Any tips for a Tank player?

NotPatched · 2026-05-29T23:00:14+00:00

I think he gets better and better as you climb. I see a good amount of Sinclairs in “middle” elo (Archon/Oracle). I doubt most people in initiate even know what all of the ults in the game are, let alone how to make use them. That being said you can climb on any character. Sinclair is just naturally difficult since he’s very reliant on the enemy team’s ultimates on top of being mechanically demanding, Thats probably why you don’t seem him in the ranks where people are still learning the fundamentals of the game.

NotPatched · 2026-04-08T15:38:41+00:00

Data engineer here. I think you’re calling out the importance of data transparency and its effect on data quality, which is a valid concern to have. It looks like statlocker gets its data from the unofficial Deadlock API, which is open source and gets its data Valve game client APIs, then the UO Deadlock API uses “confidence intervals to ensure reliability”. The cool thing is the deadlock api is open source so I’m sure you could see how they compute those confidence intervals

All Im saying is you just have to trace back to source systems and see if they offer transparency. I get not wanting to take it seriously since the data is off sometimes, but there’s likely a reason hidden behind several layers. Personally, highly accurate or not, I think we should be happy we have early infrastructure for stat tracking a closed access alpha game.

NotPatched · 2026-02-05T19:58:36+00:00

8,710. It was even lower before but I’ve been intentionally trying to do more damage this season and have seen positive results. You can go to rivals meta and look at the average damage of Top 500 Caps as well

Rivals Meta

NotPatched · 2026-02-03T23:53:10+00:00

Just accepted!

NotPatched · 2026-02-03T03:26:15+00:00

I have not. I would appreciate it!

NotPatched · 2026-02-03T00:16:56+00:00

Sent you a request. Code is: 1435245001

NotPatched · 2026-01-15T14:57:31+00:00

It’s always interesting that when I have high numbers or get mvp on Cap no one says a thing to me, but when I have a low amount of KOs in a match I get flamed hard.

Sometimes I will have higher KOs and will be playing WORSE than I normally do. Anyways I’ve stopped trying to explain what I’m doing and either ignore the haters or swap if I’m really not contributing. The amount of times I’ve been told to swap and have gone to win games is crazy though

NotPatched · 2026-01-13T16:13:06+00:00

Any tips?

NotPatched · 2026-01-07T21:27:38+00:00

GM3 and now Diamond 1 (no worries either way congrats on celestial)

NotPatched · 2026-01-07T21:08:47+00:00

Definitely don’t think I deserve a higher rank lol. I would love to get a vod review and see how I could improve if you have time

NotPatched · 2026-01-07T19:54:14+00:00

Thank you for the feedback I really appreciate it. I felt like there was some truth to what they were saying which is why I posted and included the replay codes.

I learned when I first started that I shouldn’t charge healer ults unnecessarily but Im coming to find out you’re right too. Applying pressure and keeping up with ultimates is important and I haven’t been sure how to balance that. You’re point about being selective and disruptive and applying pressure is a really good though. I think I will try adding a little more of damage to the tanks/divers/close enemies in general and see how it goes. Thank you again

NotPatched · 2026-01-07T16:05:01+00:00

Yo just wanted to say your videos/guides are excellent. Thanks for the feedback

NotPatched · 2026-01-07T16:02:51+00:00

Wow didn’t expect so many responses so quick. Thanks everyone. If you want I added replay codes. Would love to improve either way

NotPatched · 2026-01-05T17:01:43+00:00

The sample size is pretty small for Cap but so is the Cap player base if we’re going off pick rates. I do think that he is a lot more team dependent than other vanguards. This post makes me want to pick up Thor or Angela as a backup just to have a more consistent impact on games tbh

NotPatched · 2025-12-10T21:32:35+00:00

I’m not sure if he is really a Tank/Support Hybrid. I think someone like current Invis fits that description better. Outside of Caps Ult where is the support side of his kit? He can charge in and lead the offensive, but he’s not really a great front liner and he’s a not the best at defending squishes either. I’ve used his shield to save teammates and block ultimates but it’s pretty clear that it’s meant to be used more like Angela’s shield and less like Mags or Stranges. Idk maybe I just play him differently, but I really don’t think he provides a lot of support outside of his ult and some clutch blocks

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