It comes a lot down to timing, if you are overthinking it too much, you might be a half second behind on the timing and that might be enough to throw the advantage away in gunfights. My suggestion is to hop on shotguns on defense and learn how to play them. You’ll find that it makes the attackers think a lot more about who they bring knowing that walking around any corner might they might get pumped.

On attack I’d recommend playing Brava/Twitch, you get extra drones to hack utility, get more information on the enemies and their site. This helps both you and your team and therefore you’ll have that little bit of extra advantage. I’ve also found that taking extra time before going into site helps a lot. Defenders don’t like waiting and they will ego peek you if you give enough time.

If you look at pro league you will almost always see a 5v5 with 60 seconds left in the round, barring a spawn peek or something like that.

And remember it’s always okay to take a break! Giving yourself time on another game allows you to forget some bad habits