In this play, we are up agains Yin and Minsitthar that can one-shot Estes with their barrel jump + ultimate combo, and Pharsa ultimate's first hit which is almost unavoidable.
Preparation
Battle spell: Flame Shot
Emblem: Custom support emblem for increased movement speed, healing power, and skill cool down.
Builds
Sky Piercer for movement speed and finisher move with Flame Shot, Elegant Gem for HP and mana regen, and Mystery Codex for extra healing power.
We stays 5 units away in the back and weed out enemies in bushes using Flame Shot.
Ultimate should also be done from far away to avoid getting wiped out. If I were to stand in the middle of the team, a barrel jump and ultimate from Minsitthar could wipe out our team, that or we will be running on our tails after half of our team gets CC'ed.
Estes survivability is very high in this play, I can buy Holy Crystal, Boots, and extra Mystery Codex after getting killed once. It's also worth noting that I did gain good amount of gold from kills using Sky Piercer + Flame Shot. I rarely use skill 2 to hit enemies because it requires getting closer to their attack range.
After that I'm getting killed again because I'm not careful, but it works in my favor because I only need a small amount of gold to upgrade Boots into Rapid Boots that increases movement speed significantly due to our emblem and builds setup.
Highlights
A good reminder to retreat and regroup after wiping out enemies to avoid getting wiped out yourself. Remember that they will get a speed boost after respawing.
Here's Estes repeatedly calling out the team to retreat and gather while Zhuxin is charging in. A few seconds after this scene, our team is nearly wiped out with only Estes and Obsidia left.
Battle Review
It's a well balanced battle with only one turret left on our team. Zhuxin is basically acting as a tank/fighter here, she's actively charging in.
Minsitthar and Yin never uses barrel to target Estes. They need a good amount of movement speed so that the barrel duration doesn't timed out before they can jump out to Estes which is very far in the back.
Pharsa's ultimate can kill Estes with two hits, but she doesn't seems to bother, that or Estes is just out of range. If I were Pharsa, I think I'd use morph skill to close in, do ultimate, then barrel jump to the back.
I should probably help out more with clearing up the lanes with skill 2 and increasing DPS with Flame Shot. But I prefer to preserve them for finisher move and slowing down charging enemies.
