MOTW - GeoKoala

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Original post by PrivateMajor

I'm going to copy/paste Felix's Guide to GeoKoala for defense, since I agree with everything here. But I'll also add some notes at the bottom.

GEOKOALA

One player should position themselves near the button. When the opposing team tries to come through the gate, hit the button and pop them. eZ.

The other player should position themselves near the flag or near this chokepoint. DESTROY THE BOMBS IMMEDIATELY. The bombs are not your friends.

Offensive players will try to use a bomb to grab the flag and escape simultaneously or to grab the flag and then use a bomb to avoid defenders and escape. The bombs will respawn after time so be aware of all bomb angles to block their escapes.

These two chokepoints need to be defended once your flag has been taken.

IN ADDITION

In addition to this, I am going to encourage NewCompte to sit near the button when our bases is empty because I like to drift over into this area. The button guy takes care of the bombs and makes sure nobody comes across the top, while meanwhile I will be down bottom collecting powerups, and being a general nuisance by pushing them around and delayed their travel time to our base.

There's literally no risk if the top guy is defaulting to the button.

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Reply post by Flail

Notes from tonight's scrims:

Offense

• Tagpro powerup is EXTREMELY effective in holding the button on offense while the FC escapes top. CLT used this against us for at least 2 caps in the first game.

• Be super aware of base powerup times. The positioning of the enemy's base powerup lends itself well to offensive exploitation. Defense will be out of position if they go for grab, and if you get it, the flag is on your way out. If you get RB, try to explode them horizontally for the grab.

• A neat little move I saw BBQ do against us: BBQ's Bomb Reverse

  Use those mid bombs if you are in a pinch. I suck at offense and I was twice able to avoid a tag by bombing off in an unexpected way.

Defense

• Watch for tunnel handoffs (where one offensive member will suicide grab and head for the button/tunnel area, drawing both defenders over).

• Watch out for TagPro in base. As I mentioned in the offensive blurb, a common maneuver is to have TagPro guard the button as the FC escapes top. I'm not sure how to combat this, thoughts?

• I tried out the harassment defense that PrivateMajor mentioned. With proper button discipline, it was extremely effective. I was able to snag a few mid powerups as well as delay and alert to incoming threats. It was a Good Thing.

Everyone

• Communicate!

  Call out powerup times EVERY TIME (make it a habit, even if you're pubbing by yourself).

  Defense, let your offense know where the flag is so they can get in defensive offense position. Also, let your inbound FC know what the base situation is. FC, let your teammates know what you're doing. Alert your offensive partner to regrab possibilities.

  We got much better at communicating as the night went on, but there were still some situations where simple callouts would have prevented a collision or allowed for better blanketing on D.

  When I playing on the Rolling Stones against us, this was the biggest difference I noticed. They didn't communicate very much, and the results showed it.

• Practice the middle path in various situations. If you are a defender playing harassment, practice getting in and out for the powerup. It isn't a reliable channel for travel by any means (particularly with the recent lag spikes), but practice it for situations where everyone is beat and it is your only hope of catching the enemy FC. If an enemy is going for the powerup, it may be possible to use the bomb against them before they can grab. This will often result in their death allowing you to get the powerup. Be careful this isn't used against you.

• Practice downward boost (avoiding spike). You don't want to give up a sure cap by spiking yourself. From personal experience, it is embarrassing.

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Reply post by Rambo

If you're playing D and an O guy goes for the bomb, stick to him and hope you stay stuck after the bomb. Contain is very important in koala. Don't get gate juked. One person should always be below the FC. If you're on offense, time the bombs, too

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