I'll be the first to admit that I suck at PvP, but it's hard to improve when you don't necessarily want to use what's best. Any tips? this scenario is something I go through on a regular basis. Also, I'm not bashing the weapon or playstyle of my opponent, I just want to improve.
I know that HC's are the meta because of their high burst damage and peek shooting capabilities, but in this footage I'm the one trying to use cover and my opponent is clearly out in the open easily taking me out and everyone else.
[b][u]Note[/u][/b]: I know that the weapon my opponent has is [b]thorn[/b], but as I already stated this is something I go through whether it be Thorn, Ace, Fate bringer, and all of the rest of the popular HC's.
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2 RepliesI can't say too much--Wilbow86 gave an *excellent* response in terms of advice and per your video analysis to help you better deal with the scenario for the next time. I just wanted to say that it's good that you're acknowledging and accepting that Hand Cannons excel in many areas of pvp and not letting it put you off from playing the game how you want to, rather than giving up and try a different loadout you'd rather not run. We all play to win, but not all of us play to win AND to have fun at the same time. You're already doing loads of good for yourself, in terms of getting better. You're looking back at what you did, and you're seeing what you can do to do better. This will stick, and eventually, the next time you're dealing with a hand cannon or whatever weapon/tactic you've died to, you'll be pulling all the right plays to come out on top practically by instinct and muscle memory alone. Again, Wilbow86 made an excellent response for you already, but also note that since you were dealing with a Thorn--that one in particular will really, really punish you for missing. Because while any other hand cannon's ttk will drop quite a bit with a miss, the Thorn will have a DoT on you for some extra forgiveness on their end. That's also not even considering Soul Devourer procc'ing. So, the next time you're in this situation, not only you'll want to engage differently, slide, rely on flinching your opponent, etcetera, someone with specifically the Thorn not only has peak shooting to rely on, but the DoT can allow them to make distance, close distance, break LoS, and re-engage without losing too much kill time due to that DoT. They'll be able to track the damage ticks on you if you try to disengage or approach in a different way. Even if you try and run off and you hit their max range, they can easily tickle you with a Thorn shot and that's enough to stop your recovery and leave you one-shot for them to catch and clean you up or to make it easier for their teammate to just body you. The good news is that Thorn has less range than average compared to the other HC's, so creating enough distance to rob it of headshots is key, and its visual recoil (not sure about pc) is enough for a good number of console players to easily whiff shots once the aim assist stickiness disengages. Anyway, you've got loads of great responses here and best of luck to your future pvp encounters, mate.