watching this as a bronze player is so fascinating because it just looks absolutely nothing like the games I play, which I know is kinda obvious but it's just so amazing to see just how differently the game is played at higher ranks. Also really makes me want to get better at both Rein and Ana, both of which I actually just picked up recently after finding Flats for the first time.
He kinda has to on account he is a melee character and he synergizes so well with Ana cause of nano. A nano rein is scary when he is barreling at you at Mach 2 ready to flatten you against a wall and then shatter your whole team. He so much fun if you get good at him
I remember when nobody wanted to play tank in ow1, let alone main tank, and my friends didnt have fun playing because of it. So I started playing the rectangle man, and i know this sounds cheesy, but in every sense, I had been called, and I had answered. I love playing rein because he has to be there for the team, allowing them to play to the fullest, but can absolutely wreck house if needed
@@grilldtoazt330 Same tbh, I loved playing tank, but when I queued into games of Sigma Hog Mc cree Brig Ana I just couldn't have fun. Now that they fucking YEETED most of the ccs and tanks are limited to 1 I can fucking play rein without having to worry about being cc'd into oblivion for dropping my shield for 1 nano second
@@astupidlylongnamethatstoolong i never played much tank but i remember, when i mained mei it was the very first time i’ve intentionally played worse out of pity. i had a dva frozen pretty much an entire game, just cycling freeze, wall, ult and at the end all she said was a fucking sad face emoticon :(( and i felt so bad lmao, i stopped freezing tanks more than like once every 30s when i could help it.
Rein and Winston are the best tanks are easily the best tanks and they feel like tanks, Rein being the sheild that bullies you up close and Winston the sheild that creates space and changes the flow of the game.
I saw someone complaining about Rein being able to cancel charge in OW2 because it makes him more simple, but I love seeing how 2 top-tier Rein players use it. The fake-out charges, the little short-burst charges to tactically reposition, beautiful
This is why reinhardt is my favorite. Trying to diff the other tank is just glorious and fun, while being hilarious. You don't get that same feeling with other tanks, dominance thing with huge beasts with hammers.
I swear the ranking system is broken. I was gold 2 on tank, went on a small like 3 game losing streak before finishing out my 7 wins with a 50 and 5 game and a 55 and 3 game, and I ranked DOWN from gold 2 to gold 3. I feel like I played pretty well in my other games too even if they were losses
@@bananamonkeygaming14 won a couple wins with loses beforehand, hit 7 wins total, no changed, continued win streak and got to the next 7 and still no change
Stacked with my brother, him on tank and me on heals. We both hit 7 wins at the same time. I ranked up one level, he ranked DOWN TWICE. He even got POTG on several occasions.
@@ComedyVault101 It is most definitely broken. Nothing has changed since OW1. I spent most seasons in OW1 getting placed in gold or low plat, had to spend all season climbing into masters, then the next season I'd do well on placements and get put back into gold or low plat again. It was infuriating.
This entire game they were just looking out for the widow. This might look fun from Flats' perspective but I feel like it would be absolute hell to play support in that match. Or any hero other than tanks really.
She's so boring to play against because she doesn't really have any counterplay for DPS and especially support. Her two biggest counters, Sombra and Genji, have been nerfed recently. Her biggest non-tank counter right now is an enemy Widow, but then the game turns into a Widow 1v1 with a 4v4 going on in the background. Not very fun for the other 3 players that keep getting sniped from across the map and have to walk from spawn every fight. For tank, it turns into a game of having to focus the Widow while still being able to peel for your team. This wasn't an issue in OW1 as the off tank could focus her, but now since there's only one tank, focusing her completely exposes your frontline and backline. The change to one less tank, less shields and increase in her health have made her powerful again, which really sucks because she is so unhealthy for the game. She's also incredibly powerful in half of the maps in rotation right now. Her playstyle is anti-Overwatch, and her being so good in this game sucks the fun out of it. She needs a rework, as do the other DPS snipers.
@@joecon601 PREACH! I'm happy I am far from the only one to think like this. There doesn't exist a true widow counter because of her effectively infinite range in Overwatch. Only another widow can properly counter a widow. I really hope she gets a rework at some point. Thing is, I'm afraid she's just too damn popular for that to ever happen. Blizzard are a bunch of cowards and it would take community wide backlash for her to ever be considered for a rework. Thing is, for some reason the community seems overwhelmingly in favor of keeping widow as is. If she ever starts to get far more commonly played at the rank I play at I'll put down the game for a while.
@@Kurppalumppu the anti-Widow sentiment is definitely growing online. I’ve seen a lot of people on YT, Twitter and Reddit start to realize how bad she is for the game. But you’re right, it’ll take a lot of backlash for Blizzard to consider a rework for her.
@@joecon601 'She needs a rework, as do the other DPS snipers.' I'd argue Ashe and Ana are okay, but Hanzo with his massive arrow hitbox feels so unfun to fight against. If Sojourn gets hard nerfed I can definitely see Hanzo and Widow becoming more and more meta. The Genji nerf was definitely really stupid, so many high level players were getting placed in lower ranks, I'd wager if the nerf was undone he wouldn't be anywhere near as prevalent in low ranks as he was at the start. I really hope we get a Widow counter for supports at some point; one of the big issues of playing tank was having an enemy Pharah/Mercy that your DPS cannot deal with, and you have no counterpick. The new tank is designed directly to fix this, hopefully supports will get something to deal with snipers at some point, it's a major design gap where support feels very helpless against certain heroes. I usually go Brig, but her lack of burst healing to save low health heroes (especially the tank) isn't ideal in many team comps right now.
Watching you has made me pick Rein back up and want to be a walking Hammer of oblivion lol, and before you ask... yes I know how to use the W key, sometimes too well 🤣, I have to remind myself not to go to far away from my supports so I don't die or else all that space means nothing really. It's a joy to just bring the hammer down on some of these more passive Rein who just hold the choke and can't use W, I need more Rein skins tho lol. Only rocking Paragon and Balderich, both Flats ain't a fan of I found out yesterday LOL! ? Thanks for making me wanna play Rein Flats, glad I found your channel.
@9:10 i think the one who is pinned regains air-control quicker than the one who is charging, because you have to finish the cancel animation before you can start moving again. I think?
Reinhardt Fire Strike not one tapping a Rip-Tire will never stop feeling terrible. I am willing for that tire to move faster if it meant it gets less HP for Rein to one shot it because it is not easy hitting Fire Strike on it.
How is diamond compared to the rest of the ranks, My friends and I are high diamond and expect to hit masters this next season and I was wondering how good that is compared to other ranks
He didnt.Most high elo reins have good enough reaction time to block shatters that arent in their face, so it becomes more of a mindgame of shattering when the enemy reins shield is gone.
A friendly and important reminder for all ranks: when you learn to blame yourself is when you can truly begin improving. Before blaming your teammates always question your own plays first. Mastery of self over mastery of others. Also Overwatch fix your damn comp queue pretty please😊❤️ ❤❤
On my last support ranking, I went 7-9 (just a miserable stretch) and ranked up two notches. On my last tank I went 7-0 and didn't budge. The system makes no sense. Maybe it's rewarding supports just for playing the least popular role, lol
My rein fights be superior. Always land my firestrike, but never let them land theirs. Hell, sometimes they give up throwing them in the 1v1. Like bro thats your primary damage.
You should que with this guy. He was super legit. Good coms solid player and didn’t run his mouth off or was annoying Just noticed who the Anna was lol
watching this as a bronze player is so fascinating because it just looks absolutely nothing like the games I play, which I know is kinda obvious but it's just so amazing to see just how differently the game is played at higher ranks. Also really makes me want to get better at both Rein and Ana, both of which I actually just picked up recently after finding Flats for the first time.
Tbh, as a Plat player, I feel the same way
The rein just holds W and gets the fuck in there
He kinda has to on account he is a melee character and he synergizes so well with Ana cause of nano. A nano rein is scary when he is barreling at you at Mach 2 ready to flatten you against a wall and then shatter your whole team. He so much fun if you get good at him
@@NOTaPANDA11484 well if a rein uses charge when getting nano'd, he's trash.
@@peew1020 bro what?
@@peew1020 he has to close the distance?
I feel like rein is the embodiment of how tanks should be designed. Always fun to watch
I remember when nobody wanted to play tank in ow1, let alone main tank, and my friends didnt have fun playing because of it. So I started playing the rectangle man, and i know this sounds cheesy, but in every sense, I had been called, and I had answered. I love playing rein because he has to be there for the team, allowing them to play to the fullest, but can absolutely wreck house if needed
@@grilldtoazt330 Same tbh, I loved playing tank, but when I queued into games of Sigma Hog Mc cree Brig Ana I just couldn't have fun. Now that they fucking YEETED most of the ccs and tanks are limited to 1 I can fucking play rein without having to worry about being cc'd into oblivion for dropping my shield for 1 nano second
@@astupidlylongnamethatstoolong i never played much tank but i remember, when i mained mei it was the very first time i’ve intentionally played worse out of pity. i had a dva frozen pretty much an entire game, just cycling freeze, wall, ult and at the end all she said was a fucking sad face emoticon :(( and i felt so bad lmao, i stopped freezing tanks more than like once every 30s when i could help it.
Rein and Winston are the best tanks are easily the best tanks and they feel like tanks, Rein being the sheild that bullies you up close and Winston the sheild that creates space and changes the flow of the game.
@@grilldtoazt330 there is something oddly satisfying about bashing the entire enemy team with a war hammer.
Bruh watching reins FIGHT is like watching 2 giants go at eachother
Clash of titans
@@sahilm483 well played 👏🏾
I find it hilarious when I go echo, and copy the opposite rein and then both me and my rein absolutely fuck the other one up
Its just Sock'em Boppers
@@ThePilleroflightning BRUH that is fucking scary, its like if a OW1 team went up aginst the OW2 team
I saw someone complaining about Rein being able to cancel charge in OW2 because it makes him more simple, but I love seeing how 2 top-tier Rein players use it. The fake-out charges, the little short-burst charges to tactically reposition, beautiful
When you receive sufficient healing, Reinhardt is the funnest hero in OW. Also, that 5 man Shatter at the end was *chefs kiss*
I love watching vids where karq is on your team because he’s exactly the support I want to be but it’s cooler watching the tank become immortal
I love the pure joy of two Rein mains realizing they're against each other.
This is why reinhardt is my favorite. Trying to diff the other tank is just glorious and fun, while being hilarious. You don't get that same feeling with other tanks, dominance thing with huge beasts with hammers.
I know your pain flats, I won 12 games in a row and my rank didn't change twice
twice?
I swear the ranking system is broken. I was gold 2 on tank, went on a small like 3 game losing streak before finishing out my 7 wins with a 50 and 5 game and a 55 and 3 game, and I ranked DOWN from gold 2 to gold 3. I feel like I played pretty well in my other games too even if they were losses
@@bananamonkeygaming14 won a couple wins with loses beforehand, hit 7 wins total, no changed, continued win streak and got to the next 7 and still no change
Stacked with my brother, him on tank and me on heals. We both hit 7 wins at the same time. I ranked up one level, he ranked DOWN TWICE. He even got POTG on several occasions.
@@ComedyVault101 It is most definitely broken. Nothing has changed since OW1. I spent most seasons in OW1 getting placed in gold or low plat, had to spend all season climbing into masters, then the next season I'd do well on placements and get put back into gold or low plat again. It was infuriating.
Giga Chad enemy rein for admiting defeat with honor.
Agreed, extremely based moves from the other Rein. What a legend.
they took away the lootboxes just to make ranked a gamble
I’m nowhere near as high as you are but I’ve got a 67% winrate on tank and I’ve been the same rank for three rank updates 🙃 the struggle is real.
There's something beautiful about watching a Rein vs Rein duel, its like the two strongest knights deciding the fate of their kingdoms
8:20 That cleanse was just ILLEGAL
I will always love watching Flats absolutely rock on Rein but the ending just reminds me how bunk the ranking system is right now.
Flats carry? This should be good!
I can confirm that it was indeed good
@@maazabbasi9174 it was indeed good. I love a flat carry
This entire game they were just looking out for the widow. This might look fun from Flats' perspective but I feel like it would be absolute hell to play support in that match. Or any hero other than tanks really.
She's so boring to play against because she doesn't really have any counterplay for DPS and especially support. Her two biggest counters, Sombra and Genji, have been nerfed recently. Her biggest non-tank counter right now is an enemy Widow, but then the game turns into a Widow 1v1 with a 4v4 going on in the background. Not very fun for the other 3 players that keep getting sniped from across the map and have to walk from spawn every fight.
For tank, it turns into a game of having to focus the Widow while still being able to peel for your team. This wasn't an issue in OW1 as the off tank could focus her, but now since there's only one tank, focusing her completely exposes your frontline and backline.
The change to one less tank, less shields and increase in her health have made her powerful again, which really sucks because she is so unhealthy for the game. She's also incredibly powerful in half of the maps in rotation right now. Her playstyle is anti-Overwatch, and her being so good in this game sucks the fun out of it. She needs a rework, as do the other DPS snipers.
@@joecon601 PREACH!
I'm happy I am far from the only one to think like this. There doesn't exist a true widow counter because of her effectively infinite range in Overwatch. Only another widow can properly counter a widow.
I really hope she gets a rework at some point. Thing is, I'm afraid she's just too damn popular for that to ever happen. Blizzard are a bunch of cowards and it would take community wide backlash for her to ever be considered for a rework. Thing is, for some reason the community seems overwhelmingly in favor of keeping widow as is.
If she ever starts to get far more commonly played at the rank I play at I'll put down the game for a while.
@@Kurppalumppu the anti-Widow sentiment is definitely growing online. I’ve seen a lot of people on YT, Twitter and Reddit start to realize how bad she is for the game. But you’re right, it’ll take a lot of backlash for Blizzard to consider a rework for her.
@@joecon601 'She needs a rework, as do the other DPS snipers.' I'd argue Ashe and Ana are okay, but Hanzo with his massive arrow hitbox feels so unfun to fight against. If Sojourn gets hard nerfed I can definitely see Hanzo and Widow becoming more and more meta.
The Genji nerf was definitely really stupid, so many high level players were getting placed in lower ranks, I'd wager if the nerf was undone he wouldn't be anywhere near as prevalent in low ranks as he was at the start. I really hope we get a Widow counter for supports at some point; one of the big issues of playing tank was having an enemy Pharah/Mercy that your DPS cannot deal with, and you have no counterpick.
The new tank is designed directly to fix this, hopefully supports will get something to deal with snipers at some point, it's a major design gap where support feels very helpless against certain heroes. I usually go Brig, but her lack of burst healing to save low health heroes (especially the tank) isn't ideal in many team comps right now.
There is nothing more infuriating then getting 1 shot by a random hanzo arrow. The pure embodiment of skill in this game.
Excellent choice in JET SET RADIO music. Love that
I could watch your Rein plays all day. So damn entertaining.
This is so tense to watch, when two excellent Reins duel haha
Bro, I’m not a rein main myself but watching a chad rein mirror is something else lol.
this is just awesome, i want games like this so bad
it’s free
Watching you has made me pick Rein back up and want to be a walking Hammer of oblivion lol, and before you ask... yes I know how to use the W key, sometimes too well 🤣, I have to remind myself not to go to far away from my supports so I don't die or else all that space means nothing really. It's a joy to just bring the hammer down on some of these more passive Rein who just hold the choke and can't use W, I need more Rein skins tho lol. Only rocking Paragon and Balderich, both Flats ain't a fan of I found out yesterday LOL! ? Thanks for making me wanna play Rein Flats, glad I found your channel.
8:20 they were WAIIITTTINGGG for your shatter
loving the funky uncle music in the background
@9:10 i think the one who is pinned regains air-control quicker than the one who is charging, because you have to finish the cancel animation before you can start moving again. I think?
I'm no top 500 player but as a rein main, this puts a smile on my face 😤
Reinhardt Fire Strike not one tapping a Rip-Tire will never stop feeling terrible. I am willing for that tire to move faster if it meant it gets less HP for Rein to one shot it because it is not easy hitting Fire Strike on it.
Precision timing on that slam. I would have landed that on the enemy shield
It’s crazy watching top players because it makes my gold games look like 0.5 speed
This was a Chad off for the ages
Flats a real one for giving Ana credit. Jay 3 never gives his mercy pocket credit
How is diamond compared to the rest of the ranks, My friends and I are high diamond and expect to hit masters this next season and I was wondering how good that is compared to other ranks
I love that at random times he just has btd6 up meanwhile I'm also playing btd6 and watching this at the same time.
Literally nothing can match the fun and adrenaline of a good rein v rein matchup.
I have looked for hours what is the song in the background of the video i can’t find it anywhere and it goes crazy
That shatter at the end made me have an Organism.
bro saw the shatter and gave birth to an organism
GG
Holy shit that shatter to win the game was amazing, literally yelled in the gym watching that.
Background music reminds me of jet set radio. Good taste
somethings weird with the ranks im like 40% winrate on tanks but i got a few rank ups
Please upload more content of you playing rein I love it 😊
Massive slam in the end 💥
8:58 I mean, flats didnt lied, he DID pin the rein off the map lol
I don’t play comp, but I’m confused, how can you rank down after a win? That doesn’t make sense.
I was a rein main when i used to play OW1, im a rein main again in OW2. to be half as good as Flats is a whole ass goal bro
How did flats know the other rein was going to drop shield for the huge play at the end?
He didnt.Most high elo reins have good enough reaction time to block shatters that arent in their face, so it becomes more of a mindgame of shattering when the enemy reins shield is gone.
it looked like it was a gamble i supposed..the enemy rein just dropped his shield for no reason and flats just shattered at the right time.
chance and experience, most players tend to have a rhythm with their shields, you can predict when they'll drop it
that last shatter made me feel some type of way
What’s the music used at thethe beginning of the video?
Keep up the good work
Nothing like a Rein v Rein duel. Whip out the hammers and see who’s is bigger
A friendly and important reminder for all ranks: when you learn to blame yourself is when you can truly begin improving. Before blaming your teammates always question your own plays first.
Mastery of self over mastery of others.
Also Overwatch fix your damn comp queue pretty please😊❤️ ❤❤
Yessss I love full games where I can learn from them
My guys is on 2 game grinds at once l, what a chad
The team with the mercy lost in a rein mirror match??? Crazy
MASSIVE ups on the JSR soundtrack
I always thought I like flats .. seeing him rock some btd6 and now I know I love flats
2:40 nice window shot 🤡
Flats please train meee, be my rein sensei 🙏🙏
0.01 meters I'd be sooooo mad if I was on the enemy team can't imagine being so close to getting point
the tire not dying from 1 fire strike is the biggest feels bad ever
Rein v Reins are always the funnest games
This ranking system feels completely arbitrary. I'll have great games and not rank up or down, and then other times have okay games but rank up.
5:05 the 0.01 meters
On my last support ranking, I went 7-9 (just a miserable stretch) and ranked up two notches. On my last tank I went 7-0 and didn't budge. The system makes no sense. Maybe it's rewarding supports just for playing the least popular role, lol
Fucking massive shatter, that’s what I’m talking about!
That pin was some BS.
funny how games without soujorn or hog are really fun to watch
%100 true
yeah this game really shows the frustration of kiriko existing as a rein though. Literally hard counters any ability rein has to make plays.
5:27 it’s snowing
LOL
*POV* : You're a flats creen
tf is a creen
Rein on both teams, on kings row, with god healing? Peak overwatch
King
OW2 ranked system is the most infuriating thing and I havent even played since like, season 15 lmfao
Since when did flats play BTD 6?
I'm pretty sure that is the same Rein from GMSR #12 lol
Im in SR hell where every game is pharah mercy, it is impresively obnoxious
That was the best rein duel in history! Also cleanse should NOT cleanse ultimates unless it itself is an ultimate
8:53 - 8:59 he didnt say wich Rein XD
Can anyone tell me how he knew the enemy tank was a Rein player?
Btd6 is fire
Flats can you teach me how to have so much swag like you?
My rein fights be superior. Always land my firestrike, but never let them land theirs. Hell, sometimes they give up throwing them in the 1v1. Like bro thats your primary damage.
I’m glad but disappointed to see that even high level players are having trouble with the ranking system. Now I know it’s not just me
How is rein pin even more broken than in OW1 ?!
This comp system is terrible. Makes no sense when you rank up nor when you rank down, and there's the anxiety of waiting 7 wins for an update...
Call me old fashioned, but I love me some rein on rein meathead tee offs
no
Why isn't he playing with seagull and emong anymore?
He does
In GM you cant groop with more than one other person so they cant all stack anymore
Fire strike should destroy riptire, change my mind.
1 cm makes all the difference 😎
idk if the rank system is rigged or not
Got scammed on pinning Rein and then scammed again into rank down
Suzu is wayyyy too much. You should not be able to cleanse a shatter
Wooooooo!
The ranking system is rigged as fuck. I had the other thy 15:5 and didn't move at all. Can we pls at least have the numbers back?
You should que with this guy. He was super legit. Good coms solid player and didn’t run his mouth off or was annoying
Just noticed who the Anna was lol
whatcha two high level reins go at it so strange compared to the shit i see in game
Bro I have won 95 comp match’s with 129 total and I’m gold 5 hahaha. Dropping 50 with Lucio and doom
Poor enemy Rien picked the WRONG time to drop shield. Probably didn't know his entire team was behind him