If I'm near a piece of cover, is it ok for me to just stand still while shooting or should I still be strafing? Or maybe it depends on the situation like if there is an enemy who can one shot me? I mostly play characters like Sigma, Ana, and Soldier 76 who can attack at a range. I used to play Paladins and this sort of thing with cover usage and strafing isn't something I really thought about.

Hi so I used to play ow back in like 2018-2019 as a very casual player but quit until like a month ago, I’ve been enjoying the game a lot recently, I naturally gravitated towards tank so that’s what I’ve been playing, originally I only played hog, but I saw someone playing doomfist and it looked super fun, so I tried him out and I loved him, but I’m unsure sort of how to play him. I watched some guides and they talked about hard and soft engaging which I got but I’m quite unsure on how to position and when to engage, at the moment I usually punch in when I see a dps/support that’s isolated or far forward, is this how I’m meant to play? I often get carried away and way overextend, or just dive their backline and die. I’m also unsure about positioning, lots of people talk about cover and how you should always be near it, which I understand but I’m unsure on how to be near cover when I punch/slam in. Sorry if this reads really badly or if I’m just completely clueless, any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks.

Cassidy main usually sitting masters here. I've recently gotten back into playing some comp after being a qp warrior for a few months, I'm running into a surprising amount of Anrans and I think my 1v1 winrate versus them is a lot lower than it should be.

My problem is simple, Anran goes invisible on me and does her attack while flying all around me and I simply die. I'm not sure whether I'm supposed to stand still, roll away, I'm moving around my camera in panic trying to find the dang thing 😂 Obviously when I hit the stun I can kill her sometimes but even then she just goes invisible and is flying all throughout me and I still lose often!

I've genuinely lost a few games where I felt I was the issue, not being able to deal with the constant Anran dive so I'm trying to figure out how I can play this better. Any advice or maybe very obvious weaknesses that I'm missing?

I have around 5000 hours in this game and I’m still hardstuck Diamond. My peak was Master 5 about a year ago, but ever since then I’ve mostly been stuck around mid Diamond and can’t consistently climb higher. I personally think my aim is one of the biggest reasons, but I’m sure there are other mistakes or bad habits I just don’t notice myself. I would really appreciate some honest insight, criticism, or advice from better players.

My aim is absolutely terrible right now and I really want to improve. I've been getting super frustrated with my performance lately and it's honestly getting pretty discouraging. I know aiming isn't the only important thing in the game, but I really want to get better.

I want to practice, but I'm torn between using in-game Workshop maps like VAXTA or downloading Aimlabs. Which one do you guys recommend? Should I stick to one or combine both? I'd love to hear your recommendations.

Replay code: XMN7QK

Battletag / in-game username: srirachaguy

Hero(es) played: ashe

Skill tier / rank: bronze 1

Map: ilios

console

long story short, I used to main emre, was getting bored (read: sick of losing all the time) and decided to switch it up. the mystery mayhem event introduced me to ashe and I was instantly drawn to her kit. I gave her a whirl in unranked, popped off a couple games in a row, and that enough for me to switch to ashe from emre.

in my improvement journey, I’ve fallen from silver 3 to bronze 2. I’m hoping to have a bit more luck climbing with ashe, and while it’s only been a handful of comp games, it seems to be going better already! I know changing heroes isn’t a magic fix, but I’m at least enjoying playing her, which is an improvement by itself lol

as I’m watching the vod, there’s a few times I die just from not paying attention, so def gotta work on awareness / game sense. but overall, I think I played well. it feels like we could have easily won but tbh I don’t think I was the issue… obv could have done better but some things certainly were beyond my control.

so, based on the vod, what should I be focusing on with ashe? what are my weak points, and any tips to work on them? with emre, my focus was mostly on positioning and maximizing burst damage. my instinct is similar with ashe, although positioning is somewhat different and the “nade” usage is entirely different, IMO. any advice is appreciated!