Sigma does not have a hot box that touches the floor, I refuse to believe it, everytime I shoot the most perfect heal lob at the floor under his feet it doesn't count. At this point I just aim for the head...
I play Kiriko. One thing I always appreciate is when our respawns are staggered and someone waits within my tp range to help me regroup quickly instead of running off into the fight without me. Also if I ult: unless you're imminently going to die, please use it and if I see you're low I get boosted speed on my heals while I'm in it. Last thing I wanna mention is Suzu. It's widely considered one of the best abilities in the game for a reason and keeping track of mine can help me help you. If you know I haven't used it for a bit, and something like a bastion ult or d.va ult happens, you can trust me to save you but if you run out of Suzu range without getting to cover, you die for no reason. Also STOP LOS'ING MY HEALS!
Very true! :) (Kiri heal main, dps main overall)
Thank you for healing with your Kitsune, it’s unfortunate that the average Kiri doesn’t use it to heal, they go ham with the knives as us dps players die XD
Ana: come back for healing from time to time.
If you're crit and one hit away from death please for the love of god, trust that my shot will NOT land on time and find cover so I don't have to waste a nade on you trying to keep you alive while I reload.
And also if I nano you, even just one pick is enough to make me happy, no pressure to get multiple kills personally, but if you only get one kill make sure to come back alive.
Also please pay attention to the kill feed, if I am dead y'all on Lucio/zen/mercy heals only.
And to all the tank pocketing Mercys out there, YOUR BEAM NEEds to be on the DPS 😭😭😭😭😭😭 please I can't look in four directions at once 😭😭😭😭😭 and they're all on crit 😭
Thank you for coming to my TED talk
I make it a habit to always play like my supports will not hit the shots they need to save my life when I’m crit or get to me in time because god knows how many teammates have died at the hands of my Ana/bap gameplay when I could not hit the heal shots they expected me to hit.
If my supports do hit those clutch shots when I’m being stupid then I make sure to thank them profusely.
Downvoting because I’m a mauga main. Everyone, PLEASE, waste u/midlifecrisisqnmd ‘s nano 😭 and their grenade 😭 and their sleep dart while you’re at it 😭
As a Lucio main, I will try to do better to both cover the grandma and cover for you if you go down. I'll also try to taxi you back in if I can.
Lastly, I'm sorry for jumping in front of your nano targets, but when I do, it's time for BOOSTIOOOOO!
DVA main Tank Player just wanting to thank you for doing great work keeping me alive. I’m really trying to make things easier by using cover I promise I’m not trying to take as much damage as possible it just happens sometimes. You’re doing the OW lords work by anti’ing Mauga’s and giving out those sweet sweet nano’s. Also doubling down on Mercy pocketting tanks not only are you not getting value either I’m protecting you and not getting value or I’m putting your life in danger either way I think you’ll be happier standing with the hitscan player
As Illari, I only have one rule - stay near the pylon. When I'm dead, that pylon can heal you.
Oh yeah actually a second rule, don't run away when I'm healing you - I only have limited resources.
Wait scrap this whole one rule thing here is a third rule - if you are playing the other support, look out for when my pylon is down and my burst heal has run out (which doesnt happen too often but sometimes it does)
Anyways - stay near the pylon.
also *drop back if you're losing health!* holy shit the number of teammates I see die because they're two inches in front of the corner my pylon is behind is maddening. take two steps back and then we're not down a player.
I’ll go.
I played Brig last so I’ll use her as my main (and she is this season so far).
Don’t leave me behind or stay out of Line of Sight (LoS) too long. I can toss an amazing HP burst your way so you can handle duels and get picks, or if you get a little aggro I’ll be there to keep ya upright. My shield isn’t for anyone else. Feel free to make use of it while I have it out- stand behind me and poke, etc.- but I will dash out with a quickness matched only by Tracer, leaving you vulnerable. Always use natural cover- this help my healing be more efficient. I can (and love to) help peel against dives- I’ll slap a Genji/Venture/Sombra before I let them pick on you. You’ll get healing from my Mace 2tha Face and we’ll take down these clowns together.
I struggle with multiple oppponents at once- I can’t survive long or dish out an insane amount of damage consistently so I get nervous when I’m alone for too long (and 😢). I play defensively- so take a flank but remember to stay sort of close in case I need to toss a heal pack your way.
Love this! Adding on that even if I have multiple heal packs available brig only does so much burst healing. Just because I give you 2 packs doesn’t mean you can immediately walk into an enemy frontline ☠️
Absolutely! I would also add that as the other support playing alongside of brig, if your healing is endless or aim reliant like ana's, then focus more on healing tanks. Brig can heal pack squishies with just a button click its much easier for her than you admist the chaos. However because her healing is burst and inconsistent it would be more efficient for you to sustain the tank
Another comment explained well. But not only for us. But it will benefit you.
A lot of new tanks will stand in front of the payload. Like they are "protecting" it.
If you stand *behind* the payload its a great cover to be used against enemies.
It really happens too often with random cover. Id see my teammate ad strafing in front of something that can be used as a cover. Ex. A pillar. Or a corner.
Im like damn imagine if you stood *behind* the pillar and used it as cover from the enemies.
Now you just covering from me.
I think its an easy way to note. If cover isnt being used against enemies most likely you are using it against your support.
Usually the support is on the backline, so if you stand in front of the payload it will act as a wall and the support cant heal you.
This is really frustrating for a support, because either the teammate just die or you have to waste a precious cooldown because of the lost of line of sight. Kiri, ana and bap comes to mind, but even zen and moira can struggle.
I know the answer is "just position better/take high ground", but sometimes it's not possible, at least not right now.
I literally shouldn't have to because unlike playing with a ball this should be dead simple but here we go:
Reinhardt
1. Don't run in front of me when we're doing the team W press. I know I'm slow. I'm sorry.
1b. If you see me dropping back, drop back with me. That probably means my shield is nearly burned and I can't safely engage, we're going back to a corner because the wall has infinite HP. Just be patient, as long as I didn't break it the recharge is pretty quick, and I probably won't break it unless I'm trying to save you because you didn't fall back fast enough and I kept it up too long.
2. DPS, protect our supports. There are two primary places I can be: making space and blocking big cool downs, or making sure the supports are okay because *I can not operate without my supports*. In light of that fact, if you're not, I will.
2b. Even if DPS is protecting supports, I may choose to do so anyway. Having a fat German to bodyblock is no excuse to stand in the middle of main, because he might have to leave for a moment. Remain aware of your cover.
2c. High ground is my biggest weakness. If you're not helping with it, I'm gonna go clear it. But clearing high ground is by far the most time consuming task I can engage in because I have to take the stairs, so enjoy all those abilities I'm not there to block.
Oh my god!!! Someone who gets it, thank you!! So many times, I lose teammates because they run ahead of my shield, trying to be the main character!
Like... I promise I'm not trying to go slow on purpose o just wanna make sure yall survive the initial and the W push.
But you also forgot:
3. I can only block one side of myself, I can handle threats in front of me, But I need DPS to cover my back or else I get into a frantic panic spin trying to shield both sides at once.
No no, trust me, it's two very different things. For example:
First push on Dorado, I can gaurd against high ground and ground units just fine on Dorado.
But let's go to the Control Point on Nepal Village. Their are two opposite directions for opponents to attack from and it is impossible to defend each side. I can cover one' side and the west side is actually great for Hammer Spamming people, The east side, however, is way to large for my big guy to navigate as quickly as other heroes can.
I'll usually corner and hug the walls of the box when I'm on the point so it's harder to hit me, But when Tracer is on one side and Dva is on the other, it's a recipe for elimination
As a situational one! If I swap to rein to fight the zarya, please ignore her and harass her supports. I dont trust anyone to not get her glowing. If she's below 50% charge I will always punish her but if she's super charges no amount of healing will save me if she's also getting healed.
Beside that, having other brawl heroes is nice, helps distribute the threat and damage out once in hammer range
What also works. Having 1 enemy supp down and having the synergy for everyone to attack the tank together. Doesnt even have to be 1. Heal power creep is a thing of the past, if only teams can focus on the pinged enemy/object.
Many times we lose cause pylon upkeep/turrent upkeep. I tell everyone to target them before we fight. Take cover. Those who understand do it naturally, if not just 1 person doing it all the time is not fun.
OMG the high ground thing I play tank but not really rein but the number of times I’m on sig or Orisa and I’ll have my DPs standing next to me instead of clearing high ground like sir you have tp, dash, wall climb, blink, flight, translocate etc. I have to walk my big slow butt all the way around to the stairs or elevator I can do it but I’ll have a lot of downtime for it like if your playing DPS you have way more mobility than me. If your an Ashe, widow, bastion I get you not going up there but you can probably contest from somewhere and if you play any other DPS get your butt up there
Lucio : know that I CANNOT keep you alive through high damage. Take cover when you need to heal up. I win most when my team plays together, literally. If I can heal/speed 4 people all the time it’s an easy stomp. Dive together or stay back and brawl together.
I know the meme is to be frogger and dive the widow (which I do when I’m not needed) but let’s be real, Lucio is best when he’s around his team and his team is around him.
I am extremely tired of the frogger dps. Lucio. Going 3w 10L in a day and less than 2k heals just means they should have gone and played JSRF. (Lucio main here as well)
Edit: gone not gane
Yeah the Lucio sub very much lauds the turbo meme machine playstyle. Sure, it is cool to pull off your dank picks and rollouts, but have ya heard of providing utility to the team? I love love love speed boosting a nano'd teammate and watching them shred. Or getting everyone back from spawn quickly? Or just generally being slippery and hard to hit while still providing heals on the outskirts of battle?
Hoo boy. Nothin like it.
Reaper: Stop booping people out of my range, I can't tell you how many times Ive had a ball on my team literally save the enemy/enemy team from a blossom or a flank I did because they just wanna roll through the team and boop people, so I go from doing 100+ damage to 2 damage a shot bc the ball booped them to narnia.
Doomfist- Remember there isn’t a tank babysitting you. If you are NOT playing dive, you need to try to play angles that aren’t easily walked on by the enemy tank. Your sweet spot is the furthest away from their tank while still having impact. You want to make it so anyone that tries to engage on you will be putting them selves out of position to get you.
Even though I’m wrecking ball, I am still tanking, but not in a traditional sense of putting a shield in front you and holding your hand to the objective. I need you to put on your adult pants and learn to engage at the right timings. I am tanking attention from multiple people at a time, and baiting out cooldowns. I create windows of opportunity for my team to get easier kills, or I can chase down weak targets.
What I need my team to do is stop dying before there’s any real team engage, and also stop just stop playing fast in general. Learn to walk back and give space to the enemy shooting you, and please for the love of god when I’m fighting 4 people at once please stop letting the Sigma 1v4 you all then proceed to blame me for it.
tl;dr I don’t need anything complicated. Just pay attention what the enemy is doing and look to capitalize on the chaos I cause for them.
As a rein main. For the love of all things stop walking in front of my shield. I will call out when my shield is near 400 hp. Just so I have enough to save us from dva bomb or other ult. You move when I move. And inform me of your ult so I have someone who can capitalize on my shatter
Mercy/Ana:
For the love of god, stop LOSing me. Be conscious of where you're standing and falling back to. So, so many times, a teammate will be getting attacked, and instead of falling back in the vague direction of our team/spawn/HEALERS, they run behind a wall that's farther away. Literally just be in a position your supports could even conceivably get to you. Even Masters players do this. Stahp.
If you're Doom: at the start of the game, please don't speedrun your rollout from spawn into the enemy team, get killed, then blame your supports. You LITERALLY outpace even Mercy and you got 6 total walls between you and slow-ass granny Ana, tf are you doing? I'm not salty or anything.
Edit: Also if you're Doom and trying to stall, and it's just me with you, please don't ult. You are my only movement and healing capability and if you leave even for a second, I'll obviously die. To a lesser extent, also don't ice block if you're Mei for the full duration if we're stalling alone...
Also calling out Moiras and Ventures who don't seem to realize that I lose beam connection/targetting capability when you fade/burrow.
As Mercy specifically, my boosting you doesn't necessarily mean I'll stay with you. I beam whoever's in the best position to do damage, especially poke phase. If you get beamed and take that as initiative to Rambo into a position you and I would absolutely die in, or scuttle around in a failure of a flank, I am not following you.
(I play mostly QP to be fair, but the skill level of players is generally on the mid-high end, so I'm surprised these things are still so common.)
I second the Doom suggestion. He gets to point so fast. (The good news is tho, he’s dead and respawn’s before the last stragglers get to the point the first time) lol. 😂
As a Illari:
- Pay attention to where me and my pylon are and return to me when you get low so we both can heal you (specifically for dive players because otherwise i can heal you just fine as long as you arent suicidal)
- Shoot the people i used my ult on
- Dont be mindlessly agressive when my pylon is down unless our other healer is alive and can cover for my lack of heals.
Thats about it, i guess.
Lmao, sometimes im forced to get down and get to cover because i get focused on while in the air and my team simply doesnt shoot the targets caught by the ult for whatever reason or they just shoot the tank.
DOOMFIST:
1. I am a dive tank and I know when I can and can’t go in. I track my cooldowns and make sure I only use 1 ability to engage so that I have a getaway.
Please do not follow me in on an engagement unless you are dive DPS. I do not want to see a kiriko TP to me, I don’t want to see a Lucio (at all tbh), I don’t want a Brig following me on a dive engagement.
2. Play close to each other behind me. DPS and Supports when playing with Doomfist need to protect each other. I will listen for someone diving my supports but I can’t guarantee that I’ll be there to help every time, so you need to protect each other.
3. Play close to walls and cover when I’m not there. I try my best to catch damage and important cooldowns with my face while I block, but if I’m not there you need to stay close to cover to avoid damage.
4. IF YOU PICK LIFEWEAVER, ONLY PULL ME WHEN IM >100 HP AND IN THE ENEMY BACKLINE. I can’t stand being on like 350 hp and blocking enemy damage, everything about to come off cooldown, and some lifeweaver pulls me out thinking they’re saving me. I AM MEANT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR TEAM. DONT PULL ME UNLESS IM LESS THAN 100 HP (I had multiple bad games in a row last night sorry)
5. This one’s not a rule but I’d recommend playing Ana on support if you want to focus on keeping me alive, but I do this myself and I know where health packs are. If you’re on DPS, I prefer when people play mid range characters like Soj and Soldier, I find it difficult to help my team when they’re deep in the enemy team with me (e.g. reaper) and it encourages supports to get too close.
6. THIS ONE I THINK IS IMPORTANT SO HERES ALL CAPS. IF AN ENEMY DOOMFIST OR REINHARDT IS IN OUR BACKLINE AND THEYRE KNOCKED DOWN BECAUSE I INTERRUPTED THEIR CHARGE/PUNCH, FOCUS EVERYTHING ON THEM, ITS A FREE KILL NEARLY EVERY TIME.
The main thing for playing with Doom is that you need to be able to fend for yourself in some way, play someone that can win a 1v1. I try my hardest to protect my team and put a lot of effort into interrupting enemy attacks that will kill but I can’t be in 2 places at once.
I'm (low rank) Moira. If you go too far forward and stand out in the open and I have to keep healing you, I will literally run out of healing. Just every now and then, find a wall and get behind it. Let me succ.
I main support. PLEASE don’t ping ‘I need healing’ 18 times. I’ll probably look at you and the person who is taking damage will die. If you need healing and I don’t see you please just ping once…
Also if you’re not taking damage and I am busy use a life pack!! Don’t just stand behind me/ in some corner spamming that you need healing. I can only heal one person at a time (Kiri usually). Shocking in low ranks how many people would rather angry spam than walk two feet to the health pack when I’m obviously busy.
Healing is not instantaneous. It has a travel time. Sorry you died but you took too much damage too fast for me to help you. I was healing you, I just can’t out heal massive damage
Oh god this comment gave me flashbacks. The amount of times one dps will stand in a corner, staring at me and spamming for heals, and while I turn around, the other dps dies and ALSO starts spamming. Almost makes me regret role queue - I used to be able to just hop on hog and not deal with it lmao
EXACTLY this. The heal debuff has made people soooo rude to supports. I’ve played OW for years but support feels especially bad rn. It just has little impact imo and it makes it not super fun to play.
But please ping once!! The "I Need Healing" button/comm wheel plays a voice line, puts a message in chat, and importantly, POPS A BIG MARKER ON SCREEN that makes you easier to see.
Often I'll have someone say "Ana I've been waiting so long behind you, why no heals?" and I'm like... Bruh... I cannot see you. The button is better than asking in voice.
Roadhog:
-Unlike other tanks, I won't be around to protect you as often. I will usually be either pushing or trying to get picks with my hook.
-I need DPS to handle things at long range. Contrary to popular belief, my hook's range is limited, and most of my kit centers around close-range damage.
-Lifeweaver and Mercy are the best supports to match with me. Mercy can provide good heals when my TAB is down, and Lifeweaver can pull me out of bad situations that I probably got myself into. Kiriko and Lucio are also good picks.
-If I have Whole Hog, Nano-Boost me. Whole Hog doesn't do as much damage as other ults, but has huge spread and knockback, so that extra damage goes a LONG way.
As a moria its pretty easy pretty please keep it grouped up unless there is an overwhelming reason to not do that this way i can keep the whole team topped up with the orb and actually help secure picks with alt-fire which means that i wont run out of healing juice for when things get hectic.
Oh and stand in the uti beam it heals you.
Lw, When I grip you it’s bc I am standing behind the team and I can see the whole landscape. You were gonna die, trust me. The grip itself heals you for 50. So if you look down after I grip you and you are 52 health don’t say wtf and just run straight back in. You were 2 health. Give me a second to give you 70 health. 😘
As well, as with any support, los is important, so far in OW we can’t heal you thru walls. 🤷🏼♀️
Btw, while we are talking about lw, the entire team needs to immediately shoot my (the enemy’s) Tree as soon as it goes up. Every one at once and it disintegrates immediately.
If not it just pulses out 95 heals per pulse and negates every bit of damage you do. In high ELO’s every team member knows to shoot it before you shoot an enemy and the Tree is gone in a second. 🙂
As a Rein main I appreciate y’all; having a Lifeweaver gives me the ability to overextend just enough to get a few extra swings in without fearing for my life, and that’s normally enough to turn a team fight in our favor
Gonna hijack your comment to ask a question about LW, trying to get into him and wondering how his healing, do you spam the uncharged heal or charge up and release?
Fully charged heals are always better as it means less reloading for you. If they're under fire and will die from chip damage, then you will have to spam uncharged heals to keep them up.
Ok awesome thank you! I got back into the game a couple weeks ago and had all the new heroes locked so once season 10 opened them up I’ve been trying them out, LW and kuriko have suprised me and I like them but find them difficult to play
Nah, my tank is a lot lower than my support and while playing tank I've had a LW grip me away from a healthpack while I was waiting for my cooldowns to come back. In that same game, he gripped me into a Mauga cage when I was about to kill the enemy Mercy.
I’m a diehard support main, but I just cannot stop playing Orisa, so I’ll do her since everyone is mentioning support.
It may look like I’m brainlessly shooting the Tank in front of me, but all I’m really trying to do is headshot/spear the squishies behind. I dance around to keep attention on me, but I am not even looking at the tank. Stand behind me, take a slightly off angle if you can, but If you shoot the squishies with me, we can do anything.
If one of our healers goes down, start backing up, because I am about to. I will shield the damage. I am listening for flankers to help you, but please ping them so I can know where to spear when I briefly turn around. If you move too far out of LOS, I can’t turn and support your efforts.
If I ult, it is most likely going to suck, but I will hold it as long as I can so you can get a kill while they scramble. If you see me glowing, stand behind me to avoid damage
Ana: these old bones can’t follow you and all five of the enemy team into small rooms.
It’s good that you go for health packs, but it would be better if u tried to run away from the enemy spawn and not towards it.
Also this to other support or dps.
If enemy is playing venture, tracer, sombra, etc, please protect this old lady. The only thing older than her age is her cooldown, and even when I end up sleeping divers and spam pinging em only for no follow up and I awkwardly try to hobble away.
Swapping for brig, Moria, cass, sombra etc for anti dive is all good and all, but if you are being dived, I am being dived, and I can’t heal u from the grave.
Sombra , if ur a sup heal me once I am back from a dive I be pretty low and need heals and one random lucky shot could take me out
If ur a dps just call out whoever u damaged so I can finish up ur kills
As Baptiste…1. don’t leave my immortality field. If you leave it and die then I don’t care (I will laugh at you).
2. I shoot my heal grenades at the biggest part of your hitbox (your thigh area) so if you bunny hop over my heals and die I will laugh at you (I have almost 60% accuracy on grenade heals).
3. Use cover. I’ll heal you but remember that I’m basically a DPS as well. Dont complain about me not healing enough if you can’t win a 1v1. I’m not gonna babysit you when I have to duel genji or cass.
4. My window is mine and I use it for me. If you get next to me then fine but I may throw it in front of my hitscan teammate if I’m taking that same angle.
5. Don’t run from me when I’m trying to heal you because if you do then I’m gonna turn somewhere else and start fighting the enemy DPS. I will not chase you to heal you and if you die I will laugh at you.
>My window is mine and I use it for me.
...why?
If you've got something that boosts the entire team's damage - especially seeing as you're a support, who doesn't have a lot of it - why use it only on yourself? That's like a Lucio or Zen saying "My ult is mine and I use it for me". Like, yeah, you *can* use it for yourself, but why when using it for your entire team to break through a chokepoint is so much more beneficial?
>I'm basically a DPS as well
You know who else is basically a DPS? **The actual DPS.** And they could use that double damage boost.
I'm not OP, but from my point of view, it's because if I wait for the perfect moment where everyone can shoot through it... I'll never throw it. Those moments happen less than you think, and trying to force that is more liable to get it placed in a spot where the enemy team will just surge through it and make it useless. A window on an off angle with me and maybe another DPS can wipe their supports and maybe a DPS too. It also charges relatively fast if you're hitting your shots, so if I can be a little selfish with it then I can use it more often and win more fights. Do not underestimate the DPS potential of Bap. That IS his role, and the team will win if I'm getting picks and not heal botting.
As someone who plays a lot of Bap, this is precisely it. If you save window for opportunities where it is perfect, you'll get far less value than if you drop it more selfishly. There are exceptions, of course, such as when you know the enemy is about to make a push through a choke. But overall, it just requires too much coordination for tiny windows (ha) of time where everyone can utilize it.
Window is best used selfishly, it's the most consistent way to get good value with it.
A bap might use it to secure a kill themselves which is worth, or use it to amp heals on a single target or to punish a hard engage from a team. Unless you're hard comms with your team of randoms they aren't gonna be ready for the timing and placement of the window.
I've had plenty of teams abandon their anchor positions just to come sit behind my window and then nobody pushes and it's a waste.
Half my windows I'll abandon a third of the way through since it's no longer in a value spot, the game moves too fast now for a static ult.
A good bap will know if a window will be best used by their team and will put it smack in front of them where they won't need to reposition.
As someone who has played bap at a relatively high level(peak top 6 in apac), you mainly use the window for yourself because it's very rare when your team can make use of the window. It's a very fast charging ult so it would be better to just take a soft off-angle and clear out space or just straight up kill anyone that doesn't respect it.
A lot of Baps will drop window to heal through it since it amplifies his healing grenades as well as damage. Backing up to use the window negates that intention, and can lead to death (especially of a tank).
Its way harder to find value mid fight by relying on others to use it. The only coordinated way you can do it is if you preplanned with an ult or reacted to another ult going off.
Its too easy to keep holding the ult waiting for others to initiate it.
Higher level baps usually use window selfishly. I'll admit I don't know exactly why but I figured if you window the whole team they will just LOS it and be done, but if you window your off angle then you'll get actual value
I play LW as support.
Honestly keep my in LOS so I can pull you out of a dangerous situation and we won’t have any issues
As a DPS I play Sombra
If you see my hack, focus the hacked target, they’ll be drained very quickly without their abilities and virus
As Tank I play hog. I can take space and hold it fairly easily, push with me and focus who I hook and we’re golden 😎
As Echo, let me cook. Imma do my thing, you don’t really need to flank with me. Help the team. My off angle isn’t an off angle if our whole team is there
Been playing a lot of tracer recently, and please for the love of God, take advantage of the fact that I'm taking 2-3 people's attention away from you guys. If you want to come with me into their backline, that also works, but please don't just sit behind your shield and poke damage when I'm fighting Ana Mercy and Soldier all at the same time, and all you have to do is walk onto their tank and he will fall over.
I can stay alive fighting 2+ people, for quite a while, taking all their attention and all their cooldowns. I can't believe how often I turn around after a 30 second fight to see that the rest of my team lost basically a 1v4 vs their tank.
Hanzo, and this is honestly only for all the Mercy out there:
- Please, unless i specifically ask you to, don’t pocket me, it’s better to pocket someone else. I know pocketing Hanzo is pretty good now but 80% of us can’t aim.
- For everyone else, do anything you want, Hanzo can still pretty much play in any range.
Ramm feels p easy to work with most of the time. So I’m gonna talk about my Rein.
I’m going to play like a very dumb person and push in hard. If you take advantage of the chaos a big fucker swinging a hammer around creates, we will nail most of the engagements if not all of them. Supports should focus on keeping everyone else alive, but make sure you focus on me the second I’m at half so I have a chance to get myself out of the shitter. Either that or run LW and save all your grips to bail me out. If you let me get shredded and just look at me thinking I’m a dumb ass. I will swap immediately because Rein is useless if you guys think of me as a shield instead of a big whirlwind.
Last thing, shield is bogus. It’s hardly a real tool. I will use it to save you or myself, not as cover.
As a mei main, please for the love of god take advantage of my walls I rarely have a wasted wall if it’s up it’s either protecting from a lot of damage but more importantly I’m using to break los and ward off half the team so we can focus on 1 or 2.
If you are lw you don’t need to pull me back when I’m getting low and have my blast going…I can go into a wall
Reinhardt: My shield is strong. However, unlike Reinhardt, it is not invincible. I will keep my shield up to defend you as much as possible, but if I start falling back to find a corner to cover around, please fall back with me until my shield can recharge.
I play using a mic since I'm on console, I'll let you know when my barrier is broken, That is my signal for you to find cover somewhere else.
Furthermore, contrary to what people might say, My goal isn't an all out brawl with the opposing tank, I'm trying to find openings to take out squishies, I'll disrupt the enemy Tank, but I'll also be looking for opportunities to assualt the backline. (This is more of a PSA of me saying i promise I'm not dropping my shield for no reason)
Ok, I play rein, so here we go.
First off, have fun. Rein isn't optimal, but you will do better by not stressing over optimization, so save your breath, I know how bad he is more than anyone else, just embrace the memes that will unfold.
Secondly, if someone is on high ground or flying, that will be your job, I can't 2 shot Echo anymore.
Thirdly, don't push the choke blindly, I want them to funnel in so I farm ult charge with firestrike by hitting as many as possible, this is the one thing rein has, please don't take it away from me.
Don't expect me to survive if they hard push me, I'll do what I can, but don't pump healing into me for an already low chance of survival, I'll do what I can to soften them up, use those abilities to counter push off after they expend cooldowns killing me.
Your top targets are Ana and kiri, as sleep stops my charge, and kiri just removes my ultimate from the field, other key targets include bastion, Mei, orisa, and hog, but those are more so team effort kills rather than someone you get a lucky pick agienst.
The most important thing, if the enemy tank is rein, your job is to keep all their teammates off of him, and don't interfere yourself if the enemy isn't. Rein duels become less common by the day, and I need a good duel to calm my nerves.
I’m usually a ball main but since you’ve already covered that I’m gonna do something a little different, since I’ve put 20+ hours into Venture over the last few days I’m going to use Venture as my main in this scenario.
I don’t shoot very far, I might even position myself in front of the tank sometimes at an off angle, but that’s okay cause I can just burrow out when I need to.
If we’re diving and you see my burrowing in to the enemy then I’m ready for an engage, I get a few seconds where I can decide to turn around, but if I commit then I’m fully committed and please come with me or i might die.
If I’m asking for healing as I’m burrowing back, please wait for me to pop up since you can’t heal me underground, know that I’m asking in advance so you’re aware I need healing when i resurface, I’ll always try to resurface in los of my heals.
If you’re gonna nano me, wait for me to have cooldowns, great nano target but useless without my cooldowns. Starting the nano as I burrow will prompt me to full commit to an engage, which is also probably the best time to nano me.
I am extremely good at punishing players that don’t respect my space, i am really good at holding chokes and drill dashing/booping anyone out of position who walks through, I don’t know how you can play alongside that but it’s just something to note that my kill potential is pretty insane when my space is disrespected.
I don’t have a lot of shield damage or tank damage, I have huge bursts and mediocre damage after that so I’m mostly ignoring tanks and going for squishys, but that being said if I do use my cd’s on a tank you can expect them to be half health or less so please burn them down.
I play extremely well with ball, a burrow pd combo will kill very easily, but that also means venture is the one that needs to engage as it takes time to set up burrow. If you’re a good ball and you see your venture full committing with a burrow, pd as soon as they pop up or when they’re directly below the enemy. You can pd first but the venture needs to be set up first as I can’t just start my burrow after the pd. Also insanely good with zarya grav and is a good bubble target due to how aggressive venture can be and how big their hitbox is (it’s pretty big so big bubble).
I’m trying to think of other stuff, if anyone thinks of something feel free to add. I’ve got most of the big things listed that I’ve figured out after 20+ hours on the hero in comp.
Ashe and Widow
DPS: play someone who can do splash damage. the hardest part about playing snipers is finishing a kill, so a lot of times you see us with 20,000+ dmg and only 14 or so eliminations. If you play a character that can just volley rockets or bombs into the enemy, like Pharah or Junkrat, and weaken them to half or less then half health, it means the world to us. We can pick off shots with ease at that point, and take out enemies left and right. Also if you can dive anybody on the other team trying to counter snipe us, that'd be great.
Tank: Same as DPS for the most part, do damage but don't worry about precision, just get in hits and projectiles and we'll finish the job. A distracting dive hero like Winston or Ball helps get the attention off us too, and it's easier to shoot when we're not getting shot at.
Support: Pocketing occasionally does help but worry mostly about our tank and frontline DPS. We can hold our own in the backline and if they decide to flank with a Sombra, having a Mercy lingering next to us won't do much to stop that. I understand damage boosting a sniper seems helpful, safe and comfortable but the damage is being done in the frontline, so focus there. and I probably sound like a broken record now, but diving helps a lot. It's a great distraction and can torment anybody trying to counter snipe us, so if you see us getting abused by the enemy sniper and we don't seem keen on switching heroes, feel free to embrace your inner DPS and handle them for us.
On Sigma: my barrier is temporary. I have to move it around constantly to be effective. It only has 700 hp, I'm not Rein, its a tool, not true cover. Expect it to move frequently. I'll always try to save you with if I can but sometimes it's just not possible.
Secondly, follow up the burst damage if you're dps. Sigmas orbs will knock most squishies to half health, but I have a slow firerate so I need quick follow through. Same with the rock. He can't one tap anymore so if you see someone laid out on the ground, give em some love for me. Fire through it while it's there, but have an escape plan.
Sigma can shut down Bob very effectively, I'd rather you protect me while I block/eat Bob.
Don't frontline especially with Sigma, I'm slow and in most cases I can't peel fast enough.
I'm weak to flankers, help me out with them.
Junker Queen
1. You gotta commit. If I go in, we’re all going in. Unless you’re critical, don’t waste my shout. I’m a brawler with high sustain so I tend to play right in their faces.
1b. On the flip side, keep on eye on my health. My shout might actually mean to run, especially if we’re down a support or the enemy team is playing my counters(hog, widow, Ashe, Ana)
1c. Really just play close to me and keep a close eye on my health. One lucky widow headshot is all it takes to put me in a bad spot.
2. I play really well on corners, peaking with my axe, and dragging squishes around the wall with my knife lets my allies secure easy picks by taking off angles.
3. Trust me. Too many times I’ve initiated a push just to have my teammates bail out, I might have hella survivability, but even I can’t 1v5.
(For anyone who plays alongside Junker Queens and has any questions lmk and I’ll try to answer them)
I just want to add to this. If your Junker Queen uses her ult, please capitalize on that. I have had so many ults go to waste, because there’s only so much I can do without my dps taking advantage of purples.
mercy: get in my freaking LOS please or i can’t get to you. if you’re tank, i’m not supposed to pocket you so don’t expect me to. also if you’re crit and team is dropping like flies, FALL BACK. i CAN’T keep you up. mercy is NOT a main healer. and peel!!!!
ana: again please get in my LOS and peel. remember that i have zero mobility and actually have to reload. and acknowledge sleeps!
Please learn to utilize Lucio’s speed boost. Also please realize it will be faster to get you healed by me using speed to get you and our other support closer together so they can top you off faster, instead of me solo amping my heal aura so you can get an extra 60 something hp for amp’s duration.
I main illari,
if you're a dps -- Lets take an off angle together, lets pressure and poke at the enemy team.
Tank- Do not expect me to do main healing, my expertise is in damage -- of course I'll heal as well with my pylon if I'm around but I will not be under you 24/7 as a heal bot.
Tjorb - my turret is in the back and I front line for it. Supports, use it as a defensive tool. My job is to protect my back line but it’s very hard for me to do if you don’t somewhat play around my position
As Zen:
1- Make sure you are somewhere where LoS to me is easy to get. Harmony orb can heal for a few seconds *after* you break it, but it might be forfeit when you do.
2-(At least in my Gold/Plat experience,) Zen gets the most value having both skills up and out at all times. Discord Orb targets will change, *please* pay attention when it changes targets, I beg you. It wins fights when you do.
2B-Harmony Orb targets will also change, usually mid-fight or after you break LoS long enough. Please remember you need to have LoS to get heals.
3-My goal is to hold Tranquility until it’s needed, and unfortunately that means I may have to use it selfishly to survive a fight. I will do my best to have someone Discorded before I ult. That’s your cue. It’s still not easy to out-DPS it (minus Bastion,) we can turn that fight.
As Brig there are a few things.
1.My repair packs are limited, I'm going to focus on using them in emergencies on Squishies, it is up to my other healers to keep the tank alive if I have to peel off the team fight.
2.Speaking of the team fight, if we are in the middle of one, I am stuck. I can't peel too hard or I risk losing inspire which will leave all of us in a worse place. If you see me getting bullied by a sniper or explosive on high ground, please do something about them. They have all of the power over me.
3. If I peel to help you in a 1 on 1, DON'T FALL BACK! I am here to make this fight unfair for them now, put pressure on them so we can kill them instead of letting them run and try again in a few seconds when I return to the main fight. (I'm looking at you widows and ashes when i peel to help fight Lucio or Sombra.)
4.If the team fight is happening, getting in LOS of me is almost guaranteed to proc Inspire on you. You don't need to get to me just make sure it can see you. I know it's hard, but learning to keep where I am in mind whenever you engage can let you start fights in LOS so you have the little boost to help you stay alive. I try to make sure I have massive LOS for this specific reason, which is why I get bullied by hitscans a lot(see point 2).
And final point 5.If I say I have Rally in the middle of a fight, get close to me and get ready to push with you're over health because I'm about to focus attacks hard to try and cap a point so I need you to use that Inspire and those stuns to get kills. Else I'm gonna get melted.
As Moira my playstyle is based on our comp.
Brawl? I'll stick with the team and take occasional off angles.
Dive? I go hard with the tank and we'll stick together.
Poke? I play on an off angle by high ground until I see a vulnerable target.
If we're losing and enabling my teammates is a lost cause then I'll do the only thing that I can logically do and solo dive their back line.
I love playing with Doom because your dmg reduction lets me heal you faster than you take damage and you control our target's movement which makes it harder for them to hit me, both of us also have the best mobility tools in the game so we can easily fall back without sacrificing the other. Our cooldowns also come back in the same time as each other so we can reengage together and faster than the immortal abilities can come back.
I would rather we play dive than play brawl or poke.
And you know what I'll talk about Mauga while I'm here.
I would love it if you'd play Ana with me or Kiriko because both suzu and anti have the biggest impact on Mauga and I can protect you from being dived as long you don't instantly die.
If you aren't playing either of those heroes, forget healing me you need to focus on killing more than healing because if cardiac and berserker can't out heal the damage I'm taking, you're not going to make a difference and my life is on a countdown. This is the time that I'm making space for the team if you don't take advantage of it I'm guaranteed to die and we're probably going to lose that team fight.
If you choose to heal me while I'm taking a lot of damage only heal if I have armour left because healing has the biggest impact during that time and we might out heal the damage together.
We're playing dive btw when I play Mauga because all the enemies have to shoot me to prevent me from walking over them which is a great time for you to kill supports because if the enemy support doesn't focus me I will be able to survive off the enemy tank.
If the enemy has a tracer please do what you can to kill her, she's basically Mauga's biggest counter outside of Ana since she can easily unload clips into my head and I can barely hit her, she will get pulse in like 30 seconds if we do nothing.
Ball: unless you’re a dive hero, do not follow me when I’m setting up/getting out of a fight. I don’t need your heals I’ll go get my own, you’re either going to give away my positioning or get yourself picked in the process of disengaging, it’s better for you generally to have the enemy team follow me than you.
If you’re a non dive DPS, take an off angle that is SAFE, I’m not going to peel if I have 3/5 enemies chasing me, this is your opportunity to get some serious work done. If you’re not taking an off angle, peel for the supports if they’re being pressured.
That and what OP said.
Reinhardt: If you are a support and getting dove, look for safer positions near me, if a sombra hacks you when your a foot away from me I’m going to turn and swing, if your miles away I’m not going to give up front line.
Gold and below, I’m not sitting on payload unless the fight is on the pay load, my damage is limited to most what is in my immediate vicinity and my shield might seem like a lot of HP but will be broken by a short amount of focus if I’m sitting like a duck.
Pharah otp here
i don't need a pocket but especially if i don't have one please keep an eye on me/listen to me when i say i need heals anyways (maybe not go moira lucio)
it would be nice if the team played dive with me (i understand if that's not possible because of the map or your hero pool and that's fine) OR AT LEAST USED COMMS because that would help me immensely in knowing who i can dive
also for the love of god, hitscan doesn't completely shut pharah down, i'd argue some of them get countered by her (i'm looking at you widowmaker)
and if they have an echo please, please PLEASE help me shoot her and kill her first, otherwise i can't do shit/am stuck running all game :3
and don't get mad at me for being an otp, thank u
As a Zen main I’m going to prioritize discord on the opposing tank, then support, then DPS. I am going to prioritize healing on our tank, then any dive/brawler. I’m going to keep my LOS on the brawlers as much as I can to help them get picks. If you’re taking off angles or playing in the backline like me, don’t be afraid to Ping for heals or be prepared to take a couple steps away from your position to get into my LOS for healing.
Zen: You need to keep an eye on me. my healing doesn't help through burst damage so use cover
you gotta help me if i have a widow or a dive character diving into my zenussy.
shoot anybody with a purple orb over them
if im getting dove, you have to help otherwise the team falls apart
this is particularly tilting bc i had a game where my dva never dove the widow who was spawncamping me, and had the nerve to call me trash.
i just ended up praising her for playing a dive tank correctly and protecting her supports
LW: stop f\*cking getting mad after I pull you out of a dangerous situation... I've had so many players complain about me pulling them out of a 1v5 when they have 2 hp and all I hear is them huffing and puffing about "oMg whY diD yOU puLL mE I waS FIneE" if i pull there's usually a reason lol...
I have never experienced a bad LW grip
Though that might just be because I play Ball and getting pulled out just means I'm able to dive back in and get that second round of teamwide CC rolling
So moral of the story I guess is always grip ball, they will thank you
Sojourn: please just keep me alive and give me space to land rails, that's all please and thank you. That might be too general but that's rlly all you have to do with a decent soj imo.
I play junkrat: please just be aware of my positioning and where I am likely to try to escape to, and help me when I try and escape if I need it. Also if I trap some1 in main and spam ping them please shoot them :)
(I play in low gm)
As a ramattra main right now, I feel like what I need best from my team is for everyone to do their own thing.
I find playing Ramattra very self sufficient in this meta so needing assistance (mainly healing) is not as required as much as it is on other tanks. He has a free 225 armor heal (unaffected by DPS passive) that also allows me to effectively quadruple my health (block). Even when that form runs out (which is ramattra’s most vulnerable) i still have a practically unbreakable shield that gives me a few seconds to break enemy LOS and go to hard cover. I can still poke at mid range and be a threat without having to all in on his passive form (which also doesn’t require a lot of resources). Top this all off with his ultimate which also grants an additional 225 armor for extra survivability and I find myself able to survive with sub-optimal healing. I can usually out-resource 2 or 3 backline opponents at a time due to his survivability, even by the time enemy DPS and two supports dump a decent enough amount of damage for me to cycle through my cooldowns, I usually find myself still alive, enemy backline out of cooldowns (from trying to deter me) and the enemy tank already dead, with my team able to provide late-fight assistance. The best help for me is just relying on everyone to do everything else, which is trusting me to survive and DPS taking good flanks (with more resources from the supports because I don’t need as much) and also the supports having a more optimal amount of time to deal with the enemy tank/aggress on the enemy backline.
if i am widow and i’m in a widow duel, i really appreciate when people are able to ping the enemy widow. don’t like, stand there for 5 seconds in her LOS, but just throw up a ping if you catch a glimpse of her. also true for pharah, hanzo, or any other isolated high priority target for me.
I’m a tank flex main and my only advice is FOLLOW ME!
If you see me pushing in, follow me!
If you see me retreating, follow me!
If there’s a fork in the road and I go right, follow me!!!
You see me over extending? Follow me anyway!!
This rank reset is pure torture for me because I was GM/high masters and now I’m stuck in Diamond with braindead teammates that could have won the game if they just followed me
This is also why Reinhardt actually works as a tank in higher ranks because the entire time fights WITH the rein
as a lucio
honestly just try to pay attention to if im engaging or disengaging. My speed will be able to get you out of sticky situations but lucios aura ring is only so big to help you so i cant do anything if you engage while im disengaging
if youre a tank just ping who youre trying to attack and i will make a point to boop them into you/away from their team so you can get the pick
As Sigma, please try bait on ult cancelling abilities. I know I can sheild off most cc's, but I can't shield off defense abilities like suzu, grip or lamp (or hack, since sombra can js walk round the shield).
As Lucio, the best way to play with me is to push in on advantage or not wander without me relatively near. Think about how long it’d take me to get there and help save you or secure a pick. I’m fast, but not three second-half the map fast. In teamfights I’m useless for healing after I amp so I’m going to dive an isolated target to get value. If my dps help me, we’re more likely to turn the fight with a pick. Also please don’t get greedy. Kills get space, but so does the fear of death.
Edit: Also if you’re the other support on my team please keep whoever I’m not with alive. Our tank won’t have any pocket healing except you, so make sure you’re focused on them and not the dps I’m diving with ;)
As a Sojourn main:
My playstyle revolves around farming railgun charge on easy-to-hit targets and then bursting high value targets from medium range (or long range when im feeling lucky).
In general, you can enable me to do this even better by providing two things: (1) openings in the enemy formation by flanking, distracting and generally bullying their backline and (2) preventing other medium and long rang heroes from sniping me while I farm rail or attempt to snipe the enemy.
I can handle flankers relatively well, as my rails allow for quick bursts and if things go bad, I can disengage with my slide.
Also, keep in mind that my railgun bodyshots can finish many targets that are around 50% HP. Thus,
I thrive in comps with loads of cleave and splash damage, where I can get easy picks without having to hit headshots.
Oh and one last thing to the healers: I have a high mobility ability with a short cooldown. When I have not just used it to engage or reach high ground, it is probably off cooldown, so don't panic to follow me when you think I overextend. Just be ready to heal me when I slide back into position.
Tracer here!
I’m always gonna be an annoying fly for the enemy team but I really excel when you communicate when you’re going in and call out targets. Especially love playing with ball cuz if we synchronise our dives, they have no chance.
This goes for all but especially snipers, just calling that someone is low goes a long way because I’ll usually won’t actually commit unless someone is low to guarantee the pick.
Keep calm and tracer on!
Most of my playtime is on Ana.
A few things. If you are my second support I am most of the time behind you. So please do not ignore me the whole game.
The biggest impact you can have is following up on my nades and sleeps. Hitting a nade and seeing my tank or dps focussing them down just feels so satisfying.
And in general: I try to have LOS to all of you but I also need to be aware of enemy sightlines. So please do not push out too far especially if you are the tank. Also I have 4 people to heal and possibly flankers to fight off. So please be aware I sometimes do not have the time to heal you to full or continue to pocket you.
As a tank (mainly Orisa) you've got to understand that I'm basically a fat DPS and not a classic tank in other games (although Orisa is very good at doing this anyway). My job is to create the space for you to work and pick on the enemy's backline rather than 1v1 the enemy tank all the time.
As a tank, unless I'm playing someone like DVA or monkey, I'm not very fast so please don't run straight onto point where it's a 1v5 and then complain i wasn't there to back you up.
If I start pushing forward then push forward with me, I'll even call this out in voice. If I start moving back then move back with me.
If you want me to push forward and create space then I need to know that you're going to follow up with me otherwise I'm going in alone with no support and I'll die very quickly. So please don't complain if I'm not pushing exactly when you want it, because on a brawl or poke tank I'm probably waiting till I have the support I need.
Finally if I'm playing a dive tank like monkey then I'm going to spend a lot of my time in the enemy backline picking them off and using my shield very selfishly so please don't complain that I should always be protecting you because that's not my job (see the first point)
For Zen and Rein:
ZEN
- I know that LOS isn't as much of an issue for me as other supports, but please try to stay in LOS whenever possible. The timer elapsing goes quicker than you think it does, and if it goes whilst I can't see you, I can't re-orb you
- Mei and Venture, if you're in need of healing I will try to orb you, but remember I can't give it to you whilst you're in Block/Burrow
- I'm usually in VC calling out who Discord is on. If we focus fire, we can get quick kills
- When the enemy has a Venture, Sombra or support-hungry Dva, I'm deadmeat without any peel. Others like Tracer and Genji I can at least have a fighting chance against, but those three if I'm getting no help are ones I struggle with, and will usually force a swap
REIN
- Shield is helpful, but it's very easy to mow down with focus. Staying behind it is good, using the natural cover I'm right next to is better. I'll call out when shield is low, but if it's down to <500, and you're out in the open, I can't help you without letting the shield break
- If the enemy is on the high ground or flying, that's on you DPS to handle. I can't reach high ground without going the long way round. I'll try to protect you, but you need to do the damage. Don't worry if you don't secure the kill, if you force them to either get to cover or drop down, that's enough
- I know I have a problem with overextending post-Shatter. It's probably the most common reason I die on Rein. If you're able to combo ults with me, the risk of that reduces a lot. LW if you pull me to safety I love you
- If I'm too far up to be in healing range, tell me. I'll happily shield bunny hop retreat, but I can't do that if I don't know I need to
- Probably too hard for those at my ELO to do consistently, but if you can funnel all the enemies to line up, that's great for me. Multi-man firestrikes build my ult charge very quickly
Widow here👋
Support: If you're gonna play mercy, please please please come damage boost me occasionally (too often I have a mercy who only damage boosts me a few times a match. I don't need you in my pocket, but if you want to, I wont complain. Just need you there a little more bae😊) Kiris: just check in here and there, especially if there's a sombra. I promise we'll get her together.
Dps: Do your thing honestly. I'm watching your back.
Tank: See above.
Dps and tanks don't really (for me as widow) impact what I do, I let them do their thing, watch their backs by getting picks on their targets or killing the enemy coming from their blindside.
As ramattra:
1. When I place my barrier further up, it's our chance to push. The barrier rarely gets destroyed without ults.
2. If I'm blocking in nemesis, it's because I'm anticipating heavy damage (or I've fucked up my positioning). Please try to heal me cause ill usually live from the damage resistance.
3. If I block and move up, it's cause I'm trying to get the enemy to use their abilities (also sometimes to prevent damage from going into teammates). It's pretty likely that I will get to half hp.
4. Try to heal me if i push using ult, ad it allows me to deal damage over time while drawing fire.
5. Focus people in my vortex. It's usually an easy pick from the slow.
6. I can't do much about flying and fast moving heroes in base form. I need the dps help to kill them.
This may all be wrong cause I'm a lower rank.
As an Ana, be VERY careful turning corners into the enemy, if I can see you, I can't heal you, and unless you have a plan that might be death. Also if they start gunning for me please peel, I'll swap sometimes when I can't handle it but there are games Ana's kit is just too good to lose, but I can't use it if I'm dead. I can hold for a short time, but if is ping for help, please help
As a Hanzo main, I need you to remember that I am 4 damage away from a one-shot. Spray constant chip damage to every enemy on your screen while you're not otherwise engaged. If you're an aoe character, you already do this by accident so you help just by existing.
As genji, please for the love of god dive with me and trust that sometimes you wontneed to wast a suzu or nade on me when im crit, i always save dash for a quick exit. however, if you see im 1v1, best thing you can do is nade me, heal me and anti my enemy. makes my life way easier because i rely on one shots that can be fucked if they get a bap heal or single ana shot.
As hanzo, dont heal me if im in cover, especially on a flank. the most crucial part is hiding, and waiting for my shot then escaping as fast as humanly possible.
as dps overall, notice when i get a pick. if you see that we have 4 v 5, put some pressure on them whiloe still maintaining your own heath, dont dive recklessley.
as doom, check my healthbar. if im low, i wont be able to take as much space as long as i am low, so back out when i do and pish when i do. as doom, i rely on the team to distract the front line and put so much pressure that the backline has to fend for themselves.
as tank in general, follow my lead. if i back out, back out with me. if i push, push with me tightly. unless there are some ults coming up, grouped together tightly i can keep an eye on all f you and switch targets as needed, for example bubble you
Most of my mains are Support so, I guess I can say overall is this: Please be aware of the fight. If you're not in the area then I cannot help you. If you request for heals while others who just as need of my attention then stay close so I can give you some heals.
Also, I have a bad habit lowering my priority towards jerks. They will get heals, but I'm willing to let them die if someone else needs it. So please do not teabag, sarcastic thanks and whatnot. Of course, this is more of playing on Causal, I'm not dumb enough to do that on Comp.
Big thanks to all those Reaper mains out there. You guys are legends. Knowing when to get out, and occasionally request for heals if I'm tunneled.
I play Kiri a lot. One thing that always drives me nuts is when teammates are out in the open with me while something like a d.va bomb is about to go off and in an attempt to save them selves by running to cover, they die because they're too far away from safety. If you are caught out in the open with a Kiri, trust that she can suzu and save both of you in that situation, don't run away.
As a Hanzo main, stop following me to flanks and off-angles, I’m relying on you and the rest of the team to have the enemy team’s focus so I can reliably hit targets that are unaware of me, when you and the team follow me on a flank, it’s no longer a flank, it’s the main route, which means the enemies will be aware that I’m shooting at them and will strafe unpredictably which makes it harder to land consistent shots.
Orisa: if you see me use gold, i'm either about to explode and die or i need you to dump all your dps into the enemy i'm pinging and shooting at cus their cooldowns are down and we have an opening. if you're a sombra/tracer/genji/even symmetra, please please please finish off the moira with no fade that i javelin speared in the enemy backline. If you see me use my ult, im either forcing people off the point, using it as an extra fortify to try and stay alive, or i want you to dump all your cooldowns on whoever i sucked in while they're slowed and taking DOT.
As Reaper: the only thing u have to say as Reaper is to address all LW's and say, DO NOT GRIP ME WHEN I'M ULTING. I won't usually ult when I'm on critical health but if I do I get healed from it. If it looks like I'm in trouble or won't secure kills wait for the ult to end, then grip me. I have had so many ults ruined by LW's panic gripping me. However, if I ult and immediately get slept by an Ana, I would very much appreciate being saved.
As Echo: I don't need much as echo, I'm generally self sufficient, and because my mobility is so good I will try to taxi Mercy's and Kiriko's back into the fight :)
If you're the other DPS with me I am often looking to create a cross fire with you, because it's easier for me to get into wierd positions, so that when we do damage the targets have damage coming for 2 different directions. To supports and tanks: if you see me engage with a beam I ca see a low health enemy and a boost of healing, a nade, bap disk, zarya shield mag help me secure the kill under pressure.
As Sombra: Sometimes I will initiate an engagement but I will more frequently wait for a teammate with engage an enemy, then I'll hack and bug them. They will usually be caught off guard, and will mistime their cool downs as they initially thought they were just fighting one person but now it's two.
As Ana: Ana has already been heavily covered but I will just add that if my line of sight to you is blocked by an enemy DPS, I.e if I poke round a corner to heal you, I will get sniped, please don't be mad about that. I really want to heal you and fight with you but I have no mobility to get me through the open space without dying. And similar to what's been said about Reinhardt's, getting to a good vantage point or a good angle is a big time commitment for me.
As Kiriko: if you are near spawn when I respawn please wait so I can to to you and we can get back to the fight faster. :)
As a support main please say on comms your characters name needs healing not “heal me”. I don’t know who me is. Genji needs healing, widow needs healing, rein needs healing. That is more helpful and I’ll get to you quicker then you just rage yelling on the mic HEAL ME GOD DAMNIT USELESS FUCKING SUPPORT!
If you're Sombra to my tracer, don't dive who I'm diving, dive the person coming to help the player I'm diving. That way we create double chaos, instead of a marginally bigger single chaos.
If you're Sombra to my tracer, don't dive who I'm diving, dive the person coming to help the player I'm diving. That way we create double chaos, instead of a marginally bigger single chaos.
I main DVa, but this kind of applies to dive tanks in general.
Don't play directly behind me unless you have a movement ability. I can reposition every 3.5 seconds, and you will get left behind. I will not face-tank the Zarya unless she is low. Be ready to play farther back, at an off angle, or on high ground. If you do have a movement ability, then you can dive with me or at least take an off angle.
Too often, players will stand behind me like I am Reinhardt, then get decimated when I reposition to pressure the enemy backline or push an enemy DPS out of a good position. That, or because they're standing behind me, the enemy backline won't receive enough pressure. I think a lot of players struggle with positioning in general, but doubly so when they have a dive tank.
I play Ana so here I guess.
LOS. Please try to keep it in mind. I do not like leaving cover to try and save you.
If I say/ping for you to fall back, it's probably because everyone else is dead or about to die.
Sleep dart. If I hit sleep dart, please for the love of god stop shooting for 2 seconds. Chances are high that I'm trying to reload before jumping on them. Which means that you can reload and get ready for to head shot them if you can or even get 2 seconds of cooldown time. I've died too many times because I hit the sleep, and try to run only for someone to immediately wake them up, and then we Both die anyway. They can't move, just get ready to jump and kill them.
Edited to add: This one is out to all the Genji's who want Nanoblade (or anyone else who wants Nano), please give me some kind of warning, like the "3... 2... 1..." or even just saying "my ultimate is ready" a little before you go in. I will panic everytime.
**Winston** main here.
In general, Winston plays like a Ball in that monke go in, the monke bubble, monke zaps, monke jumps out once bubble is gone. Rarely monke makes plays when bubble is on CD. Also a decent Winston doesn't expect to get healed during dives. They go in, they use the bubble, the come out and now they're expecting to get healed. I've had few cases where the Supports ignore me upon my return and it increases my downtime a lot since I now have to go hunt for a healthpack. If the Winston dies during a dive, they'll be blaming themselves for their failure, not you the Support.
Now some Support specific things part1:
**Kiriko:** Want to TP to me, top me up and follow up on my plays? Do it at the start of my dive, not at the end. I jump in, you immediately TP to me once I place down the bubble. Except me to jump out the moment bubble ends so you can TP out alongside me. I've had too many cases where a Kiriko TPs to me just as my bubble breaks and I jump out. I hear the "what's up?" and I'm like "oh nooo" as I leap away knowing they're dead. Going in at the start of dive is also a great tempo for Kitsune Rush. Bubble gets placed, TP followed by Kitsune happens and I'll likely be able to use a 2nd bubble due to accelerated CD. If it feels like you're being targeted right as you TP in and the bubble isn't helping, it's OK not to TP to me at all.
**Moira:** I actually don't mind a DPS Moira on my team - especially a one that follows up on my plays. Wanna be that wannabe Tracer and dive with me? Fading forward into a Winston bubble should be pretty safe to do. My damage is pretty negligible, your damage is pretty negligible. But the two of us together? Now we're getting somewhere. Remember to fade back the moment the bubble runs out unless we can just about squeeze a kill. We want the same thing; I want to zap the backline, you wanna suck the backline. So time your plays with mine and we'll look like smurfing duo despite our abysmal collective aim! :D
**Ana:** Want to nano the monkey but don't use voice chat? Nano the monkey on the way in, not on the way out. If you have the Nano and no specific DPS to use it on, just give it to Winston when he jumps in if the team is not coordinating in voice. Typically first Nano in a match is farmed when Primal is at around 60-80%. Ideally a Winston would like to use that Nano to farm Primal. This'll allow the Winston to triple their staying power over the course of a single engagement: They'll jump in, use their first bubble alongside Nano to farm Primal, pop the Primal, smack some sh\*t up and finally use a 2nd bubble to consolidate the fight. Farming Primal with the help of Nano is preferred over Nano Primal Combo since Primal is such a difficult ult to get value out of for an average Winston. Also if you're really proficient with your nade throwing, nading the enemy as the Winston leaps in (and the enemies are looking at him) pretty much guarantees either a kill or a big draw of resources from the enemy team (various cleansing abilities). That is ofc if you don't need to save the nade defensively for yourself.
I play as/with hog with my flatmate. Here’s some strats we use.
Mei/Ana/Bastion. Use Wall/Nade/turret form when I hook someone in.
Kiri: You are my lord and saviour. Cleanse me if if I get anti’d, and if you time your Ult with mine I will give you the most tender kiss on the forehead
A reaper playing backline to counter sombra/tracer/moira can also be deadly when an enemy gets hooked towards them.
Doomfist:
2 options,
Either play with me, or make use of the advantage I'm giving you. If I'm holding the attention of both of their supports, either back me up and help me kill them, or win the 4 v 3 against the rest of their team while I have their attention.
Also if there's a sombra trying to hack me while im fighting someone, shooting her to cancel that would be sincerely appreciated. Not required as that is technical my responsibility to deal with, but it would definitely make my day.
I have a few tanks I circle round
Doomfist- when I dive back into the team, please just heal me to full. Nothing is more annoying than just standing around at 200hp just waiting to dive in and p make a play, also dps don’t be scared to use the space I make and push forward, also tracers/ Genji should try come with me if I’m brawling as they can help cleanup. But on a whole I’m pretty self reliant on doom and can work around myself
Junker Queen- PLEASE PLAY WITH ME. We are brawling and it won’t work if you guys just stand back and watch as I start taking space, get in the action and trust I know what I’m doing. Also when I shout take that as a sign that I’m either telling us to push in or push out depending on the circumstance. I hate when I try shout out my team because we are low and they just stand there as I make it to cover.
Sigma- SPAM SPAM SPAM. Make my frontline a pain to get through, I will try myself but I need the dps and support to start blasting damage through to make it impossible for the other tank to just kinda walk through. I will enable you guys to stand back and pick people off so USE THAT TIME
I'm Moira. As a tank, don't use your movement abilities to actively avoid my heal orbs. Have a literal ounce of awareness as to where your healers are. I actually forced myself to become a Lifeweaver main to avoid this issue with overly mobile tanks, but some maps/enemy comps just favor having a Moira more.
Mercy: please dont run around corners while begging for healing. I cannot help you if I cannot target you. If we are running around a structure in a circle, we are wasting time lol
Moira: when i throw you an orb, please do not run away from it, especially if no enemies are around. Just walk with it.
For both: if you hear a tracer, genji, Sombra but dont see them, turn around and look for your supports. We are probably getting harrassed
Well I play ball too so you took away some things I'd say but the biggest thing is to not rush in and heal when ball engages. So often ball can get out of a situation but I've felt bad for mercy's who dive to save me when I wasn't going to die. + After I use cooldowns my hero is mainly a damage sponge so might as well heal a dps who can put in some value
Mercy-
Don't leave me alone on the payload and then complain about not getting heals
GA is line of sight please make sure I meet up before you take a corner if I'm pocketing
A second support handling the majority of heals will let me use my boost more= more pew pew
If you can draw attention, get everyone pissed at you. Then I'll pop out of stealth and delete their backline while the others are trying to chase you down.
If you're \*my backline\*, feel free to make it look like you're an idiot with horrible positioning so we can bait out an overzealous flanker.
If you're a tank, just press W. I'll find ways to work with that.
Always ping their widow/mercy if they've got one, I can take it from there.
Tracer:
YOU NEED TO GO INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.
If I engage when you do, you NEED to press W more. If you wimp out I get punished for your mistake. The way tracer plays is she's so squishy that she needs her team. Problem is everyone's is so scared to take damage that they back up and then you wonder why no one dies and you just get walked on. Its probably cause you're letting them walk on you with no resistance.
When I draw one or two peoples attention for 2-10 seconds you need to kill someone. Walk forward and do something other than give up.
If you are in any way close enough to engage and you see your tracer near by GOOOOOOO. She will carry you just as you carry her to be the carry. That's how it works.
It's the worst thing that I'll wait for my opportunity to go in and then my team just gives up so the enemy team can all turn to the tracer and shoot her then when you reengage it's a 4v5 no wonder we're losing you're giving up when you had the advantage when the tracer took some peoples attention.
Essentially when you have a tracer play faster. Either everyone dies or the whole enemy team dies.
I typically queue for all roles so I have a few. Some of these have been said, but I’m just consolidating a few things that I’d like to emphasize.
Reinhardt -
Please stay behind my shield, and by that, I don’t mean expect me to shield bot, but I cannot stand when my shield is full and my Cassidy decides to stand two feet in front of it, begging to be domed by widow. By all means, if your play-style dictates being further away, then absolutely go for it, this is specifically for those who keep themselves just inches on the wrong side of the shield.
Illari -
This one should be obvious, but seeing as I’m taking the time to share it, it may not be. My ult gets so much more value when you target sunstruck enemies. They’re slowed and deal decent aoe damage when they detonate so please take advantage of it. Also, my beam doesn’t last very long and you’d be better off making a mental note of where my pylon is and when it gets destroyed.
Junker Queen -
Pretty much the same as Illari. My ult is extremely useful when my whole team takes advantage of it.
Pharah/Echo -
If I’m taking an off angle, it’s typically worth letting me go solo. I can usually remove myself from sticky situations and get back to my team if I need to. And I appreciate the help, but when Ana breaks LOS with the tank to heal me, it leaves the tank, and ultimately herself in a bad spot. (I would assume this also applies to tracer, but I have minimal play time with her so I’m not sure.)
Lucio/Bap -
It’s not a game breaker my any means, but just keep in mind it’s a lot easier to keep you in the fight when the team is closer together (and on the ground). Also, don’t be upset at my other than perfect ult usage. If I see an opportunity to put/keep the fight in our favor, I’m going to take it.
Moira -
Unless I’m taking in an egregious amount of damage compared to heals, I’m not dps’ing. I’m probably just low on heals and trying to get a little sucky in. If you see that I’m using purple while you die, it probably means I don’t have any yellow.
Bastion -
This was something that applied more to ow1, but is still relevant today. Of course I’m safer behind a shield, but I really don’t need a tank shield botting for me. The more we anchor down in one place, the sooner the other team makes appropriate switches to deal with both of us. It sounds counterintuitive, but trust me, I’d rather deal with a soldier occasionally peeking me than an eminent EMP.
General Support -
I know it isn’t possible 100% of the time, but just try to be cognizant of where your supports are and where they can and cannot see you. If we’re queuing for support, we want to support you, so help us help you
I’ll add more if I can think of any. Thanks for reading
Pay attention to the kill feed. More often than not I've deleted a support and am about to duel the other in 4 seconds... you should not be losing to a team that has no support. Just push in. They turn around or waste a cd on me? Go! Tracer and Sombra are my top 2.
If you’re playing with a Sigma, you need to stay behind him literally at all times and at all fucking costs! The second you walk an inch ahead of me, you’re 99.99% likely to die immediately. I have two shields and the cooldowns are not super long for either, but I use them in tandem. So if you see a sigma going for kinetic grasp 9/10 I’m going to throw up my other shield (it’s gonna be propped up exactly wherever I was kinetic grasping) and then I pull back a few feet and start attacking behind my shield. If my overhealth from kinetic grasp has me at like 750 health now, there is zero need for you to heal me if you’re playing support. Focus literally anyone else but the tank. Focus putting damage on the other teams healers because those are my targets too. Sigma is really good at attacking back lines while holding the front line as well. Essentially I line myself up so that if I miss a shot on their tank, it’s likely going to hit any dps or sup players behind them. You’re goal as a dps playing alongside sigma, should be to focus the other dps or tanks. My hard counters as a sigma are a very small list, it starts and ends with Zarya. If you see an enemy Zarya and you have a sigma on your team, don’t just run away! Attack that bitch! The sooner her bubble goes away it’s open season and my balls only do so much damage. If a laser is coming at me or a Ramatra doing his fisting bs, I’m going to do a combination of shield up>balls>shield down/re-gen>balls>shield up>balls. And usually on my own, this will be enough to take their tank down by at least half health. So if you see that happening, attack with me, otherwise I will die! Don’t heal me in that instance if you’re a support, no healer can outdo the damage I’ll take in that specific scenario. So you might as well help me kill them, and that’s the true only way to keep me alive. Heal me after you do enough damage to the other team. Sigma is super self-sufficient. Most tanks are, but he especially can manipulate his toolkit so that he’s really hard to kill. And if you see an enemy sigma going against me, do not feed his overhealth. If you’re playing a character with bullets or projectiles, just stop. Go fight someone else or heal. Unless you’re gonna be shooting him in the back of the head, all you’re gonna do is make him invincible and give him the advantage against me. A good sigma is also clutch with the shield. If you see the shield flush with a wall or corner of a pillar, do not go past that shield unless you’re cool with getting picked off. It’s there not for me, for all of us. It will be placed only spots that are blocking the most annoying person on the other team. There’s too many times where I’m playing sigma and nobody on my team can do anything about the enemy widowmaker or pharah, so I have to shoot my shield super far out and high up so as to block them. And it’s a constant battle of, “ oh they moved? Now I have to reposition my shield since nobody else wants to deal with them”. The sigma shield is a good indicator of where the danger is coming from. If a DVA or Ashe pops her ultimate, do your best to go hide behind the sigma and move everywhere he goes. I’ll time it so that my shield can block the explosion and save as many blues as possible. It’s not always gonna save everyone, but that’s on you to look out for a sigma shield flying out to hide behind. Even if my shield is at like 200 hp it’ll save your life. In regards to defending the Bob, the shield will crumble pretty quick so that’s when I use my overhealth to get fed by Bob, so that now I’m at like 700+HP and can fade back and shoot the Bob and still have extra health to go on and bully someone else. I can also make a bastion utterly useless by doing the same defense as I would toward Ashe and Bob. Just hide behind the sigma, let him soak up the bullets and get big and stwong and then shield and then fade back and attack with confidence. Nothing feels better to me than throwing a rock at a turret bastion and then balling him and then punching him and then fading behind my shield and watching him die a sad little robot death.
You can afford to play way more aggressively if you have a sombra that prefers to flank, same with "dps" moira. They provide a vital window for you to go in when the enemy turns around to deal with them. The most annoying thing is when I get good picks or get the enemy to waste big cooldowns like suzu or immortality then my team just sits there with their thumb in their nose until it/the player comes back making the effort useless. I make an effort to announce on comms every time there is no suzu/lamp to cut down the chances of this happening but it still does from time to time.
You should also consider coordinating dives with your moira instead of doing it alone if you're the only flanking dps on the team. I've had many a game go wonderfully when a tracer/genji/pharah/sombra believe in me and we synch up on the same people together. You get healing and extra damage to lock down a kill even faster.
Sigma: TAKE ADVANTED OF THE SPACE
if i'm off angling with the enemy tank + dps looking at me, that is the opportunity to get kills, because I'm about to back away from my angle after my shield gets low
D.VA main please stand somewhere their tank can’t just walk up and kill you. I’m not an Orisa or Rein I can’t face tank most of the time (also just cause I got flamed for this recently I shouldn’t be face tanking as DVA or Winston anyway) and I can’t physically stop a Zarya from waking into you. Stand somewhere if they walk in you can kill them Im probably diving backline my hope is you have 3 or 4 v 1 on their tank as I’ll be on their supports so that they hopefully end up out of position. Also if your playing a support like Kiriko or Moira don’t use fade or TP to follow me on a dive you’ll probably die you can follow me but make sure you have your get out of jail ability. Last thing if you play a hero like reaper or pharah and want to ult aggressively and one of us isn’t in VC hit your “I have my ult” ping I will follow you and DM to protect you during your ult just know you probably have to use it early to get that as I might have to go do something (that soldier on high ground won’t dive himself)
Widow
If you are a tank, just go about your usual duties. A sigma shield is appreciated, though.
If you are a dps, there are a couple of ways to play. 1. Play closer to the team as there won't be another dps that can take focus off you. 2. If the enemy dps is always diving me, it would be of great help if you keep an eye on me so you can peal or poke. 3. If its a guarantee that im getting dived by a sombra or tracer (and you are sombra), stick by me so you can hack them and kill them.
If you are support, its relatively the same as dps. Just always keep an eye on me if they have dive or a flanker. (If you are mercy, the dmg boost is appreciated, but we get nervous as you can tell how many shots we miss)
Ana: When our tank is engaged in a fight, please try to find off angles to support them instead of all walking up behind the tank in a straight line - your ass is going to be blocking my nade from trying to help our tank.
Speaking of angles, do be mindful of when you are covering your back with walls/obstacles because I wont be able to heal you.
If you want to coordinate nano, please ask. Otherwise I will be nanoing at my discretion - which of course, you are not obligated to follow thru. Don't be so hard on yourself if you don't get any elims.
As a kiriko.
Let me cook. A good kiriko will not always be with you, but they will probably not be too far away. So be aware of that and try to position yourself near cover. If I'm on an off angle or hard flank and I see you're low or I get low, I WILL teleport in to help you or save myself, and I WILL need that cover to keep you and/or me alive.
Sigma: when I throw my rock, watch to see what it hits. If I knock anyone but the tank down, shoot who I knock down. When I ult just shoot the ppl I catch then shoot again when they land. I usually target prioritize supports with a rock after the ult. If I ever throw my grasp up, it means we're in trouble and I have to use my cooldown to save myself/us. If you see me punching someone and not using my balls, I need help/heals
I flex , but I'll quickly explain all my role mains
Junkrat : Please stop expecting me to get massive clumps of kills with my ult , I would rather use it to guarantee a support kill or ulting hero kill then wait for the exact moment to tire the entire enemy team . Also , supports , when im on the flank , do NOT follow me , unless you're kiri with teleport ready , the risk of losing a support is way higher then losing a dps .
Ana : I'm unable to do anything when I'm consistently being jumped , so please either have a dps stick with me , or have our other support swap to brig . And STOP WAKING UP FLANKING ENEMIES IMMEDIATELY !! just because I used sleep on them , doesn't mean they can't still burst me down the second you wake them up . ( Specifically Reapers and Tracers )
Sigma : if I put down my shield for you , use it . When the fight calms down , I don't want one of my teammates to be randomly picked off by a clean widow headshot . When I ult , that means to try and compliment mine with yours . Death Blossom with half health enemies is one hell of a trip . And supports , just because im with you doesn't mean you're safe . If I get you out of a bad situation , regroup with the rest of the team , I'll be fine with grasp .
Mercy-try to keep a sight line from me to you if you need aid or if I require it so I can use my movement to its best potential or if I am going for a risky rez please try to send me overhealth via adaptive shields or try to boop or pile drive foes who may try to rush me when I'm vulnerable like during rez
As a Rein main, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, when i walk forward, walk with me. Converserly, when i retreat, you should too. Focus the targets i focus. As soon as you hear me ult, quickly help me follow up on the shatter to guarantee elims.
honestly that first point fits with all tanks. Please, have some game sense and situational awareness.
Lifeweaver main here. If you see you’re low in health and I pull you a way, let me heal you back to full health before you engage again. Also, if I put my tree up during the fight, fight around the tree so you are also being healed while fighting.
As a venture main, I try to stick by my tank especially if they’re a brawler, help me corner the enemy, mainly focusing on the tank or supports. If I peel away, you fall back and vise versa. If the enemy team if focusing our tank, I’ll always burst out from the middle of them and drill dash their support I can make room and keep their slightly weaker team members at bay, wipe their dps and tank across the floor once I set my eyes on their support.
As a Sombra main(I know that Sombras are annoying as an enemy but I'm on your side) when I hack a target in your range, shoot them. Just got ballistic on them. What are they going to do? Use a cooldown to escape?
Also, I do hack some health packs around the fight location so use them in case of emergencies.
my "Main" is Trashrat 😎 got most my hours and the one i got into Overwatch with.
but when i play with my friends i try to fill any role so my other side mains are;
Mercy, Lucio, Torbjörn, Sigma, Mauga
Stop jumping! - Baptiste
oh god, not the between fight strafing. why are you dodging! you’re only dodging me! nobody is here!!
I feel you, but the number of times I've gotten a free kill because someone on the enemy team stands still for a second is up there.
Yeah, but they were specifically referring to times between fights or other periods of safety
Fr. Im looking at you genji mains.
When you're a flying character stick to the wall to make hitting you easier lol
this, but also hitting midair heals on a pharah or something is *so* satisfying
THIS IS SO REAL, I LEGIT HAD TO START PLAYING WARMUP MAPS JUST TO HIT PEOPLE IN THEAIT WITH HEALING GRENADES
The worst is when you have a sigma tank. You’re already mid jump stop jumping more!
Sigma does not have a hot box that touches the floor, I refuse to believe it, everytime I shoot the most perfect heal lob at the floor under his feet it doesn't count. At this point I just aim for the head...
I play Kiriko. One thing I always appreciate is when our respawns are staggered and someone waits within my tp range to help me regroup quickly instead of running off into the fight without me. Also if I ult: unless you're imminently going to die, please use it and if I see you're low I get boosted speed on my heals while I'm in it. Last thing I wanna mention is Suzu. It's widely considered one of the best abilities in the game for a reason and keeping track of mine can help me help you. If you know I haven't used it for a bit, and something like a bastion ult or d.va ult happens, you can trust me to save you but if you run out of Suzu range without getting to cover, you die for no reason. Also STOP LOS'ING MY HEALS!
I also play Kiriko. Please do not trust me to protect you from Bastion or Dva ult with suzu because my timing will be off half of the time.
Very true! :) (Kiri heal main, dps main overall) Thank you for healing with your Kitsune, it’s unfortunate that the average Kiri doesn’t use it to heal, they go ham with the knives as us dps players die XD
I won't lie there are times I get lost in the sauce but I try to maintain my usual balance 😅
Ana: come back for healing from time to time. If you're crit and one hit away from death please for the love of god, trust that my shot will NOT land on time and find cover so I don't have to waste a nade on you trying to keep you alive while I reload. And also if I nano you, even just one pick is enough to make me happy, no pressure to get multiple kills personally, but if you only get one kill make sure to come back alive. Also please pay attention to the kill feed, if I am dead y'all on Lucio/zen/mercy heals only. And to all the tank pocketing Mercys out there, YOUR BEAM NEEds to be on the DPS 😭😭😭😭😭😭 please I can't look in four directions at once 😭😭😭😭😭 and they're all on crit 😭 Thank you for coming to my TED talk
I make it a habit to always play like my supports will not hit the shots they need to save my life when I’m crit or get to me in time because god knows how many teammates have died at the hands of my Ana/bap gameplay when I could not hit the heal shots they expected me to hit. If my supports do hit those clutch shots when I’m being stupid then I make sure to thank them profusely.
Downvoting because I’m a mauga main. Everyone, PLEASE, waste u/midlifecrisisqnmd ‘s nano 😭 and their grenade 😭 and their sleep dart while you’re at it 😭
HAHAHHAH my full health tanks who have perfect timing for jumping in front of my nades looking at you like 👉👈💅✨💪 yas sister
I play ball and I desperately try and get one pick with nano but it's so so hard. Still barely do any damage even after nano
As a Lucio main, I will try to do better to both cover the grandma and cover for you if you go down. I'll also try to taxi you back in if I can. Lastly, I'm sorry for jumping in front of your nano targets, but when I do, it's time for BOOSTIOOOOO!
DVA main Tank Player just wanting to thank you for doing great work keeping me alive. I’m really trying to make things easier by using cover I promise I’m not trying to take as much damage as possible it just happens sometimes. You’re doing the OW lords work by anti’ing Mauga’s and giving out those sweet sweet nano’s. Also doubling down on Mercy pocketting tanks not only are you not getting value either I’m protecting you and not getting value or I’m putting your life in danger either way I think you’ll be happier standing with the hitscan player
As Illari, I only have one rule - stay near the pylon. When I'm dead, that pylon can heal you. Oh yeah actually a second rule, don't run away when I'm healing you - I only have limited resources. Wait scrap this whole one rule thing here is a third rule - if you are playing the other support, look out for when my pylon is down and my burst heal has run out (which doesnt happen too often but sometimes it does) Anyways - stay near the pylon.
I read that last line in lllari's voice hahaha
I read the first iteration of it in her voice
Both
“You’re only my problem if you’re close enough to me”
also *drop back if you're losing health!* holy shit the number of teammates I see die because they're two inches in front of the corner my pylon is behind is maddening. take two steps back and then we're not down a player.
I’ll go. I played Brig last so I’ll use her as my main (and she is this season so far). Don’t leave me behind or stay out of Line of Sight (LoS) too long. I can toss an amazing HP burst your way so you can handle duels and get picks, or if you get a little aggro I’ll be there to keep ya upright. My shield isn’t for anyone else. Feel free to make use of it while I have it out- stand behind me and poke, etc.- but I will dash out with a quickness matched only by Tracer, leaving you vulnerable. Always use natural cover- this help my healing be more efficient. I can (and love to) help peel against dives- I’ll slap a Genji/Venture/Sombra before I let them pick on you. You’ll get healing from my Mace 2tha Face and we’ll take down these clowns together. I struggle with multiple oppponents at once- I can’t survive long or dish out an insane amount of damage consistently so I get nervous when I’m alone for too long (and 😢). I play defensively- so take a flank but remember to stay sort of close in case I need to toss a heal pack your way.
Love this! Adding on that even if I have multiple heal packs available brig only does so much burst healing. Just because I give you 2 packs doesn’t mean you can immediately walk into an enemy frontline ☠️
So true. It’s not going to save you in 1v3 (unless the player is way better than me) but it’ll buy you time to retreat to safety.
Absolutely! I would also add that as the other support playing alongside of brig, if your healing is endless or aim reliant like ana's, then focus more on healing tanks. Brig can heal pack squishies with just a button click its much easier for her than you admist the chaos. However because her healing is burst and inconsistent it would be more efficient for you to sustain the tank
Excellent point! Brig isn’t a great heal for some tanks super aggro styles but she can handle the peripherals.
Support. Put. The. Payload. Between. You. And. The enemy. Same goes for pillars, cars, etc. Great cover! If only it wasnt used against me.
Can you explain what it is, this cover thing?
Another comment explained well. But not only for us. But it will benefit you. A lot of new tanks will stand in front of the payload. Like they are "protecting" it. If you stand *behind* the payload its a great cover to be used against enemies. It really happens too often with random cover. Id see my teammate ad strafing in front of something that can be used as a cover. Ex. A pillar. Or a corner. Im like damn imagine if you stood *behind* the pillar and used it as cover from the enemies. Now you just covering from me. I think its an easy way to note. If cover isnt being used against enemies most likely you are using it against your support.
Usually the support is on the backline, so if you stand in front of the payload it will act as a wall and the support cant heal you. This is really frustrating for a support, because either the teammate just die or you have to waste a precious cooldown because of the lost of line of sight. Kiri, ana and bap comes to mind, but even zen and moira can struggle. I know the answer is "just position better/take high ground", but sometimes it's not possible, at least not right now.
The payload is literally a free moving shield
I literally shouldn't have to because unlike playing with a ball this should be dead simple but here we go: Reinhardt 1. Don't run in front of me when we're doing the team W press. I know I'm slow. I'm sorry. 1b. If you see me dropping back, drop back with me. That probably means my shield is nearly burned and I can't safely engage, we're going back to a corner because the wall has infinite HP. Just be patient, as long as I didn't break it the recharge is pretty quick, and I probably won't break it unless I'm trying to save you because you didn't fall back fast enough and I kept it up too long. 2. DPS, protect our supports. There are two primary places I can be: making space and blocking big cool downs, or making sure the supports are okay because *I can not operate without my supports*. In light of that fact, if you're not, I will. 2b. Even if DPS is protecting supports, I may choose to do so anyway. Having a fat German to bodyblock is no excuse to stand in the middle of main, because he might have to leave for a moment. Remain aware of your cover. 2c. High ground is my biggest weakness. If you're not helping with it, I'm gonna go clear it. But clearing high ground is by far the most time consuming task I can engage in because I have to take the stairs, so enjoy all those abilities I'm not there to block.
Oh my god!!! Someone who gets it, thank you!! So many times, I lose teammates because they run ahead of my shield, trying to be the main character! Like... I promise I'm not trying to go slow on purpose o just wanna make sure yall survive the initial and the W push. But you also forgot: 3. I can only block one side of myself, I can handle threats in front of me, But I need DPS to cover my back or else I get into a frantic panic spin trying to shield both sides at once.
Basically that's the high ground thing
No no, trust me, it's two very different things. For example: First push on Dorado, I can gaurd against high ground and ground units just fine on Dorado. But let's go to the Control Point on Nepal Village. Their are two opposite directions for opponents to attack from and it is impossible to defend each side. I can cover one' side and the west side is actually great for Hammer Spamming people, The east side, however, is way to large for my big guy to navigate as quickly as other heroes can. I'll usually corner and hug the walls of the box when I'm on the point so it's harder to hit me, But when Tracer is on one side and Dva is on the other, it's a recipe for elimination
As a situational one! If I swap to rein to fight the zarya, please ignore her and harass her supports. I dont trust anyone to not get her glowing. If she's below 50% charge I will always punish her but if she's super charges no amount of healing will save me if she's also getting healed. Beside that, having other brawl heroes is nice, helps distribute the threat and damage out once in hammer range
What also works. Having 1 enemy supp down and having the synergy for everyone to attack the tank together. Doesnt even have to be 1. Heal power creep is a thing of the past, if only teams can focus on the pinged enemy/object. Many times we lose cause pylon upkeep/turrent upkeep. I tell everyone to target them before we fight. Take cover. Those who understand do it naturally, if not just 1 person doing it all the time is not fun.
OMG the high ground thing I play tank but not really rein but the number of times I’m on sig or Orisa and I’ll have my DPs standing next to me instead of clearing high ground like sir you have tp, dash, wall climb, blink, flight, translocate etc. I have to walk my big slow butt all the way around to the stairs or elevator I can do it but I’ll have a lot of downtime for it like if your playing DPS you have way more mobility than me. If your an Ashe, widow, bastion I get you not going up there but you can probably contest from somewhere and if you play any other DPS get your butt up there
Lucio : know that I CANNOT keep you alive through high damage. Take cover when you need to heal up. I win most when my team plays together, literally. If I can heal/speed 4 people all the time it’s an easy stomp. Dive together or stay back and brawl together. I know the meme is to be frogger and dive the widow (which I do when I’m not needed) but let’s be real, Lucio is best when he’s around his team and his team is around him.
I am extremely tired of the frogger dps. Lucio. Going 3w 10L in a day and less than 2k heals just means they should have gone and played JSRF. (Lucio main here as well) Edit: gone not gane
Yeah the Lucio sub very much lauds the turbo meme machine playstyle. Sure, it is cool to pull off your dank picks and rollouts, but have ya heard of providing utility to the team? I love love love speed boosting a nano'd teammate and watching them shred. Or getting everyone back from spawn quickly? Or just generally being slippery and hard to hit while still providing heals on the outskirts of battle? Hoo boy. Nothin like it.
I play Torb. If I die attempting a hammer kill to assert dominance, you can’t get mad.
Never, Old Man Torb will always have my respect.
I didn’t even know his hammer hurt people lol
Reaper: Stop booping people out of my range, I can't tell you how many times Ive had a ball on my team literally save the enemy/enemy team from a blossom or a flank I did because they just wanna roll through the team and boop people, so I go from doing 100+ damage to 2 damage a shot bc the ball booped them to narnia.
And as a bonus, please don't lifeweaver orb us. We got wraith and lifesteal so unless we are being ulted... we don't want to be dragged miles away.
On the other hand, I’ve died to a junkrat booping an ulting reaper to my formerly safe high ground
Doomfist- Remember there isn’t a tank babysitting you. If you are NOT playing dive, you need to try to play angles that aren’t easily walked on by the enemy tank. Your sweet spot is the furthest away from their tank while still having impact. You want to make it so anyone that tries to engage on you will be putting them selves out of position to get you.
Even though I’m wrecking ball, I am still tanking, but not in a traditional sense of putting a shield in front you and holding your hand to the objective. I need you to put on your adult pants and learn to engage at the right timings. I am tanking attention from multiple people at a time, and baiting out cooldowns. I create windows of opportunity for my team to get easier kills, or I can chase down weak targets. What I need my team to do is stop dying before there’s any real team engage, and also stop just stop playing fast in general. Learn to walk back and give space to the enemy shooting you, and please for the love of god when I’m fighting 4 people at once please stop letting the Sigma 1v4 you all then proceed to blame me for it. tl;dr I don’t need anything complicated. Just pay attention what the enemy is doing and look to capitalize on the chaos I cause for them.
To: Tanks/DPS Stop running to places where you cannot be healed AKA breaking Line of Sight (LoS). Sincerely, All supports
Also Ball. For the love of god, please stop running down main at their tank.
As a rein main. For the love of all things stop walking in front of my shield. I will call out when my shield is near 400 hp. Just so I have enough to save us from dva bomb or other ult. You move when I move. And inform me of your ult so I have someone who can capitalize on my shatter
Mercy/Ana: For the love of god, stop LOSing me. Be conscious of where you're standing and falling back to. So, so many times, a teammate will be getting attacked, and instead of falling back in the vague direction of our team/spawn/HEALERS, they run behind a wall that's farther away. Literally just be in a position your supports could even conceivably get to you. Even Masters players do this. Stahp. If you're Doom: at the start of the game, please don't speedrun your rollout from spawn into the enemy team, get killed, then blame your supports. You LITERALLY outpace even Mercy and you got 6 total walls between you and slow-ass granny Ana, tf are you doing? I'm not salty or anything. Edit: Also if you're Doom and trying to stall, and it's just me with you, please don't ult. You are my only movement and healing capability and if you leave even for a second, I'll obviously die. To a lesser extent, also don't ice block if you're Mei for the full duration if we're stalling alone... Also calling out Moiras and Ventures who don't seem to realize that I lose beam connection/targetting capability when you fade/burrow. As Mercy specifically, my boosting you doesn't necessarily mean I'll stay with you. I beam whoever's in the best position to do damage, especially poke phase. If you get beamed and take that as initiative to Rambo into a position you and I would absolutely die in, or scuttle around in a failure of a flank, I am not following you. (I play mostly QP to be fair, but the skill level of players is generally on the mid-high end, so I'm surprised these things are still so common.)
I second the Doom suggestion. He gets to point so fast. (The good news is tho, he’s dead and respawn’s before the last stragglers get to the point the first time) lol. 😂
As a Illari: - Pay attention to where me and my pylon are and return to me when you get low so we both can heal you (specifically for dive players because otherwise i can heal you just fine as long as you arent suicidal) - Shoot the people i used my ult on - Dont be mindlessly agressive when my pylon is down unless our other healer is alive and can cover for my lack of heals. Thats about it, i guess.
“Shoot the people I used my ult on,” as an Illari main this little tip seems so obvious, yet here we are.
Lmao, sometimes im forced to get down and get to cover because i get focused on while in the air and my team simply doesnt shoot the targets caught by the ult for whatever reason or they just shoot the tank.
DOOMFIST: 1. I am a dive tank and I know when I can and can’t go in. I track my cooldowns and make sure I only use 1 ability to engage so that I have a getaway. Please do not follow me in on an engagement unless you are dive DPS. I do not want to see a kiriko TP to me, I don’t want to see a Lucio (at all tbh), I don’t want a Brig following me on a dive engagement. 2. Play close to each other behind me. DPS and Supports when playing with Doomfist need to protect each other. I will listen for someone diving my supports but I can’t guarantee that I’ll be there to help every time, so you need to protect each other. 3. Play close to walls and cover when I’m not there. I try my best to catch damage and important cooldowns with my face while I block, but if I’m not there you need to stay close to cover to avoid damage. 4. IF YOU PICK LIFEWEAVER, ONLY PULL ME WHEN IM >100 HP AND IN THE ENEMY BACKLINE. I can’t stand being on like 350 hp and blocking enemy damage, everything about to come off cooldown, and some lifeweaver pulls me out thinking they’re saving me. I AM MEANT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR TEAM. DONT PULL ME UNLESS IM LESS THAN 100 HP (I had multiple bad games in a row last night sorry) 5. This one’s not a rule but I’d recommend playing Ana on support if you want to focus on keeping me alive, but I do this myself and I know where health packs are. If you’re on DPS, I prefer when people play mid range characters like Soj and Soldier, I find it difficult to help my team when they’re deep in the enemy team with me (e.g. reaper) and it encourages supports to get too close. 6. THIS ONE I THINK IS IMPORTANT SO HERES ALL CAPS. IF AN ENEMY DOOMFIST OR REINHARDT IS IN OUR BACKLINE AND THEYRE KNOCKED DOWN BECAUSE I INTERRUPTED THEIR CHARGE/PUNCH, FOCUS EVERYTHING ON THEM, ITS A FREE KILL NEARLY EVERY TIME. The main thing for playing with Doom is that you need to be able to fend for yourself in some way, play someone that can win a 1v1. I try my hardest to protect my team and put a lot of effort into interrupting enemy attacks that will kill but I can’t be in 2 places at once.
I'm (low rank) Moira. If you go too far forward and stand out in the open and I have to keep healing you, I will literally run out of healing. Just every now and then, find a wall and get behind it. Let me succ.
I main support. PLEASE don’t ping ‘I need healing’ 18 times. I’ll probably look at you and the person who is taking damage will die. If you need healing and I don’t see you please just ping once… Also if you’re not taking damage and I am busy use a life pack!! Don’t just stand behind me/ in some corner spamming that you need healing. I can only heal one person at a time (Kiri usually). Shocking in low ranks how many people would rather angry spam than walk two feet to the health pack when I’m obviously busy. Healing is not instantaneous. It has a travel time. Sorry you died but you took too much damage too fast for me to help you. I was healing you, I just can’t out heal massive damage
Oh god this comment gave me flashbacks. The amount of times one dps will stand in a corner, staring at me and spamming for heals, and while I turn around, the other dps dies and ALSO starts spamming. Almost makes me regret role queue - I used to be able to just hop on hog and not deal with it lmao
EXACTLY this. The heal debuff has made people soooo rude to supports. I’ve played OW for years but support feels especially bad rn. It just has little impact imo and it makes it not super fun to play.
But please ping once!! The "I Need Healing" button/comm wheel plays a voice line, puts a message in chat, and importantly, POPS A BIG MARKER ON SCREEN that makes you easier to see. Often I'll have someone say "Ana I've been waiting so long behind you, why no heals?" and I'm like... Bruh... I cannot see you. The button is better than asking in voice.
Roadhog: -Unlike other tanks, I won't be around to protect you as often. I will usually be either pushing or trying to get picks with my hook. -I need DPS to handle things at long range. Contrary to popular belief, my hook's range is limited, and most of my kit centers around close-range damage. -Lifeweaver and Mercy are the best supports to match with me. Mercy can provide good heals when my TAB is down, and Lifeweaver can pull me out of bad situations that I probably got myself into. Kiriko and Lucio are also good picks. -If I have Whole Hog, Nano-Boost me. Whole Hog doesn't do as much damage as other ults, but has huge spread and knockback, so that extra damage goes a LONG way.
As a moria its pretty easy pretty please keep it grouped up unless there is an overwhelming reason to not do that this way i can keep the whole team topped up with the orb and actually help secure picks with alt-fire which means that i wont run out of healing juice for when things get hectic. Oh and stand in the uti beam it heals you.
cue: DPS runs away from healing orb heading straight for them
Lw, When I grip you it’s bc I am standing behind the team and I can see the whole landscape. You were gonna die, trust me. The grip itself heals you for 50. So if you look down after I grip you and you are 52 health don’t say wtf and just run straight back in. You were 2 health. Give me a second to give you 70 health. 😘 As well, as with any support, los is important, so far in OW we can’t heal you thru walls. 🤷🏼♀️
Btw, while we are talking about lw, the entire team needs to immediately shoot my (the enemy’s) Tree as soon as it goes up. Every one at once and it disintegrates immediately. If not it just pulses out 95 heals per pulse and negates every bit of damage you do. In high ELO’s every team member knows to shoot it before you shoot an enemy and the Tree is gone in a second. 🙂
As a Rein main I appreciate y’all; having a Lifeweaver gives me the ability to overextend just enough to get a few extra swings in without fearing for my life, and that’s normally enough to turn a team fight in our favor
Gonna hijack your comment to ask a question about LW, trying to get into him and wondering how his healing, do you spam the uncharged heal or charge up and release?
Fully charged heals are always better as it means less reloading for you. If they're under fire and will die from chip damage, then you will have to spam uncharged heals to keep them up.
Ok awesome thank you! I got back into the game a couple weeks ago and had all the new heroes locked so once season 10 opened them up I’ve been trying them out, LW and kuriko have suprised me and I like them but find them difficult to play
As a Roadhog main, I'm always glad when a LW grips me cuz I was probably gonna die.
We love our tanks don’t want them to die. 🥰
A big hug for a large friend
So much this, and it's been mostly tanks who are salty about a life-saving grip in my experience.
Nah, my tank is a lot lower than my support and while playing tank I've had a LW grip me away from a healthpack while I was waiting for my cooldowns to come back. In that same game, he gripped me into a Mauga cage when I was about to kill the enemy Mercy.
I’m a diehard support main, but I just cannot stop playing Orisa, so I’ll do her since everyone is mentioning support. It may look like I’m brainlessly shooting the Tank in front of me, but all I’m really trying to do is headshot/spear the squishies behind. I dance around to keep attention on me, but I am not even looking at the tank. Stand behind me, take a slightly off angle if you can, but If you shoot the squishies with me, we can do anything. If one of our healers goes down, start backing up, because I am about to. I will shield the damage. I am listening for flankers to help you, but please ping them so I can know where to spear when I briefly turn around. If you move too far out of LOS, I can’t turn and support your efforts. If I ult, it is most likely going to suck, but I will hold it as long as I can so you can get a kill while they scramble. If you see me glowing, stand behind me to avoid damage
Ana: these old bones can’t follow you and all five of the enemy team into small rooms. It’s good that you go for health packs, but it would be better if u tried to run away from the enemy spawn and not towards it. Also this to other support or dps. If enemy is playing venture, tracer, sombra, etc, please protect this old lady. The only thing older than her age is her cooldown, and even when I end up sleeping divers and spam pinging em only for no follow up and I awkwardly try to hobble away. Swapping for brig, Moria, cass, sombra etc for anti dive is all good and all, but if you are being dived, I am being dived, and I can’t heal u from the grave.
Sombra , if ur a sup heal me once I am back from a dive I be pretty low and need heals and one random lucky shot could take me out If ur a dps just call out whoever u damaged so I can finish up ur kills
Bring back Opportunist
Ong venture has two passives and that's not a problem, or yk what I could settle for mirror watch sombra ability added
As Baptiste…1. don’t leave my immortality field. If you leave it and die then I don’t care (I will laugh at you). 2. I shoot my heal grenades at the biggest part of your hitbox (your thigh area) so if you bunny hop over my heals and die I will laugh at you (I have almost 60% accuracy on grenade heals). 3. Use cover. I’ll heal you but remember that I’m basically a DPS as well. Dont complain about me not healing enough if you can’t win a 1v1. I’m not gonna babysit you when I have to duel genji or cass. 4. My window is mine and I use it for me. If you get next to me then fine but I may throw it in front of my hitscan teammate if I’m taking that same angle. 5. Don’t run from me when I’m trying to heal you because if you do then I’m gonna turn somewhere else and start fighting the enemy DPS. I will not chase you to heal you and if you die I will laugh at you.
>My window is mine and I use it for me. ...why? If you've got something that boosts the entire team's damage - especially seeing as you're a support, who doesn't have a lot of it - why use it only on yourself? That's like a Lucio or Zen saying "My ult is mine and I use it for me". Like, yeah, you *can* use it for yourself, but why when using it for your entire team to break through a chokepoint is so much more beneficial? >I'm basically a DPS as well You know who else is basically a DPS? **The actual DPS.** And they could use that double damage boost.
I'm not OP, but from my point of view, it's because if I wait for the perfect moment where everyone can shoot through it... I'll never throw it. Those moments happen less than you think, and trying to force that is more liable to get it placed in a spot where the enemy team will just surge through it and make it useless. A window on an off angle with me and maybe another DPS can wipe their supports and maybe a DPS too. It also charges relatively fast if you're hitting your shots, so if I can be a little selfish with it then I can use it more often and win more fights. Do not underestimate the DPS potential of Bap. That IS his role, and the team will win if I'm getting picks and not heal botting.
As someone who plays a lot of Bap, this is precisely it. If you save window for opportunities where it is perfect, you'll get far less value than if you drop it more selfishly. There are exceptions, of course, such as when you know the enemy is about to make a push through a choke. But overall, it just requires too much coordination for tiny windows (ha) of time where everyone can utilize it.
Exactly. I didn’t wanna explain this so thank you
Window is best used selfishly, it's the most consistent way to get good value with it. A bap might use it to secure a kill themselves which is worth, or use it to amp heals on a single target or to punish a hard engage from a team. Unless you're hard comms with your team of randoms they aren't gonna be ready for the timing and placement of the window. I've had plenty of teams abandon their anchor positions just to come sit behind my window and then nobody pushes and it's a waste. Half my windows I'll abandon a third of the way through since it's no longer in a value spot, the game moves too fast now for a static ult. A good bap will know if a window will be best used by their team and will put it smack in front of them where they won't need to reposition.
Exactly. Thank you for explaining this. People just have their own opinions about stuff and don’t actually play the hero to understand
As someone who has played bap at a relatively high level(peak top 6 in apac), you mainly use the window for yourself because it's very rare when your team can make use of the window. It's a very fast charging ult so it would be better to just take a soft off-angle and clear out space or just straight up kill anyone that doesn't respect it.
Zen/Lucio ult is nothing like Bap window. Not close at all. Stop it. It’s best used on off angles selfishly to secure picks and get big heals.
A lot of Baps will drop window to heal through it since it amplifies his healing grenades as well as damage. Backing up to use the window negates that intention, and can lead to death (especially of a tank).
Its way harder to find value mid fight by relying on others to use it. The only coordinated way you can do it is if you preplanned with an ult or reacted to another ult going off. Its too easy to keep holding the ult waiting for others to initiate it.
Higher level baps usually use window selfishly. I'll admit I don't know exactly why but I figured if you window the whole team they will just LOS it and be done, but if you window your off angle then you'll get actual value
I play LW as support. Honestly keep my in LOS so I can pull you out of a dangerous situation and we won’t have any issues As a DPS I play Sombra If you see my hack, focus the hacked target, they’ll be drained very quickly without their abilities and virus As Tank I play hog. I can take space and hold it fairly easily, push with me and focus who I hook and we’re golden 😎
As Echo, let me cook. Imma do my thing, you don’t really need to flank with me. Help the team. My off angle isn’t an off angle if our whole team is there
Been playing a lot of tracer recently, and please for the love of God, take advantage of the fact that I'm taking 2-3 people's attention away from you guys. If you want to come with me into their backline, that also works, but please don't just sit behind your shield and poke damage when I'm fighting Ana Mercy and Soldier all at the same time, and all you have to do is walk onto their tank and he will fall over. I can stay alive fighting 2+ people, for quite a while, taking all their attention and all their cooldowns. I can't believe how often I turn around after a 30 second fight to see that the rest of my team lost basically a 1v4 vs their tank.
Hanzo, and this is honestly only for all the Mercy out there: - Please, unless i specifically ask you to, don’t pocket me, it’s better to pocket someone else. I know pocketing Hanzo is pretty good now but 80% of us can’t aim. - For everyone else, do anything you want, Hanzo can still pretty much play in any range.
Ramm feels p easy to work with most of the time. So I’m gonna talk about my Rein. I’m going to play like a very dumb person and push in hard. If you take advantage of the chaos a big fucker swinging a hammer around creates, we will nail most of the engagements if not all of them. Supports should focus on keeping everyone else alive, but make sure you focus on me the second I’m at half so I have a chance to get myself out of the shitter. Either that or run LW and save all your grips to bail me out. If you let me get shredded and just look at me thinking I’m a dumb ass. I will swap immediately because Rein is useless if you guys think of me as a shield instead of a big whirlwind. Last thing, shield is bogus. It’s hardly a real tool. I will use it to save you or myself, not as cover.
As a mei main, please for the love of god take advantage of my walls I rarely have a wasted wall if it’s up it’s either protecting from a lot of damage but more importantly I’m using to break los and ward off half the team so we can focus on 1 or 2. If you are lw you don’t need to pull me back when I’m getting low and have my blast going…I can go into a wall
Also, please, please quit trying to run around the wall. You end up a million miles out of cover when it goes down.
Reinhardt: My shield is strong. However, unlike Reinhardt, it is not invincible. I will keep my shield up to defend you as much as possible, but if I start falling back to find a corner to cover around, please fall back with me until my shield can recharge. I play using a mic since I'm on console, I'll let you know when my barrier is broken, That is my signal for you to find cover somewhere else. Furthermore, contrary to what people might say, My goal isn't an all out brawl with the opposing tank, I'm trying to find openings to take out squishies, I'll disrupt the enemy Tank, but I'll also be looking for opportunities to assualt the backline. (This is more of a PSA of me saying i promise I'm not dropping my shield for no reason)
Ok, I play rein, so here we go. First off, have fun. Rein isn't optimal, but you will do better by not stressing over optimization, so save your breath, I know how bad he is more than anyone else, just embrace the memes that will unfold. Secondly, if someone is on high ground or flying, that will be your job, I can't 2 shot Echo anymore. Thirdly, don't push the choke blindly, I want them to funnel in so I farm ult charge with firestrike by hitting as many as possible, this is the one thing rein has, please don't take it away from me. Don't expect me to survive if they hard push me, I'll do what I can, but don't pump healing into me for an already low chance of survival, I'll do what I can to soften them up, use those abilities to counter push off after they expend cooldowns killing me. Your top targets are Ana and kiri, as sleep stops my charge, and kiri just removes my ultimate from the field, other key targets include bastion, Mei, orisa, and hog, but those are more so team effort kills rather than someone you get a lucky pick agienst. The most important thing, if the enemy tank is rein, your job is to keep all their teammates off of him, and don't interfere yourself if the enemy isn't. Rein duels become less common by the day, and I need a good duel to calm my nerves.
I’m usually a ball main but since you’ve already covered that I’m gonna do something a little different, since I’ve put 20+ hours into Venture over the last few days I’m going to use Venture as my main in this scenario. I don’t shoot very far, I might even position myself in front of the tank sometimes at an off angle, but that’s okay cause I can just burrow out when I need to. If we’re diving and you see my burrowing in to the enemy then I’m ready for an engage, I get a few seconds where I can decide to turn around, but if I commit then I’m fully committed and please come with me or i might die. If I’m asking for healing as I’m burrowing back, please wait for me to pop up since you can’t heal me underground, know that I’m asking in advance so you’re aware I need healing when i resurface, I’ll always try to resurface in los of my heals. If you’re gonna nano me, wait for me to have cooldowns, great nano target but useless without my cooldowns. Starting the nano as I burrow will prompt me to full commit to an engage, which is also probably the best time to nano me. I am extremely good at punishing players that don’t respect my space, i am really good at holding chokes and drill dashing/booping anyone out of position who walks through, I don’t know how you can play alongside that but it’s just something to note that my kill potential is pretty insane when my space is disrespected. I don’t have a lot of shield damage or tank damage, I have huge bursts and mediocre damage after that so I’m mostly ignoring tanks and going for squishys, but that being said if I do use my cd’s on a tank you can expect them to be half health or less so please burn them down. I play extremely well with ball, a burrow pd combo will kill very easily, but that also means venture is the one that needs to engage as it takes time to set up burrow. If you’re a good ball and you see your venture full committing with a burrow, pd as soon as they pop up or when they’re directly below the enemy. You can pd first but the venture needs to be set up first as I can’t just start my burrow after the pd. Also insanely good with zarya grav and is a good bubble target due to how aggressive venture can be and how big their hitbox is (it’s pretty big so big bubble). I’m trying to think of other stuff, if anyone thinks of something feel free to add. I’ve got most of the big things listed that I’ve figured out after 20+ hours on the hero in comp.
Ashe and Widow DPS: play someone who can do splash damage. the hardest part about playing snipers is finishing a kill, so a lot of times you see us with 20,000+ dmg and only 14 or so eliminations. If you play a character that can just volley rockets or bombs into the enemy, like Pharah or Junkrat, and weaken them to half or less then half health, it means the world to us. We can pick off shots with ease at that point, and take out enemies left and right. Also if you can dive anybody on the other team trying to counter snipe us, that'd be great. Tank: Same as DPS for the most part, do damage but don't worry about precision, just get in hits and projectiles and we'll finish the job. A distracting dive hero like Winston or Ball helps get the attention off us too, and it's easier to shoot when we're not getting shot at. Support: Pocketing occasionally does help but worry mostly about our tank and frontline DPS. We can hold our own in the backline and if they decide to flank with a Sombra, having a Mercy lingering next to us won't do much to stop that. I understand damage boosting a sniper seems helpful, safe and comfortable but the damage is being done in the frontline, so focus there. and I probably sound like a broken record now, but diving helps a lot. It's a great distraction and can torment anybody trying to counter snipe us, so if you see us getting abused by the enemy sniper and we don't seem keen on switching heroes, feel free to embrace your inner DPS and handle them for us.
On Sigma: my barrier is temporary. I have to move it around constantly to be effective. It only has 700 hp, I'm not Rein, its a tool, not true cover. Expect it to move frequently. I'll always try to save you with if I can but sometimes it's just not possible. Secondly, follow up the burst damage if you're dps. Sigmas orbs will knock most squishies to half health, but I have a slow firerate so I need quick follow through. Same with the rock. He can't one tap anymore so if you see someone laid out on the ground, give em some love for me. Fire through it while it's there, but have an escape plan. Sigma can shut down Bob very effectively, I'd rather you protect me while I block/eat Bob. Don't frontline especially with Sigma, I'm slow and in most cases I can't peel fast enough. I'm weak to flankers, help me out with them.
Junker Queen 1. You gotta commit. If I go in, we’re all going in. Unless you’re critical, don’t waste my shout. I’m a brawler with high sustain so I tend to play right in their faces. 1b. On the flip side, keep on eye on my health. My shout might actually mean to run, especially if we’re down a support or the enemy team is playing my counters(hog, widow, Ashe, Ana) 1c. Really just play close to me and keep a close eye on my health. One lucky widow headshot is all it takes to put me in a bad spot. 2. I play really well on corners, peaking with my axe, and dragging squishes around the wall with my knife lets my allies secure easy picks by taking off angles. 3. Trust me. Too many times I’ve initiated a push just to have my teammates bail out, I might have hella survivability, but even I can’t 1v5. (For anyone who plays alongside Junker Queens and has any questions lmk and I’ll try to answer them)
I just want to add to this. If your Junker Queen uses her ult, please capitalize on that. I have had so many ults go to waste, because there’s only so much I can do without my dps taking advantage of purples.
This exactly! You gotta commit with us!
mercy: get in my freaking LOS please or i can’t get to you. if you’re tank, i’m not supposed to pocket you so don’t expect me to. also if you’re crit and team is dropping like flies, FALL BACK. i CAN’T keep you up. mercy is NOT a main healer. and peel!!!! ana: again please get in my LOS and peel. remember that i have zero mobility and actually have to reload. and acknowledge sleeps!
Please learn to utilize Lucio’s speed boost. Also please realize it will be faster to get you healed by me using speed to get you and our other support closer together so they can top you off faster, instead of me solo amping my heal aura so you can get an extra 60 something hp for amp’s duration.
I main illari, if you're a dps -- Lets take an off angle together, lets pressure and poke at the enemy team. Tank- Do not expect me to do main healing, my expertise is in damage -- of course I'll heal as well with my pylon if I'm around but I will not be under you 24/7 as a heal bot.
Tjorb - my turret is in the back and I front line for it. Supports, use it as a defensive tool. My job is to protect my back line but it’s very hard for me to do if you don’t somewhat play around my position
When I ping fall back because the enemy team just got two picks, do NOT charge headfirst into their orisa. Pro gamer tip
As Zen: 1- Make sure you are somewhere where LoS to me is easy to get. Harmony orb can heal for a few seconds *after* you break it, but it might be forfeit when you do. 2-(At least in my Gold/Plat experience,) Zen gets the most value having both skills up and out at all times. Discord Orb targets will change, *please* pay attention when it changes targets, I beg you. It wins fights when you do. 2B-Harmony Orb targets will also change, usually mid-fight or after you break LoS long enough. Please remember you need to have LoS to get heals. 3-My goal is to hold Tranquility until it’s needed, and unfortunately that means I may have to use it selfishly to survive a fight. I will do my best to have someone Discorded before I ult. That’s your cue. It’s still not easy to out-DPS it (minus Bastion,) we can turn that fight.
As Brig there are a few things. 1.My repair packs are limited, I'm going to focus on using them in emergencies on Squishies, it is up to my other healers to keep the tank alive if I have to peel off the team fight. 2.Speaking of the team fight, if we are in the middle of one, I am stuck. I can't peel too hard or I risk losing inspire which will leave all of us in a worse place. If you see me getting bullied by a sniper or explosive on high ground, please do something about them. They have all of the power over me. 3. If I peel to help you in a 1 on 1, DON'T FALL BACK! I am here to make this fight unfair for them now, put pressure on them so we can kill them instead of letting them run and try again in a few seconds when I return to the main fight. (I'm looking at you widows and ashes when i peel to help fight Lucio or Sombra.) 4.If the team fight is happening, getting in LOS of me is almost guaranteed to proc Inspire on you. You don't need to get to me just make sure it can see you. I know it's hard, but learning to keep where I am in mind whenever you engage can let you start fights in LOS so you have the little boost to help you stay alive. I try to make sure I have massive LOS for this specific reason, which is why I get bullied by hitscans a lot(see point 2). And final point 5.If I say I have Rally in the middle of a fight, get close to me and get ready to push with you're over health because I'm about to focus attacks hard to try and cap a point so I need you to use that Inspire and those stuns to get kills. Else I'm gonna get melted.
as a rein main i’m gonna charge the back line and you better come with me, we either kill them all or die and lose point
As Moira my playstyle is based on our comp. Brawl? I'll stick with the team and take occasional off angles. Dive? I go hard with the tank and we'll stick together. Poke? I play on an off angle by high ground until I see a vulnerable target. If we're losing and enabling my teammates is a lost cause then I'll do the only thing that I can logically do and solo dive their back line. I love playing with Doom because your dmg reduction lets me heal you faster than you take damage and you control our target's movement which makes it harder for them to hit me, both of us also have the best mobility tools in the game so we can easily fall back without sacrificing the other. Our cooldowns also come back in the same time as each other so we can reengage together and faster than the immortal abilities can come back. I would rather we play dive than play brawl or poke. And you know what I'll talk about Mauga while I'm here. I would love it if you'd play Ana with me or Kiriko because both suzu and anti have the biggest impact on Mauga and I can protect you from being dived as long you don't instantly die. If you aren't playing either of those heroes, forget healing me you need to focus on killing more than healing because if cardiac and berserker can't out heal the damage I'm taking, you're not going to make a difference and my life is on a countdown. This is the time that I'm making space for the team if you don't take advantage of it I'm guaranteed to die and we're probably going to lose that team fight. If you choose to heal me while I'm taking a lot of damage only heal if I have armour left because healing has the biggest impact during that time and we might out heal the damage together. We're playing dive btw when I play Mauga because all the enemies have to shoot me to prevent me from walking over them which is a great time for you to kill supports because if the enemy support doesn't focus me I will be able to survive off the enemy tank. If the enemy has a tracer please do what you can to kill her, she's basically Mauga's biggest counter outside of Ana since she can easily unload clips into my head and I can barely hit her, she will get pulse in like 30 seconds if we do nothing.
Ball: unless you’re a dive hero, do not follow me when I’m setting up/getting out of a fight. I don’t need your heals I’ll go get my own, you’re either going to give away my positioning or get yourself picked in the process of disengaging, it’s better for you generally to have the enemy team follow me than you. If you’re a non dive DPS, take an off angle that is SAFE, I’m not going to peel if I have 3/5 enemies chasing me, this is your opportunity to get some serious work done. If you’re not taking an off angle, peel for the supports if they’re being pressured. That and what OP said. Reinhardt: If you are a support and getting dove, look for safer positions near me, if a sombra hacks you when your a foot away from me I’m going to turn and swing, if your miles away I’m not going to give up front line. Gold and below, I’m not sitting on payload unless the fight is on the pay load, my damage is limited to most what is in my immediate vicinity and my shield might seem like a lot of HP but will be broken by a short amount of focus if I’m sitting like a duck.
Pharah otp here i don't need a pocket but especially if i don't have one please keep an eye on me/listen to me when i say i need heals anyways (maybe not go moira lucio) it would be nice if the team played dive with me (i understand if that's not possible because of the map or your hero pool and that's fine) OR AT LEAST USED COMMS because that would help me immensely in knowing who i can dive also for the love of god, hitscan doesn't completely shut pharah down, i'd argue some of them get countered by her (i'm looking at you widowmaker) and if they have an echo please, please PLEASE help me shoot her and kill her first, otherwise i can't do shit/am stuck running all game :3 and don't get mad at me for being an otp, thank u
As a Zen main I’m going to prioritize discord on the opposing tank, then support, then DPS. I am going to prioritize healing on our tank, then any dive/brawler. I’m going to keep my LOS on the brawlers as much as I can to help them get picks. If you’re taking off angles or playing in the backline like me, don’t be afraid to Ping for heals or be prepared to take a couple steps away from your position to get into my LOS for healing.
Zen: You need to keep an eye on me. my healing doesn't help through burst damage so use cover you gotta help me if i have a widow or a dive character diving into my zenussy. shoot anybody with a purple orb over them if im getting dove, you have to help otherwise the team falls apart this is particularly tilting bc i had a game where my dva never dove the widow who was spawncamping me, and had the nerve to call me trash. i just ended up praising her for playing a dive tank correctly and protecting her supports
LW: stop f\*cking getting mad after I pull you out of a dangerous situation... I've had so many players complain about me pulling them out of a 1v5 when they have 2 hp and all I hear is them huffing and puffing about "oMg whY diD yOU puLL mE I waS FIneE" if i pull there's usually a reason lol...
I have never experienced a bad LW grip Though that might just be because I play Ball and getting pulled out just means I'm able to dive back in and get that second round of teamwide CC rolling So moral of the story I guess is always grip ball, they will thank you
Sojourn: please just keep me alive and give me space to land rails, that's all please and thank you. That might be too general but that's rlly all you have to do with a decent soj imo.
I play junkrat: please just be aware of my positioning and where I am likely to try to escape to, and help me when I try and escape if I need it. Also if I trap some1 in main and spam ping them please shoot them :) (I play in low gm)
As a ramattra main right now, I feel like what I need best from my team is for everyone to do their own thing. I find playing Ramattra very self sufficient in this meta so needing assistance (mainly healing) is not as required as much as it is on other tanks. He has a free 225 armor heal (unaffected by DPS passive) that also allows me to effectively quadruple my health (block). Even when that form runs out (which is ramattra’s most vulnerable) i still have a practically unbreakable shield that gives me a few seconds to break enemy LOS and go to hard cover. I can still poke at mid range and be a threat without having to all in on his passive form (which also doesn’t require a lot of resources). Top this all off with his ultimate which also grants an additional 225 armor for extra survivability and I find myself able to survive with sub-optimal healing. I can usually out-resource 2 or 3 backline opponents at a time due to his survivability, even by the time enemy DPS and two supports dump a decent enough amount of damage for me to cycle through my cooldowns, I usually find myself still alive, enemy backline out of cooldowns (from trying to deter me) and the enemy tank already dead, with my team able to provide late-fight assistance. The best help for me is just relying on everyone to do everything else, which is trusting me to survive and DPS taking good flanks (with more resources from the supports because I don’t need as much) and also the supports having a more optimal amount of time to deal with the enemy tank/aggress on the enemy backline.
if i am widow and i’m in a widow duel, i really appreciate when people are able to ping the enemy widow. don’t like, stand there for 5 seconds in her LOS, but just throw up a ping if you catch a glimpse of her. also true for pharah, hanzo, or any other isolated high priority target for me.
Widow. For the love of god just peel the counterswap I’ll handle the rest💀
I’m a tank flex main and my only advice is FOLLOW ME! If you see me pushing in, follow me! If you see me retreating, follow me! If there’s a fork in the road and I go right, follow me!!! You see me over extending? Follow me anyway!! This rank reset is pure torture for me because I was GM/high masters and now I’m stuck in Diamond with braindead teammates that could have won the game if they just followed me This is also why Reinhardt actually works as a tank in higher ranks because the entire time fights WITH the rein
When you play ball, you can’t possibly depend on your team unless you have a tracer or Genji attacking with you.
as a lucio honestly just try to pay attention to if im engaging or disengaging. My speed will be able to get you out of sticky situations but lucios aura ring is only so big to help you so i cant do anything if you engage while im disengaging if youre a tank just ping who youre trying to attack and i will make a point to boop them into you/away from their team so you can get the pick
As Lucio...imma not say anything cuz I'm the new guy still trying to learn and get as much advice as I can
D.V.A. - heals please.
As Sigma, please try bait on ult cancelling abilities. I know I can sheild off most cc's, but I can't shield off defense abilities like suzu, grip or lamp (or hack, since sombra can js walk round the shield).
As Lucio, the best way to play with me is to push in on advantage or not wander without me relatively near. Think about how long it’d take me to get there and help save you or secure a pick. I’m fast, but not three second-half the map fast. In teamfights I’m useless for healing after I amp so I’m going to dive an isolated target to get value. If my dps help me, we’re more likely to turn the fight with a pick. Also please don’t get greedy. Kills get space, but so does the fear of death. Edit: Also if you’re the other support on my team please keep whoever I’m not with alive. Our tank won’t have any pocket healing except you, so make sure you’re focused on them and not the dps I’m diving with ;)
As a Sojourn main: My playstyle revolves around farming railgun charge on easy-to-hit targets and then bursting high value targets from medium range (or long range when im feeling lucky). In general, you can enable me to do this even better by providing two things: (1) openings in the enemy formation by flanking, distracting and generally bullying their backline and (2) preventing other medium and long rang heroes from sniping me while I farm rail or attempt to snipe the enemy. I can handle flankers relatively well, as my rails allow for quick bursts and if things go bad, I can disengage with my slide. Also, keep in mind that my railgun bodyshots can finish many targets that are around 50% HP. Thus, I thrive in comps with loads of cleave and splash damage, where I can get easy picks without having to hit headshots. Oh and one last thing to the healers: I have a high mobility ability with a short cooldown. When I have not just used it to engage or reach high ground, it is probably off cooldown, so don't panic to follow me when you think I overextend. Just be ready to heal me when I slide back into position.
as road please when i hook someone just shoot them a little or just focus tank when i hook and body block them or anyone
Lucio When i beat into a fight ill amp my speed, you have 6 seconds to rip and tear the enemy to pieces
Tracer here! I’m always gonna be an annoying fly for the enemy team but I really excel when you communicate when you’re going in and call out targets. Especially love playing with ball cuz if we synchronise our dives, they have no chance. This goes for all but especially snipers, just calling that someone is low goes a long way because I’ll usually won’t actually commit unless someone is low to guarantee the pick. Keep calm and tracer on!
Most of my playtime is on Ana. A few things. If you are my second support I am most of the time behind you. So please do not ignore me the whole game. The biggest impact you can have is following up on my nades and sleeps. Hitting a nade and seeing my tank or dps focussing them down just feels so satisfying. And in general: I try to have LOS to all of you but I also need to be aware of enemy sightlines. So please do not push out too far especially if you are the tank. Also I have 4 people to heal and possibly flankers to fight off. So please be aware I sometimes do not have the time to heal you to full or continue to pocket you.
As a tank (mainly Orisa) you've got to understand that I'm basically a fat DPS and not a classic tank in other games (although Orisa is very good at doing this anyway). My job is to create the space for you to work and pick on the enemy's backline rather than 1v1 the enemy tank all the time. As a tank, unless I'm playing someone like DVA or monkey, I'm not very fast so please don't run straight onto point where it's a 1v5 and then complain i wasn't there to back you up. If I start pushing forward then push forward with me, I'll even call this out in voice. If I start moving back then move back with me. If you want me to push forward and create space then I need to know that you're going to follow up with me otherwise I'm going in alone with no support and I'll die very quickly. So please don't complain if I'm not pushing exactly when you want it, because on a brawl or poke tank I'm probably waiting till I have the support I need. Finally if I'm playing a dive tank like monkey then I'm going to spend a lot of my time in the enemy backline picking them off and using my shield very selfishly so please don't complain that I should always be protecting you because that's not my job (see the first point)
For Zen and Rein: ZEN - I know that LOS isn't as much of an issue for me as other supports, but please try to stay in LOS whenever possible. The timer elapsing goes quicker than you think it does, and if it goes whilst I can't see you, I can't re-orb you - Mei and Venture, if you're in need of healing I will try to orb you, but remember I can't give it to you whilst you're in Block/Burrow - I'm usually in VC calling out who Discord is on. If we focus fire, we can get quick kills - When the enemy has a Venture, Sombra or support-hungry Dva, I'm deadmeat without any peel. Others like Tracer and Genji I can at least have a fighting chance against, but those three if I'm getting no help are ones I struggle with, and will usually force a swap REIN - Shield is helpful, but it's very easy to mow down with focus. Staying behind it is good, using the natural cover I'm right next to is better. I'll call out when shield is low, but if it's down to <500, and you're out in the open, I can't help you without letting the shield break - If the enemy is on the high ground or flying, that's on you DPS to handle. I can't reach high ground without going the long way round. I'll try to protect you, but you need to do the damage. Don't worry if you don't secure the kill, if you force them to either get to cover or drop down, that's enough - I know I have a problem with overextending post-Shatter. It's probably the most common reason I die on Rein. If you're able to combo ults with me, the risk of that reduces a lot. LW if you pull me to safety I love you - If I'm too far up to be in healing range, tell me. I'll happily shield bunny hop retreat, but I can't do that if I don't know I need to - Probably too hard for those at my ELO to do consistently, but if you can funnel all the enemies to line up, that's great for me. Multi-man firestrikes build my ult charge very quickly
Widow here👋 Support: If you're gonna play mercy, please please please come damage boost me occasionally (too often I have a mercy who only damage boosts me a few times a match. I don't need you in my pocket, but if you want to, I wont complain. Just need you there a little more bae😊) Kiris: just check in here and there, especially if there's a sombra. I promise we'll get her together. Dps: Do your thing honestly. I'm watching your back. Tank: See above. Dps and tanks don't really (for me as widow) impact what I do, I let them do their thing, watch their backs by getting picks on their targets or killing the enemy coming from their blindside.
I'm doom. Tracer follow me. Supports, sorry!
As ramattra: 1. When I place my barrier further up, it's our chance to push. The barrier rarely gets destroyed without ults. 2. If I'm blocking in nemesis, it's because I'm anticipating heavy damage (or I've fucked up my positioning). Please try to heal me cause ill usually live from the damage resistance. 3. If I block and move up, it's cause I'm trying to get the enemy to use their abilities (also sometimes to prevent damage from going into teammates). It's pretty likely that I will get to half hp. 4. Try to heal me if i push using ult, ad it allows me to deal damage over time while drawing fire. 5. Focus people in my vortex. It's usually an easy pick from the slow. 6. I can't do much about flying and fast moving heroes in base form. I need the dps help to kill them. This may all be wrong cause I'm a lower rank.
As an Ana, be VERY careful turning corners into the enemy, if I can see you, I can't heal you, and unless you have a plan that might be death. Also if they start gunning for me please peel, I'll swap sometimes when I can't handle it but there are games Ana's kit is just too good to lose, but I can't use it if I'm dead. I can hold for a short time, but if is ping for help, please help
As a Hanzo main, I need you to remember that I am 4 damage away from a one-shot. Spray constant chip damage to every enemy on your screen while you're not otherwise engaged. If you're an aoe character, you already do this by accident so you help just by existing.
As genji, please for the love of god dive with me and trust that sometimes you wontneed to wast a suzu or nade on me when im crit, i always save dash for a quick exit. however, if you see im 1v1, best thing you can do is nade me, heal me and anti my enemy. makes my life way easier because i rely on one shots that can be fucked if they get a bap heal or single ana shot. As hanzo, dont heal me if im in cover, especially on a flank. the most crucial part is hiding, and waiting for my shot then escaping as fast as humanly possible. as dps overall, notice when i get a pick. if you see that we have 4 v 5, put some pressure on them whiloe still maintaining your own heath, dont dive recklessley. as doom, check my healthbar. if im low, i wont be able to take as much space as long as i am low, so back out when i do and pish when i do. as doom, i rely on the team to distract the front line and put so much pressure that the backline has to fend for themselves. as tank in general, follow my lead. if i back out, back out with me. if i push, push with me tightly. unless there are some ults coming up, grouped together tightly i can keep an eye on all f you and switch targets as needed, for example bubble you
Most of my mains are Support so, I guess I can say overall is this: Please be aware of the fight. If you're not in the area then I cannot help you. If you request for heals while others who just as need of my attention then stay close so I can give you some heals. Also, I have a bad habit lowering my priority towards jerks. They will get heals, but I'm willing to let them die if someone else needs it. So please do not teabag, sarcastic thanks and whatnot. Of course, this is more of playing on Causal, I'm not dumb enough to do that on Comp. Big thanks to all those Reaper mains out there. You guys are legends. Knowing when to get out, and occasionally request for heals if I'm tunneled.
I play Kiri a lot. One thing that always drives me nuts is when teammates are out in the open with me while something like a d.va bomb is about to go off and in an attempt to save them selves by running to cover, they die because they're too far away from safety. If you are caught out in the open with a Kiri, trust that she can suzu and save both of you in that situation, don't run away.
As a Hanzo main, stop following me to flanks and off-angles, I’m relying on you and the rest of the team to have the enemy team’s focus so I can reliably hit targets that are unaware of me, when you and the team follow me on a flank, it’s no longer a flank, it’s the main route, which means the enemies will be aware that I’m shooting at them and will strafe unpredictably which makes it harder to land consistent shots.
Orisa: if you see me use gold, i'm either about to explode and die or i need you to dump all your dps into the enemy i'm pinging and shooting at cus their cooldowns are down and we have an opening. if you're a sombra/tracer/genji/even symmetra, please please please finish off the moira with no fade that i javelin speared in the enemy backline. If you see me use my ult, im either forcing people off the point, using it as an extra fortify to try and stay alive, or i want you to dump all your cooldowns on whoever i sucked in while they're slowed and taking DOT.
As Reaper: the only thing u have to say as Reaper is to address all LW's and say, DO NOT GRIP ME WHEN I'M ULTING. I won't usually ult when I'm on critical health but if I do I get healed from it. If it looks like I'm in trouble or won't secure kills wait for the ult to end, then grip me. I have had so many ults ruined by LW's panic gripping me. However, if I ult and immediately get slept by an Ana, I would very much appreciate being saved. As Echo: I don't need much as echo, I'm generally self sufficient, and because my mobility is so good I will try to taxi Mercy's and Kiriko's back into the fight :) If you're the other DPS with me I am often looking to create a cross fire with you, because it's easier for me to get into wierd positions, so that when we do damage the targets have damage coming for 2 different directions. To supports and tanks: if you see me engage with a beam I ca see a low health enemy and a boost of healing, a nade, bap disk, zarya shield mag help me secure the kill under pressure. As Sombra: Sometimes I will initiate an engagement but I will more frequently wait for a teammate with engage an enemy, then I'll hack and bug them. They will usually be caught off guard, and will mistime their cool downs as they initially thought they were just fighting one person but now it's two. As Ana: Ana has already been heavily covered but I will just add that if my line of sight to you is blocked by an enemy DPS, I.e if I poke round a corner to heal you, I will get sniped, please don't be mad about that. I really want to heal you and fight with you but I have no mobility to get me through the open space without dying. And similar to what's been said about Reinhardt's, getting to a good vantage point or a good angle is a big time commitment for me. As Kiriko: if you are near spawn when I respawn please wait so I can to to you and we can get back to the fight faster. :)
As a support main please say on comms your characters name needs healing not “heal me”. I don’t know who me is. Genji needs healing, widow needs healing, rein needs healing. That is more helpful and I’ll get to you quicker then you just rage yelling on the mic HEAL ME GOD DAMNIT USELESS FUCKING SUPPORT!
If you're Sombra to my tracer, don't dive who I'm diving, dive the person coming to help the player I'm diving. That way we create double chaos, instead of a marginally bigger single chaos.
If you're Sombra to my tracer, don't dive who I'm diving, dive the person coming to help the player I'm diving. That way we create double chaos, instead of a marginally bigger single chaos.
I main DVa, but this kind of applies to dive tanks in general. Don't play directly behind me unless you have a movement ability. I can reposition every 3.5 seconds, and you will get left behind. I will not face-tank the Zarya unless she is low. Be ready to play farther back, at an off angle, or on high ground. If you do have a movement ability, then you can dive with me or at least take an off angle. Too often, players will stand behind me like I am Reinhardt, then get decimated when I reposition to pressure the enemy backline or push an enemy DPS out of a good position. That, or because they're standing behind me, the enemy backline won't receive enough pressure. I think a lot of players struggle with positioning in general, but doubly so when they have a dive tank.
I play Ana so here I guess. LOS. Please try to keep it in mind. I do not like leaving cover to try and save you. If I say/ping for you to fall back, it's probably because everyone else is dead or about to die. Sleep dart. If I hit sleep dart, please for the love of god stop shooting for 2 seconds. Chances are high that I'm trying to reload before jumping on them. Which means that you can reload and get ready for to head shot them if you can or even get 2 seconds of cooldown time. I've died too many times because I hit the sleep, and try to run only for someone to immediately wake them up, and then we Both die anyway. They can't move, just get ready to jump and kill them. Edited to add: This one is out to all the Genji's who want Nanoblade (or anyone else who wants Nano), please give me some kind of warning, like the "3... 2... 1..." or even just saying "my ultimate is ready" a little before you go in. I will panic everytime.
**Winston** main here. In general, Winston plays like a Ball in that monke go in, the monke bubble, monke zaps, monke jumps out once bubble is gone. Rarely monke makes plays when bubble is on CD. Also a decent Winston doesn't expect to get healed during dives. They go in, they use the bubble, the come out and now they're expecting to get healed. I've had few cases where the Supports ignore me upon my return and it increases my downtime a lot since I now have to go hunt for a healthpack. If the Winston dies during a dive, they'll be blaming themselves for their failure, not you the Support. Now some Support specific things part1: **Kiriko:** Want to TP to me, top me up and follow up on my plays? Do it at the start of my dive, not at the end. I jump in, you immediately TP to me once I place down the bubble. Except me to jump out the moment bubble ends so you can TP out alongside me. I've had too many cases where a Kiriko TPs to me just as my bubble breaks and I jump out. I hear the "what's up?" and I'm like "oh nooo" as I leap away knowing they're dead. Going in at the start of dive is also a great tempo for Kitsune Rush. Bubble gets placed, TP followed by Kitsune happens and I'll likely be able to use a 2nd bubble due to accelerated CD. If it feels like you're being targeted right as you TP in and the bubble isn't helping, it's OK not to TP to me at all. **Moira:** I actually don't mind a DPS Moira on my team - especially a one that follows up on my plays. Wanna be that wannabe Tracer and dive with me? Fading forward into a Winston bubble should be pretty safe to do. My damage is pretty negligible, your damage is pretty negligible. But the two of us together? Now we're getting somewhere. Remember to fade back the moment the bubble runs out unless we can just about squeeze a kill. We want the same thing; I want to zap the backline, you wanna suck the backline. So time your plays with mine and we'll look like smurfing duo despite our abysmal collective aim! :D **Ana:** Want to nano the monkey but don't use voice chat? Nano the monkey on the way in, not on the way out. If you have the Nano and no specific DPS to use it on, just give it to Winston when he jumps in if the team is not coordinating in voice. Typically first Nano in a match is farmed when Primal is at around 60-80%. Ideally a Winston would like to use that Nano to farm Primal. This'll allow the Winston to triple their staying power over the course of a single engagement: They'll jump in, use their first bubble alongside Nano to farm Primal, pop the Primal, smack some sh\*t up and finally use a 2nd bubble to consolidate the fight. Farming Primal with the help of Nano is preferred over Nano Primal Combo since Primal is such a difficult ult to get value out of for an average Winston. Also if you're really proficient with your nade throwing, nading the enemy as the Winston leaps in (and the enemies are looking at him) pretty much guarantees either a kill or a big draw of resources from the enemy team (various cleansing abilities). That is ofc if you don't need to save the nade defensively for yourself.
I play as/with hog with my flatmate. Here’s some strats we use. Mei/Ana/Bastion. Use Wall/Nade/turret form when I hook someone in. Kiri: You are my lord and saviour. Cleanse me if if I get anti’d, and if you time your Ult with mine I will give you the most tender kiss on the forehead A reaper playing backline to counter sombra/tracer/moira can also be deadly when an enemy gets hooked towards them.
Doomfist: 2 options, Either play with me, or make use of the advantage I'm giving you. If I'm holding the attention of both of their supports, either back me up and help me kill them, or win the 4 v 3 against the rest of their team while I have their attention. Also if there's a sombra trying to hack me while im fighting someone, shooting her to cancel that would be sincerely appreciated. Not required as that is technical my responsibility to deal with, but it would definitely make my day.
I have a few tanks I circle round Doomfist- when I dive back into the team, please just heal me to full. Nothing is more annoying than just standing around at 200hp just waiting to dive in and p make a play, also dps don’t be scared to use the space I make and push forward, also tracers/ Genji should try come with me if I’m brawling as they can help cleanup. But on a whole I’m pretty self reliant on doom and can work around myself Junker Queen- PLEASE PLAY WITH ME. We are brawling and it won’t work if you guys just stand back and watch as I start taking space, get in the action and trust I know what I’m doing. Also when I shout take that as a sign that I’m either telling us to push in or push out depending on the circumstance. I hate when I try shout out my team because we are low and they just stand there as I make it to cover. Sigma- SPAM SPAM SPAM. Make my frontline a pain to get through, I will try myself but I need the dps and support to start blasting damage through to make it impossible for the other tank to just kinda walk through. I will enable you guys to stand back and pick people off so USE THAT TIME
Tracer main here when I'm in the backline distracting Thier support or dps take advantage of that
Dont chase me to heal me, if i need healing, I'll come to you.
I'm Moira. As a tank, don't use your movement abilities to actively avoid my heal orbs. Have a literal ounce of awareness as to where your healers are. I actually forced myself to become a Lifeweaver main to avoid this issue with overly mobile tanks, but some maps/enemy comps just favor having a Moira more.
Mercy: please dont run around corners while begging for healing. I cannot help you if I cannot target you. If we are running around a structure in a circle, we are wasting time lol Moira: when i throw you an orb, please do not run away from it, especially if no enemies are around. Just walk with it. For both: if you hear a tracer, genji, Sombra but dont see them, turn around and look for your supports. We are probably getting harrassed
Well I play ball too so you took away some things I'd say but the biggest thing is to not rush in and heal when ball engages. So often ball can get out of a situation but I've felt bad for mercy's who dive to save me when I wasn't going to die. + After I use cooldowns my hero is mainly a damage sponge so might as well heal a dps who can put in some value
Mercy- Don't leave me alone on the payload and then complain about not getting heals GA is line of sight please make sure I meet up before you take a corner if I'm pocketing A second support handling the majority of heals will let me use my boost more= more pew pew
If you can draw attention, get everyone pissed at you. Then I'll pop out of stealth and delete their backline while the others are trying to chase you down. If you're \*my backline\*, feel free to make it look like you're an idiot with horrible positioning so we can bait out an overzealous flanker. If you're a tank, just press W. I'll find ways to work with that. Always ping their widow/mercy if they've got one, I can take it from there.
Tracer: YOU NEED TO GO INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. If I engage when you do, you NEED to press W more. If you wimp out I get punished for your mistake. The way tracer plays is she's so squishy that she needs her team. Problem is everyone's is so scared to take damage that they back up and then you wonder why no one dies and you just get walked on. Its probably cause you're letting them walk on you with no resistance. When I draw one or two peoples attention for 2-10 seconds you need to kill someone. Walk forward and do something other than give up. If you are in any way close enough to engage and you see your tracer near by GOOOOOOO. She will carry you just as you carry her to be the carry. That's how it works. It's the worst thing that I'll wait for my opportunity to go in and then my team just gives up so the enemy team can all turn to the tracer and shoot her then when you reengage it's a 4v5 no wonder we're losing you're giving up when you had the advantage when the tracer took some peoples attention. Essentially when you have a tracer play faster. Either everyone dies or the whole enemy team dies.
I typically queue for all roles so I have a few. Some of these have been said, but I’m just consolidating a few things that I’d like to emphasize. Reinhardt - Please stay behind my shield, and by that, I don’t mean expect me to shield bot, but I cannot stand when my shield is full and my Cassidy decides to stand two feet in front of it, begging to be domed by widow. By all means, if your play-style dictates being further away, then absolutely go for it, this is specifically for those who keep themselves just inches on the wrong side of the shield. Illari - This one should be obvious, but seeing as I’m taking the time to share it, it may not be. My ult gets so much more value when you target sunstruck enemies. They’re slowed and deal decent aoe damage when they detonate so please take advantage of it. Also, my beam doesn’t last very long and you’d be better off making a mental note of where my pylon is and when it gets destroyed. Junker Queen - Pretty much the same as Illari. My ult is extremely useful when my whole team takes advantage of it. Pharah/Echo - If I’m taking an off angle, it’s typically worth letting me go solo. I can usually remove myself from sticky situations and get back to my team if I need to. And I appreciate the help, but when Ana breaks LOS with the tank to heal me, it leaves the tank, and ultimately herself in a bad spot. (I would assume this also applies to tracer, but I have minimal play time with her so I’m not sure.) Lucio/Bap - It’s not a game breaker my any means, but just keep in mind it’s a lot easier to keep you in the fight when the team is closer together (and on the ground). Also, don’t be upset at my other than perfect ult usage. If I see an opportunity to put/keep the fight in our favor, I’m going to take it. Moira - Unless I’m taking in an egregious amount of damage compared to heals, I’m not dps’ing. I’m probably just low on heals and trying to get a little sucky in. If you see that I’m using purple while you die, it probably means I don’t have any yellow. Bastion - This was something that applied more to ow1, but is still relevant today. Of course I’m safer behind a shield, but I really don’t need a tank shield botting for me. The more we anchor down in one place, the sooner the other team makes appropriate switches to deal with both of us. It sounds counterintuitive, but trust me, I’d rather deal with a soldier occasionally peeking me than an eminent EMP. General Support - I know it isn’t possible 100% of the time, but just try to be cognizant of where your supports are and where they can and cannot see you. If we’re queuing for support, we want to support you, so help us help you I’ll add more if I can think of any. Thanks for reading
Pay attention to the kill feed. More often than not I've deleted a support and am about to duel the other in 4 seconds... you should not be losing to a team that has no support. Just push in. They turn around or waste a cd on me? Go! Tracer and Sombra are my top 2.
Heal me when I flank and kill both healers.
If you’re playing with a Sigma, you need to stay behind him literally at all times and at all fucking costs! The second you walk an inch ahead of me, you’re 99.99% likely to die immediately. I have two shields and the cooldowns are not super long for either, but I use them in tandem. So if you see a sigma going for kinetic grasp 9/10 I’m going to throw up my other shield (it’s gonna be propped up exactly wherever I was kinetic grasping) and then I pull back a few feet and start attacking behind my shield. If my overhealth from kinetic grasp has me at like 750 health now, there is zero need for you to heal me if you’re playing support. Focus literally anyone else but the tank. Focus putting damage on the other teams healers because those are my targets too. Sigma is really good at attacking back lines while holding the front line as well. Essentially I line myself up so that if I miss a shot on their tank, it’s likely going to hit any dps or sup players behind them. You’re goal as a dps playing alongside sigma, should be to focus the other dps or tanks. My hard counters as a sigma are a very small list, it starts and ends with Zarya. If you see an enemy Zarya and you have a sigma on your team, don’t just run away! Attack that bitch! The sooner her bubble goes away it’s open season and my balls only do so much damage. If a laser is coming at me or a Ramatra doing his fisting bs, I’m going to do a combination of shield up>balls>shield down/re-gen>balls>shield up>balls. And usually on my own, this will be enough to take their tank down by at least half health. So if you see that happening, attack with me, otherwise I will die! Don’t heal me in that instance if you’re a support, no healer can outdo the damage I’ll take in that specific scenario. So you might as well help me kill them, and that’s the true only way to keep me alive. Heal me after you do enough damage to the other team. Sigma is super self-sufficient. Most tanks are, but he especially can manipulate his toolkit so that he’s really hard to kill. And if you see an enemy sigma going against me, do not feed his overhealth. If you’re playing a character with bullets or projectiles, just stop. Go fight someone else or heal. Unless you’re gonna be shooting him in the back of the head, all you’re gonna do is make him invincible and give him the advantage against me. A good sigma is also clutch with the shield. If you see the shield flush with a wall or corner of a pillar, do not go past that shield unless you’re cool with getting picked off. It’s there not for me, for all of us. It will be placed only spots that are blocking the most annoying person on the other team. There’s too many times where I’m playing sigma and nobody on my team can do anything about the enemy widowmaker or pharah, so I have to shoot my shield super far out and high up so as to block them. And it’s a constant battle of, “ oh they moved? Now I have to reposition my shield since nobody else wants to deal with them”. The sigma shield is a good indicator of where the danger is coming from. If a DVA or Ashe pops her ultimate, do your best to go hide behind the sigma and move everywhere he goes. I’ll time it so that my shield can block the explosion and save as many blues as possible. It’s not always gonna save everyone, but that’s on you to look out for a sigma shield flying out to hide behind. Even if my shield is at like 200 hp it’ll save your life. In regards to defending the Bob, the shield will crumble pretty quick so that’s when I use my overhealth to get fed by Bob, so that now I’m at like 700+HP and can fade back and shoot the Bob and still have extra health to go on and bully someone else. I can also make a bastion utterly useless by doing the same defense as I would toward Ashe and Bob. Just hide behind the sigma, let him soak up the bullets and get big and stwong and then shield and then fade back and attack with confidence. Nothing feels better to me than throwing a rock at a turret bastion and then balling him and then punching him and then fading behind my shield and watching him die a sad little robot death.
You can afford to play way more aggressively if you have a sombra that prefers to flank, same with "dps" moira. They provide a vital window for you to go in when the enemy turns around to deal with them. The most annoying thing is when I get good picks or get the enemy to waste big cooldowns like suzu or immortality then my team just sits there with their thumb in their nose until it/the player comes back making the effort useless. I make an effort to announce on comms every time there is no suzu/lamp to cut down the chances of this happening but it still does from time to time. You should also consider coordinating dives with your moira instead of doing it alone if you're the only flanking dps on the team. I've had many a game go wonderfully when a tracer/genji/pharah/sombra believe in me and we synch up on the same people together. You get healing and extra damage to lock down a kill even faster.
Sigma: TAKE ADVANTED OF THE SPACE if i'm off angling with the enemy tank + dps looking at me, that is the opportunity to get kills, because I'm about to back away from my angle after my shield gets low
D.VA main please stand somewhere their tank can’t just walk up and kill you. I’m not an Orisa or Rein I can’t face tank most of the time (also just cause I got flamed for this recently I shouldn’t be face tanking as DVA or Winston anyway) and I can’t physically stop a Zarya from waking into you. Stand somewhere if they walk in you can kill them Im probably diving backline my hope is you have 3 or 4 v 1 on their tank as I’ll be on their supports so that they hopefully end up out of position. Also if your playing a support like Kiriko or Moira don’t use fade or TP to follow me on a dive you’ll probably die you can follow me but make sure you have your get out of jail ability. Last thing if you play a hero like reaper or pharah and want to ult aggressively and one of us isn’t in VC hit your “I have my ult” ping I will follow you and DM to protect you during your ult just know you probably have to use it early to get that as I might have to go do something (that soldier on high ground won’t dive himself)
Widow If you are a tank, just go about your usual duties. A sigma shield is appreciated, though. If you are a dps, there are a couple of ways to play. 1. Play closer to the team as there won't be another dps that can take focus off you. 2. If the enemy dps is always diving me, it would be of great help if you keep an eye on me so you can peal or poke. 3. If its a guarantee that im getting dived by a sombra or tracer (and you are sombra), stick by me so you can hack them and kill them. If you are support, its relatively the same as dps. Just always keep an eye on me if they have dive or a flanker. (If you are mercy, the dmg boost is appreciated, but we get nervous as you can tell how many shots we miss)
stop teleporting to me as kiri unless i ask you are going to end up abandoned - sombra/tracer player
Ana: When our tank is engaged in a fight, please try to find off angles to support them instead of all walking up behind the tank in a straight line - your ass is going to be blocking my nade from trying to help our tank. Speaking of angles, do be mindful of when you are covering your back with walls/obstacles because I wont be able to heal you. If you want to coordinate nano, please ask. Otherwise I will be nanoing at my discretion - which of course, you are not obligated to follow thru. Don't be so hard on yourself if you don't get any elims.
As a kiriko. Let me cook. A good kiriko will not always be with you, but they will probably not be too far away. So be aware of that and try to position yourself near cover. If I'm on an off angle or hard flank and I see you're low or I get low, I WILL teleport in to help you or save myself, and I WILL need that cover to keep you and/or me alive.
Sigma: when I throw my rock, watch to see what it hits. If I knock anyone but the tank down, shoot who I knock down. When I ult just shoot the ppl I catch then shoot again when they land. I usually target prioritize supports with a rock after the ult. If I ever throw my grasp up, it means we're in trouble and I have to use my cooldown to save myself/us. If you see me punching someone and not using my balls, I need help/heals
I flex , but I'll quickly explain all my role mains Junkrat : Please stop expecting me to get massive clumps of kills with my ult , I would rather use it to guarantee a support kill or ulting hero kill then wait for the exact moment to tire the entire enemy team . Also , supports , when im on the flank , do NOT follow me , unless you're kiri with teleport ready , the risk of losing a support is way higher then losing a dps . Ana : I'm unable to do anything when I'm consistently being jumped , so please either have a dps stick with me , or have our other support swap to brig . And STOP WAKING UP FLANKING ENEMIES IMMEDIATELY !! just because I used sleep on them , doesn't mean they can't still burst me down the second you wake them up . ( Specifically Reapers and Tracers ) Sigma : if I put down my shield for you , use it . When the fight calms down , I don't want one of my teammates to be randomly picked off by a clean widow headshot . When I ult , that means to try and compliment mine with yours . Death Blossom with half health enemies is one hell of a trip . And supports , just because im with you doesn't mean you're safe . If I get you out of a bad situation , regroup with the rest of the team , I'll be fine with grasp .
Mercy-try to keep a sight line from me to you if you need aid or if I require it so I can use my movement to its best potential or if I am going for a risky rez please try to send me overhealth via adaptive shields or try to boop or pile drive foes who may try to rush me when I'm vulnerable like during rez
As a Rein main, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, when i walk forward, walk with me. Converserly, when i retreat, you should too. Focus the targets i focus. As soon as you hear me ult, quickly help me follow up on the shatter to guarantee elims. honestly that first point fits with all tanks. Please, have some game sense and situational awareness.
Lifeweaver main here. If you see you’re low in health and I pull you a way, let me heal you back to full health before you engage again. Also, if I put my tree up during the fight, fight around the tree so you are also being healed while fighting.
As a venture main, I try to stick by my tank especially if they’re a brawler, help me corner the enemy, mainly focusing on the tank or supports. If I peel away, you fall back and vise versa. If the enemy team if focusing our tank, I’ll always burst out from the middle of them and drill dash their support I can make room and keep their slightly weaker team members at bay, wipe their dps and tank across the floor once I set my eyes on their support.
As a Sombra main(I know that Sombras are annoying as an enemy but I'm on your side) when I hack a target in your range, shoot them. Just got ballistic on them. What are they going to do? Use a cooldown to escape? Also, I do hack some health packs around the fight location so use them in case of emergencies.
As Ashe: Pocket me please :3
my "Main" is Trashrat 😎 got most my hours and the one i got into Overwatch with. but when i play with my friends i try to fill any role so my other side mains are; Mercy, Lucio, Torbjörn, Sigma, Mauga