MAP GUIDE // Social Hub
Times Square
A non-combat social hub for videos, dancing, reading, exploration, and event portals between matches.
- 01 StartRead the win rule
- 02 CheckPick playable space
- 03 LeaveLeave with the team
Route
How to enter
Check portals and event prompts before forming a serious queue block.
Contest
How to touch
There is no combat contest here; the useful action is party and reward coordination.
Reset
How to leave
Leave the hub with one ranked goal so the next hero select is not half-menu, half-match.
Mode briefing
Social Hub
Social hubs are non-combat spaces. The player value is event routing, rewards, photos, vendors, portals, and party flow.
Vanguard
Use the hub before queue to collect rewards and settle your party plan, not to drift into ranked unfocused.
Duelist
If the hub has minigames, treat them as warmup only after your actual ranked goal is clear.
Strategist
Check event tasks and party status before the group presses play so nobody is half-reading menus in hero select.
Social hubs are great downtime. Finish the reward loop, then enter ranked with one clean goal.
Watch points
What to notice before you blame the pick
- 01Event portals
- 02Party flow
- 03Between-match rewards
Map review loop
Turn Times Square into three simple calls
A good map read should change a decision you can actually make in match. For Social Hub, start by naming the first playable route, then decide what a useful contest looks like, and finally call the reset before the team drifts into stagger deaths. Use these prompts after a loss to separate a map problem from a hero-pick problem.
First fight
Name the route
Before hero select ends, decide which lane or cover piece lets your team enter without spending every defensive cooldown at once.
Objective fight
Define the touch
A useful contest buys overtime, forces resources, or starts a real trade. If it only creates one isolated death, leave and rebuild.
After loss
Review the pattern
If Times Square keeps feeling impossible, check the watch points first, then adjust route timing before blaming the whole comp.
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