Turf Takeover Help
Recently I've been playing Turf and its just been a huge mess for me.
Firstly, I always get the same lobby with the same players with the same result: The enemy team had 3 Black Bar players who all seem to just run in and flawlessly kill half our team. We sit behind a wall shooting at anything that moves before we peek and we get shot at by the same 5 people. Ive tried the enemy teams idea of going 3 Oaks and just having a sunflower sit on us, but that doesnt even work. It works for them, but now us, and I have no idea what other tactics to do. Ive tried sniping with Cactus/ Dreadbeard but I end up getting shot from behind first anyways. I try to push for the cap before being blown up immediately. Citrons shield gets erased, My damage is HALVED against certain enemies for no apparent reason. Enemies run away flawlessly but when I run, half the enemy team is all guns blazing on me all of a sudden. All Stars shield immediately goes away for some reason (the dummy isnt getting shot, I guess the dps is just that massive) and I try to leave for a new lobby, it puts me on the same one, on the same team. every single time. I can never switch to the other team. I just want this game mode to be fun but its just been a series of horrible match ups and I dont know how to fix it. I've improved my game play a little better by doing PvE. I went onto the Discord server for help, and they keep saying things like "Wizard OP, Oaks Bad, etc etc" without any rhyme or reason. Why is Wizard op? Why not use Oak? They seem pretty good whenever I fight them. Its just in practice, it never seems to catch on in Turf wars.
Now with my salt-induced-rage of that wall of text, I have a few questions.
Firstly: What is a good Attacking Team Composition consist of? What about a Defense one?
How can I help my teammates push to the objective without being stuck?
What is the most major threat to our team; and how can we deal with it?
What is an easy-noob friendly character to play on Offense/Defense? Im most experienced with Peashooter and Super Brainz. I play a little bit of All Star, Scientist, and Citron.
What Plants Counter what Zombies? and Vice Versa.
The enemy team has 5 Black Bars. Ours has either one or zero. Are we screwed or do we have potential?
IS Wizard Op? And why/why not?
When should I be pushing the payload? When is a good time to cap?
And please keep the answers serious. Im pretty upset about how all my matches are turning out.