Rules: How to Slow Team in FFA like a Pro

I spend a lot of time watching spectate and occasionally see great solo players take down slow teams. Sometimes this has been achieved due to random teamers who are fed up with the slow team. Once the slow team is finished the solo player sometimes random teams with the helper for a bit (or just kills them as well) but the style of play is laughable and very noob. I want to help solo players with the basics of teaming in FFA and any other wannabe slow teaming noobs, so here goes...

Slow Teamers Working Together and Avoiding Anti Team - 101 Rules

1. Before splitting the larger player should ensure that the smaller player has enough mass if they split 16

2. The player with the mass should be the one doing the splitting, whether this be to kill other players, bait or move around to clear viruses, the smaller player should stay close and NEVER split off (no matter how tempting it is)... their focus should be 100% on the larger player, ready to take the mass back or help if they get into any trouble

3. W’s... Do not over feed and do not panic !!! ... I see a lot of this, it activates anti team and W’s lose mass, it’s also a slow way of increasing a players mass which can lead to death

4. Do not split fast, this is harder to explain... fast splits activates anti team, you can do it a little i.e. split 16 immediately or do a double split but then you need to float around for a few minutes as its on a kind of timer. The mistakes I see often are players splitting for other players then backing the mass straight into the other player and so on... yes you are killing a lot but often you are savaging smaller players which is not gaining you any real mass and activating anti team. Try your best to resist the temptation and just be patient, let the big one hunt eating viruses etc... often they will find a bigger much more worthwhile kill

5. Virus’s – Virus’s are a solo or small teams friend but a slow teams enemy, splitting 16 to clear virus’s is the way to go.

6. In the event of popped in a virus attack the team mates natural reaction is to collect all the bits as fast as possible. This is 100% the wrong move, once the team mate has collected just 1 piece from the split cell, the split player is now vunderable for attack again. The correct approach would be for the split player to eat the virus whilst in 16 and then hand the pieces over, this will stop anymore pops/attacks, reduce the chance of getting anti team from the attack and getting popped again which could lead to the enemy being big enough to eat the pieces or a piece killing the smaller team mate if that makes sense.

7. Don’t W too much when in split 16. Each time you do this you are firing 16 W’s, not 1!!!! This will lead to anti team fast and W’s lose mass. The only time you should need to W when 16 is if the smaller player can’t eat your pieces for some reason (or virus pop someone/self feed a piece to kill the enemy, this should not be done often as it’s a waste and leads to anti team). A mistake I see often if when a team mate can’t eat the smaller piece of a 16 split teamer, the 16 split player naturally fires W’s in their direction, this is fundamentally wrong!!! Doing this masses UP the cells they are wanting to eat and can lead to you eating them. The best way to do this is to self feed your middle piece, this ensures that you are not giving any W’s away to other players/attracting unwanted attention as other players will realise you might be in trouble but most importantly it will shrink the OUTER cells so your team mate can actually eat them.

I know players that try to team and tell me that they keep getting eaten by their teammate on purpose. I can assure you that you are not teaming correctly and look like a nooooob... just follow these rules and make an awesome name for yourself and you will find that decent teamers will play with you, if you are still being killed its because you are either rubbish or falling for the fake W’s.

The majority of players team on FFA now... its a natural progression in the game and there is loyalty and respect amongst players, I hate, hate, hate, hate, fake teamers or those players that throw fake W’s... I probably solo more than I team these days and I never have to fake or trick anyone, they know I’m enemy and I will get them/try to get them lol

Anyway, I hope I taught you a few things here... these rules are just the very basics a wannabe slow teamer show follow to start with. Overtime you will find that this style of play becomes boring and old as playing safe and winning all the time is dull. Although I do team in FFA, I don't really play this way too much anymore... I prefer to do other things and be a bit risky (no risk no fun) I just prefer my team mate to at least be able to play this way and leave the more adventurous style of play to me.

HAPPY FFA Teaming Guys !!!