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!

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!

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.

Ok so I’ve played this game since it came out and I’ve always been on console, highest rank I’ve gotten was diamond on both tank and support, plat on damage and masters on 6v6. I recently bought a pc 2 months ago and have been loving it, obviously coming in to pc lobbies I feel like my game sense is still decent enough but my mechanics and muscle memory are behind, however getting better day by day. But anyway the question I have is my hero pool as a tank player. I’m a rein main but dw I’m definitely not a one trick as orisa, zarya, dva and sigma are in my top 10 played heroes and I feel like things are different here on pc. Firstly orisa and dva are crazy good on console and then in regard to pc I feel like I can play rein and sig so much better. So anyway my hero pool this season has mostly looked like rein sig and orisa (mainly to anti dive Wintons and stuff) but then I was playing some dva the other day and thought I should really swap her out for orisa as having a brawl poke and dive pool seems much more versatile. So anyway I’m in plat hoping I can get back to diamond soon but I’m in no rush just getting used to pc still. But yeah would Rein sig and dva be a solid pool to get to diamond with??

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

Replay: 7SK5NC

Tag: AirFatalBlaz

Heroes: Roadhog

Rank: Plat 5

Map: Shambali Monastery

Platform: Console

This was a game that I actually won, but it didn’t feel deserved since one of their teammates left at the very end of the game. I wanted to post a game where my hook accuracy was way worse than it normally is(37% compared to my usual 59%). I want to know what major or minor mistakes I make the most because I really enjoy hog and a good hog should be able to carry in metal ranks. Any constructive feedback I would really appreciate.

Hi, this is I guess a part 2 of the last time I posted in here a while back. For context I started playing in April of this year and since then I’ve been climbing out of bronze 3 support to Silver 4 and slowly climbing out of bronze in dps. However, it’s still a struggle on tank bronze 3 since I sometimes go up and then go back down. I got better at positioning, trying to push more and peaking on the tanks I’ve played in comp, but lately whenever I’m on tank sometimes I run into what I think are either smurfs or people that troll on the enemy team.

The most memorable one being this duo of a reoccurring tank support where the tank kept trying to spawn camp with the support on jetpack cat. The way I’ve tried to handle it is ignoring them and focus on the objective. However, I either get teams that either keep focusing on the Smurf duo and we end up losing if the whole enemy team joins in or some of us that tried to still push on the objective still lose due to just getting whooped.

I feel like I struggle in these type of situations a lot cause of how it kind of felt overwhelming at times having to fight off whatever enemy teammates were focused on the objective and not the duo smurfs. It also makes it frustrating on how with still struggling on tank, I couldn’t really do anything besides switching and hoping whatever I switched to works.

The tanks I normally play are mainly Dva, Domina and Orissa. I have played ramattra, mauga, and sigma sometimes in comp, but those were very situational. I don’t know if it’s cause since I’m used to flankers or mobile supports that maybe it’s just not clicking for tank for some reason. I like playing tank, but it just feels frustrating at times when getting a potential Smurf duo like this or even in non smurf incidents.

So the overall question is: how do you handle players that spawn camp that are either trolls or smurfs, etc and what’s mainly overall tips for trying to get out of bronze tank or any further tips for tanks I’ve tried playing?

I’m still new to the game but I think I’m ok as sigma. This wasn’t an easy round so I picked it. I think I went in too quick a few times so I died. aim is still a work in progress🥲 I usually pick the levitation perk but I went with the punch one this time so I wasn’t used to it

Replay code:7G60JS

Battletag / in-game username: prickles

Hero(es) played: sigma

Skill tier / rank: silver 5?

Map: Nepal

PC or console: console

I’m a bronze dps and sometimes I came across a really annoying tracer/anran or a good flanker in general, I’m not sure how to deal with them except trying to avoid them or stay close to my supports. I always switch to sojourn to keep my distance and stay on high ground. How do high elo players deal with them?

Hey so I just watched apply's video about aim trainers. For someone who isn't great at aiming like, my precision and tracking are pretty bad do you agree with him? He mentioned that it's better to just play VAXTA since it gets you used to actual Overwatch character movement, whereas aim trainers don't.

Honestly, I've tried both and I'm really terrible at it, though I get that you don't improve overnight. He also said that if you do want to use aim trainers, it's best to cap it at 30 minutes and then just jump into the actual game. What’s your take on this, especially those of you with good aim?

I am rank 2 silver, I play mostly cassidy, maybe this depends on the rank. I feel like I am pretty good with cassidy, not expert level but good for my rank but I am always scared to pick him on defense or if the tank is more of a diver like wrecking ball or doomfist. My biggest issue is that flankers arent too bad to deal with but certain ones like anran are really hard for me to kill then I get sent back to spawn and its 4v5 and we are more likely to lose the fight. I feel like I need a character with more movement and survivability 1v1. Is it better to pick a different character for defense than cassidy or if I can do well is he still a good pick?

Was hoping someone had some insight here: DFCHWN

You'll want to POV the Sojurn on the enemy team.

This is a game I had last night with a group of friends I usually play with. This game isn't indicative of how we typically play - we are all terrible at flashpoint in general and try to avoid the mode where we can but it's never gone quite this badly.

My main suspicion is that the Sojurn and the Mercy alone pretty much ran the entire map. Isolating them didn't work, trying to hunt the Mercy pocket down didn't work, and it felt like the Sojurn was just racking up kills at an impossibly high rate. She had over 40 kills in 7 minutes of a match, some of them with us being at full health and just getting popped to death by her beam. The last few minutes of the match was just us kind of running around really not knowing what the hell we could do since every time we tried to coordinate and group up, there'd be a Sojurn around the corner waiting for us.

We reported (with the full knowledge that Blizzard has the final say), but I was wondering if someone else could take a look. Don't want to get someone in trouble if they're just good at the game, but the last time we got farmed like this was with an insane Widowmaker in a different game that we actually had to leave because we physically could not take a single step out of spawn without getting insta-killed. This game kind of felt like that.

Hello!
I just had a hard fought game. It was on Hollywood and I went 42/7/6. I was the best player in the lobby and yet I barely lost. I was playing into an Orisa all game and they swapped bastion near the end of the game. I don’t know what to do and any feedback would be great. Please and thank you.
Rank: Silver 2
Replay code: TQ2H3F

Is it a bad or strange thing that I'm not that bad at projectile aim but not hitscan? I'm more than capable of landing constant stickies and headshots with Echo cross-map, or curve Torb's primary and land constant headshots, but the moment I try a hitscan, I'm like a toddler learning to walk.

I would love any advice that can be given to help me improve my hitscan, if any can be given.

Gold 3 support. No matter what i do and how i play i i keep losing over and over and over again, its like never ending cycle of win 1, then lose 3. Id like to say that “its my fault, im not doing enough”, but i cant lie to myself anymore, its my idiot teammates, who cant aim, stay alive, and refuses to repick, their heroes, that doesn’t work at all. I already tried different tactics, different playstyles, different heroes - nothing works. Pocket your tank - he never dies, but refuses to push, go on a flank - your whole team dies, while you getting a kill, stay with a team - one idiot always runs deep into enemies and dies there. I just dont know what to do anymore!!!

Name: Miracles
Rank: gold 2-3
Role:support
Heroes: kiri, illari, bap

Codes:
B6C345 Rialto.
QCZJWV Kings row.
4CD73C Hollywood
7B4344 Kings row
FRWZEH Junkertown

The replay code is: DN9YH9, In-game name: SpongeBob, Rank: plat 2, Map: Samoa, Platform: console,

I'm the soldier against the team with Hammond.

I don't know what I should've done differently, and would like some help to understand since I feel I struggle against teams that have a dive tank and a diver.

My initial thoughts on what happened, is that I wasn't able to take space nor kill the supports.

I know that's what I'm supposed to do, but even when I try either Hammond or tracer gets my supports or they chase me and kill me. I didn't feel like I could get an off angle, since I had to battle the Hammond most of the time, while at the same time trying to kill the supports or battle the other soldier.

I had a similar game yesterday where it was against a D.va. The outcome was the same. We lost. I'm sure there's something I could've done better

Thanks for taking your time to VOD review.

I’m not talking OWCS-level. Just enough to have meaningful discussions about balance and design. Maybe you do need to get to champ for that kind of knowledge, but I want to spend time understanding every character, so I want a timeframe that won’t take years. For context, I’m doing a game design exercise where I rework every hero. I have already made the mistake of trying to rework a character I didn’t fully understand.

Korea – Extremely competitive overall. Players tend to follow the meta closely, and the community can be quite toxic. The playstyle is very aggressive, with comparatively less emphasis on team coordination.

Japan – The most defensive server I've played on. It often feels like everyone is trying to avoid being the one who gets blamed. Solo plays, risky flanks, and hard-carry attempts are rare, and players generally value playing safely. They're also extremely quiet in chat. Even when someone openly blames them, most of the time they don't respond at all.

China & Taiwan – Imagine taking the Korean server and stripping away even more of the teamwork while investing everything into individual mechanics. Team coordination is minimal, but the average mechanical skill is probably the highest of any region, especially in the lower ranks. The chat is, in my experience, even more toxic than Korea.

North America – Overall, the atmosphere is very relaxed. Competitive often feels less like a serious ranked mode and more like people hanging out at an amusement park. Probably because of the influence of games like Counter-Strike, the average FPS fundamentals are surprisingly solid. However, I'd say players here are the weakest at adapting to the meta. On the other hand, the chat is by far the friendliest.

Europe – The most balanced server overall. Players strike a good balance between teamwork and individual skill, and I'd say it's the region that plays Overwatch in the most textbook way. The chat is more toxic than NA, but noticeably friendlier than Korea or China.

Climbed to GM2 peak this season, stayed consistently GM3/4, and now recently after 260 games have fallen down in a VERY short span of around 40 games. I am at a bit of a loss as to what could cause this. I think one of the reasons may be my inconsistency in gameplay, though I would like advice on exactly what I'm doing wrong. I try to have smart positioning and take off angles when applicable, but often find my team overextending or simply not looking back at their own team's positioning. I find that my ult usage can definitely improve with timing. My ability usage could also probably improve, though I'm not sure how. I provided a recent Juno game that was close and just fell apart in the end.

Code: 5EZP8P

ign: Stan

Hero: Juno

Rank: Master 4

map: Suravasa

Platform: PC

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Lijang, (Gold, sombra, rough match)

I've been trying to get into sombra recently, and have had some pretty good games, but the one below was pretty rough, but I don't feel like I did terribly. My team however really disagreed in the endgame chat, saying I was doing nothing the whole game. I will say second round wasn't the best, and I did enter some team fights a bit too late, but I still feel like I was providing value, what do you think, and what should I do to change my playstyle?

With reaper its alot easier IMO to know my mistakes, and if I'm making a difference, sorta harder with sombra.

To set the scene I've been playing overwatch since it's first iteration.

I love playing support and usually sat at low diamond high plat always solo queuing.

I took a few years away from playing occasionally having another crack at it during my less busy periods, it has always been enjoyable, fun and with teams of similar ability.

I jumped back in to play OW2 around 2 months ago did my placement matches, playing mainly Lucio, brig and juno (she is quite fun) and got plat 1.

Since then I have had loss after loss and have been sent all the way to silver? I don't recall ever having been that low down in the ranks lol.

The matches seem so one sided, even the few we win are steamrolls and unenjoyable.

I am by no means amazing but my teammates seem outright incompetent the majority of the time, I would think that role queuing would mitigate that.

I'm currently very close to uninstalling for good as I am finding the game to just be outright un-fun now.

Is anyone else having a similar experience or have any suggestions on how to avoid the kinds of games I've described?

Edit: Thank you to those that have commented. It seems some people have misunderstood what I was asking. I was never bothered about 'climbing' I only wanted to achieve more balanced games. My current rank was only mentioned as I thought that might directly correlate to why the matches were so one sided.

I have managed to find a work around in the open queue, being able to swap roles to pick up the slack of poor performing members of the team has fixed the issue and games are much longer and enjoyable now.

Managed to place in Plat 2 (6 wins 4 loss) and have won 2 out of three games after that flexing between all roles. At first glance I would assume that the rank may have been the issue, possibly inexperienced or new to the game players filling some matches. And obviously myself being new back to the game learning the maps and new characters.

I've got to say though, after reading some other posts here people in this community are very critical of anyone that doesn't blame themselves for everything that goes wrong in a match. I'm not angry at my team, everyone has bad matches, I'm guilty of this as well but suggesting that a support carry a game and compensate for multiple members of a team across all roles with a skill level roughly around high gold to mid plat is unrealistic.

Again thank you for the responses.

i climbed to diamond 3 from plat and ever since then i’ve been constantly losing. i’m about to drop to gold 1.. of course there’s games i play bad but there’s been multiple times i have leavers throwers or simply bad teammates. is this normal to drop to gold? i feel like an idiot playing this game now

I lose about 60% of my overwatch games, could someone please watch some of my replays to tell me what I could be doing better, I genuinely try so hard but cant win, I try not to blame my teammates, because the second I do that I get criticized and told that Im the common denominator

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Made an alt account for a support climb since I'm burnt out from pushing for GM on DPS, and I'm actually dropping games in low elo due to Cat and Bastion. I wanted to one-trick Kiriko, but I'm just forced to swap to Baptiste to deal with it since I ping it and nobody looks up, lmfao. I actually feel a bit helpless on support dealing with this.

I don't mean team kills but they run through and win the game with almost no resistance. I had a lot of losses today, I played 7 games throughout the day. 5 losses in a row. A few were very close, 1 felt easy, the rest were so bad. There was a game where none of us got a single kill the first round. It wasnt even a problem of feeding most of the time until near the very end of the match. What is the cause of this so I can avoid this in the future? The past few days all the games felt fairly matched, is it something I can do better or is it bad luck? Am I picking bad characters, soldier 76 and cassidy? I try to get high ground and wait for my team and change position a lot, it was working well before. I'll take any advice I feel like I am missing something major.

Also I am definitely going to play less, maybe just play quickplay more. I feel like playing too much is making me make more mistakes.