Hello there!

I was a console masters player on Overwatch in 2018. Although I flip-flopped a lot between enjoying the game and cursing it, I decided to quit playing the game for good a couple years ago. In my stints of playing both old Overwatch and Overwatch 2, I’ve managed to hover somewhere between Diamond and Plat on Support after switching to PC, which is honestly better than I expected to be given the amount of time I’d been gone and the different demand of mechanics.

I’ve now returned as of a few days ago based off the recommendation of a friend, and holy crap. Perks? Stadium? New maps, new modes, several new heroes to play around with? I honestly have no idea where to start in relearning this game, as it’s basically a whole different beast now from even 2023 when I’d quit. I’ve only played a few games and I’ve really enjoyed it.

My favorite heroes are Ana and Mercy, though I do enjoy Moira and Zen as well. The last time I seriously played comp and worked to improve was sometime around 2023 and I peaked Diamond 2. Illari was the newest hero if I recall correctly.

I guess I just wanted to start a discussion. Are there any returning players out there that want to dive back in but are feeling kind of intimidated? Is there anyone that can offer advice for how to navigate the new game that has some experience with the old?

I am not sure if this is allowed; but I have OWL gear; trading cards, jerseys, towels and pins…I wasn’t sure if there would people that would like it or just to honestly pitch it. Idk if its people still like or would like to have so?

So last season I broke out of Bronze and I've been clawing my way up to mid silver. However, I'm struggling rn with like a 48% winrate and slowly starting to fall back down. I'm not sure why but this season has been giving me more close matches that I'm ever seen (last season was mostly stomps either way.) These three back-to-back games all felt 100% winnable to me and I know if I had just made 1 or maybe 2 better plays I wouldn't be here rn. The problem is I'm having trouble seeing exactly what's going wrong. To be clear I'm not only stressed about the final team fights, although that might be important. I do think it was a series of small mistakes throughout that ends us up in this weird place trying to force overtimes.

The first game is on Sombra who is my off-main when Soldier isn't available. Mechanically ik it isn't great, but considering we almost had it, it might give insight into where I'm going wrong. The other two are Soldier games and represent my normal gameplay. The New Queen Street one in particular stung since we lost in a huge OT reversal push. Any insight on how I could have cleaned these up would really be helpful. I feel like I'm close to a breakthrough, but I'm missing that last little edge.

Also worth noting: these games were with my duo partner who I almost always queue with. They play Moira/Brigitte, so if you see anything specifically that I could have done with them that might be helpful to building better teamwork between us.

Tag: TCG Platform: PC

WSRVEX - Shambali Monastery - Sombra (off-main)

86PN7R - King's Row - Soldier 76 (ignore the tiny bit of Bastion at the end)

76MSDC - New Queen Street - Soldier 76 (reversed in overtime)

replay code: TZSWX3

username: wrenyr (playing kiriko) (juno main currently trying to get better at ana and kiriko)

hi! i’m pretty new to ow (about two months in). today i had a really rough qp game, even though all my other games went fine. the enemy was running dva, reaper, tracer, moira, and (a flying) lucio. i could only stick with the heroes i sort of know how to play (my pool is still limited), and figured kiri would be the most resilient against a dive comp.

i’m not great on kiri, but i tried. i was lagging and getting dove constantly. my positioning was messy, i just felt super disoriented most of the time. my stats weren’t great, and i died a lot. even though, i heard kiriko has overall better survivability.

by the last round, my moira started spamming no to me, and my whole team turned to stare me down. i completely lost confidence after that even though i already felt quite defeated. i didn’t know what i was doing wrong or what i could do better. i didn’t join vc, i have no clue what they were saying, but i imagine it wasn’t good. at that point i just tried to get it over with.

i know i wasn’t the best, especially compared to the other supports, but was i really the problem and the reason we lost?

i’m genuinely trying to improve, i’d really appreciate any good feedback. i know i have to improve aim, if you have tips for handling dive, positioning, or when to ult i’d really appreciate it!

Replay code: 7QTPP0

I'm Feint on Tank, currently a Platinum Tank player. In this game I play Dva, Sigma, and Orisa. I play on PC.

I've only recently really begun trying to focus on the idea of making, contesting, and denying space. It's been going fairly well, I've been winning more and the games feel a lot more in my control than they did before. However, a few fights in this replay I really struggled to know the best solution and after watching it back myself I'm still at a bit of a loss. I was hoping I could get some critique on my decision making with regards to space specifically during this game.

The fight that I struggled with the most is my first fight on defence. I decide that I would, as Sigma with two long range DPS on my team, hold high ground on top of the petrol station. My thinking is that often when I would hold on low-ground at the corner, this would go well until one of the enemy DPS decide to run up the hill to the high ground, and from there they usually zone out, or drop down and secure kills on, DPS and supports and I find it hard to contest them from the low-ground on characters that are not able to fly up there. To try take back more control, I wanted to hold high ground so I could poke at any enemy DPS contesting from their hill. However, a Cassidy very quickly runs through the tunnel and ends up taking up a ton of space on the side. I notice too late and don't contest it, so he ends up killing Lifeweaver and disrupting our entire team while Doomfist distracts from the front. We totally capitulate and I'm blamed by Ashe in VC for baiting my team and throwing first point. I don't disagree, though I do wonder if a DPS had held high ground on the right instead of them both standing on the petrol station then the Cassidy wouldn't have been able to take that space so easily. But, what can I do here better? Perhaps holding from the right side of the petrol station so I can poke anyone coming through the tunnel? Just go low-ground and play like that?

Other than that, I know I make many mistakes otherwise: overcommitting on Dva and getting killed after already chasing away the support, losing my Mech too quickly multiple times and wasting a bunch of time after first point on attack, not checking behind me for my team positioning before pushing forwards and getting caught out 1v5, not peeling for my team more or playing defensively, not knowing where the spawn point is to swap off Dva (I've not really played as much on tanks other than Rein). But I would love to hear any more criticism anyone has on how I can improve.

Thank you for your time!

replay code: MY5MK3

battletag: avalon

hero: zenyatta

skill tier: high silver - gold (am mid plat on my alt)

map: lijang

console

description: i had the most healing out of all the other supports in the game and somehow more damage than both my dps so idk what i can do. if anyone can please review mine and tell me what i need to improve on thank u! also i know my gameplay was bad in this game 🥀

replay code: 58JWPF

battletag: Buster

hero: Ramattra

skill tier: mid silver

map: colosseo

PC

i started to play competitive a few weekends ago and so far i’m in silver. We didn’t lose this game and the team was decent but this is just a representation of what an average ranked game looks like for me and i just want to know if i can improve in some way.