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ollie's tips for practicing baby seers; a thread by a midtier eli main
-eli's ability sends out his owl (im calling her poppo) to find your teammates at the start of a match. depending on the size of said map, it can take her around 35-55 seconds to find everyone and return to your shoulder. thats nearly a whole minute where you're itemless.
-when poppo finds and circles a teammate, an eye symbol (pic below) will appear on said teammate's profile in the top right corner. the order of the eye symbols appearing corresponds to their distance from you-- so if perf's profile gets an eye symbol first, she's closest to you.
-maps that take poppo 35-40 seconds to circle, depending on the spawn points of your teammates: church, sacred, arms, asylum, eversleeping
-bigger maps like moonlit, lakeside and cave take a minimum of 55 seconds to circle, and thats if your spawns are already close together !!
-bigger maps like moonlit, lakeside and cave take a minimum of 55 seconds to circle, and thats if your spawns are already close together !!
-if you get caught before poppo can return to you: pick a god, pray n try not to eat a hit before she comes back !
-if you get caught with her already on your shoulder: try to fill the rage meter as much as possible before taking a first hit. that way you'll have the 1st poppo-
-if you get caught with her already on your shoulder: try to fill the rage meter as much as possible before taking a first hit. that way you'll have the 1st poppo-
from game start, and a second one already close to loaded !!
-a rlly useful ping to bring if you're playing with randos/are not on vc is cipher machine primed !! eli can see the hunter for the first 5 seconds of a match, so a seer pinging cipher primed early game can mean 2 things:
>the hunter is a joseph-- quick, hide!
>the hunter--
>the hunter is a joseph-- quick, hide!
>the hunter--
can terrorshock or jumpscare in general (wu chang, dream witch)
-personally I use 'cipher primed' for joseph and 'hunter is close hide' for jumpscare hunters
-theres also a third code i use for when im teamed but no vc: 'the hunter has changed target, beware!' for campers like-
-personally I use 'cipher primed' for joseph and 'hunter is close hide' for jumpscare hunters
-theres also a third code i use for when im teamed but no vc: 'the hunter has changed target, beware!' for campers like-
soulweaver, guard 26 and feaster !!
*im not sure if randos will recognize what 'hunter is close' and 'hunter changed target' are codes for, but cipher primed is pretty well known among midtiers! if you have a team, work out some ping codes- it'll help you lots if you can't vc !!
*im not sure if randos will recognize what 'hunter is close' and 'hunter changed target' are codes for, but cipher primed is pretty well known among midtiers! if you have a team, work out some ping codes- it'll help you lots if you can't vc !!
on sending owls, for me at least !!
-if I'm playing with randos, I owl after first save/if they ping help me
-if I'm with friends in vc, i owl after first hit
IF U OWL AFTER 1ST HIT: to make the most of your spectate time, count to 8 and spec when you see them take a hit (5 if-
-if I'm playing with randos, I owl after first save/if they ping help me
-if I'm with friends in vc, i owl after first hit
IF U OWL AFTER 1ST HIT: to make the most of your spectate time, count to 8 and spec when you see them take a hit (5 if-
its a wuchang/bq/soulweaver/geisha bc they have good gap closer abilities).
IF U OWL AFTER 1ST SAVE: start ur spectate on the chaired person when you see/are told that the rescuer is in their sights. many hunters go for that instant save hit so unless they branch off to double--
IF U OWL AFTER 1ST SAVE: start ur spectate on the chaired person when you see/are told that the rescuer is in their sights. many hunters go for that instant save hit so unless they branch off to double--
hit the rescuer, owl the chaired person the second they're saved.
-IMPORTANT !!! IF THERES A MECHANIC ON THE TEAM, TRY YOUR BEST TO OWL AT FULL HEALTH-- YOU NEED TO DELAY HER INJURY DEBUFF FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. If there's a mecha on the team and someone pings hunter's near--
-IMPORTANT !!! IF THERES A MECHANIC ON THE TEAM, TRY YOUR BEST TO OWL AT FULL HEALTH-- YOU NEED TO DELAY HER INJURY DEBUFF FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. If there's a mecha on the team and someone pings hunter's near--
count to 3 and spectate them right away.
-dont be selfish with poppo !! I feel like this goes unsaid already, but if you're not first kite then poppo is going to the kiter. if you're sitting pretty on the cipher don't hoard her to yourself-- you're a support type for a reason.
-dont be selfish with poppo !! I feel like this goes unsaid already, but if you're not first kite then poppo is going to the kiter. if you're sitting pretty on the cipher don't hoard her to yourself-- you're a support type for a reason.
!! on timing when owling yourself and others !!
-if you're not confident with your instaowl game yet, owl when you feel like the hunter's getting a liiiitle too close for comfort. if its a white wu don't let him get too close but ofc thats common knowledge by now!
-its okay if-
-if you're not confident with your instaowl game yet, owl when you feel like the hunter's getting a liiiitle too close for comfort. if its a white wu don't let him get too close but ofc thats common knowledge by now!
-its okay if-
you don't instaowl all the time, just be wary of owling too early! if you owl too early there's a chance that the hunter will just wait for your poppo to fly off and use her protection time to close the gap quicker!
-don't be too discouraged while practicing! learning how to--
-don't be too discouraged while practicing! learning how to--
instaowl can take a lot of time and practice, let alone predicting blink and double hits but I promise you it'll pay off *so much* when you do learn !!
that's pretty much all the tips I have, goodluck baby elis !!
that's pretty much all the tips I have, goodluck baby elis !!
p.s. if you have any more tips, feel free to add to this thread !! every bit of info helps !!
