Hello, I was asked by my viewers to make some guides on basic kiting spots and how to apply them in games in order to carry pugs. This is one of the demonstration of how you can use the basic JPs (Jumping Puzzles) spots on Henge on Forest to kite and stall 1v2 while your team win the rest of the map. Any classes can use these basic JPs and kite. However, the best classes for this scenario will be Guard, Engi, Rev, Ranger and Warrior.
I will be breaking down my decision during this 1v2 and why I do certain jumps and jukes as best as I can in text. English is my second language so pardon my grammar.
Here is the example of the 1v2:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/118138101
First 45 secs: Thief and I were in an unfavorable 2v2 against an Engi and warrior. Then enemy guard came in and made it an outnumber fights. Thief made the decision to pull out to left me outnumbered which is the best decision because it a losing match up for us. I then proceed to use the basic ledges on the side of henge to kite to the second level and type instruction to my team to let me outnumbered while they win the rest of the map. Please note, if you’re gonna ask your pugs to let you be outnumber you need to survive for at least 30s to get any value out of it. In this case I managed to survived till my pugs won the map.
1 minute mark: I baited the warrior to chase me then use s2 to teleport on the point and use the JP once again to kite off and buy time for my f2 and f3 to be up.
1:34 mark: I purposely “failed” the JP here to juked the warrior and DH with the key CCs of headbutt, signet of might and f1 from guard. As you noticed at this point, my team already won mid and far and my thief already moving from mid ready to plus me. I then instead of repeating the same JPs again, I re-positioned myself into the pillars in an attempt to separate the DH and Warrior again so the thief can come in and gank one of them with me. As you can see we secure the kills afterwards. The thief then proceed to rotate out with the engi and we proceed to secure home with the staggers.
It is important to be aware of your surrounding as well as watch the map while you are being outnumber because if you notice your team not winning anything while you are outnumber then it is best to just pull out and go to teamfight to carry them. However if they are winning, you need to adjust your playstyle accordingly to bait CDs from the enemies so when your team come in you will have an easier time of finishing the fight and create snowballs.
Please note, I am not a guardian main so some of my skills usages are questionable; I played it because it what best for the comp in that game. You can do the same thing with engi ranger and warrior too however I find that for this specific node, DH is very strong because as long as you establish the fact that no one on the other team can 1v1 you, then generally pugs will try and tunnel vision you thus create more breathing room for your pug teammates. However, this will not work on more experience players; if they see you do the kiting strat most of the time they will just leave and let you take the 1v1 as soon as the node is cap. At this point it is up to you to decide if it is worth taking the 1v1 on a capped node over going to teamfights.
Hope this help give you guys a general ideas on how to use the kiting spot on Henge. If this small guide proved to be useful and you guys want more examples of how to use the JPs on other maps to kite lmk I will make them.