How can I win a BG ?

Vostorn · March 2018

Hey,

I started playing BG a few days ago and I can't seem to win any of my BG. I try focus on the objectives and most of the time end up being the one having the most points in my group but I keep loosing most of the times.

The problem is that most of the time, I face very strong people capable or killing me and my teammates 1v2 or even 1v3. When they end up together, it ends up as a butchery like this :

I'm levelling a breton magblade so I play in non champ grab bag. I have 2 sets made with rewards of the worthy, and a purple weapon that is 2 levels under mine atm, use food and potion I can buy with AP but I feel I do like no damage while being slaughtered in no time.

Do you have any tips I could do that will give me more chances to win ? Because the quest where I need to win 3 matches takes days to complete (I hope the reward is worth it).

Thanks in advance.

VaranisArano · March 2018

I don't really have any good advice that will help you win against pre-made groups or experienced players. It seems like you are already doing one of the most important things you can do: focusing on the objectives of the match.

That being said, if you haven't already, take a look at some of the No CP builds for magblades and make sure your gear has the impenetrable trait for crit resistance. You could also practice dueling, which has the benefit of teaching you to recognize and counter enemy specs.

Finally, if Battlegrounds is something you like to do regularly, it might be worth finding a group or a guild to do Battlegrounds with.

Sorry I'm not more help! Hopefully some of the other posters more familiar with Battlegrounds or No CP magblades than I can help you out.

ShadowMonarch · April 2018

Well first what level are you? You say leveling so I asume your under 50? if you are between 1-160cp then just grind those levels to 160 quick as you can with the double exp because gear caps at at 160cp so as you level your gear will get crappier and crappier and need to be replaced until you get 160 gear.

2nd, what sets are you using? If your not combining some good sets and your just using random gear it doesn't matter what quality it is.
I would recommend having a crafter at least make you a few sets if you can afford it otherwise you will pretty much have to be a punching bag till you get some gear. Under 50 queue has a lot of good players that have their characters minmaxxed with gold gear sets just for the sole purpose of slaughtering noobs, so I would get the hell outta the pre50 bracket as soon as you can, and dont bother with the 50+ bracket till your at least 160 cp and get some basic gear sets.

Sixty5 · April 2018

Firstly it seems like you are dying a lot.

Try running a bit more defensive stuff in your build in order to try mitigate that, Wizards Riposte and Transmutation are pretty nice on a Magblade for that.

Learning the maps and how to use them is also pretty important.

Beardimus · April 2018

Focus on objectives

Have comms with the group

Run with the group as a group.

Next level - organize the squad before, class tyoes and gear

Aznox · April 2018

Vostorn wrote: »

I try focus on the objectives and most of the time end up being the one having the most points in my group but I keep loosing most of the times.

Keep going, your goal should be to be the first of your team every game, by playing the objective.

Do not focus on things that are outside of your control.

Do not hesitate to use a build swapping add-on to adapt to each game mode.

As someone who is solo queuing 90% of the time, i can tell you it is definitely possible to carry your win-rate above the base 33%, even solo.

Kartalin · April 2018

@Aznox 5 deathmatches in your last 12 games? What is this sorcery? I played 10 BGs this morning with 0 DMs.

Beardimus · April 2018

Aznox wrote: »

Vostorn wrote: »

I try focus on the objectives and most of the time end up being the one having the most points in my group but I keep loosing most of the times.

Keep going, your goal should be to be the first of your team every game, by playing the objective.

Do not focus on things that are outside of your control.

Do not hesitate to use a build swapping add-on to adapt to each game mode.

As someone who is solo queuing 90% of the time, i can tell you it is definitely possible to carry your win-rate above the base 33%, even solo.

There's a build swapping add on you can use in an actual battleground??????

Man I'm glad I'm on console and we don't have all this add on crap giving unbalanced advantages. Wow

I'm all for a build swap mannequin in a home for easy Pve/ PvP switching but has to be out of game mode or combat

Juhasow · April 2018

Beardimus wrote: »

Aznox wrote: »

Vostorn wrote: »

I try focus on the objectives and most of the time end up being the one having the most points in my group but I keep loosing most of the times.

Keep going, your goal should be to be the first of your team every game, by playing the objective.

Do not focus on things that are outside of your control.

Do not hesitate to use a build swapping add-on to adapt to each game mode.

As someone who is solo queuing 90% of the time, i can tell you it is definitely possible to carry your win-rate above the base 33%, even solo.

There's a build swapping add on you can use in an actual battleground??????

Man I'm glad I'm on console and we don't have all this add on crap giving unbalanced advantages. Wow

I'm all for a build swap mannequin in a home for easy Pve/ PvP switching but has to be out of game mode or combat

It's not like You cant change Your gear manually...

Aznox · April 2018

Add-ons obey to the same restrictions that limit player actions, so no skill or gear swapping during combat.

If anything it actually lowers the power gap between "good players" and "1% try-hard" (not saying that in an insulting way) as the later would manually adjust skills and gear during the BattleGround waiting time anyway. And they are probably doing it on console against you.

Betsararie · April 2018

git gud