Tank Tips: How to Get More Kills and Stay Alive

TLDRLearn how to secure kills and stay alive as a tank by using offensive barriers, respecting armor, and playing strategically. Tips include using Sigma and Wrecking Ball's barriers offensively, treating armor as a timer for aggression, and playing corners for cover. Other tips cover Doomfist's engagement strategies and Reinhardt's team coordination.

Key insights

🚀Using tank barriers offensively, such as Sigma and Wrecking Ball, can block healing and defensive cooldowns.

Respect armor as a timer for aggression and fall back when it's depleted to avoid taking increased damage.

🛡️Play close corners and use Sigma's barrier to block key cooldowns like sleep darts and anti-nades.

🌩️Doomfist's engagement requires landing punches into walls and following up with primary fire for kills.

🔨Reinhardt performs best when DPS players take duels against the enemy's DPS, allowing him to take space.

Q&A

Which tanks can use offensive barriers?

Sigma and Wrecking Ball can use their barriers offensively to block healing and force out defensive cooldowns.

How should I use armor as a tank?

Treat armor as a timer for aggression and fall back when it's depleted to avoid taking increased damage.

What's the best strategy for Sigma?

Play around corners and use Sigma's barrier to block key cooldowns like sleep darts and anti-nades.

What's the optimal engagement strategy for Doomfist?

Engage with Rocket Punch into a wall, follow up with primary fire, and use abilities to escape.

How can Reinhardt be effective?

Reinhardt performs best when DPS players take duels against the enemy's DPS, allowing him to take space.

Timestamped Summary

00:00Tank tips: How to secure kills and stay alive as a tank.

02:20Using tank barriers offensively, such as Sigma and Wrecking Ball.

03:58Respecting armor as a timer for aggression and falling back when depleted.

06:32Playing close corners and using Sigma's barrier to block key cooldowns.

08:50Engaging as Doomfist by landing punches into walls and following up with primary fire.

08:59Reinhardt's optimal strategy: coordinating with DPS players to take space.