i keep seeing high elo vods where the hitscan, usually a soj, sits lowground and applies pressure down main rather than progressively rotating around top on kings row 1st DEFENSE, this because of certain matchups or is there something im missing?

thank you for any insight, lmk if this changes if youre on ashe as well

Is there any possibility that the Thunder Doomfist skin is ever coming back? I've only started playing OW since a few months ago and I really want the Thunder skin, but I've heard it was tied to Overwatch League which isn't around anymore. But considering there are currently OWL skins in the shop right now, does that means there is a possibility that Doomfist Thunder could return? especially after the Mythic was underwhelming, I really want a good skin I can run on my main.

with the knowledge you have today, what would be your training routine and/or in-game focus to return your aim to the current level?

also, but not exclusive, would also like to hear about other important skills for a DPS player specifically, since it's more than aim, but positioning as well and all that stuff.

To me, Anran feels like a weaker genji. Longer time to kill up close (so lower duelling ability), slower projectiles for poking. Bad burst damage means harder to carry in solo queue.

Has 2 dashes instead of 1, but the dashes are slower and punishable. Anran's dodge ability is not as strong as deflect, unless you're sepcifically dodging something that can't be deflected like ana nade on the ground.

Feels like a less dangerous Genji with a bit more mobility in some situations. My first uneducated guess is to play her like a worse Tracer who annoys from a longer range than her before going in for kills.

I think the new season will be a balancing mess when it drops, but it seems like the devs are really committed and will hot patch anything that’s really broken.

I’d honestly prefer they release 5 broken heroes and all the passives be a mess simultaneously, than release 1 new hero who’s completely over-tuned, that everyone wants to play (I stopped playing for like a year when Mauga released).

It will be a chaotic mess but everyone will be in the same boat rather than just 1 role having a new hero that’s running lobbies. Hopefully by the time a meta starts to form things will be patched. This is a really exciting time for the community so let’s embrace it!

I am currently a bronze one tank, I main Sigma, Winston and JQ. I was able to get to silver and then faced an abhorrent winstreak which has landed me back to bronze 1 0sr. I strongly believe I have what it takes to reach silver/gold but can't seem to win most games. I either stomp the enemy team with 40plus kills or get negative dps and non existent team play. I understand blaming teams gets you nowhere so I would like to know what I can do to improve.

This is a replay from my most recent game. We were getting stomped pretty hard and lost, Was doing pretty bad at the started but managed to lock in and push it right to the edge of the final point. What could I have done different to win, and what do I need to improve on.

I appreciate anyone that would take the time to help me out. It would really mean alot as I'm starting to hate this game 🤣

Replay code: MOF4Q7

(I can provide more replays if needed)

Hi. I never seen this discussed before. Does anyone else frequently use this function? I have a feeling that 4 out of 5 of the games I lose have a flamer in it which has absolutely no game sense and plays an alternate version of the rules in which the objectives are a decoy and the true goal consists on racking up damage stats from hp sponges to enable themselves to talk trash to their own team.

It's ok. It's a free colorful game with lots of kids and casuals, with lots of multitasking, repetitive patterns and over stimulation, which attracts tons of autistic and ADHD personalities, sometimes with anger issues or struggles to understand underlying game concepts like team play, off angles, victory progression, team compositions, time and space management, positioning... So it's natural to have frequently bad matchups.

But there's a solution to that. And no, the solution is not to engage with the flamer, neither to flame back or teach them. The solution is just block them from your next team. Anytime I see a flamer talking trash, reading stats but unable to read the game, who would rather blame others to hide their own incompetence than adapt and regroup to drive a potential loss into a win, I just hit that "Avoid as teammate" button.

And it works like a charm. Next time you see the poor bastard, they are sucking ass for the rival team, being incompetent for them, flaming them. Using their weakness for your benefit while you sit back and enjoy. And you earn your peace of mind, because you can now rest assured that the toxic player wasn't right, that they were the ones doing wrong all along.

And from now on, you'll easily rank up. Because no bad team will drag you anymore. You always play in the same area/time/rank and the pool of potential team matches is limited enough that you can easily filter out all of the bad apples. Which is a shame, because when you rank up your avoid as teammate list becomes obsolete and you'll need to start over.

I just wish everybody knew this trick. Specially the flamers which blame me all the time, so I can get back on the rival team next time and hand them their own asses to prove it was never me who was causing the team to lose.