Brimstone uses his smoke to cut off sightlines<\/p>\n
\u00a9 Riot Games<\/p>\n
Brimstone is most effective from just behind the front line. Your ballistic power will be the backbone of your team\u2019s attack or defence, so don\u2019t get picked off early \u2013 instead, support your team-mates with Stim Beacon and take cautious moves at the start of the round to build up your utility.<\/p>\n
Use your smokes to cut off sightlines and block paths for entry. The key here is to make fights winnable for duellists and keep yourself alive until you can unleash your Orbital Strike. Don\u2019t throw your smokes before your team is ready to act \u2013 coordinate with your team-mates and facilitate their pushes with maintained pressure. <\/p>\n
Brimstone\u2019s Sky Smoke, gives him the unique ability to drop three smokes at once \u2013 so consider how to use this to best help your team. This is ideal for repositioning or executing, allowing you to block sightlines, isolate defenders and create safe movement paths all in one fell swoop.<\/p>\n
03<\/p>\n
Advanced Brimstone tips<\/p>\n
Feeling comfortable with Brimstone\u2019s basics? Here are some advanced moves to try.<\/p>\n
Fake out executes \u2013 Brimstone\u2019s Sky Smokes are perfect for confusing the enemy. When you\u2019ve readied a strike on one site, you can drop smokes onto the other to force a rotation, allowing you to take advantage of their disorientation.<\/p>\n
Incendiary choke hold \u2013 It might be tempting to toss your incendiary into a choke point and then fall back, but often enemies will try to push through in desperation. Hold your position and use your utility to make the teamfight more winnable.<\/p>\n
Ult for space \u2013 It might be tempting to go for kills with Orbital Strike, but it can be equally effective at creating space for your team. If your opponents are entrenched, use Orbital Strike to force them into unfavourable positions and create winning scenarios for your duellists.<\/p>\n
Buy wisely \u2013 Brimstone\u2019s utility is some of the most costly in the game, so consider carefully what the situation calls for. Incendiaries are particularly expensive and have limited use-cases, whereas Stim Beacon is rarely a bad call. Sky Smokes are most useful on attack, so consider these your first must-buy.<\/p>\n
04<\/p>\n
Common Brimstone mistakes<\/p>\n
Smoking too early \u2013 The most common mistake Brimstone players make is to randomly smoke at the start of the round. This is where communication is essential. Make sure your team is ready to attack before you smoke.<\/p>\n
Smoking the wrong angles \u2013 There is a temptation to smoke any angle that appears dangerous, but the most effective Brimstone players will find angles that will force defenders to split up, where they can be dispatched by your duellists. Isolate defenders, rather than making them take the teamfight to a different position.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t sit on Stim Beacon \u2013 Many players save Brimstone\u2019s healing utility for after a fight has taken place. Stim Beacon is most effective when used during fights, so don\u2019t hesitate to throw it down when the bullets are flying.<\/p>\n
Poor positioning \u2013 Brimstone may be a powerhouse, but he is not a frontline agent. You need to stay alive long enough to put your utility to effective use, so keep an anchored position where you won\u2019t be picked off. Don\u2019t stop checking your TacMap, not only for enemy advances, but to keep track of your team-mates and how you can position yourself to support them.<\/p>\n
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What Brimstone mastery looks like<\/p>\n
Think of Brimstone\u2019s loadout as tools to control and shape the battlefield, rather than to push deep and get kills. Don\u2019t use Brimstone\u2019s smokes to hide from enemies, use them to confuse, disorient and block enemies’ sightlines. Communicate with team-mates and deploy your utility at the right moment, and you\u2019ll be the MVP of your squad.<\/p>\n
Who is Jack Ridsdale?<\/p>\n
Jack specialises in gaming, esports and technology. He has a particular interest in competitive shooters and fighting games, and has attended numerous esports events in the UK and beyond. His areas of expertise include Overwatch, Street Fighter, VALORANT and triple-A titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brimstone embodies that old gaming adage: easy to learn, hard to master. His toolkit is deceptively simple, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-875896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}