Gigantic: Rampage Edition — Beginner Tips

Struggling with the first few hours of Gigantic: Rampage Edition? We’ve got some hot tips for you.

Learning the mechanics of Gigantic: Rampage Edition can be challenging. The game seems simple at first, but you have so many points to consider, such as split-second decision-making, learning about Heroes and their abilities, and adjusting builds based on your playstyle. Overlooking any of these aspects can quickly lead to a loss, making it crucial to get a feel for the options each Hero offers and learn how to use them to your advantage.

From understanding the roles to learning general tips to help you, applying what you learn here will help you see what works best in this game. Doing so will let you prepare for matches while seeing what makes this third-person shooter MOBA different from others.

Understand Roles Vs. Archetypes

Heroes fall into two categories: Roles and Archetypes.

Roles are the broad goals they're trying to accomplish and are self-explanatory, such as Frontliners, Ranged DPS, Melee DPS, and Support. They accomplish those roles through their Archetypes.

This makes it crucial to look past the roles when you select a character: see where your team falls short regarding Archetypes and fill those roles accordingly. If you want a flexible Hero, try some of these options.

Prioritize Heroes With Great Mobility While You Learn

Excellent mobility can make all the difference when you're first learning the game. While every character can Sprint, not all of them have mobility options.

Focusing on mobility Heroes will make a difference for multiple reasons.

• Disengage to survive.
• Attack enemies when they least expect it.
• Chase down and defeat enemies low on health.

Luckily, each Role offers characters with good mobility options.

For example, Rutger can burrow in the ground to avoid damage, Beckett has a jetpack to dodge enemies, Tyto the Swift can leap at enemies and rush them down, and Voden can enter Stealth.

Once you get better at positioning and find yourself relying less on those mobility abilities, you can branch out to other characters.

Spend Your Coins On Creature Loadouts First

As you play matches, you'll gain Coins that you can spend on Emotes, Cosmetics, and other bonuses. However, they aren't as important as Creature Loadouts.

Creature Loadouts are the monsters that will appear at points around your base to protect healing areas. It's crucial to find the best ones for your playstyle, based on the six categories they fall into:

• Watchdog: It reveals enemies approaching your base, which can help with flanking.
• Eyewall: A wall will appear that lowers for teammates, making it great for bolstering defenses.
• Fruit Of The Bloom: You have more Healing Blooms at that point, providing aggressive players with more healing options.
• Firestorm: An attack that burns enemies, helping clear enemies if you believe the best defense is a strong offense.
• Unbounded: They can appear in any Power Circle, making them versatile options to stall your enemies.
• Infernal Portal: Allies can go through their portals, making it great for quick escapes.

The most expensive Creatures only cost 1,000 coins , which you can easily earn in a few matches.

Create Two Builds For Your Heroes

Each Hero has two preset Builds you can equip, but it's better to create custom Builds based on your playstyle. You should create at least two Builds based on two different playstyles to pick the better one based on the situation.

Mozu is a great example of this, since you have many upgrades, like Run and Hit, Dimensional Offense, and Drawn to Life to maximize his standard attacks for DPS. On the other hand, you can use Cantrip of Destruction, Force Feedback, and Confusion to give you more Utility.

While preset Builds are good if you're trying a character, you can develop a better build overall.

Fight For The Middle, But Prioritize Your Points

As you go through a match, you'll notice the middle Circle Points are the most important. Since the ones to the side are easier for the corresponding teams to reach, the middle one will be fought over.

As soon as the match starts, run to the middle Circle Point and try to fight for it. However, if you aren't able to get it, retreat to your own Circle Point and prioritize it to avoid giving all three to the enemies.

No matter what point you go for, look around while you capture them . You can see enemies in the distance and stop capturing to prevent them from taking you down.

Staying Alive Is More Important Than Capturing Points

Speaking of looking around for enemies, it's much more important to stay alive than take a Circle Point. While Circle Points offer 20 points, your death gives the enemy team ten points.

If you die while defending or taking a Circle Point, the enemy will likely get 30 points total. You won't respawn for at least ten seconds, leaving your team at a significant disadvantage, letting your enemies push for more points.

If you're low on health, run away to one of your Creatures or back to the base. You'll likely encounter a Healing Bloom for a quick burst of health, or you can stand next to a Creature to slowly regenerate your Health.

If an enemy runs away, and you try to chase them down by Sprinting, back off if you're running low on Stamina, or they go to their base. If you keep chasing them, the enemy team will likely swarm you.

This also makes it crucial to avoid using your Stamina during fights , so you can Sprint away from enemies.

Pay Attention To Your Sprint Animation

Your Sprint animation varies from your walking animation, with you automatically Sprinting when you're out of combat. Your Stamina won't drop when you Sprint normally, but it will lower if you use it while fighting enemies.

If you pay attention to your Hero and notice when they stop Sprinting, that means an enemy is to you. This will let you look around and find them before they can take you down.

Every Hero's animations are different, so when you're waiting for the match to start , pay attention to your Sprint animation.

Save Your Ultimate For Rampages

Every Hero has an Ultimate attack that fills as you play out the match. These Ultimates have multiple levels, meaning you can hold onto it while filling up the meter to deal more damage.

This gives you the perfect situation to hold onto your Ultimate until a Rampage starts. Once a team reaches 100 points, the enemy's Guardian will be vulnerable for a few seconds.

Since both teams will gather to the corresponding Guardians, and Ultimates are most powerful when opponents are grouped together, this gives you a perfect chance to use them, turning the tide.

You keep your Ultimate even if you die , so don't feel like you must use it when you're low on Health.

Ignore MOBA Instincts And Stick With Your Team All Game

Unlike other MOBAs in the genre, Gigantic: Rampage Edition has a small map, making it easy to get from one point to another. Usually, MOBAs have you stay in different lanes, but you'll perform better in this one by sticking with your team.

As soon as the match begins, follow your Frontliners. If you're a Support, place yourself between the Frontliners and the Ranged DPS, and the Ranged DPS players should stay in the back.

If you find the enemy splitting up, try your best to assess and determine which group you should attack. For example, if two enemies run off to one of your Creature locations while three fight at the Capture Point in the middle, go for the middle group, since you can potentially get 50 points instead of 20.

Assassins can run off to the side for a bit to flank the enemy, especially if they have a Stealth move .