Let me know if this video was helpful :) 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Ability explanations 01:51 - Additional mechanics explanations 02:54 - Priority 1: stay alive 04:16 - Priority 2: beacon uptime 04:56 - Priority 3: always be healing 05:15 - Exception 1: Luna Snow in danger 06:00 - Exception 2: Peni ult 06:44 - Exception 3: Spray for ult 07:08 - Exception 4: Running away 07:30 - Exception 5: Let co-supp. get ult 07:50 - Exception 6: Shooting objects 08:46 - Healing Priority 1: Ulting ally 09:32 - Healing Priority 2: Other supports 09:50 - Healing Priority 3: Ally flankers 10:20 - Healing Priority 4: Heal bulk of team 10:39 - Priority 4: Ping flankers 11:01 - Priority 5: Track enemy ults 12:07 - Priority 6: Give ammo 12:39 - Understand flow of the game and ultimate economy 13:09 - Ulting as Rocket first 13:32 - When your team gets overwhelmed 14:05 - When your team overwhelms the enemy 14:34 - Reposition your respawn beacon 14:47 - Times to use Rocket's ult 15:32 - Rocket means 7v6 16:17 - Major threats 16:26 - Any enemy strategist 16:39 - Venom/Captain America match up 16:53 - Hulk match up 17:07 - Peni/Magneto/Dr. Strange/Groot/Thor match up 17:23 - Hela/Hawkeye/Black Widow match up 17:35 - Magick/Psylocke match up 17:46 - Wolverine match up 17:58 - Iron Fist match up 18:11 - Spiderman match up 18:22 - Black Panther match up 18:36 - Squirrel Girl/Namor/Storm match up 18:51 - Winter Soldier match up 19:02 - Starlord match up 19:17 - Scarlet Witch match up 19:22 - Iron Man match up 19:31 - Moon Knight match up 19:42 - Punisher match up 19:52 - Ending notes
This is a really great video. Not only do you talk through the strategies vs. all other characters, but you include video of you evading/dealing with each. Really drives your points home. Well done.
I'm not a Rocket player nor do I intend to be, but this is hands down one of the best guides I've seen for Rivals so far. Well spoken AND with captions (I'm deaf in one ear and have hearing loss in the other so the CC helps SO much. Not many creators put the time and effort in making CC so thank you very much.) Even though I don't plan on playing Rocket you have provided tips that apply to other heros as well that I can use. Also you showed actual gameplay with your talking points that help visual learners like myself understand what you are talking about. Gave great general tips as well. I'm surprised that you are a new channel with how much work that went into to this video. I will sub and can't wait for more content from you! (I can tell you are a fellow OW player not only by your pfp but how you called Rocket's ult "bongo" just like Orisa's OW 1 ult lol)
No character in Rivals is “bad”. People just don’t know how to play them initially. I am happy that people like you learn how to master these characters and then share their knowledge, so they can get the spotlight. Thank you!
This is the single, best guide that I ever saw for Rivals. After this one, I switched from Invisible Woman to Rocket and so far, doing pretty good. Thank you very much for the video! Looking forward to seeing more from you!
Hands down best guide for Marvel Rivals. I really like how you take the time to break down the main priorities, since I think undertanding your hero's goals first is more useful than trying to optimize each ability.
This is such a great video. Super informative and doesn't get too full of itself with theory and abstract gameplay techniques Perfect to watch and learn while getting my 6-month-old to sleep
This guide is hands down the best I've come across in a digital sea of guide videos. Thank you for sharing your in-depth knowledge through practical examples. I particularly appreciate the specific escapes and methods to handle characters that give Rocket trouble, as well as the breakdown of priorities and general gameplay tips. If you master other characters (Cloak and Dagger maybe :D), please consider making more videos. It is gleefully ironic that the best guide doesn't claim it is the "best" unlike many others. Cheers!
Been playing rivals since release, tried rocket early and hated him, now into season one he has quickly become my new favourite character over the past 4-5 days and this is one of the best quality guides I’ve seen on him yet! Thank you!
Im a GM I Rocket OTP and ya you basically covered everything. If you're planning on making more videos, I would suggest one about BRB strategy: Good spots on each map, placing it high or low depending on enemy team comp, etc.
This is great. Below Diamond, I'd suggest a couple tweaks. Priority #2 may be healing co-support. I'd also say doing dmg to build ult is valuable. It's important to be careful not to trigger a reload because you were dealing dmg and now you need to heal. If I am low on healing balls I'll look to see if I can safely empty some of the clip.
I really like the presentation, the game footage, the reasoning, the timestamps. Very well organized video. As a Rocket enthusiast myself, the one point I would disagree with is spacing to healbot vs taking kills yourself. If the team is in good shape, there are certain targets you can absolutely shred with rocket, this includes flying enemies if you can use your mobility to get above them. Typically, I only engage in these fights if my DPS are bad or lack awareness (flanking ironman setting up ult for example). Hulk/venom are also food for Rocket's gun at mid-range. As strategists, the calculation to consider when healing vs damaging is: "Will shooting this enemy result in more net health for my team than healing someone" If the answer is yes, then damaging that target = healing.
Thank you! That is a very valid point. It all comes down to the state of the fight: who has more pressure in terms of health levels. Since overhealing won't contribute much when allies are healthy, shooting will apply more pressure. I had trouble identifying when it was safe for me to shoot targets when I was playing so I defaulted to easy mode healbotting from the back. There were too many times where I started shooting and then failed to realize my team was slowly dying in my peripheral and then we get wiped. In the new season I've started shooting a lot more Storms than expected though. Weaving shoots/heals from an aerial position with his wall running might be the way to dominate as Rocket.
Another thing is opportunity cost of their divers targeting you. I find it hilarious how calm I am and how easy it is to live vs nearly every diver, so I like to play around with them when they dive me instead of outright running away. In their minds they probably think they almost have me or they're preventing me from healing, but neither is the case. Them spending so much time and resources on me basically takes them out of the fight for long periods. So try to master escape, but bait yourself at the same time by not being so elusive that they just ignore you.
I'm currently Gold II - I love playing Rocket but I'm unsure about pushing further as a solo player...your video was encouraging though and maybe I'll try to keep going (honestly I only played ranked to get the skin). I got him up to "Lord"..I know that doesn't mean anything skill wise, just time spent. Anyway, I'm rambling, great video.
At 16:26, I did mean enemy strategists. I tried to keep the video short but the general idea to avoid dueling strategists is because if they are fighting you, they are not healing the team. If you keep healing your team and stay alive until the strategist chasing you gives up, the teams are essentially fighting a 5v6. Within those few seconds of enemy team with 1 healer, your team is very likely to get a kill or pressure them into poor positions. Alternatively, they could be distracting you while keeping heals on the team (Mantis heal over time, Cloak & Dagger bubble, etc.). In that case you definitely do not want to let your team fight without your heals. If you choose to duel them (1v1), you need to be super close which is not ideal due to how close Rocket's damage fall off is (I believe it's reduced to 40% damage at 20m+ and it starts falling off at 10m!). It also comes down to mechanical skill level of who aims better and who strafes better. Note that strategists have a hard time killing each other because they have small hitboxes and self preservation. An option you can try is weaving shots and healing the team while dueling them. I've been trying that out this season and it works OK with the 3 support meta. Maybe Rocket was meant to be played weaving both shooting and healing.
bc he cant counter ult other strategist characters. which if they have two or three strategist who can pop a ult that heals their whole team you lose by them healing more
I believe it's because his ultimate's impact is hard to see. If his team's damage is boosted and someone other than Rocket kills you, it's very unlikely for you to notice that what made you die so fast was his amplifier. In an extreme example, if a Punisher with the damage amp. deleted you, you would attribute the kill to the Punisher's good aim and tracking. The Rocket's damage boost that enabled Punisher to kill you that fast would come second. In contrast, defensive support ults like Luna Snow's are very obvious "my team can't die" buttons. They are also very easy to use because you can usually save it to counter an enemy offensive ult. People would rather have the ultimate that is easy to use and has obvious impact but that doesn't mean Rocket's ultimate is bad. It all comes down to the strategist's decision making.
Sorry to hear that you've had a poor solo queue experience. Everybody gets their share of bad and toxic teammates but communication can be the key to a good team. I've had unpleasant experiences as well in my climb but I've also encountered some great in game leaders whose communications have contributed greatly to our victory.
“Track and communicate enemy ults to your team?“ How do you do that when you say you’re not in coms? Typing on a keyboard while keeping people alive? Hardly. Why do you all lie about solo cuing with no coms?
Sorry if my video misrepresented what I meant to say. I'm not the best player but this is how I got to GM solo queue with no mic. I wanted to share how important ult economy is because at least if you don't communicate to your team the information, you can keep yourself out of danger.
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Let me know if this video was helpful :)
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Ability explanations
01:51 - Additional mechanics explanations
02:54 - Priority 1: stay alive
04:16 - Priority 2: beacon uptime
04:56 - Priority 3: always be healing
05:15 - Exception 1: Luna Snow in danger
06:00 - Exception 2: Peni ult
06:44 - Exception 3: Spray for ult
07:08 - Exception 4: Running away
07:30 - Exception 5: Let co-supp. get ult
07:50 - Exception 6: Shooting objects
08:46 - Healing Priority 1: Ulting ally
09:32 - Healing Priority 2: Other supports
09:50 - Healing Priority 3: Ally flankers
10:20 - Healing Priority 4: Heal bulk of team
10:39 - Priority 4: Ping flankers
11:01 - Priority 5: Track enemy ults
12:07 - Priority 6: Give ammo
12:39 - Understand flow of the game and ultimate economy
13:09 - Ulting as Rocket first
13:32 - When your team gets overwhelmed
14:05 - When your team overwhelms the enemy
14:34 - Reposition your respawn beacon
14:47 - Times to use Rocket's ult
15:32 - Rocket means 7v6
16:17 - Major threats
16:26 - Any enemy strategist
16:39 - Venom/Captain America match up
16:53 - Hulk match up
17:07 - Peni/Magneto/Dr. Strange/Groot/Thor match up
17:23 - Hela/Hawkeye/Black Widow match up
17:35 - Magick/Psylocke match up
17:46 - Wolverine match up
17:58 - Iron Fist match up
18:11 - Spiderman match up
18:22 - Black Panther match up
18:36 - Squirrel Girl/Namor/Storm match up
18:51 - Winter Soldier match up
19:02 - Starlord match up
19:17 - Scarlet Witch match up
19:22 - Iron Man match up
19:31 - Moon Knight match up
19:42 - Punisher match up
19:52 - Ending notes
This is a really great video. Not only do you talk through the strategies vs. all other characters, but you include video of you evading/dealing with each. Really drives your points home. Well done.
This is great! And the edge of the map wallrun blew my mind @4:00 ish
I'm not a Rocket player nor do I intend to be, but this is hands down one of the best guides I've seen for Rivals so far. Well spoken AND with captions (I'm deaf in one ear and have hearing loss in the other so the CC helps SO much. Not many creators put the time and effort in making CC so thank you very much.) Even though I don't plan on playing Rocket you have provided tips that apply to other heros as well that I can use. Also you showed actual gameplay with your talking points that help visual learners like myself understand what you are talking about. Gave great general tips as well. I'm surprised that you are a new channel with how much work that went into to this video. I will sub and can't wait for more content from you! (I can tell you are a fellow OW player not only by your pfp but how you called Rocket's ult "bongo" just like Orisa's OW 1 ult lol)
No character in Rivals is “bad”. People just don’t know how to play them initially. I am happy that people like you learn how to master these characters and then share their knowledge, so they can get the spotlight. Thank you!
There a lot of bigger channels making lower quality guides than this one. Great job!
This is the single, best guide that I ever saw for Rivals. After this one, I switched from Invisible Woman to Rocket and so far, doing pretty good. Thank you very much for the video! Looking forward to seeing more from you!
Most in-depth guide I’ve seen for any character. Makes rocket looks like a lot of fun
Hands down best guide for Marvel Rivals. I really like how you take the time to break down the main priorities, since I think undertanding your hero's goals first is more useful than trying to optimize each ability.
This is amazing! Informative, straight to the point, example clips, and detailed breakdowns for every scenario and opponents. You've earned a sub!
This is the most informative Rocket Guide I could find. Thank you so much. I am falling in love with Rocket and will use these tips to my advantage.
one of the better guides on rocket i’ve seen, you deserve more subs, well done!
This is such a great video. Super informative and doesn't get too full of itself with theory and abstract gameplay techniques
Perfect to watch and learn while getting my 6-month-old to sleep
This is hands down the best Rocket guide on youtube - managed to climb to diamond with this and will keep going - thank you so much!
This guide is hands down the best I've come across in a digital sea of guide videos. Thank you for sharing your in-depth knowledge through practical examples. I particularly appreciate the specific escapes and methods to handle characters that give Rocket trouble, as well as the breakdown of priorities and general gameplay tips. If you master other characters (Cloak and Dagger maybe :D), please consider making more videos. It is gleefully ironic that the best guide doesn't claim it is the "best" unlike many others. Cheers!
Been playing rivals since release, tried rocket early and hated him, now into season one he has quickly become my new favourite character over the past 4-5 days and this is one of the best quality guides I’ve seen on him yet! Thank you!
best marvel rivals guide I've seen keep up the good work
great video, trying to get good with Rocket and this is exactly the video I was looking for, thank you!
Loved this guide, thanks for taking the time to make it
Makes me happy to know most of these tips I learned playing :) thanks for the information!!!!
I don’t get excited when someone on my team picks rocket but I’ve come to appreciate him. Great video
this was so great, valuable in so many ways
Im a GM I Rocket OTP and ya you basically covered everything. If you're planning on making more videos, I would suggest one about BRB strategy: Good spots on each map, placing it high or low depending on enemy team comp, etc.
You brought up some great points, thanks for the video
This is a great guide and very well explained
Awesome breakdown, great vid 👍
Nice guide, very thorough.
I almost didn't click this video because rocket is so straight forward but im glad i did.
Great guide, and I actually learned a lot
This is great. Below Diamond, I'd suggest a couple tweaks. Priority #2 may be healing co-support. I'd also say doing dmg to build ult is valuable. It's important to be careful not to trigger a reload because you were dealing dmg and now you need to heal. If I am low on healing balls I'll look to see if I can safely empty some of the clip.
The best rocket guide
I really like the presentation, the game footage, the reasoning, the timestamps.
Very well organized video.
As a Rocket enthusiast myself, the one point I would disagree with is spacing to healbot vs taking kills yourself.
If the team is in good shape, there are certain targets you can absolutely shred with rocket, this includes flying enemies if you can use your mobility to get above them. Typically, I only engage in these fights if my DPS are bad or lack awareness (flanking ironman setting up ult for example). Hulk/venom are also food for Rocket's gun at mid-range.
As strategists, the calculation to consider when healing vs damaging is: "Will shooting this enemy result in more net health for my team than healing someone" If the answer is yes, then damaging that target = healing.
Thank you! That is a very valid point. It all comes down to the state of the fight: who has more pressure in terms of health levels. Since overhealing won't contribute much when allies are healthy, shooting will apply more pressure.
I had trouble identifying when it was safe for me to shoot targets when I was playing so I defaulted to easy mode healbotting from the back. There were too many times where I started shooting and then failed to realize my team was slowly dying in my peripheral and then we get wiped. In the new season I've started shooting a lot more Storms than expected though. Weaving shoots/heals from an aerial position with his wall running might be the way to dominate as Rocket.
Great guide and nice voice for the commentary ❤
At last a real raccoon guide!
You got a subscriber from me. Great video👍🏾
Another thing is opportunity cost of their divers targeting you. I find it hilarious how calm I am and how easy it is to live vs nearly every diver, so I like to play around with them when they dive me instead of outright running away. In their minds they probably think they almost have me or they're preventing me from healing, but neither is the case. Them spending so much time and resources on me basically takes them out of the fight for long periods. So try to master escape, but bait yourself at the same time by not being so elusive that they just ignore you.
Great breakdown! 🎉❤
really helpful tech. thanks
I'm currently Gold II - I love playing Rocket but I'm unsure about pushing further as a solo player...your video was encouraging though and maybe I'll try to keep going (honestly I only played ranked to get the skin). I got him up to "Lord"..I know that doesn't mean anything skill wise, just time spent. Anyway, I'm rambling, great video.
well done!
really goodjob
God tier
Great vid I’ve been trying rocket lately def an elite heal botter
I am a certified healbot and I like this video
Great guide. Please do another hero? 🙏 Subbed😊
The real challenge... getting out of solo ranked
Amazing guide. At 16:26 did you mean enemy duelists, not enemy strategists?
At 16:26, I did mean enemy strategists.
I tried to keep the video short but the general idea to avoid dueling strategists is because if they are fighting you, they are not healing the team. If you keep healing your team and stay alive until the strategist chasing you gives up, the teams are essentially fighting a 5v6. Within those few seconds of enemy team with 1 healer, your team is very likely to get a kill or pressure them into poor positions.
Alternatively, they could be distracting you while keeping heals on the team (Mantis heal over time, Cloak & Dagger bubble, etc.). In that case you definitely do not want to let your team fight without your heals.
If you choose to duel them (1v1), you need to be super close which is not ideal due to how close Rocket's damage fall off is (I believe it's reduced to 40% damage at 20m+ and it starts falling off at 10m!). It also comes down to mechanical skill level of who aims better and who strafes better. Note that strategists have a hard time killing each other because they have small hitboxes and self preservation.
An option you can try is weaving shots and healing the team while dueling them. I've been trying that out this season and it works OK with the 3 support meta. Maybe Rocket was meant to be played weaving both shooting and healing.
I thought rocket sucked. Dropped 40k health and honestly… i understand it now
why do people hate on him so much? jeff i understand but why him
bc he cant counter ult other strategist characters. which if they have two or three strategist who can pop a ult that heals their whole team you lose by them healing more
@@Ukiyo_wonders damage amplifier must be worth something
I believe it's because his ultimate's impact is hard to see.
If his team's damage is boosted and someone other than Rocket kills you, it's very unlikely for you to notice that what made you die so fast was his amplifier. In an extreme example, if a Punisher with the damage amp. deleted you, you would attribute the kill to the Punisher's good aim and tracking. The Rocket's damage boost that enabled Punisher to kill you that fast would come second.
In contrast, defensive support ults like Luna Snow's are very obvious "my team can't die" buttons. They are also very easy to use because you can usually save it to counter an enemy offensive ult. People would rather have the ultimate that is easy to use and has obvious impact but that doesn't mean Rocket's ultimate is bad. It all comes down to the strategist's decision making.
They are just going on vibes not reality. Rocket has the highest win percentage of all of the healers. They'll figure it out eventually
The number of times my Punishers and Winters have been the MVP…after I dropped my Z and Ult for them all match
Bump
Turning on comms will not improve a solo queuing experience. Ever.
Sorry to hear that you've had a poor solo queue experience. Everybody gets their share of bad and toxic teammates but communication can be the key to a good team. I've had unpleasant experiences as well in my climb but I've also encountered some great in game leaders whose communications have contributed greatly to our victory.
Love your voice
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Arknights player
“Track and communicate enemy ults to your team?“ How do you do that when you say you’re not in coms? Typing on a keyboard while keeping people alive? Hardly. Why do you all lie about solo cuing with no coms?
Sorry if my video misrepresented what I meant to say. I'm not the best player but this is how I got to GM solo queue with no mic. I wanted to share how important ult economy is because at least if you don't communicate to your team the information, you can keep yourself out of danger.
Wow. I came for an overview of Rocket and left with a better understanding of the whole game.