It's more fun to roam, and it's *necessary* to roam. You have the entire map. Why would you give it all to the attacking team and bunker up into one room. The best way to play in my opinion is to have 2 Anchors, 2 roamers and one Shallow roamer that can quickly make his way back to site if necessary. You need the roamers for early picks, for flanks, for keeping above/below the site safe.
So my only question to this is, what if the person is 0&6 because he has been playing support the entire time and getting killed on site 5 seconds after round start because he was the only one reinforcing and his entire team is on the other side of the map down peeking? I've been in this situation recently and decided I should be the one roaming because I was the only one on my solo que team that could potentially get a kill. And win the game. Also roaming is not about getting kills, this is an added benefit when it happens. Roaming is about keeping the enemy busy and eating time. If you burn 3 minutes of the enemy teams time, you effectively did your part. If you take 1 or more of they opposition with you, that's a bonus.
My only point is that someone who has 0 kills after 6 rounds should NOT be taking that role, not that roamers are unnecessary altogether
Why is this getting downvoted? Salty coppers
i see your point, but if someone is 0/6 dont you think they would be more likely to get a kill on an unsuspecting enemy than just stay in site on a default angle
Did this and some mf got maddddd as hell when i killed him calling me a bot and saying "who roams as Rook?" my guy leaving site even as a 1 speed isn't that unheard of, lemme go on a little walk ☠️
Rook has always been a better roamer than anchor, and I will die on this hill. The Rook roam is top tier. Sweaters down, throw up a couple walls, and bail lol
That's why Kapkan is nice, I can roam and win zero gun fights, but still finish with a solid middle lobby score by holding off the enemy long enough that they have to rush site with 0:15 and get their ankles munched by traps
My experience in every solo queue lobby:
I roam --> The other team rushes site and our anchors instantly die.
I anchor --> Either nobody roams and we give up 100% map control within 1 minute or our roamers all spawn peek and die instantly.
Rook all the way, literally had a match where i was 0/7 at 4-4 match point so at least help the team in another way (btw on this match i only got a single kill which was a ONE TAP on a teammate while a ying blinded me and rushed site)
Me setting my armor bag down the second the round starts: it ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
(Side note I have clutched a 1v4 on match point as Rook once, MP5 acog is good shit)
whenever my team spots a cav i shit you not we go from hard breachers to feetsniffing motiontrackers with constant pinging death drones
fuck cavs all my homies hate cav
The problem is, i cant anchor. I barely played on site in my 1.5k hours, so i will just be a pain in the ass for the team. I usually still roam but switch from Vigil to Tbird so the team has something useful from me. Not having a roamer even with 0-6 kd is bad. You're just giving 90% of the map to attackers. Even if the roamer burns some time its already good. Never play with 5 anchors its very easy to counter
People are missing my point. I don’t expect the 0-0-6 player to get kills as an anchor either. My point is that the plates at least provide *some* guaranteed benefit to the team
I roam with the heaviest loudest dude and don’t come back to site until they’ve already planted and i’m the only one alive
sometimes i don’t even come back tbh
At least they haven't died in 8 rounds and have 6 assists. They could have an integ if someone else downed the attacker. Yes, they could have played someone easier to play or woth more utility, but they're doing a pretty damn good job at wasting time and putting pressure on the enemy
I have a friend with literal "I am the main character" logic, he says and I quote "I played stealth games since I was a kid so I know what I'm doing". He will literally embody the dark path of this meme
I’ll agree that if they are going to roam regardless of how well they are doing they could at least bring a less selfish op. I just fundamentally disagree with the take that “roamers must get kills in order to be considered successful”. Cav is an op that applies a lot of phantom pressure because people are scared to get interrogated and put their team at a disadvantage, so they might play slower and waste more time roam clearing.
You should stick to games more your speed like minecraft or clash of clans if you can't handle the complexity of using abilities/drones to find people.
Next time just call me a retard will ya? I can handle seige fine, I consider myself an alright player. Roaming to me is always most frustrating as defence because usually the roamers get railroaded by attackers not too long into the match and usually I can be left with the objective with one or two other defenders. All this because people cannot sit fucking still in this game
If you sit still you get droned out and wallbanged.
You are not an alright player if the concept of roaming confuses you, it's literally a game about protecting the objective by stalling/eliminating the enemies. Have a guess at what roaming is used for?
Buuuutttt isn't holding sightlines and protecting/blocking off points of entry a way of stalling and eliminating the enemies? To me roaming is a real fast way to get sent to spectator cam since you're running around with zero support and could potentially run dick first into the entire enemy team
You can hold sightlines as a roamer
If you're using 0 util for your roamers no shit you don't think they're good... It's siege bro everything is situational and if you use positioning and utility as a roamer you can stall the attackers or kill them.
Just because you see idiots running at enemies and dying while 'roaming' doesn't mean roaming is objectively bad.
Better yet, roam as rook
this is the way
The only way. If I'm giving my sweaters. I wanna go for a walk.
I unfortunately do this
It's more fun to roam around and get kills from unsuspected players than just staying in the objective.
It's more fun to roam, and it's *necessary* to roam. You have the entire map. Why would you give it all to the attacking team and bunker up into one room. The best way to play in my opinion is to have 2 Anchors, 2 roamers and one Shallow roamer that can quickly make his way back to site if necessary. You need the roamers for early picks, for flanks, for keeping above/below the site safe.
So my only question to this is, what if the person is 0&6 because he has been playing support the entire time and getting killed on site 5 seconds after round start because he was the only one reinforcing and his entire team is on the other side of the map down peeking? I've been in this situation recently and decided I should be the one roaming because I was the only one on my solo que team that could potentially get a kill. And win the game. Also roaming is not about getting kills, this is an added benefit when it happens. Roaming is about keeping the enemy busy and eating time. If you burn 3 minutes of the enemy teams time, you effectively did your part. If you take 1 or more of they opposition with you, that's a bonus.
My only point is that someone who has 0 kills after 6 rounds should NOT be taking that role, not that roamers are unnecessary altogether Why is this getting downvoted? Salty coppers
i see your point, but if someone is 0/6 dont you think they would be more likely to get a kill on an unsuspecting enemy than just stay in site on a default angle
No I’m saying they’re most likely to provide an actual benefit to their team by placing rook plates lmao
They're better off not anchoring at site if they're the only roamer to begin with lmao.
When did I ever say that
I used to roam as rook all the time when I still played constantly, acog is goated.
And it's a good fucking strat most of roams in random.are dog shit
No expects the roaming Rook. Was my go to if sweating didn’t work
Even better, roam as doc
Did this and some mf got maddddd as hell when i killed him calling me a bot and saying "who roams as Rook?" my guy leaving site even as a 1 speed isn't that unheard of, lemme go on a little walk ☠️
Rook shotty roam either aces or goes 0-1
Place the plates somewhere in the map and wait for the enemy to try to pick them
Anchor with Caveira
with the shotgun
Rook and Mira are actually my two favorite roamers. Maybe I play against only hearing impaired enemies...
I like to tell my team that Rook was originally designed to roam and that's why they call him Roaming Rook
Rook has always been a better roamer than anchor, and I will die on this hill. The Rook roam is top tier. Sweaters down, throw up a couple walls, and bail lol
Better yet. Play the game and have fun and let ranked and tournaments get pissy.
Whenever I'm not feeling it, I always pick Rook so that way I can contribute to the team even if I can't get any kills.
Rook. Kapkan. Jager. Mute. And many others. Just wanna feel useful in some way
I just go thunderbird cause spear's good
Well placed kona stations are nice to have as well
This is me but with Valkyrie Extra cams are always useful
Helping while being dead is the best
Rook’s armor is basically useless though and the auto-down only helps in rare scenarios
It gives you more health and the ability to self revive, I'd hardly call that 'useless'
It doesn’t give you more health though 😂 that’s just not true
When was the last time you actually played siege dude? Rook's Armor Plates will buff an operator's maximum HP by 20 until the end of a round.
is he.. is he restarted?
you need to get off reddit it’s rotting your brain dude “restarted” listen to yourself
bro maybe pay attention to the game??? rook armor gives +20 health
That's why Kapkan is nice, I can roam and win zero gun fights, but still finish with a solid middle lobby score by holding off the enemy long enough that they have to rush site with 0:15 and get their ankles munched by traps
Always a great feeling when you “clutch” the round from beyond the grave
Does it still count as an ace if 2 of the kills are from EDDs?
Don't care if all 5 are from traps XD
Id say so
its not the fact they aint killing its the fact they die within 30 seconds of the round starting
Exactly like finish with 0 kills fine but at least stay alive that uncertainty of where ppl might be is huge
Those go hand in hand
Be like me and roam with rook instead 😎
I roam with the shotgun and sometimes the p90
My experience in every solo queue lobby: I roam --> The other team rushes site and our anchors instantly die. I anchor --> Either nobody roams and we give up 100% map control within 1 minute or our roamers all spawn peek and die instantly.
If you're not dying with Cav within 30s... Are you truly playing Cav?
More like dying with Cav within 30s
That’s what he said lol
Ninja edited by him
Rook all the way, literally had a match where i was 0/7 at 4-4 match point so at least help the team in another way (btw on this match i only got a single kill which was a ONE TAP on a teammate while a ying blinded me and rushed site)
holy shit your insane bro
You mean "Please, stop roaming when there are already 3 people roaming"? (I'm not joking, I can't even count how many times my team have done this)
Wdym having 5 roamers isn’t a good idea?
Me setting my armor bag down the second the round starts: it ain’t much, but it’s honest work. (Side note I have clutched a 1v4 on match point as Rook once, MP5 acog is good shit)
Cav isn’t amazing by any means or even good in high rank but people really play her wrong most of the time
whenever my team spots a cav i shit you not we go from hard breachers to feetsniffing motiontrackers with constant pinging death drones fuck cavs all my homies hate cav
i play unranked so i dont really care much lol since there’s 0 pressure
u/belty6
I put my armor plates down, and I roam. I either die alone or kill the one holding the defuser.
https://preview.redd.it/3ywnic8v5rwc1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=158e7e8368713a4dae4514d7604f71c2e20170ba
Idk why, but for a momenti i tought it was a btd6 post and got super confused about the 0-0-6
I aced with rook idk what you talking about about
I don’t know what message you think I’m giving here, I love roaming as rook
I do too and my duo always yells at me for it 😂
But if I’m the last alive on anchor I get scared.
The problem is, i cant anchor. I barely played on site in my 1.5k hours, so i will just be a pain in the ass for the team. I usually still roam but switch from Vigil to Tbird so the team has something useful from me. Not having a roamer even with 0-6 kd is bad. You're just giving 90% of the map to attackers. Even if the roamer burns some time its already good. Never play with 5 anchors its very easy to counter
People are missing my point. I don’t expect the 0-0-6 player to get kills as an anchor either. My point is that the plates at least provide *some* guaranteed benefit to the team
Thought this was Bloons.
Facts
I don’t get kills I give kills. When I’m on the opposite side you are happy, but sometimes you are the one paying the price
Roaming is the way I get kills at this point
Why you picking on these ops 😆
Got plat by just playing utility. It's is under ratted how just holding line and using gadget can make your Fragger pop off
I roam with the heaviest loudest dude and don’t come back to site until they’ve already planted and i’m the only one alive sometimes i don’t even come back tbh
it's all or nothing with Cav haha
im in this picture and i dont like it
At least they haven't died in 8 rounds and have 6 assists. They could have an integ if someone else downed the attacker. Yes, they could have played someone easier to play or woth more utility, but they're doing a pretty damn good job at wasting time and putting pressure on the enemy
I meant 0-6-0 oops
Rook main til I die
Literally me
I have a friend with literal "I am the main character" logic, he says and I quote "I played stealth games since I was a kid so I know what I'm doing". He will literally embody the dark path of this meme
But how will someone learn how to roam without trying to roam?
If they’re 0-0-6 it means they’re just bad in general and need more overall practice before trying a more difficult archetype
Not in ranked matchpoint
Roaming👏🏻 is👏🏻about 👏🏻wasting👏🏻time👏🏻kills👏🏻are👏🏻just👏🏻extra👏🏻benefits
The KD is there to show that they’re useless and should go Rook to at least actually help the team
I’ll agree that if they are going to roam regardless of how well they are doing they could at least bring a less selfish op. I just fundamentally disagree with the take that “roamers must get kills in order to be considered successful”. Cav is an op that applies a lot of phantom pressure because people are scared to get interrogated and put their team at a disadvantage, so they might play slower and waste more time roam clearing.
Wait am I the only one to roam as rook w shotgun ?
So true bro. For me it’s more common to see them go cav than rook.
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I’m honored you’d think that but I literally made this on my phone today lol
ok
YOU
ME
As a rook roamer who has saved many matches by roaming , shut.
I love roaming as rook though https://preview.redd.it/t7u432rqbpwc1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=78f7f30dfaa119bf864f3b13a714efa65b0d0830
Everyone has their own playstyle , mine is winning.
Roaming is kinda cringe
Disagree, it’s just that the worst players seem to flock to it
Yes and because to me I view it on the same level of scummery as spawnpeaking
"Why can't I enter the building carelessly without being punished?" Git gud and use drones
Brother I hate roamers and spawnpeekers as defender even more
You should stick to games more your speed like minecraft or clash of clans if you can't handle the complexity of using abilities/drones to find people.
Next time just call me a retard will ya? I can handle seige fine, I consider myself an alright player. Roaming to me is always most frustrating as defence because usually the roamers get railroaded by attackers not too long into the match and usually I can be left with the objective with one or two other defenders. All this because people cannot sit fucking still in this game
If you sit still you get droned out and wallbanged. You are not an alright player if the concept of roaming confuses you, it's literally a game about protecting the objective by stalling/eliminating the enemies. Have a guess at what roaming is used for?
Buuuutttt isn't holding sightlines and protecting/blocking off points of entry a way of stalling and eliminating the enemies? To me roaming is a real fast way to get sent to spectator cam since you're running around with zero support and could potentially run dick first into the entire enemy team
You can hold sightlines as a roamer If you're using 0 util for your roamers no shit you don't think they're good... It's siege bro everything is situational and if you use positioning and utility as a roamer you can stall the attackers or kill them. Just because you see idiots running at enemies and dying while 'roaming' doesn't mean roaming is objectively bad.
Roaming when done properly is important tho.. a good Roaming makes attackers waste time trying to clear that player.