#Positioning

Two or more shooters hitting the same target from divergent angles so no single piece of cover blocks both.

Solo position offset 60–120° from the main formation, enabling crossfire while taking minimal return fire.

Physical control over the favorable parts of the map — high ground, routes, sightlines.

Elevated map position offering downward sightlines, cover, and safe retreat — the foundation of most setups.

Taking a secondary route to enter the enemy backline or blind spots.

Pre-aiming a known spawn point or pathing route to win the first frame of contact.

Concentrating heals and boosts on one ally to give them a structural advantage in their duel.

Gaining damage or space uncontested because the enemy cannot fire back or use cooldowns.

Stepping into cover to break enemy sightlines, forcing a reset of incoming damage and lock-on abilities.

Using ability or ult threat to deny access to an area, narrowing the enemy's movement options without necessarily landing damage.

Timing a peek to coincide with an enemy reload, spent cooldown, or diverted gaze — extracting value from the exact right moment.

Using the terrain's built-in walls, pillars, and obstacles as a base to hold position while minimizing exposure.

A map-specific position that combines strong cover and forward sightlines near the objective — the anchor of most setups.

A full-commitment peek that exposes the entire body to land damage — the opposite of a shoulder peek.

Holding a fixed frontline position as the formation's axis, letting teammates move freely around a stable reference point.

Deliberately preventing or opening long sightlines through positioning and cover to dictate where the enemy's hitscans and snipers can operate.

Positioning that forces the enemy to over-invest resources to secure a kill — making your death too costly to be worth pursuing.

Maintaining the distance where you can deal damage but can't be reached by enemy cooldowns — constant range management that denies engagement on the enemy's terms.

Retreating while attacking to stay outside the enemy's effective range, whittling them down without committing to a static duel.

Exposing only a shoulder for a fraction of a second to bait a shot from Widowmaker or similar, without actually getting hit.

The distinction between the direct route to the objective (main lane) and the flanking or high-ground alternatives (flank lanes).

A support player taking an angle away from the main formation to add a crossfire sightline while forcing the enemy to split dive attention.