• Levels from 1 to 10
  • 10 placement matches
  • Five-stacks only face five-stacks
  • Result and stats read from the official match data
  • Placement players only face each other

Your agent

Pick up to three agents (the first is your main) or just a role. The guide filters itself for what you play.

Duelist

Initiator

Controller

Sentinel

Or only a role

Attack - 9.7

5v4 and 4v5 on attack

In one line: After the first death, the attack has to decide whether to speed up or wait. With the advantage, it often pays to hit before the defense reorganizes; at a disadvantage, slow down, group up and do not gift another fight.

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After the first death

The first kill of the round shifts the balance, on attack as on defense. But the attack has one extra question: speed up or wait?

  • Speeding up means using the advantage straight away, before the defense reorganizes: one defender fewer leaves a gap, and the gap closes if you wait.
  • Waiting means playing calmly, gathering information and choosing the right moment.

Neither is always right. The answer depends on where the defender died, how much time is left and what the attack knows.

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