don't rely on any one thing, use all your gear. Dont fight only channeling melee, its annoying and cheap. Understand when its a good idea to use melee, but remember you have the advantage when your opponent comes to you. Never go to your opponent to melee kill, your handing them an easy kill strategy and its overall a bad idea. (In my opinion, i also have a pet peeve against melee spamming so there is that bias)
CONTACT INFO:
If you wish to contact me about joining my Clan Gearhart, PM me in game. I am usually on around 8:00-12:00PM PST. (You can also message Renocraft) We are open to accept anyone who wants to be or is a PvP player looking for a group of Tenno to PvP with. PvE is welcome as well. (All research is completed, Complete dojo.)
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These are just 13 tips and tricks about improving your PvP game and how to approach PvP.
also I didn't proof read this as I wrote it at 2:00am. But I will tomorrow.
TL:DR - if your too lazy to read this then your loss.
disorientation in relation to PvP (for me) occurs when a player dies. When they die they lose track of the fighting, get randomly teleported, and need to reorient themselves before their next fight (I.E. collect energy, find opponents)
weak is any other player low on health and running.
1)75% rule, 75% of the time when your shields go down turn and run. Find cover, rethink your strategy. If you have already taken down your opponents shields and some of there health and think you can survive the encounter without being beneath 50% health, stay and fight it out. In PvP you have to think about surviving your next fight, and getting the next kill. Not just the Immediate one. Plan accordingly. When you die you have down time, your KD is lowered, and you lose the pace of the battle and enter disoriented.
2) Dont. Stop. Get it? Get it? Never stop moving. If you stop moving your dead. End of Story. The only time movement should stop is if your a frost in your bubble, but even then you need to be ready to dodge the MOMENT you take damage. If you take damage you are in the air, rolling, or changing direction and facing your attacker. Never stop moving or your a sitting duck. Even during a dog fight you keep jumping, rolling, and sliding. OUT MANEUVER YOUR OPPONENT.
3) The law of tank. Say your opponent is a tankier frame, (Frost, Valk, Rhino, Saryn, Ash P)you need an edge, if you have no stun abilities, low energy, or no decent damage abilities, and your approaching him head on, YOUR DOING IT WRONG. to handle a tank when you have low energy is suicide. EVEN IF YOUR A TANK. To kill a tank you need to out DPS them, out smart them or out tank them (The latter is a terrible idea, second one is the best approach). Wait till the tank is weak on health, wait till the tank is low on energy, wait till its distracted. Then attack like the devil, hit em with powers first, then shoot. If its a blade-storm wait till you lower them till all they have is 80% or less health and blade-storm to finish them. If he is tankier then you double your efforts to deal damage and cast debilitating powers, double your efforts to dodge bullets, and if your shields go down, and he is at 90% health or higher. Run. Like. Hell.
4)The Weak Must Fall. You see someone low on health? Go out of your way to kill them. If someone is low on health slay them immediately. There are two reasons for this: 1) lowers potential enemy damage dealing. 2) removes a factor from the battle field and disorients the slayed. Even if you need to chase them around the map. You kill them. A weak player on low health is a free meal. So you better darn take it.Often times a weak player will run from the majority of the fight, and you following the 75% rule should have more health and shields then them. So killing them wont be a problem. Take your free kill.
5) Distractions of the weak. When chasing an opponent who is low on health do not get distracted. Distractions are what a good player low on health is waiting for. A smart player when low on health runs past healthy players hoping they will attract the person chasing them. usually they will. Ignore them and chase the weakling. If the weakling stops and turns to fight you (understanding there is a player chasing you too now and senses a tactical advantage) run past him and then turn and shoot at him. Now the weakling will be surrounded by two healthy players and you will have the upper hand as the player chasing you is now most likely distracted.
6)Be a coward. Only fight when your health is high, only fight when you have the tactical advantage, only fight when your opponent is weaker then you, or less skilled. The only time you fight someone who is as good as you in skill or better, is to get better yourself and learn how they move, and what they do that keeps killing you. If your not trying to learn and want to rack up kills, and end up on top of the list at the end of annihilation, then you better target the weak, disoriented, distracted, or animation-frozen players.
If you get hit and you don't know by who or from where, run like @(*()$ hell till you do. You cant fight blind so don't @(*()$ try, just immediately go into evasive maneuver mode.
7)Be a Thief. Steal oro, steal health, steal energy. War is not fought fairly, so don't play fair. Everyone is going to steal the oro you earn, so you better darn steal theirs. In Warframe you don't win by playing fair or honestly, you win through cold, calculated, decisive moves. Stealing oro is part of the PvP in warframe, it is an aspect of the combat and therefore not dishonorable.
8)Relax. Dont play tense, don't get angry, and if you do, deep breaths. A frustrated player is a dead player. You cannot be tense when fighting in PvP. When your muscles stiffen they fight against each other and your reaction time slows. Stay relaxed, analyze your opponents, and think about WHY you died and how to avoid it. If you fight calm, you'll fight like the devil.
9) Stealth, timing and speed are key. If you move faster then your opponents they cant catch you, they cant hit you, and they will never kill you. Moreover if they dont know your there, they cant do S#&$ can they? "Stealth is not possible in PvP" WRONG. This is where orientation is important. Perception is everything, if someone is fighting for their life with another player everything else but the jackhole attacking them doesnt exsist. When a player charges into a fray, they dont see the sniper perched hundreds of meters away. Hundreds of yards in the air, crouching behind cover. and That sniper needs to be you. Whether you have a vectis or boltor you can rack in all the kills by staying away and "hidden" from there perception. The best place to hid is in plain sight.
Never underestimate simply following another player. If you get behind a player, dont immediately attack, wait until they are in a corridor, wait until they are sniping, wait until they get distracted. THEN KILL THEM. If you attack at the wrong time you are dead.
Time your attacks so they make the most difference. For example know your damage type. If your playing ash, and your opponent has shields dont open with blade-storm. Slash is weak against health. Lower their shields and then attack with blade-storm. With Zephyr, open with tornado as magnetic will lower there shields then kill em with your weps. Frost, hit them with your first the first thing, the slow gives you an advantage, the cold lowers shields, and the fact its a power startles inexperience and even moderately experience players into "oh S#&$ im being attacked mode"
10)Most important advice. Understand your opponent and counter accordingly. you need to know what every power in the game sounds like. So you know when to run. For example if you hear an ember casting World On Fire, GET THE F*** OUT OF THERE. If its an equinox approach so they cant cast sleep. (Behind) if its a ash understand that ash moves faster then you and plan a quicker TTK then normal or attempt to stagger. If your enemy has a gorgon, understand its inaccurate at long range but hella beast upclose. If they have a vectis or lex prime get good and close and beat em to death with something that has a faster fire rate as it will do better in close quarters. If they are a melee spammer (a completely dishonorable art form in my mind but whatever its a thing) simply run away and shoot backwards, or roll under there melee and turn and fire. Basically think about what your opponent has at their disposal and fight them like its the worst case scenario from shot #1.
11)Understand your equipment inside and out + KEY-BINDS. Know your key-binds. If you have your powers on 1,2,3,4 your not doing it right. All your powers need to be easily accessed. I suggest binding a power to mouse 3, q, c, alt, or ideally have everything off of your mouse. You need to be able to attack with your powers with out debilitating your movement. IF YOU CANT MOVE YOUR DEAD. IF YOU STOP MOVING OR MOVE WRONG YOUR DEAD.
Know your gear, know when its outclassed, understand when you need to compensate for it, how to compensate for it, and what gear you perform best with. Always use gear you are good with, if you are bad with your gear, then you better be playing for fun or a new experience. The best PvPers have mastered there gear, and understand why its good. Research and play your gear till you hear it shooting, slashing, and grinding your opponents to dust in your dreams.
12)Crossfires, Not going to say much here other then STAY OUT. And be the guy on the edge. The people in the middle of the crossfire will die. The people who charge into or toward it will die. The man who waits and attacks from a moderate distance and angle will not. Learn how to lure opponents into a crossfire, how to get them to start one, and how to get everyone else fighting each other, so they can die and you can live bathing in there blood and oro.
13)Modding only a few words on this as i dont want to give away all my strategy and trade secrets. All your weapons need to be able to handle every frame. Mod accordingly. *cough* damage types.
Parting shot: Don't rely on any one thing, use all your gear. Dont fight only channeling melee, its annoying and cheap. Understand when its a good idea to use melee, but remember you have the advantage when your opponent comes to you. Never go to your opponent to melee kill, your handing them an easy kill strategy and its overall a bad idea. (In my opinion, i also have a pet peeve against melee spamming so there is that bias)
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