Many of the BG players tend to get frustrated when they are the best group but they keep getting out maneuvered by pesky nightbladed who are back capping flags immediately after rezzing. I've seen many people complain about this and so I wanted to share the counter to this strategy, primarily because I hate solo nivhtblades that queue up in BGs and play without any effort towards teamwork, but also because this strategy promotes 4v4 fights.
It's a bit counter intuitive, and you'll need a basic understanding of the map layout. I strongly recommend using Miat's addon because it will help you identify the enemy spawn points, which is absolutely crucial for this strat. i also want to emphasize that this only works if you're the strongest four man team in the BG. If you can't win a 4v4, this strat won't work.
Think about the last time you played a Domination game. What happened when you died? When you rezzed? Where did you run imedately after jumping down? I bet I know. I bet you looked at the two flags on either side of your base, looked to see which one was undefended, and then ran to cap it. That's what everybody does, even what a premade member will do before joining his group.
And it's annoying because by killing someone, all you're really doing is teleporting them to another side of the map and letting them get an easy cap.
So assuming you're a good group, and organized (need voice comms for this), here's what you do:
1. Figure out on the map where the first place team's spawn point is
2. Figure out which two flags are the ones to either side of their base. We'll call the flag that they share with the third team's base the "beta" flag, and the flag they share with your base the "alpha" flag. The distinction between the two is important.
3. Go to middle flag and start killing some scrubs
4. Once you've killed 2+ of the crappy backcapping team, immediately run to the beta flag with your four man. If the third team is there in small numbers, kill them, if it's all four, goto Alpha. Let's assume you goto beta.
5. Once you cap that flag, immediately sweep across to alpha. Do not run through the middle!! instead, run right next to the Cheese team's spawn. One of two things will happen: either the backcapping team will be respawned and dropping down, in which case you spawn kill those cheesey scrubs, or they'll be trying to 1 or 2 man cap the alpha flag, in which case you kill them on the flag. Worst case scenario, they run away without getting either of their "home" flags
But let's stop for a second and think about that third team. What are they going to do? They'll grab the flag they share with you, OR they'll grab middle. Those are the only two options unless they want a 4v4 against you. But here's the beauty of it- by grabbing those flags, they'll be killing any of the Cheese scrubs that somehow escape your net. That also puts them adjacent to the beta flag.
So now you've wiped the Cheese team again and you have capped Alpha. Where do you go? Do NOT try to grab the flag you share with the third team, that will draw both you and the third team away from the flags sureounding the Cheese team's spawn.
6. Look at the map. Is the third team going to try to cap beta, or are they going for mid? Usually they go mid, but either way you want to grab whichever flag they don't go for. This ensures that the Cheese team is still trapped without a flag to grab
7. By this point, Cheese will have respawned again and run into either you or the third team. Kill them again.
They will have now spent about a minute with 0 flags. This will kill any chance they have of winning.
8. Now you need to worry about the third team, so goto middle and wipe them, and then do the exact same strategy to them.
TL:DR
It's impossible in domination to reliably hold more than two flags at a time, and often times even two flags is too many. But by using a "net" approach you can prevent a team from having flags. Run back and forth between the two flags on either side of first place's spawn, and sacrifice the other flags to the third place team to goad them into helping you keep a spawncamp going on the first place team. Once they're behind the third place team, switch it up and do the same thing to the third team. This will usually result in you and team B having two flags each for the first half of the fight, and you and team C having two flags each for the second half of the fight, resulting in (ideally) a 500 - 250 - 250 win for you.
Edited by Thogard on August 23, 2017 6:07PM PC NA -
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