I'm by no means a high rank so take what is said here with a grain of salt but the general take i often hear is that genji and tracer are some of the hardest dps to play. Genji ive got playtime on and I understand what makes him tricky, and while I can appreciate tracer is probably not an easy dps to play at least when ive used them they feel a lot more straightforward than genji. Perhaps its just a personal thing and tracer leans into what I do well at more im unsure. I want to also make it clear this isnt me debating if genji or tracer are harder, both have some really insane players and as with most heroes in overwatch at high levels both have some really knowledgeable and skilled players

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user: Lalaland

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Hi guys I've been OTPing Zenyatta for a bit and climbed pretty far from high gold up to low diamond by focusing mainly on positioning and consistent pressure, however I have been hardstuck for a month or 2 atp. In this game I really just felt like a goose running from their dive and couldn't get into good positions to apply pressure to the enemy Mauga. I also think there were some instances where I had the advantage and maybe played too passively and didn't secure anything. Any feedback would be very appreciated.

For context I play Ram, Sig, and Winston.

Recently I feel like I have so little agency in my games because I can’t ’interact’ with the enemy.

On Runasapi, I play Ram against Orisa, Sombra, Widow, Ana, and Weaver. I struggle to walk or make much space because Orisa uses spear + spin to CC and the Ana saves sleep and nade off for me. Even if I outbrawl the Orisa/shield behind her, she just uses fortify or the Weaver in backline pulls them out. And the Widow and Sombra just kill my team offscreen to me and naturally I’m just unsure how I can apply pressure on them because their whole kit is designed to avoid tanks.

So in this situation I’m just not sure what to do. All I can really do is try to take an angle and shoot what’s on my screen but it basically just always devolves into brawling Orisa because it feels impossible for reach any of the other enemies and taking space is borderline suicidal into a an Orisa duel/Ana CC.

Another example is on Dorado where I play Winston. Obviously very important to control high ground and so Winston seems like a natural option. However, I struggled all game to contest a Hazard/Mauga, Echo, Bastion, Mercy, Cat comp. It just felt like I couldn’t really do anything as anything I dove either just kited easily or has too much movement to dive in the first place e.g. Cat and Echo. It felt impossible to even stage as the Echo would always just mark my angle or the enemy team would just easily rotate away.

Another situation is on Rialto where I’m playing Sig against Hazard, Genji, Venture, Juno, and Cat. This game wasn’t as bad as I could use rock against Hazard but generally it just felt they were going around me and were able to control all angles without really being contested. On Sig obviously it’s a balance, it’s very hard to hit a sphere but if you do, it can severely negate the enemy’s rotation but on my life I just could not hit the Genji, Juno, or Cat and the Venture would just burrow/dash onto high ground away from me.

Hoping to get some insight/advice on what to do in these situations as it feels like I don’t have enough agency right now. I don’t think it’s enough, say on Runasapi, to be saying ‘oh but I baited out all the enemies CDs and held space’ when my whole team dies and I desperately want to improve on this.