#Overwatch tips

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[overwatchcharacterhelp]

WidowMaker - DPS

Abilities + Weapon:

Widow’s Kiss - an assault rifle that becomes a powerful sniper rifle when aiming down sights

Venom Mine (15 sec cooldown) - a projectile poisoning trap that triggers once an enemy walks close by it (can be destroyed if spotted by enemy)

Grappling Hook (12 sec cooldown) - movement ability to help reach higher ground quicker and/or make quick escapes from fights or a dive hero targeting you

Infra Sight (Ultimate) - allows entire team to see the exact whereabouts of every enemy across the entire map (even invisible Sombra’s)

Grappling Tips:

This is Widow’s only movement ability. Like other abilities, it has a limited range and can grapple onto roofs, walls, ledges and even the floor. While a pretty good get away, it can also be used for easy rotation throughout the match. Soon enough, if you keep sniping from the same spot in whatever map over and over again it will become predictable for the other team as they’ll have full knowledge on where you are and what can easily take you out from that spot. Which is why rotating sniping spots as Widow is a key component to progressing your usefulness of her. It doesn’t always have to be on high ground either although it can be harder for some to snipe from lower levels which is completely fine! The grapple can also be used for quick snipes. From a spot within the map that has a clearing or an area you can jump above (press the jump button when you are close to ending the initial grapple) you can get a sneaky and maybe easy pick. While this may be a little less useful with her recent range nerf, it can be good for making an enemy cower and making the fight a 4 v 5. Do keep in mind it takes time to get used to these if you’ve not done it before or have less experience with these actions but you’ll always improve, even if your having a bad game day :)

Venom Mine Tips:

There are not as many things I can comment on with the venom mine but it can be a great warning sign. If you are comfortably and confidently situated (let’s say in Havana in the balcony facing the payload), be wary of the only 2 ways into it. The stairs behind and the other windows. If you are unsure of where to place the venom mine in the balcony, place it somewhere by the stairwell or doorway leading into the balcony. The stairs are prime flanking spots for many heroes if they wish to be sneaky (Sombra, Genji, almost any other hero really), so it’s good to set a trap. Even though it can be destroyed, and it most likely will be, a set sound plays as it’s broken along with a piece of text in the direction of the mine saying “DESTROYED”, it also does this with when it’s triggered but instead using a gas releasing effect and showing the words “TRIGGERED”. Either way, it can give time to react however you please, whether that’s fight with the assault mode of the rifle or quickly grapple away and attempt to snipe them. But if it is a tank, it is best to regroup with your team to have help dealing with the tank if they chose to give chase as killing a tank with Widow, while isn’t impossible, is very difficult without a Mercy by your side (from my experience)

Infra Sight Tips:

There isn’t much to infra sight, other than this ult can be a game changer by giving your team the upper hand. It’s takes only 0.5 seconds to activate but it only lasts for 15.5 seconds. I recommend if your acting as defence and you’re aware the enemy team is regrouping near the end of the game/match or while your teammate(s) have a powerful ult at 100%, get a good high ground point or do a grapple jump, see where they are and activate the ult if they’re grouped in both situations. If you use mic, it’s best to communicate this with your team, but if you don’t that’s okay too, in my experience it’s best to hope and pray they’ll understand, haha. But if you are on the offence, once again utilise the infra and ult combo or use it to find a good flanking spot as a team.

[itsacedtea]

it occurs to me that many overwatch 2 (and 1, honestly) dont know that you can (and SHOULD) hold down f1 when playing a new hero to see all their abilities and ability descriptions.

No what do you mean you can block with Ramattra and I was supposed to know the whole time what do you mean.

[katapotato55]

how to make your writing be remembered forever and possibly be well loved.

(incredibly stupid and silly fanfiction line at the end of this post) I know that title is incredibly daunting but listen, its very simple. you ready?

MAKE STRONG CHARACTERS

"but kat! surely its not that simple! " nononono listen. bear with me. I want you to think of your favorite thing. Now ask: what do you remember the most about the thing you love? I will go first:

I love team fortress 2. and guess what: this game has been around since 2007, and was in development hell since before I was even born. The game has been around for 16 fucking years. And guess what? in the strong year of 2023 team fortress 2 Is STILL getting memed about. and do you want to know the crazy part? the character designs to the naked eye are not special at all. ok sure from a designer standpoint, these are very well designed characters made so that you can easily tell who they are based on their silhouette. but from the average joe.... tf2 is iconic but overall it looks ok. it doesn't seem special to a stranger to tf2. look at this completely random and arbitrary example of a game in the same genre:

I don't know shit about the characters in overwatch. Yeah i have a BASIC idea on what their personality is like based on voice lines and some videos i guess... but in-game they just exist. these characters are brightly colored, they have beautiful unique designs, hell they have even more diversity such as robots and people from other cultures! but i don't remember shit about these characters. Maybe I remember the ice lady and tracer, but nothing else. and yeah part of overwatch struggling right now is incompetant development, BUT: The characters in team fortress 2 are SO remember-able because the characters have such a vibrant personality. I am an orange box owner, its been a decade and a half and I am still remembering this game and enjoying art about it.

"but kat! that is a comedy game! Overwatch is a very serious game! are you saying comedy is needed to make a character more noticeable?" no. though I think allowing your characters to lighten up every now and then would humanize them. Not full on goofy, just give them something that makes them likeable. and if you cant do that, you can STILL make a compelling character even though they are mostly seriousness. I have an even more awfully thought out example:

kung fu panda is a masterclass in making a serious comedic movie somehow work. Master Oogway.... he isn't a comedic character at all. Yeah we made memes about him, but ignoring that, he is a wise and resourceful person. He is at calm and has faith in this intuition. there are a lot of characters like this. What makes Oogway stand out is that he is also a little bit kooky and sassy.

this youtube clip sums up what I mean. It is a funny line, it fits the character, and It doesn't ruin the seriousness of the moment. Some of the most successful series in history have something about them that has appealed to people. In my opinion: characters with strong personality and interesting traits is always a good way to ensure your writing is successful. The second most important is the characters bouncing off of each other in terms of their chemistry with each other. There is a reason why I spent years playing the first Destiny game and all of the DLC, but I remember fuck all about the characters. I think I maybe remember the bootleg star lord robot guy.

A writing exercise

here is an exercise to get you in the spirit of character making. step 1- get a random character from a random bit of media. In this case let me bring you master Oogway. Step 2- Get a completely different character from a completely unrelated series. I am going to give you Scout from team fortress 2. step 3- write a random ass thing about them interacting. Think about how the characters would react to each other and why. Think about each characters values in life and think about how they would bond and conflict with each other. Think about characters similar to the character they met in the past and how they reacted then, and if they have never interacted, make something interesting with it. Step 4- keep experimenting. Once you get into the spirit you can apply this to any new character you could want to make anyways thats it byeee- "arent you going to do that ?" do what? "make a writing thing about oogway and scout. " ........

Scout: let's go turtle you got nothing on my speed- Oogway: The one who first resorts to violence shows that he has no more arguments. Scout: that sounds like chicken talk! come on tough guy let me have it- Oogway then proceeds to make scout eat shit before vanishing in a cloud of cherry blossoms and dust from the desert. If this post isn't popular I want you to know my dignity was lost for nothing.

[roachesbf]

Young Master Hanzo crushing on Genjis Guard (Male reader Headcanon)

Banner @ LovelDayForlt (Steam Workshop)

Hanzo tries to not make it obvious that he’s got a new sort of fascination towards you, especially trying to keep it out of Genji's prying eyes. Although to his younger brother it’s very obvious how down bad his older brother is for his guard. The first few times he tries getting answers out of Hanzo, he pushed too many buttons such as “Anija do you like (Y/N),?!!?!”  which just led with a red faced brother stopping out of the room. He bumps into you on his way out and you ask what’s wrong, seeing as he’s fuming and stomping out of the room. He only looks you up and down, huffs and continues to walk away.

You enter the room he just left and look at Genji confusingly. “I don’t think your brother likes me all that much…” Muttering quietly as you take a seat next to him. Genji's only examining you, trying to come up with a plan to get that stick out of his brother's ass so that the two of you can get together. 

“Nah that’s just how he is, anyways about my brother. What do YOU think about him?” Once he figures out what you like about his brother he’ll take up any excuse to bring up your compliments about him. Like “Oh anija did you know that (Y/N) thinks you take very good care of your hair!! He says it looks so smooth,” or “Anija (Y/N) thinks it’s very impressive how strong and serious you are!! I heard that’s what he likes in a man!!” Once again Hanzo is ripping his hair due to Genjis actions, telling him to basically butt off and he doesn’t need his brother getting into his personal life. Genji only sees this more as a challenge and is willing to accept it. 

In moments where Genjis is not pestering either of you, he’s simply eyeing you. There’s a level of concentration in his eyes that differs from the way he looks at anyone else. He wants to memorize your features, he wants to remember the way you talk, and how you interact with your environment. He loves your protective nature for his brother, he’ll tsk at his brother for getting into a fight but seeing you step in between Genji and the stranger pulls at his heart. Hanzo for sure loves watching you train with his brother, especially if you’re winning. He’ll place a hand on your shoulder and congratulate you, Genji simply looks at the two of you. Wanting to complain about losing but also not wanting to interrupt your little bromance, as Hanzo gives you more tips for the future. 

I think before this bromance is created Hanzo has a little phase where he’s very in denial about his feelings for you! Especially since he is the eldest son to the Shimida Clan, he shouldn’t be thinking this way towards you. Genji knows this and does his best to try and console his brother, telling him that breaking the rules to be happy is sometimes a good thing. Of course he doesn’t listen and ignores the advice, instead choosing the next best thing. Ignoring you. You go to your master all defeated because it feels like his brother did a complete 180 on you, before he could at least tolerate being in the same room as you but now he wont even look at you!! You ask Genji if maybe his brother hates him. Genjis about to say know before he gets the best idea ever. All Hanzo needs a little push, even if he keeps insisting he doesn’t need it.

“Mmm knowing my brother who hates fun, he probably does. But don’t worry he’s like that with everyone!” That does little to comfort you and Genji knows it. This is what Hanzo needs, if not this will create a little bit of a better bond between the two of you once he finally talks to you. Which doesn’t happen for a while. The awkwardness between the two of you is terrible for Genjis mental state. He KNOWS you wanna talk to each other so bad but his brother is too stubborn and you’re too upset. The only person he’ll actually take advice from is his father, who begins to notice the behavior shift in each other. He calls Hanzo over for a walk, just to chat. He doesn’t try to make it obvious that he knows about Hanzos feelings but he talks about how he a leader needs to act mature.How little things shouldn’t get in the way of something bigger than he thinks.

Hanzo later takes his fathers words into consideration. It isn’t your fault, you haven’t done anything bad. So there really was no reason for him to give you the cold shoulder, how he’s acting like a child with the way he’s been acting around you. That wasn’t the way a future clan leader would act. He needed to make it up to you, are sadly there is only one person he knows that knows you like the back of his hand.

[wahroh]

So it becomes overcame.

[cyberbirb-arts]

Hi!!! I absolutely love how you draw hair <3 is there by any chance a few tips you'd like to spare for a beginner artist on how you do it? I really really really really LOVE IT

Hey! Thank you for reaching out to me, I appreciate it. 😀

I alternate between two styles depending on my mood lol. I only use 5 brushes in general (unless I want to add goofy sticker or texture brushes for backgrounds).

I'm very loyal to MediBang Paint Pro, so I don't use Photoshop or Procreate, etc. I'm sad that MediBang doesn't seem as well known, but it's a great program - and free to download.

Did I mention it's FREE?

For a sketchy look, I like using the Lead Pencil (6B) brush. For manga-inspired art, I use the School Pen. You can make alternating lines thicker depending on how you want the hair to be shaped. For both styles, I do simple highlights for hair with the Flat Brush, and erasing a bit to shape it. Sometimes I will include loose strands but these are not colored. These guys just float around and do their own thing.

I have experimented with many different styles over the years, and I finally feel the most comfortable now. Line art has become very quick and simple for me after quitting traditional pencil. (I'm unable to look down at paper for extended periods of time without getting nauseous. I also have lots of eye floaters that are pretty distracting lmao).

I hope this helps you discover your own style. Don't get frustrated like I did. And remember to have fun! 😊✨

[lepusrufus]

My Moira main ass trying to learn to play Ashe is ballsier than every time I went on a Widow hunt armed with only one ouchie ball and spite

[kiruvry]

thursday or as i like to call it wednesday

[squ45h]

this might be my lowest point ever (i wanna have a good time with my friends but i am so ass at overwatch its not even funny)

[nephsnek]

most normal day in blackwatch science dept

[squeliy]

I’ve queued as tank 5 times, and 3 of those times someone in the chat has said something about me being a bad tank. Genuinely it makes me want to cry and ik that’s stupid cause it’s just a game and it doesn’t matter what some jerk says about you but it rlly affects me and makes me not want to play tank but idk how I’ll improve if I never play but I just get so worried cause Ik I’m not good and your whole team relies on that one tank to push for the team and it just sucks.

[ranboos-kin-cafe]

One more, if you have time, dysphoria tips for venture (Overwatch) kins?

Of course! Happy to help anytime! All my information is from the wiki so I'm sorry if anything doesn't fit well

Dysphoria Tips for Venture (Overwatch)

Venture is a daring archaeologist and adventurer and connecting with that aspect of your kinship might help. You could explore new places, abandoned homes (yes technically illegal, but it's a fun option providing you do so safely), or even searching for items in places like thrift stores and garage sales. Learning about history and learning about items of value to you may also help ease some dysphoria!

Learning more about any of your interests or working on/starting projects may prove comforting.

Venture is often seen wearing a large coat, goggles, a backpack and a yellowy green shirt with jeans. Most of this outfit seems fairly easy to replicate or mimic. Sunglasses may work well to imitate the feel of goggles and a backpack full of things you may find similar to source can be a comforting addition to your wardrobe.

Venture is shown to enjoy ice cream although you may have memories of different preferences. Either way eating food from your source or things you enjoyed in source is often a helpful way to ease dysphoria.

If you're an artistic person you could draw and document items you find, and write notes about them. Learning about what archaeology often looks like and see how many relevant skills or things you can do!

I hope this helps!! Have an awesome day ^^

[344x-azucar]

its not a matter of if i would follow them off the bridge, but if could i make the coolest splash.

[odessastone]

I’m so frustrated with OW (the game itself). I acknowledge that I am not very good, even after almost 2000 hours of playtime. But shouldn’t I be getting matched with people who Also are not good?? Every time I do comp it’s like Blizzard for some reason thinks I’m WAY better than I actually am, and I get stomped into the dirt until I finally, finally hit that agonizing 15 losses and they re-adjust my skill level. And even then, I win a few, they go “oh shit, this guy is a pro actually”, and I start getting clobbered again.

Multiple seasons now I have hit 15 losses in placements before 5 wins. I currently have a 20% win rate in this season’s placements. How is this possible. I’m not Bronze 5 (these days I usually get placed mid-Silver), so I KNOW there are players out there worse than me. So why do I keep getting put against people who stomp me into the dust?? Shouldn’t I get matched with people who put me at around a 50% win rate??

Having to play 30+ games just to place is insanely frustrating!! The last couple seasons I haven’t even bothered to complete my placements, because I literally cannot get 5 wins!!

[possyeen]

Knotting some bitches and walkin like a cowboy in a spaghetti western