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title: 'Testing No Defense in Diamond Ranked'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xfm3NZAHX-E'
video_id: 'Xfm3NZAHX-E'
date: 2026-08-04
duration_sec: 1668
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# Testing No Defense in Diamond Ranked

> Source: [Testing No Defense in Diamond Ranked](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xfm3NZAHX-E)

## Summary

The video tests a triple skirmish/assault composition in Apex Legends Diamond ranked, forgoing defense and support legends entirely. The player uses a network booster to reduce ping and demonstrates how aggressive repositioning can dominate fights, despite the lack of defensive utility.

### Key Points

- **Challenge Setup** [00:01] — The player commits to running zero defense or support legends, going 100% into skirmish and assault to test if pure aggression can win in Diamond ranked.
- **Using a Ping Booster** [00:29] — To compensate for the lack of defense, the player uses a network booster (GearUp) to lower ping and reroute connection to nearest data centers, improving aim and gameplay smoothness.
- **First Major Fight Failure** [03:07] — Without defensive or recon legends, the player throws a key fight, highlighting the downside of the aggressive comp when caught in unfavorable positions.
- **Full Send Meta in Action** [05:51] — The aggressive playstyle shines during respawns and rotations, using movement abilities to reposition and avoid being stuck in bad spots, leading to successful pushes.
- **Aggression Overwhelms Defensive Teams** [09:26] — The player notes that the aggressive comp, with abilities like knuckle clusters and Maggie drills, easily overruns defensive setups, securing strong end-game positions.
- **Triple Skirmish Clutch Moments** [12:27] — Switching to triple skirmish (e.g., Octane, Alter, Axle) allows constant repositioning, making it easier to escape third parties and reset fights, proving the comp's strength.
- **Escape and Repositioning** [20:14] — When being full-sent by the lobby, the non-stop movement from skirmish legends enables complete removal from bad situations, something defense/support comps struggle with.
- **Holding Without Defensive Abilities** [26:26] — The lack of defensive abilities makes holding positions harder, requiring extra aggression and constant peeking to keep enemies at bay, which is a key challenge of the comp.

### Conclusion

The triple skirmish/assault comp is overpowered in the current season, offering unmatched mobility and aggression that can overwhelm defensive teams, but it requires precise positioning and constant pressure to compensate for the lack of defensive utility.

## Transcript

patience, and lots and lots of strategy. With 28 legends in the game, having a because you need to be ready for anything flying your way. But have you defense is an even better offense?" Today, we're running absolutely zero
defense or support, and we're going 100% into skirmish and assault. [music] you can just full send the entire lobby? But there's one issue. If I'm going to to need a massive advantage to compensate for my lack of defense. So,
stronger, today I'm going to be booting up my secret weapon to lower my ping and just one button, I can reroute my connection to the nearest data centers using gear up to help me run and play smoother and in turn make aiming and
think less about my mechanics and a lot more about my place. Especially because me. So, the cross region feature helps me avoid feeling like potato whenever safe to use. They're rated the highest amongst all the other boosters. and
biggest teams like TSM and companies like Discord. Just click your game, your Europe, I'll leave a link in description down below. Let's go full send today's playing this super fast and aggressive play style is you get to rush everyone
lots of the time you're going to get the chance to run up while people are fight from them. first fight, bro. And then at the end of the game, he just like turns on
again. >> Absolutely not. I hit every bullet. [laughter]
>> Uh I'm going to take it. >> Yeah, me too.
I shoot like >> he's lo one. I What? What? for? >> No, not you. I'm saying I'm saying can I >> Oh, [laughter] you were like, "Can you shoot?"
>> I know how you feel. I love how you hit it and I I miss it. to lock in. >> Oh my I'm about to lock your legs, bro. >> Yeah, bro. You better lock your head around my legs. What?
>> Relax, man. [laughter] >> I'm only 12, man. >> I'm only 12, man. >> I I can't open up the sublivin for me. >> [ __ ] you. Actually, kill yourself. [laughter]
>> That's my All right. Sorry. Our [ __ ] teammate's a brick. >> How the [ __ ] do you eat a brick? >> I don't know. You ever hear about that airplane? >> What? Took
but he ate an entire airplane. >> Yeah, I don't believe you. kidding. Now, usually this is where having defensive, recon, and the whole arsenal of different legends is so nice and important because this is probably
one of the main fights that we took throughout the entire gaming session where I just threw so insanely hard because I didn't have any of the things that I needed in order to take this fight properly. Pressure on Maggie.
>> Why? I don't fit you as a Maggie type. Uh team flying into our left.
>> Oh, they're on Oh my goodness gracious. On a nugget. worry about them. We can kill this team. >> Yeah.
>> One shot. >> Uh I low key just want to
hunted on uh one HP on this kid. Our teammates's dead. >> I saw you, bro. You just you do what you got to do. I threw that. Ah. And looking have easily played this totally different. Even though I'm playing a
have easily just slowed myself down. angles instead of just throwing myself at everybody and just being in [music] the open non-stop. But hey, if we had maybe been playing someone like a recon
legend, this would have made scanning super super e if we were playing someone have been able to scan and that way we would know where we could and couldn't legend, maybe we could have set oursel up in a certain position so that they
couldn't push us or we [music] could easily set oursel up to deal damage and was playing skirmish, it just almost encouraged me to go and throw my life >> I'm just getting out. >> Oh, that's not real.
>> Yeah, that's embarrassing. [music] >> Bro, you got to leave, man. I I want to, but this Valky's on height. >> Yo, just go run run. [music] I What is this Valk doing, bro?
>> Looting boxes. >> That's actually He's probably just >> I don't know how I whipped all of those bullets on that Valkab, bro. either. I don't think I've ever seen somebody with aim that bad before.
[laughter] >> Yeah. Shut the [ __ ] up.
running Sparrow's really good. You can go Cascade Falls. Now, this is really where the full send meta really starts to come into play because as we're respawning here, we're on the edge of zone. We're resing in
storm and there's teams who just rotated in front of us who are now about to hold us or possibly even throw themselves at us. And whenever you play defensive going to have to stay where you are. And staying where you are in a really
uncomfortable position, even though it can be livable, it typically means that now you're going to be stuck there. But making sure that we were using axle and to reposition around what was about to
happen so insanely well. And as you'll see from now until the end of this game, the super aggressive over repositioning that we were able to do is probably one who were playing stagnant got completely ran through. Nothing wrong with that.
You saw that guy? >> N there's nobody in front of me. screen through that through that choke and he went to the right side. >> No, no, no, no, no, no. You just got to just got to believe.
>> Yeah, right there. Yeah. Lyn on the roof.
>> Yeah, it might be thirdable. >> Thank you. >> Hold up. I need I'm just taking space right now.
Last one. Last one. Last one. Last one. Last one. >> Nice. I'm going to stay up here. No, I don't want to take that Q.
>> That was a fun fight that we just had right there. fun fight that we just had right there. They're still fighting close to us.
Oh, there. I was supposed to be in Okaboji today, by the way, but I'm no >> That is >> It's uh It's a like town in my city or in my state. Uh, and it's like where
like all the soccer tournaments are being held.
>> I want to just like walk up on this behind us. Can we slide down to the building? Oh, never mind.
>> Coming up this side. >> What is teammate doing? >> Yeah, if it wasn't for the knuckle clusters, Maggie drills and the insane able to do with Axel. If we were to play a defensive or a recon kind of setup,
to be able to push up on this team holding us, take their position, and now we're completely set up for the end game. I have 1,100 damage district with seven assists in one kill. [laughter] >> I have uh I'm eight and zero.
>> actually a terrible human. >> Yeah, for one kill. >> I need energy. >> Uh I didn't see any. I need light >> energy. No, I found some. I found some good.
good. >> I'm good now. need that in my inventory. >> Where do we need to be?
have to be We don't have to be in there. >> It pulls these buildings. It pulls these here. >> All right.
>> Uh District, when we win this game, I'm going to be D2, by the way. going to be D2, by the way. Refuge.
>> I need that armor swap on that box. >> You're good. >> Walking up. Hold hold. Walking up. Walking up.
teammate. >> Oh no, our teammate can't die there.
>> 30 on the other guy. I'm resing. >> Thank you.
>> I did not just miss all those shots. [laughter] >> He's going to reload here. >> I'm swinging with you.
>> Now, if that isn't a testimony to just how insanely broken Axel is alone, let alone just an aggressive play style is, then I don't know what is. We just ran through so many teams playing Newcastle, recon, defense, [music] support, lots of
jibies with jibby bubbles and conduit cues and Loba bracelets. Super aggro is [music] so so overpowered in this season. Holy next thing, we decided that we're going to switch it up a little bit and get Max
can just constantly be positioning in and out of fights, which is going to set hopefully make sure that we could stay alive. And it came in clutch so many times throughout this game. Something that triple skirmish is really good at
fight as soon as possible, especially completely clear wherever we dropped in the matter of seconds and we were able to start picking up fights right away. I'm on Octane. Oh boy.
>> Remember last time we on Octane though? >> Yeah, but that guy made me so mad, you me mad. [snorts] >> Yeah, this guy this guy should make you mad. He stole your [ __ ] axle, bro. That's true.
>> What the [ __ ] are these? Like, bro, actual dog [ __ ] weapons. Like, what? >> Yeah. Yo, language, man. >> Oh, yeah. Cuz you're family friendly. >> [ __ ] Goonar. >> Okay, there we go.
Okay. 100 dead. 100 dead. >> I saw myself with an arx. >> I saw myself with an arx. >> Dead.
right there. Cracked. Dead. I think I killed all of them. >> Pretty sure you did. I did 64 damage. >> Yo, Big D with the 64. >> Shut up. You're making me blush. You're
>> Shut up. You're making me blush. You're making me blush.
>> You didn't see. You didn't see that. >> I don't know. It's one like literally one. I'm taking a different angle.
Okay, that guy was one HP. 15.5 damage. That's a thing. What? I've never seen a decimal point for the damage. >> Yeah, you should have said >> yes. 15.5.
>> What the hell? >> I've literally never heard that before. zipline. >> Oh yeah, that could be right. Actually, happen before cuz I only hit one bullet on him. So wait for me, man.
on him. So wait for me, man. I just headed his own. Yeah, probably. I just headed his own. Yeah, probably. >> What's your favorite meal? My wife. >> All righty, bro. We cannot be saying TS. Dude, I love mac and cheese. I was at
Dude, I was at a steak uh restaurant and they had applesauce, so I got steak, mashed potatoes with applesauce, >> man. >> Dude, I don't give a [ __ ] how old I am. Applesauce will forever be my favorite.
Applesauce will forever be my favorite. >> Am I getting shot at?
playing. I can't >> He's staying alive. He's staying alive. that. >> I'm fine. Like I'm in a really good >> I'm fine. Like I'm in a really good spot. You just got put down.
gravy. >> I got pads. >> I got pads. >> I can push from this pad right here.
it's just one in the room in the building. Okay. So there's one height height and one building.
>> Cracked one. >> Nice.
you. >> I cracked him. I'm dead. They're behind >> I cracked him. I'm dead. They're behind the wall.
>> Oh yeah, this is definitely one of those moments where we were really hoping that we had a defense or a support legend on the team because trying to keep somebody get a res off is really hard when you're running triple skirmish. And now that we
got everyone picked back up, it's really easy to reset and get oursel back into us. And skirmish is one of the best legend comps to make sure that you were legend comps to make sure that you were putting pressure on everybody else.
>> How many team? >> 150 on one. >> Um, I'm far from you. I'm probably a bat, too.
>> My teammate might die here. >> You are right. >> I aping off that. They're >> getting shot by another team.
through the door. Breath. It felt good. Octane felt good. Real It felt good. Octane felt good. Real good.
What's your swap button? Oh, we're getting flown on. I'm with you. Taking your jump pad. Whoa, one mag me, bro. That's all you.
can rest. >> You can rest. didn't. >> Oh, there's a guy on top. There's a guy >> In your back. In your back. It's third party. Third party.
>> Huge. Huge. another reason why playing triple skirmish is so clutch. Whenever you're getting full scent by the entire lobby, I've noticed that it's just so much
easier to use the non-stop movement that you have from Axel, Alter, Octane, completely remove yourself and reposition completely away from everything is so so strong. Defense and support legends, don't get me wrong,
they can be definitely helpful when it comes to needing to reset, but they're more based around bunkering down in situations that you are losing, right? Or staying in those bad fights as opposed to being able to completely
completely leave those horrible situations and and avoid any possible Hold on. Hold on. Come back. Come back. Come back. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You got to res me right away. Oh, it's fine if I
res me right away. Oh, it's fine if I die cuz you can just respawn me. I think you're alive here. >> I think you're right. >> Oh my god. >> Reset of the sentry, bro.
>> Dude, our teammate lost his one v one. Like, bro, >> you need bats. >> Uh, there's bats in here. said. >> No, no, I have infinite.
>> I have a moi. If you >> I could probably grab him like right now. I got him. >> You got him. You got him. Got him. >> You got him. You got him. Got him. >> No, no, no. I just picked up his banner.
seconds. >> I'm looking for uh evac. I got an evac. >> Yeah. Yeah. Hey, we're going to pop evac right away. box. >> I'm probably a med kit.
everybody back in, everyone's healthy. We're all looted from all the loot from rotating. And with all the movement that we have, it makes it really easy also to zone that we need. avoid certain parts of the map or if we're hearing a good
something, then it's really easy to just running a defense comp where we have like a recon, a defense, or a support would make it so hard to get out of the situation. But because we're running so
completely avoid this fight and use the fact that we don't have to take this fight as a chance to rotate early, find a really strong position here in zone, and as you'll come to find, it really helped us secure the end of this match.
I'm down with whatever. >> Yeah, let's take their Eback.
>> I have no idea. I I'm not overthinking it. I got a pad over here.
>> Oh, I'm dead. Reloading my [ __ ] gun. >> Yeah, we got to keep him up here. building. >> Yeah, >> Yeah, >> I dropped him.
>> Bottom left. Team flu. Bottom left. Close. Close. Close left. Close left. >> Right here. Right here. Another one. Like 50 on another.
There was another team shooting me when I was fighting.
This is probably the best spot right now.
I am starving. I'll tell you that much. could just go out and fight. Whatever. >> Gibby,
>> Gibby, >> I think Gibby team has to come to us. >> I don't know. 150. Oh, teammate is in there like swimmware. Oh, teammate is in there like swimmware. You're both in there
pushing. I don't know. What was the point of the EMP? I was kind of stupid. I got Brooke over here. What the heck? going back to look at this. >> Now, one of the issues of not running
either assault, defense, or support is that it makes it really hard to hold the you don't really have any abilities that come around holding and keeping people pushed back. Really, your only abilities support you moving around, whether it to
push in. and force a certain situation or a certain fight. So now it's really important that we're really focused on keeping people away from us by being extra aggressive and extra attentive by poking and peeking constantly to see
what is happening. Where's >> I think he's solo on my ping >> behind the down here somewhere.
I hear him. I'm one clipped. He's He's half HP. Oh, it is a full team. That's just my bad. Wait, no, it's just one guy. I thought it was a [ __ ]
it was a [ __ ] That's my fault.
District, what are we playing right now? Nice shots. Beautiful