[Guide] ‘GEARS OF WAR 4’ MULTIPLAYER GUIDE: TIPS AND TRICKS FOR VICTORY IN VERSUS MODE

Getting started in Gears of War 4 PvP
Let’s start with the basics. Gears of War 4 pits two teams, usually consisting of five players each, against each other. The weapons, maps, and modes can vary wildly, but the goal is generally the same; keep killing the other team until you win. You
can play locally over a LAN connection or splitscreen, offline with computer-controlled bots, in private matches with friends, online against strangers, and in multiple different combinations of those (for example playing splitscreen with a friend and hopping
into an online playlist).

You may feel like you understand how to play Gears of War 4 because you finished the campaign or played a bit of horde mode, but PvP is a very different game with its own demands and skills to master. Keep these general tips in mind before you start:

Get comfortable: You’re not going to hop into Gears 4 multiplayer for a quick game before work. Single matches in many modes can last as long as 45 minutes, so get comfortable and hunker down for long sessions.

Equip a bounty: New to Gears 4, players can take on “bounties,” which offer in-game currency in exchange for achieving specific in-game goals. Make sure you have a beneficial bounty card equipped before jumping into a match. Many bounty cards only
work in specific modes, so don’t equip a “King of the Hill” bounty if you’re playing “Escalation.”

Change loadouts: Before a game starts you can often change your loadout slightly by pressing “Y.” Want to start with the Hammerburst or the Lancer? You decide.

Stick with your team: It can be tempting to go off alone to try to flank your opponents, but in team game modes it’s almost always better to stick with your squad. Doing so without support is a great way to get picked off in “Dodgeball,” or cause your team
to lose objectives because you wandered off. If you want to try something fancy like a flank, get on the mic and sound off to your teammates.

Use the Gnasher: There are a lot of different weapons in Gears 4, but, as in the previous games, the Gnasher shotgun still trumps them all. Master getting in close and one-shotting opponents, and you’ll be off to a good start.

“Competitive” vs. “Core”: Weapon balance can vary depending on the playlist you’re in; Gears 4 features both “core” and “competitive” tuning. In competitive tuning modes weapons generally do less damage individually and aim assist is reduced to make
up for the high skill factor in competitive play.




GEARS OF WAR 4 MULTIPLAYER MODES
There are some really creative new modes in Gears 4 PvP, which adds lots of variety to Versus. It also makes it crucial to have a strong understanding of every mode. Here’s a quick rundown of what you’ll be doing in each one:

King of the Hill: Two teams compete to capture and hold zones around the map. Whichever team holds the capture zone gradually builds points. The twist in Gears 4 is that the capture zone moves around, with a visible countdown and an indicator showing
where the next zone will appear. If your opponents hold the zone but the countdown is almost down to zero, don’t bother trying to capture it; move straight to the next zone instead.

Escalation: “Escalation” is Gears’ take on three-point “King of the Hill,” which has become a staple of shooters like Call of Duty and Titanfall. The big game-changer here is if a team captures all three points they win the round outright,
making incredible comebacks a regular occurance.

Dodgeball: “Dodgeball” matches begin as 5-on-5 elimination bouts, but get tricky once players start dropping. If you’re killed, you won’t respawn until your team kills a member of the opposition. The push and pull of each team’s number makes for tense fights
and awesome comebacks: If your team is down two against four, and the two remaining players get a kill, one member of your team comes back into the fray, making it three against three.

Team Deathmatch: The classic shooter mode, but instead of earning points for kills and competing to reach a certain score, but also to deplete the opposing team’s’ pool of respawns. All players who are dead at any time respawn together in waves every 15
seconds, but your team’s respawns are limited, so staying alive is the most important factor.

Arms Race: “Arms race” is one of the most creative modes in Gears 4. Both teams start with the same single weapon. Once a team gets three kills collectively with that weapon that team moves on to a new one. This cycle continues with various weapons
as a sort of race, where the first team to get three kills with the final weapon wins. This creates interesting disparities where, for example, one team is trying to get longshot sniper kills while the other team rushes them with shotguns, so there are opportunities
to catch up.

Guardian: In “Guardian,” one player on each team is the leader, and killing that leader prevents the other team members from respawning. You have to take out the leader to defeat the other team.

Warzone: “Warzone” is classic elimination: kill all the players on the other team to win a round. There are no respawns.

Execution: Similar to “Warzone,” but to kill an opponent you have to get up close and execute them. Brutal.





Good luck and have fun!

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Tips and Tricks List

This should be formatted up a little then thrown in with an overall guide and stickied. Nice tips OP.

 

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Cool guide for beginners. I didn't know about the first one so thanks for that info. The rest is common knowledge for gears veterans but good job anyways.

[quote user="W1LD SEVEN"]

You have some good stuff. Also add if you tag a smoke grenade close to a teammates grenade and a enemy runs by it the sample grenade will set off your teammates grenade but give you the kill as it was your smoke grenade that set off the grenade.

[/quote]I never knew that, lol kinda messed up