Despite the big nerfs mauga is still an above average tank and none of the information in this video is outdated, I made sure to spend time playing him post nerf and then go over the tierlist accordingly.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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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

The run techs are very helpful. Thanks man

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

instructions unclear, focused the dva

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.

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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 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.

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

Cardiac overdrive with a Genji blade IS insane

Tripple boops are so much fun

As an Ana main, a good Mauga will always get my vial on him when I see his Cardiac Overdrive go off. Enemy Maugas suffer greatly while my Mauga feels unkillable which increased healing for almost the entire Cardiac Overdrive Cooldown. Also, Nano is great for those Cage Fight 1v1/2/3/4/5's that Mauga loves doing. I just like having tanks that like taking Damage for me and can peel well when I get Dove.

mauga IS a character for dummies wtfdym

Dud did his homework

I completely agree with you on the tier list, except for dva. if she wanna win her team have to help her. her matrix run out before his bullets does, so personally i would put her in b or c, because of where her head is, his spread melts her

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Yay now can we do winston?? i mean uh Winton

I have a question veatle, what about tracer, torbjorn, and Moria would those guys be counters to Mauga at all?

Another honorable mention is Tracer, she'll weaken you down then toss her nade on you.

What do you think about the soujorn vs mauga match up? I feel soujorn can farm mauga way too easy for powerful railshots. Also Hanzo in some way also can reliability headshot Mauga and his ult can deny space inside cage fight or combo with an ally cage fight

so i'm not sure if this is a new thing or if it works consistently but i was playing against a hog as mauga recently and when the hog ulted me i was able to use mauga's charge to negate the knockback of the ult and run to cover (it basically felt like i was ghosting through hog's ult). also, regarding the sigma match up, i've found the most effective dueling strat is to 1) juke sigma's rock then 2) pressure him into using grasp and 3) the moment he grasps charge and slam him which cancels grasp then you can melt him with both abilities on cooldown. i'm sure this is harder to do consistently in higher ranked games (i'm just a gold 1 tank) but i only really have trouble with sigma when he strafes back and forth across his shield.

I had no idea left click was fire and right was crit.. also that his thing was life steal lol, sometimes I felt super healing and others no heal at all, and I was left there wondering what the hell that was

I've only been using l2!

I def say mauga can counter the rein since he can just obliterate his shield and then destroy rein while using the E so he doesn't lose health. Obviously though while he is destroying the shield he is vulnerable since his E won't work to save him so depending on your positioning is how you'd attack the rein. You can also just charge the rein and stomp him from behind getting a stun and spraying him less than half and being behind him using the E to get him to choose whether he shields you or your team.

My step bro got me into ow1 about 5 years ago. I didn’t really play until about 2 years ago. My step bro quit a year ago. I still play and was a ball main bc of OW1 yeatle. It’s a shame ball has been neglected by ow2 staff. He needs a rework. I 1trick him in ow2 until I get hard countered which is nearly every game

If I'm playing Mauga and the enemy team switches to Sojourn, I'll usually switch off.

Bro, i just unlocked this dude and in three matches in a row, i won all of them, and in every single match made people leave, in one i even made 4 enemies leave and i also left after that this dude is just so unfair lol

Only rank 14? Why am I listening to this guy and not Metro!

Can't you dash out off Whole Hog?

I'm sad bc I use to be a ball main and now in season 9 I feel like he's unplayable and now seeing that even the man who taught me everything ik about ball isn't playing him as much just makes me sad...

Reaper is probably the best DPS counter against Mauga. Orisa and Maug aren't really counters because Mauga disrupts Orisa's style of play and Mauga's just heal each other more than they dmg each other, theyre practically just farming dmg. Junker queen is pretty effective against Mauga if you dont wimp out for no reason, jumping around a Mauga and taking life steal from him works like a charm. Winston works well if you just keep ignoring Mauga, even if he saves his abilities for you, he wont kill you before you can jump out of combat again. Not without skme help at least.

Best Tips for Mauga for T500 from a fellow tank player: * Always shoot both chainguns, but only from far away * Shoot the squishies, ideally the very hard to hit ones * If you’re hit by Anti, rush into the enemy team * Trap everyone on the enemy team Thanks for reading. Best of luck in your ranked climb!

*INSANE MAUGA GUIDE: AFTER THIS YOU WILL NEVER NEED ANOTHER GUIDE AGAIN!!!!* Hold m1 and m2, press E High Skill/High Gamesense Super fun and health character Metro Aproves this hero design

You should just think like Mauga is Dv.a because There spread is exactly the same wen using both guns at the same time

Mauga is indeed for dummies

I’d expected junkrat to be on both tierlists considered he can just spam mauga then tire every team fight

I have something to say to windowmaker. Not she’s thi- I MEAN that i think yesterday and today im becoming a mauga main and i can pretty easily take her out🧐 10:07

Where’s doom for dummies 😭🥊

Reinhardt is the most balanced tank.😊

Not gonna lie when I saw this video title I thought, "Mauga can't be complex enough for a whole guide".

Unfortunate that a lot of this was made and recorded before his multiple nerfs

You are the best ball in the worle why play thos no brain no shyni caracther 😂😅

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Biggest advice for Mauga: Dont play him, he is only good against Roadhog and even Roadhog is a trash hero

No.

My respect for yeatle has gone down for maiming mauga

Why they keep making shit like this baffles me

a little too late

I always feel silly telling high ranking content creators what's what but Orisa being among the Good Mauga Counters, especially with a lot of this seemingly being pre-Mauga-nerf, feels so so wrong. Sure, now that she can't be forcibly crit she does better but even post nerf she feels like maybe the biggest throw pick into Mauga.

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dumbest hero ever. overwatch is cannibalizing itself

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Why would i want to play this boring ass one dimensional character though?

Just delete Mauga alltogether. Terrible character design.

Doesn't he still self heal even when naded?

I have something to say to windowmaker. Not she’s thi- I MEAN that i think yesterday and today im becoming a mauga main and i can pretty easily take her out🧐 10:07