Mastering the Doorman: Ultimate Guide to Crowd Control and Map Control

So, you want to play the doorman? Well, do you respect service workers? Do you like being stylish, annoying,

disrespectful, perhaps all at the same time? Do you like vexing opponents, denying opponents the ability to play

the game? Most importantly, do you resonate with the phrase, "It's not about winning, it's about sending a

message." Then the door man might just be for you. Pros: Zoning. He's got good burst damage from a safe distance, and

he's got a little area denial in his kit. He is the god of crowd control. Three of his abilities are strong CC

tools. Burst damage utility, he can peel for his teammates or provide escape or flank rounds with its doorway.

Versatile, he's adaptable at any situation depending on how you build. Map control. It says there in his hero

tags, he can team fight or split push very effectively and slippery. A good door man knows how to get away from a

sticky situation. Cons: Very squishy. Suffers heavily from silences or any CC for that matter.

Expensive. If you want to make the most of him, if you want to carry your team, you're going to need a lot of souls to

buy the right items. Speaking of which, extremely dependent on team coordination. If your team is bad or

can't follow up or communicate, it's pretty much GG. Unforgiving. You make one mistake, one bad old or

door, it'll cost you. And high skill floor and ceiling, you're playing the second hardest character in the game.

Here's a quick overview of his abilities. Number one, call bell, your main damaging tool. Throw a bell that

you can detonate by shooting it or waiting for seconds unless it's maxed. Use these wisely. Number two, doorway.

The portals. You can run through them, shoot through them, and teammates [music] and enemies can go through them.

Three, luggage cart. Push a big ass luggage cart that damages enemies and sends them along the way. When fully

upgraded, it will stun enemies when they collide with a wall. Keep in mind there's a bit of a delay, so practice

that in order to get used to the timing. Number [music] four, hotel guest. Banish an enemy to the shadow, I mean the

baroness, for a maximum of 6.5 seconds. Who you banish matters. Now, let's talk about what to do with him in the phases

of the game. Sit back and hit your opponents with the bells as much as you can. Try to go for

it when your opponent is last hitting a minion. Make sure to follow the tempo of your lane partner. If they're being

aggressive, follow them from a distance. If they're being passive, stay with them and use your bells and cart to fend off

your enemies. You can use your doors to provide alternate angles to throw bells at your enemies. One thing I like to do

is put them somewhere above them and start raining hell on them as they're taking a second to figure out what the

hell's going on. You can use your cart for three things. Pushing them away if they try to jump you, getting behind

them, and pushing them to your teammate so that they get slimed. And if you're feeling extra spicy, try to go for a

trick shot if they're low health. Once your ult is up, you generally want to use it to execute, [music] initiate, or

get away. The doorman's mid game is much more straightforward. If you have ult, that's

when you should be helping snowball the other lanes if their opponents are pushed up. If neither lane is ready for

a fight, put a door somewhere safe on your side of the map and start taking enemy jungle and boxes, especially the

centers. [music] If you don't have ult, start split pushing and focusing objectives by putting a door somewhere

discreet enough so that you can safely door your way out should someone try to jump you.

Play around your team. You want to use the map to look for picks or fights. Team fights will happen a lot. During

these, you want to use your bells to cover as much ground and whittle away as much of your opponent's health as

possible. Use your card to save a teammate from getting jumped and or whenever you know you can land a good

stun nearby for your team to follow up. Use your ult on the most important and or most immobile member of the enemy

team. Use your door to poke or to ambush if someone on your team can initiate fights. This part requires experience,

so I strongly suggest either just learning through trial and error or by playing Street Brawl.

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