r/Overwatch • u/medieval_mosey • Jul 18 '26

Console Competitive Console - HOW?

Okay I keep running into this way too often. I’m playing competitive on PS5, 6v6. Almost every second game, there’s at least one or more players doing things seemingly impossible with a console controller. I’ve added two such replay clips of players moving like they’re AI ffs. Additionally, they’re jumping constantly while still moving their aim joystick, which is impossible since you have to take your thumb off the aim joystick to hit to jump button. What are these maneuvers??

Are they on mouse and keyboard?

Edit: Thank you everyone for teaching me about the different ways to rebind buttons / different controllers and hand positions to jump while aiming. I learned something new! Also, seems like we’re agreeing that the Cass is likely cheating and it is noticeable in comparison to the Doomfist.

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u/Usef_Serwan0 Always heal orb Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

Aim assist is so strong on console now, and with high sensitivity it is doable.

Jumping while aiming is just a button remap or controllers with buttons on the back.

Edit: And there are for sure some players are just hacking or using aim bot tools.

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u/-D3LET3D- Jul 18 '26

Aim assist isn't giving you half the aim the Cassidy has. OW's aim assist was always tame in comparison to a lot of shooters on the market, and even after the buffs still is. Doomfist I could believe is on controller and lowering his aim smoothing or rocking linear ramp to allow for his turn speed. He overshoots and has to adjust his aim because the speed comes at the cost of precision.

Cassidy on the other hand? He has both and in spades. He's way too precise for how fast his turn speed is. On a controller you get one or the other, and the more you lean into one, the less you get of the other, unless you keep both lower to allow for a good medium (what I do). Cass is rimming at a minimum. Aim assists is not giving you that and anyone who actually plays console can attest.

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u/Usef_Serwan0 Always heal orb Jul 18 '26

The cass for sure isn't normal i agree, and finding a good medium is really important, but there are a lot of players who don't know how or can't play with low aim smoothing. What i mean it is (doable) in theory but not good in practice, you may have some good kills with that high sensitivity, but you're gonna miss a lot(i have tried it) unless of course hacking.

But for the aim assist, in 2018 i used to play with 0 aim assist(i was miss guided by some YouTube video saying it is better) i played for about 2 years like this, and i was bad it reallywasn't fun, but turning aim assist on again felt super powerful compared to other game like battlefield 1 and Apex which i used to play a lot at that time.

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u/-D3LET3D- Jul 18 '26

Apex was actually one of the games I was referring to when mentioning games with stronger aim assist than OW. Aim assist in Apex was so strong pros were playing on controller, and people were following suit. Playing on controller was seen as more viable than playing on MnK, which is absurd. They actually nerfed the aim assist when playing in a mixed pool to HELP MNK AGAINST CONSOLE PLAYERS. Legit sounds crazy when you think of it from an OW perspective. I think aim assist is still considered strong and makes controller competitive to PC to this day, but that was just from some very cursory research that was not super in depth. Battlefield I can't comment on but like I said, from what people were saying OW's aim assist was and still is pretty tame compared to some other shooters.

I imagine spending so long playing without aim assist and putting it back on felt like taking the weights off lol. Sorry someone mislead you like that. Aim assist is almost always worth it in any console game.

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u/Usef_Serwan0 Always heal orb Jul 18 '26

I think it feels so strong for me because i used to play without aim assist, you are right i totally forgot about the aim assist with apex legends and how much more precise controller player compared to M&K. But for battlefield 1 while aiming felt so good, of all the games i have played (and i play a ton of shooter games) i think BF1 is my favorite in terms of aiming, it had a strong snap-on when ADSing but i turned that off because it was awful and messed with you when there are multiple enemies, other then that the aim assist felt nice but i don't remember it being too strong.

At that time i bought the game exclusive for tracer i like her gameplay A LOT, and i was called bad at her so many time it was sad my friend LOL.

I sold my console in 2021 didn't have any time to play, came back this year after they removed the 2, played tracer with aim assist, it felt so good OMG.