Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:47 Most Typical Aim Mistake 02:38 PMAJellies Advanced Training Range 2.2 AJERA 02:50 Flickshots Explained 04:00 Drag shots 04:52 Tracking 05:37 Using Tracking to make Flicks easier 06:25 Placed shots and when to use them 07:28 Placed shots for hard to hit targets 08:18 Mid-air practice 09:42 How to "see" a shot and adapt aim style 12:14 Flanker examples, projectiles 13:08 Rushing flicks, learn to place! 14:27 Echo placed shots examples 15:28 Tracking to read animations 16:00 Email in replays to YourOverwatchPlays@gmail.com!
@@leonardostarfire749 I sent a replay to them where I win a 5v6 with a bastion on my team, so idk but hopefully they look at mine cuz I thought it was interesting
That genji clip is so me. On tracer I will always get behind an ana without her knowing, I'll line up the shot onto her and just before I shoot she'll step one step to the right and I'll miss my whole next three clips and show the walls who's boss
Austin Armellini they separate the video into different sections for easy navigation. You can see that each section is titled so if a title doesn’t interest you you can skip to the next section.
"As an aging gamer myself" OH MY GOD, Finally thank you... Been noticing/struggling alot myself as of late, I've started transitioning to Tank/Support since I just can't land the shots I want to anymore, feeling ancient haha. But so nice to hear that come from the person giving advice! Was super useful thank you :)
The quality drop off of my Zen aim has been staggering.... Comparing this just from 2017 to 2020......I keep telling myself it's just practice but honestly I feel you bro. I transitioned from Zen to Tanks Hog Zarya and Rein.
i'm shocked, how old are you guys?? i'm 46 and still my aim is better than ever. i played cs1.5 and i'm much better now than in the old days^^ i don't know why you all lose your aim...i guess you just play less, it's not the age.
@@jamiej5229 also a lil suprised I think might just be they have taken a break from games or have played other games which makes them feel use to a different sensitivity
"The controllers broken, my dad works at Nintendo, I'm getting too old to aim." The more excuses you make, the less likely you are to improve. Games been out for almost 4 years now, and I've noticed an improvement in my aim after being away from OW for almost 8 months.
I just turned 30, but have so much experience that while I don't know that I could flick as fast as when I was 24, it is entirely brainless now and I sometimes get hits on reflex before I am consciously aware I'm shooting. I get "jumpscare headshots," and I don't think I remember those happening when I was a kid! 🤣
I remember I was that bad once. Despite that, it still hurts my soul so much to watch that though. The guy clearly knew how to move his mouse, he just didn't know where to put it because he didn't understand character movement.
define young? if you are in your teens, expect to get much better in your early to mid 20s. only toward your early 30s you might expect to see an actual decline in performance. you are not playing on such a high level that you are expected to keep godlike aim, you will actually get better because even though your reaction time might be a little worse, you will be more cautious, your tracking will be more refined and you will do things you are now thinking consciously, unconsciously due to muscle memory. I'm 32 and even though my flick and reaction time is worse now than it was 10 years ago, my aim and tracking has actually gotten better because of muscle memory, overall if I had a time machine and I got 22 year old me to play against me now, I'll beat 22 year old me no doubt.
I got to top 500 playing McCree and soldier and Ashe and I used almost purely tracking aim which was quite fast tracking. I only had to flick when I had a tracer in me or something close range. Essentially I’m saying this guide is 100% correct on how to aim.
Ty so much for this! I don't know how many times I've been been in a great position, maybe I flanked someone who doesn't know I'm there, and panicked in the moment and missed...This helped a lot. I legit get into those situations now and STOP, breath, focus, snipe. XD
This guide is pretty good but it's very hitscan-centric. I know Genji and Echo got some airtime but projectile characters like Mei and Pharah should get some love. I see a lot of Pharah players unable to hit rockets while grounded when they should be aiming at the feet. Same with Symmetra orbs. For Mei, one thing that really helped for me is the concept of circle strafing. Since she's usually much closer than most dps characters, circle strafing really helps set up her shots and the freeze while avoiding getting hit.
IDK if you know this Freedo but look at the duration bar of this TH-cam video. Your Timestamps are displayed in chunks. Thanks for always going so in depth into all your guides man YT is trying to keep up with you.
3:53 this is a really good aim game actually, maybe practice from slightly further out but they are moving quite realistically. 4:11 Also yes this could even be faster than flicking and more reliable, you don't need to slow down before the target and its actually possible to *see* when you're on your target with this and make corrections on your way to the target. 12:48 1) Don't commit with mobility to heros on high health with abilities up. 2) The video is 100% right, great explanation, says it better than I ever could. This is a point I'm massively weak on, especially at the low ranks I'm currently at you'll be surprised how many easy shots there are to practice on and you can transition that technique to your general disposition which you will see pros employ even with pro level threats. 13:51 Yes! I was almost screaming this at my screen! Take a little time to *AIM*. I think you can tell so much about a player by just watching their gameplay and also what they think pros are by watching it, this genji seems to be overconfident, even arrogant and yet not actually have that much trust in his abilities which MASSIVELY hinders him I would imagine they also thinks its about his raw ability like the epic kill at 12:48 but really pros can be as little as 100ms quicker (which is a fair chunk granted) at getting on target and not much more precise than a lot of aimers like myself its just about improving 1 skill at a time bit by bit but they seem to think to get better/emulate the best you have to be as fast as them but really that's only what separates them from the people *almost* as good as them, its not what makes them so good. If you die cos you're too slow, don't sweat it, you can improve that when you have everything else in line, its maybe a 25% time save, whereas clearly when you watch this gameplay the players are going for 50% time save for 10% chance shots and what do you know, they are maybe 50% faster but 10 times less accurate then they could be after very little focused practice. Its not just that technique improves aim in the short term by a ridiculous degree, its also that it allows you to get better more easily as you have a foundation to build from and don't build bad habits which, trust me, are really hard to break. I think also I need to find someone who will do super high HP 1v1s with me but where we can take 30 second clips and reveiw our past 30 seconds or so to readjust our aim. 5:56 I just realised watching this I need to first get my crosshair near AND on the correct part of the y axis when I'm roughly level as I'm my vertical error is very low even if my horizontal error is quite high, this guy missing the correct y coordinate (if that makes any sense i.e. he's too high or too low a lot of the time) because he suddenly not only needs to go across but also up which is more complicated to do than just aim across. Otherwise his technique is good.
Great video as always. I really like the fact that you talk about other Aim techniques. Most videos I watched about having good aim were about good sensitivity, how to flick and track. It really helps a lot that you talk about Drag and Tracking because I have the bad habit of flicking a lot even when I don't need to when I decide to play Mcree in dps (because I usually play support) Btw what's the workshop code of the training ground you're using?
One of the best examples of taking it slow to place the shot is LA Gladiators 'marry go round' in kings row vs. London Spitfire when Surfore switches to Widow and takes his time to find a good first pick instead of firing right away
I feel like this is a stupid question, but if I want you to review my gameplay do I just send you the replay code? Or should I record it with something else?
I'm just a plat player on healer, but I've played almost no tank or DPS the last few seasons because I feel like I'm "throwing" other people's games in low gold on those 2 roles.
Freedo, I like your idea of drag shots and I understand why you think they are reliable, but click timing is way more reliable, click timing is essentially either tracking the character and clicking when you feel comfortable in hitting the shot, or looking at their movement and pre aiming the direction in which they are going and click when their head is at your crosshair, it is a very similar concept to what drag shots are and they are simply more reliable, great video though.
I feel like in this context the terms drag shots and click timing are interchangeable. He’s just saying to wait for your crosshair to be on the target before you click which is what click timing is
Holy shit this video actually worked for me?? I tried the techniques in it with Ashe and got POTG three times in one night (on console) and I’ve never gotten play with Ashe before. I got like 100% more kills holy shit thank u
Every player you ever admired was a hard one trick which you as a Teammate avoided doing so you could help your teams comp. Now your skills are subpar on every hero because your time in them are splashed out. Choose 1 hero and be a one trick. Once you master that hero use another hero. Dafran was a Tracer and soldier one trick because they both involve tracking.
I think a lot of the problems i saw from Genji could be fixed if they altered their sensitivity, It seemed too high to me, their cross hairs were all over the place and I think thats why flicking was their go-to.
Very nice tips. I'm that desperate genji sometimes hahaha have to act with more caution and not everytime like "i have to play fast" hahahha great video
4:32 NO. You never watch your crosshair. Not even with placed shots, tracking, or general "point and click" aiming. Maybe you meant this, but it came out differently, but if you're playing a DPS hero (at least hitscans, when you're trying to land primary fire) you are always looking at 1 of 3 things before and during a fight. 1) Directly at an enemy and targeting them. 2) At a corner/location an enemy is likely to appear. 3) Target acquisition. Even if your crosshair is on top of an enemy, an inch away on screen, or extremely far from your crosshair, you always have your eyes on the enemy. Even in cases where your crosshair is on the enemy or extremely close, or you're aiming at a corner and waiting where your sight would technically be where your crosshair is, it is important that you are not concentrating on your crosshair. If someone peeks a corner and you're concentrated on your crosshair rather than the enemy who you can or can't see yet, your reaction time to the peek will be delayed. Most people that are frequent players of FPS games have a reaction time of between .2-.4 seconds. This accounts for both the mental recognition of a target and physically clicking their mouse. Concentrating on the crosshair makes that .5-.7 because you are reacting to 2 different things, and when focusing on the target, you pretty much react concurrently, but when focusing on the crosshair, you are reacting consecutively. It's kind of like the way you've described flicks. Consider this to be like a flick, just without any distance on it. If you're focused on your crosshair and waiting for someone to appear in it, you have that brief moment of mentally registering that someone is in the crosshair and then you fire, where as, if you are focused on an enemy appearing , it is immediate.
Would you consider giving tips for adjusting vertical and horizontal sensitivity to help increase accuracy with certain heroes? Asking as a strictly console player.
I main McCree (60 hrs) and I do great in quick play, I apply as many of these techniques as I can. But in comp I basically freeze, I get no work done because I’m too busy spamming and I panic and every time I try to access the situation I get killed. I’m new to FPS but I have 115 hours in the game and I play on Nintendo switch, any tips would be appreciated.
Age definitely plays a part in your pure FPS ability. When I was 17, 18, I had sensational ability and I honestly would’ve been floating in high Masters minimum. Being on the wrong side of 20 as well as poorer eyesight and computation abilities these days has led to me being hard stuck in between platinum and diamond. If only Overwatch was a thing in the mid to late noughties 😭
Sorry for this noob question: how do I setup all those advanced bots in the training room (like The Symmetra flying and shooting or the Lucio jumping in that small area)?
Definitely worth, for those up close battles being able to flick a direct hit onto someone usually secures you that fight. Also, all types of aim are used on hero's that require aim and it's rarely ideal to truly onetrick so practice it all I say.
@@IamERAMOS Say that to every one who owns this on console. I know aiming with a mouse is easier for some but I play console so some tips for us wouldn't go amiss
@@jasonjeffery9728 General tips could be stuff like finding a sensitivity that works for you, having good crosshair placement and pre-aiming, adjusting aim assist until it feels smooth rather than snappy, and of course practicing until you feel confident and fluid.
You can also get into your own head. Im almost 30 and I started OW when I was 25-26 with horrible aim and game sense. I would never know what was going on. Sometimes whats holding us back is just time and comfort. There are some older fps gamers out there that spend a lot of time at their "craft". Younger gamers spend more time playing, on average, than older gamers. Nothing is black or white and I dont want people to think that age itself is the greatest limiting factor.
Herdinstinct yea very true, older gamers generally spend less time gaming. Its just how life is. Im still holding in mid diamond though, so Im fine with that!! Not my prime with OW, but oh well
I’m only 15, and I can hit some decent shots, and my dad is 45 but he plays Overwatch and he is actually a decent aimer, he is definitely above average with his aiming for his age, I mainly play dps heroes tho (soldier, widow, mccree, echo and tracer mainly), and my dad is a tank player for the most part, but occasionally plays torb and hanzo
I agree with everything you've said, but I think your demonstration of drag shots would have been better performed on Ashe? Drag shotting calls back to snipers in CoD and other early FPS titles, and merges the process of placing your crosshair and scoping in; it's a way of speeding up your time to kill without sacrificing much accuracy. McCree and widowmaker don't quite capture the essense of drag shots, because you're not trying to save time taken to shoot someone with those characters - McCree fires instantly, and Widow's charge up time makes this useless. Also, being good at drag shotting is extremely useful when you're forced to make fast turns because you can purposely overshoot and click as your crosshair hits the target. I know I'm kind of clutching to a different context here, but it would make more sense visibly if done on Ashe and moving your crosshair as you scope. (just my opinion though)
The reason I don't play Widow is that even if I learn to aim with her gun, the pressure of every shot being a game-changer is too much for me, I prefer more reliable sources of damage
I’d recommend getting kovaaks to practice basic mouse control and aiming techniques. I wish I got it way sooner when I switched from ps4 to pc it immediately helped me see the mistakes I make when aiming
Can you make a video on tips for finding you sensitivity, things like cm/360 some kind or exercise to discover a comfortable range of motion between arm and wirst aiming(i use both atm) but k cant find a sweetspot i struggle following targets up close (arm) but if i higher my sens i struggle hitting long range flicks (wrist) u u
I have a problem "seeing" my crosshair. I just lose focus of it or everything else around me. I have adjusted the size, the color, the outline. Making it bigger but semi transparent. I just have a bad time aiming because I just literally just don't pay attention or properly to aim.
@@rusozawr4969 That is a reminder that gold medals don't mean anything, Symm also doesn't work in every situation as well. But definitely fair play to you for getting to plat on an old PC! I know all about using old or bad tech to play the game. Hang in there!
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:47 Most Typical Aim Mistake
02:38 PMAJellies Advanced Training Range 2.2 AJERA
02:50 Flickshots Explained
04:00 Drag shots
04:52 Tracking
05:37 Using Tracking to make Flicks easier
06:25 Placed shots and when to use them
07:28 Placed shots for hard to hit targets
08:18 Mid-air practice
09:42 How to "see" a shot and adapt aim style
12:14 Flanker examples, projectiles
13:08 Rushing flicks, learn to place!
14:27 Echo placed shots examples
15:28 Tracking to read animations
16:00 Email in replays to YourOverwatchPlays@gmail.com!
hello there
If we send replays, does it have to be a losing game?
Can you do an aim guide for people with gtx 460m graphics cards?
@@leonardostarfire749 I sent a replay to them where I win a 5v6 with a bastion on my team, so idk but hopefully they look at mine cuz I thought it was interesting
What’s the code for the range?
"How many times do you miss shots when you're behind a target that doesn't know you're there?" I have the exact number and it's one hundred percent.
That genji clip is so me. On tracer I will always get behind an ana without her knowing, I'll line up the shot onto her and just before I shoot she'll step one step to the right and I'll miss my whole next three clips and show the walls who's boss
this new bar thing is so cool
U mean the slices in the play bar? What are they for?
Austin Armellini they separate the video into different sections for easy navigation. You can see that each section is titled so if a title doesn’t interest you you can skip to the next section.
BBQSAUCE ! Ikr
"As an aging gamer myself" OH MY GOD, Finally thank you... Been noticing/struggling alot myself as of late, I've started transitioning to Tank/Support since I just can't land the shots I want to anymore, feeling ancient haha. But so nice to hear that come from the person giving advice! Was super useful thank you :)
The quality drop off of my Zen aim has been staggering.... Comparing this just from 2017 to 2020......I keep telling myself it's just practice but honestly I feel you bro. I transitioned from Zen to Tanks Hog Zarya and Rein.
i'm shocked, how old are you guys?? i'm 46 and still my aim is better than ever. i played cs1.5 and i'm much better now than in the old days^^ i don't know why you all lose your aim...i guess you just play less, it's not the age.
@@jamiej5229 also a lil suprised I think might just be they have taken a break from games or have played other games which makes them feel use to a different sensitivity
"The controllers broken, my dad works at Nintendo, I'm getting too old to aim." The more excuses you make, the less likely you are to improve. Games been out for almost 4 years now, and I've noticed an improvement in my aim after being away from OW for almost 8 months.
@@jamiej5229 maybe you have better Gene's than them. I'm 26 and I still have 20/20 vision, but my best friend can't see 10 feet in front of him.
Freedo roasting himself with the “aging gamer” line is honestly pretty funny
I love Freedo. Honestly the reason why I watch this channel.👍🏾😀
I just turned 30, but have so much experience that while I don't know that I could flick as fast as when I was 24, it is entirely brainless now and I sometimes get hits on reflex before I am consciously aware I'm shooting. I get "jumpscare headshots," and I don't think I remember those happening when I was a kid! 🤣
EBE weird I turned 30 yesterday! 😆
True though, its scary how quickly reaction time reduces as we age.
As a guy pushing 49, playing his first FPS, I can only confirm this with a heavy heart. ;)
8:28 Symmetra looking like a terrifying final boss right there
I wanna see 5 GM players have to play without sound, and rely on a bronze player for callouts and sound ques lmao
And they have to react to the callouts even if they are wrong
Joshua Hart then they'd play with no sound cuz the only callout the Bronze player will make is "I need Healing"
Damn, those 2 min of Genji missing his shots were so hard to watch.
I remember I was that bad once. Despite that, it still hurts my soul so much to watch that though. The guy clearly knew how to move his mouse, he just didn't know where to put it because he didn't understand character movement.
His sensitivity looks too high imo
happens everytime
Dude I stopped playing overwatch but I still watch every youroverwatch video. Freedo is a true blesssing on the planet... We dont deserve him.
Props to YourOverwatch for all the amazing effort!
Hope you guys get the best of the best from life!
I'm young and I suck at aiming so what is my aim going to be like when I'm older lol?
xblowsmokex it's a joke. You just ruined it
@@xblowsmokex in the video he said that "he had old man aim" so he's already trash as a kid meaning if he gets older he'll become even worse
define young? if you are in your teens, expect to get much better in your early to mid 20s. only toward your early 30s you might expect to see an actual decline in performance. you are not playing on such a high level that you are expected to keep godlike aim, you will actually get better because even though your reaction time might be a little worse, you will be more cautious, your tracking will be more refined and you will do things you are now thinking consciously, unconsciously due to muscle memory.
I'm 32 and even though my flick and reaction time is worse now than it was 10 years ago, my aim and tracking has actually gotten better because of muscle memory, overall if I had a time machine and I got 22 year old me to play against me now, I'll beat 22 year old me no doubt.
Don't believe everything you hear online kid. There's lots of people playing aim intensive games well into their 40s that can still take the cake.
wizzzer1337 omfg it’s a joke lmao
I got to top 500 playing McCree and soldier and Ashe and I used almost purely tracking aim which was quite fast tracking. I only had to flick when I had a tracer in me or something close range. Essentially I’m saying this guide is 100% correct on how to aim.
Ty so much for this! I don't know how many times I've been been in a great position, maybe I flanked someone who doesn't know I'm there, and panicked in the moment and missed...This helped a lot. I legit get into those situations now and STOP, breath, focus, snipe. XD
This guide is pretty good but it's very hitscan-centric. I know Genji and Echo got some airtime but projectile characters like Mei and Pharah should get some love. I see a lot of Pharah players unable to hit rockets while grounded when they should be aiming at the feet. Same with Symmetra orbs. For Mei, one thing that really helped for me is the concept of circle strafing. Since she's usually much closer than most dps characters, circle strafing really helps set up her shots and the freeze while avoiding getting hit.
IDK if you know this Freedo but look at the duration bar of this TH-cam video. Your Timestamps are displayed in chunks. Thanks for always going so in depth into all your guides man YT is trying to keep up with you.
woa
A quick tip I'm not sure was mentioned for console players is to turn off vibration. I'm not sure why but it helps massively.
nooo i love the vibrations lol. esp when you're symmetra, makes the game way more fun
@@destroying4ngel get a vibrator for those lol
Woah the last time I was this early I got yelled at for playing a Defense hero on Attack
the defense role? wow that takes me back.
damn dude that gives me some nostalgia lmao
3:53 this is a really good aim game actually, maybe practice from slightly further out but they are moving quite realistically.
4:11 Also yes this could even be faster than flicking and more reliable, you don't need to slow down before the target and its actually possible to *see* when you're on your target with this and make corrections on your way to the target.
12:48 1) Don't commit with mobility to heros on high health with abilities up. 2) The video is 100% right, great explanation, says it better than I ever could. This is a point I'm massively weak on, especially at the low ranks I'm currently at you'll be surprised how many easy shots there are to practice on and you can transition that technique to your general disposition which you will see pros employ even with pro level threats.
13:51 Yes! I was almost screaming this at my screen! Take a little time to *AIM*.
I think you can tell so much about a player by just watching their gameplay and also what they think pros are by watching it, this genji seems to be overconfident, even arrogant and yet not actually have that much trust in his abilities which MASSIVELY hinders him I would imagine they also thinks its about his raw ability like the epic kill at 12:48 but really pros can be as little as 100ms quicker (which is a fair chunk granted) at getting on target and not much more precise than a lot of aimers like myself its just about improving 1 skill at a time bit by bit but they seem to think to get better/emulate the best you have to be as fast as them but really that's only what separates them from the people *almost* as good as them, its not what makes them so good. If you die cos you're too slow, don't sweat it, you can improve that when you have everything else in line, its maybe a 25% time save, whereas clearly when you watch this gameplay the players are going for 50% time save for 10% chance shots and what do you know, they are maybe 50% faster but 10 times less accurate then they could be after very little focused practice.
Its not just that technique improves aim in the short term by a ridiculous degree, its also that it allows you to get better more easily as you have a foundation to build from and don't build bad habits which, trust me, are really hard to break.
I think also I need to find someone who will do super high HP 1v1s with me but where we can take 30 second clips and reveiw our past 30 seconds or so to readjust our aim.
5:56 I just realised watching this I need to first get my crosshair near AND on the correct part of the y axis when I'm roughly level as I'm my vertical error is very low even if my horizontal error is quite high, this guy missing the correct y coordinate (if that makes any sense i.e. he's too high or too low a lot of the time) because he suddenly not only needs to go across but also up which is more complicated to do than just aim across. Otherwise his technique is good.
I have had experience with the game's graphics that results in extreme screen tear when tracking too much, resulting lower overall accuracy.
there is a thing called pixel skipping, It is when you have a high sensitivity as well as high DPI look it up
These aiming guides are so much more in depth and wide then most others. Very nice job
I needed a cure for my crippling flickitis thanks dude.
Great video as always. I really like the fact that you talk about other Aim techniques. Most videos I watched about having good aim were about good sensitivity, how to flick and track. It really helps a lot that you talk about Drag and Tracking because I have the bad habit of flicking a lot even when I don't need to when I decide to play Mcree in dps (because I usually play support)
Btw what's the workshop code of the training ground you're using?
Code is: ajera
"As an aging gamer myself" I felt that
One of the best examples of taking it slow to place the shot is LA Gladiators 'marry go round' in kings row vs. London Spitfire when Surfore switches to Widow and takes his time to find a good first pick instead of firing right away
Wow, the way the video is split up along the progress bar and labeled is really cool.
last time i was this early genji wasnt a throw pick
Back in 8 second blade days 😔
Should’ve just waited a day to say this
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...
wish this was still relevant
I feel like this is a stupid question, but if I want you to review my gameplay do I just send you the replay code? Or should I record it with something else?
Read the description tells you somewhere down there
Codes
Gotta ask, how old is Freedo to classify as aging?
Mid to late 30's
I never look at the crosshair when aiming, i just look at the character model and let my hands do the rest.
As a new player to FPS games in general this is very helpful thank you guys.
I'm just a plat player on healer, but I've played almost no tank or DPS the last few seasons because I feel like I'm "throwing" other people's games in low gold on those 2 roles.
I like the term "seasoned gamer"
The video I never knew I needed haha. Thank you ✌🏻
Freedo, I like your idea of drag shots and I understand why you think they are reliable, but click timing is way more reliable, click timing is essentially either tracking the character and clicking when you feel comfortable in hitting the shot, or looking at their movement and pre aiming the direction in which they are going and click when their head is at your crosshair, it is a very similar concept to what drag shots are and they are simply more reliable, great video though.
I feel like in this context the terms drag shots and click timing are interchangeable. He’s just saying to wait for your crosshair to be on the target before you click which is what click timing is
Holy shit this video actually worked for me?? I tried the techniques in it with Ashe and got POTG three times in one night (on console) and I’ve never gotten play with Ashe before. I got like 100% more kills holy shit thank u
“Jumping heroes are the easiest to hit”. Well idk about that when they change direction quickly after jumping. Makes in quite unpredictable.
this took a lot of work to make thank you!!
I'm an aging gamer as well. Overwatch is the only game I have trouble aiming in. I'm just super accustomed to ADS on more realistic shooters.
I main damage so this video was super useful! Thanks! :)
Every player you ever admired was a hard one trick which you as a Teammate avoided doing so you could help your teams comp. Now your skills are subpar on every hero because your time in them are splashed out.
Choose 1 hero and be a one trick. Once you master that hero use another hero. Dafran was a Tracer and soldier one trick because they both involve tracking.
I think a lot of the problems i saw from Genji could be fixed if they altered their sensitivity, It seemed too high to me, their cross hairs were all over the place and I think thats why flicking was their go-to.
Very nice tips. I'm that desperate genji sometimes hahaha have to act with more caution and not everytime like "i have to play fast" hahahha great video
4:32 NO. You never watch your crosshair. Not even with placed shots, tracking, or general "point and click" aiming. Maybe you meant this, but it came out differently, but if you're playing a DPS hero (at least hitscans, when you're trying to land primary fire) you are always looking at 1 of 3 things before and during a fight. 1) Directly at an enemy and targeting them. 2) At a corner/location an enemy is likely to appear. 3) Target acquisition.
Even if your crosshair is on top of an enemy, an inch away on screen, or extremely far from your crosshair, you always have your eyes on the enemy. Even in cases where your crosshair is on the enemy or extremely close, or you're aiming at a corner and waiting where your sight would technically be where your crosshair is, it is important that you are not concentrating on your crosshair. If someone peeks a corner and you're concentrated on your crosshair rather than the enemy who you can or can't see yet, your reaction time to the peek will be delayed. Most people that are frequent players of FPS games have a reaction time of between .2-.4 seconds. This accounts for both the mental recognition of a target and physically clicking their mouse. Concentrating on the crosshair makes that .5-.7 because you are reacting to 2 different things, and when focusing on the target, you pretty much react concurrently, but when focusing on the crosshair, you are reacting consecutively. It's kind of like the way you've described flicks. Consider this to be like a flick, just without any distance on it. If you're focused on your crosshair and waiting for someone to appear in it, you have that brief moment of mentally registering that someone is in the crosshair and then you fire, where as, if you are focused on an enemy appearing , it is immediate.
As an old gamer near 40, I've been using inverted mouse for my whole life. What do you think about this setting?
Would you consider giving tips for adjusting vertical and horizontal sensitivity to help increase accuracy with certain heroes? Asking as a strictly console player.
I'm about to "git" so good at the game with this video
I main McCree (60 hrs) and I do great in quick play, I apply as many of these techniques as I can. But in comp I basically freeze, I get no work done because I’m too busy spamming and I panic and every time I try to access the situation I get killed. I’m new to FPS but I have 115 hours in the game and I play on Nintendo switch, any tips would be appreciated.
best vid in years great job, Freelo.
Thanks for the video. How did you created those pharah and mercy bots?
Heck this would be nice for zenyatta and Ana players too
Age definitely plays a part in your pure FPS ability. When I was 17, 18, I had sensational ability and I honestly would’ve been floating in high Masters minimum. Being on the wrong side of 20 as well as poorer eyesight and computation abilities these days has led to me being hard stuck in between platinum and diamond. If only Overwatch was a thing in the mid to late noughties 😭
Why do we lose that little kid spazzy twitchy aim that worked so well 😂
@@geraltofrivia4651 strength of the eyes. I used to use very high sensitivity settings at 17, 18 and now at 28, I can no longer do it.
I'm using kovaak's aim trainer and I'm improving a lot.
Now this was some good tips
This was a very useful guide like always :)
Sorry for this noob question: how do I setup all those advanced bots in the training room (like The Symmetra flying and shooting or the Lucio jumping in that small area)?
nice marking in this vid!
I’m a junk rat player. Is it still worth it to me to improve my flicking or should I practice other things?
Best to get off junk rat and learn how to aim
@@JA-kr1lz Lmao hating junk in 2020. Dont listen to this kid. Aim on junk is extremely important, flicks in particular
Lean how to take 1v1s with people really close to you, that flicking and placement is vital to win 1v1s and pull off 1 shots
Practice other heroes so that your aim on Junk can improve.
Definitely worth, for those up close battles being able to flick a direct hit onto someone usually secures you that fight. Also, all types of aim are used on hero's that require aim and it's rarely ideal to truly onetrick so practice it all I say.
what i need is a guide to get good at healing because my healing is stuck in gold (elo hell) while my dmg and tanks are in mid to high plat
" The biggest hurdle in DPS play " -- the queue time.
Can we get some high level console gameplay breakdown so us console plebs can learn some tricks?
No. Because this game was made for pc. Lol. Truth be told is the mouse and keyboard allow better aim/flickshots/slow aim/twitch aim.
@@IamERAMOS Say that to every one who owns this on console. I know aiming with a mouse is easier for some but I play console so some tips for us wouldn't go amiss
@@jasonjeffery9728 General tips could be stuff like finding a sensitivity that works for you, having good crosshair placement and pre-aiming, adjusting aim assist until it feels smooth rather than snappy, and of course practicing until you feel confident and fluid.
Could you please post the work shop code for that aiming scenario, Thank you~!
“Aging gamer” seriously starting to feel some slow at 26. Cant keep up with these 18 year old reflexes
You can also get into your own head. Im almost 30 and I started OW when I was 25-26 with horrible aim and game sense. I would never know what was going on.
Sometimes whats holding us back is just time and comfort. There are some older fps gamers out there that spend a lot of time at their "craft". Younger gamers spend more time playing, on average, than older gamers.
Nothing is black or white and I dont want people to think that age itself is the greatest limiting factor.
Herdinstinct yea very true, older gamers generally spend less time gaming. Its just how life is.
Im still holding in mid diamond though, so Im fine with that!! Not my prime with OW, but oh well
I’m only 15, and I can hit some decent shots, and my dad is 45 but he plays Overwatch and he is actually a decent aimer, he is definitely above average with his aiming for his age, I mainly play dps heroes tho (soldier, widow, mccree, echo and tracer mainly), and my dad is a tank player for the most part, but occasionally plays torb and hanzo
26 is the prime of a man's life.
holy... thats a first time I got his video in the first 9 seconds lol
Don't care
Congrats 🎉🍾🎊🎈
@@gichiarello shut up, that was unnecessary. You clearly cared because you took the time to respond
@@chip73731 oof you're mad, still don't care
@@gichiarello grow up,kid
I agree with everything you've said, but I think your demonstration of drag shots would have been better performed on Ashe? Drag shotting calls back to snipers in CoD and other early FPS titles, and merges the process of placing your crosshair and scoping in; it's a way of speeding up your time to kill without sacrificing much accuracy. McCree and widowmaker don't quite capture the essense of drag shots, because you're not trying to save time taken to shoot someone with those characters - McCree fires instantly, and Widow's charge up time makes this useless. Also, being good at drag shotting is extremely useful when you're forced to make fast turns because you can purposely overshoot and click as your crosshair hits the target. I know I'm kind of clutching to a different context here, but it would make more sense visibly if done on Ashe and moving your crosshair as you scope. (just my opinion though)
this helped a lot tysm
The reason I don't play Widow is that even if I learn to aim with her gun, the pressure of every shot being a game-changer is too much for me, I prefer more reliable sources of damage
Could you share the workshop code that you used early in the video?
Noice video! Keep it up Freedo!
Thank you fredo
What is the code for the training range?
Its on the video, right where he starts talking about it its on the lower left corner of the screen
Sakura that’s not helpful at all thanks!!! The code is AJERA
xblowsmokex i mean.. its in the fkin description
What I got from this video is relax, aim and shoot
10:30 he should just aim for the head when she is moving slow
we've all been this genji. i feel the pain lol
Woaw, first time getting here early
Same
Is there anything special I'd have to consider if I wanna use any of this on console?
Child this the LAST type of guide the OW community needs. They need a git guud guide for tank and healer forever and ever amen 🤣
very informative video :)
How to get to the Symmetra turret practice range? I’ve been playing Hanzo and it would help a ton
Thx this is helping a lot
17-minute video posted 2 minutes ago, Stop lying man
how do i get this map tho?
Someone uses that youtube feature to segment video? Thats good stuff.
This is gonna sound really dumb but how do you get your training partners to move in practice range?
Great video
im subscribing just because he sectioned off the video with the scrub bar
I’m a mercy main but I still clicked :D now I’m going to leave I was here to like and comment your welcome
Is this aiming workshop available on consoles?
How do I use/find this training arena?
whew now you can use timestamp direvcty into the video ? the future is here my friend
Freedo I am playing PC after many years of controller, can I still git good?
I’d recommend getting kovaaks to practice basic mouse control and aiming techniques. I wish I got it way sooner when I switched from ps4 to pc it immediately helped me see the mistakes I make when aiming
I think this aim guide applies to Roadhog’s hook, many time I flank but somehow fail to land these easy hooks.
Same
This kind of separation of subjects is prefer
Can you make a video on tips for finding you sensitivity, things like cm/360 some kind or exercise to discover a comfortable range of motion between arm and wirst aiming(i use both atm) but k cant find a sweetspot i struggle following targets up close (arm) but if i higher my sens i struggle hitting long range flicks (wrist) u u
With aim assist on console its harder to hit targets clumped together. What should I do?
I have a problem "seeing" my crosshair. I just lose focus of it or everything else around me. I have adjusted the size, the color, the outline. Making it bigger but semi transparent. I just have a bad time aiming because I just literally just don't pay attention or properly to aim.
Sym main who consistently gets gold damage and elims and especially objective kills - says HI 😎
What is your sr
@@therealzahyra im plat hahah (2900). But in my defence, im playing on a reaally old pc ^^
@@rusozawr4969 That is a reminder that gold medals don't mean anything, Symm also doesn't work in every situation as well. But definitely fair play to you for getting to plat on an old PC! I know all about using old or bad tech to play the game. Hang in there!
Can't wait to get out of bronze after watching this pepega
I know this is a joke but people in bronze can have good aim. Its just that theyre super unaware of shit going on around them
could anyone tell me what the code for this training range is? Tkx
very nice
When you order a good aiming guide on wish