When playing on a field that has smaller buildings
and/or forts it is important to use these to the best of your ability. The
way I see buildings and shacks is that they can be useful in some cases, but also a
deathtrap in others. Buildings can be
useful in guarding objectives and keeping a major path covered. These types of
buildings are quite useful. I rarely enter a building unless it has a good
strategic location. The reason being, when you are inside of a building, you are
confined to the building’s interior. Getting into a building is much easier
than getting out. Also, the walls offer great cover yet limit visibility and
awareness of your surroundings. While in a building one good player can clear a
whole building in a single move. Here is an example I use a lot when playing on
a town style field. In this type of field angle is very important.
Example 1
1. The building is occupied by 2 blue
players. All possible shooting lanes for
blue are the dotted lines.
2. One red player is on the side of the
building. From his cover he has almost no shot unless the blue pop out of the
large back door. With one swift easy move the red player can gain a major
advantage.
3. With one swift move the red player can
sneak up on the blues flank. If he is noticed he still has a major advantage
over the blue players. He gets a way better angle on his opponents.
4. If the blue player stops posting for
even a few seconds, the red player can easily run through eliminating the
opponents and gaining massive amounts of field for the team. Even if the red
player is eliminated during the run through they still got 2 eliminations for 1
lost player.
This is both a diagram to help you defend
against this strategy and to attack using this strategy.
I find this very effective when playing
with newbies (given you do not bonus ball) because buildings are noob magnets.
Noobs will also not be able to keep you held back effectively and with a little
patience you can easily clear this building. Wait for them to unexpectedly
expose themselves in other windows or openings.
Example 2
1. As you can see, the red team is greatly
outnumbered. The first step in a situation like this is to fortify and dig in.
2. It will be difficult to snap shoot them
out through windows and vice versa. So the key here is patience and to wait for
them to come to you. When they do try to move up, that is when you seize the
opportunity and shoot them out.
3. Cover all angles. In this situation
there are 2 reds, if one gets eliminated then the last one is backed into a
corner and unless extremely skilled is pretty much eliminated. Teamwork is key
especially in and urban themed field.
So these are the key points I have told you
to follow:
1. Stay away from small building and forts
and use the immobility and lessened awareness to your advantage. (Note: In a
heavily urban e.g. Bedlam at CPX or Defend the fort type of game these do not
apply.)
2. Teamwork is key.
3. ANGLES.
The use of building can mean Do or Die for
a team. Good utilization of these building can be one very good skill to learn
and master. In my many years of playing building based fields, I have eliminated
many opponents using this strategy. Good utilization of this strategy can
completely up your effectiveness on the field
This article was written by Kikkia. Be sure to check out his YouTube Channel.
