You're wasting your air strikes in Battlefield 6 REDSEC — here's the pro play instead

The air support in Battlefield 6 REDSEC — the air strike and the artillery strike — is really powerful, but you're probably not maximizing either's potential.

I know this because I wasn't, and while I'm definitely not a pro player, I have learned how to properly use them. They're not just for destruction.

What you need to do is hang onto them for as long as possible, and use them more for scouting, less for kills.

The flaws of wasting your airstrikes and artillery

The obvious flaw to throwing out a call for air support is that once you've used it, it's gone. To get another, you have to find one in a crate or from a mission reward.

Couple this with the fact that they're not actually that efficient at getting kills, and you're absolutely wasting them.

Because of the fact opponents will be warned a strike is imminent, and the zone of damage applied to their map, 9 out of 10 times they'll escape unscathed. There are opportunities, such as bringing down larger buildings on top of your foes, but a switched-on squad will get out of dodge before it hits.

You should also never call in a strike for close-by enemies. One, it's more likely to send them in your direction, which reduces your odds of survival. But if it's too close to you, you're at risk of suffering the same fate you're hoping to inflict on others.

There's no element of surprise. Your best chance of success is using them on a cornered enemy with a greatly reduced chance of escape.

Hold your airstrikes and artillery and use them to scout

When you call in your strike, you see that it highlights certain objects on screen for you. One of the things it'll highlight are enemies, and while you're looking through the sights, you can apply a live ping.

This helps you, it helps your squad, and because you can see hundreds of meters away, it's such a useful way of scouting the battlefield around you even if you're not in a position to immediately engage.

Situational awareness is a huge part of REDSEC, especially right now, given that someone can walk up behind you, and you can't hear their footsteps (seriously, please fix it DICE.)

Given the likelihood of eliminating opponents with your regular weapons over an airstrike is higher, you stand a much better chance by keeping hold of them as a scouting tool.

You never know, in the late stages of a match, you might still get that chance to bring down a building for a glorious W.

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