Gold 3 Wrecking Ball [K1NZS5] IGN: NinjaWulv

[fossil swallow]

I think I played alright this game, but my play is very sloppy. Additionally I haven't been VOD Reviewed on Ball before so it would be helpful to iron out bad habits.

Thanks in advance for anyone looking at this

[slim wind]

Overall:
GJ, well earned victory.
You can scout a lot more effectively than this. Stop standing in the middle of your team while the enemy approaches. This one is really important to fix.
Try to find a better alternative to grappling the doorway right above you. It's good that you're trying different spots, but I can tell you, that doorway grapple rarely leads anywhere.

4:20 - 4:45, well played.
5:15 - 5:25, nice mines, but also still room for improvement here. (Retract instead of using fireball? Approach from behind?)
7:13 - 7:30, i like how you approached this fight. Not your fault you lost it, but you did need to leave at 7:31 after they cap.
11:16 - I was gonna tell you to use retract, but you did! Next time you'll be quicker and they won't hear you.

We talked about TTK and target priority in the other channel, and I think I can tie that to something that happened in this match. Look at your first death to the soldier. You got the heal station out, but kept fighting him. My gut says that if you just left at that point, you could engage on someone else, and that might actually be enough to keep your team from falling over - see where I'm going with this?

[sharp raft]

https://youtu.be/SpYbXGdEX3w

[fossil swallow]

will watch shortly, tysm

[fossil swallow]

on scouting - i think the issue is genuinely just that i havent learned new junk city enough to know where they're coming from

its an unfamilliarity with most flashpoint maps that i need to just iron out with time

[fossil swallow]

and noted on all fronts, tysm

[sharp raft]

also, your the character with the heaviest reliance on heath packs. Whenever you are low, or whenever you do engage you should already be thinking about which mega healthpack you want to run to

90% of balls healing should ideally be from health packs

[slim wind]

then take a guess, and if you're wrong, make a better guess next time

[sharp raft]

Remembering them and playing around them keeps you self sufficient

[fossil swallow]

got it

[fossil swallow]

this is all very very helpful thank you

i should honestly start physically writing stuff down to try and help with memory intake but. yea i will try and keep especially the stuff with better control in mind

[brazen tree]

damn this is fascinating i had no idea there were these little nuances. ball is such an interesting character

[fossil swallow]

i like that ball has this insane amount of depth

[brazen tree]

could for a game or two just emphasize 100% practicing better steering control ?

[fossil swallow]

its what made me want to play him in the first place

[fossil swallow]

potentially yea

[brazen tree]

yeah it's wild that one can look at a ball clip and identify stuff like "should have wall jumped" or "need to grapple to the ground"

he's so specialized im not really interested in learning him but it's a fascinating artform