Mastering Macro Play in Dead Block: The Ultimate Strategy Guide

Hello. What is this? Wrong. It's actually the 176 piece 2007

Lego Bionicle set known as Gadunka, but you wouldn't know that because you didn't see the bigger

picture. Mac is sweaty gamer lingo for I want this.

>> [music] >> How do I get it? Before we begin, this is a video

short version for goldfish brain. Much like chess, Dead Block is a game of trades. Teams that learn to look for

good trades and force the other team to make bad trades usually win. Good macro is a result of learning to be aware of

your team's cool downs and the other team's cool downs, as well as knowing when map objectives and resources spawn.

The better you are at keeping track of these, the more you'll be able to recognize good trades and capitalize on

opportunity. But, you need to understand it's a trade. Sometimes you got to give something to get something. You got to

You You got to lose the war to win the game. Basically, stop [music] leaving the side

lane to go help with the team fight on blue. You push that walker. So, what is macro for the average Dead

Block [ __ ] Well, really it's pretty simple. You ready? Here it is.

Sandwich. Put simply, macro is the ability to think about more than yourself. And this can be kind of hard

to do in Dead Block for new players or stupid people because you already got a lot on your plate just trying to stay

alive and learn how the game works. So, we're going to break it down in layers. Like a sandwich.

Bread is going to be learning the schedule. Not going to spend a ton of time on this because, honestly, it's

kind of boring and I already made the best way to remember it. But, the lane stage kind of has a certain flow to it

and the better you get at mastering this flow, the easier it is to set yourself up for a win. Hello, what do you mean?

Early game is about two things: taking their tower and making money. I really hope you already know how to take the

tower, but a lot of people seem to get hung up on the making money part. Most of your money in lane stage comes from

clearing the wave, but at certain points in the game, jungle camps, boxes, [music] and vaults will spawn. If you

know when they spawn and you can scare the other team away from theirs, then you can supplement your money from the

wave with money from the camps. The more money you have, the stronger you are, the easier it [music] is to take the

tower. Memorize these timings. I promise it will make your life so much easier. But, how am I supposed to scare the

other team off if they just keep killing That's where the next player comes in. What What kind of sandwich am I going to

The beef is the meat of the macro sandwich. Think about the other team, starting with [music] their cooldowns.

No, you don't got to like memorize every single character's ability cooldown, how much shorter it [music] gets when it's

upgraded, they have cooldown reduction item, how long is every individual item No.

Relax. You only got to think about the big ones, and you probably already are because a lot of them make people very

>> Who designed this character? >> This little icon at the top of the screen tells you who has their old, who

doesn't, and how long until they get it. Pay attention to that. You should know if the person you're about to fight can

push a button on their keyboard and turn you into a ragdoll. And if you don't have backup [music] or a way to counter

it, reconsider, probably. If their strongest player is on the sidelines and their

weakest link has the boogie-woogie, [music] you have advantage. Get in there. Learn to recognize these

moments of opportunity. Now, somebody somewhere once said that people

are creatures of habit, and I find this to be generally true because seven players keep saying mean things to me.

And I know your small little brain is running out of hard drive space, but a lot of you would probably greatly

benefit from keeping track of what the other team is doing. Start small, you know, maybe just pick like one person

and every 30 seconds or so do a mental check on where they are and what they're doing. Maybe you notice the Haze is

constantly alone on yellow or that the Mina likes to roam a lot and she's usually at every team fight or maybe the

Kevin has a bad habit of extending just a little bit too far. Predictable behavior can be punished, but you first

have to know where to look. Let's practice some pattern recognition, yeah? Here's another concept of macro that I

really want you to get familiar with. It's called the hey look over here, we're taking

Never mind, just kidding. In a really stupid kind of way, think of macro as misdirection for [music]

opportunity. For example, right? I want this walker. I can't [music] get it because some stupid seven has moved into

yellow lane permanently and every time I try to push the walker, he gets scared, calls for help, and then three people

show up, beat me, then steal my lunch money. So, how do I get around this? By creating an opportunity. [music] Look,

we're running earn. Look, there's three of us pushing your other walker.

Look at us, we're starting mid boss. Manipulating the other team's attention with side objectives can give you the

space that [music] you need for that one final push. But you can also apply this to team fights or ganks, too.

>> [music] >> You'd be surprised at how many fights you can turn around just by acting

scared and kiting them back to your base until you turn around and this is part of the reason why I've been referring to

macro as scheming throughout the video. The other part is just that scheming is really fun to say. If you can't find a

window to take the thing that you need, it's because you aren't making one. But sometimes making an opportunity has

[music] a price. Trading. >> Take a check.

Uh >> I'll give you 17,000 >> 17,000 95 for the

uh main TV. >> If I were to sit down and say, "Hey, let's make a deal, all right? You give

me $10 and I will give you no dollars." You would be like, "No, that's a horrible deal." Because my offer does

not match the value of your offer. Why are you not doing this in Deadlock, you idiot? Deadlock is a game built on

trades. You are not expected to keep your starting tower for the entire game. Sooner or later, you will lose that

tower. And when you do, you better make sure that you're [music] taking something of equal value from the other

team. And if it's not of equal value, then you you got to be taking something, man. Get a pick on the weakest link or

steal some vaults or some of their jungle. Take bridge buffs while they're doing mid boss. If three people on your

team are holding off a five-man siege on blue walker and you're off on a side lane pushing a walker, but nobody is

stopping you, I don't care if the comms sound like a COD lobby. We're over here dying for that walker, you better get

it. I think it's pretty easy for a lot of people to take a look at the map and be like, "Okay, there's like seven

people over here. What's going on? I got to go over there and check it out." But before you do that, consider that

whenever the enemy team is putting a lot of pressure on one specific point in the map, it also means there's an opening

somewhere else. Ask yourself, "What is better for my team?" And then make the call. You won't always be right, but I

mean, you're watching this video, so congratulation, you have now graduated Shillong School of Macro Sandwich.

Here's a sticker and a couple of ground rules to help keep you alive. Ground rule one, waves win games.

Remember this one? Waves are important for three reasons. They are the best source of money for your team. Pushing

out a wave gives you control over the map and puts pressure on the enemy team. And having pressure on the other team

creates opportunities for your team. Rule two, don't trust your teammates. But I thought Dead Luck was a team No,

I'm not saying 1 v 11. And no, I'm not saying you shouldn't fight with your teammates and help them. What I mean is

you should not be trusting your teammates to be making the right decisions at any given time.

>> You guys We have two waves hitting our walkers right now. Can you >> If you have a lane partner who is

consistently inting the tower and dying, then it is up to you to Okay, see, now I got to take this sticker back because

nobody's listening to me anymore. If your teammate keeps dying, it is up to you to pick up their slack by becoming

stronger than them, not by dying with them. Rule three, remember what MOBA stands for, money over basically

anything. Not really, but like this game is a race of economy to be more rich more often

than the other team. So, basically, if you have downtime and there's nothing that requires your immediate attention,

go make the money. There's a little bit of nuance to this one, but we'll touch on it again later.

Rule four, be passive and then aggressive, also known as learn to fight with advantage. If you or your team is

up in money, numbers, or pressure, get in there and make the most of your lead while you have it. If you are down one

or all of these things, then consider playing like you just lost your mom in the grocery store. I I'm going to rip

another rule from the bomb guy. Thanks, Flunky. >> If you're the physically closest person

to a lane, you assume >> Pretty self-explanatory. I mean, come on, guys, there's a mess close to you,

go clean it up. >> Sick. >> You could stop at five or six stores or

just one. >> Can I ask you kind of a weird question?