Do it now.
The tryhards are all angry about the beta disappearing and alot of players will be shelving this game until the next beta.
Competitive integrity is at an all time low, so if you’re decent and have a friend or two to queue with, you can assuredly skyrocket up the ladder right now.
lol Pineapple, innit?
Play one character. Know a second in case.
Avoid voice completely. Just don’t bother.
Secure kills your self no matter the role. Matters more than anything else.
Diamond at least should be guaranteed doing this.
They just talk but everyone is still farming the new skins including on their smurfs.
If you have friends I’d argue it’s an even better reason to queue.
Free SR when casuals are trying to pop in to farm skins.
Ok
So only casuals are left? Oh no
DPS/Support duo
Never join team chat
Never flex/stick to your best hero
Avoid any throwers and noticeably weak link players. Especially bad DPS that you know you can farm
the game disincentivises climbing though because you just get longer queue times.
Already on it!
how to be stuck (low) masters forever. Literally none of this is good advice. It might be good to a degree in diamond but this is NOT how OW is meant to be played. I think you should have a minimum of 3-4 characters you can play decently in each role, avoiding voice, well… this one I agree with but only because Blizzard educated a childish community with their “you should play the hero you like” and false report system. Securing kills is important but it’s also important to protect teammates sometimes, especially on tank and support (on DPS to lesser degree sometimes also). I would say making the right play results in getting kills most of the times.
if competitive integrity is at an all-time low, climbing is harder than ever because in theory the matchmaker is 50/50. In S21, I placed every smurf 3300 on every role, now I place 2600-2700. More smurfs + troll accounts, rank doesn’t make sense anymore and particularly in low elo there are unwinnable games.
How to get to GM
Literally what I did.
Yeah it sounds counterintuitive but the whole playing multiple heroes is the only way to climb + always be in voice chat is bs.
Obviously securing kills in every situation isn’t the way to go but in the end, either your team has people alive or theirs does.
Why would you try to farm skins in Competitive? It’s incredibly inefficient.
If you want to farm skins, play Arcade modes. You get free loot boxes every 3 wins, and there are some modes in there that only last a couple minutes per game.
What if I’m already Masters though!?
Here is a question what competitive integrity
I mean he did clarify this
A few things:
Firstly S21 was 13 seasons ago, ie 2 years. S21 was my first season ever playing this game.
There were more players in OW then than now.
You never stopped to think it’s possible your skill and knowledge in this game deteriorated over the past 2 years, and that you were getting carried in cluttered ranks thanks to a more even match maker?
My take is this:
If you’re actually good at the game and have a duo or group of friends to play with, winning now is easier than ever before.
The only way to climb is to win more than you lose. The only way to win more than you lose is to be better than the people you are playing with. Therefore, the only way to climb is to get better at the game.
I’d ammend that with two more.
Don’t get yourself killed. Getting kills is important, and it can be good to trade, but you will struggle to win from spawn.
Keep track of your performance/mind set. If you feel yourself getting tilted, or tired or anything thing else that may cause you to drop off then stop playing, or at least take abreak. We’ve all lost 25 sr, then lost another 100 chasing it.
the only reason “multiple heroes” don’t work is because people suck at flexing, but 1 tricks are easy to abuse assuming you know how to.
GM isn’t what it used to be anyway, basically a glorified diamond rank these days. What you are writing is that because ranked is so dead and uncompetitive, basically anyone can go on a win streak and get GM if they play average-ish and don’t feed, which is true.
You get to play with your juniors, remember the good old times, and appreciate life more.
