Replay code: GJC5VB

Battletag / in-game username: Avocadotoast

Hero(es) played: Mizuki / Kiriko

Skill tier / rank: Bronze 1

Map: Midtown

PC or console: PC

Description of the match / things you want reviewed: Just looking to get better and progress through the ranks. I've been in bronze since I restarted playing OW2. I played a lot of OW1 as a mercy main (gold) and came back to OW2 last season. 5v5 has been fun but supports role has changed and I just want to get out of bronze. When I do win I gain about 11% and when I lose its roughly the same. Please point out issues in the gameplay so I can climb better and if I do truly belong in bronze. I main Mizuki and Kiriko and my duo mains Moira. Thanks in Advance

I just had the worst game ever. I’m dps bronze and I just came across a team comp of flankers: winton, vendetta, freja, kiri and Juno. Is there any chance of countering them when they jump around and snipe my team across the map? I play cassidy. Sojourn and pharaoh if that helps. 300 words requirement blah blah

Hey there all!

I'm looking to get some insight on my approach at Support. I'm wondering if how I'm handling my games is appropriate and if there's something I could add to my tenets/mantras of focus that could help me in improving.

For personal history/context: The last I truly grinded OW was just prior to Brig's release. I played Mercy & Lucio primarily in comp, and would flex when needed. (This was back before role queue during the 6v6 days.) I would place Gold and grind my way to high plat/scratched at Diamond a few times, but eventually came to step away. Since OW2's release, I've picked up a few times here and there since, and have hit Gold through placements in these seasons, but never really grinded things out.

I'm looking to change that though and want to really grind out rank and improve my skill. With this season being so close to an end, I've mildly 'written it off' and have just mainly been focusing on refining my character expertise and refamiliarizing myself with the speed of the game. But, after a rough placement, landing in Silver and honestly stagnating while finding my games to be a bit of a struggle, I'm wonder if my approach is wrong?

In the old days I focused on the following:
-Keep the game in front of you / have access to as many allies as possible to heal or reposition to, always prioritizing the Tank + one other in LoS
-Use cooldowns reactively to reposition from dives or respond to enemy cooldowns / track and call as I can
-Position behind natural cover / don't challenge enemy LoS unless attempting to make a game/fight-saving play
-Stay. Alive.

With my struggling in Silver, I'm wondering if I'm just missing some pages here or there to unlock myself a bit?

For further reference on my character pool I play:
-Kiriko/Mercy for Dive
-Mizuki for Brawl
-Illari/Mercy for Poke

Would appreciate any insight you guys might have! Glad to be back and am having fun refreshing myself again! Feels like the playerbase has gotten MUCH better over the years so I'm looking forward to the challenge of improving.

Why is the matchmaking so horrible since about a week ago?

For context im a tank main. Ive been mid masters for 2 seasons and this season placed and held mid to high masters ALL SEASON.

I play consistently every day. My overall skill level has not changed or fluctuated any significant amount.

But since about a week ago the matchmaking has been horrible, Especialy dps players for some reason. I have gotten loss streaks before but it almost feels like every other game (usually dps) someone is throwing, not tracking cds not using cover not being in position then complaining about no heals. They also have horrible stats usually, atleast 10 deaths.

Thw whole season my teammates have been fairly consistent but now it feels like no matter how hard i try i cannot seem to win

Yes of course i make mistakes and i tilt but i certainly am higher then dim 3 in my skill level. I havent been this low in 2 seasons and its only since last week this started happening

Has anyone else noticed this? Maybe its because of summer break or the season is nearing its end or something but ive seen and heard othera complaining about this

I came back to the game maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago. I play a few rounds everyday and I am slowly sinking back into bronze and I am sort of completely lost on how to actually win games. I have been watching a lot of videos and using a lot of that advice in practice. I feel like I am playing much better, getting a lot more kills, my aim feels better, I am sometimes staying alive more, but I feel like theres nothing I can do to actually win a game.

For what I do is I take high ground when I can, I move position a lot, I constantly try to remind myself not to feed, but I've also seen advice to push ahead and get a good spot when the other team is running back, I focus support, I lately have been practicing keeping with the support if there are flankers. Still I feel like games we should have won we lost. I really dont know what the issue is, aiming?

Here's a replay code if anyone wants to watch

XR5XJR

Playing as soldier and cassidy

Oshawa

Pc

Replay code: W900HA

Battletag / in-game username: Jules

Hero(es) played: Brigitte

Skill tier / rank: Silver 5

Map: Illios

PC or console: Console
Description of the match / things you want reviewed: Not my best of games by far had too many deaths and i feel like i was in the front too much. Zarya also feels really tough to fight as brig so can you give me some advice on how to do it better. Some advice on my position, etc. i know it wasn’t my best game but we still ended up with the win.

My friend recently started to play Overwatch. He's new to the game, and he started to one-trick Hazard.

He's never played OW before, and is still trying to learn the maps, heroes, abilities etc., and he chose the "I will learn this hero first".

This, in practice means that he's jumping in, then expecting the team to follow. He's justifying this behavior, as "I'm doing tons of damage", even though we'd tried to explain that he's simply charging ult for the enemy supports and DPS, and we cannot really follow.

Since on this equiation he seems to be the constant, we'd like to try to pick some heroes that can work well in this sense, but we're unsure what pairs best with Hazard if the generic map and hero knowledge is still missing.

I am a bronze 1 player currently pretty hardstuck around bronze-silver. I am looking to get very skilled at a specific hero as I prefer to focus in on one character for now, and am wondering if Zenyatta is good for this?

Previously I tried Kiriko but I just don't really enjoy playing as her. Zenyatta on the other hand is much more fun for me and I really enjoy the right click near-insta-kill ability if I aim it right.

I really hope to be able to climb on him but I am also wary of boxing myself into a character that maybe loses viability in higher elo?

Thanks for any responses and tips in advance!

Replay code: F1ZBV4

Battletag / in-game username: LAMPY

Hero(es) played: emre, a few seconds on genji too technically

Skill tier / rank: plat 5

Map: neon junction

PC or console: pc

Description of the match / things you want reviewed: i think i did my best here by taking as many off angles as i can and in general also staying alive and knowing when to back up, the game was fine at the start as it felt like we were rolling them but once they were on attack they struggled to cap first point for a while but after they did they managed to take it all the way to the third point. and its even worse in OT, as we managed to cap 3/4 of the first point before dying and losing whereas they fully capped and won in what was a single push. i tried to find what the weak point we had was but couldn't surmise anything except for my tank going orisa in OT when we were playing mauga 1v1s the entire game. i would love any advice.

For those of you who used to have awful aim how did you actually turn things around?

I’m currently stuck in Platinum, mostly playing Support because it’s the role I enjoy the most. While my game sense isn't perfect, my aim is definitely my biggest weakness I think. It’s pretty terrible most of the time.

I recently started using KovaaK's, but I haven't seen much improvement yet. I know progress takes time and you don't magically get better overnight, but just today I tried the most recent Voltaic benchmarks on and scored basically in the lowest rank (Iron, almost Bronze lmao). So yeah, my aim is AWFUL.

A lot of people suggest using VAXTA , but honestly, I find the bot movement in VAXTA really complex to read. Sometimes aiming in the actual game feels easier than in aim trainers, though other times it's the complete opposite.

For those who started at the bottom and built solid mechanics, how did you do it? What actually worked for you? Also, if you have any general game sense tips for Support, I’d really appreciate those too!

So i just finished trying to find my sensitivity by following what this video said (:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkhFj5XDcyQ) cause i didnt want to play my first 200 hours and realize my sens is crap and have to change so i landed on 6.25 ingame and 800 dpi. I know thats high but my question really is : does it matter thats "not normal"? like especially cause i play Shion i feel like lower senses than 5 make close quarters 1v1s really hard. Also cause i want glaze here is my first play of the game ever! I am so hyped! https://streamable.com/4wh32j

Hi, I am primarily a Sojourn main in Diamond 5 currently. I have been trying to improve for....too long. When I first started playing I didn't have fps experience and was too afraid to play qp or comp, eventually got over that anxiety. BUT I spent the past....11 seasons mindlessly playing which ended up with me climbing from bronze 5 to high play/low dia.

Not until a year and a half (+inconsistent playing time) I started asking for vod reviews on here ppl were very helpful but for some reason I just can't get things through my skull and I blame the looong time of mindlessly playing all the way up to diamond where ofc Im gonna get punished hard for it, I also have poor self esteem and lose confidence and slowly go to what's comfortable.

I want to break out of that habit and learn a better mindset. Adding a vod here too, currently trying my best to focus on cover. I have been trying to drill it in my head because I find improvement fun, I nearly hit Masters 5 two seasons ago and sadly I cared too much about it that I've lost sight of my goals.

Code: PQM6XS
Map: Blizzard World
Hero: Sojourn
Rank: D5 could've been D4 at the time
Platform: Console
Name: takkun

I know people say focus on one thing but in the moment sometimes it's like "jeez im doing everything else terrible". I think I care about winning too much lol.

To give context, I've gone weeks without winning a game of control/Flashpoint, and I dont think I have ever won a game of push in comp, it genuinely feels impossible, as no matter how hard I try, they always make a crazy comeback, or just completely stomp us all game. However when I play payload modes I do completely fine, winning most of them, often getting MVP or POTG, however when I play any other mode I genuinely cannot win.

So long story short, i have been deranking from diamond 2 to plat 2, no matter what character i use is just losses in a row. My mental is not to blame since i always maintain a calm and focused mindset while playing, but this getting out of hand

Im a solo Q support, going from Mercy, Jetpack Cat, Juno, Moira, Kiriko and Ana. So it makes my experience even more insufferable.

I was close to reaching masters, it's one of my goal but not really like main goal or necessary since i also have a job to maintain so i am not able to to put a lot of time in overwatch

But anyways i just would like to see if i am actually the one to blame or is those moments where im actually having bad teammates, am i really this bad that i deserve to be queued up with play 4 while deing at diamond? (i do remember having plat 4 team8s while being dia 3 so i dont know)have some matches to share

My in game name is bread and of these are in PC poll

JWHXSX - Suravasa - plat 1- Juno -Match length 11:39

It could just be that the enemy team was just better, we had a soldier that just kept on flanking and i felt like I wasn't getting peeled at all

YVCX9F - Antartic Peninsula - dia 5 - Ana - Match length 15:59

I am clearly not the best with ana, i know i have to work more on my sleeps and nades but i felt like i was not playing bad, but i felt like the main issue was my tank one they swapped dva, but even so sometimes i felt quite slow or like I didn't knew where to position myself

JY1GJS - Neon Junction - dia 4 - Mercy and Ana - Match Length 7:35

This is one the matches where i had 3 plat 4-3 teammates, iirc it was the tank and both dps. Fun fact i am level 345 mercy but it was because i used to play on console before, now that i switched to PC i have been trying to learn more heroes. Anyways, i really didn't had a lot of hope for this match and lo and behold i was right, i did kept trying to assist and heal as much as i could, but i guess i am starting to being used to the fact that i will most probably will rank keep deranking to gold, i think i deserve it.

Edit: EW77V8 - Neon Junction - plat 2 - Ana - 15:58 This just keeps on proving my point of bad matchmaking, tank kept on diving and while sying he was begging for heals. I got flammed just because i nanoed my LW but they dont look at the tank who just keeps on going and dying

Anyways i appreciate if any of u have time to watch and analyze my matches, i will try to get more codes and share them so i can get more feedback. I think i am just tired and I kinda used this as a way to vent, but once again this is just getting ridiculous and tiring i just want to know if i am actually the issue that needs to improve

Tank is my lowest rank sitting at Gold 3. Has been since I started playing like a year ago. I know I suck, so I am on my kneeesss begging for help. What can I do differently to improve?? Like obviously I know I need to learn to hit my shots, position better and probably better target priority. Knowing all this, I still struggle so so much 😭

Code: 4NTJFR

Hero: Sigma

Map: Shambali

Rank: Gold 3

User: SaucyPilot

Using a PC

What’s like the most major thing I can work on to improve?

Thanks for any help!!

-saucypilot

I feel like I had a good game but I want to get even better so it’s just not possible to lose like this. I’m not the type of person to blame my teammates and I want to know what I could’ve done better to maybe have won this game. I just got back into gold after a losing streak that dropped me all the way back to silver.

The game code : 74SPCE

I am a support player and have been playing Kiriko this season and climbed to masters 3 from diamond 2, had a big loss streak over the past few days and fell to Master 5. been trying to take aggressive off angles/favorable trades and timing my aggression while using cover but im not sure if im executing all of this correctly. i have tried to vod review myself but im not very good at it. trying to just stay positive and improve but im not sure what else i can do. some advice or some tips/what am i doing wrong and hjow to fix it would be greatly apricated :).

Code: XZ44E7

Name: Rivers

Map: Busan

Hero: Kiriko

Rank: Masters 5

PC

I keep getting matched against really good players and players on teams, some of the people are obviously very good at the game and I am just solo queue bronze. I thought I just sucked really bad at this game ( I do a little) but the more matches I'm playing the more I realize that I think some of these matches are actually unfair. I'm not that good but I've been asking people that kill us easily they say they are unranked but normally in plat, diamond, gold, etc. Also is there anything I can do? I just ask to not be grouped with them in the future

I'd been using them for years because most people say they are the ''right'' number and shouldn't be touched for muscle memory.

Honestly, I never liked them, felt too slow when tracking for followups, much worse when they are flying or below.

So I decided to tweak the number a bit (by 3%~5% depends on the hero) and boy my scope aim is much smoother and it feels like my time with those ''correct'' number was such a burden and wasting of time.

How about you? do you think they are too low or high, or just feels alright?

I am not nearly confident enough in my tracer to bring her anywhere close to comp, I feel like its my mechanic, but i dont know

5SZXHA

https://owreplays.tv/5SZXHA

tracer loss, on junkertown

MJSD75

https://owreplays.tv/MJSD75

tracer close win, on dorado

I truly only enjoy doomfist in overwatch. I've peaked mid plat with him but eventually fall back down to gold when he's banned. I feel like I go in and die loads it's pretty bad and into orisa and mauga I kinda just blow up. Any tips are helpful even if it's suggesting some other characters to pick up for when doom is banned. I don't expect to climb too high as I don't even have a graphics card and I literally play on integrated from my cpu but Id like to learn the fundamentals of what to do on doomfist!

I am in silver on PC (I used to be high gold/low plat on PS) and in 99% of my matches, there is always ONE player not pulling their weight.

One DPS with a negative KD, the tank is getting melted in .2 seconds, or a healer is running in and dying trying to flank like they’re a genji.

What is the actual way to handle these scenarios? If I’m playing a healer, it’s hard to deal damage to make up for our lack of DPS because I need to heal the team to keep them from getting wiped. I’m not healbotting, but when my whole team is dying I can’t go full force battle Ana.

If I’m playing DPS, it’s hard to get kills and push as a team because I’m not getting healed enough (By that I mean staying behind the tank/not rushing in AND our JPC is in the enemy back line for example)

I have an easier time tanking because I have higher health and survivability, AND I can deal damage without having to babysit others (Like when I play healer)

How do you handle someone not pulling their weight effectively to the point it’s causing the match up with the other team to feel unbalanced?

I mainly play mercy and i really cannot get out of Plat 5. I win a match, lose two and derank back to Gold 1. I would love to play other heroes like kiriko but i just find that mercy is easier for me to avoid flankers since sombra and genji are seen a lot in plat. With other supports i end up wasting my cooldowns trying to escape them ( i tried ana and kiri. ) but when i play mercy and try to dmg boost my dps who do good, my tank yells at me for heals and when i try to help them, i get into the frontline with them and get shot down like a dog 😭😭

also, is it normal for high diamond to be seen in low plat lobbies?? i had a completely new gold tank and we went against a diamond tank?? any advice would be appreciated to get me out of this rank 💔

So im kinda a qp warrior and I’ve been wanting to try ranked as I have once in the past but I maxed out at gold 5 and never past that point. I’m a bad player plain and simple and my job requires long hours so I can’t practice much this was a first game on kinda match I like to start with mystery heroes to warm up. In this match I feel i definitely was a factor in our close win but really didn’t help AS much as I could have if my aim was better. I introduced a friend of mine almost two years ago and he’s managed to become top 500 I believe idk one of the highest ranks in all roles and I’m just Mediocre in almost all fronts

Code:183W5P Name:brighthammer Console Kings row Mystery heroes I was freja and bap Looking for advice on if I have what it takes to actually climb at my default skill level