r/Helamains

I got Lord on Hela today after 27 hours, and honestly, it feels embarrassing. She’s my only Lord DPS, and I mostly play tanks, but I know Lords are usually achieved in around 20 hours. That’s roughly how long it took me to get Lord on Rogue, Magneto, and Emma, and I got Lord on Gambit in only 18 hours.

I feel like I won’t even be able to proudly use the Lord icon. Even though I got it, I still feel really insecure on Hela. My aim is pretty bad, and I still don’t really understand how to properly find and hold an off-angle as DPS. People already tell me I’m shit and that I should just stick to playing tanks, and seeing a Lord Hela will probably only make people even more annoyed.

I’m trying really hard, but for some reason I just can’t seem to get any better. Is playing hitscan really just about having good aim? What’s the point of playing her if I can’t hold an off-angle, lose every duel, and can’t secure final blows?

I’ve seen so many videos saying that positioning is the most important thing, and then they show clips of someone sitting on high ground and shredding the entire enemy team while nobody even looks at them. Meanwhile, the moment I take an off-angle, highround or go in backline everyone immediately turns around and kills me. I genuinely don’t understand.

Am I really just destined to play melee tanks?

I’m a tank main and I’m trying to learn how to play hitscan DPS, mostly Hela. I understand that I’m supposed to take off-angles, split the enemy team’s attention, etc. On paper it sounds easy, but in practice I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing.

I ALWAYS get focused and forced out. I’ve never had one of those situations you see in clips or guides where someone is standing off to the side or on high ground and just farming the enemy team. For some reason, the moment I take an off-angle, everyone instantly turns around and beats the shit out of me.

I also don’t understand how I’m supposed to take high ground on Hela. If I fly up there with the raven, I’m using my only escape.

All of this is made even worse by my mediocre aim, and by the fact that the game keeps forcing me to play tank by constantly putting me into lobbies where there are already 3–4 other DPS players on my team.

I don’t want to tank anymore. I want to learn something new. I even tell people in chat that I’m trying to learn, but they just make fun of me. Yeah, I know I’m bad, but that’s literally the point — **I’m trying to improve.**

I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. It’s incredibly frustrating. I try to learn this every season, and every season this game just kicks me in the teeth until I lose all motivation.

I’m trying to learn how to play hitscan DPS, specifically Hela. Could you guys watch these replays and give me some advice?

I try to learn her every season, but I always end up getting discouraged. I’ve been playing Hela since Season 0 and I’m almost Lord on her, but I still feel like I don’t actually know how to play her properly.

I’ll leave a few replays below. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, especially on positioning, aim, decision-making, and what I’m doing wrong.

50437232004 — loss

50500239145 — embarrassing loss 💀

50896832937 — loss

Please be honest and point out even the small mistakes. I really want to improve.

The question is simple do you know any good highlights or vods

Just looking for some good hela game play to spectate and hopefully learns something new

I love everything about Hela outside of the game but also in the game too. Everything from her kit to her voice to her skins, it's all so perfect.

I never get tired of playing her, and she's so satisfying to play when you're doing well on her. Her kit is so fun, too. I love hitting all my piercing night daggers into an enemy and watching them explode.

Hela's voice actress Nika Futterman is absolutely exceptional as Hela, I never get tired of hearing her lines. They're delivered so well. Her voice is honestly what I hear when I see Hela in the comics.

Her skins are just perfect, Hela literally has no bad skins imo and most of them are some of the best in the game. (Grim Lady, for example)

She's one of the few characters I nearly have champion at and one of the ones I actually want to get to Lv70 with to get everything.

I just love playing her and everything about her character.

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