As a player who primarily focused on DPS, I often found myself getting caught up in the moment, using my abilities without considering the long-term impact. However, after analyzing my gameplay and watching higher-ranked players, I realized that effective cooldown management is critical. For instance, learning when to hold my abilities for crucial moments versus using them for immediate damage has led to significant improvements. I’ve started to view my abilities as resources that can either secure a kill or save my life. This shift in mindset has also enhanced my team’s performance, as I’m now able to provide timely support and pressure the enemy when it counts. I’m curious to hear from others: how has cooldown management affected your gameplay? Do you have any specific strategies or experiences that helped you improve in this area?

I believe all 4 characters popped their ults in a similar timeframe, or potentially an echo got 2 in a single activations. This was way back when echo would clone tanks since her health didn't get reduced at all

I'd appreciate any pointers

Hardstuck mid plat, i only play support

Replay Code: NB32K5

Battletag: Pureoctane

Heroes played: Primarily Juno then Ana

Rank: Plat 3

Map: Paraíso

PC

Description: We ended up winning this match 5 to 4 however im feeling unsatisfied with myself and my gameplay in general. I’ve been hardstuck plat on support for a while, id like any advice on how to climb and improve. Might be worth mentioning that my duo is our tank Deitea. Do i need to do more damage? Is my positioning bad? Any notes help.

PC

GM 2 DPS Rialto code - N0NESH Name - Chip7677

I hit champ 4 playing hanzo only and then hit champ 5 playing tracer only, I am trying to pick soj back up after being a little washed and every game feels unwinnable regardless of how well I am playing. I just need some more perspectives on my gameplay because I feel like I am missing something super basic and that's what's causing me to lose.

I do not care what rank you are or what ever I value all perspectives, last time I posted people just like discussed whether OW university would be helpful to me.

Anyways just watch and tell me if I'm doing something that's obviously bad, I do not need a full VOD review I just want some other people to skim through the code and tell me if I'm doing something stupid.

Hi everyone!

I’m a graduate student conducting research for my master’s thesis, and I’m looking for competitive and recreational esports players to participate in a short survey.

The purpose of this study is to better understand self-talk patterns (the way you talk to yourself during play).

Who can participate?

• 18 years or older

• Live in the United States

• Play esports competitively or recreationally (all skill levels welcome)

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• An anonymous online survey

• Takes approximately 10–15 minutes

• No identifying information will be collected

Participation is completely voluntary, and you may stop at any time. If you’re interested in contributing to esports research, I’d really appreciate your time!

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Code : K9F0RN

Gametag is King.

Hello everyone. I just reached back up to plat 4 after dropping to gold 1. to recap i moved to pc pretty recently but was diamond on console. i know some things that are quite bad with me like how i miss a lot of my sleeps and how much i missed my shots with kiriko. been stuck at plat 5 - plat 4 for a while now and i really need an outsider view to help me improve if possible. Thanks!

Replay code: 5W5J7S

Battletag / in-game username: K O J I !

Hero(es) played: Wuyang

Skill tier / rank: M4

Map: Samoa

PC or console: PC

Description of the match / things you want reviewed: My team seemed to start the game pretty strong, but then in round 2 we were losing it. I definitely blame a good amount of the moments on my tank for rotating back the wrong way for heals, which prompted me to go out of my angle to try to save them. I think I took some good off angles throughout the match but I definitely should be taking a more aggressive angle than I usually do because I know at times it can be a bit too safe of an angle where I limit what I can do. I know Wuyang is new, but I want some help with some tips on him maybe with his abilities and stuff like using them better because I know they are both good for disengage, but sometimes I feel as if I use them incorrectly resulting in my death or one of my teammates like my tank to die. Thank you!

I saw this post in the OW_Console sub, and was stumped by how many people were calling DVA OP. As reference, I am a PC Masters Support and Tank, with a high Diamond DPS, and DVA is one of the better tanks to go into based on how aggressive she needs to be and how easy it is to cut LOS on heals.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OWConsole/comments/1qa3ykq/comment/nz4jhlg/?context=3

Is there something I'm missing? I thought the two METAs would be pretty close to eachother, but while DVA has the third lowest WR in Masters on PC, she has the second highest WR on console Masters lobbies.

Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, I play on PC and was just surprised by how flipped the WR's were on characters between the two platforms.