Mauga for Dummies (Guide & Tips from a GM/T500 Player)

Despite the big nerfs mauga is still an above average tank and none of the information in this video is outdated, I made sure to spend time playing him post nerf and then go over the tierlist accordingly. Clarifying since people seem to think otherwise.

Tips for mauga: Shoot the tank Thanks for watching :)

Doom is also practically helpless during cage fight because his most valuable abilities are locked out.

Thanks for the guide, been wondering where Mauga stands after the nerf. This'll definitely help when it comes to picking what hero to play on support/dps or giving suggestions to teammates.

Another thing about mauga vs dva is she can just ult inside of your ult and you're trapped with it

Such a great Video with alot of insight, thanks for the Video Mr.Yeatle!

coming from a fan of yeatle since overwatch 1 ball plays including off-meta plays and sticking to it, i love your thought process and educational information you dish out and especially your u2gm's where you actually think what would make a difference and whats best for each type of scenarios, a lot of your concepts gave me new insights and got better at the game. i feel like compared to most overwatch stuff out here i consider yours very highly and first in priority because you don't just describe what you're doing in-game you actually give ideas during gameplay. im a plat1-diamond mauga main and im kinda struggling to climb in season 9, i had 65% win rate on season 8 playing only mauga but now im down to about 56%ish this season and its been kinda rough especially vs. doom/sigma/dva and some teammates really dislike mauga on these matchups, i don't usually make comments but i would really love some of your insights of how to climb as mauga on s9 after nerf and dps passive/zen meta etc. im a huge heavy tf2 player and mauga has been a dream come true for me in ow2 and i love every bit of of him, so i really want to make him work and not be a meta-slave per se and i hate counter-swapping. thanks yeatle, huge fan, your content has always been relaxing and informing also love your peaceful attitude while gaming

Great video -- I want to add that Mei also has a great matchup against Mauga. Walling him off from his heals is extremely effective, you have ice block and wall to stall in the cage fight, and blizzard is a guaranteed freeze for cage fight as well. I farmed Mauga's pre-nerf and climbed from master 4 to GM5 exclusively playing Mei.

I love using maugas charge to evade enemies as much as cause damage. Glad you agree!

I climbed from gold placement to Master 2 (so far) with Mauga (Zarya as my counter to good Dva's and Sigmas). You always want to test whether the enemy healers will pocket their tank or if the enemy dps will aggro you. When they do either one of those two things, Mauga has to play much more restrained and strategic. Still, always be forcing the enemy tanks cooldowns and resources through raw damage output. Always. Also, kitsune and/or nano will dictate almost every Mauga mirror. If they have one of those and you have neither, you're not winning unless the enemy Mauga is very bad. And if they have bastion + mauga, watch out for turret bastion with lifesteal and damage reduction from cardiac overdrive. You won't kill him, and you will die. But stomping bastion out of turret is often clutch.

You are easily my favorite tank/educational streamer, especially now that you don't play Ball as much lol

I have been trouble against zarya players with mauga because of that dumb bubble but when you explain that I can burn her inside the bubble that pop my mind of how simple to play against that lol! Ty you for the tips

The run techs are very helpful. Thanks man

Hey I think Mauga actually has a great matchup against Mauga. You can deal a lot of damage to him, you can cut the other mauga off from heals by using cage fight and even counter his charge by using your charge!

As someone who wants to get good at Mauga I’m glad this video exist.

Have you tried popping cagefight solely as a shield (not trapping anyone) to absorb damage in a mid-range fight against turret Bastion, Hog ult, or enemy Mauga? If you're starting to lose the fight, you pop ult and gain a brief window of time to lifesteal (with auto reload) without taking any damage. Even more advantageous if you have cardiac.

pro tip; only use your left gun to ignite enemies up close, its more accurate and consistent when single fired, and then fire both once ignited to max out your damage and conserve ammo.

I wanted to add to the Mauga tips, another way you could get some use of Mauga's ult is force ults with it. If you could get 1 support ult and 1 dps ult. It means you have increased chance to win the next fight easily ( ofc this comes from my experience and i await any tips too)

I fuckijg loves this mauga because I can relate to him having fun with guns

I think Genji is pretty good vs Mauga. Getting up in his face with reflect not only denies his healing for a few seconds it also channels damage into him. You can do this in series with a tank like DVa or SIgma and it becomes hard for him to heal or deal any damage.