Congrats on over 100 upvotes!!! :) much deserved

During mid game once you have tension bow and your opponents are silly enough to not scout trap their lane bushes AND lane at half health, you should see them drop like flies. For lane ganking a ringo is great because of his achilles shot. Good synergy, in general, is with other bursty or stun capable heroes. Since you're only at the height of your effectiveness when Tension Bow and Aftershock are up (so every 6 sec at minimum) having someone to help stun them during those 6 sec or...

I've played with an awesome Joule. He would initiate with rocket leap to unsuspecting enemies and then we'd all focus one enemy down and keep going. He also was great at positioning. He always had his back to a wall. I personally suck as Joule, but if the devs truly felt she was weak she would've been reworked by now, imo.

I agree with @McPwn, that the kraken is there so someone wins (assuming one team captures it). If you're pushing the lane just fine without her, then leave her be. But don't abandon your teammates if they seem intent of the kraken. @booyatribe It can save time to surrender, but I've noticed that while I've been on the bubble of Pretty Good and The Hotness that even when it seems over, you can come from behind and win. All it takes is one great push to swing the game into your favor...

Great guide DeepReverence. I've actually started liking a hybrid/tanky build for koshka. I would spend my money on something else besides a clockwork. aftershock gets you enough cooldown accel and because of diminishing returns, you're not actually getting 75% reduction in cooldowns :/ I'd switch it out for a fountain of renewal. Love seeing someone else say they go for a tension bow first. That's how I play all the time now.

Or place a scout trap where you're getting ganked a lot :)

I've never actually played CoD :P That would be a good way to alleviate some of the issues, but only if each map called for the same number of players (i.e. all maps were 3v3). MOBAs are skill based competitions that require you to know the map, your hero, your teammates' heroes, and your opponents' heroes (and more, tbh) to play at the highest competitive levels. Because of this players would most likely opt for queueing for a specific map, leading to the community lop-sidedly playing...

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This needs to be featured. It's long, but for players wanting to go deeper and learn more about VainGlory, this is an awesome starting point.

@BlueBadger That's awesome! Thanks for the comment! I've helped one player look at the game differently; I'm satisfied :)