Pocket 101 - Damage over time

don't skip these ever

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During Lane you should focus on securing/denying souls
Always look for opportunities to do safe damage to the enemy
Getting kills is - while very good feeling - don't give you much, unless you capitalize on them
Do damage to their tower (MOBAs are games about destorying building btw) or reclaiming your side of the lane
Your spells also allow you to quickly farm tier 1 jungle, so take them BETWEEN creep waves
If there are creeps on the lane - you should be there ready to deny and push
Don't go to shop if you can push, don't go to farm jungle if you can confirm a kill - focus on the objective and the people defending it
Farm makes you more powerful, but it also leaves your tower defenseless

Remember to always think about how to useful to your team - be that with split pushing a lane, or with going into people and ulting them
Upgrade items can be bought earlier

Pocket shines in Mid to Late game
In mid game you do a lot of damage from your spells - cloak + satchel do 300+ damage together, multiple procasts with some gun shots in between will lead you to many kills
During this time you should roam - generally move around the map to do things, usually grouping up with your team to gank someone
In late game, when 300 damage isn't as scary, transition to be more ult heavy
Gameplan is - Majestic leap, Barrage, Dive, Ult, throw Decay at someone, Get out with Cloak + Satchel (preferably while doing damage with these two spells to proc Spirit Burn)
Wait for Affliction to tick down, then go back in to finish off enemies

There are many of them, can feel overwhelming
Buy them if the *enemy* has a certain constant threat
Such, that it is possible to weaken it through an item

Pocket is hard because of the constant need for cooldown managment
Your survivability and damage rely on them
So adding more cooldowns, while does make you more powerful, also makes it harder to manage them