Good habits lead to consistency
Playstyles
When playing a character, one the most important things is that you are getting enough value from the heroes kit. To make a playstyle for you, think about the abilities you have, since I know a lot about Genji I will use him as an example
Genji has a deflect that blocks damage and returns it to sender, swift strike that recharges for each kill and deals 50 dmg on a 15 m range, he can throw a fan of shurikens that is not accurate in dealing consistent damage at long ranges, he can throw a burst of 3 shurikens that are slower but more accurate dealing 28 damage each, he has a wall climb that grants him vertical mobility and animation cancels, and he has a dragon blade which recharges his dash and can slide up to 8 times dealing 120 without a damage boost. Genji has a large kit that can be used in many situations.
When you list your characters kit and abilities you have to think for what you will use each ability for. A simple concept is an Ana nade, it can be used offensively or defensively, does your team need the healing of the nade? Or can you provide them enough healing to get value of the anti nade?
With Genji I have seen that if you want to engage for a kill you have to be at a 15-meter range (Swift strike) so that you can easily follow up with your abilities. Use the burst of shurikens more often and leaving the fan for finishing up kills or animation cancels.
I have set up basic rules for myself.
Always set up a win condition, this can be an ability or many that win you the game, like half hook, nano blade, anti nade grav etc...
Staying live will always be my first priority, trading is almost never worth it, when I know I’m safe
1: search for flanks and duels, if not then
2:farm blade, if not then
3:apply pressure and bait abilities
Trading is only worth it, if it satisfies our win condition, for example
if a tracer trades with a zenyatta who has transcendence then we can use our blade to finish the fight. Instead if the tracer trades with a mcree then the zenyatta will still be able to use his transcendence to counter our win condition.
The ways I do this varies depending on the map and the team composition, but it’s essentially my same thinking process.
Make sure you have a thought process that you follow in every game.
Pure Consistency, Training and routines
If you want to mechanically perform closely every game you have to have a schedule that you can follow.
Having a consistent daily schedule will impact how you play, The more similar your activities are, the more consistent you will be. With this I mean the amount of time you dedicate.
I play 2 hours on weeks and 8-10 on weekends. I warm up 20 minutes each session on week days and on weekends 40 minutes.
I have a tight schedule and my playtime is restricted, but if you have a lot of free time then not knowing when to play might be a problem.
Make a schedule where you plan out your daily activities. It might help you more than what it looks like.
Training is different than just playing. The best way to mechanically improve is definitely playing tryhard FFA, if not aim trainers can help as well. When searching to train a specific part of your aim you have to make sure you are hitting your shots, taking your time. If you seem to be missing an ability too much, then use it less, but make sure you hit it every time (or consistently). When using aim trainers it’s easy to develop bad habits. When struggling on a certain activity it’s good to go back to the beggining, for example if it seems I can’t hit any flick, I would try an easier mode until I have it dominated, and if you are still failing on that, then sometimes shooting at stationary targets (like the shooting range in ow), then going into easy flicks, and medium flicks might do it. Doing something wrong multiple times won’t make you better, it will just create bad habits.
Warmup
When searching for a warmup routine you want to search something that not only warms up your mechanics but your gamesense as well. Things like FFA are great for that.
I watch my own gameplay from the day before that I streamed, or watch any owl player playing the hero I want to play and I try to analyze his decision making and compare it to mine. Then I play an hard 7 minute osu! song that slowly gets harder with time (Camellia- Lets Jump) on no fail mode to warm up my arm. I search for a competitive game, meanwhile I wait I open up kovaak aim trainer where I do tracking drills until I feel good, then I do medium flicks. I also like to use aim hero. This generally can take up to 20 minutes and it gets me ready, much more reliable than jumping straight into comp. When I want to really play seriously I might extend the process to 40 minutes.
VOD Reviews
Doing VOD reviews is one of the fastest and consistent way to improve. With the replay system it’s so much easier, even tho I like to stream on twitch so I can review my gameplay later on another device.
When doing a review you want to focus on something that your doing wrong. Maybe you’re dying too much, it could be that you are not playing with your team, tunnel vision, no patience, not knowing when to use ultimates…
You want to think why did you take that decision, then think of better ways of solving that problem in a micro level, maybe you were too pushed up and didn’t have any movement abilities available, so next time you push up, you have a way out if something goes wrong.
Sometimes not knowing what you are doing wrong could be the reason why you are not improving. When I don’t know what I’m doing wrong I watch owl players play that hero and I analyze their thought process which I turn into a list. For example, some days ago I noticed I wasn’t taking as many duels as I could as Genji, and Genji is one of the best duelists in the game. I was getting value, but I was not being efficient with my time and tool kit.
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