The MOBA Paragon gives newcomers in the MOBA genre 8 tips. These can serve as a small beginner’s guide not only for Paragon.
A MOBA requires a lot of prior knowledge and follows its own rules, which experienced players in the genre have absorbed along the way and may not even be fully conscious of, as they have become second nature to them.
But what should beginners pay attention to in a MOBA? What should they definitely know?
Epic Games now provides 8 tips for the new MOBA Paragon (PC, PS4) that can also be used as a basic guide for all MOBAs. Games like LoL or HotS largely follow the same design principles as Paragon.
Do not tank the tower
Tip 1. Push your lane. To win, you need to master one of the 3 lanes, take down the towers, and destroy the enemy core. It is called “pushing” a lane when you support your minions in taking out the enemy minions and destroying the towers and ultimately the core. This is the objective in a MOBA.
Tip 2: Towers are important and powerful – your own should be protected and used as a defense against enemies. Enemy towers should be taken down cautiously.
Always last-hit
Tip 3: Let your minions do the work. Especially at the beginning of the game, you should stay behind the minions and let them absorb the enemy’s hits. Also, the tower’s hits should go to minions, not to the heroes themselves. When battling enemy minions, you should definitely try to deal the final blow to them, as this grants gold and EXP.
Tip 4: Always upgrade. At the beginning, all heroes are relatively weak, but they become stronger as the game progresses, provided they remember to buy cards and upgrade abilities.
Paragon is a MOBA, not a shooter
Tip 5: Know your range. Paragon is a MOBA, not a shooter. Range is therefore important. You can tell if a skill still deals damage by checking whether the crosshair turns red or not. Red means “It still does damage.”
Tip 6: Stay alive. Better to flee cowardly than to die heroically. Because each death strengthens the enemy champions, which should be avoided.
Tip 7: It’s faster in travel mode. If you want to move a longer distance, switch to travel mode. You can recognize it by the blue “Woosh” movements around you. However, this is not a mode suitable for combat.
Tip 8: Get the right cards. Start with a mana and a HP potion and then build the items you need for success. Every time you are in the base, you should go shopping and get new cards or upgrade your existing ones.
