listen to Zentatta, I'm serous. Play him in quick play and listen to what he says (especially the respawn and discord lines) he says some very wise things, like "do not be discouraged..." , "you must learn from your mistakes" and my favorite "In anger you defeat only your self"
My recommendation for improving is to go into custom games and learn the maps. Map knowledge is incredibly helpful. Early on through open beta and after release I was able to carry most games through knowledge alone, and my skills caught up in time. Another tip is look at every character's abilities and get an idea of what to look for from each of them, try getting an idea of when they're weak. Lastly, when in doubt, pick 76. He fills plenty of space and is arguably the easiest character to learn as he was designed as a COD/Battlefield type character.
If you know the map better than your opponent, that already gives you a major advantage. Learn the maps and learn them well. Commit as much as possible to memory so you don't have to waste time searching for a flanking route or a health pack.
Tracer could alternately shoot each of her pistols for half damage from each, but continuous fire (no reload time as she reloads while firing the other one), and slightly better accuracy at longer range.
The problem I've been having, is that in quick play, I'm decent. I'm relaxed, I'm having fun. But as soon as I enter competitive, the mood changes, and there's a lot more pressure on me to do well, and I crack. I make dumb mistakes, I get super stressed out, and I do horrible, even as my best heroes. At one point, it got so bad that I stopped playing video games for almost 2 weeks. I want to play comp, and my friends want me to play with them, but they strive under pressure, and I crack completely. How do I prevent the stress of competitive from devouring me?
I feel you bro. I have the same issue, my free play stats are way better than my comp ones because I just end up feeling bad that I made a stupid decision that got me killed or that I can't aim for sh*t for some reason.
Play a lot dont worry about losses, as long ur playing with ur friends losing isnt too bad unless you play solo. Playing more will get you used to the flow of competitive and pressure will disappear eventually.
Just keep playing more comp and less QP. That way you'll be more casual with Comp. Even better play Comp with friends which will help keep the enviormental low stress. Reember at the end of the day, Comp or not, OVERWATCH is just a game
Just stop playing quick play and play competitive only during the season. Maybe you start lower than you would like but once it starts to feel normal you can climb, worked for me at least. But you probably need to play solo or with new people if you're friends don't have the same problems in comp.
Same here man. You/We just have to play more. It gets easier, like with everything else that is challenging in life. The best advice I can give you is to play it safe, don't put yourself at risk without reason as the worst thing you can do to your team is to die, but even when this happens try to take it as just part of the game. When you respawn wait for your team mates and tell them to group up (strength in numbers), don't rush on the point unless the game is ending in about a min and you have to contest. Never trickle in. When you are against two or more enemies play it safe and fallback. If you have no other choice than to fight don't panic, stay as cool as you can and try to think of the enemy as bots. You won't believe this but some pro players go to psychologists to help them deal with the stress and this is one of the advice they often get. Improve your skills by playing a lot in the training area and custom games until you fill confident you really know your mains inside out, as confidence is a big component in 1v1 battles. If you feel that you can beat your opponent you probably can, but if you have too many doubts you leave the door open for mistakes ;) Work on your mouse sensitivity (always prefer lower settings) as this will help you to track your enemies better at long and short range so, even if you panic a bit, your cross-hair won't go all over the place. Sorry for the long post. Hope this helps you a little at least. :)
This helped me for Dmg heroes: Get to know their damage output and how much damage they do at different distances - this can be done in the training mode. This will help you calculate situations better during fights (such as when best to reload/how much dps you should expect to inflict on people) and also help position yourself better to maximise your damage output.
My main learning points from this game have all been around team dynamics. Balance the team (always have supports, tanks), fight at the chokes (not the enemy spawn) , get on the mic (provide info, no flaming), group up (don't trickle in), and stack your ultimates. Do these and it doesn't matter so much if you suck with a hero, which in my case is just as well.
Thanks guys, I only have a 2150 SR but it was 1950, and I've moved into the top 16% of D.Va players in Season 2. Keep up the good work, you guys help a ton
I'd love to see more videos like this, both in tone and content. A lot of y'alls videos have helped me improve my game. A possible way to help you guys out in producing content without getting quagmired by minutia is to concentrate on improvement videos by class, not individual heroes. A topic I would like to see is how to deal with uncoordinated teams. I've had some matches where there was no communication between any players and we lost the matches due to the lack of communication despite having seemingly decent players on the field. Two particular instances really stick out in my mind and it was like herding cats despite trying to call plays or even get a basic group up going for a push. If you could cover that or how to both call shots and play in a team it would be great.
a run through of the different drills that you might be able to do when practicing heroes. Not just talking about the typical widowmaker/mccree aiming but if you have other ideas for all of the heroes that would be really useful
Love this! maybe a good thing to talk about when improving is communication in a team when solo Que. Alot of the mentality depends on the way people interact with eachother during or between the matches. This affects the way they play alot!
Focusing on yourself was probably the key point. I will do it more now. Pretty hard to do at Gold where everyone just keeps rushing in to the enemy spawn on defence, though, lol.
I would love to see videos in the vein of "Special Tips When Playing X." Things like "Really Great Places Lucio Can Wallride" or "When and On Whom to Use Ana's Ult." For what it's worth, I subscribe to the "one character of each type" strategy. Offense is Pharah, Tank is D.Va, Defense is Bastion, Support is Mercy, Sniper is Hanzo, and Builder is Symmetra.
Just a tip for whoever is playing on the gameplay in the background: when playing Zarya activate the allies health bar.. It's easier to see who's taking damage so you can shield them
One tip that has helped me get comfortable with the heroes in overwatch and become more confident playing them is to personalize each heroes controls. I don't know if this works for everyone but for me it definitely did.
What's been helping me lately is, and this is no joke, if I focus my eyes in a slightly different way and hold my mouse in a slightly different way; my ability to aim, especially with tracking aim style weapons like with Tracer or Zarya, becomes significantly better. Seriously, if I focus directly *on* the dot reticule, instead of what's past it, and if I slide my hand up a bit so I'm hitting the mouse buttons more with my entire finger rather than just tapping it with my fingertip, I enter beastmode. It's just so hard to remind myself to do.
I think getting a friend who can consistently play with you is excellent. with then in gave you can get near immediate feedback as to what is working or not. it also provides an exp boost so getting more games in means getting more loot boxes.
You spent 7:40 saying basically nothing. You offered no advice on how to improve anything at all. No advice on how to improve your aim, how to practice a certain skill set or anything like that. You just offered up very generic platitudes like "practice and improve." HOW?! In short, you title is very misleading.
Love the video guys, keep up the good work. My only tip is to try and know where you team is and where you should be located in relation to them based on your class... and STOP over extending and then bitching that you get no heals.
Ok, here's a request for the +Overwatch Central guys, then: Tips for improving *at low SR*. I know you just listed "focus on yourself & playing the best *you* can" during mid-game, but your impact on the match can only amount to so much.
One tip I would give to everyone that Mysca made in this gameplay video - Do not get health packs when a healer is healing you, you have a shield (like zarya), or when your health isn't really low (getting huge health packs when you lost 30 health).
A other little tip: If you have a Nvidia card, you have shadow play. You can (by pressing F2 for exemple, you can choose what ever you wan't) record the last 20min gameplay. Then you do not have to record all of your games (you can choose a 5min record back than 20, up to you). Something go wrong and you do not have the answer: F2 => back record, you can watch it after ! (sorry for my english ^^)
What could you even do about that? Changing their shit attitude is up to that player and if they're that bad anything you say to them is gonna go in one ear and out the other.
Realistically you can't force any other player to do anything . But what you can do to try and improve the situation is how you interact with them. Do not blame them or anyone on your team, that makes the situation worse . Be polite and positive also helps, by calling people friends or team mates. Ask politely if they could switch or switch yourself to work around the person.
For starters dont insult them and ask nicely. This just pisses them off and they will not switch. Also try and give them a reason like "Its not working please switch" or "Our comp would work better if" etc.
I find that if you describe the team comp you think would work, and why it would work, that many players will switch either right away or once they figure out that their idea isn't working so well. also, when you see a bad team comp, try to figure out how that comp would work best together and suggest that you guys play that way. example. ..bastion and honzo on attack with a symetra, not ideal but you can try to get them to group up and grab Reinhardt and shield them to increase everybody's effectiveness
I think videos like this are important for people like me who haven't played a lot of FPS in awhile and are inconsistant. I never would have thought about recording myself to watch later. I think more advice on how to work on your game awareness, and aim and flank mechanics would be great.
Please make this kind of videos more. For improving, learning all maps and senk. spawning time with teammates is crucial as a first step i guess. And last of all, i thing people are playing mostly dps heroes but they are suck at it as well, so understanding your own style, like you guys said, is really important.
I'd love more of these videos, please and thank you~ I already knew all of what you talked here, but I'm sure I'd learn quite a few things if you kept it going... Personally, I've never been into fps at all before overwatch, so my aim is all over the place, tips for how I could train to aim better and keep my cursor where it needs to be. I love to play Zaria, but with my aim how it is, I just can't keep the beam on my targets, so I eventually stopped playing her, but I'd love to play her again if I get better.
Advanced Hero guides that analyze specific maps and set ups for certain heroes (i.e. Symmetra turret placement or Widowmaker/Genji/Ana spots) and when to play them in a match using Quadrant theory
+Nicolas Luis Sanchez Muñoz there's only 3, Winston , reinhatdt, and symetra, so that's not a big pool. Try playing custom games and adjust your sensitivity, that's a big part of it
something that works for other characters besides snipers is to start placing the cursor near the places enemies will show up and move from there instead of just reacting from anywhere strangely enough, when i said this on discord the other day +move the arm not the wrist they just said "oohh" lol btw, i did start aiming a bit ahead instead of right on top of people and im hitting more now... go figure
Hey Ryan and Misca, In a few of your videos you have mentioned not playing too many heroes in ranked to avoid spreading yourself too thin. So I ask, whats a good number? And what kind of spread should we aim for across the different roles? (2 Dmg/Space control, 2 Tank, 2 Support?)
As many people in comments mention uncooparativ teammates and the problems with them, I'd like to see more videos on how to improve your attutide. Players can improve their gaming skill, but OW is such a highly team based game that good manners and attitude wins you more games than skill
I've noticed myself getting a bit tunnel-visioned at times trying to kill an enemy and I overextend as a result and sometimes die. Getting over-eager to engage in a teamfight can be risky and I need to dial back a bit since I'm a naturally aggressive player.
i usually do this while looking for the next match and sometimes during the game. i always question how good i'm doing, if i need to change my strategy or hero so i can pair it with another teammates, why we lost or won the match and did i play a major role in either outcome, and so on. its really helped me get better at supporting my team and myself since i play solo and sometimes i even get players on other teams telling me i did good or asking me questions to help them get better, or if i want to group up with them sometimes.
The best way to improve - arm yourself with knowledge and actually think during the games, don't just go in autopilot mode and shoot the 1st thing that you see on the screen. Like imagine it was a real war outside - would you just go in like that? Would you stay in the open or would you always hide behind cover when possible, etc.
Eddie 'JaggSauce' Gluskin You have just enough time while you are dead to recap most things and especially between the rounds. Overwatch is a fast paced game yes, but that doesn't mean that you have to rely only on your instincts and muscle memory. Analyze the situation in advance, should you be in the front dealing damage to Reinhears barrier or is it better for the team if I protect the only support in the team and let the others spam at the barrier. There are so many little things that people just don't think about (at least in gold elo and below). They just blindly want into the choke where everyone is spamming, they try the same thing multiple times even though it doesn't work people do not want to change their tactics.
A good idea is to write all the characters down on paper and go through one character for 2 or 3 games and see write down how many times you died then you can see what characters you are better at
Good video guys. I'd like to hear more about the best way to analyze your play after the game. If you record all your games, what do you look for when reviewing the videos? What's the best way to identify your weak points? Thanks!
I think one of the main problems I have as a D.VA main is that I play to aggressive like I will go up against enemies in big group solo instead sitting back with the team.
im a man of simple tastes, when i see no healer or tank, i change to torb, widow or hanzo and i sit back and enjoy the show, specially with the new animations
your videos helped a lot and it does helped to review yourself even do solo when you have learned several herpes ans don't stick to one and try to talk with others tell them what does the teams needs or change yourself if the team comp needs another hero, but then there's the hanzo only players that never change in the match and makes you lose because he keeps dying to the enemy reaper
a good hanzo player should rarely lose to a reaper unless it's his ult imo and even then if you don't have someone to shut down his ult the hanzo should be able to kill him if he isn't that close.
I consider myself to be pretty good with 1-2 heroes from every category (well, maybe except for defense, but then again, who picks those heroes anyway?). So I'm really flexible and can play whatever the team needs.
I'm good with D.VA, I have the most luck with her. I'm trying to play widowmaker more depending on the map and what role, preferably defense on Hanamura. As well as, Watchpoint Gibraltar.
I notice that i do really well in control maps, but tend to fall apart in payload maps. I don't know if it's necessarily hero choice or the fact sometimes I don't know when to run away from a fight lol.
on the topic of flex picking, I noticed that pro teams have players dedicated to the roles, so like tank and support. Since I like only played hog I decided to just main the whole tank role, and picked up support as a flex and I have improved extremely at the game I personally think that instead of getting good at an assortment of heroes you should just pick a main and off role, only my opinion tho
It's all about knowing the maps and knowing where your team is. A good idea might be to watch some streams/casts of professional games and watch where they position themselves.
How about more videos showing people where to defend at the choke hold and why. I can't tell you how many matches I've had where my team thinks attacking the enemy spawn is best.
I love this video it helps a lot but I'd like you to make a video like this about healers. I want to be the best healer and I'm always trying to improve my game.
plz do video about basic team composition for ranked so many losses are cause by the team having too many attack/sniper classes and people won't switch cause "it's my favorite character" and "we don't need a tank/healer"
Okay, so when do you know when is a good time to ult and when to save it? I play a lot of Tracer and this is the biggest thing I struggle with, when is a good time to throw my bomb and when to save it?
I'm main Dva and i get 90% of games 2-3 gold medals in kills. Just play it like a flanker and not like a tank. Fly behind enemies, distract them, make maybe one follow you and kill him. Combine your ultra with zarya for easy tetra kills.
With Reaper flank ppl like Torbjorn and Bastion, its just what he is helpful for. also if its and aim Issue dont hold down left click the whole time when shooting at some1 just shoot, wait till there im your crosshair and shoot again. Its suprising how much this tip actually can help u
So I have a Question: I'm a Support main, and I really want to learn assault heroes. But almost every time I pick a Soldier or Reaper, the team simply does not pick a healer, so we start to lose. Sometimes I change to Mercy or Lucio to balance this, and than I don't have the opportunity to practice the assault heros properly. What do I do in these situations? Stick to the assault heroes? Change to supports?
Great vids all around. How about a vid on going from QP to competitive? I wanna make the jump but my friends and I are at different levels aannnddd, I live in South Korea where the players are unreal and there's little communication available. Any tips on jumping in?
depends on your SR, unless your realmy high its fine to play him. He is VERY good on Eichenwalde and payload maps. but really defense on anything is find
You guys make great videos and get to the right point. The problem however is the players... most of them only play dps, they even suck at it, they are toxic they don't wanna change and they always say they are the best cause they have gold medals...which is absolute non sense if they don't help the squad with the objectives...
Twice today When I was playing it was us, you know an average team of lvl 100 and maybe lvl 200, and the other team had like 2 lvl 400 and one team had a lvl 500. I thought we were done, I honestly didnt think we would win, But (it was route 66) they didnt even get the first check point, and I was proud of our team, but you know why we one? those high lvl just picked offense heros the whole time not caring what there team needed. That and on Defend I played Mei and stalled them for aslong as I could
I just want to get to diamond but since I main support I can't gain enough rank to be able to still improve if I lose the occasional 1 game. I won 4 games in a row and lost once so overall I only gained 5 more rank than when I started.
Can you provide defense strategies for various assault or payload maps. A lot of people seem to struggle on defense. I personally have trouble at the start of route 66 on defense.
Can you do advanced guides for every hero because I'm ok at all heroes but I'm only really good at soldier. My team doesn't let me play anyone else. I just want to be useful to my team in a way other than damage dealer.
like the quick-deliver format of bullet points and short explanations. helpful for a busy guy listening over breakfast and in a time crunch
Good to hear!
listen to Zentatta, I'm serous. Play him in quick play and listen to what he says (especially the respawn and discord lines) he says some very wise things, like "do not be discouraged..." , "you must learn from your mistakes" and my favorite "In anger you defeat only your self"
"Overconfidence is a flimsy shield" is my favourite quote in the game. Zen is the best senpai.
I am on fire, but do not require an extinguisher.
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"Consider only victory, make defeat an impossibility in your mind."
"we are in harmony my student(s)"
My recommendation for improving is to go into custom games and learn the maps. Map knowledge is incredibly helpful. Early on through open beta and after release I was able to carry most games through knowledge alone, and my skills caught up in time. Another tip is look at every character's abilities and get an idea of what to look for from each of them, try getting an idea of when they're weak. Lastly, when in doubt, pick 76. He fills plenty of space and is arguably the easiest character to learn as he was designed as a COD/Battlefield type character.
If you know the map better than your opponent, that already gives you a major advantage. Learn the maps and learn them well. Commit as much as possible to memory so you don't have to waste time searching for a flanking route or a health pack.
I appreciate the level of professionalism you display on this channel
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How about a video on when to alternate fire as opposed to primary fire for heroes that have it.
Solid idea, would love to see that
Specially for Mercy :p
I would like but I'm on mobile so... +1
Pretty simple. Is your heal target at full health? Damage boost. Are they not at full health? Heal them.
Tracer could alternately shoot each of her pistols for half damage from each, but continuous fire (no reload time as she reloads while firing the other one), and slightly better accuracy at longer range.
The problem I've been having, is that in quick play, I'm decent. I'm relaxed, I'm having fun. But as soon as I enter competitive, the mood changes, and there's a lot more pressure on me to do well, and I crack. I make dumb mistakes, I get super stressed out, and I do horrible, even as my best heroes. At one point, it got so bad that I stopped playing video games for almost 2 weeks. I want to play comp, and my friends want me to play with them, but they strive under pressure, and I crack completely. How do I prevent the stress of competitive from devouring me?
I feel you bro. I have the same issue, my free play stats are way better than my comp ones because I just end up feeling bad that I made a stupid decision that got me killed or that I can't aim for sh*t for some reason.
Play a lot dont worry about losses, as long ur playing with ur friends losing isnt too bad unless you play solo. Playing more will get you used to the flow of competitive and pressure will disappear eventually.
Just keep playing more comp and less QP. That way you'll be more casual with Comp. Even better play Comp with friends which will help keep the enviormental low stress. Reember at the end of the day, Comp or not, OVERWATCH is just a game
Just stop playing quick play and play competitive only during the season.
Maybe you start lower than you would like but once it starts to feel normal you can climb, worked for me at least.
But you probably need to play solo or with new people if you're friends don't have the same problems in comp.
Same here man. You/We just have to play more. It gets easier, like with everything else that is challenging in life. The best advice I can give you is to play it safe, don't put yourself at risk without reason as the worst thing you can do to your team is to die, but even when this happens try to take it as just part of the game. When you respawn wait for your team mates and tell them to group up (strength in numbers), don't rush on the point unless the game is ending in about a min and you have to contest. Never trickle in.
When you are against two or more enemies play it safe and fallback. If you have no other choice than to fight don't panic, stay as cool as you can and try to think of the enemy as bots. You won't believe this but some pro players go to psychologists to help them deal with the stress and this is one of the advice they often get.
Improve your skills by playing a lot in the training area and custom games until you fill confident you really know your mains inside out, as confidence is a big component in 1v1 battles. If you feel that you can beat your opponent you probably can, but if you have too many doubts you leave the door open for mistakes ;)
Work on your mouse sensitivity (always prefer lower settings) as this will help you to track your enemies better at long and short range so, even if you panic a bit, your cross-hair won't go all over the place.
Sorry for the long post. Hope this helps you a little at least. :)
This helped me for Dmg heroes: Get to know their damage output and how much damage they do at different distances - this can be done in the training mode. This will help you calculate situations better during fights (such as when best to reload/how much dps you should expect to inflict on people) and also help position yourself better to maximise your damage output.
Thank you guys for this, you guys are always my go-to for Overwatch videos.
My main learning points from this game have all been around team dynamics. Balance the team (always have supports, tanks), fight at the chokes (not the enemy spawn) , get on the mic (provide info, no flaming), group up (don't trickle in), and stack your ultimates. Do these and it doesn't matter so much if you suck with a hero, which in my case is just as well.
I like how easy you made it to understand your points. Although as simple as these tips were, they are often overlooked.
Thanks guys, I only have a 2150 SR but it was 1950, and I've moved into the top 16% of D.Va players in Season 2. Keep up the good work, you guys help a ton
I'd love to see more videos like this, both in tone and content. A lot of y'alls videos have helped me improve my game.
A possible way to help you guys out in producing content without getting quagmired by minutia is to concentrate on improvement videos by class, not individual heroes.
A topic I would like to see is how to deal with uncoordinated teams. I've had some matches where there was no communication between any players and we lost the matches due to the lack of communication despite having seemingly decent players on the field. Two particular instances really stick out in my mind and it was like herding cats despite trying to call plays or even get a basic group up going for a push. If you could cover that or how to both call shots and play in a team it would be great.
Good video on how to get better! I was taught a three column technique: what went well, what were the gaps, what will we do next time. Rinse, repeat.
a run through of the different drills that you might be able to do when practicing heroes. Not just talking about the typical widowmaker/mccree aiming but if you have other ideas for all of the heroes that would be really useful
Love this! maybe a good thing to talk about when improving is communication in a team when solo Que. Alot of the mentality depends on the way people interact with eachother during or between the matches. This affects the way they play alot!
Focusing on yourself was probably the key point. I will do it more now. Pretty hard to do at Gold where everyone just keeps rushing in to the enemy spawn on defence, though, lol.
I would love to see videos in the vein of "Special Tips When Playing X." Things like "Really Great Places Lucio Can Wallride" or "When and On Whom to Use Ana's Ult."
For what it's worth, I subscribe to the "one character of each type" strategy. Offense is Pharah, Tank is D.Va, Defense is Bastion, Support is Mercy, Sniper is Hanzo, and Builder is Symmetra.
I think you guys are doing great. I want to improve upon myself and these videos are a great help. Thank you!
Just a tip for whoever is playing on the gameplay in the background: when playing Zarya activate the allies health bar.. It's easier to see who's taking damage so you can shield them
One tip that has helped me get comfortable with the heroes in overwatch and become more confident playing them is to personalize each heroes controls. I don't know if this works for everyone but for me it definitely did.
What's been helping me lately is, and this is no joke, if I focus my eyes in a slightly different way and hold my mouse in a slightly different way; my ability to aim, especially with tracking aim style weapons like with Tracer or Zarya, becomes significantly better. Seriously, if I focus directly *on* the dot reticule, instead of what's past it, and if I slide my hand up a bit so I'm hitting the mouse buttons more with my entire finger rather than just tapping it with my fingertip, I enter beastmode. It's just so hard to remind myself to do.
I think getting a friend who can consistently play with you is excellent. with then in gave you can get near immediate feedback as to what is working or not. it also provides an exp boost so getting more games in means getting more loot boxes.
A video on which map/hero combinations are particularly powerful would be helpful
Do a video on ways to warm up before a competitive match, maybe ways to warm up by yourself and with different numbers of a premade
I absolutely love these types of videos.
You spent 7:40 saying basically nothing. You offered no advice on how to improve anything at all. No advice on how to improve your aim, how to practice a certain skill set or anything like that. You just offered up very generic platitudes like "practice and improve." HOW?! In short, you title is very misleading.
Love the video guys, keep up the good work. My only tip is to try and know where you team is and where you should be located in relation to them based on your class... and STOP over extending and then bitching that you get no heals.
i would like to see ppl send in vids of themself playing and you guys rate the performance and what they could do better
I actually really liked this! Pls do more in the "chilled" tone. :d
Great video, I love the high level overview stuff
Ok, here's a request for the +Overwatch Central guys, then: Tips for improving *at low SR*. I know you just listed "focus on yourself & playing the best *you* can" during mid-game, but your impact on the match can only amount to so much.
One tip I would give to everyone that Mysca made in this gameplay video - Do not get health packs when a healer is healing you, you have a shield (like zarya), or when your health isn't really low (getting huge health packs when you lost 30 health).
A other little tip: If you have a Nvidia card, you have shadow play. You can (by pressing F2 for exemple, you can choose what ever you wan't) record the last 20min gameplay. Then you do not have to record all of your games (you can choose a 5min record back than 20, up to you). Something go wrong and you do not have the answer: F2 => back record, you can watch it after ! (sorry for my english ^^)
Guys please upload a video about how to deal with bad teammates who dont want to switch from dps and keep blaming the others for losing
A fuckin MEN brother. Backpacks get real heavy
What could you even do about that? Changing their shit attitude is up to that player and if they're that bad anything you say to them is gonna go in one ear and out the other.
Realistically you can't force any other player to do anything . But what you can do to try and improve the situation is how you interact with them. Do not blame them or anyone on your team, that makes the situation worse . Be polite and positive also helps, by calling people friends or team mates. Ask politely if they could switch or switch yourself to work around the person.
For starters dont insult them and ask nicely. This just pisses them off and they will not switch. Also try and give them a reason like "Its not working please switch" or "Our comp would work better if" etc.
I find that if you describe the team comp you think would work, and why it would work, that many players will switch either right away or once they figure out that their idea isn't working so well. also, when you see a bad team comp, try to figure out how that comp would work best together and suggest that you guys play that way. example. ..bastion and honzo on attack with a symetra, not ideal but you can try to get them to group up and grab Reinhardt and shield them to increase everybody's effectiveness
i like symetra on anubis 1st point but if we lose the point i just switch to zen or lusio
Ur a good person
There need to be more people in the world like you.
The world could use more heroes
good old Lusio
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I think videos like this are important for people like me who haven't played a lot of FPS in awhile and are inconsistant. I never would have thought about recording myself to watch later. I think more advice on how to work on your game awareness, and aim and flank mechanics would be great.
Please make this kind of videos more. For improving, learning all maps and senk. spawning time with teammates is crucial as a first step i guess. And last of all, i thing people are playing mostly dps heroes but they are suck at it as well, so understanding your own style, like you guys said, is really important.
+Eddie 'JaggSauce' Gluskin indeed, same as my situation.
communication is probably the biggest thing on winning and improving
I'd love more of these videos, please and thank you~
I already knew all of what you talked here, but I'm sure I'd learn quite a few things if you kept it going...
Personally, I've never been into fps at all before overwatch, so my aim is all over the place, tips for how I could train to aim better and keep my cursor where it needs to be.
I love to play Zaria, but with my aim how it is, I just can't keep the beam on my targets, so I eventually stopped playing her, but I'd love to play her again if I get better.
My biggest flaw is my 20% accuracy on all heroes (I'm serious, this is not supposed to be a joke)
Even with Reaper?
Mr.Smiles1408 Sigh... yes. My aim is seriously horrible
Winston, rein, lucio - ur choice
abbufu1 Yeah I play mostly Mercy and Reinhardt, I can actually be pretty good with those characters.
You're not the only one :'(
As always very informative guys, keep it up.
Advanced Hero guides that analyze specific maps and set ups for certain heroes (i.e. Symmetra turret placement or Widowmaker/Genji/Ana spots) and when to play them in a match using Quadrant theory
Give Phara a fucking Metroid skin already.
I think it would fit D.va better since she can go in and out of a mech suit.
That would be fucking awesome!
Could you make a guide on how to aim better? I suck at aiming...T_T
Play Winston. He requires positional thinking and matchup knowledge.
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Practice on the practice range and on solo custom matches. that helped me out, specifically with Mcree is what I did to practice headshots
Try to learn some characters that don't really require it
+Nicolas Luis Sanchez Muñoz there's only 3, Winston , reinhatdt, and symetra, so that's not a big pool. Try playing custom games and adjust your sensitivity, that's a big part of it
something that works for other characters besides snipers is to start placing the cursor near the places enemies will show up and move from there instead of just reacting from anywhere
strangely enough, when i said this on discord the other day +move the arm not the wrist they just said "oohh" lol
btw, i did start aiming a bit ahead instead of right on top of people and im hitting more now... go figure
Hey Ryan and Misca,
In a few of your videos you have mentioned not playing too many heroes in ranked to avoid spreading yourself too thin. So I ask, whats a good number? And what kind of spread should we aim for across the different roles? (2 Dmg/Space control, 2 Tank, 2 Support?)
This video has some of the most self-explanatory stuff in it and is completely full of tropes and myths to improving.
Yeah, it's clickbait garbage
"Find out where you make mistakes, and don't do them"
Amazing at all the people who have liked this video. Piece of shit. You don't have to go daily. Just make good content. Quality over quality
+Eddie 'JaggSauce' Gluskin forgive me I meant quality over quantity. My phone was being dumb
Really like the idea of this sort of video more often
As many people in comments mention uncooparativ teammates and the problems with them, I'd like to see more videos on how to improve your attutide. Players can improve their gaming skill, but OW is such a highly team based game that good manners and attitude wins you more games than skill
Please make a video on how to make the most of your teams support. (Gathering up around lucio, easy to get to spot for mercy and etc.)
I've noticed myself getting a bit tunnel-visioned at times trying to kill an enemy and I overextend as a result and sometimes die. Getting over-eager to engage in a teamfight can be risky and I need to dial back a bit since I'm a naturally aggressive player.
Nice, practical advice like this is always useful.
Hey, thanks! Really useful tips. I do need to analyze my game more to figure out how to improve, I feel like I'm mired at a pretty low skill level.
Please make a video on what heros you should have on specific maps and detailed guides on maps
yo guys this was really helpful cause it was fast incitful and thought provoking, yo so keep it up with these, guys
The juxtaposition of the game footage and the topic is hilarious.
Hey guys! Could you guys have a list-overview in the description for future videos like this? It would be a welcome addition I think. THANKS
i usually do this while looking for the next match and sometimes during the game. i always question how good i'm doing, if i need to change my strategy or hero so i can pair it with another teammates, why we lost or won the match and did i play a major role in either outcome, and so on. its really helped me get better at supporting my team and myself since i play solo and sometimes i even get players on other teams telling me i did good or asking me questions to help them get better, or if i want to group up with them sometimes.
The best way to improve - arm yourself with knowledge and actually think during the games, don't just go in autopilot mode and shoot the 1st thing that you see on the screen. Like imagine it was a real war outside - would you just go in like that? Would you stay in the open or would you always hide behind cover when possible, etc.
Eddie 'JaggSauce' Gluskin You have just enough time while you are dead to recap most things and especially between the rounds. Overwatch is a fast paced game yes, but that doesn't mean that you have to rely only on your instincts and muscle memory. Analyze the situation in advance, should you be in the front dealing damage to Reinhears barrier or is it better for the team if I protect the only support in the team and let the others spam at the barrier. There are so many little things that people just don't think about (at least in gold elo and below). They just blindly want into the choke where everyone is spamming, they try the same thing multiple times even though it doesn't work people do not want to change their tactics.
A good idea is to write all the characters down on paper and go through one character for 2 or 3 games and see write down how many times you died then you can see what characters you are better at
Tip: don't grab a large health pack when a mercy is healing you (unless you are a tank/emergency) it costs mercy ultimate charge.
Great video. I'd love more tips on comp since season 2 is my first :) Thanks!
Good video guys. I'd like to hear more about the best way to analyze your play after the game. If you record all your games, what do you look for when reviewing the videos? What's the best way to identify your weak points?
Thanks!
Good vid. Character specific vids of a similar nature would be great.
I think one of the main problems I have as a D.VA main is that I play to aggressive like I will go up against enemies in big group solo instead sitting back with the team.
im a man of simple tastes, when i see no healer or tank, i change to torb, widow or hanzo and i sit back and enjoy the show, specially with the new animations
nice video. I use custom headshot only for practice every day 20 mins at the very.least. it gets my hands and eye coordination all better.
I would love to see a guide on positioning.
your videos helped a lot and it does helped to review yourself even do solo when you have learned several herpes ans don't stick to one and try to talk with others tell them what does the teams needs or change yourself if the team comp needs another hero, but then there's the hanzo only players that never change in the match and makes you lose because he keeps dying to the enemy reaper
a good hanzo player should rarely lose to a reaper unless it's his ult imo and even then if you don't have someone to shut down his ult the hanzo should be able to kill him if he isn't that close.
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What do you suggest to do when a teammate is making recurring mistakes, but gets aggravated when told?
I consider myself to be pretty good with 1-2 heroes from every category (well, maybe except for defense, but then again, who picks those heroes anyway?). So I'm really flexible and can play whatever the team needs.
I'm good with D.VA, I have the most luck with her. I'm trying to play widowmaker more depending on the map and what role, preferably defense on Hanamura. As well as, Watchpoint Gibraltar.
Love this kind of video thanks guys
I notice that i do really well in control maps, but tend to fall apart in payload maps. I don't know if it's necessarily hero choice or the fact sometimes I don't know when to run away from a fight lol.
on the topic of flex picking, I noticed that pro teams have players dedicated to the roles, so like tank and support. Since I like only played hog I decided to just main the whole tank role, and picked up support as a flex and I have improved extremely at the game I personally think that instead of getting good at an assortment of heroes you should just pick a main and off role, only my opinion tho
You are right . I am mostly tank main too ( play lots of Rein , Hog and Dva ) but i also play a lot of Lucio , Soldier , Junkrat and Genji
So, question... What program do you guys use to record your matches? Also, is it free or did you have to buy it?
I recommend OBS. A little difficult to set-up but there are guides. I'ts also free.
I would be happy when my teammates on the public ts would watch your videos ^^
Tips on positioning with different types of heroes would be nice
It's all about knowing the maps and knowing where your team is. A good idea might be to watch some streams/casts of professional games and watch where they position themselves.
How about more videos showing people where to defend at the choke hold and why. I can't tell you how many matches I've had where my team thinks attacking the enemy spawn is best.
I love this video it helps a lot but I'd like you to make a video like this about healers. I want to be the best healer and I'm always trying to improve my game.
plz do video about basic team composition for ranked so many losses are cause by the team having too many attack/sniper classes and people won't switch cause "it's my favorite character" and "we don't need a tank/healer"
Okay, so when do you know when is a good time to ult and when to save it? I play a lot of Tracer and this is the biggest thing I struggle with, when is a good time to throw my bomb and when to save it?
I'd like to know how to get better with DvA
Same
git gud
Hold right click.
I'm main Dva and i get 90% of games 2-3 gold medals in kills. Just play it like a flanker and not like a tank. Fly behind enemies, distract them, make maybe one follow you and kill him. Combine your ultra with zarya for easy tetra kills.
Aim and hold right trigger. The only challenge is playing the floor is lava when you lose your mech.
Yes could we get practice tips on Pharah reaper Winston and D.va
Any super advanced tips on how to play zarya? I know you need to time your shields and alt fire when you're low on ammo. But not sure what else
Strategies with reaper, soldier and diva pls
+patttiat thank you for the helpful insight
With Reaper flank ppl like Torbjorn and Bastion, its just what he is helpful for. also if its and aim Issue dont hold down left click the whole time when shooting at some1 just shoot, wait till there im your crosshair and shoot again. Its suprising how much this tip actually can help u
+Degenerate Bleach ok I got it
So I have a Question: I'm a Support main, and I really want to learn assault heroes. But almost every time I pick a Soldier or Reaper, the team simply does not pick a healer, so we start to lose. Sometimes I change to Mercy or Lucio to balance this, and than I don't have the opportunity to practice the assault heros properly. What do I do in these situations? Stick to the assault heroes? Change to supports?
play quickplay on assuly heros for practice, not everything has to be competitive
Great vids all around. How about a vid on going from QP to competitive? I wanna make the jump but my friends and I are at different levels aannnddd, I live in South Korea where the players are unreal and there's little communication available. Any tips on jumping in?
And apply everything from this video in your life.
Do you guys think Junkrat should be played in competitive? If so, in what way? What type of maps and team setups?
depends on your SR, unless your realmy high its fine to play him. He is VERY good on Eichenwalde and payload maps. but really defense on anything is find
from :19-:28 there's some audio that must have been quieted or not taken out in editing
You guys make great videos and get to the right point. The problem however is the players... most of them only play dps, they even suck at it, they are toxic they don't wanna change and they always say they are the best cause they have gold medals...which is absolute non sense if they don't help the squad with the objectives...
Twice today When I was playing it was us, you know an average team of lvl 100 and maybe lvl 200, and the other team had like 2 lvl 400 and one team had a lvl 500. I thought we were done, I honestly didnt think we would win, But (it was route 66) they didnt even get the first check point, and I was proud of our team, but you know why we one? those high lvl just picked offense heros the whole time not caring what there team needed. That and on Defend I played Mei and stalled them for aslong as I could
Any tips for improving Winston?
I just want to get to diamond but since I main support I can't gain enough rank to be able to still improve if I lose the occasional 1 game. I won 4 games in a row and lost once so overall I only gained 5 more rank than when I started.
Can you provide defense strategies for various assault or payload maps. A lot of people seem to struggle on defense. I personally have trouble at the start of route 66 on defense.
Just before season two began i started playing zarya. I have her basics down but I'd like to know some tips to help me play the character better
Like Ryan, I'm playing a lot of Reinhardt, would be nice if you could give us some tips about him :D
Can you do advanced guides for every hero because I'm ok at all heroes but I'm only really good at soldier. My team doesn't let me play anyone else. I just want to be useful to my team in a way other than damage dealer.
Hey guys I was wondering if you can make a video based on using Genji in this new patch? Id like to see your guys ideas on him now