I would suggest playing some SMITE if you want to learn about how to play a MOBA that is the most similar to Battleborn.
If you want to be defensive, play a defensive character like Montana. You could also play miko because playing him as a healer forces teammates to stick with you. If youâre getting destroyed by combo characters (rath or phoebe), learn to use your middle mouse button to swipe them away.
ok, I will start downloading SMITE. Thanks for the advice, especially about the middle button,
What system do you play on OP?
I am playing on the PC.
Try Thorn. I was really getting my tail kicked until I fell in love with that character.
You can do incredible damage at distances beyond what you can be hurt.
Focus on leveling and objectives early on. If you fall behind in exp you will get wrecked. Remember this is a moba and not a pure shooter. Hero level is just as if not more important then twitch skills in mobas.
I would add Rath to this list, if you want to delve into melee.
Tip nr.1 - Unless you play Capture, focus on killing minions and staying alive. Donât mind about getting enemy kills. If you damage them enough to make them retreat from lane - you won, no need to chase. Minions are the main source of your leveling. And especially early on. And there is nothing as frustrating as playing underleveled character. Once you hit level 4-5, group up more with team and go for team fights. But still donât forget about minions.
Tip nr.2 - look at minimap at least every 10 seconds, you will have much better understanding whatâs happening around you.
Tip nr.3 if you see that you are alone, fall back closer to your logistic buildables/turrets. Even the slowing one can make more numerous enemy force work quite a bit to dispose of you.
Tip nr.4 - if you are low on health and are not healer char (and there is no healer nearby), retreat a bit and press âBâ to teleport to base and this way get a full health. Not dying is one of more important objectives in this game.
I will do that, thank you for taking the time to help 
If the battleborn community as a whole is like this, I will be a fan for life. So basically what I am trying to say is thank you. I was doing the complete opposite of each of your suggestions.
Keep at it brother. Youâll be fine
Noob question. Where in the world do you send giant minions from? Iâm actually doing well as Miko since I started playing (well when I have a decent team, PS if anyone wants to team up on PS4 give your PSN Iâm down to get a team goin). I end up with way too many shards after a while & build up turrets & stuff, but often feel like I could send some giant minions to do some extra damage (Iâve noticed a couple teams sent all 5 of their guys same path, wouldâve been a great time I think).
Thanks ahead for any responses!
Play a cheap character like Rath or Phoebe. Youâll get creamed until level 5, so just farm minions for a while. Eventually youâll be unstoppable so just spam your ultimate power on anyone you can and youâll get kills.
Dont suggest him Oscar Mike he brings nothing for the team, just a bit damage!
I will assume you are asking about Meltdown. On both maps you can reach them by going via central road out from base. For example on Paradise - they are near the healing station in the middle. If you look from it back towards the base - youâll see those two âhornsâ near the wall there.
Oscar Mike brings fun to the team. What could be more valuable than that?
Except maybe pancakes. I wonder if we could get him to bring pancakes.
Give Mike a try. A great character when you are trying to figure things out.
Kek no, best and easiest zoning potential and wave control in the game. A good Oscar can single handedly control the minion waves, capture thrall and come back to clear another wave. Add in his ult and the choke point fight = win.
The best MOBA advice I can give anyone is that staying alive, while getting XP sources is much more important than getting a kill.
Remember, if you mess someone up, and they have to run for their lives, then theyâre not around to get XP from anything (buying turrets, killing minions, getting shards) this is a win for you even if itâs not a kill. When you get people pushed out, make sure to fall back and gather shards/spend shards, grab objectives.
The little shards in middle are worth less than the shards by your base, this means a fast moving character can make circuits back toward your base when you have a chance and pick up a lot more shards. The faster you spend shards (even on the crappy middle turret) the faster you level up.
The way a moba works, with the long TTK is that youâre going to be mostly okay when you are able to run, youâre going to die when you canât run back to safety. So if youâre dying a lot, itâs going to mean that youâre in a position where your escape is gone, either because your teammates have backed up, or because youâve moved too far forward.
Another thing you want to pay attention to is team composition. If your team is stacked with squishy, low health characters, donât pick a squishy low health character. A good team will always need at least one of all three classes (support, defender, attacker) Most people like to play attackers⌠even though they die easier, and bring less to the team, defending isnât as glorious, but itâs necessary to setup your teammates. If everyone is squishy then their tanks are going to run in, CC you, and youâll die before you can get your damage off⌠and you canât deal damage if youâre dead.
So make sure to pick something that works well with your teammates, not just the character you really like.
In that vein, fight WITH your teammates. Even as most assassins, youâre going to have trouble 1v1 killing someone, because theyâre going to have lots of health, and theyâre going to try to run back to the safety of their teammates⌠if theyâre running and youâre chasing, then youâre at a disadvantage. That same enemy hit by a CC chain wouldnât be able to run, so if youâre a squishy, get near a tank that can help set you up⌠and if youâre a tank, get near a squishy that can finish enemies off for you.
And on the Oscar Mike subject, OM is a pusher, his napalm 'nades will help you shove minions down the enemy teamâs throat (remember, the minions are more important than kills, theyâll get you the win) he may not be the most damaging character, but heâs really going to help you win a game (which is more important) make sure you have at least one effective lane-clearing character on your team or youâll wind up being pushed into your sentry almost every time.
You could add me SayBacon 
Will do. Thanks