You have a great message and it's the community's fault for not properly applying it. Supports need to learn when to damage and when to heal; timing is everything on every role, even in life.
You can easily tell a bad DPS when they stop halfway through the match and turn around and stare at you to heal their 30 missing hp instead of getting to a good cover point and waiting to ambush greedy enemies exposing themselves while you heal them up so when the enemy drops in you can ambush them together. Newbie DPS need to get it through their head that they are primarily there to punish greed. When people see Supports exposed they naturally get greedy and try to farm the kill. As a DPS you need to look for these opportunities where you can give these greedy players a slap on the wrist. If you're turning your back on the enemy and getting annoyed because the support doesn't want to heal your barely missing hp in favour of getting picks, you aren't creating any value worth being healed for.
Yeah it’s all the communities fault! It’s not because he says everything like it’s a fact and speaks to people in a patronizing way, there’s no way that could be it 😂
Mute/Hide chat and voice is a beautiful thing. Don’t let toxic people suck the energy from you and ruin your fun. It’s not backing down, it is simply not wasting time listening to fools.
@lojika1majik ditto. It's a mixed bag 50 50 I find. Sometimes it's great and fun and have some laughs. Other times it's hella toxic so off the mic goes lol. Unfortunately on console I don't have a mute option for others that is as easily accessible lol.
Awkward has by far the most educational OW content. I’ve noticed tons of improvement in my gameplay. I’m still struggling ranking up, but I’m noticing my overall gameplay improving
Stick with it my dude, you'll catch fire soon enough. I followed the awkward method and kept losing but I felt like I was playing better overall. Then I went on a hot streak from plat to masters. damage damage damage, off angle, move back when they move forward, move forward when they move back. Possibly the best OW advice I've seen
Not sure if I'd say most. It is educational no doubt, but many, many other creators and streamers teach differently than him. I don't think Awkward's cracked any code in FPS self improvement, but his advice is of much value no doubt about that. I recommend watching other coaches, maybe you'll learn something completely new. Just doesn't seem like you watch much else besides Awkward.
I used to be gold/plat support for too long simply because I was pocketing the tank, I had tunnel visioning and my positioning was so bad I lost so many games and mad at my teamamtes. Then I learned more about the game and playing around cover, better positioning, using my ultimate as soon as i get it mid fight or before fight and I end up in Masters 3-1. Now... i struggle in masters but im 50/50 in my games. Which I believe I've climbed to the rank im stuck now and trying to improve from there.
@@129iphone The more you play the better. Don't solo q. Play at different times of the day if you can. Overall just find a way to climb. The more you play the better the chances of you climbing up.
Awkward's approach to the game has reinvigorated my play. My losses (and even my wins) are filled with teachable moments now instead of frustrations and checking my teams score. I am only focused on myself. I consistently have the least deaths on my team, yet I still lose a lot - so recently I've been asking myself if I'm taking enough risks or making a real difference despite good stats. That's a simple example but that's how I try to look at everything.
hey awkward I watched your tracer guide back when I was diamond 2 I peaked gm1 last weekend I just want to say thanks alot for helping w the journey i rly appreciate the simplicity u’ve made unfortunately ow comm doesn’t deserve u
I've noticed people often read Awkward's tips the wrong way. They interpret it as a technical truth; as something that can be expressed with numbers or spread sheets. But this is not his thinking style. Awkward is a pragmatist. His prescription has people in mind that want to improve at the game. And for them specifically, he speaks the truth. It's why I'm glad he expressed the counter picking thing again. He elaborates that it robs you of a valuable learning experience. Which is true.
Yeah but if I'm on Dva and the enemy switch to Zar, Mei, Sym there is nothing to be learned there. Your value is greatly diminished, and as far as the tank MU goes, you have to play scared and pick your targets carefully, while the Zar just walks down main and nets twice your value no matter what you do. The 1 or 2 targets you actually CAN dive will just get bubbled and there is no risk to the Zarya for playing this way unless your team makes up the difference. You are better off just swapping to a less harsh pick and going from there. Same if I'm on Doom, and the enemy team is on like Mercy, Echo, Lucio, Genji. Like sure, you might be able to net some value somewhere, but your punches are insanely hard to hit, your slams are useless except for as movement. And your ultimate will net 0 value unless you are highly intelligent in your usage. If I'm trying to play Doom and my team is on Soldier/Ashe and the enemy team has Cass, Ana, Zen, Hanzo, you'd have to play out of your mind and literally every single CD that hits you is an instant death (Sleep, nade, Discord+hanzo, flash bang) and you won't be receiving any followup from your team since they are playing the most passive heroes. I feel like it's good advice if you are playing Support since they specifically are all jacks of all trades. Damage to an extent can also get away with playing what they want since their value is so low, it really doesn't matter either way. As tank you NEED to swap, and ALL the time. No 2 ways about it. The only reason UR2GMs work is because the players are 10 fold the skill level of the players in the lobby. Now obviously skill doesn't mean their bullets do more damage, but they don't need to "learn" anything. They already have the fundamentals and knowledge and are just passing the "test" so to speak and even then there are always unwinnable games.
@@GriFFonRec4I was making a reply but yt decided to crash my phone. Your playstyle and way of thinking is what’s limiting your rank. Like you talk about echo, mercy and even genji as if they never touch the ground, as if the entire team only cares about hard countering the tank, and claiming that you “NEED” to swap. No lmao. And then saying dps value is low 💀. And no, even masters plays haven’t got all the fundamentals like literally being next to cover. ZBRA continuously hits rank 1 on tank as a hard doomfist 1 trick while you’re making up such an extreme scenario which involves unrealistic thinking and then you’re making excuses for it being hard to get value of doom including you talking about cass nade and ana as if you’re fighting all of them in like a completely open space without cover
@@Asgelio Oh, absolutely. I'm 100% the reason I'm stuck in the metal ranks, no doubt. I'm saying the path to getting better is harder on tank because you cannot 1 trick without an extremely steep hill to climb. You say I'm making up an extreme scenario, but that is most games I play Doom and am forced to switch off, otherwise I would just play it out. When I play Dva, I will get the Zar+Sym/Mei swap 90% of my games. Again, it's playable if my team is properly fighting the Zarya, but there are many games where they just fold and let her walk on them for free, and I can't exactly trade favorable with her. In those games I go for the back line, but if the back line consists of a Sym and/or Mei and I have 0 support because they are being bullied by Zar, then I just have to swap to a stronger front line (the underlying issue being I cannot bully their back line due to my lack of skill at handling my counters without outright avoiding them). You say those characters touch the ground, and you are correct, the problem is, it's 100% possible for them to dodge YOU as Doom. The openings I have are extremely short, so they only need to be in the air when I'm near them. I can't exactly wait for an Echo to land when she can kill me mid flight. You mention cover, and my issue is diving characters who aren't using much cover in open space. If there is cover to play around, it's easy enough to set up near a corner and bait them into pushing me, but when they can just wide peek me with no consequence I lose my angles and can't match their damage from where I am and usually end up eating a ton of damage while I wait for seismic slam to get me out. I try and take angles my team can see, but usually they just get pushed or otherwise retreat before I can finish setting up (I'm assuming since my only goal is getting out and in those times I get slept or magged I see my team is pushed out while I'm running from 2-3 players). I typically find it easier to play against enemies who are using corners and cover because it's straight forward to take the cover from them and use it myself, but when they are in open space, I have to be in open space to do decent damage against them (also easier to LOS them and close the distance before the dive). Maybe my issue is I don't focus tank enough when I'm playing Dive tanks like Dva and Doomfist and I rely on my team too much. The hardest games, and the games where I feel forced to switch are the games where I cannot 1v4 their back line, but their tank is somehow able to. I can consistently get the attention of both supports and usually 1 of the Damage, but when I go to regroup back with my team they are pushed so far back, I'm isolated. If I realize this and swap to Ram, Sig or Zarya the game turns around immediately because now my team has a front line who can actually stand in front of them without bleeding resources and I have heals and damage where I can see it. Damage definitely has the lowest value, particularly in the metal ranks. Just exploiting the tank seems to be the best play they can make (again in lower ranks). When I play damage, I pretty much only play Sojourn and flex to Sym in brawl comps and Sombra when we aren't brawl, but I'm not hitting my rails (again way easier to 3 trick on Damage since my only job is to do damage/secure kills). That said, dueling a support or a tank feels like throwing unless I'm up on resources (like I have a full charge rail and they've used a CD or 2). While it's easier to secure first picks, it's also easier to get picked by standing too close or too far from your team (so you either eat incidental spam and die or get poked out and are useless). All in all, it's my lack of fundamentals which keeps me low ranked. But bashing my head into a wall isn't really worth the rank up. It's super boring to play Doom into a lot of comps. Even if I can make it work, it's probably by playing super passively, in which case playing Ram or Zarya and abusing the tank focus is usually a better and more interactive answer.
@@GriFFonRec4 I am not going to read the entire bible but I have been learning dva for 6 hours and already have a 70% win rate with her in masters where more than half of those games have been against zarya. Theoretically, if you don’t play dva like a rein, zarya shouldn’t be much of a problem as you should be boosting around on off-angles looking for dive opportunities. Even better, the other team probably shouts at their tank “go zarya and we win” bcs then if I have a bastion on my team, it is literally a free win bcs they have literally never played zarya before and are hella straight up awful You should only be focussing their tank as a dive if you’re either stalling time while building ult charge or you don’t see a clear dive opportunity. Yes it somehow happens that an orisa can somehow end up 1v4ing your entire team but as long as you set up a dive correctly by off angling instead of hard passive frontlining like a rein. Despite my 70% win rate, ppl have been toxic just bcs they literally have not a clue on how to play dive and think that they’re dying bcs of that even tho cover exists. Dive characters do have a much riskier playstyle than other tanks but you learn boundaries and how to cycle cooldowns much more effectively. Your main goal is to distract with MAX uptime so without dying and hiding and then as soon as you’re in danger, go back to your team early enough so you don’t die. You would get better with dive if you play kiri,moira, tracer, reaper etc, bcs you’re low hp and will be able to recognise opportunities of value,how to set up an off angle not too far from your team when to disengage. If you watch ZBRA’s doomfist, he literally spend most his time away from his team which is somewhat how you should also play dva meaning zarya shouldn’t be too much of an issue. Anything I say here anyway wouldn’t even probably be taken up by you since this is literally just a comment without any direct demonstration like an U2GM shows but just watch ZBRA, literally be continuously off angling unless you’re able to effectively stall time. But then you never know when to off angle with specific character bcs you don’t try it if you swap off the dive characters, always focus killable squishies as that’s what generates the most pressure since they need to be healed immediately. Shooting a tank will just be a stalemate or you play incorrectly and 100 charge zarya destroys you. And really importantly, don’t die The tracer U2GM by awkward is great for the fundamentals of how to play dive with short range characters.
@@GriFFonRec4 I onetricked dva from plat to masters with 80% winrate. Enemy probably swaps zarya 1/3 games, maybe even more often. Nobody has good bubble management below masters. I know, because I main zarya myself. Zarya becomes a squishy when she's out of bubbles. Play angles, pay attention to her bubbles and you'll find windows to punish her team for poor management all the time. Dva is not a frontliner, she is a hypermobile assassin oneshot tank. Staying determined instead of swapping off dva gave me a way greater understanding of the game in the long run, which led to me hitting D1 on dps and support the same season. When I was plat on those roles several seasons in a row. And even that became easy, on my offroles. On paper, counterswapping has obvious advantages. But now you have to learn how to play those heroes, and how to actually capitalise on the counter advantage properly. People in lower elo know the counter swaps, but they don't have a solid grasp on how to play the matchups. If you onetrick (or twotrick), you'll learn to play every matchup, while the enemy plays for the "on paper" advantage. YOU know exactly what to do, and the enemy is a headless chicken on a counter hero. Is it awesomesauce to play dva against zarya+sym? Maybe not. Will you win anyways? Of course. You have the required knowledge and experience (with practise) to maneuver it. Tank has been a pretty challenging role for a while, but fighting through it is the road to mastery. Be like sisyphus. Push that boulder up the mountain. (To prove my point on counters: on zarya vs rein, below diamond you can literally just walk past him and kill the backline. Because all rein thinks about is "I'm rein I counter zarya, yippie!". Try it, it's a legitimate cheatcode for metal rank.)
About "sitting on the payload/objective". I understand that you're saying to take initiative and not be basically a payload pushing robot. However if everyone adopts that mindset of "payload is lava" then the games will never end because nobody is pushing so nobody is winning. So sometimes "sitting on payload" is the thing that you have to do to win
I had to relisten to point 3 about the payload/objective about 4 times and still didn't understand what the tip was. Had to come in the comments to make sure I wasn't the only one. Just made no sense. "It's not bad to stay on the payload *shows a clip of a zen pushing a payload on his own* but you have to squeeze value! leave the payload." wat.jpg
@@maodecavalo You push up to take space before the enemy respawns. They now have to spend resources *before* they even get to contest, which means they will be at a disadvantage in the fight. If everyone sits on the payload (or the point), the enemy can walk up for free with all their cooldowns ready, full hp etc. Go forwards and grab a nice position, deal damage, force cooldowns etc. Why sit afk on the payload when you could be 10m forwards on that juicy high ground before the enemy gets there? Imagine if the defending team at the start of the round waited until the attackers doors opened before leaving spawn themselves. Makes no sense, right? Why not go set up in preparation for the attackers? It's kind of the same thing.
TIMESTAMPS 0:03 [1] Not using cooldowns enough 0:18 [2] Not rotating / changing positioning enough 0:49 [3] Sitting on the objective too often 1:16 [4] Hiding instead of being proactive 1:41 [5] Playing too far forward 2:00 [6] Playing too far back 2:19 [7] Only shooting the tank 2:50 [8] Turning away from enemies 3:15 [9]Jumping / Predictable movement 3:29 [10] Counter-picking too lightly 3:51 [11] Not doing damage before the fight 4:20 [12] Not Alternating Prim / Alt fire 4:55 [13] Engaging too early 5:31 [14] Engaging too late 5:53 [15] Asking players to swap / (Focus on what you can control) 6:18 [16] Thinking you're better 6:40 [17] Arguing with other players 7:47 [18] Glued to the tank instead of taking off-angles and flanks 8:19 [19] Not close to cover / Being in open spaces 9:02 [20] Holding ultimates for too long 9:40 [21] Not playing within your effective range 10:20 [22] Using external aim trainers instead of practicing in the game 10:51 [23] Crouch spamming 11:15 [24] Mindlessly queuing (Autopiloting) 11:44 [25] Being too afraid to make mistakes Thank you Awkward for bringing us this awesome educational content. ❤
Good vid, only thing I disagree with is aim training. Yes aim training in the game is important too, but external softwares will help you gain mouse control faster than anything else, and mouse control is very easy to translate into good aim inside of the game with some practice. I think you should do both.
I finally made it to GM thanks to Awkward's advice. I especially love his attitude about counter-picking; how are you going to learn how to play against your counters if you just swap when things get difficult?
Flats, Jay3, KarQ, mL7, and Spilo all disagreed with Awkward on this take of counters. It's far more nuanced than Awkward makes it seem. His idea behind it isn't wrong or anything, but it mostly applies to high-rank players, and shouldn't always apply regardless. All of the creators I mentioned above have given some excellent points on this. Swapping increases your chances of winning at the end of the day. Also probably better to be versatile, that's needed in T500 matches. That's gonna climb you quicker and more guaranteed than playing 10x more games refusing to swap. Not to mention your teammates aren't gonna like it. F to your endorsement level in that case. Even if you find some success some of the time refusing to swap in lower ranks, it's not gonna last outside of metal ranks I can assure that. It's just funny that in his video about this, he was mainly playing in metal ranks. The funny thing about that should be self-explanatory. It works so well for him not just because he's such a high rank, but the people in his games were of magnitudes lower elo. Just something to consider.
@@mycelia_owthe way you are viewing the issue is inherently wrong. I’d argue that high ranks is when counterswapping does actually become more relevant, because everyone is equally good and the room to grow is low. At low ranks, counterswapping means not learning to play certain heroes in difficult scenarios. If you counterswap every time things are difficult you never learn how to play in those difficult situations. “But I can just swap every time the enemy is playing my counters”, well no actually that isn’t always true for a few reasons. For example, on some maps with some team comps it might be better to play a character despite one or two counters on the enemy team simply because of playstyle synergy reasons. Your “counter” might not work too well with the team comp they’re playing with or on the map they’re playing on, or your team might work much better with the character you’re playing than with the counterswap you would switch to. To view things as simply as “this character counters this so I need to switch” is too simplistic. Another example, sometimes the enemy will swap to a “counter” for you because they weren’t able to deal with your playstyle on the hero they were playing before. You aren’t aware of this until you’re already out of spawn and the team fight is happening, maybe you also are halfway to ult. Do you go back into spawn and waste time? Do you go back if you die and waste ult? The fact of the matter is, it’s inevitable that you’ll get into situations against hero’s who make it difficult for you to play your character a certain way. If you always swap off asap whenever that happens, you’re never actually learning OTHER WAYS to play your character in order to still get value. Youre actually just forcing yourself to only know how to play each character ONE way, when in reality there many ways to switch up your playstyle to get the same value on that character. The fact that tons of one trick players exist in top 500 is literal proof that you don’t NEED to counterswap to win the game. In contenders and OWL that’s not the case because teams have more communication, but in regular ladder it is a fact. People always say “but those are top 500 players” yea, that’s the point. If counters were such a requirement to play the game, those people wouldn’t be able to get into top 500 or even into high ranks at all because the mechanics of the game wouldn’t allow it, but we know that isn’t the case. The truth of it boils down to this when you’re “countering” someone, it just means you’re effectively making a certain playstyle difficult. Some characters naturally are inclined to be good against certain playstyles. If a Pharah normally plays up in the sky against a junkrat that sits on point, that junkrat won’t be able to do much against Pharah. If he switches to Ashe, then the Pharah won’t be able to play up in the sky as easily. BUT at any point the junkrat could have switched things up by positioning around areas where he can bomb jump into Pharah and 1 shot her (Pharah has a huge hitbox), or he could’ve switched positions to be indoors where Pharah can’t do much and instead he focuses on killing Pharah backline. Or if he switches to Ashe, the Pharah also has other options. She doesn’t have to just continue to play in the open sky and get “countered” she can play more like a typical tracer, staying out of sight lines and focusing the open targets while slowly getting into range of Ashe to boop into her and 2 shot her. If you have no idea what you’re doing, you’re 5/10, and you can’t think of any good ideas on how to switch up how you’re playing to come back, then yea you should just switch to something you do know how to play into the enemy. But in those situations you should also go back and look at your replays and think how could I have played differently to not get shit on so hard, and maybe watch some videos of top 500s or unranked to gms to get ideas of how other people might play that character in different scenarios. But it’s about learning the characters and how they can be played, just learning the meta and counters is too simple if you actually want to get good at the game. TLDR; Counters on playstyles exist, but counters on entire hero’s don’t. If you don’t ever try learn how your hero should be played against difficult matchups, you’ll never get better at that hero.
@@mycelia_ow Yeah, I think you have it backwards. Counter picking is most useful at the top ranks. The way you win a disadvantaged matchup is by capitalizing on others' mistakes while limiting your own. In lower ranks, mistakes happen often and you're less likely to be punished for your own. In the top ranks, mistakes can be rare and will be punished often. The existence of OTPs in top 500 proves that any one tricks in lower ranks have a skill issue, save for a few heroes in a legitimately weak state.
@@mycelia_ow if you just swap when there’s a “counter”, you will just not learn anything. And no you absolutely do not need to learn multiple characters “that’s needed in T500 matches” there are so many 1 trick players that are consistently top 100, even top 10 on their role and never swap. Ppl don’t counter swap as often in be high ranks bcs either it would be to a character they don’t know how to play or they just straight up know for a fact that the person would have enough playtime and experience to know how to handle all the “counters”. And if you’re in a metal rank, you should not give a shi about what “advice” your tm8s give you bcs their ass is probably hardstuck and then actually taking advice from metal ranks rather than awkward is just undoubtedly wrong if they don’t align. I was literally playing dva yesterday and was 27 5 and my 13 10 DPS told me to swap just cus the other tank went zarya. I was hard carrying his ass. And then he told me to “play with the team more”. Bro I currently have a 70% win rate from DIVING as a DIVE tank yet this dps in MASTERS thinks I should play like a rein to further protect him that never uses cover. Ofc we won bcs I know how to slightly adjust my playstyle against zaryas rather than swapping. Also I have never met a single soul who has cared about their endorsement level other than quick play mercys.
@@mycelia_ow Spilo understood the nuance of Awkward's take (ie. the first sentence of your 2nd paragraph, which has been something Awkward often said anyway while elaborating on this point) and stated, "what Awkward's preaching here, [to] the vast majority of people reading this tweet, he's totally correct". He also made a point to emphasise the idea of counterplays over counterpicks in his SWAP counters guide video. Flats "nuanced take" was watching a 10 second tiktok clip and reacting to it, saying he saw what he was getting at but disliked the delivery. Meh. Can't be bothered watching Jay3 squeal and can't find KarQ opining on it. Coach Mills discusses counterswapping in "Counterswap to GM" and effectively gives the same advice, that rock-paper-scissors isn't real, you can play into and around your counters, but doesn't go so far as to state that counterswapping is to the detriment of your gameplay or development. Aside from mL7, I can't find many people who actually disagree with Awkward on counters, they just prefer a slightly milder position on the unnecessity of it and the potential outcomes for player development. You should avoid misrepresenting other people's opinions.
I mean if you want to rank up then counter picking will definitely help you do that more efficiently but if there's a hero you want to get better at then it's not optimal to just switch off when it's going bad
I bet shooting the tank is the number one tunnel visioning problem below diamond. So tired of players shouting in chat about their 10k dmg when they have 3 elms. Edit: my biggest problem is 13 😅 I'm always going in too soon for my team.
It's always the players with 25 elims but 20 deaths that speak the loudest. Like great, you walk in, shoot someone and die, then they get killed by someone else and you get credit for it, you're doing so much bud. 😂
This should be required watching after unlocking comp. I'm not saying everyone needs to follow this advice (it's perfectly fine to play for fun with a playstyle you enjoy, even in comp). But I hate it if people think they know it all and try to bring others down if things don't go their way. Your message regarding that is great.
Yeah I really don't get why people flame their teammates. You'll most likely only play with them for one game and then never see them again. There's no point in telling others to improve, you should try to better yourself instead
@@simonjohnson3424They're not really telling others to improve, for the most part. Usually they're just angry and saying stuff like "you're trash" or "uninstall". It's fairly rare to see someone actually giving constructive criticism in chat.
@son_guhun agreed. So many toxic comments and often unwarranted majority of the time. Even the very rare times it possibly could be(still not condoning it) it doesn't help the situation at all anyways in a positive way.
Wait….. you’re telling me Overwatch 2 developers added a passive for every hero that turning your back to the enemy and “running” away gives you a 10% speed boost? 😂 They might as well include aim assist for heroes if this is the direction the game is heading, lmao. Stop babying the player-base by holding their hands, and make them earn their wins
Thank you I've changed my mentality and up the ranks from gold to diamond. I've learned off angles, covers usage, priority targets, and damage being dps, tank, or support. I always changed my hero to counter-pick and most of the time I didn't have fun, playing Reaper to counter Zarya because I was playing Genji or having to change to Soldier because I was Hanzo and there was a Phara, how do I go to improve with my favorite character if I can't play it? Thanks so much for your videos Awkward, your educational videos are perfect for every player
The counter picking thing hits hard. I play doomfist and have been asked to swap more times than I can count when they have like Hog/Sombra/Ana etc and I’ve always refused as if I swap I will never learn how to play doom lol
@@stowlicters8362 you don't practise for the sprinting olympics in a playground, you do it on a real track with peers. If you want to improve for comp, you should play comp to do so. In qp people goof around, in comp people put up a more serious challenge.
@@deansam2429 You guys know that you can use aim trainers in the game right???????? That was the whole point... shoot the characters, not some balloon that doesn't simulate the gameplay. Seems like you guys were wrong here because you didn't even watch the rest of the video before commenting.
Fucking up your teams ult economy by using ults on lost fights loses people more games than I think they realise. If the enemy team nano blades and gets a pick instantly then there's a good chance the fight is already lost and you should come back to the next fight with your ult and win that rather than wasting it on a lost cause
The more he suggests not using aim trainers the more he secretly holds you in plat, forever reliant on his advice. Use aim trainers. If optimum (10x the knowledge of this guy) says it's worth it - do it.
I know in most situations, I don't know better, but if my cassidy is 3-15, is that an outlier or should I still focus on myself because I don't know better?
ask teammate to "get good"... like "aim better", or play some hero "better", is just useless. If people can instantly get perfect aim or mastered a hero in seconds, then everyone already grandmaster now. Only ask teammate to do things they are able to do.😎
Okay but i clearly do know better sometimes. Im not saying that im doing bad in other things. But like im gonna tell my tracer she should try flanking and focus the supp and not the tank
Can people stop acting like this game takes skill to do anything in this game, overwatch players are simply bad at any other video game that they play, just buy more skin and call that content 😂
6:08 anyone that complains about other players are the ones that are toxic, not doing their part, and can’t take any blame for their own lack of skill.
I don’t agree with #8. Sometimes it’s true that you should S key out while shooting, other times you need to turn back and navigate the kite path properly, especially on heroes like widow.
Lots of the tanks have quasimodo necks and shoulders. So if you're really low but are getting healed it can be a good idea to turn around. But for most heroes its best to just shoot and S
So I recently started implementing the small changes to my gameplay like Awkward said and I insta went from Silver 3 go Plat 1. It actually works. IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
lots of great tips but i feel like the "not too much and not too little" type of tips basically sound like ur saying "do this perfectly" which is hard for a lower ranked player to just quickly apply to his game. maybe a video in more depth on HOW not to engage too early or too late or play too far forward or back would be better received
About aim trainers... not true at all. People must learn how to use them properly because it helps a loooot but on very, very specific technical issues with aim. Also, external software like Kovaak offers very good scenarios and customization is very good. You can find harder scenarios for pushing your limits, specifically on reactive tracking training. But yes, if players wanna be better, they must play THE GAME. Remember, people: good aim ≠ Good player
6:23 Oh sure silly me, how could I not notice it is my fault the Junkrat in my team only got 3K dmg during the first 3 rounds. Or that the tank is trying to counter Zarya with Rammatra! Surely I can fix all that by just improving!
Even if it’s similar videos, keep making videos. Your message and the straightforwardness is perfect. Wish more content was straight forward advice like this. Went from bronze/silver to diamond in 1 season, thank you man, after a break I’m gonna go for GM
Staying too much with my tank has been a blessing so far. Most bad matches that I had had 1 thing in common. Everyone being everywhere and doing weird shit.
would you have any advice to get better aim? i currently suck and have been kind of hard stuck where i am with 0 improvement for years and have 0 idea how to practice or get better.. i play on pc and average silver-gold rank wise and I'm NA. I practice aim the best I can with what I have, tracking, I play a good bit as well with nice breaks and still can't seem to get anywhere. I'm aware I'm doing something wrong but idk what it is, any casual tips for how you climbed up? or maybe some help if possible? Even a heart would be fine if you can't! Keep up the good work, love your content
I am still pretty new to OW and have watched a few of your vids now to learn the game. Compared to other channels, yours is really educational. You convey things calmly and objectively. I main Zenyatta, like you and I think the hero suits you perfectly. True Sensei, I will stay. "Adversity is an opportunity for change."
How can I play zarya vs reinhardt better, it feels like even if I’m max or close to max charge and shooting his shield because the whole team is hiding behind him, it just never breaks no matter what.
Honestly if you want to learn how to survive 1v1 with heroes? Try Deathmatch. I’ve learned so much about different heroes and how to kill or survive as them in that mode.
I feel so bad that I cannot put as much likes as I want besides couple of other accounts. What a good info, thank you for the tips like "do not ask your teammates to swap" and "you do not know better". Some people need to bake that into their head fr.
100% agree on all points but aim trainers ARE useful. I was bouncing between low diamond and plat for a while before realising I had AWFUL mouse control. After grinding aim labs(free) for like 2 weeks I felt MORE CONFIDENT to try more risky plays. Now I can easily stay at diamond 2. It isn't THAT much difference in rank but I'm having way more fun now that I can hit shots and just need to work on game sense, positioning, timing, etc. I think content creators underestimate how having good aim gives you more reassurance. Especially if they always had good aim or been at a high level for a long time. The advice needs to be: A) use it as a gym, a focused area to get a lot of reps to improve your skill B) Find modes related to OW and use OW settings C) Use it along side deathmatch and other modes to get reps in VS real players AND use i game aim training codes like VAXTA
Very informative video! I will say the only one I disagree with is the ult ugage one. Overall yes I agree, dont hold onto your ult and use it to apply pressure, however using some uts to react to enemys ults is also a great move. For instance, not using trans unless Genji ults.
Awkward, using your teachings i placed in silver 4 on my first rank update ever. I played comp as soon as i got 50 wins and never played overwatch1. Im on xbox. Struggling to get out or silver but im sure with more time and learning, aswell as your teachings i will achieve my goal of reaching gold.
5:55 tank goes 2-9 with 2K damage and low mit.... you most certainly can blame them. DPS goes 1-7 with 1.5K damage doesn't kill flyers... you most certainly can blame them. Support goes 6-4 with 5K damage but 1K healing... you most certainly can blame them. Bad teammates in a game that's populated with 5 stacks of good players can cause you to lose games. Ask me how I know.
Game feels unreal, toxic people ruin my games and I haven't gotten my season 7 premium battle pass skins from a Blizzcon bundle for 28 hours. A Soujorn player told me to commit as Junkrat (I don't want to say the next words he said because of TH-cam Violation though, it's highly insidious.) However, I enjoy the game because of the characters though not the people who play the game (the toxic ones) because they need to see a psychologist ASAP. I don't play casuals anymore because of toxicity and the e dating nonsense, I play AI bots and co-op events only. Though, this video makes me think. Ps. I'm bad at this game and I've trying to get better since August though problems ensue. Thanks for the video mate, needed a video like this for 6 months.
I remember when I first started overwatch, I never wanted to use storm arrows because I thought they were skilless and I didn't need them. Now, I shoot them whenever I see fit.
Videos like this get taken literally a lot by people who don't pay attention to nuance at all. Like I really disagree on number 20 as a "rule" opposed to just advice to be pro-active. If I'm genji for example and have blade, I could go dry and it might work, or I might be 2 tapped. Mid reward, high risk. Meanwhile if I wait 40 seconds ana who is being slow on nano, I'm confident that 90% of the time we'll win the fight and the point. Other times my team is dominating and winning fights before I even have a chance to ult. I don't think I should ult as just a "I haven't clicked this button in a while" when we're winning the fights regardless and I can pop it when shit get's hairy. Especially with ults like zen or lucio where it really isn't going to help you stagger out a kill like blading someone running back to regroup can.
I was playing comp and my moira had 200 healing, and the match was almost over so the next game she was on my team again and i told her to heal more, and i said it not to make her mad but too help her maybe like me she is new in the game and she forgets to heal and i was trying to help but everyone in my team called me toxic and said i was trash, should i help my teammates when something like this happens? I hust wanted to help
I was stuck in bronze support forever, was a shitty DPS player that never played DPS because how bad i am, watched your videos and in less than 2 weeks i climbed to platinum! You’re advise is really simple, just do damage and off angling! No other content creator is as effective as you and i watched a lot of soldier 76 videos! Thank you awkward, now my ambition is off limits and i believe i can go to diamond and maybe masters!
Awkward, this is such a good video! This is the most concise but most impactful video on TH-cam for overwatch. This is why you are and will always be, the best overwatch coach.
i watched this vid after another one of you about aiming a lil older and i love to see that here you mention some things you also did in that other video, cause imo this shows how you actually realised that those things weren't good and trying to make others aware of that too btw i found this very helpful, some of these tips i already knew and try to follow and others did not, i think you explained them pretty well and more players should at least know and try to follow them
some of these aren't mistakes at all, you're just shoving your own ideas on everyone. jumping or not jumping works. swapping works, period, you just gave a bad example where you don't know the hero. solution is to train with X hero, or switch to a hero you know, and when you can play a handful of heros, you can successfully swap. telling players to swap works. "focus on what you can control", you can control what hero to play, so control the situation properly to win. argument contextually works, i was arguing with a hero coice and I won the argument, they switched, then we won the match. it's because i knew better and hero swapping works. your "solutions to mistakes" results in toxic individualist behavior in a team based game.
Your against counterpicking argument could just as easily be used in favor of counterpicking. You say you'll never learn how to play your hero if you swap off during moments of duress, but I'd argue that you'll never learn where a hero is applicable if you don't first practice playing it in the best matchups. Sure you can 1-trick Rein into mauga/bap/kiri, but why not practice your sigma against a good set of players that will force you to get better at a hero you're bad at?
I do have a question @awkward2. I’m not sure of the balance between ‘damage before the fight’ and ‘engaging too early’. Doesn’t damage before the fight imply that the team isn’t with you in that moment and you are engaging early for an advantage? So when should you seek damage before the fight and when should you wait for your team to setup? I also wanted to ask what does waiting mean? Does it mean hiding and setting up or does that mean shooting at the enemies from a safe distance? Please do let me know if I have misunderstood these concepts. Love your videos Awkward. Keep up the great work!
Thank you awkward, I was baptiste main and was stuck in silver, i was healbotting and i thought i was really good at it, but your perspective completely changed my playstyle, i always had good aim, once i applied your rules I got to gold like in an hour. I dont play like how you destroy the lobby but now I can feel I have an impact like Im carryong a game taking a support..... Feels goos
Does anyone have any tips to counter pharah as rat? So far her and widow are giving me the most trouble and I've had to rely a lot on my team when against either
I've been bronze since season 3 in overwatch 1, I only started climbing recently when I decided to stop going into comp getting mad at a loss and trying to force a win and backed off to quick play to remind myself why I enjoy the game, if you're not having fun you're not going to win
i agree with 99% of this video. but the first tip about always using abilities? you need to rephrase that. you need to juggle abilities. Always have one ready. This is ofcourse situational and some characters this matter more for than others. but i cant name a single hero where using your abilities all the time is a good idea. Take Zarya, what are you gonna do when you used all your bubbles? or Moira's fade? you'll want some abilities ready for use and not just use them cus you can.
Invaded by smurfs, boosted people, stacks cheaters, the matchmaking is broken. Sure you can improve rank up to diamond plat alone against them but that s it. Just dont play alone if you want a good tip ...
People talking shit about the supporters but yet they never played support 😭😭😭. I wanna see u play zenyatta or mercy. Shit can be hella tricky at times.
I have to say i have greatly improved from being average and inconsistent to becoming the best player in my team and many times on both teams by using Awkward’s advice. But i have to say self improvement is not enough to win. Many times i cant do enough to carry the team, only consolation is that i learn from my mistakes but im still stuck. When i play with ppl who also know what they are doing, is when i win.
guys this is the real deal I've played on and off since beta and stayed around plat. I've wasted awkward for like two weeks and went from low gold (i didn't play since ow2 season 2) and am now low diamond which i never got before
Point 16 is kinda Situation based Like when Ur playing ranked and ur mates only Feed or Play charackters that doesnt have the ability to win a 3v1 or a 2v1
All great tips but I somewhat disagree with the counter picking tip. A lot of times switching a character is the difference between winning and losing I understand learn to play against your counters is good but counter picking isn’t a mistake. Also aim trainers isn’t bad it helps you warm up and improve but I’m talking about the in game ones
26. Dont play or take a break if you are tired, hungry, or tilted.
Or drunk lol
You have a great message and it's the community's fault for not properly applying it. Supports need to learn when to damage and when to heal; timing is everything on every role, even in life.
Awkward changed how I think about FPS, very thankful for that
You can easily tell a bad DPS when they stop halfway through the match and turn around and stare at you to heal their 30 missing hp instead of getting to a good cover point and waiting to ambush greedy enemies exposing themselves while you heal them up so when the enemy drops in you can ambush them together. Newbie DPS need to get it through their head that they are primarily there to punish greed. When people see Supports exposed they naturally get greedy and try to farm the kill. As a DPS you need to look for these opportunities where you can give these greedy players a slap on the wrist. If you're turning your back on the enemy and getting annoyed because the support doesn't want to heal your barely missing hp in favour of getting picks, you aren't creating any value worth being healed for.
Ha ha. You just tried to do a life lesson?fkn funny
Yes. I am zenyatta. And unless my dos are cowards I will be healing and hurting. Everything, in balance
Yeah it’s all the communities fault! It’s not because he says everything like it’s a fact and speaks to people in a patronizing way, there’s no way that could be it 😂
Mute/Hide chat and voice is a beautiful thing.
Don’t let toxic people suck the energy from you and ruin your fun.
It’s not backing down, it is simply not wasting time listening to fools.
So true. The moment I turned off match/team chat, the game got 10x more enjoyable. Highly, highly recommend.
As much as I understand, I’ve also seen/had plenty of nice interactions in chat.
@lojika1majik ditto. It's a mixed bag 50 50 I find. Sometimes it's great and fun and have some laughs. Other times it's hella toxic so off the mic goes lol. Unfortunately on console I don't have a mute option for others that is as easily accessible lol.
I got banned in chat and it was the best things happened to me! I will never use anymore also without ban
@@lojika1majikyour occasional nice interaction has never made you play better
Awkward has by far the most educational OW content.
I’ve noticed tons of improvement in my gameplay. I’m still struggling ranking up, but I’m noticing my overall gameplay improving
Stick with it my dude, you'll catch fire soon enough. I followed the awkward method and kept losing but I felt like I was playing better overall. Then I went on a hot streak from plat to masters. damage damage damage, off angle, move back when they move forward, move forward when they move back. Possibly the best OW advice I've seen
A10 is very good info too if you ever want to check them out. I like combing info from both awkward and a10
Combining
And by far the smallest pp
Not sure if I'd say most. It is educational no doubt, but many, many other creators and streamers teach differently than him. I don't think Awkward's cracked any code in FPS self improvement, but his advice is of much value no doubt about that. I recommend watching other coaches, maybe you'll learn something completely new. Just doesn't seem like you watch much else besides Awkward.
I used to be gold/plat support for too long simply because I was pocketing the tank, I had tunnel visioning and my positioning was so bad I lost so many games and mad at my teamamtes. Then I learned more about the game and playing around cover, better positioning, using my ultimate as soon as i get it mid fight or before fight and I end up in Masters 3-1. Now... i struggle in masters but im 50/50 in my games. Which I believe I've climbed to the rank im stuck now and trying to improve from there.
How many hours you play a day? Been stuck D1 for a couple seasons now, but I’m only able to play ranked on weekends.
@@129iphone The more you play the better. Don't solo q. Play at different times of the day if you can. Overall just find a way to climb. The more you play the better the chances of you climbing up.
Wake up, Awkward dropped a new video 🎉
Awkward's approach to the game has reinvigorated my play. My losses (and even my wins) are filled with teachable moments now instead of frustrations and checking my teams score. I am only focused on myself. I consistently have the least deaths on my team, yet I still lose a lot - so recently I've been asking myself if I'm taking enough risks or making a real difference despite good stats. That's a simple example but that's how I try to look at everything.
I've greatly improved my games on OW2 thanks to your videos. Thanks for all you do.
Yes, and if you’re low rank, remember you’re a loser and you’re failing in life
hey awkward I watched your tracer guide back when I was diamond 2 I peaked gm1 last weekend I just want to say thanks alot for helping w the journey i rly appreciate the simplicity u’ve made unfortunately ow comm doesn’t deserve u
Congrats!
I've noticed people often read Awkward's tips the wrong way. They interpret it as a technical truth; as something that can be expressed with numbers or spread sheets. But this is not his thinking style. Awkward is a pragmatist. His prescription has people in mind that want to improve at the game. And for them specifically, he speaks the truth. It's why I'm glad he expressed the counter picking thing again. He elaborates that it robs you of a valuable learning experience. Which is true.
Yeah but if I'm on Dva and the enemy switch to Zar, Mei, Sym there is nothing to be learned there. Your value is greatly diminished, and as far as the tank MU goes, you have to play scared and pick your targets carefully, while the Zar just walks down main and nets twice your value no matter what you do. The 1 or 2 targets you actually CAN dive will just get bubbled and there is no risk to the Zarya for playing this way unless your team makes up the difference.
You are better off just swapping to a less harsh pick and going from there. Same if I'm on Doom, and the enemy team is on like Mercy, Echo, Lucio, Genji. Like sure, you might be able to net some value somewhere, but your punches are insanely hard to hit, your slams are useless except for as movement. And your ultimate will net 0 value unless you are highly intelligent in your usage. If I'm trying to play Doom and my team is on Soldier/Ashe and the enemy team has Cass, Ana, Zen, Hanzo, you'd have to play out of your mind and literally every single CD that hits you is an instant death (Sleep, nade, Discord+hanzo, flash bang) and you won't be receiving any followup from your team since they are playing the most passive heroes.
I feel like it's good advice if you are playing Support since they specifically are all jacks of all trades. Damage to an extent can also get away with playing what they want since their value is so low, it really doesn't matter either way. As tank you NEED to swap, and ALL the time. No 2 ways about it. The only reason UR2GMs work is because the players are 10 fold the skill level of the players in the lobby. Now obviously skill doesn't mean their bullets do more damage, but they don't need to "learn" anything. They already have the fundamentals and knowledge and are just passing the "test" so to speak and even then there are always unwinnable games.
@@GriFFonRec4I was making a reply but yt decided to crash my phone. Your playstyle and way of thinking is what’s limiting your rank. Like you talk about echo, mercy and even genji as if they never touch the ground, as if the entire team only cares about hard countering the tank, and claiming that you “NEED” to swap. No lmao. And then saying dps value is low 💀. And no, even masters plays haven’t got all the fundamentals like literally being next to cover. ZBRA continuously hits rank 1 on tank as a hard doomfist 1 trick while you’re making up such an extreme scenario which involves unrealistic thinking and then you’re making excuses for it being hard to get value of doom including you talking about cass nade and ana as if you’re fighting all of them in like a completely open space without cover
@@Asgelio Oh, absolutely. I'm 100% the reason I'm stuck in the metal ranks, no doubt. I'm saying the path to getting better is harder on tank because you cannot 1 trick without an extremely steep hill to climb. You say I'm making up an extreme scenario, but that is most games I play Doom and am forced to switch off, otherwise I would just play it out. When I play Dva, I will get the Zar+Sym/Mei swap 90% of my games. Again, it's playable if my team is properly fighting the Zarya, but there are many games where they just fold and let her walk on them for free, and I can't exactly trade favorable with her. In those games I go for the back line, but if the back line consists of a Sym and/or Mei and I have 0 support because they are being bullied by Zar, then I just have to swap to a stronger front line (the underlying issue being I cannot bully their back line due to my lack of skill at handling my counters without outright avoiding them).
You say those characters touch the ground, and you are correct, the problem is, it's 100% possible for them to dodge YOU as Doom. The openings I have are extremely short, so they only need to be in the air when I'm near them. I can't exactly wait for an Echo to land when she can kill me mid flight. You mention cover, and my issue is diving characters who aren't using much cover in open space. If there is cover to play around, it's easy enough to set up near a corner and bait them into pushing me, but when they can just wide peek me with no consequence I lose my angles and can't match their damage from where I am and usually end up eating a ton of damage while I wait for seismic slam to get me out. I try and take angles my team can see, but usually they just get pushed or otherwise retreat before I can finish setting up (I'm assuming since my only goal is getting out and in those times I get slept or magged I see my team is pushed out while I'm running from 2-3 players). I typically find it easier to play against enemies who are using corners and cover because it's straight forward to take the cover from them and use it myself, but when they are in open space, I have to be in open space to do decent damage against them (also easier to LOS them and close the distance before the dive).
Maybe my issue is I don't focus tank enough when I'm playing Dive tanks like Dva and Doomfist and I rely on my team too much. The hardest games, and the games where I feel forced to switch are the games where I cannot 1v4 their back line, but their tank is somehow able to. I can consistently get the attention of both supports and usually 1 of the Damage, but when I go to regroup back with my team they are pushed so far back, I'm isolated. If I realize this and swap to Ram, Sig or Zarya the game turns around immediately because now my team has a front line who can actually stand in front of them without bleeding resources and I have heals and damage where I can see it.
Damage definitely has the lowest value, particularly in the metal ranks. Just exploiting the tank seems to be the best play they can make (again in lower ranks). When I play damage, I pretty much only play Sojourn and flex to Sym in brawl comps and Sombra when we aren't brawl, but I'm not hitting my rails (again way easier to 3 trick on Damage since my only job is to do damage/secure kills). That said, dueling a support or a tank feels like throwing unless I'm up on resources (like I have a full charge rail and they've used a CD or 2). While it's easier to secure first picks, it's also easier to get picked by standing too close or too far from your team (so you either eat incidental spam and die or get poked out and are useless).
All in all, it's my lack of fundamentals which keeps me low ranked. But bashing my head into a wall isn't really worth the rank up. It's super boring to play Doom into a lot of comps. Even if I can make it work, it's probably by playing super passively, in which case playing Ram or Zarya and abusing the tank focus is usually a better and more interactive answer.
@@GriFFonRec4 I am not going to read the entire bible but I have been learning dva for 6 hours and already have a 70% win rate with her in masters where more than half of those games have been against zarya. Theoretically, if you don’t play dva like a rein, zarya shouldn’t be much of a problem as you should be boosting around on off-angles looking for dive opportunities. Even better, the other team probably shouts at their tank “go zarya and we win” bcs then if I have a bastion on my team, it is literally a free win bcs they have literally never played zarya before and are hella straight up awful
You should only be focussing their tank as a dive if you’re either stalling time while building ult charge or you don’t see a clear dive opportunity. Yes it somehow happens that an orisa can somehow end up 1v4ing your entire team but as long as you set up a dive correctly by off angling instead of hard passive frontlining like a rein. Despite my 70% win rate, ppl have been toxic just bcs they literally have not a clue on how to play dive and think that they’re dying bcs of that even tho cover exists. Dive characters do have a much riskier playstyle than other tanks but you learn boundaries and how to cycle cooldowns much more effectively. Your main goal is to distract with MAX uptime so without dying and hiding and then as soon as you’re in danger, go back to your team early enough so you don’t die. You would get better with dive if you play kiri,moira, tracer, reaper etc, bcs you’re low hp and will be able to recognise opportunities of value,how to set up an off angle not too far from your team when to disengage. If you watch ZBRA’s doomfist, he literally spend most his time away from his team which is somewhat how you should also play dva meaning zarya shouldn’t be too much of an issue. Anything I say here anyway wouldn’t even probably be taken up by you since this is literally just a comment without any direct demonstration like an U2GM shows but just watch ZBRA, literally be continuously off angling unless you’re able to effectively stall time. But then you never know when to off angle with specific character bcs you don’t try it if you swap off the dive characters, always focus killable squishies as that’s what generates the most pressure since they need to be healed immediately. Shooting a tank will just be a stalemate or you play incorrectly and 100 charge zarya destroys you. And really importantly, don’t die
The tracer U2GM by awkward is great for the fundamentals of how to play dive with short range characters.
@@GriFFonRec4 I onetricked dva from plat to masters with 80% winrate. Enemy probably swaps zarya 1/3 games, maybe even more often. Nobody has good bubble management below masters. I know, because I main zarya myself. Zarya becomes a squishy when she's out of bubbles.
Play angles, pay attention to her bubbles and you'll find windows to punish her team for poor management all the time. Dva is not a frontliner, she is a hypermobile assassin oneshot tank.
Staying determined instead of swapping off dva gave me a way greater understanding of the game in the long run, which led to me hitting D1 on dps and support the same season. When I was plat on those roles several seasons in a row. And even that became easy, on my offroles.
On paper, counterswapping has obvious advantages. But now you have to learn how to play those heroes, and how to actually capitalise on the counter advantage properly.
People in lower elo know the counter swaps, but they don't have a solid grasp on how to play the matchups. If you onetrick (or twotrick), you'll learn to play every matchup, while the enemy plays for the "on paper" advantage. YOU know exactly what to do, and the enemy is a headless chicken on a counter hero.
Is it awesomesauce to play dva against zarya+sym? Maybe not. Will you win anyways? Of course. You have the required knowledge and experience (with practise) to maneuver it.
Tank has been a pretty challenging role for a while, but fighting through it is the road to mastery. Be like sisyphus. Push that boulder up the mountain.
(To prove my point on counters: on zarya vs rein, below diamond you can literally just walk past him and kill the backline. Because all rein thinks about is "I'm rein I counter zarya, yippie!". Try it, it's a legitimate cheatcode for metal rank.)
About "sitting on the payload/objective". I understand that you're saying to take initiative and not be basically a payload pushing robot. However if everyone adopts that mindset of "payload is lava" then the games will never end because nobody is pushing so nobody is winning. So sometimes "sitting on payload" is the thing that you have to do to win
then when it's overtime sitting on the objective is objectively the way to win. this guys advice is so contextual and not widely applicable.
I had to relisten to point 3 about the payload/objective about 4 times and still didn't understand what the tip was. Had to come in the comments to make sure I wasn't the only one. Just made no sense. "It's not bad to stay on the payload *shows a clip of a zen pushing a payload on his own* but you have to squeeze value! leave the payload." wat.jpg
@@maodecavalo You push up to take space before the enemy respawns. They now have to spend resources *before* they even get to contest, which means they will be at a disadvantage in the fight. If everyone sits on the payload (or the point), the enemy can walk up for free with all their cooldowns ready, full hp etc.
Go forwards and grab a nice position, deal damage, force cooldowns etc.
Why sit afk on the payload when you could be 10m forwards on that juicy high ground before the enemy gets there?
Imagine if the defending team at the start of the round waited until the attackers doors opened before leaving spawn themselves. Makes no sense, right? Why not go set up in preparation for the attackers? It's kind of the same thing.
TIMESTAMPS
0:03 [1] Not using cooldowns enough
0:18 [2] Not rotating / changing positioning enough
0:49 [3] Sitting on the objective too often
1:16 [4] Hiding instead of being proactive
1:41 [5] Playing too far forward
2:00 [6] Playing too far back
2:19 [7] Only shooting the tank
2:50 [8] Turning away from enemies
3:15 [9]Jumping / Predictable movement
3:29 [10] Counter-picking too lightly
3:51 [11] Not doing damage before the fight
4:20 [12] Not Alternating Prim / Alt fire
4:55 [13] Engaging too early
5:31 [14] Engaging too late
5:53 [15] Asking players to swap / (Focus on what you can control)
6:18 [16] Thinking you're better
6:40 [17] Arguing with other players
7:47 [18] Glued to the tank instead of taking off-angles and flanks
8:19 [19] Not close to cover / Being in open spaces
9:02 [20] Holding ultimates for too long
9:40 [21] Not playing within your effective range
10:20 [22] Using external aim trainers instead of practicing in the game
10:51 [23] Crouch spamming
11:15 [24] Mindlessly queuing (Autopiloting)
11:44 [25] Being too afraid to make mistakes
Thank you Awkward for bringing us this awesome educational content. ❤
Tyvm
Good vid, only thing I disagree with is aim training. Yes aim training in the game is important too, but external softwares will help you gain mouse control faster than anything else, and mouse control is very easy to translate into good aim inside of the game with some practice. I think you should do both.
i agree
Number 5 is going to be hard to swallow for some people
Hardest pill to swallow is to not counter pick/not tell others what hero to play.
I finally made it to GM thanks to Awkward's advice. I especially love his attitude about counter-picking; how are you going to learn how to play against your counters if you just swap when things get difficult?
Flats, Jay3, KarQ, mL7, and Spilo all disagreed with Awkward on this take of counters. It's far more nuanced than Awkward makes it seem.
His idea behind it isn't wrong or anything, but it mostly applies to high-rank players, and shouldn't always apply regardless. All of the creators I mentioned above have given some excellent points on this. Swapping increases your chances of winning at the end of the day. Also probably better to be versatile, that's needed in T500 matches.
That's gonna climb you quicker and more guaranteed than playing 10x more games refusing to swap. Not to mention your teammates aren't gonna like it. F to your endorsement level in that case. Even if you find some success some of the time refusing to swap in lower ranks, it's not gonna last outside of metal ranks I can assure that.
It's just funny that in his video about this, he was mainly playing in metal ranks. The funny thing about that should be self-explanatory. It works so well for him not just because he's such a high rank, but the people in his games were of magnitudes lower elo. Just something to consider.
@@mycelia_owthe way you are viewing the issue is inherently wrong. I’d argue that high ranks is when counterswapping does actually become more relevant, because everyone is equally good and the room to grow is low.
At low ranks, counterswapping means not learning to play certain heroes in difficult scenarios. If you counterswap every time things are difficult you never learn how to play in those difficult situations.
“But I can just swap every time the enemy is playing my counters”, well no actually that isn’t always true for a few reasons. For example, on some maps with some team comps it might be better to play a character despite one or two counters on the enemy team simply because of playstyle synergy reasons. Your “counter” might not work too well with the team comp they’re playing with or on the map they’re playing on, or your team might work much better with the character you’re playing than with the counterswap you would switch to. To view things as simply as “this character counters this so I need to switch” is too simplistic.
Another example, sometimes the enemy will swap to a “counter” for you because they weren’t able to deal with your playstyle on the hero they were playing before. You aren’t aware of this until you’re already out of spawn and the team fight is happening, maybe you also are halfway to ult. Do you go back into spawn and waste time? Do you go back if you die and waste ult?
The fact of the matter is, it’s inevitable that you’ll get into situations against hero’s who make it difficult for you to play your character a certain way. If you always swap off asap whenever that happens, you’re never actually learning OTHER WAYS to play your character in order to still get value. Youre actually just forcing yourself to only know how to play each character ONE way, when in reality there many ways to switch up your playstyle to get the same value on that character.
The fact that tons of one trick players exist in top 500 is literal proof that you don’t NEED to counterswap to win the game. In contenders and OWL that’s not the case because teams have more communication, but in regular ladder it is a fact. People always say “but those are top 500 players” yea, that’s the point. If counters were such a requirement to play the game, those people wouldn’t be able to get into top 500 or even into high ranks at all because the mechanics of the game wouldn’t allow it, but we know that isn’t the case.
The truth of it boils down to this when you’re “countering” someone, it just means you’re effectively making a certain playstyle difficult. Some characters naturally are inclined to be good against certain playstyles. If a Pharah normally plays up in the sky against a junkrat that sits on point, that junkrat won’t be able to do much against Pharah. If he switches to Ashe, then the Pharah won’t be able to play up in the sky as easily. BUT at any point the junkrat could have switched things up by positioning around areas where he can bomb jump into Pharah and 1 shot her (Pharah has a huge hitbox), or he could’ve switched positions to be indoors where Pharah can’t do much and instead he focuses on killing Pharah backline. Or if he switches to Ashe, the Pharah also has other options. She doesn’t have to just continue to play in the open sky and get “countered” she can play more like a typical tracer, staying out of sight lines and focusing the open targets while slowly getting into range of Ashe to boop into her and 2 shot her.
If you have no idea what you’re doing, you’re 5/10, and you can’t think of any good ideas on how to switch up how you’re playing to come back, then yea you should just switch to something you do know how to play into the enemy. But in those situations you should also go back and look at your replays and think how could I have played differently to not get shit on so hard, and maybe watch some videos of top 500s or unranked to gms to get ideas of how other people might play that character in different scenarios. But it’s about learning the characters and how they can be played, just learning the meta and counters is too simple if you actually want to get good at the game.
TLDR; Counters on playstyles exist, but counters on entire hero’s don’t. If you don’t ever try learn how your hero should be played against difficult matchups, you’ll never get better at that hero.
@@mycelia_ow Yeah, I think you have it backwards. Counter picking is most useful at the top ranks. The way you win a disadvantaged matchup is by capitalizing on others' mistakes while limiting your own. In lower ranks, mistakes happen often and you're less likely to be punished for your own. In the top ranks, mistakes can be rare and will be punished often. The existence of OTPs in top 500 proves that any one tricks in lower ranks have a skill issue, save for a few heroes in a legitimately weak state.
@@mycelia_ow if you just swap when there’s a “counter”, you will just not learn anything. And no you absolutely do not need to learn multiple characters “that’s needed in T500 matches” there are so many 1 trick players that are consistently top 100, even top 10 on their role and never swap. Ppl don’t counter swap as often in be high ranks bcs either it would be to a character they don’t know how to play or they just straight up know for a fact that the person would have enough playtime and experience to know how to handle all the “counters”.
And if you’re in a metal rank, you should not give a shi about what “advice” your tm8s give you bcs their ass is probably hardstuck and then actually taking advice from metal ranks rather than awkward is just undoubtedly wrong if they don’t align. I was literally playing dva yesterday and was 27 5 and my 13 10 DPS told me to swap just cus the other tank went zarya. I was hard carrying his ass. And then he told me to “play with the team more”. Bro I currently have a 70% win rate from DIVING as a DIVE tank yet this dps in MASTERS thinks I should play like a rein to further protect him that never uses cover. Ofc we won bcs I know how to slightly adjust my playstyle against zaryas rather than swapping. Also I have never met a single soul who has cared about their endorsement level other than quick play mercys.
@@mycelia_ow Spilo understood the nuance of Awkward's take (ie. the first sentence of your 2nd paragraph, which has been something Awkward often said anyway while elaborating on this point) and stated, "what Awkward's preaching here, [to] the vast majority of people reading this tweet, he's totally correct". He also made a point to emphasise the idea of counterplays over counterpicks in his SWAP counters guide video.
Flats "nuanced take" was watching a 10 second tiktok clip and reacting to it, saying he saw what he was getting at but disliked the delivery. Meh. Can't be bothered watching Jay3 squeal and can't find KarQ opining on it.
Coach Mills discusses counterswapping in "Counterswap to GM" and effectively gives the same advice, that rock-paper-scissors isn't real, you can play into and around your counters, but doesn't go so far as to state that counterswapping is to the detriment of your gameplay or development.
Aside from mL7, I can't find many people who actually disagree with Awkward on counters, they just prefer a slightly milder position on the unnecessity of it and the potential outcomes for player development.
You should avoid misrepresenting other people's opinions.
the fact that you put counterpicking in this list is gonna be controversial as fuck, im loving it
I mean if you want to rank up then counter picking will definitely help you do that more efficiently but if there's a hero you want to get better at then it's not optimal to just switch off when it's going bad
@@grimu8844 but only playing 1 hero isnt optimal either
@@Strawberryfreakyet ppl are consistently top 10 and even higher while 1 tricking
Yeah I totally can’t counter pick in this game and win
@@Asgelio but in owl people need to have good hero pool to play everyone at the highest level
" that's why there's players who have played for 6 years and haven't climbed "
I'm so glad to be featured in this video
Mistake #1: Play Overwatch XD
I bet shooting the tank is the number one tunnel visioning problem below diamond.
So tired of players shouting in chat about their 10k dmg when they have 3 elms.
Edit: my biggest problem is 13 😅 I'm always going in too soon for my team.
It's always the players with 25 elims but 20 deaths that speak the loudest. Like great, you walk in, shoot someone and die, then they get killed by someone else and you get credit for it, you're doing so much bud. 😂
One thing i don't agree with is the aim trainer. I believe aim is still important and aimtrainers can help u fine tune ur aim.
We have all this amazing and constructive advice, tips & tricks all completely free, thanks Awkward
This should be required watching after unlocking comp. I'm not saying everyone needs to follow this advice (it's perfectly fine to play for fun with a playstyle you enjoy, even in comp). But I hate it if people think they know it all and try to bring others down if things don't go their way. Your message regarding that is great.
Yeah I really don't get why people flame their teammates. You'll most likely only play with them for one game and then never see them again. There's no point in telling others to improve, you should try to better yourself instead
@@simonjohnson3424They're not really telling others to improve, for the most part. Usually they're just angry and saying stuff like "you're trash" or "uninstall". It's fairly rare to see someone actually giving constructive criticism in chat.
@son_guhun agreed. So many toxic comments and often unwarranted majority of the time. Even the very rare times it possibly could be(still not condoning it) it doesn't help the situation at all anyways in a positive way.
this is really good
Wait….. you’re telling me Overwatch 2 developers added a passive for every hero that turning your back to the enemy and “running” away gives you a 10% speed boost? 😂 They might as well include aim assist for heroes if this is the direction the game is heading, lmao. Stop babying the player-base by holding their hands, and make them earn their wins
Thank you I've changed my mentality and up the ranks from gold to diamond. I've learned off angles, covers usage, priority targets, and damage being dps, tank, or support. I always changed my hero to counter-pick and most of the time I didn't have fun, playing Reaper to counter Zarya because I was playing Genji or having to change to Soldier because I was Hanzo and there was a Phara, how do I go to improve with my favorite character if I can't play it?
Thanks so much for your videos Awkward, your educational videos are perfect for every player
The point about counter picking, are you saying that counter picking is okay to do, as long as you know how to play the hero you need to switch to?
The counter picking thing hits hard. I play doomfist and have been asked to swap more times than I can count when they have like Hog/Sombra/Ana etc and I’ve always refused as if I swap I will never learn how to play doom lol
learn in deathmatch or quick play instead of making your team lose.
problem is, people ask/demand you swap in every mode
@@PebbsiDrinkerit is a core part of the game
@@stowlicters8362 you don't practise for the sprinting olympics in a playground, you do it on a real track with peers. If you want to improve for comp, you should play comp to do so. In qp people goof around, in comp people put up a more serious challenge.
@@wicked5999 then at least let your team know your practicing, and switch it it gets bad
Awesome video! Very interesting and insightful, as always. But I've gotta ask, will we ever see a Hanzo U2GM?
i agree with everything u said, but not with aim trainers, they helped me so so so much and honestly u couldn't be more wrong on this one
yeah he is so wrong on this one
I don’t think you got his message. He said you can aim train IN ow, but not outside programs like aimlabs
@@deansam2429 You guys know that you can use aim trainers in the game right???????? That was the whole point... shoot the characters, not some balloon that doesn't simulate the gameplay. Seems like you guys were wrong here because you didn't even watch the rest of the video before commenting.
@@cagxplays9602you know nothing
@@cagxplays9602says who ?
Fucking up your teams ult economy by using ults on lost fights loses people more games than I think they realise. If the enemy team nano blades and gets a pick instantly then there's a good chance the fight is already lost and you should come back to the next fight with your ult and win that rather than wasting it on a lost cause
The more he suggests not using aim trainers the more he secretly holds you in plat, forever reliant on his advice.
Use aim trainers. If optimum (10x the knowledge of this guy) says it's worth it - do it.
I know in most situations, I don't know better, but if my cassidy is 3-15, is that an outlier or should I still focus on myself because I don't know better?
(26) avoid making a Lucio unranked to GM video....lol
ask teammate to "get good"... like "aim better", or play some hero "better", is just useless. If people can instantly get perfect aim or mastered a hero in seconds, then everyone already grandmaster now. Only ask teammate to do things they are able to do.😎
Okay but i clearly do know better sometimes. Im not saying that im doing bad in other things. But like im gonna tell my tracer she should try flanking and focus the supp and not the tank
Can people stop acting like this game takes skill to do anything in this game, overwatch players are simply bad at any other video game that they play, just buy more skin and call that content 😂
Its - "Pro(> pro'oh
6:08 anyone that complains about other players are the ones that are toxic, not doing their part, and can’t take any blame for their own lack of skill.
I don’t agree with #8. Sometimes it’s true that you should S key out while shooting, other times you need to turn back and navigate the kite path properly, especially on heroes like widow.
Lots of the tanks have quasimodo necks and shoulders. So if you're really low but are getting healed it can be a good idea to turn around. But for most heroes its best to just shoot and S
@@Lappmogel I agree, I just wouldn't call this a mistake that people should avoid, because it's super situational.
No number 1 should be avoiding the download button
Yup, never should of downloaded it
So I recently started implementing the small changes to my gameplay like Awkward said and I insta went from Silver 3 go Plat 1. It actually works. IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
Bro you cant avoid all 25 mistakes if theres only 3 avoid slots
Hey Awkward its Cody lol just watched this video to help me on my rank up as Winston.
lots of great tips but i feel like the "not too much and not too little" type of tips basically sound like ur saying "do this perfectly" which is hard for a lower ranked player to just quickly apply to his game. maybe a video in more depth on HOW not to engage too early or too late or play too far forward or back would be better received
About aim trainers... not true at all. People must learn how to use them properly because it helps a loooot but on very, very specific technical issues with aim. Also, external software like Kovaak offers very good scenarios and customization is very good. You can find harder scenarios for pushing your limits, specifically on reactive tracking training. But yes, if players wanna be better, they must play THE GAME.
Remember, people: good aim ≠ Good player
mistake 1= playing a pay to win game
mistake 2= read mistake one
the thinking better part is situational giving yourself a confidence boost might help you play better obviously they shoudn't scream at their team tho
6:23 Oh sure silly me, how could I not notice it is my fault the Junkrat in my team only got 3K dmg during the first 3 rounds. Or that the tank is trying to counter Zarya with Rammatra! Surely I can fix all that by just improving!
Overwatch is probably the only game where getting good have so much myth and misconception about it.
I agree with you. Too much misinformation.
Its not always your fault though, its a bloody team game. One person sucks or does outrageously better, the things change
True but , will blaming your team for being bad make you better
Even if it’s similar videos, keep making videos. Your message and the straightforwardness is perfect. Wish more content was straight forward advice like this. Went from bronze/silver to diamond in 1 season, thank you man, after a break I’m gonna go for GM
NGL. Being chat blocked made me 75% winrate last season 😂
Chat is complete cancer
Staying too much with my tank has been a blessing so far. Most bad matches that I had had 1 thing in common. Everyone being everywhere and doing weird shit.
would you have any advice to get better aim? i currently suck and have been kind of hard stuck where i am with 0 improvement for years and have 0 idea how to practice or get better.. i play on pc and average silver-gold rank wise and I'm NA. I practice aim the best I can with what I have, tracking, I play a good bit as well with nice breaks and still can't seem to get anywhere. I'm aware I'm doing something wrong but idk what it is, any casual tips for how you climbed up? or maybe some help if possible? Even a heart would be fine if you can't! Keep up the good work, love your content
I am still pretty new to OW and have watched a few of your vids now to learn the game. Compared to other channels, yours is really educational. You convey things calmly and objectively. I main Zenyatta, like you and I think the hero suits you perfectly. True Sensei, I will stay. "Adversity is an opportunity for change."
좋은 팁 우주우주 감쟈합니다♡♡
Love awkwqrd but hes very wrong about aim training
He’s never ever wrong though
6:25 I win the lottery of bad luck
6:31 yes, but console and brazil lobby disagree
Fantastic video and the editing was amazing. Top tier content right here. Very helpful
Nice video !
How can I play zarya vs reinhardt better, it feels like even if I’m max or close to max charge and shooting his shield because the whole team is hiding behind him, it just never breaks no matter what.
Awkward has good advice. Ppl can’t handle being true with them selves sometimes.
Honestly if you want to learn how to survive 1v1 with heroes? Try Deathmatch. I’ve learned so much about different heroes and how to kill or survive as them in that mode.
I feel so bad that I cannot put as much likes as I want besides couple of other accounts. What a good info, thank you for the tips like "do not ask your teammates to swap" and "you do not know better". Some people need to bake that into their head fr.
100% agree on all points but aim trainers ARE useful. I was bouncing between low diamond and plat for a while before realising I had AWFUL mouse control. After grinding aim labs(free) for like 2 weeks I felt MORE CONFIDENT to try more risky plays. Now I can easily stay at diamond 2. It isn't THAT much difference in rank but I'm having way more fun now that I can hit shots and just need to work on game sense, positioning, timing, etc.
I think content creators underestimate how having good aim gives you more reassurance. Especially if they always had good aim or been at a high level for a long time.
The advice needs to be:
A) use it as a gym, a focused area to get a lot of reps to improve your skill
B) Find modes related to OW and use OW settings
C) Use it along side deathmatch and other modes to get reps in VS real players AND use i game aim training codes like VAXTA
Don’t you dare dispute anything with THE awkward
Very informative video!
I will say the only one I disagree with is the ult ugage one. Overall yes I agree, dont hold onto your ult and use it to apply pressure, however using some uts to react to enemys ults is also a great move.
For instance, not using trans unless Genji ults.
Is the first mistake downloading the game?
Well said. Well said, indeed.
Awkward, using your teachings i placed in silver 4 on my first rank update ever. I played comp as soon as i got 50 wins and never played overwatch1. Im on xbox. Struggling to get out or silver but im sure with more time and learning, aswell as your teachings i will achieve my goal of reaching gold.
5:55
tank goes 2-9 with 2K damage and low mit.... you most certainly can blame them.
DPS goes 1-7 with 1.5K damage doesn't kill flyers... you most certainly can blame them.
Support goes 6-4 with 5K damage but 1K healing... you most certainly can blame them.
Bad teammates in a game that's populated with 5 stacks of good players can cause you to lose games. Ask me how I know.
Game feels unreal, toxic people ruin my games and I haven't gotten my season 7 premium battle pass skins from a Blizzcon bundle for 28 hours. A Soujorn player told me to commit as Junkrat (I don't want to say the next words he said because of TH-cam Violation though, it's highly insidious.) However, I enjoy the game because of the characters though not the people who play the game (the toxic ones) because they need to see a psychologist ASAP. I don't play casuals anymore because of toxicity and the e dating nonsense, I play AI bots and co-op events only. Though, this video makes me think. Ps. I'm bad at this game and I've trying to get better since August though problems ensue. Thanks for the video mate, needed a video like this for 6 months.
NUMBER 7 THANKYOU 👏🏼👏🏼😂😂😂 hate when people are ass but think they did something by shooting a tank all game then blame everyone else
I remember when I first started overwatch, I never wanted to use storm arrows because I thought they were skilless and I didn't need them.
Now, I shoot them whenever I see fit.
Videos like this get taken literally a lot by people who don't pay attention to nuance at all.
Like I really disagree on number 20 as a "rule" opposed to just advice to be pro-active. If I'm genji for example and have blade, I could go dry and it might work, or I might be 2 tapped. Mid reward, high risk. Meanwhile if I wait 40 seconds ana who is being slow on nano, I'm confident that 90% of the time we'll win the fight and the point.
Other times my team is dominating and winning fights before I even have a chance to ult. I don't think I should ult as just a "I haven't clicked this button in a while" when we're winning the fights regardless and I can pop it when shit get's hairy. Especially with ults like zen or lucio where it really isn't going to help you stagger out a kill like blading someone running back to regroup can.
I was playing comp and my moira had 200 healing, and the match was almost over so the next game she was on my team again and i told her to heal more, and i said it not to make her mad but too help her maybe like me she is new in the game and she forgets to heal and i was trying to help but everyone in my team called me toxic and said i was trash, should i help my teammates when something like this happens? I hust wanted to help
I was stuck in bronze support forever, was a shitty DPS player that never played DPS because how bad i am, watched your videos and in less than 2 weeks i climbed to platinum!
You’re advise is really simple, just do damage and off angling!
No other content creator is as effective as you and i watched a lot of soldier 76 videos!
Thank you awkward, now my ambition is off limits and i believe i can go to diamond and maybe masters!
Awkward, this is such a good video! This is the most concise but most impactful video on TH-cam for overwatch. This is why you are and will always be, the best overwatch coach.
Awkward you should make a video about getting to the new Ultimate Rank next season
i watched this vid after another one of you about aiming a lil older and i love to see that here you mention some things you also did in that other video, cause imo this shows how you actually realised that those things weren't good and trying to make others aware of that too
btw i found this very helpful, some of these tips i already knew and try to follow and others did not, i think you explained them pretty well and more players should at least know and try to follow them
some of these aren't mistakes at all, you're just shoving your own ideas on everyone. jumping or not jumping works. swapping works, period, you just gave a bad example where you don't know the hero. solution is to train with X hero, or switch to a hero you know, and when you can play a handful of heros, you can successfully swap.
telling players to swap works. "focus on what you can control", you can control what hero to play, so control the situation properly to win.
argument contextually works, i was arguing with a hero coice and I won the argument, they switched, then we won the match. it's because i knew better and hero swapping works.
your "solutions to mistakes" results in toxic individualist behavior in a team based game.
Your against counterpicking argument could just as easily be used in favor of counterpicking. You say you'll never learn how to play your hero if you swap off during moments of duress, but I'd argue that you'll never learn where a hero is applicable if you don't first practice playing it in the best matchups. Sure you can 1-trick Rein into mauga/bap/kiri, but why not practice your sigma against a good set of players that will force you to get better at a hero you're bad at?
Thank you awkward, I needed this
lmao
I do have a question @awkward2. I’m not sure of the balance between ‘damage before the fight’ and ‘engaging too early’. Doesn’t damage before the fight imply that the team isn’t with you in that moment and you are engaging early for an advantage? So when should you seek damage before the fight and when should you wait for your team to setup?
I also wanted to ask what does waiting mean? Does it mean hiding and setting up or does that mean shooting at the enemies from a safe distance?
Please do let me know if I have misunderstood these concepts. Love your videos Awkward. Keep up the great work!
Thank you awkward, I was baptiste main and was stuck in silver, i was healbotting and i thought i was really good at it, but your perspective completely changed my playstyle, i always had good aim, once i applied your rules I got to gold like in an hour. I dont play like how you destroy the lobby but now I can feel I have an impact like Im carryong a game taking a support..... Feels goos
Does anyone have any tips to counter pharah as rat? So far her and widow are giving me the most trouble and I've had to rely a lot on my team when against either
so is people like you why NO ONE MOVES THE F PAYLOAD
The biggest mistake you can make is playing Overwatch
I've been bronze since season 3 in overwatch 1, I only started climbing recently when I decided to stop going into comp getting mad at a loss and trying to force a win and backed off to quick play to remind myself why I enjoy the game, if you're not having fun you're not going to win
i agree with 99% of this video.
but the first tip about always using abilities? you need to rephrase that.
you need to juggle abilities. Always have one ready. This is ofcourse situational and some characters this matter more for than others.
but i cant name a single hero where using your abilities all the time is a good idea.
Take Zarya, what are you gonna do when you used all your bubbles?
or Moira's fade? you'll want some abilities ready for use and not just use them cus you can.
Invaded by smurfs, boosted people, stacks cheaters, the matchmaking is broken. Sure you can improve rank up to diamond plat alone against them but that s it. Just dont play alone if you want a good tip ...
Shocker, another post and another banger
I Just have gone master because of this man's vídeos. Ty bro
People talking shit about the supporters but yet they never played support 😭😭😭. I wanna see u play zenyatta or mercy. Shit can be hella tricky at times.
I have been masters since s9 of ow1, never hit gm. Still masters to this day. And forever will I get ego’d by plats who think they know better.
When I implimented your advices I started to gain 1 rank higher every season. I ended season 6 in gold, and this season ends in diamond
I have to say i have greatly improved from being average and inconsistent to becoming the best player in my team and many times on both teams by using Awkward’s advice. But i have to say self improvement is not enough to win. Many times i cant do enough to carry the team, only consolation is that i learn from my mistakes but im still stuck. When i play with ppl who also know what they are doing, is when i win.
guys this is the real deal
I've played on and off since beta and stayed around plat.
I've wasted awkward for like two weeks and went from low gold (i didn't play since ow2 season 2) and am now low diamond which i never got before
Brother you are the GOAT. Without you OW would be taken over by nerds and mfs who blame and play like shit 😭
Point 16 is kinda Situation based Like when Ur playing ranked and ur mates only Feed or Play charackters that doesnt have the ability to win a 3v1 or a 2v1
All great tips but I somewhat disagree with the counter picking tip. A lot of times switching a character is the difference between winning and losing I understand learn to play against your counters is good but counter picking isn’t a mistake. Also aim trainers isn’t bad it helps you warm up and improve but I’m talking about the in game ones