But all contenders player are doing with ram is playing corners and using nemisis if they take to much damage and just hold block the entire 8 seconds pretty much
This guide was made before everyone started blockbotting. Contenders/OWL is a different game than we play. Your average even masters ladder team is not near coordinated enough to play the way they do
Top 500 is a whole different game. Mercy is good In top 500 for example. Mercy’s movement matters more when you are playing against people who are good at hitting targets on the ground. Mercy’s damage boost is better when you have 1000 hours and the game sense to go with it
Learn to block when you need it as well as switching forms just to block if you're caught in a bad situation with no shield. That way you will at least have a chance of surviving and if you do survive your shield should be back by that point allowing you to recover and fall back to your team if you're over pushing. just some info from my own experience of playing him and demolishing most games. Of course I'm no pro so I could be entirely wrong and missing the obvious but it's worked for me.
Loving the tips. Also love the fact that you’re emphasizing the fact that as a tank, it is your job to make space, use your abilities to take said space, and keep it. Great tips bro, keep it up!
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Also! Dont ult while in nemesis form, press shift to get out of nemesis then ult quickly to gain the 150 armor hp back instantly, it can help you survive a lot more
100% the most optimal playstyle is to poke long range with staff with shield up, when shield goes down block the entire duration, then back around a corner. She plays very similar to Orisa when she had barrier
A big tip for when your ultimate is ready, you can have a total of 800hp. Use nemesis form first, then when that armor drops, drop out of nemesis into ultimate to regain your armor immediately
I always think entering nemesis mode is to attack, aggressively pushing the frontline and pressure their backline, so to me blocking often is a waste of the nemesis in my opinion
Bro this for the ultimate. Such a good piece of advice. I just wish my teammates would understand what I’m doing and follow up because most of the time I end up being alone in the middle of the team
I’ve already been doing most of all of the tips he gave but the only one I didn’t think was blocking the enemy healer and as a ramattra main I agree with when you use your ult target the healer then attacks and finally tanks
These tips are great. Another thing I've noticed that helps deter enemy pushes or hold a position/objective is using the barrier just before going hulk mode. it doesn't go away when you change forms and let's you get some good damage in with pummel before having to use the block
Another thing about his barrier, it's bigger then it seems, if you put it on an elevated surface like a hand guard or a plant it will be bigger, you can also cancel his pummel anytime so if you are targeting one person who is low and is about to be healed and you feel confident you can cancel and do more dps with you main attack to the head
For his ravenous vortex obviously it slows people down but it can also be used as a zoning tool to prevent opponents from taking a flank or force them in a specific direction
Another good use for his shield is to block pesky snipers temporarily. It forces them to decide to hold their point and lose four seconds of lethal sniping or move and possibly become exposed. His shield is also great for pushing by putting it near the front or middle of a team then using it to protect as you rush in and use nemesis form. Dont focus on omnic form. The staff is meant to deal with long range and cover gaps between nemesis cooldowns. Nemesis form has a short cool down, does higher damage, and grants you 150 ARMOR not temp health. If youre popping it often the constant increase in health and damage reduction makes you much tankier. Ravenous vortex last for a short time but can be escaped from rather easily. Make sure that youre not throwing it at the target but in their path so they have to go through it fully. It can also go far allowing you to mess with backlines and maybe stop them from getting to cover or even killing them behind it. Helps alot during your ult and nemesis form since it keeps people in range of your fist and adds damage. Your nemesis block can protect against dva bombs around full health and tires. Its instant and can save you. Dont be afraid to pop nemesis form just to block a bit then cancel it if it keeps you in a fight. Your ult charges fast. Dont be afraid to use it. Most people will run and that alone is good for taking points. Your pummel goes through enemies. You can use the burst it causes when it hits something to extend range and take out healers hiding behind a team mate
heres a helpful little tip for ramattra players aswell. Nemisis form will be off cooldown as soon as your ult is finished so you can use nemisis form then pop ur ult then once ur ult is done use nemisis form again. It works wonders in those big intense team fights
Dude the very first thing u said is completely wrong! Guys only use nemesis form for blocking! Block as much as u can and only use nemesis when you are getting pressured! Just use the mage form and poke their dps and sups!
„You‘re most likely using block wayy to often“ Me who never uses block and likes to be fully healed while permanently ora ora punching people into oblivion:
Personally best way to play ramattra barrier is to either A drop at your feet and the switch to nemesis form and dive in and out when you’re applying pressure, or to use it on an enemy who has high ground or a position to snipe from.
As a tank I almost always focus the back plane for supports. As DVa you wait until a support is low then dive them, I think tank for Ana or especially Mercy is a fair trade. As Ramattra I usually spray the M1 at squishy headheight and focus back plane characters until it’s time to go in with my healer on my back. You’d be surprised how many free frags you get from one tapping a low support in the head with Ramattra’s primary fire.
The best way to use ur barrier is for when u are trying to build up tempo to go into nemesis form by the time u are done with nemesis form ur team (if they know what they are doing) should be able to put enough pressure for u to fall back and reset to do the same thing again
Tip 1: Swap. It's gonna take a week or two but everyone will quickly learn that he does... Well.. nothing. His ult is a huge play maker but outside of that he does nothing to attack the enemy backline or prevent his own from being demolished. He makes no space outside of his ult because of his low health pool and the fact that his tank form forces him into a worse rein. I've literally walked past this boy more times than I can count without any fear that he's going to do something
ramattra is not really supposed to go straight for the backlines, he's more like a worse OW1 orisa that can ocasionaly turn into a worse rein, he's more of a character that wants to protect their team with his cooldowns and make the enemies fear the sheer damage a single punch can do in nemesis (which mind you goes through shields, winston ain't safe), he's not bad, he's just a secondary tank in a game with a single tank, but that doesn't mean he's unplayable
What I learned from playing like 7 matches with him: Pop your shield, and go into nemesis form. Use it like a see through-shoot through wall on cornered enemies, or enemies who desperately need to push you. By the time nemesis end, you can cycle your shield back. It is even harder to kill you if you have your ult and chain your ult last after leaving the nemesis form to regain your 150 shields and become a massive pressure threat. As long as you can keep applying constant and annoying pressure, your teammates should be able to mop up all the enemies who have been chipped out, or your ult should easily create a dire situation that the other team will have to waste a ton of ults to counter
Well I mean if you play games long enough you’ll eventually workout his weaknesses and his draw backs which you need to find out so then you can figure out things that work in a competitive match or casual match
Well he isn’t completely right here, the meta in pro scrims is actually using him as a blockbot, while just poking with staff form behind the shield while nemesis form is on cooldown. They very rarely go in punching
@@RauKnowsRivals I don't block bot, but it usually ends in me dying when my team never pushes with me (I have a mic btw) Ah. The triumphs of randomqueing
Only problem with the ult tip is that if you ignore the enemy tank, he's probably just gonna kill your backline while you kill his. Then you're back to 1v1ing the other tank, but this time without an audience.
Remind yourself that he can tank a bastion turret, hanzos dragon and other ults only if they are in front of you! Depending on ult if teammates are behind you you can save them
I actually think the block is a good part of his kit. Since the block isn’t a doom fist block people still shoot him. So he can essentially be a bullet sponge in a fight and can get healed a ton. This works especially well with the ultimate since blocking + healers essentially makes you invincible and you can basically have infinite ulti, especially if you’re on a objective.
im pretty sure most effective way to use his ult currently is to wait for the enemy team to push you, instead of you pushing them. it works great at overturning the teamfights compared to initiating them
My favorite Ram play that I’ve done is when I dropped out of nemesis form and put a shield down right as a dva bomb went off and barely saved me and my team
Also, use Nemesis form before ult because when you use nemesis form you get bonus armor, when you spend that bonus armor, use ult because it will refresh the bonus armor.
2 important tips are 1: you shouldn’t be blocking most of the time unless its an ult or another ramattra. 2:using ramattra’s ult to finish off squishy supports who are caught of guard or if you have a good support you can challenge a whole team and win.
Need to inform people that his ultimate lasts forever basically as long as there’s enemies tethered to him. Been seeing too many rams not pushing into the team with their ult and just letting it die
I'm a Ramattra main (not a good one), but I do get the gist of his tec, the shield usually put up to block early heavy DPS, then Nemesis form to contest the tank and it actually goes through anyone behind the tank (the hit pierces through shields), didn't really found how to use the nade effectively, but the ult is really oppressive when you have dedicated healer (Zenyatta ult works too since it makes Ramattra unkillable), but thats just my take on him, needs a team that can handle things on their own while Ramattra contesting the point
First tip is sorta correct but really it should generally be 70% block 40% punching while your in team fights using your nemesis form, and this is advice coming from Flats the tank god himself
I'm a Ram main, play his barrier like a normal barrier at range but at close, play it like you play the knockdown shield of your teammate in apex. A well placed barrier between U and the enemy can make the difference. Today I dodged 3 rock throws from Sigma by just going back n forth through my barrier, he was tilted and liked the fight Up close and personal and so my barrier ate 3 good rocks that day. A barrier can also save your life, especially when Ur low HP and all Ur teammates have just respawned, save Urself from that widow shot and barrier behind U as U run away
The blocking the healer one is only useful in some cases. Many of the most played healers (Lucio) will think you are an idiot if you use that shield to block him. Kiriko’s mobility is too high for that tiny shield. Zeny don’t even need to do anything. Moira don’t even heal. Shield lady will mostly be in the front line meleeing. So that leaves you with Mercy who can just walk through it or fly through, Baptise who maybe (a big maybe) will be affected by a shield block. And Ana who will most likely be affected. The shield block situation has to be specific: narrow path.
I tend to also use block on choke points if my shield is recharging and my team needs a wall. My support can keep me up while the damage picks off there team until we’re ready to push again
I often kill a squishy with his ULT. So many Rams just punch the other tank, do nothing but charge the enemy support, and die. Rams, make space, kill a squishy, and if you fail at that, at least damage a squishy or isolate a target for your team to focus that isn't the tank unless they're way overextended or cut off from heals, but that won't happen often higher up.
QUICK TIP! If you pop nemesis, tank/use up the additional health, then drop back to omnic form and THEN pop your ult it gives you MORE additional health unlike if you just pop your ult in nemesis form :)
Also use the madssive dmg burst you can get from holding fire when you approach a position, catch a widow and she will be clotheslined before she can react
Bro ur mindset is insane to me, how do u just immediately come up with all these strats and shit while barely being able to play a character that literally JUST came out
Ok a couple more tips If your in you nemesis for cancel it before piping ult to get the 150 armor again When fighting bastion just cancel your nemesis if your barrier is off cool down so you can put something in the way of you and him
something i feel some people don't really understand, tanks are meant to clear the space and to bring fear into the enemy team to make them back up, most tanks get too scared at the wrong times which is understandable if you don't trust your supports but still, you gotta at least try fyi, this is my opinion on tanks as a tank player myself, play how you want to
I also personally recommend using nemesis mode until you lose that extra health then cancel nemesis and then pop ult. It will give you all the extra hp back
Also, that ultimate isn't only 3s. It's 3s IF YOU AREN'T DAMAGING SOMEONE. So if you pop it on a team, as long as you're damaging someone it's going to keep going. Definitely want to dive with a healer or a DPS to maximize it.
It sucks that the current playstyle they have for him in contenders comps is Nemesis mode is just for blocking and you wanna be in staff form as long as possible.
Yeah fliers it isn’t as great. In general just through down throughout fights and around using on horizontal movement heros like doom and Genji as it barely does anything. None movement heroes like ana and zen are good targets
From personal experience as a Mercy main, its great to focus her down. It makes my life harder because I have to superjump from further targets now to stay outside its range.
I've started to pocket echo because playing ramattra for the 12 seconds that her ult lasts is worth it, so the block battles tip is going to help me a lot
This is good advice for low ladder players. But how Overwatch league uses him is they use his normal form to poke and deal damage and the basically only use shift to block cus it’s damage reduction is actually nuts.
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But all contenders player are doing with ram is playing corners and using nemisis if they take to much damage and just hold block the entire 8 seconds pretty much
This guide was made before everyone started blockbotting. Contenders/OWL is a different game than we play.
Your average even masters ladder team is not near coordinated enough to play the way they do
aka the boring playstyle
@Lewis Nicholls Not in masters play, fair, but definitely in OWL
Yeah top players play him like old orisa but with the javelin spin in game with her old barrier it’s kinda weird
Top 500 is a whole different game. Mercy is good In top 500 for example. Mercy’s movement matters more when you are playing against people who are good at hitting targets on the ground. Mercy’s damage boost is better when you have 1000 hours and the game sense to go with it
Bros quick with it this man has been out for like a day
I alredy made a counter for him
@@ilpoomatili9549 for me Junker Queen felt super easy against him
@@theobennett8279 cool, he also sucks against orisa and maby moira
I do what I can! We will learn more as it goes but hope this helps for now :)
@@ilpoomatili9549 a lot of things suck against moira
“You are probably blocking way too often”
the other issue is I don’t block at all
🤣🤣🤣 literally
Sameee
Learn to block when you need it as well as switching forms just to block if you're caught in a bad situation with no shield. That way you will at least have a chance of surviving and if you do survive your shield should be back by that point allowing you to recover and fall back to your team if you're over pushing. just some info from my own experience of playing him and demolishing most games. Of course I'm no pro so I could be entirely wrong and missing the obvious but it's worked for me.
Blocking is the only thing you should be doing in nemesis form
@@bluecar7719 except for the fact that you have no killing power in anything other than nemesis form.
*”three bad habits for every new remattra”*
My guy everyone is a new remattra😂
Loving the tips. Also love the fact that you’re emphasizing the fact that as a tank, it is your job to make space, use your abilities to take said space, and keep it. Great tips bro, keep it up!
Much love ❤️
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@@drew8476 why would you think so?
@@cr3epyhours just ignore them they’re a troll
@@RauKnowsRivalsI swear dude I’ll never take tips from you
As an OG Ramattra player, these are great tips
As a Ramattra main, i can’t believe blizzard would nerf him. He used to be amazing. Now his cool downs are way to long :(
@@christopherduro2670 ong they need to nerf genji instead he’s to strong
I remember rammatra years ago how overpowered he was it sucked when they wiped him from existence
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@@tacticalroman1532 fax he was crazy in 2016
Dang! I have binged all of your shorts. Do you stream anywhere?
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@@cqrson8079 that’s a stupid waste of money 💀
@@RauKnowsRivals thanks!!
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I like how the pro players were calling ram ass when he first came out and now there like "MeTa"
It’s not even been 2 days and he already gave me good tips for the new tank
Also! Dont ult while in nemesis form, press shift to get out of nemesis then ult quickly to gain the 150 armor hp back instantly, it can help you survive a lot more
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Ramatra JUST came out and you already giving tips... this man is a time traveller fr fr
I do what I can haha
100% the most optimal playstyle is to poke long range with staff with shield up, when shield goes down block the entire duration, then back around a corner. She plays very similar to Orisa when she had barrier
A big tip for when your ultimate is ready, you can have a total of 800hp.
Use nemesis form first, then when that armor drops, drop out of nemesis into ultimate to regain your armor immediately
Block battles with a tank is soo relatable lol
Happens all too much haha
I always think entering nemesis mode is to attack, aggressively pushing the frontline and pressure their backline, so to me blocking often is a waste of the nemesis in my opinion
Bro this for the ultimate. Such a good piece of advice. I just wish my teammates would understand what I’m doing and follow up because most of the time I end up being alone in the middle of the team
My support always goes in the opposite direction when if they would just heal me I would wipe the squishies so I just get melted
Wait a damn minute now... DOOMFIST CAN BLOCK NOW?!
I’ve already been doing most of all of the tips he gave but the only one I didn’t think was blocking the enemy healer and as a ramattra main I agree with when you use your ult target the healer then attacks and finally tanks
The block thing aged poorly. Now it makes him unkillable.
Everyone is technically a new ramattra he just came out💀
These tips are great. Another thing I've noticed that helps deter enemy pushes or hold a position/objective is using the barrier just before going hulk mode. it doesn't go away when you change forms and let's you get some good damage in with pummel before having to use the block
Great tips but hog ult is 1 of only 3 ults that go through Ramattra block because of splash damage, including pharah ult and tracer ult
Everyone else : cool guns that look futuristic
Ramattra : bippity boppity *doom*
Another thing about his barrier, it's bigger then it seems, if you put it on an elevated surface like a hand guard or a plant it will be bigger, you can also cancel his pummel anytime so if you are targeting one person who is low and is about to be healed and you feel confident you can cancel and do more dps with you main attack to the head
This is why I rarely swear, if it becomes too natural this happens.
For his ravenous vortex obviously it slows people down but it can also be used as a zoning tool to prevent opponents from taking a flank or force them in a specific direction
I love fighting a lone ram as bastion lmao. Just seeing them holding block while i gun them down is so funny.
“Every new Ramattra” So every Rammatra player?
"You're most likely wasting your ult"
_Casually yeets himself off the whole map_
Another good use for his shield is to block pesky snipers temporarily. It forces them to decide to hold their point and lose four seconds of lethal sniping or move and possibly become exposed.
His shield is also great for pushing by putting it near the front or middle of a team then using it to protect as you rush in and use nemesis form.
Dont focus on omnic form. The staff is meant to deal with long range and cover gaps between nemesis cooldowns. Nemesis form has a short cool down, does higher damage, and grants you 150 ARMOR not temp health. If youre popping it often the constant increase in health and damage reduction makes you much tankier.
Ravenous vortex last for a short time but can be escaped from rather easily. Make sure that youre not throwing it at the target but in their path so they have to go through it fully. It can also go far allowing you to mess with backlines and maybe stop them from getting to cover or even killing them behind it. Helps alot during your ult and nemesis form since it keeps people in range of your fist and adds damage.
Your nemesis block can protect against dva bombs around full health and tires. Its instant and can save you. Dont be afraid to pop nemesis form just to block a bit then cancel it if it keeps you in a fight.
Your ult charges fast. Dont be afraid to use it. Most people will run and that alone is good for taking points.
Your pummel goes through enemies. You can use the burst it causes when it hits something to extend range and take out healers hiding behind a team mate
heres a helpful little tip for ramattra players aswell. Nemisis form will be off cooldown as soon as your ult is finished so you can use nemisis form then pop ur ult then once ur ult is done use nemisis form again. It works wonders in those big intense team fights
Dude the very first thing u said is completely wrong! Guys only use nemesis form for blocking! Block as much as u can and only use nemesis when you are getting pressured! Just use the mage form and poke their dps and sups!
I just realized, Ramatra ult and Brig Ult has to be diabolical
PLUS LUCIO ULT 😤
Ram ult + beat + speed Amp = enemy PTSD and hog swap lmao
„You‘re most likely using block wayy to often“
Me who never uses block and likes to be fully healed while permanently ora ora punching people into oblivion:
Personally best way to play ramattra barrier is to either A drop at your feet and the switch to nemesis form and dive in and out when you’re applying pressure, or to use it on an enemy who has high ground or a position to snipe from.
Habits for every new Ramattra. My brother in christ he just came out. Everyone is a new Ramattra.
As a tank I almost always focus the back plane for supports. As DVa you wait until a support is low then dive them, I think tank for Ana or especially Mercy is a fair trade. As Ramattra I usually spray the M1 at squishy headheight and focus back plane characters until it’s time to go in with my healer on my back. You’d be surprised how many free frags you get from one tapping a low support in the head with Ramattra’s primary fire.
Rua: Bad habits for every new Ramatra
Ramatra who came out 2 days ago:
The best way to use ur barrier is for when u are trying to build up tempo to go into nemesis form by the time u are done with nemesis form ur team (if they know what they are doing) should be able to put enough pressure for u to fall back and reset to do the same thing again
Tip 1: Swap. It's gonna take a week or two but everyone will quickly learn that he does... Well.. nothing. His ult is a huge play maker but outside of that he does nothing to attack the enemy backline or prevent his own from being demolished. He makes no space outside of his ult because of his low health pool and the fact that his tank form forces him into a worse rein. I've literally walked past this boy more times than I can count without any fear that he's going to do something
ramattra is not really supposed to go straight for the backlines, he's more like a worse OW1 orisa that can ocasionaly turn into a worse rein, he's more of a character that wants to protect their team with his cooldowns and make the enemies fear the sheer damage a single punch can do in nemesis (which mind you goes through shields, winston ain't safe), he's not bad, he's just a secondary tank in a game with a single tank, but that doesn't mean he's unplayable
What I learned from playing like 7 matches with him: Pop your shield, and go into nemesis form. Use it like a see through-shoot through wall on cornered enemies, or enemies who desperately need to push you. By the time nemesis end, you can cycle your shield back. It is even harder to kill you if you have your ult and chain your ult last after leaving the nemesis form to regain your 150 shields and become a massive pressure threat. As long as you can keep applying constant and annoying pressure, your teammates should be able to mop up all the enemies who have been chipped out, or your ult should easily create a dire situation that the other team will have to waste a ton of ults to counter
Saw your shorts on Flats' stream. You're killing it man!
Thx man.
Now i just have to wait 2 weeks before I can use him
He was just fucking added, how the hell does this guy already know how to pro play him?
Well I mean if you play games long enough you’ll eventually workout his weaknesses and his draw backs which you need to find out so then you can figure out things that work in a competitive match or casual match
It’s my job :) when I’m not playing I’m researching and watching other streamers/other content creators to learn from them!
Well he isn’t completely right here, the meta in pro scrims is actually using him as a blockbot, while just poking with staff form behind the shield while nemesis form is on cooldown. They very rarely go in punching
@@Aryan-od1sw 100% the meta has evolved since I made this but I feel after he gets buffs they won’t waste his potential blockbotting haha
@@RauKnowsRivals I don't block bot, but it usually ends in me dying when my team never pushes with me (I have a mic btw)
Ah. The triumphs of randomqueing
Only problem with the ult tip is that if you ignore the enemy tank, he's probably just gonna kill your backline while you kill his.
Then you're back to 1v1ing the other tank, but this time without an audience.
This the 1st hero where I do all tips already also
SUFFER AS I HAVE
I mean even rammatra says to do that last tip lol, one of his ult charged voice lines is "i will annihilate their backline"
Remind yourself that he can tank a bastion turret, hanzos dragon and other ults only if they are in front of you! Depending on ult if teammates are behind you you can save them
In high intensity team fights I like jumping in front of my team and blocking the wave of hundreds of bullets lol
I actually think the block is a good part of his kit. Since the block isn’t a doom fist block people still shoot him. So he can essentially be a bullet sponge in a fight and can get healed a ton. This works especially well with the ultimate since blocking + healers essentially makes you invincible and you can basically have infinite ulti, especially if you’re on a objective.
im pretty sure most effective way to use his ult currently is to wait for the enemy team to push you, instead of you pushing them. it works great at overturning the teamfights compared to initiating them
Ramattra is slowly becoming one of my favs
My favorite Ram play that I’ve done is when I dropped out of nemesis form and put a shield down right as a dva bomb went off and barely saved me and my team
Also, use Nemesis form before ult because when you use nemesis form you get bonus armor, when you spend that bonus armor, use ult because it will refresh the bonus armor.
By far my most favorite thing about ramattra is both ramattras using their ult and blocking. Waiting for one team to kill the other
Honestly, when you play as a tank in general, every action you make you should think as if you were opening space for your team
As a zenyatta main, my friend and I like to pop both our ultimates at the same time. It is very good for pushing.
2 important tips are 1: you shouldn’t be blocking most of the time unless its an ult or another ramattra. 2:using ramattra’s ult to finish off squishy supports who are caught of guard or if you have a good support you can challenge a whole team and win.
Need to inform people that his ultimate lasts forever basically as long as there’s enemies tethered to him. Been seeing too many rams not pushing into the team with their ult and just letting it die
“ Your most likely blocking to much.”
Me- I don’t block enough
I'm a Ramattra main (not a good one), but I do get the gist of his tec, the shield usually put up to block early heavy DPS, then Nemesis form to contest the tank and it actually goes through anyone behind the tank (the hit pierces through shields), didn't really found how to use the nade effectively, but the ult is really oppressive when you have dedicated healer (Zenyatta ult works too since it makes Ramattra unkillable), but thats just my take on him, needs a team that can handle things on their own while Ramattra contesting the point
First tip is sorta correct but really it should generally be 70% block 40% punching while your in team fights using your nemesis form, and this is advice coming from Flats the tank god himself
That block battle was too real
Also.
You can use His shield could help to block enemy ults. Takes more game sense to use it like this, but it is useful.
I'm a Ram main, play his barrier like a normal barrier at range but at close, play it like you play the knockdown shield of your teammate in apex.
A well placed barrier between U and the enemy can make the difference. Today I dodged 3 rock throws from Sigma by just going back n forth through my barrier, he was tilted and liked the fight Up close and personal and so my barrier ate 3 good rocks that day.
A barrier can also save your life, especially when Ur low HP and all Ur teammates have just respawned, save Urself from that widow shot and barrier behind U as U run away
The blocking the healer one is only useful in some cases. Many of the most played healers (Lucio) will think you are an idiot if you use that shield to block him. Kiriko’s mobility is too high for that tiny shield. Zeny don’t even need to do anything. Moira don’t even heal. Shield lady will mostly be in the front line meleeing. So that leaves you with Mercy who can just walk through it or fly through, Baptise who maybe (a big maybe) will be affected by a shield block. And Ana who will most likely be affected. The shield block situation has to be specific: narrow path.
Of course that’s the beauty of Overwatch it’s a very situational game
News flash. Every ramattra is a new ramattra.
You can play around your shield if you need to stall for your team and you other form
This is how optimal Ramatta game play should be. Sadly the pros found out that just blocking is the best thing to do as Ramatra.
I tend to also use block on choke points if my shield is recharging and my team needs a wall. My support can keep me up while the damage picks off there team until we’re ready to push again
I often kill a squishy with his ULT. So many Rams just punch the other tank, do nothing but charge the enemy support, and die. Rams, make space, kill a squishy, and if you fail at that, at least damage a squishy or isolate a target for your team to focus that isn't the tank unless they're way overextended or cut off from heals, but that won't happen often higher up.
QUICK TIP! If you pop nemesis, tank/use up the additional health, then drop back to omnic form and THEN pop your ult it gives you MORE additional health unlike if you just pop your ult in nemesis form :)
Funny that the rumours are that in contenders ramattra isn’t meant to take space and only block when in nemesis form
Blocking to often I always forget that the block even exists
Since all eyes are usually on him when ults I find Lucio and zens ult to be really good when paired with it
"I not block, I round
house kick"
Also use the madssive dmg burst you can get from holding fire when you approach a position, catch a widow and she will be clotheslined before she can react
We wouldn't know that, because he's locked behind a God damn paywall!
Habits? The character just came out 🤣
When I ult, I normally hold block to not die, and try to catch people out of position to punch.
All fun and game's until two ramattra's pop there ult and start having a fist fight
Bro ur mindset is insane to me, how do u just immediately come up with all these strats and shit while barely being able to play a character that literally JUST came out
Ok a couple more tips
If your in you nemesis for cancel it before piping ult to get the 150 armor again
When fighting bastion just cancel your nemesis if your barrier is off cool down so you can put something in the way of you and him
something i feel some people don't really understand, tanks are meant to clear the space and to bring fear into the enemy team to make them back up, most tanks get too scared at the wrong times
which is understandable if you don't trust your supports but still, you gotta at least try
fyi, this is my opinion on tanks as a tank player myself, play how you want to
I also personally recommend using nemesis mode until you lose that extra health then cancel nemesis and then pop ult. It will give you all the extra hp back
Heres one too. when you see enemy orisa, she isnt gona be your friend
Also, that ultimate isn't only 3s. It's 3s IF YOU AREN'T DAMAGING SOMEONE. So if you pop it on a team, as long as you're damaging someone it's going to keep going. Definitely want to dive with a healer or a DPS to maximize it.
A good tip Brigittes ult paired with rammantras ult is really good
as a ramattra main. i rarely block let alone use nemesis form. i save it fro when the enemy tanks gets pissed and starts bum rushing my team
It sucks that the current playstyle they have for him in contenders comps is Nemesis mode is just for blocking and you wanna be in staff form as long as possible.
Funny I just watched a video highlighting how his ult plus blocking makes it essentially impossible to force you off point...
Is there a proper way to use the vertical column? My theory is "not on fliers" but instead on jumpers or something
Yeah fliers it isn’t as great. In general just through down throughout fights and around using on horizontal movement heros like doom and Genji as it barely does anything. None movement heroes like ana and zen are good targets
From personal experience as a Mercy main, its great to focus her down. It makes my life harder because I have to superjump from further targets now to stay outside its range.
Been really trying to make this guy work I was hype as hell for em
He’s meh rn but a lot of fun!
I've started to pocket echo because playing ramattra for the 12 seconds that her ult lasts is worth it, so the block battles tip is going to help me a lot
That is literally how I play him the best ways possible
I usually use ramatra wall to block turret so that it doesnt obliterate us imidiately
Using his block against a hog ult is a really easy way to get hooked AND hog ulted since he can hook during his ult now
"here are three bad habits for every new rammatra"
Isn't.. everyone a new rammatra rn though..
"bad habits" there are no habits yet. Take it easy.
This is good advice for low ladder players. But how Overwatch league uses him is they use his normal form to poke and deal damage and the basically only use shift to block cus it’s damage reduction is actually nuts.