Beginner Fundamentals

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Communicate before action in lane (shop, push, rotate, all-in).
Fight with information, not vibes: regularly check health, items, souls, and ultimate availability before committing.
Wave first, then fight by default; wave priority creates room to farm, rotate, and pressure safely.
Stabilize intelligently when behind: safe clears, missing calls, and low-risk pathing beat panic fights.
Convert windows, don’t admire them: pressure/kill opportunities should become camps, vaults, structures, urn, or boss setup.
Decision quality > raw mechanics: avoid both extremes (AFK farming and permanent ego-fighting).
Efficiency mindset: always ask “what is my highest-value next action” instead of wandering or forcing random fights.
Movement is economy: cleaner stamina usage and routing turns into faster farming, safer rotations, and better fight entries.

Start with heroes whose job is clear to you (frontline brawler, pick/setup, utility support, or scaling side-lane carry).
Prefer comfort and role clarity over tier-list chasing.
In lower coordination games, heroes that provide reliable setup or wave control are often easier to convert into wins than purely flashy picks.
Treat quick roster overviews as orientation, then validate with deeper hero-specific guides before hard committing.

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Starting fights without checking item/soul/ult state.
Fighting inside enemy wave repeatedly and losing HP economy.
Ignoring objective/value windows to chase low-probability kills.
Failing to adapt to lane side asymmetry (strong/weak side differences).
Buying lane items but not playing around their cooldown/value conditions.
Spending too much time unplanned (idle movement, aimless rotations, late setup to objective timers).
Weak movement habits (e.g., always holding W in air, poor slide usage, wasteful stamina paths).

Big-four check drill: before major trades, mentally check health/items/souls/ults.
Wave-priority drill: clear wave first unless you have a specific punish window.
Intent-call drill: announce your action before doing it every lane cycle.
Conversion drill: after each won skirmish, call the immediate value target out loud.
Item-intent drill: when you buy a proc item (e.g., headshot/resto/barrier style effects), actively trigger it on cooldown windows.
Efficiency drill: while hitting troopers/camps, pre-plan your next move every wave cycle.
Movement drill: focus on one movement habit per day (e.g., dash->slide, release W while air-strafing, zipline crouch exits).