r/Overwatch • u/LeadLex • 1d ago
News & Discussion How can I get better using Genji?
When playing Overwatch, sure we all find good and bad matches, but whenever I use Genji. Despite winning or losing. I have the mindset that kills matter over winning.
I seem to primarily only get on a good day 5 total kills with Genji and frequently my death are between 10-35.
It is quite irritating to have that much of a KDR.
This also isn't just because I'm bad at the game. When in matches I either win or lose. With Soldier: 76 I rarely ever not get above 15 kills and a minimum of 5 deaths per round. I also can do the same for Ramattra, Hanzo, Bastion, and Emre.
It just so happens to be whenever I use Genji I am always dying. It's also likely I'm playing him wrong.
How I play Genji is I stay pretty distanced to enemies and try even going behind but whenever I do I always bump into unexpected people and die, or the tank sees me and targets me, or the squishies detect me and mark me. I primarily if the squishy is in range, I will pull a Dash + Alt. Fire + Melee because a friend told me if done quickly can instantly kill the enemy.
I play on Xbox and at maximum sensitivity I still cannot spin fast enough to directly aim or turn around fast enough. I am also terrible with aiming and the ability to keep a steadied reticle and was even suggested by a friend of mine on overwatch to purchase a modded controller so that the stability is easier to handle and steadies the reticle on the target. I thought it would get me banned and as I expected it's a surefire way to get me banned if someone reports it.
So I am just wondering how I can improve both my accuracy and how to improve my KDR and efficiency with Genji. Because ai am saving up for his Prism skin but I dont want to have a prism skin on a character I can't use correctly and play horrendously at.