Let me know if this video was helpful :) 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Ability explanations 01:51 - Additional mechanics explanations 02:54 - Priority 1: stay alive 04:16 - Priority 2: beacon uptime 04:56 - Priority 3: always be healing 05:15 - Exception 1: Luna Snow in danger 06:00 - Exception 2: Peni ult 06:44 - Exception 3: Spray for ult 07:08 - Exception 4: Running away 07:30 - Exception 5: Let co-supp. get ult 07:50 - Exception 6: Shooting objects 08:46 - Healing Priority 1: Ulting ally 09:32 - Healing Priority 2: Other supports 09:50 - Healing Priority 3: Ally flankers 10:20 - Healing Priority 4: Heal bulk of team 10:39 - Priority 4: Ping flankers 11:01 - Priority 5: Track enemy ults 12:07 - Priority 6: Give ammo 12:39 - Understand flow of the game and ultimate economy 13:09 - Ulting as Rocket first 13:32 - When your team gets overwhelmed 14:05 - When your team overwhelms the enemy 14:34 - Reposition your respawn beacon 14:47 - Times to use Rocket's ult 15:32 - Rocket means 7v6 16:17 - Major threats 16:26 - Any enemy strategist 16:39 - Venom/Captain America match up 16:53 - Hulk match up 17:07 - Peni/Magneto/Dr. Strange/Groot/Thor match up 17:23 - Hela/Hawkeye/Black Widow match up 17:35 - Magick/Psylocke match up 17:46 - Wolverine match up 17:58 - Iron Fist match up 18:11 - Spiderman match up 18:22 - Black Panther match up 18:36 - Squirrel Girl/Namor/Storm match up 18:51 - Winter Soldier match up 19:02 - Starlord match up 19:17 - Scarlet Witch match up 19:22 - Iron Man match up 19:31 - Moon Knight match up 19:42 - Punisher match up 19:52 - Ending notes
No character in Rivals is “bad”. People just don’t know how to play them initially. I am happy that people like you learn how to master these characters and then share their knowledge, so they can get the spotlight. Thank you!
@@moonknight2865 not at all. Cap may be weak compared to other vanguards, but is by no means bad. A good cap who knows how to rotate between health packs is unkillable
This is a really great video. Not only do you talk through the strategies vs. all other characters, but you include video of you evading/dealing with each. Really drives your points home. Well done.
Hands down best guide for Marvel Rivals. I really like how you take the time to break down the main priorities, since I think undertanding your hero's goals first is more useful than trying to optimize each ability.
This is the single, best guide that I ever saw for Rivals. After this one, I switched from Invisible Woman to Rocket and so far, doing pretty good. Thank you very much for the video! Looking forward to seeing more from you!
I'm not a Rocket player nor do I intend to be, but this is hands down one of the best guides I've seen for Rivals so far. Well spoken AND with captions (I'm deaf in one ear and have hearing loss in the other so the CC helps SO much. Not many creators put the time and effort in making CC so thank you very much.) Even though I don't plan on playing Rocket you have provided tips that apply to other heros as well that I can use. Also you showed actual gameplay with your talking points that help visual learners like myself understand what you are talking about. Gave great general tips as well. I'm surprised that you are a new channel with how much work that went into to this video. I will sub and can't wait for more content from you! (I can tell you are a fellow OW player not only by your pfp but how you called Rocket's ult "bongo" just like Orisa's OW 1 ult lol)
This is such a great video. Super informative and doesn't get too full of itself with theory and abstract gameplay techniques Perfect to watch and learn while getting my 6-month-old to sleep
This guide is hands down the best I've come across in a digital sea of guide videos. Thank you for sharing your in-depth knowledge through practical examples. I particularly appreciate the specific escapes and methods to handle characters that give Rocket trouble, as well as the breakdown of priorities and general gameplay tips. If you master other characters (Cloak and Dagger maybe :D), please consider making more videos. It is gleefully ironic that the best guide doesn't claim it is the "best" unlike many others. Cheers!
This vid is so so so helpful especially as a beginner gamer trying to climb ranks for the first time. Not only you broke the basics down really well but you pointed out a lot of scenarios that I’ve been doing wrong. Now I know how to position myself better and realize how good his healing is, I don’t pay much attention to stats/kills anymore and been consistent with the most heal/assists, and especially only 0-1 (the most 2) death per match
Been playing rivals since release, tried rocket early and hated him, now into season one he has quickly become my new favourite character over the past 4-5 days and this is one of the best quality guides I’ve seen on him yet! Thank you!
Yo girl! Your channel got a gold with this video. I almost never post but this is an exception. Practically, you explained both overall gameplay and rocket gameplay in one video. Pray for your success. Greeting.
Edit: I got to GM with Rocket! Thanks again for this vid great video, trying to get good with Rocket and this is exactly the video I was looking for, thank you!
I really like the presentation, the game footage, the reasoning, the timestamps. Very well organized video. As a Rocket enthusiast myself, the one point I would disagree with is spacing to healbot vs taking kills yourself. If the team is in good shape, there are certain targets you can absolutely shred with rocket, this includes flying enemies if you can use your mobility to get above them. Typically, I only engage in these fights if my DPS are bad or lack awareness (flanking ironman setting up ult for example). Hulk/venom are also food for Rocket's gun at mid-range. As strategists, the calculation to consider when healing vs damaging is: "Will shooting this enemy result in more net health for my team than healing someone" If the answer is yes, then damaging that target = healing.
Thank you! That is a very valid point. It all comes down to the state of the fight: who has more pressure in terms of health levels. Since overhealing won't contribute much when allies are healthy, shooting will apply more pressure. I had trouble identifying when it was safe for me to shoot targets when I was playing so I defaulted to easy mode healbotting from the back. There were too many times where I started shooting and then failed to realize my team was slowly dying in my peripheral and then we get wiped. In the new season I've started shooting a lot more Storms than expected though. Weaving shoots/heals from an aerial position with his wall running might be the way to dominate as Rocket.
My best advice during the Escort missions. If u wallrun ,jump ,heal yourself, repeat around the cart. You can stall a lot of time for your teammates. I won games for us so many times. It’s a lot of fun 🤣 can send clip
I think another prio for Rocket is any character that has verticality, Iron Man, Storm, Spidey, Venom, Starlord, Punisher if he's setting up etc... I always make sure to keep an eye on anyone who uses height to take that burden off the other support and allow them to focus only on healing those they can easily reach
Im a GM I Rocket OTP and ya you basically covered everything. If you're planning on making more videos, I would suggest one about BRB strategy: Good spots on each map, placing it high or low depending on enemy team comp, etc.
This is great. Below Diamond, I'd suggest a couple tweaks. Priority #2 may be healing co-support. I'd also say doing dmg to build ult is valuable. It's important to be careful not to trigger a reload because you were dealing dmg and now you need to heal. If I am low on healing balls I'll look to see if I can safely empty some of the clip.
I just started playing Rocket and competative mode. Ill say living is by far the easiest with Rocket. I get on any other healer and am constantly looking for wall run spots and jet packing away from danger. (Positioning issue for me to learn and get better at) Rocket is so fun to play. There is no better accolade after a game as "Rocket just doesnt die! I stopped trying to kill you after the 5th time you got away!"
I'm currently Gold II - I love playing Rocket but I'm unsure about pushing further as a solo player...your video was encouraging though and maybe I'll try to keep going (honestly I only played ranked to get the skin). I got him up to "Lord"..I know that doesn't mean anything skill wise, just time spent. Anyway, I'm rambling, great video.
Another thing is opportunity cost of their divers targeting you. I find it hilarious how calm I am and how easy it is to live vs nearly every diver, so I like to play around with them when they dive me instead of outright running away. In their minds they probably think they almost have me or they're preventing me from healing, but neither is the case. Them spending so much time and resources on me basically takes them out of the fight for long periods. So try to master escape, but bait yourself at the same time by not being so elusive that they just ignore you.
Amazing video, when did you know when to take a break? Or did you power through your losses, struggling with this atm keep getting into bad losing streaks
hI Nage, thank you so much for this guide. I got to Diamond with this guide. If it's possible do you have any tips on choosing bans in Diamond+ for healbot Rocket as well as any tips for playing him in a triple support comp? I've been struggling in Diamond with Rocket since I cant seem to heal enough in Triple support to farm value from his ult and his rez. Once again thanks for your time into this guide
Sorry don't have any tips for bans. I usually ban Hulk + Wolverine. If you can, try to avoid running triple support on your team. 2-2-2 has a higher win rate according to RivalsMeta. If you can't control what your teammates are playing, you are unfortunately going to have to start doing damage as Rocket to compensate for your team's overall lower damage with 3 strategists. I believe the idea of triple support meta is due to strategists having access to the best ultimates in the game. The problem is, people don't realize that 3 support comps have low damage and so the supports have to do more to compensate for that. Also, there is only so much you can heal so all 3 supports are fighting for healing for ult charge. Try playing more forward (because you have 2 supports to heal you instead of only 1) and weaving damage and healing at the same time. Rocket has high dps at point blank so try shredding some tanks that are trying to make space (damage fall off starts at 10m). If you don't want to change your playstyle, I recommend saving your ult for after defensive enemy support ults or comboing with an ally offensive ult to burst through the enemy defensive ult healing (an easy example: Rocket's ult will enable Punisher's ult to burn through most defensive ults). It also helps if the rest of your team is also able to focus fire the same target (use your pings) since your ult amplifies everyone within range.
Any more constructive advice to counter Scarlet Witch? Her range and mobility make it difficult to keep my distance, especially if she's targeting Rocket. Thanks!
Scarlet's phased mobility is pretty slow so you just need to keep an eye on where she could be coming at you from. If she catches you off guard, you can juke her by dashing to high ground. She only has 2 charges on her phase so you can dash/dash boost/wall run onto elevation and she won't be able to chase you unless she expends her charges. Try to take cover and get your team to help you.
At 16:26, I did mean enemy strategists. I tried to keep the video short but the general idea to avoid dueling strategists is because if they are fighting you, they are not healing the team. If you keep healing your team and stay alive until the strategist chasing you gives up, the teams are essentially fighting a 5v6. Within those few seconds of enemy team with 1 healer, your team is very likely to get a kill or pressure them into poor positions. Alternatively, they could be distracting you while keeping heals on the team (Mantis heal over time, Cloak & Dagger bubble, etc.). In that case you definitely do not want to let your team fight without your heals. If you choose to duel them (1v1), you need to be super close which is not ideal due to how close Rocket's damage fall off is (I believe it's reduced to 40% damage at 20m+ and it starts falling off at 10m!). It also comes down to mechanical skill level of who aims better and who strafes better. Note that strategists have a hard time killing each other because they have small hitboxes and self preservation. An option you can try is weaving shots and healing the team while dueling them. I've been trying that out this season and it works OK with the 3 support meta. Maybe Rocket was meant to be played weaving both shooting and healing.
im unsure why you keep saying Rocket is a heal bot and not telling players to use their left click when he has the highest DPS in the game at the 10m range meaning he can melt tanks like Venom, Peni, Captain America, or even Thor if he has his team with him. Rocket's damage is meaningful to winning fights and games, you cannot healbot, you even mentioned at the start of the video contradicting yourself "Rocket is a struggle to climb in lower elos as a healbot because you're only as good as the team you're supporting" this applies to high elo as well, and you need to make good play making decisions of whether or not damaging or healing is better. Also preemptive healing is nice and all but you end up reloading in a lot of scenarios when you can't heal suddenly when you need the heal the most because your orbs fly past your team if theyre full hp. It's unreliable to do and you rely completely on your team to carry you when support is the best role in the game impact wise in all games including this one, you need to create impact.
In retrospect, yes, I should've generalized the exception of gunning down an ulting Peni to include all melee tanks since they get melted but in my games, what worked for me was being a primarily low-risk backline healer. In my experience, it's very rare that an enemy tank is out of position to the point where you can shred him for free because your team should already be doing that.
bc he cant counter ult other strategist characters. which if they have two or three strategist who can pop a ult that heals their whole team you lose by them healing more
I believe it's because his ultimate's impact is hard to see. If his team's damage is boosted and someone other than Rocket kills you, it's very unlikely for you to notice that what made you die so fast was his amplifier. In an extreme example, if a Punisher with the damage amp. deleted you, you would attribute the kill to the Punisher's good aim and tracking. The Rocket's damage boost that enabled Punisher to kill you that fast would come second. In contrast, defensive support ults like Luna Snow's are very obvious "my team can't die" buttons. They are also very easy to use because you can usually save it to counter an enemy offensive ult. People would rather have the ultimate that is easy to use and has obvious impact but that doesn't mean Rocket's ultimate is bad. It all comes down to the strategist's decision making.
Sorry to hear that you've had a poor solo queue experience. Everybody gets their share of bad and toxic teammates but communication can be the key to a good team. I've had unpleasant experiences as well in my climb but I've also encountered some great in game leaders whose communications have contributed greatly to our victory.
“Track and communicate enemy ults to your team?“ How do you do that when you say you’re not in coms? Typing on a keyboard while keeping people alive? Hardly. Why do you all lie about solo cuing with no coms?
Sorry if my video misrepresented what I meant to say. I'm not the best player but this is how I got to GM solo queue with no mic. I wanted to share how important ult economy is because at least if you don't communicate to your team the information, you can keep yourself out of danger.
Amazing video :3 Also an extra tip, you can turn off Auto Reload in his settings so that if you run out of bullets/orbs u can still shoot the other one :3
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Let me know if this video was helpful :)
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Ability explanations
01:51 - Additional mechanics explanations
02:54 - Priority 1: stay alive
04:16 - Priority 2: beacon uptime
04:56 - Priority 3: always be healing
05:15 - Exception 1: Luna Snow in danger
06:00 - Exception 2: Peni ult
06:44 - Exception 3: Spray for ult
07:08 - Exception 4: Running away
07:30 - Exception 5: Let co-supp. get ult
07:50 - Exception 6: Shooting objects
08:46 - Healing Priority 1: Ulting ally
09:32 - Healing Priority 2: Other supports
09:50 - Healing Priority 3: Ally flankers
10:20 - Healing Priority 4: Heal bulk of team
10:39 - Priority 4: Ping flankers
11:01 - Priority 5: Track enemy ults
12:07 - Priority 6: Give ammo
12:39 - Understand flow of the game and ultimate economy
13:09 - Ulting as Rocket first
13:32 - When your team gets overwhelmed
14:05 - When your team overwhelms the enemy
14:34 - Reposition your respawn beacon
14:47 - Times to use Rocket's ult
15:32 - Rocket means 7v6
16:17 - Major threats
16:26 - Any enemy strategist
16:39 - Venom/Captain America match up
16:53 - Hulk match up
17:07 - Peni/Magneto/Dr. Strange/Groot/Thor match up
17:23 - Hela/Hawkeye/Black Widow match up
17:35 - Magick/Psylocke match up
17:46 - Wolverine match up
17:58 - Iron Fist match up
18:11 - Spiderman match up
18:22 - Black Panther match up
18:36 - Squirrel Girl/Namor/Storm match up
18:51 - Winter Soldier match up
19:02 - Starlord match up
19:17 - Scarlet Witch match up
19:22 - Iron Man match up
19:31 - Moon Knight match up
19:42 - Punisher match up
19:52 - Ending notes
No character in Rivals is “bad”. People just don’t know how to play them initially. I am happy that people like you learn how to master these characters and then share their knowledge, so they can get the spotlight. Thank you!
Captain America is kind of bad, lets be honest here. I love Cap but he needs work.
@@moonknight2865 not at all. Cap may be weak compared to other vanguards, but is by no means bad. A good cap who knows how to rotate between health packs is unkillable
This is great! And the edge of the map wallrun blew my mind @4:00 ish
This is a really great video. Not only do you talk through the strategies vs. all other characters, but you include video of you evading/dealing with each. Really drives your points home. Well done.
There a lot of bigger channels making lower quality guides than this one. Great job!
Great video
Finally! An awesome guide on how to master that is beyond the basic moves. Thanks!
Hands down best guide for Marvel Rivals. I really like how you take the time to break down the main priorities, since I think undertanding your hero's goals first is more useful than trying to optimize each ability.
Most in-depth guide I’ve seen for any character. Makes rocket looks like a lot of fun
This is the single, best guide that I ever saw for Rivals. After this one, I switched from Invisible Woman to Rocket and so far, doing pretty good. Thank you very much for the video! Looking forward to seeing more from you!
I'm not a Rocket player nor do I intend to be, but this is hands down one of the best guides I've seen for Rivals so far. Well spoken AND with captions (I'm deaf in one ear and have hearing loss in the other so the CC helps SO much. Not many creators put the time and effort in making CC so thank you very much.) Even though I don't plan on playing Rocket you have provided tips that apply to other heros as well that I can use. Also you showed actual gameplay with your talking points that help visual learners like myself understand what you are talking about. Gave great general tips as well. I'm surprised that you are a new channel with how much work that went into to this video. I will sub and can't wait for more content from you! (I can tell you are a fellow OW player not only by your pfp but how you called Rocket's ult "bongo" just like Orisa's OW 1 ult lol)
This is amazing! Informative, straight to the point, example clips, and detailed breakdowns for every scenario and opponents. You've earned a sub!
This is such a great video. Super informative and doesn't get too full of itself with theory and abstract gameplay techniques
Perfect to watch and learn while getting my 6-month-old to sleep
one of the better guides on rocket i’ve seen, you deserve more subs, well done!
This guide is hands down the best I've come across in a digital sea of guide videos. Thank you for sharing your in-depth knowledge through practical examples. I particularly appreciate the specific escapes and methods to handle characters that give Rocket trouble, as well as the breakdown of priorities and general gameplay tips. If you master other characters (Cloak and Dagger maybe :D), please consider making more videos. It is gleefully ironic that the best guide doesn't claim it is the "best" unlike many others. Cheers!
This is hands down the best Rocket guide on youtube - managed to climb to diamond with this and will keep going - thank you so much!
Actually made it to Grandmaster a few days ago as well - this is a phenomenal guide
This vid is so so so helpful especially as a beginner gamer trying to climb ranks for the first time. Not only you broke the basics down really well but you pointed out a lot of scenarios that I’ve been doing wrong. Now I know how to position myself better and realize how good his healing is, I don’t pay much attention to stats/kills anymore and been consistent with the most heal/assists, and especially only 0-1 (the most 2) death per match
This is the most informative Rocket Guide I could find. Thank you so much. I am falling in love with Rocket and will use these tips to my advantage.
Been playing rivals since release, tried rocket early and hated him, now into season one he has quickly become my new favourite character over the past 4-5 days and this is one of the best quality guides I’ve seen on him yet! Thank you!
I'm D1 right now. This was very informative. Thank you! 😊
Yo girl! Your channel got a gold with this video. I almost never post but this is an exception. Practically, you explained both overall gameplay and rocket gameplay in one video. Pray for your success. Greeting.
I don’t get excited when someone on my team picks rocket but I’ve come to appreciate him. Great video
This is a fantastic guide! It applies to more than just rocket too
This came out just when I needed. Ty. I’m a Thor / strange main but I’ve always wanted to be a healer and rocket is just so fun to move with
Loved this guide, thanks for taking the time to make it
best marvel rivals guide I've seen keep up the good work
Makes me happy to know most of these tips I learned playing :) thanks for the information!!!!
Thank you for a great video, learned alot about Rocket in this one!
I almost didn't click this video because rocket is so straight forward but im glad i did.
Great guide, and I actually learned a lot
Edit: I got to GM with Rocket! Thanks again for this vid
great video, trying to get good with Rocket and this is exactly the video I was looking for, thank you!
Awesome breakdown, great vid 👍
Nice guide, very thorough.
Thank you for the actually useful video, great advice
At last a real raccoon guide!
Great guide and nice voice for the commentary ❤
this was so great, valuable in so many ways
Got over 30hrs with rocket at gm2 with him mostly just love his play style and survivability
I really like the presentation, the game footage, the reasoning, the timestamps.
Very well organized video.
As a Rocket enthusiast myself, the one point I would disagree with is spacing to healbot vs taking kills yourself.
If the team is in good shape, there are certain targets you can absolutely shred with rocket, this includes flying enemies if you can use your mobility to get above them. Typically, I only engage in these fights if my DPS are bad or lack awareness (flanking ironman setting up ult for example). Hulk/venom are also food for Rocket's gun at mid-range.
As strategists, the calculation to consider when healing vs damaging is: "Will shooting this enemy result in more net health for my team than healing someone" If the answer is yes, then damaging that target = healing.
Thank you! That is a very valid point. It all comes down to the state of the fight: who has more pressure in terms of health levels. Since overhealing won't contribute much when allies are healthy, shooting will apply more pressure.
I had trouble identifying when it was safe for me to shoot targets when I was playing so I defaulted to easy mode healbotting from the back. There were too many times where I started shooting and then failed to realize my team was slowly dying in my peripheral and then we get wiped. In the new season I've started shooting a lot more Storms than expected though. Weaving shoots/heals from an aerial position with his wall running might be the way to dominate as Rocket.
You brought up some great points, thanks for the video
Amazing video breakdown with timestamps
This is a great guide and very well explained
the wall run escape was insane
My best advice during the Escort missions. If u wallrun ,jump ,heal yourself, repeat around the cart. You can stall a lot of time for your teammates. I won games for us so many times. It’s a lot of fun 🤣 can send clip
Omg that's a great video !!!!
Thank you for the gems
That juke at 19:13 was diabolical lol
The best rocket guide
I think another prio for Rocket is any character that has verticality, Iron Man, Storm, Spidey, Venom, Starlord, Punisher if he's setting up etc... I always make sure to keep an eye on anyone who uses height to take that burden off the other support and allow them to focus only on healing those they can easily reach
I'm climbing with rocket as well! Made diamond 2 so far he's a blast!
Im a GM I Rocket OTP and ya you basically covered everything. If you're planning on making more videos, I would suggest one about BRB strategy: Good spots on each map, placing it high or low depending on enemy team comp, etc.
You got a subscriber from me. Great video👍🏾
Great breakdown! 🎉❤
really helpful tech. thanks
This is great. Below Diamond, I'd suggest a couple tweaks. Priority #2 may be healing co-support. I'd also say doing dmg to build ult is valuable. It's important to be careful not to trigger a reload because you were dealing dmg and now you need to heal. If I am low on healing balls I'll look to see if I can safely empty some of the clip.
I just started playing Rocket and competative mode. Ill say living is by far the easiest with Rocket. I get on any other healer and am constantly looking for wall run spots and jet packing away from danger. (Positioning issue for me to learn and get better at)
Rocket is so fun to play. There is no better accolade after a game as "Rocket just doesnt die! I stopped trying to kill you after the 5th time you got away!"
Great video.
Great vid I’ve been trying rocket lately def an elite heal botter
I'm currently Gold II - I love playing Rocket but I'm unsure about pushing further as a solo player...your video was encouraging though and maybe I'll try to keep going (honestly I only played ranked to get the skin). I got him up to "Lord"..I know that doesn't mean anything skill wise, just time spent. Anyway, I'm rambling, great video.
I am a certified healbot and I like this video
Good guide
Another thing is opportunity cost of their divers targeting you. I find it hilarious how calm I am and how easy it is to live vs nearly every diver, so I like to play around with them when they dive me instead of outright running away. In their minds they probably think they almost have me or they're preventing me from healing, but neither is the case. Them spending so much time and resources on me basically takes them out of the fight for long periods. So try to master escape, but bait yourself at the same time by not being so elusive that they just ignore you.
well done!
God tier
How are you so throughout and analytic ? What's your job ?
Amazing video, when did you know when to take a break? Or did you power through your losses, struggling with this atm keep getting into bad losing streaks
I took breaks when the game didn't feel fun to play anymore. I also took a break after 2-3 losses in a row for my mental health.
hI Nage, thank you so much for this guide. I got to Diamond with this guide. If it's possible do you have any tips on choosing bans in Diamond+ for healbot Rocket as well as any tips for playing him in a triple support comp? I've been struggling in Diamond with Rocket since I cant seem to heal enough in Triple support to farm value from his ult and his rez. Once again thanks for your time into this guide
Sorry don't have any tips for bans. I usually ban Hulk + Wolverine.
If you can, try to avoid running triple support on your team. 2-2-2 has a higher win rate according to RivalsMeta.
If you can't control what your teammates are playing, you are unfortunately going to have to start doing damage as Rocket to compensate for your team's overall lower damage with 3 strategists. I believe the idea of triple support meta is due to strategists having access to the best ultimates in the game. The problem is, people don't realize that 3 support comps have low damage and so the supports have to do more to compensate for that. Also, there is only so much you can heal so all 3 supports are fighting for healing for ult charge.
Try playing more forward (because you have 2 supports to heal you instead of only 1) and weaving damage and healing at the same time. Rocket has high dps at point blank so try shredding some tanks that are trying to make space (damage fall off starts at 10m).
If you don't want to change your playstyle, I recommend saving your ult for after defensive enemy support ults or comboing with an ally offensive ult to burst through the enemy defensive ult healing (an easy example: Rocket's ult will enable Punisher's ult to burn through most defensive ults). It also helps if the rest of your team is also able to focus fire the same target (use your pings) since your ult amplifies everyone within range.
@@Nage. ooo tysm! will try incorporating this nto my gameplay!
Great guide. Please do another hero? 🙏 Subbed😊
really goodjob
good ass guide
The real challenge... getting out of solo ranked
Any more constructive advice to counter Scarlet Witch? Her range and mobility make it difficult to keep my distance, especially if she's targeting Rocket. Thanks!
Scarlet's phased mobility is pretty slow so you just need to keep an eye on where she could be coming at you from. If she catches you off guard, you can juke her by dashing to high ground. She only has 2 charges on her phase so you can dash/dash boost/wall run onto elevation and she won't be able to chase you unless she expends her charges. Try to take cover and get your team to help you.
Amazing guide. At 16:26 did you mean enemy duelists, not enemy strategists?
At 16:26, I did mean enemy strategists.
I tried to keep the video short but the general idea to avoid dueling strategists is because if they are fighting you, they are not healing the team. If you keep healing your team and stay alive until the strategist chasing you gives up, the teams are essentially fighting a 5v6. Within those few seconds of enemy team with 1 healer, your team is very likely to get a kill or pressure them into poor positions.
Alternatively, they could be distracting you while keeping heals on the team (Mantis heal over time, Cloak & Dagger bubble, etc.). In that case you definitely do not want to let your team fight without your heals.
If you choose to duel them (1v1), you need to be super close which is not ideal due to how close Rocket's damage fall off is (I believe it's reduced to 40% damage at 20m+ and it starts falling off at 10m!). It also comes down to mechanical skill level of who aims better and who strafes better. Note that strategists have a hard time killing each other because they have small hitboxes and self preservation.
An option you can try is weaving shots and healing the team while dueling them. I've been trying that out this season and it works OK with the 3 support meta. Maybe Rocket was meant to be played weaving both shooting and healing.
@@Nage. Thank you for the detailed response! I reached GM for the first time as a Rocket main, with help from this video.
I thought rocket sucked. Dropped 40k health and honestly… i understand it now
im unsure why you keep saying Rocket is a heal bot and not telling players to use their left click when he has the highest DPS in the game at the 10m range meaning he can melt tanks like Venom, Peni, Captain America, or even Thor if he has his team with him. Rocket's damage is meaningful to winning fights and games, you cannot healbot, you even mentioned at the start of the video contradicting yourself "Rocket is a struggle to climb in lower elos as a healbot because you're only as good as the team you're supporting" this applies to high elo as well, and you need to make good play making decisions of whether or not damaging or healing is better. Also preemptive healing is nice and all but you end up reloading in a lot of scenarios when you can't heal suddenly when you need the heal the most because your orbs fly past your team if theyre full hp. It's unreliable to do and you rely completely on your team to carry you when support is the best role in the game impact wise in all games including this one, you need to create impact.
In retrospect, yes, I should've generalized the exception of gunning down an ulting Peni to include all melee tanks since they get melted but in my games, what worked for me was being a primarily low-risk backline healer. In my experience, it's very rare that an enemy tank is out of position to the point where you can shred him for free because your team should already be doing that.
Bump
why do people hate on him so much? jeff i understand but why him
bc he cant counter ult other strategist characters. which if they have two or three strategist who can pop a ult that heals their whole team you lose by them healing more
@@Ukiyo_wonders damage amplifier must be worth something
I believe it's because his ultimate's impact is hard to see.
If his team's damage is boosted and someone other than Rocket kills you, it's very unlikely for you to notice that what made you die so fast was his amplifier. In an extreme example, if a Punisher with the damage amp. deleted you, you would attribute the kill to the Punisher's good aim and tracking. The Rocket's damage boost that enabled Punisher to kill you that fast would come second.
In contrast, defensive support ults like Luna Snow's are very obvious "my team can't die" buttons. They are also very easy to use because you can usually save it to counter an enemy offensive ult. People would rather have the ultimate that is easy to use and has obvious impact but that doesn't mean Rocket's ultimate is bad. It all comes down to the strategist's decision making.
They are just going on vibes not reality. Rocket has the highest win percentage of all of the healers. They'll figure it out eventually
The number of times my Punishers and Winters have been the MVP…after I dropped my Z and Ult for them all match
I can’t play as rocket because he is not good at killing and is slow
Love your voice
I only made it five minutes in and just cannot stand the voice, appreciate the content up until then though
Turning on comms will not improve a solo queuing experience. Ever.
Sorry to hear that you've had a poor solo queue experience. Everybody gets their share of bad and toxic teammates but communication can be the key to a good team. I've had unpleasant experiences as well in my climb but I've also encountered some great in game leaders whose communications have contributed greatly to our victory.
My average damage per match with Rocket is 0.
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Arknights player
“Track and communicate enemy ults to your team?“ How do you do that when you say you’re not in coms? Typing on a keyboard while keeping people alive? Hardly. Why do you all lie about solo cuing with no coms?
Sorry if my video misrepresented what I meant to say. I'm not the best player but this is how I got to GM solo queue with no mic. I wanted to share how important ult economy is because at least if you don't communicate to your team the information, you can keep yourself out of danger.
Wow. I came for an overview of Rocket and left with a better understanding of the whole game.
Amazing video :3
Also an extra tip, you can turn off Auto Reload in his settings so that if you run out of bullets/orbs u can still shoot the other one :3
Great video