Bubble Timing

[jesronne.8156]

Hi since most warriors use bubble can i ask whats the perfect timing of releasing the bubble i mean u will not wait for the commander. 

[adammantium.8031]

Commanders often will call bubbles, and will assign a 'bubble order' to members of their squad. You'd have to be on Discord/comms for this to work though. You may also want to hold your bubble if you're not in order for when they say "any bubbles any bubbles!!!" :)

 

Otherwise, it's situational and you're looking for an opportunity. If there's no assigned bubble order, don't worry about wasting it and just practice.

 

Defensively, are the enemy in the process of pushing your squad? If so, retreating and dropping a bubble will act as a great deterrent, either removing their boons as they push through, or at worst buying your squad time. 

 

Offensively, is your squad about to push into the enemy? If so, a couple of options:
use a movement skill (sword 2's savage leap, greatsword 5's rush) to get ahead and drop a bubble on the enemy's position. This is quite hard to do timing-wise; if you're too far ahead, the enemy will see you coming, remove your stability and kill you, or just move out of your bubble before your squad engages. If you're too far behind your tag, you'll miss the push and your bubble won't catch anybody.

if you're a second bubble, it's great  to follow up on an initial push, seeing the enemy move to oneside and position yourself so they walk into your bubble - that can be very effective. The enemy will more likely be distracted dealing with the pressure from your squad so won't be as likely to focus you down.

 

As above though, it's situational, needs practice, and in some cases, the ability to read a fight.

[nthmetal.9652]

Ideal bubble placement time is 3-4 seconds before commander calls it. You need 1,5s to get it up in the first place, need to account for skill lag, and commander lag.