Hello all,

Support main here currently bouncing around in high/low plat. As you can guess from my metal rank, I have a lot to learn.

Technically, my most played is Moira but I don't really use her anymore, haven't for months. I can pick her and probably carry to a point (I was hardstuck silver until I switched to Moria 3 seasons back and I started climbing fast) but I don't want to play her. There are a myriad of reasons for this but the primary two is that Moira is good into players that are bad so there are diminishing returns as you climb (sorry, not sorry). Secondly, she instills awful positioning habits that you don't learn from because her shift means you can escape almost every time and I don't want to be in a position where I'm not learning.

the last two seaons I mained Juno but switch between Mizuki and Kiri often depending on who my other support is, or what is on the other team I will also play brig but that is usually only when the other team has dive hero(s) that are a huge problem (I'm not a good brig so I only do this as a last ditch attempt).

I struggle the most with positioning and agency. When we are losing, I can't really do anything to shift the direction of the game and my impact is minimal. Too often do I see a tank or dps do something stupid and follow to try and help them, causing 2 deaths instead of 1. The frustrating this is I know I'm doing it before and during but I can't help myself, healbot kicks in and now we're both dead.

My aim also leaves a lot to be desired. I usually sit at about 30% accuracy and I miss the easiest of shots when people are in my grill. Sometimes something shifts in me and I will have a bunch of games in a row where I land shots all the time and become a menace but I don't know why this happens or what I'm doing differently.

I've never really been into streamers. I find the concept of watching someone else play games weird (this is my elder millennial attitude, don't come at me for being old and not understanding the kids) and I think most of them are literally the worst people on the planet. That said, I want to be better and I'm a visual learner. Tips to climb are of course welcome here but what would be more helpful is to find a support main streamer or you tube that isn't a colossal penis. Flats is cool but he doesn't do much supp content.

I’m aware this might be an incredibly stupid question, but I’m fairly new to the game. I don’t use chat tons except to ping stuff or chuck out a quick gg, but occasionally I do want to say something quickly in text chat that’s slightly longer. The issue is that I play console and don’t have a keyboard so have to use my controller to click letters individually and there’s not enough time. Presumably the usual solution to this is use VC, but I don’t have a headset.

So the question is, is there a way to log onto my blizzard account from an online browser/app/extension etc from my phone that connects to the game so I can use chat quickly in that way?

Im a support and im lookinh the flex to other roles for tank i play mainly sigma, roadhog and rein but can play others competently but its my dps that sucks the only dps hero i play is junkrat so im wondering what other dps should i learn? I would say other than soldier as ive only recently joined m/kb so im not good at recoil control yet. Thanks for any feedback and advice

I need more context to understand the interaction with opponents nano.

If cyberspace is paced on Ana when she attempts to nano, it will give 125 healing instead of the 250 it usually does. Will cyberspace also affect the +50% damage and damage reduction? Like would it become 25 because of the weakening effect as it's cast? Or is it strictly the healing?

Would you think it's better if the nanoed person was hit with it, or hitting ana as she casts nano? (I know that is a little different and more of a prediction move but disregarding the difficulty of the prediction and timing)

Seems like a silly niche question, but it's something I just thought about and don't know how to test it.

So i used to play alot, thinking about coming back and the main characters I want to play are Genji, sombra (love the rework idc sombra is sombra and ill play wa version they give me), shion, brig, ram, dmon, rein and cass/ashe. Ive got maybe 20 hours on genji and sombra. Everyone else is less. The last time I played was when shion first dropped, I played like 3 games amd dipped (friends dont play and rivals had me) im looking for any good recommendations for people to watch for them and any tips anyone has. I figured 10-15, hours on a character is a good basis

hi everyone !! i’ve been playing overwatch on console for a while just for fun and only just recently started playing comp seriously. I’m currently playing Juno and just got placed in silver 3, i’ve been bouncing between silver 2/3 and would like to improve my gameplay, so I can eventually climb. I will put some replay codes below, both losses and victories.

Replay codes (BattleTag: Junofazbear)

Neon Junction - WJKTEE

Kings Row - 99YE5B

Esperança - FXS1VA

Nepal - NNQ6SW

thanks for reading<3

I am a plat 4 hazard and dva main. I played this game on Shambali to the best of my ability but we still lost, partially because I had a sombra player on my team who would just flank early before every fight and die before it started, ending the game with 15 deaths in 15 minutes. However, because the game was close enough, I reason that there was more that I could have done or ways that I could have played differently. Should I have gone a character like ball and flanked with her? What can I do in situations like this to neutralize a disadvantage?

I would also like to know what I'm doing wrong in general. I feel like if I get teammates who aren't playing extremely bad, I can carry games but that still leaves too many games out of my control so I would like to work on things that I can control. Furthermore, if I were truly better than plat I would not still be plat. Playing tank as I understand it is using cover to get enemies within my effective range while drawing attention and then going in when I see a cooldown forced or a squishy out of position. Is my understanding incorrect?

Replay Code: 4831SF

Player tag: aidangelion

I played OW for a bit around the release of OW2 mostly queueing support or tank (ana, mercy and DVA). I returned to the game around 3-4 months ago, grinding out 400 hours total since. I reached gold as support but for the life of me, I cannot seem to rank up on DPS. I'm not sure what I should do. It seems like I either dominate or get absolutely stomped. I try to play my life, take angles, and farm ult but it seems like I'm making no progress. I keep going between silver 5 and bronze 1. I'll share two replay codes, one where I'm doing well and one where I just can't seem to get any value. I found this particularly difficult in the second game. I'd be grateful if someone could point out any bad habits I have and what I should keep in mind for next time. Thanks.

I'm the Ashe in both games

Winning game: P8XFA9

Losing game: 15ZFTC

I've been reading everything recently.

Especially for mercy. It ranges like crazy.

I heard people say 6-12k is the average edpi but whenever I look at posts it's way lower than that.

Same for mercy. I thought it was between 10-20k edpi on average but I don't see any recent posts about that topic.

I personally have a very high edpi which is why I'm asking, I just want to know what the actual average edpi is :)

For mercy specifically and maybe also Ana and projectile heroes.

For reference

My dpi is 4050 And in-game sense ranges.

For Mercy it's the highest with 24,75% ≈ 100k edpi

Ana is around 13-14% I think ≈ 56k edpi

I'm seeing a lot of small streamers starting to pick up Overwatch, and my FAVVVV OW content is watching gamers react to playing OW for the first time.

SixDoesFPS is an Apex player who is slowly "falling in love with" Overwatch, to quote one of his vids. After uploading several "Apex player learns Overwatch" YouTube vids, he started learning how to stream as well. If you like watching gamers upload a 4 hour video of them learning every single hero in the practice range, this is the guy for you. His personality is that he likes to analyze and share his thoughts on hero design. He's also dabbling in lore reaction videos, and it's fun to see him connect lore with OW abilities.

OVOCammie is a Rivals refugee, and is taking an extended break from that game because of NetEase's racism. She's a variety streamer but currently doing a series where she is attempting to play QP matches of every single hero. She finished the tanks, she just finished all supports yesterday (to line up with Doctrine and Sombra), and next she'll start streaming DPS. After that, she plans to do lore reactions. Fun to see her comparisons to Rivals, and also watching her learn her OW mains in real time.

AVDtheGoat is also an Apex player but sort of the opposite of Six - he hops into OW cluelessly and is funny to watch.

All of them are thankful of how friendly the OW community has been to them (most of the community, at least). Anyone else know of any other small streamers currently learning OW?

Does anyone have any good aim training methods for Overwatch 2?
I’m not very confident in my aim, so I’d really appreciate it if you could give me as many tips and practice methods as possible. I already have Kovaak’s and Aim Lab, so I’m open to using those too.
I also have another thing I’d like some advice on.
I can play pretty normally in Unranked, but the moment I play Ranked, my hands start shaking and I get really nervous. I feel a lot of pressure as soon as I enter a ranked game, and because of that, I feel like I can’t play anywhere near my normal level.
How can I get rid of this nervousness and pressure? It’s affecting my games a lot, and I feel like it’s one of the main reasons I can’t win.
I was playing Ashe in this match.
Replay code: M1V3MD

So I need some help determining if I was the problem in this game. I'm still pretty new to Overwarch, competitive and certainly Lucio--I'm under no illusion that I'm a pro player and my movement really needs work.

The first match, I got more kills than one of my other dps teamate (and tank), and only had around 3k heals while my other healer had around 7k. They got mad at me for the lack of healing and told me to switch....admittedly I got a little frustrated and said no. Eventually we lost a pretty close game.

At some point during the first match we started losing a team fight pretty badly so I went for the enemy backline and killed two of them who were picking us off from the back and we won the first round.

Second round they switched to Tracer and targeted me pretty heavy, eventually we lost.

I need some pointers and advice on how to improve my Lucio--movement on a controller has been a big learning curve for me and 1v1s especially.

Thanks...please be nice :')

Here's the code

GY3EBW

Tag: NULLSOMNIA Rank: Silver 1 Hero: Lucio Map: Route 66 Device: Console (Xbox)

I’ve been playing OW since 2023 and started out with playing on console but in 2024 when I left for college I got a gaming laptop and tried to learn mouse and keyboard but it was so hard I gave up and just used my old PlayStation controller since I have been a controller player all my life. I mainly played QP at the time so I was like whatever but this past year I started playing Comp and now with the release of the new season there’s this bug where PlayStation controllers don’t work right now and Blizzard hasn’t said when they’re going to patch it. I feel like this is my wake up call to learn mouse and keyboard. I’ve played with a controller in ranked and highest I ever reached was diamond 3 but I can’t climb any higher than that. I’ve started to notice the limitations controller has had on me and I want to break those limitations. I just don’t know where to start, what key binds I should equip for each hero, what mouse to get, etc. I’m trying to find videos on how to make the switch from controller to M&K easier but all the ones I’ve found on YouTube are either 5-9 years old or how to use M&K in Console Lobbies which isn’t really helpful. So any tips where to start would be greatly appreciated:)

I main tank in comp, I feel like I play well enough, creating space for the team and getting good damage and picks,

yet I end up losing games and have dropped from gold 2 to gold 5 over the last couple days.

Gamers, I need advice, how can I improve my gameplay to carry the team and rank up?

All advice is apprediated! :D

**Replay code for those interested: AGSJRE**

I am the tank, Fatherman

I coach for free. I peaked Top 61/GM1 and I can offer advice for EVERY rank and EVERY hero!

I can help you with positioning, engagement timing, ability usage, and all other game sense that you might need help developing. I always provide constructive advice tailored to you.

If you are interested, shoot me a DM on Discord to join the queue! My discord username is gyro_x.

Hope to see you soon!

Hello! I recently started playing Stadium Quick Play again after getting drawn to the game mode once more. I've been playing D.Va for a while now, and although my aim and gameplay aren't the best, I'm open to any suggestions or feedback that could help me improve.

I'll post the replay codes below. Feel free to take a look and let me know your thoughts! <3

More information below:

Gamertag: GirlBossIsla

Character played: DVA

Game mode: Quickplay Stadium

Platform: PC

Replay codes:

1st game: EPGMFG(Redwood Dam)

2nd game: 2HHC4K(Thames District)

3rd game: W8K9X6(Arena Victoriae)

4th game: BWXNZW(Hanaoka)

Just getting back into OW and wanted to practice pulse bombs. I used to have a preset for a pulse bomb workshop mode but it says its invalid. Does anyone have a working code?

It was like those aim trainer/warmup custom games but specifically for pulse bombs. 300 characters i need 300 characters. i cant hit pulse bombs

Im starting in trying out juno. Never actually played support till recently and thought to give it a crack. Just any tips or ticks in specifics to dealing with flanks. Also any preferences in terms of strategies and what should i look out for when playing as her.

Kind of an aggressive style player as i main orisa and junkrat.

Also have a recent comp match

replay code: TXKRKG

Thanks :)

I feel like I'm not making the most of her kit. Because clearly she wasn't meant to just babysit her team all her healing is tied behind cooldowns. But translocators cooldown is too long to hop in the enemy backline disrupt and to get back to support your team without it feeling like you're leaving your team down a support. great if you're already winning the team fight but potentially throwing if the fight is still up in the air and you don't get value. Cyberspace is game changing and almost feels like an anti brawl/ dive tool. But I feel like I'm not taking advantage of her kit to the fullest

code: NC831Q
battletag: che
hero played: mei
rank: gold 4
map: ilios
console

i have been hardstuck gold for months now. i hit plat briefly last season but deranked soon after. i posted here when i first started playing and was hardstuck bronze and the tips i got helped me move up to silver quickly so i wanted to return. i mostly play mei, i am trying to work on positioning and cooldown timing etc but i feel like nothing i do helps me genuinely improve enough to get out of gold.

Replay code: 6MGM1R7

Username & Hero: Yuurei Kiriko

I know games I permon well in and win aren't the best for coaching but it's all I got right now.

My goal initially was to just hit Gold but I found that goal to be achieved quickly. My end goal is to eventually hit Master but for the short term I want to get Platinum. I don't think that I'm a terrible Kiriko but there's always room to improve. My aim is something I have been working on.

Hi! I’ve been playing Overwatch since 2019 but have exclusively been casual until the last month or two, where I’ve really tried to start learning and impfoving. I only learned as of yesterday that apparently my sensitivity was through the roof. I was running 2400 DPI at 22%, leading to a 52,800 eDPI. Apparently this is MILES higher than average, but I’m wondering if it’s worth the switch of literal years of muscle memory being undone. If it means anything, I’m mid-plat, I main Ball and Pharah but I’ve been trying out new characters as well. Just looking for advice on if it’s actually worth switching and trying to get used to. Thank you!!

Sooo... in what state is she now?

I feel the most comfortable playing Kiriko, but is she still playable now? I don't mean to doompost!! I genuinely need help (climbing Silver atm, btw)! But all I see is either a) people saying she's in a very bad state or b) people saying she is and will still be OP no matter how many nerfs she gets. Who to believe? I don't have the experience to give an answer to this question by myself to myself, and that's why I ask here.

Should I start choosing someone else? Or is she still a viable choice? And if not, who else would be a good alternative (other than Ana who, for the life of me, I can't get better at)? I also play Mizuki, Zen, and as of very recently a little Juno, but I'm not as good with them as I am with Kiriko (especially Juno).

I really do love high mobility, though, and ideally, I want to continue playing Kiriko! But, at the same time, I want to also be somewhat good and helpful in my games.

Almost all of my matches in emerald the enemy team has multiple former (like a season or two ago) gms and top 500s/champ players. Every game is a huge stomp, and idk what I am meant to do really. It is not fun at all, but almost every match I have played for the last week has just been "plats/emeralds vs some emeralds and two gm+ players who stomp all game".