What I’ve learned while playing cap is how much you learn how hesitant your team is to push an objective, especially when I have three people chasing me at once
As a vanguard main this is my biggest vex. I see no one push when I’m on point blocking all sorts of damage till I get melted. I figure at that point “maybe they couldn’t get to the back line to drop the healers?” so I go in and do that next and somehow I’m left alone because my entire team dies while I’m dealing with the healers which means the enemy dps is free to melt me once more. I rinse and repeat this process till i end up getting more aggressive team mates after 5-10 losses in a row
because of a crazy match I had with cap my ko streak in one life is 12 which is nuts Ive only done this with cap kinda insane to the point I had the enemy team scared lol also cap is so fun cap mains rise up!
Nothing says you’ve done your job more than when you have the enemy teams’ supports and DPS’s aggro you every time you dive in and essentially pull them away from any team fight or holding a point 1vX waiting for your team to get back to point. Cap is literally the embodiment of “I could do this all day” and although a lot of the time it won’t be reflected in the scoreboard I know damn well that I gave my team as many opportunities that I could.
Preach bro, I love playing Cap but trying to get kills is kinda difficult without using a combo on a squishy or low hp character. I can block, take damage, disrupt, and chase Mfs like crazy tho
I enjoy the mind games that Cap creates, people get super paranoid when they spot you if you’ve repeated dived them. Having supports panic and hard focus you is great since they’re not healing whilst they do that.
And my team not understanding Cap always ask where is our tank ? When I 1 v 4 the backline, buying time for them to move up and somehow they still lose a 5 v 2😢
@@desgildanphi8825 Was just about to make a comment on this. I've had games where I literally tied up both healers and both tanks off the point and my team just didn't want to take the point. They play the game as if they will die in real life if they die in the game and can't for some reason handle 5 vs 2 in their favor
Eternity Captain America One Trick here, and man thank you for the guide as usual. Learned a lot and actually had no idea about the shield bug. Always just thought marvel rivals hitboxes were wonky so never thought much of it Makes a lot of sense now
WOW they have got to fix that wtf. That is so dumb. There's a lot of times I dive back to my team pop shield and bunny hop backwards until I'm in cover and being healed. This pretty much ruins that lol
And it's annoying teaming with people that don't know how cap is supposed to be played. I literally got called a bad cap last night because I was harassing their backline and not just tanking all damage on the objective
A tip for the sprint toggle animation cancel is just hold the attack button for a split second. You dont have to let go of w that way and the animation cancel still works. Holding attack is the key for sprint toggle.
My high school esports team is playing its inaugural competitive Marvel Rivals season in the spring. This is an amazing guide for cap. Well. done. Great guide.
I was getting rocked by a Captain American last night and kept saying wtf why is he so fast?! then I got to the animation canceling part of your video and sure enough that's exactly what he was doing. It's brutal to fight against if the person is good at it
Right now im playing Thor and Cap, and sometimes its really hard to choose between them for a team. The biggest thing Thor has is that his ult can kill healers faster and his CC is more significant. But Cap is just so much more tanky and his ult is so good.
A funny interaction with Cap and Moon Knight is that blocking as Cap (I'm not sure if this applies to all block/shield abilities, but I do know 100% that it works with Cap) will make MKs ankhs useless. If you dive a MK and he throws an ankh, simply blocking will prevent any projectile thrown at the ankh from targeting you, and it won't drain your shield at all. When he's reloading, destroy the ankh, and you should have an easy kill 9/10 times.
im a moon one trick and the way i deal with it is to position my ankh behind him, or position myself with the cap between me and the ankh, and shoot it if i can, the shots will reflect off the ankh and hit him in the back, forcing him to make a decision to either turn around and destroy the ankh and eat shots to the back from me directly or continue attacking me and eat shots to the back from the ankh. but most of the time the correct play is to just disengage and if he chases you down he's hard trolling
Fellow Cap Lord (5000+) He has a fantastic combo for diving hit scan/projectile characters. Making him the best counter to those picks. Otherwise, Cap can do literally anything else a tank can, just not as well. Hes the perfect off tank. Great guide 🔥
If he stays around too long he gets pulped by those heroes so just assemble and run away most of the time. You will often be a disappointment to your team but this is why you pick captain. GG and GR.
@@VoxNerdulaIsn't the whole point to get focused but stay alive? You're a disappointment to your team because your stats look bad, but in reality a lot of time Caps are the most contributing due to forcing 5v3s and 5v2s. You kind of come across as if you secretly hate people that play Cap or something Lol
He doesn't play like a regular tank, and I think he's so damn fun because of it. So much room to express how you play as a damage taker. Thanks for the guide, always learning to be a better Cap from you!
Awesome video and just wanted to say thank you. My team always needed that second vanguard and thanks to you I’ve really become a solid cap over the past two weeks. Not just things in the video but your gameplay has also helped me time things up. My blocking and damage went way up. Ability to create space went way up. Thanks again I am really stoked to be a cap main now
Bro I've literally been using Captain America this way since launch. I always tell my buddies like once everybody really understands how to use him, he will be top 3 vanguard for sure. Being able to be so mobile and able to get out of danger quick is big and his movement is comparable to what a lot of people like in other competitive games with the constant fast and quick movement.
For cancel animation what works for me when i play with toggle sprint is to hold down the left click until the shield hits (you can rely on the sound) and immediately release it and press it again, so I can cancel the animation both up close and far (all this while you are running with the w)
In short, when you sprint, spam click and once the shield hits keep spamming! If you're not doing damage you're clicking too fast. This is what I realized after reading this comment. Thanks!
@@andrewjacob1789 The mechanic is, while you hold the left click, cap is in his walk/hit animation, then when the hit is registered, you release the click and cap change automatically to run animation canceling the animation. The trick is hold/release hold/release hold/release hold/release, if you spam the click the animation is too short and the hit is not registered.
As a Cap main. I approve this video. the only thing i didnt know is you can set specific key binding options for hero specific. much appreciated your time doing this video
Thanks for the guide man, I had just been trying out all the tanks people play and not really liking them until I played cap and found how much pressure I could put on enemies without dying it's amazing. Now you definitely gave me some amazing ways to improve my gameplay too respect for passing on the tech
Thank You! This is pretty much what I've been doing which is reassuring - I think I just need to make overall better decisions like not getting greedy and chasing people or rushing back to help my team only to end up staggered in respawns. Basically, I just need more hours on cap to really embody these tips! Great Video! Your videos inspired me to choose Cap as my go to tank and he's been a blast to play so far!
I think Cap should have unlimited shield tosses while in his Ult state. It's honestly the buff he deserves. Also, surprised he doesn't have a team up with Storm to make his shield infused with lighting as well (adding melee damage).
If you have hold to sprint, you can hold sprint and hold down left click until it registers and let go instead of trying to tap the sprint and left click. Idk if it makes a big difference but it's really helpful to simplify it for me.
Thank you for the guide! I'm on my way to learn to master every single tank in the game. At the moment I feel like my three best characters are Magneto, Dr. Strange and Captain America, with my Cap being quite a bit worse than the other two at the moment. I so want to learn to play him better, because I really like his playstyle and would like to have him as a solid pick to use in ranked. Thank you for telling about the bug with running backwards as well, I had been really confused multiple times on why people were able to hit me, even thought it felt like I had blocked their attack 😂
Great guide, thank you! Your gameplay inspired me and I look forward to mastering Cap even more thanks to your tips, especially for the animation cancels.
I got Hulk to lord and wanted to pick up a second tank to play so I started playing Cap after watching your videos. Already gotten mvp a few times (in QP.) Thanks for the guide!
that dam walking back bug, no wonder ive died when i know i have enough shield wtf, toggle to sprint and having it always on is so much easier than getting carpel tunnel holding down the shift
A little side thing for the animation cancel if you use auto sprint is instead of tapping w you can tap your fire button for the same effect while not having to stop moving
As someone who frequently uses abilities on cool down (MMO muscle memory) I appreciate the tip about holding the shield charge if you've already dived in so you have a way to escape.
Oh well i feel pretty good i learned kind of everything you covered by the time i got lord on capt, love the character and i love the games u post. Keep it up!
nice guide! I really like Cap's playstyle but I have a hard time climbing past gold because a lot of teams still expect Cap to brawl more than dive the backline. Probably on me a lot of the time :D
thanks for the guide, learned some things i didnt know, also i wanted to share a little tip i dont think i herd you go over it but its been huge for me, but doing super jump into dash lets you shield in air has helped me in some sticky spots for sure, also for the hold to dash turned off you can just hold w down and tap fire seems to be easier to time for me at least
Ive been practicing as cap bcs according to leaks, his Infinity War skin is coming. For me thats his best look in movies since its Totally different. This video helps a lot, thanks!
If you use toggle to sprint I find the better way to animation cancel your throws is to simply hold left click until your attack connects, then release and click again. As long as you are sprinting, your shield will immediately return to you. Holding left click while sprinting essentially dictates how far your shield will travel before returning to you. Using this method, you never have to stop sprinting.
I just tried this, it works! Tap mouse1 (press and release) while holding W+Shift and it attacks faster for the four throws. From what I can tell, if you hold down the button, Cap will wait the full duration for the shield to go out to full distance and return. If you use any of the cancels, the shield actually has a shorter max travel distance before returning. However if you're at melee hugging range, you don't care about the distance/range anyway, you just want the faster attack speed... bonkbonkbonkbonk
Just wanna add a tip in here, Cap reflecting a punisher ult is absolutely nasty. You will reflect so much damage during the time it takes to deplete your shield.
Had no clue about the block being disabled while walking backward that explains alot of my deaths and should be fixed immediately! I personally don't like the 2 sec cooldown for letting the shield down never made sense to me and would be better if it was reduced or removed but the break cooldown extended for a fair trade.
While i was practising the shield throw cancel animation: if i get it right, its mostly used for super up close as running will cancel the shield throw immediately. Which means for close-medium range (not super upclose), the cancel might still work if the run is delayed to allow the shield to hit his target ? Is that correct ? Also is it okay to hold run to keep running while doing the entire sequence ? Or do you just press the run button inbetween ? Found it easier to hold r and just click to time it In any case on my side it was very good upclose when throwing this 4 shields. And yes i agree its insanely good for the reasons you quote : - close the gap between your ennemies - faster dps for the shield throw - stay mobile and harder to hit
at lord cap on play station and i think since i played him i figured the animation cancel thing without realizing it thought i was crazy 😂 thank u for this vid man i don’t see a lot good capp players around 😂
I’ve learned, the best way to make a wolverine useless is to keep jumping away from him. Since it’s most likely a gorilla behind the keyboard, try to get your first two autos before he’s about to connect, then jump to another throwing shields in the air. Basically rinse and repeat weaving in ground slams. It’s a dps loss for you obviously, but it’s a complete dps loss for the person running around chasing you all game
Fucking knew that Cap's shield was bugged. Didn't see anyone else talking about it, I thought I was crazy. But have multiple clips where I get like gamma exiled through the shield, or luna froze. Thank you. Will be aware of not backing up till that gets patched.
cap is super fun to play the only thing is they gotta fix some of the bugs and interactions with his shield and maybe give him abit lower cooldowns or being able to actually aim your dash to go up aswell no just forward
I started playing Capt as a troll pick but I ended up loving him because he's so much fun. His mobility and ability to solo kill strategist/duelist is insane. He can be a menace to the enemy backline and make tons of space for my team but he needs to be paired with a primary tank to hold the line if not, my team just gets destroyed.
That was a great video you got yourself a new subscriber I been waiting for this guide on my fav hero cap i just have 1 question i play on ps5 and i cant get animation cancel to come out is there any tips you can give me and thank you
Thanks for the guide. One thing you didnt touch on was the mechanic during his ultimate that allows you to bump people (i think if you sprint and raise shield at the same time). Can you share some tips on this, how you use it, etc.? Thanks!
I just hit GM3 for season 1 as mostly Captain America. The only problem I have had is he primary when throwing shield. Sometimes it locks onto them but does not register. IDK if it lag or ping but I know I am within range. See you on twitch!
Since I play on PS5 I find that holding sprint for the animation cancels is harder I feel like. I also experimented on if I can just toggle the sprint (have it on the whole time) and do the attack, sprint, attack, sprint. It works. It’s kinda clunky tho. Too fast and your shield throws don’t do damage. So yes, timing is everything. However, you have to be real close to an enemy to pull this off. Great for chasing down enemies and up in their face.
Cap main here and I super hate that you cant raise your shield up in your sprint jump XD. I saw a clip of someone doing it so not sure if they took it out of the game or if theres a tech to fix it. Also hate that if you cant jump and throw one of your bonus shields without auto defaulting to his diving strike (assuming its off cooldown). They don't have keybindings in the settings to to put them on different keys so you can jump throw a shield then dive in (not talking about the vibranium saw). Also with his team up with thor i noticed that if your just walking forward (not even sprinting) you cancel your bonus shield throws (the regular ones don't get canceled in a normal walk forward). Great guide tho! Lemme know if you found a way around any of these issues =D
Huge tip for invisible woman: if she uses her jump to go invis you can ricochet your vibraniun saw off a wall or the ground to hit her and reveal her
I actually learned about this after I made the guide. It also works with loki as well
Yeah, it works with every invisible character
Whoa so you can counter invisibility with the E?
That's super good info, thanks guys.
@@JapaneseCurry2 it also works on psylocke!
@@JapaneseCurry2 I make it a habit that if I'm diving Sue, Loki, Psylocke, or Cloak and Dagger I save my shield throw til after they use their getaway
What I’ve learned while playing cap is how much you learn how hesitant your team is to push an objective, especially when I have three people chasing me at once
PREACH🙏🏾🙏🏾
Ain't that the truth, you in the middle, the team all the way in the back corner.
I’m always tank and wait to group up for nothin 🤦🏽♂️
As a vanguard main this is my biggest vex. I see no one push when I’m on point blocking all sorts of damage till I get melted. I figure at that point “maybe they couldn’t get to the back line to drop the healers?” so I go in and do that next and somehow I’m left alone because my entire team dies while I’m dealing with the healers which means the enemy dps is free to melt me once more. I rinse and repeat this process till i end up getting more aggressive team mates after 5-10 losses in a row
You don't even know...
the life of playing cap is being flamed by your stat sheet, but cap aint no stat hero. making plays isnt in the stats! C A P G A N G !
Yeah same I am pushing enemy team back so many times alone and they say switch by seeing stats
@@mystic-x3w or when you bait out a defensive support ult and it secures the teamfight that happens 30sec later
@@Asynix yeah
because of a crazy match I had with cap my ko streak in one life is 12 which is nuts Ive only done this with cap kinda insane to the point I had the enemy team scared lol also cap is so fun cap mains rise up!
CAP GANG
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THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT! I was always wondering why I kept getting KO'd with my shield up!
same. so cap can’t use his shield while sprint jumping, it has a 1 sec cooldown, and you can’t use it to retreat.
tough being a Cap main. 😂
Spidey pulled me off the map while I was shielding. Glad I know how it works now
Wow I keep Thinking how the hell did my shield break so fast
Yeah I thought I was crazy getting killed through shield but thanks. My sanity is saved
I was wondering why I was still getting hit by Mantis with shield up walking backwards
Nothing says you’ve done your job more than when you have the enemy teams’ supports and DPS’s aggro you every time you dive in and essentially pull them away from any team fight or holding a point 1vX waiting for your team to get back to point.
Cap is literally the embodiment of “I could do this all day” and although a lot of the time it won’t be reflected in the scoreboard I know damn well that I gave my team as many opportunities that I could.
Preach bro, I love playing Cap but trying to get kills is kinda difficult without using a combo on a squishy or low hp character. I can block, take damage, disrupt, and chase Mfs like crazy tho
I enjoy the mind games that Cap creates, people get super paranoid when they spot you if you’ve repeated dived them. Having supports panic and hard focus you is great since they’re not healing whilst they do that.
And my team not understanding Cap always ask where is our tank ? When I 1 v 4 the backline, buying time for them to move up and somehow they still lose a 5 v 2😢
@desgildanphi8825 For Real once on the spiderman map held that back room with 3 on me for like almost 40 seconds ans my team did fuckall
@@desgildanphi8825 Was just about to make a comment on this. I've had games where I literally tied up both healers and both tanks off the point and my team just didn't want to take the point. They play the game as if they will die in real life if they die in the game and can't for some reason handle 5 vs 2 in their favor
Eternity Captain America One Trick here, and man thank you for the guide as usual. Learned a lot and actually had no idea about the shield bug. Always just thought marvel rivals hitboxes were wonky so never thought much of it
Makes a lot of sense now
I hope they fix that bug, it's pretty game breaking actually.
The walking backwards one?
Hope they fix it.
What’s ur username?
@@iamsin6808 KingAkintoba
WOW they have got to fix that wtf. That is so dumb. There's a lot of times I dive back to my team pop shield and bunny hop backwards until I'm in cover and being healed. This pretty much ruins that lol
Being a cap main feels good. Just love to see others enjoying the character despite people saying how bad he is
He's a bit better now after the buff, but still needs a few more cool down and damage buffs.
@@Seahawkfan1108his shield cooldown needs to be completely removed
@Seahawkfan1108 he does fine in both. Adding more damage to a tank who's purpose is support and to peel doesnt really make much sense imo
@MacCalloom I agree. Completely unnessassary
And it's annoying teaming with people that don't know how cap is supposed to be played. I literally got called a bad cap last night because I was harassing their backline and not just tanking all damage on the objective
A tip for the sprint toggle animation cancel is just hold the attack button for a split second. You dont have to let go of w that way and the animation cancel still works.
Holding attack is the key for sprint toggle.
10:41 Captain America was found frozen again.
My high school esports team is playing its inaugural competitive Marvel Rivals season in the spring. This is an amazing guide for cap. Well. done. Great guide.
Woah rivals already in esports
Finally a guide that actually teaches you how to deal with specific enemies and situations. So many other guides miss this.
I was getting rocked by a Captain American last night and kept saying wtf why is he so fast?!
then I got to the animation canceling part of your video and sure enough that's exactly what he was doing. It's brutal to fight against if the person is good at it
Right now im playing Thor and Cap, and sometimes its really hard to choose between them for a team. The biggest thing Thor has is that his ult can kill healers faster and his CC is more significant. But Cap is just so much more tanky and his ult is so good.
A funny interaction with Cap and Moon Knight is that blocking as Cap (I'm not sure if this applies to all block/shield abilities, but I do know 100% that it works with Cap) will make MKs ankhs useless. If you dive a MK and he throws an ankh, simply blocking will prevent any projectile thrown at the ankh from targeting you, and it won't drain your shield at all. When he's reloading, destroy the ankh, and you should have an easy kill 9/10 times.
im a moon one trick and the way i deal with it is to position my ankh behind him, or position myself with the cap between me and the ankh, and shoot it if i can, the shots will reflect off the ankh and hit him in the back, forcing him to make a decision to either turn around and destroy the ankh and eat shots to the back from me directly or continue attacking me and eat shots to the back from the ankh. but most of the time the correct play is to just disengage and if he chases you down he's hard trolling
@@sofdrinkthe cap is hard trolling if they attack you, you're usually the next target after healers since MoonKnight has no real escape abilities
Fellow Cap Lord (5000+)
He has a fantastic combo for diving hit scan/projectile characters. Making him the best counter to those picks.
Otherwise, Cap can do literally anything else a tank can, just not as well. Hes the perfect off tank.
Great guide 🔥
If he stays around too long he gets pulped by those heroes so just assemble and run away most of the time. You will often be a disappointment to your team but this is why you pick captain. GG and GR.
@VoxNerdula 🤣 he can do 145 DMG in as he lands on top of them. So, 3 shield throws later (about 2 seconds), they're dead.
@@VoxNerdulaIsn't the whole point to get focused but stay alive? You're a disappointment to your team because your stats look bad, but in reality a lot of time Caps are the most contributing due to forcing 5v3s and 5v2s. You kind of come across as if you secretly hate people that play Cap or something Lol
@ No hate to Cap players but mate runs around and eats dirt most of the time.
He doesn't play like a regular tank, and I think he's so damn fun because of it. So much room to express how you play as a damage taker. Thanks for the guide, always learning to be a better Cap from you!
Now remember, BAN CAPTAIN AMERICA anytime you see "JapaneseCurry" in game! Free win!
Oh cool, I can name myself NotJapaneseCurry in order to bait the enemy team into banning Captain America, while I play something else.
Big win 👍🏻👍🏻
Peak name change
NO BAN STORM!
Crazy you think you will win just cause you ban his main.
you sneaky rat xd
Awesome video and just wanted to say thank you. My team always needed that second vanguard and thanks to you I’ve really become a solid cap over the past two weeks. Not just things in the video but your gameplay has also helped me time things up. My blocking and damage went way up. Ability to create space went way up. Thanks again I am really stoked to be a cap main now
The long awaited, tysm for us Capt mains, I had no idea the shield was glitched with projectiles. Love the vids and guide. Lets dance !
Nice guide! One more tip... cap shield is a hard counter to punishers turret. Shield up in front of his turret to ricochet and destroy it.
Then you have no shield for 5 seconds and you’re cooked
His ult as well, if you're close enough he kills himself in a split second
@Ubermunki3 not if you have your dash up, witch most good caps will.
Bro I've literally been using Captain America this way since launch. I always tell my buddies like once everybody really understands how to use him, he will be top 3 vanguard for sure. Being able to be so mobile and able to get out of danger quick is big and his movement is comparable to what a lot of people like in other competitive games with the constant fast and quick movement.
For cancel animation what works for me when i play with toggle sprint is to hold down the left click until the shield hits (you can rely on the sound) and immediately release it and press it again, so I can cancel the animation both up close and far (all this while you are running with the w)
In short, when you sprint, spam click and once the shield hits keep spamming! If you're not doing damage you're clicking too fast. This is what I realized after reading this comment. Thanks!
@@andrewjacob1789 The mechanic is, while you hold the left click, cap is in his walk/hit animation, then when the hit is registered, you release the click and cap change automatically to run animation canceling the animation. The trick is hold/release hold/release hold/release hold/release, if you spam the click the animation is too short and the hit is not registered.
@@glarecasterOhhhh! Ok I see. Yeah I was practicing today and couldn't tell if I was doing it right. Thank you so much for the clarification!
@glarecaster Thanks alot! This way is so much easier for me to do it
As a Cap main. I approve this video. the only thing i didnt know is you can set specific key binding options for hero specific. much appreciated your time doing this video
Thanks for the guide man, I had just been trying out all the tanks people play and not really liking them until I played cap and found how much pressure I could put on enemies without dying it's amazing. Now you definitely gave me some amazing ways to improve my gameplay too respect for passing on the tech
Thank You! This is pretty much what I've been doing which is reassuring - I think I just need to make overall better decisions like not getting greedy and chasing people or rushing back to help my team only to end up staggered in respawns. Basically, I just need more hours on cap to really embody these tips! Great Video! Your videos inspired me to choose Cap as my go to tank and he's been a blast to play so far!
what the fuck is a kilometre!!! 🦅🇺🇸
You spelled that like a European lol
It's the metric system, the same thing you measure your ammo with. 🏫
Sixty-two one-hundredths of a mile (I think that's how Americans say it lol)
I think Cap should have unlimited shield tosses while in his Ult state. It's honestly the buff he deserves. Also, surprised he doesn't have a team up with Storm to make his shield infused with lighting as well (adding melee damage).
If you have hold to sprint, you can hold sprint and hold down left click until it registers and let go instead of trying to tap the sprint and left click. Idk if it makes a big difference but it's really helpful to simplify it for me.
This character gameplay just stands out the most to me in this game I love it. Appreciate the lesson🙏🏾
Thank you for the guide! I'm on my way to learn to master every single tank in the game. At the moment I feel like my three best characters are Magneto, Dr. Strange and Captain America, with my Cap being quite a bit worse than the other two at the moment. I so want to learn to play him better, because I really like his playstyle and would like to have him as a solid pick to use in ranked.
Thank you for telling about the bug with running backwards as well, I had been really confused multiple times on why people were able to hit me, even thought it felt like I had blocked their attack 😂
Great guide, thank you! Your gameplay inspired me and I look forward to mastering Cap even more thanks to your tips, especially for the animation cancels.
I got Hulk to lord and wanted to pick up a second tank to play so I started playing Cap after watching your videos. Already gotten mvp a few times (in QP.) Thanks for the guide!
MVP as Cap is not easy. Props
that dam walking back bug, no wonder ive died when i know i have enough shield wtf, toggle to sprint and having it always on is so much easier than getting carpel tunnel holding down the shift
Best Cap guide on yt🔥👏
i’m gooning to this guide
He don’t know you lil bro 😭😭
@@Toxanz yes he does FOOL 🍅🍅🍅
my goat blessing the people with the guide
I'm a Captain America main trying to work my way up. This will help me and my team so much! Thank you!
Been waiting on this. Thanks for the tips and advice!
Thankgod i needed this, the doing a zero to hero series using cap
Gong from bronze to plat 3❤
Did a great job learned a lot. Gotta make sure I practice these other animation cancels
A little side thing for the animation cancel if you use auto sprint is instead of tapping w you can tap your fire button for the same effect while not having to stop moving
The animation cancel alone has improved my Cap game immensely.
Awesome guide. Most players exclude matchup knowledge when breaking down their character. Motivated to play more Cap
As someone who frequently uses abilities on cool down (MMO muscle memory) I appreciate the tip about holding the shield charge if you've already dived in so you have a way to escape.
Excellent video! 🙌
just started on this character and the bully part is insane and you pop in, pop out, so fast pick up a healing spot and go back at it.
Oh well i feel pretty good i learned kind of everything you covered by the time i got lord on capt, love the character and i love the games u post. Keep it up!
nice guide! I really like Cap's playstyle but I have a hard time climbing past gold because a lot of teams still expect Cap to brawl more than dive the backline. Probably on me a lot of the time :D
thank you so much for making this guide! Youre the reason i wanna play Cap :D
I had no idea what the team ability did exactly, thank you for explaining, also that cap bug is good to be aware of! Most fun vanguard to play by far
Just reached Lord with Cap yesterday. This is a helpful guide for sure.
thanks for the guide, learned some things i didnt know, also i wanted to share a little tip i dont think i herd you go over it but its been huge for me, but doing super jump into dash lets you shield in air has helped me in some sticky spots for sure, also for the hold to dash turned off you can just hold w down and tap fire seems to be easier to time for me at least
Ive been practicing as cap bcs according to leaks, his Infinity War skin is coming. For me thats his best look in movies since its Totally different.
This video helps a lot, thanks!
Any thought on Zooko's animation cancels and combos ? They seem difficult to use in real game scenario
THANK YOU FOR TELLING US ABOUT THE BUG I WAS SO CONFUSED
Thank you. Been a cap lord and have over 60 hours with him but couldn't get passed diamond 1. This should help a lot.
If you use toggle to sprint I find the better way to animation cancel your throws is to simply hold left click until your attack connects, then release and click again. As long as you are sprinting, your shield will immediately return to you. Holding left click while sprinting essentially dictates how far your shield will travel before returning to you. Using this method, you never have to stop sprinting.
Singlehandedly made me become a cap main from your vids (and also because all my friends main strategist/dps)
Is the melee tech possible on console?
I also found you can release mouse1 while holding sprint to do the animation cancel as well
I just tried this, it works!
Tap mouse1 (press and release) while holding W+Shift and it attacks faster for the four throws.
From what I can tell, if you hold down the button, Cap will wait the full duration for the shield to go out to full distance and return. If you use any of the cancels, the shield actually has a shorter max travel distance before returning.
However if you're at melee hugging range, you don't care about the distance/range anyway, you just want the faster attack speed... bonkbonkbonkbonk
excellent. love the chill music ya got goin in the bg too
Just hit diamond 2 as a cap main didnt know about the bug or animation cancel thank you for info! Gonna try to hit GM with it
Just wanna add a tip in here, Cap reflecting a punisher ult is absolutely nasty. You will reflect so much damage during the time it takes to deplete your shield.
Had no clue about the block being disabled while walking backward that explains alot of my deaths and should be fixed immediately!
I personally don't like the 2 sec cooldown for letting the shield down never made sense to me and would be better if it was reduced or removed but the break cooldown extended for a fair trade.
A guide that is ultimate, is not only beginner to advanced - but includes everything to reach mastery. Otherwise it is just a guide like any other.
Hi, wonderful guide. Curious if you think Captain America functions well as a solo tank?
I had no idea you could just block luna and or mantiss stun thats a game changer man.
For animation canceling, can u hold sprint while tapping left click? Or do u have to tap both sprint and left click to do it right
As a captain America main, this is godly. I love the details
3:06 Cap is so fearless that if you retreat with him the whole game bugs out and you take damage 😂
I’m loving cap! Trying to figure out the cancel animation on controller
Cap is my new main. I love his play style and is so fun!
Great guide man, thank you
While i was practising the shield throw cancel animation: if i get it right, its mostly used for super up close as running will cancel the shield throw immediately. Which means for close-medium range (not super upclose), the cancel might still work if the run is delayed to allow the shield to hit his target ? Is that correct ?
Also is it okay to hold run to keep running while doing the entire sequence ? Or do you just press the run button inbetween ? Found it easier to hold r and just click to time it
In any case on my side it was very good upclose when throwing this 4 shields. And yes i agree its insanely good for the reasons you quote :
- close the gap between your ennemies
- faster dps for the shield throw
- stay mobile and harder to hit
at lord cap on play station and i think since i played him i figured the animation cancel thing without realizing it thought i was crazy 😂 thank u for this vid man i don’t see a lot good capp players around 😂
I’ve learned, the best way to make a wolverine useless is to keep jumping away from him. Since it’s most likely a gorilla behind the keyboard, try to get your first two autos before he’s about to connect, then jump to another throwing shields in the air. Basically rinse and repeat weaving in ground slams.
It’s a dps loss for you obviously, but it’s a complete dps loss for the person running around chasing you all game
What do you think about putting Sprint on right click with toggle on ?
Fucking knew that Cap's shield was bugged. Didn't see anyone else talking about it, I thought I was crazy. But have multiple clips where I get like gamma exiled through the shield, or luna froze. Thank you. Will be aware of not backing up till that gets patched.
"You’re a powerhouse in the making-unleash it."
Great outro song.
Um is there actually an advantage to tapping sprint to animation cancel rather than just holding down sprint and timing the left clicks right?
Great job, thanks!
Watching your Cap gameplay has been my favorite thing in this game not gonna lie
I spent the past couple days practicing the sprint cancel tech but just learned it's just a training room bug and you can't do it in a match
cap is super fun to play the only thing is they gotta fix some of the bugs and interactions with his shield and maybe give him abit lower cooldowns or being able to actually aim your dash to go up aswell no just forward
I started playing Capt as a troll pick but I ended up loving him because he's so much fun. His mobility and ability to solo kill strategist/duelist is insane. He can be a menace to the enemy backline and make tons of space for my team but he needs to be paired with a primary tank to hold the line if not, my team just gets destroyed.
That was a great video you got yourself a new subscriber I been waiting for this guide on my fav hero cap i just have 1 question i play on ps5 and i cant get animation cancel to come out is there any tips you can give me and thank you
When you attack with Captain America do you cancel sprint or do you keep it on when punching enemies?
Thanks for the guide. One thing you didnt touch on was the mechanic during his ultimate that allows you to bump people (i think if you sprint and raise shield at the same time). Can you share some tips on this, how you use it, etc.? Thanks!
I just hit GM3 for season 1 as mostly Captain America. The only problem I have had is he primary when throwing shield. Sometimes it locks onto them but does not register. IDK if it lag or ping but I know I am within range. See you on twitch!
Wow I thought i was disconnecting didn't know about the walking backwards with shield bug. That makes sense now, I'll to be more aware.
Is it worth using the melee attack instead of the primary one when sprinting? I noticed that doing it causes him to sprint between attacks
Since I play on PS5 I find that holding sprint for the animation cancels is harder I feel like. I also experimented on if I can just toggle the sprint (have it on the whole time) and do the attack, sprint, attack, sprint. It works. It’s kinda clunky tho. Too fast and your shield throws don’t do damage. So yes, timing is everything. However, you have to be real close to an enemy to pull this off. Great for chasing down enemies and up in their face.
What about a mirror match?
I choose to ignore cap until he dives my team
Thank you, very nice tips
Great insights. Thanks Japanese Curry. BTW, you getting down with Tie and Grumpy these days?
3:08 i thought caps shield just doesnt block the whole front side but good to know its a glitch.
Cap main here and I super hate that you cant raise your shield up in your sprint jump XD. I saw a clip of someone doing it so not sure if they took it out of the game or if theres a tech to fix it. Also hate that if you cant jump and throw one of your bonus shields without auto defaulting to his diving strike (assuming its off cooldown). They don't have keybindings in the settings to to put them on different keys so you can jump throw a shield then dive in (not talking about the vibranium saw). Also with his team up with thor i noticed that if your just walking forward (not even sprinting) you cancel your bonus shield throws (the regular ones don't get canceled in a normal walk forward). Great guide tho! Lemme know if you found a way around any of these issues =D
The yellow Captain America skin goes hard. That’s probably my favorite skin for Captain America honestly besides his blue one