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Your first games: seven habits

You do not need to be good at aiming to be useful. These habits carry more weight in your first matches.

Seven habits

1 · Stay with the group: Fights are won by teams. Alone you are an easy pick.
2 · Be on the objective: Standing on the point, next to the payload or near the robot is doing your job.
3 · Use your abilities: They recharge. Holding a defensive ability for later usually means you die with it.
4 · Know your ultimate: Read it once. Use it when a fight is about to start or your team needs help.
5 · Swap when it is not working: Getting beaten by the same enemy hero? Try another hero. That is normal.
6 · Regroup after a lost fight: Wait for teammates at spawn or a safe spot and go back together.
7 · Mute toxicity, keep playing: You can mute or block anyone. Do it and move on.

Ignore tier lists, sensitivity math and pro strategies. Learn one hero, a second one, and how the objective works. Everything else comes naturally.

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