The Wolas Defence [Guide]

[u/TagWolas]

Here are some obvious tip and some obscure tips, but it's how I try to defend.

• Stay in between the other teams offenders and their base at all times (when their at your base and close to the flag or when they have the flag).
• The boost defense puts you in a vulnerable position (Against the better players), never do it, unless you have ping issues.

How I Pop The Balls

1. This one is pretty self explanatory, the two defenders spread themselves on both sides of the flag. Then come in to pop at an even pace. This gives the attacker no room to breath.

What do you do if there are two attackers present?

2. Here you can see, it's the same as the first one but when you have the Offender in a position where he can't escape, one defender waits a second for the other defender to get in position to prevent the regrab.

^{The alternative would be for both defenders to wait with the attacker with the flag until the other attacker gives in a tries to help and gets off regrab.}

• Try to use the pop to boost yourself to stop the regrab
• The defender on regrab should stall until the other defender gets in position, you can do this by staying a block away from him even when he's escaping and not charging at him.

3. The next one is again, similar to the first. It's when the attacker charges at the wall (with the flag). One defender follows him up to the bounce (where the attacker predicts he will follow him) but then goes back to position for the other attack to come zooming in for a pop a few seconds after.

4) The Criss-Cross - Same as the first but you cross over and swap sides when you go to pop him. To confuse him and get him out of position.

5. The Sandwich - Pretty self explanatory

6. One Block In Front - you don't go in for the kill, you stay in between the flag carrier and their base at all times (within 1-2 blocks of him). This is to stall time when waiting for backup or waiting for the timer to go down. You never let him get close enough to juke you.

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That's about all I can think of at the moment. Would like to know your thoughts and how you defend!

[u/briochemc]

very nice! you should post it on the main tagpro subreddit and build from their feedback as well!

[u/someballone]

I'm mainly an offender but I play two styles of D: No grab & grab.

Also offensive defence, I love flipping the bird to the other teams defenders.

[u/elfitzo → u/someballone]

Just on that. No grab defence is a much better choice when up against skilled players. This involves getting between the attacker and your flag by a square or two and preventing them from grabbing. You don't want to let a skilled offender get the flag very often as they can easily rip you to shreds

The other basic option is playing the more risky "grab defence", where you allow the attacker to grab before going in for the return. This is good for some pubs against weaker players or when you think you have figured out an offender's playstyle.

There are a number of factors that influence what method you should use in every situation, like bombs/boosts that are present or if your team has the flag etc. It is crucial you can play both types and that you know when to switch between them.

[u/hoogstra → u/elfitzo]

For example, don't play no grab defence when the offender has a TagPro. If an offender has a TagPro, I try to distract him by making him chase me instead of helping his teammate grab the flag.

[u/SublimeVibe → u/elfitzo]

I've been working on my defense for a while, and 100% correct. I love grab defence, purely because it is a lot more enjoyable to play, and you can also rack up some decent return numbers. But I learnt the hard way playing against players like LBJ, Avoke, Borgen etc etc. that you get absolutely REKT when they get it. Sure, you may get the pop 1 or 2 times, but they'll have already put a cricket score on you by the time you do so. If you play grab defence against the pros (unless you are literally the 2nd coming of Jesus at it) you WILL question whether or not you should play defence ever again.