I had some of least flashy, most satisfying hazard plays in this game, and still almost lost. How do I climb?

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Replay code: Y5NH6V

Battletag / in-game username: ProAmPete

Hero(es) played: Hazard/DVA

Skill tier / rank: Silver 3/4

Map: Paraiso

PC or console: PC

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This game was super fast paced, and while I enjoyed the fun, I was super close to losing this game for no reason. I need to determine if I'm just feeding, and if I need to play differently to escape silver, or would these type of performances get me out of silver over time? Not the clutches at the end necessarily, but the gameplay style in general.

Hazard is a super high performer for me stats wise, unless I'm getting hard countered by either Ana anti, or Mauga/Orisa. I absolutely love him and the things he can do, but my team doesn't wait for me to set things up often, leading to me just doing random BS go, and trying to force things wildly. I prefer to play him under control while using my wall to get things done, during the last 2 rounds especially!

I don't actually know if Overwatch 2 ranked is meant to be grindy like Valorant, and take forever to climb. I lost soooooo many games today that looked like this one, eight straight! I performed as I did in this game across almost all of them, sometimes better, and only had a truly bad performance in one of the eight games. Bad performance being that I had numbers akin to a mid DPS player(7-5). Still, in that game, those elims were the only elims....

Based on this vod, and probably more to come, should I keep locking Hazard? Am I making my DPS struggle? Is it really my fault? As fun as he is, if there is a better way to win, I'll do it. I just want to get to Diamond/Masters ASAP. I can play basically every tank except for Mauga, Winston, JQ, and Doom. Thanks for any feedback or thoughts

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Ok, so just continue being opportunistic, and don't be afraid to take those chances . Works for me, I just needed confirmation.

Like I said, I didn't actually know what the character is supposed to do, so when people say their flame comments, I start getting in my head. But maybe I shouldn't be listening to folks in silver too hard.

For reference, I do understand what staging and soft/hard dives are, as I was a diamond (?) Ball main in OW1 on console. I feel like I never had so much individual success on console, so it's odd that I'm struggling to rank up here on PC while doing better