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Kind of feel like this guy missed a golden opportunity when talking about Winston vs McCree by not mentioning how GD F'N fun it is to force MrCree to stun himself with his own grenade by causing it to go off in his face with the Shield Bubble. I've also used this to force Phara's to kill themselves while ULTing, as both Winston or Zarya. Same principle works with Ana, which is a fight thats much harder to win as Winston otherwise (which he does mention). You really haven't lived until you've forced a Phara to whiff her ult, and kill herself in the process.
Winston is my favourite hero to play so thank you for this. I've found people often don't use Winston jump damage and ability whilst working around his shield. And just falling into the enemy to keep your jump so you can escape. Watching Miro play improved my Winston exponentially.
His sheild is fine imo, Maybe 600 health like dva? But my best buff Idea is he has 200 ammo instead of 100, because Its just to hard to kill people when you have to reload
TheLegend27 600hp with a 12 second cooldown (can be 18 because it has to be destroyed too start the cooldown) is pretty crap. In beta it had 1000hp and cooldown started earlier. They nerfed it because there was not a hero limit so double/triple Winston was OP with shield spamming. They should buff it since there is a hero limit.
ronjon707 look up kolorblind he got to top 500 with bastion only he would probably be a better pick, but he is color blind so he wouldn't be the best to watch because he has one of the in game filters.
Thibault Coantic compared to rein due to them both having physical shields. Dva is more of an off tank due to her not having a physical shield. I agree with the dva comparison the play styles and diving of enemies being similar.
Rein is the MT for a deathball. Winston is the MT for a dive comp. If your party needs a tank then these two should always be your first picks. Everyone else are support tanks that fill a lesser role in the comp or are the MT in some non-meta comp you are trying.
The background video helps a lot, even more when he dies, because we can see specifically what we should avoid or mind while playing Winston. Winston is my 3rd less played hero and i rly want to play him more. I guess i didnt play him before because my positioning wasnt on my favor.
Very nice guide, thanks to the OW team and Numlocked for bringing this in. Winston is a char I have a lot of fun with and I love to use him to hunt down snipers and supports. I hope the buff brings him up a bit, and that some other buff is to come (because c´mon, his ult does so little damage it´s laughable).
I've found it helpful to arc jumps upwards somewhat when diving enemies. Since the jump pack cooldown starts while you're still mid air, you can escape sooner after you begin engaging your target.
With the change to his shield cooldown (and reducing his head hitbox before that), winston got that extra push that makes him infinitely more playable. Making your initiation jumps higher in altitude can also give you an extra second for your cooldown management plan. I doubt theyll ever buff him again, but some interesting things I'd like to see should they ever look to improve him without buffing his dps could include the following: 1) if his jump pack does no damage, the cd is shortened a bit (to like 4 seconds). this would allow easier disengage if you engage with the leap but strategically avoid dealing splash damage. However, this might make him way too good at harassing the back line. 2) 25-50 more ammo, or a slightly faster reload. Nothing is worse than trying to chase down mercy or lucio, going through amp healing or zen orb, only to suddenly reload. RIP kill. Current reload speed is 1.5 sec. Any reduction would help. 3) Make primal rage have more knockback lel. All of these ideas would be nice quality of life improvements for solo queue. Probably aren't needed for organized comps. The roadhog nerf will indirectly buff winston, although reaper (the supreme bane of winston) will probably see a ton more play.
When I first got the game last year I didn't really think much of Winston but now that I've been practicing him for a couple weeks now I like him more. He's the best for defense or attack on King's row for me. His ult doesn't come in handy that often but when your in a tight location and need to knock people out of the payload's path then its the best.
I'm fairly good at OW and competent in all characters....except for Winston. I can't for the life of me see how people are good with him. Looking forward to this video. Thanks guys!
winston is slowly becoming my fav tank hero. Tank has always been my least favorite hero class but find it neccessary to master a few heros in each class
another useful thing to do as winston, when reaper activates his ult jump on him and put your bubble around him saving your team. you will probably die but saving others is useful
They didn't stress animation canceling right before you hit the ground enough. That is so important. Leaping on an opponent with winston does 50 damage the melee does 35, add another 35 damage melee as soon as the target hits 34 hp, and you kill 200 health targets in roughly two seconds as opposed to 4-5
Other Winston tips: - Hold shift to leap as soon as it gets off cooldown, and hold jump when you land to do gain a little extra distance. - Jump on targets that are on ledges to knock them down. - you can coordinate with your healers: jump straight up (& reload) so you can get an orb, an Ana shot or a Mercy flying in the air - seperate single targets from the team. Winstons bubble can act like a Mei wall. When a enemy overextends, use your bubble to prevent them from getting any heals. - your leap resets when you ult, so try to use it and land on an enemy before using it (but ofc prioritize your ult to regenerate health) - don't immidiatly follow enemies dropping down when you jump them. Stay on the high ground until you have your leap back, so you can deny them the high ground (for example widow) - a great bubble use is against Pharah or junkrat in close range. When you time it good, their own splash damage will hurt them. - don't focus a target that gets healed by Mercy. Mercy outheals your damage. Focus her instead. - 11:15 in such a situation just use your shield and leap to save yourself! Better be safe then sorry ;) - don't be afraid of waiting in a safe corner until your cooldowns are up. Don't jump in a second too early where you don't have your bubble. And an example to when not to play Winston: I was fighting against a team with a Zen, Pharah, Junkrat and another dps. They do so much fast splash damage that it was very hard to get some ground. I just switched to Zarya and absorbed all the spam.
good advise, in the past i really do stick with one or two tricks against heroes that i didnt know the skills yet. And it resulted to disaster believe me you wouldnt want to repeatedly use one counter against skillful players you need to learn to adjust and to acquire that is to reread your plays and adjust them so that you can maximize the situation in your teams advantage.
I think something that has helped my teamplay when i ult is telling lucio to speed boost when I ult as winston. It doesnt help me too much, but if i can disrupt the enemy while my team pushes hard, then we almost always get the point
Thank you for this Wonderful guide, I wanted to main Winston, before I played Zarya, Reinhardt or Roadhog, I don't like the "NEW" Roadhog. I played Winston now 4 hours and got from low gold to almost diamond thank you.
As a winston main i almost completetly agree with him, learned about the jump/ melee combo, never thought about that so thanks.. But when you are 1vs1 on Ana, he is forgetting one crucial fact that is her sleep.. You want to watch out for her granade but her sleep is even more dangerously.. You want to OR not use shield and try to evade it, OR use your shield just when about she will use it..
As a plat Winston main I love it on koth maps or maps with edges of they run tanks because they are usually easiest to knock off and if someone goes reaper it's great because he does not have much usefulness to the team especially if your able to use your abilities to counter him
War Cry Look let me show you how to play widow. Get into a custom game, head shots only. Have your friends be forced to play high mobility heros so lock people like Zen. That way you are learning to shoot flying genjis, tracers in the head. When you practice that and master it then hitting a walking ana should be no problem whatsoever.
A tip that I did not hear in the video, always engage enemies that are posted up on high ground as Winston. Both you and the enemy will have limited vision of your teams, so they'll get less healing, and you'll take less damage. It will usually result in them dying, or dropping off of high ground. After that, you have the high ground advantage, and you can wait a bit for your shield cool down if you need to, and scout out your next engagement.
There is a support Main that goes by Zzyzx. He is a Twitch streamer and RUclipsr. He has hit top 500, I think, 6 times over multiple accounts. He is know for his Zen and Anna play. He also did a series on going from Bronze to GM only playing support. I don't think you have a Master Zen guide yet. He might be a good candidate for that.
I'd love to see a Widow guide with Kephrii if possible. I've recently started playing her after 300 hours of support and tanks and as it turns out, I'm not a bad shot but I'd like to improve since I'm always flicking my shots where leading would be the better option 😅
the one thing i noticed not mentioned in this guid was winstions ability to split teams up and his ability to cut of healing with his bubble beacause of los
Winston tip from a Winston main. Focus the squishy characters. Don't give a crap about the tanks. If you take out the squishy, your team should at least be able to take out the tanks. Even if tanks attack you. Don't worry about them
How about Junkrat? He may be better in lower skill tiers but is still quite powerful on defense and koth. His bombs move predictably, albeit not consistently. His concussion mine is rather useful for moving an enemy away and his trap makes enemies extremely vulnerable because they're much easier to hit with anyone.
suggestion for next Master series: Mercy. Currently she is out of the meta but with the buffs in the PTR she could be coming back. A person you could use as the Master could be EeveeA who is one of the best mercy's worldwide.
i think that team coordination is a big part of this series that you guys are missing. you ask people what they themselves should do, but not how the team should play around them. this is especially important with Winston
Do you think the game overall would benefit from a buff to the winston bubble cooldown allowing him to use it more often so that he can play a bit more as a main tank, adding more options to compositions instead of the mandatory reinhart?
In the first game, the Genji definetely got punished. Didn't switch off of Genji even though they were on Defense and Winston was dominating. And that on GM/t500 level. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT GENJI????
HyperFlame I'm not discussing from a Gold point of view but from a passionate fan of Overwatch e-sports point of view, and that's where numlocked comes from. You're very unlikely to be in top500 either. Pros need to be on point with their swaps more than anybody else, I don't see a valid argumentation from your side there if all you say is that I must be low tier and not able to judge. He was Genji right from the beginning until the last bit. He could have switched to a Reaper or something else. If Winston is dominating the whole game someone MUST adapt to that or the loss is inevitable.
I absolutely love this series! But what kind of bothers me is how Ryan sounds slightly "uninterested" when he's interviewing :/ What I mean is he asks a question, to which the player responds extensively with details and useful tips, and the reaction is often "yeah.. so [another question]". Hmm.. But regardless, love the content, keep em coming :)
if it was a reinhardt vs winston situation winston is very likely to win because he can shoot his laser through reinhardts shield but be careful to stay back incase reinhardt pins you
0:49 do you think NRG requires their players to sign a Non-disclosure agreement regarding their scrims and strats, or do you think it's just a team rule?
after seeing numblocked on the new NRG he should give advice on how to always screw over your team and chare blindly into the other team like a mad Indian without backup
I am in low elo and I feel people underestimate his shield here. I found that if I get in mic and start yelling (nicely) GO GO GO then people will push up to me and the other team (who really only know how to fight a Rine poke at the choke style game go mental and I clean up and chase down any mobile heros. This is a great guide but for new winstons I want them to know they can get away with a lot of bullshittery. That is why I like playing winston - people know they should probably pick a reaper but not much else because he hardly is picked.
I have always said winstons tesla gun doesn't do a lot of damage what I have always tried to suggest is having an alternative fire with his gun, if there are multiple enemies in front/around u use the weapon in its current form but if u jump onto a single hero u should be able to do a more direct fire instead of being able to hit multiple targets
If u have played Winston u know that no matter how many tips and tricks u use his gun does trash damage and by the time u have almost killed ur target ur health is already so low u have to jump out of there or die, I'm just simply saying his gun needs some sort of fixing, I'll admit though after this last update he does feel a bit better, some of his other problem is his ultimate
Well I can't say I have anywhere close to that time, really all I was trying to say was being able to have an alternate fire like most other heroes would make him a little more viable and fun, not saying he isn't either of those
Any tips on how to use the jump properly on console? On PC I see Winstons flick upward to jump, but I don't know how to accomplish this on PS4. I tried changing my vertical sensitivity but I still can't seen to land where I want to. And I know how important it is to get that burst damage from landing the jump.
Justin Richards true but tbh codey is probs better at sombra specifically as he plays him exclusively and was number 2 rank on the na servers. tork is just a better player in general which is why he plays for complexity
*I can play Winston in pretty much any situation. Also I completely nullified Winston as McCree (only when I play McCree because I know how winston plays from being now a Winston main) but own McCree otherwise. I also found Winston great for hassling Pharah and actually killing Pharah and Pharmercy. If a Pharah is in a battle with me the Pharah cant attack my team. Also it pretty satisfying getting melee kills on Pharahs who are mid air :D. I also like using Winston to create space and dont always use my bubble for combat (wont dive unless I have it even though dont always need it). Say a payload moving I jump ahead of my team, put down a bubble attack any enemies but what it does is create a denied zone for my enemy. I found Reinhardt and Winston an excellent combo so I dont know why they aint used more? Like if me and a Reinhardt attack the enemy together we freaking melt the enemy. Due to my continuous damage (multi enemy damage) and Reinhardt heavy hits-- I also found Winston great against enemy Reinhardt murderball team because I actually made teams panic when they hiding behind a shield and either retreat or scatter and then murdered by me or the team*
*Dva and Sombra far better comparison then Reinhardt (Sombra and Winston intiating together is great Combo) Got 6 kills in primal form non environmental :D. I found though dropping the shield first against Ana sometimes because it protects me from sleep dart. If I seen a sleep dart used I drop on her and wait until bubble for her grenade. I didnt know about the melee jump combo but I do now. Winston my fav character and if I aint got a team engaging with me I will stick in the team tbh. Especially if a reaper, dva and hog about and Zen can still melt so I wait for moments with Zenny and be more weary about my jumps*
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Chro's junkrat
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Kind of feel like this guy missed a golden opportunity when talking about Winston vs McCree by not mentioning how GD F'N fun it is to force MrCree to stun himself with his own grenade by causing it to go off in his face with the Shield Bubble. I've also used this to force Phara's to kill themselves while ULTing, as both Winston or Zarya. Same principle works with Ana, which is a fight thats much harder to win as Winston otherwise (which he does mention).
You really haven't lived until you've forced a Phara to whiff her ult, and kill herself in the process.
can u do kephrii widowmaker
Hiya, love the Master videos. Master Mercy next?
12:32 he typed "shut the fuck up" lmao.
William Garcia a guy started being toxic
Winston is my favourite hero to play so thank you for this. I've found people often don't use Winston jump damage and ability whilst working around his shield. And just falling into the enemy to keep your jump so you can escape. Watching Miro play improved my Winston exponentially.
Finally! Been waiting for a Winston guide for awhile :D
6:42 I don't know about you but I want that guy for the torb guide.
Fabien Laurent lol nice catch
I won't be needing this but it's fun watching Winston guides. Also nice video very informative. Also nice gameplay
#1 Winston tip = give him a buff
totally
To his shield. Everything else is fine.
just get the shiel a 2 second lower cooldown
His sheild is fine imo, Maybe 600 health like dva? But my best buff Idea is he has 200 ammo instead of 100, because Its just to hard to kill people when you have to reload
TheLegend27 600hp with a 12 second cooldown (can be 18 because it has to be destroyed too start the cooldown) is pretty crap.
In beta it had 1000hp and cooldown started earlier. They nerfed it because there was not a hero limit so double/triple Winston was OP with shield spamming.
They should buff it since there is a hero limit.
Since bastion is getting changes he should be the next master video with Zylbrad lolz
ronjon707 yes! This would b sick
ronjon707 look up kolorblind he got to top 500 with bastion only he would probably be a better pick, but he is color blind so he wouldn't be the best to watch because he has one of the in game filters.
ronjon707 he hardly plays bastion anymore
ronjon707 yes
Haha!
too much winston-reinhardt comparisons I think. Winston is more similar to D.va in my opinion
Or a Rein-Dva hybrid.
Thibault Coantic compared to rein due to them both having physical shields. Dva is more of an off tank due to her not having a physical shield. I agree with the dva comparison the play styles and diving of enemies being similar.
Thibault Coantic Winston and Rein are the only main tanks in the game so naturally, they're compared a lot
Rein is the MT for a deathball.
Winston is the MT for a dive comp.
If your party needs a tank then these two should always be your first picks.
Everyone else are support tanks that fill a lesser role in the comp or are the MT in some non-meta comp you are trying.
Thibault Coantic I agree, if either of them are taking too much damage, they can easily get out of there.
I was searching this morning for "Winston Advanced Guide" and found nothing good at all.
You guys just earned a sub. :)
"You should easily kill a mcree" *video shows losing to a mcree*
treeko25 To be fair the entire enemy team saved him at the end
I REALLY like this series. The video is straight to the point and can be listened to like a podcast
good work on these videos
The background video helps a lot, even more when he dies, because we can see specifically what we should avoid or mind while playing Winston.
Winston is my 3rd less played hero and i rly want to play him more. I guess i didnt play him before because my positioning wasnt on my favor.
12:40 This is exactly the target priority advise I have been searching for. Thanks guys!
I love winston, ever since the game came out!
Max Röder Why? 🙅😵
Max Röder He's bullys people like mercy and genji
OneElf i hate genji, do you get it now😜
Max Röder I love genji he's my main ;)
Max Röder loved him since he was first shown
That is awesome that you guys are getting these pros in here and talk about overwatch!
6:44 Skill shot
That was very helpful, there are some tips that I wasn't aware of ! Thank you Numlocked and OWC
Very nice guide, thanks to the OW team and Numlocked for bringing this in. Winston is a char I have a lot of fun with and I love to use him to hunt down snipers and supports. I hope the buff brings him up a bit, and that some other buff is to come (because c´mon, his ult does so little damage it´s laughable).
I've found it helpful to arc jumps upwards somewhat when diving enemies. Since the jump pack cooldown starts while you're still mid air, you can escape sooner after you begin engaging your target.
1.widow with kephrii
2.genji with shadder
Max schmitt genji with shadow burn
Max schmitt genji or hanzo with seagull
Shadder's definitely a better genji than seagull, but seagull can probably give a better guide than anyone.
dragonite431 I agree, I also think more people recognise seagull
Max schmitt ShadowBurn Would Sh** on shadder 100%
the second time numlocked show up in this series , this guy is madness!
can't wait to see who else is in the new NRG with seagull dummy numlocked and iddqd
Sam Green they r gonna b so OP
Sam Green does enigma left??
Gayboy Fagatron 3 months later I can only say LUL
With the change to his shield cooldown (and reducing his head hitbox before that), winston got that extra push that makes him infinitely more playable. Making your initiation jumps higher in altitude can also give you an extra second for your cooldown management plan. I doubt theyll ever buff him again, but some interesting things I'd like to see should they ever look to improve him without buffing his dps could include the following: 1) if his jump pack does no damage, the cd is shortened a bit (to like 4 seconds). this would allow easier disengage if you engage with the leap but strategically avoid dealing splash damage. However, this might make him way too good at harassing the back line. 2) 25-50 more ammo, or a slightly faster reload. Nothing is worse than trying to chase down mercy or lucio, going through amp healing or zen orb, only to suddenly reload. RIP kill. Current reload speed is 1.5 sec. Any reduction would help. 3) Make primal rage have more knockback lel. All of these ideas would be nice quality of life improvements for solo queue. Probably aren't needed for organized comps. The roadhog nerf will indirectly buff winston, although reaper (the supreme bane of winston) will probably see a ton more play.
When I first got the game last year I didn't really think much of Winston but now that I've been practicing him for a couple weeks now I like him more. He's the best for defense or attack on King's row for me. His ult doesn't come in handy that often but when your in a tight location and need to knock people out of the payload's path then its the best.
I'm fairly good at OW and competent in all characters....except for Winston. I can't for the life of me see how people are good with him. Looking forward to this video. Thanks guys!
Is Ryan ever going to be able to breath through his nose again?
I LOVE YHIS SERIES ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET A PRO IN THE VIDEO
11:15 DAMN THAT NADE!
dat healthpack so close yet so far :D
If your thinking of playing Winston...you need this guide in your life
12:32 guy playing saying shut the fuck up in chat lol
winston is slowly becoming my fav tank hero. Tank has always been my least favorite hero class but find it neccessary to master a few heros in each class
Get Kolorblind to talk about Bastion
Bobby Flentge no, Zylbrad
been waiting for this for so long
another useful thing to do as winston, when reaper activates his ult jump on him and put your bubble around him saving your team. you will probably die but saving others is useful
This series is great - keep it up!
They didn't stress animation canceling right before you hit the ground enough. That is so important. Leaping on an opponent with winston does 50 damage the melee does 35, add another 35 damage melee as soon as the target hits 34 hp, and you kill 200 health targets in roughly two seconds as opposed to 4-5
Other Winston tips:
- Hold shift to leap as soon as it gets off cooldown, and hold jump when you land to do gain a little extra distance.
- Jump on targets that are on ledges to knock them down.
- you can coordinate with your healers: jump straight up (& reload) so you can get an orb, an Ana shot or a Mercy flying in the air
- seperate single targets from the team. Winstons bubble can act like a Mei wall. When a enemy overextends, use your bubble to prevent them from getting any heals.
- your leap resets when you ult, so try to use it and land on an enemy before using it (but ofc prioritize your ult to regenerate health)
- don't immidiatly follow enemies dropping down when you jump them. Stay on the high ground until you have your leap back, so you can deny them the high ground (for example widow)
- a great bubble use is against Pharah or junkrat in close range. When you time it good, their own splash damage will hurt them.
- don't focus a target that gets healed by Mercy. Mercy outheals your damage. Focus her instead.
- 11:15 in such a situation just use your shield and leap to save yourself! Better be safe then sorry ;)
- don't be afraid of waiting in a safe corner until your cooldowns are up. Don't jump in a second too early where you don't have your bubble.
And an example to when not to play Winston:
I was fighting against a team with a Zen, Pharah, Junkrat and another dps. They do so much fast splash damage that it was very hard to get some ground. I just switched to Zarya and absorbed all the spam.
good advise, in the past i really do stick with one or two tricks against heroes that i didnt know the skills yet. And it resulted to disaster believe me you wouldnt want to repeatedly use one counter against skillful players you need to learn to adjust and to acquire that is to reread your plays and adjust them so that you can maximize the situation in your teams advantage.
Yesss. Good to see this guide. Winston doesn't get enough attention
I think something that has helped my teamplay when i ult is telling lucio to speed boost when I ult as winston. It doesnt help me too much, but if i can disrupt the enemy while my team pushes hard, then we almost always get the point
Thank you for this Wonderful guide, I wanted to main Winston, before I played Zarya, Reinhardt or Roadhog, I don't like the "NEW" Roadhog. I played Winston now 4 hours and got from low gold to almost diamond thank you.
As a winston main i almost completetly agree with him, learned about the jump/ melee combo, never thought about that so thanks.. But when you are 1vs1 on Ana, he is forgetting one crucial fact that is her sleep.. You want to watch out for her granade but her sleep is even more dangerously.. You want to OR not use shield and try to evade it, OR use your shield just when about she will use it..
Thanks to guys and Numlocked this has got me into playing more winston ^-^
As a plat Winston main I love it on koth maps or maps with edges of they run tanks because they are usually easiest to knock off and if someone goes reaper it's great because he does not have much usefulness to the team especially if your able to use your abilities to counter him
this is exactly what I was looking for. wow.
A cool tip is you can use your primal rage to launch away a zen that is using transcendence. Bonus points if you environmental kill him.
I get that it would be hard to get shadder for genji, but I still wanna show my desire to see a master guide with him talking about genji
My prayers have been answered!
Bastion with Kolorblind, since the hero is resurging now :)
his last tip applies to life in general
"How's it going dude" "yo I'm good thank you, how are you?" "ya too bad"
kephrii widowmaker please
War Cry pls no that would be so boring
War Cry Look let me show you how to play widow. Get into a custom game, head shots only. Have your friends be forced to play high mobility heros so lock people like Zen. That way you are learning to shoot flying genjis, tracers in the head. When you practice that and master it then hitting a walking ana should be no problem whatsoever.
The Revolution so how about McCreamy? Xd
A tip that I did not hear in the video, always engage enemies that are posted up on high ground as Winston. Both you and the enemy will have limited vision of your teams, so they'll get less healing, and you'll take less damage. It will usually result in them dying, or dropping off of high ground. After that, you have the high ground advantage, and you can wait a bit for your shield cool down if you need to, and scout out your next engagement.
awesome questions.. thx numlock for sharing
I don't know how hard it will be but a tracer video with soon would be sick
I really wanna see Widow next. I've started playing her and Sombra and they're both so much fun, and I want to improve :D
Awesome video and great questions asked
There is a support Main that goes by Zzyzx. He is a Twitch streamer and RUclipsr. He has hit top 500, I think, 6 times over multiple accounts. He is know for his Zen and Anna play. He also did a series on going from Bronze to GM only playing support. I don't think you have a Master Zen guide yet. He might be a good candidate for that.
Before picking Winston I look at the tanks in use on the other team, if they have 1 or less Winston is great for mopping up those squishies
I'd love to see a Widow guide with Kephrii if possible. I've recently started playing her after 300 hours of support and tanks and as it turns out, I'm not a bad shot but I'd like to improve since I'm always flicking my shots where leading would be the better option 😅
winston might be my favourite hero to play. imo he should get shields or a bit more armour and his shield cooldown could drop aswell
Me: "Weird...Overwatch Central actually showing their own deaths? ...Oh, wait, nevermind, this is Numlocked playing."
Winston is supppperrr underated. Winston is soo good
winston is going to be a monster when they buff him
gale adelaide -ana!! Love your reviews by the way. Thanks for being awesome.
the one thing i noticed not mentioned in this guid was winstions ability to split teams up and his ability to cut of healing with his bubble beacause of los
He says that getting jumped by rocket monkey is a death sentence for Zenyatta, but Winston is the only character I can confidently 1v1 as Zenyatta.
BIG MAN ting, I'm a winston main at master 3900, clocked in 48 hours on competitive haha
Winston tip from a Winston main. Focus the squishy characters. Don't give a crap about the tanks. If you take out the squishy, your team should at least be able to take out the tanks. Even if tanks attack you. Don't worry about them
How about Junkrat? He may be better in lower skill tiers but is still quite powerful on defense and koth. His bombs move predictably, albeit not consistently. His concussion mine is rather useful for moving an enemy away and his trap makes enemies extremely vulnerable because they're much easier to hit with anyone.
suggestion for next Master series: Mercy. Currently she is out of the meta but with the buffs in the PTR she could be coming back. A person you could use as the Master could be EeveeA who is one of the best mercy's worldwide.
AWESOME guide:)!
Great video, thank you numlock for sharing tips on your heros, means a lot to people like me! Also does shader 2k play on any pro team?
grimreaper3469 Team liquid
more of this pls
i think that team coordination is a big part of this series that you guys are missing. you ask people what they themselves should do, but not how the team should play around them. this is especially important with Winston
Do you think the game overall would benefit from a buff to the winston bubble cooldown allowing him to use it more often so that he can play a bit more as a main tank, adding more options to compositions instead of the mandatory reinhart?
ManofSnow or Spree, not sure how busy either of them is but I'd love to get some Zarya tips from them.
In the first game, the Genji definetely got punished. Didn't switch off of Genji even though they were on Defense and Winston was dominating. And that on GM/t500 level. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT GENJI????
Punch yow He was a Genji
HyperFlame I'm not discussing from a Gold point of view but from a passionate fan of Overwatch e-sports point of view, and that's where numlocked comes from. You're very unlikely to be in top500 either. Pros need to be on point with their swaps more than anybody else, I don't see a valid argumentation from your side there if all you say is that I must be low tier and not able to judge. He was Genji right from the beginning until the last bit. He could have switched to a Reaper or something else. If Winston is dominating the whole game someone MUST adapt to that or the loss is inevitable.
HyperFlame all you do is sounding cocky, tbh. Ofc a well played Winston is definetely a direct counter to Genji, lol.
3:45 this is why Winston is great for crowd control. 2 teamwiping ults denied ez.
I hope you guys do a Junkrat guide
And here I was hoping Miro was the person who'll give tips to playing Winston..
Noshy24 he speaks Korean...
I absolutely love this series! But what kind of bothers me is how Ryan sounds slightly "uninterested" when he's interviewing :/ What I mean is he asks a question, to which the player responds extensively with details and useful tips, and the reaction is often "yeah.. so [another question]". Hmm.. But regardless, love the content, keep em coming :)
Sounds weird but I'd love to see you do one on Junkrat. Maybe with Chro?
As hes talking about how easy it is to punish a McCree with Winston, the gameplay playing is of him getting rekt by a McCree
Kruise mastering genji
I play Lucio Winston and Tracer.
I love Winston
So gonna main Winston when I get overwatch.
if it was a reinhardt vs winston situation winston is very likely to win because he can shoot his laser through reinhardts shield but be careful to stay back incase reinhardt pins you
0:49 do you think NRG requires their players to sign a Non-disclosure agreement regarding their scrims and strats, or do you think it's just a team rule?
kephri on widow!
after seeing numblocked on the new NRG he should give advice on how to always screw over your team and chare blindly into the other team like a mad Indian without backup
I am in low elo and I feel people underestimate his shield here. I found that if I get in mic and start yelling (nicely) GO GO GO then people will push up to me and the other team (who really only know how to fight a Rine poke at the choke style game go mental and I clean up and chase down any mobile heros.
This is a great guide but for new winstons I want them to know they can get away with a lot of bullshittery. That is why I like playing winston - people know they should probably pick a reaper but not much else because he hardly is picked.
I have always said winstons tesla gun doesn't do a lot of damage what I have always tried to suggest is having an alternative fire with his gun, if there are multiple enemies in front/around u use the weapon in its current form but if u jump onto a single hero u should be able to do a more direct fire instead of being able to hit multiple targets
MrHW you are supposed to punch jump combo for a 1v1 and use the knock back as a spacer for bubble.
If u have played Winston u know that no matter how many tips and tricks u use his gun does trash damage and by the time u have almost killed ur target ur health is already so low u have to jump out of there or die, I'm just simply saying his gun needs some sort of fixing, I'll admit though after this last update he does feel a bit better, some of his other problem is his ultimate
MrHW I've 70+ hours on him and I disagree his dps Is fine.
Well I can't say I have anywhere close to that time, really all I was trying to say was being able to have an alternate fire like most other heroes would make him a little more viable and fun, not saying he isn't either of those
Any tips on how to use the jump properly on console? On PC I see Winstons flick upward to jump, but I don't know how to accomplish this on PS4. I tried changing my vertical sensitivity but I still can't seen to land where I want to. And I know how important it is to get that burst damage from landing the jump.
Unless you already have, make a Master Ana video!
1080p my ass
Get Torkj from Complexity to talk about Sombra! He's a master of using her in competition while almost none of the other teams will even touch her.
they already have a sombra guide
Not from Torkj.
Justin Richards true but tbh codey is probs better at sombra specifically as he plays him exclusively and was number 2 rank on the na servers. tork is just a better player in general which is why he plays for complexity
Genji with Alucard (Arikadou on youtube) would be really cool!
*I can play Winston in pretty much any situation. Also I completely nullified Winston as McCree (only when I play McCree because I know how winston plays from being now a Winston main) but own McCree otherwise. I also found Winston great for hassling Pharah and actually killing Pharah and Pharmercy. If a Pharah is in a battle with me the Pharah cant attack my team. Also it pretty satisfying getting melee kills on Pharahs who are mid air :D. I also like using Winston to create space and dont always use my bubble for combat (wont dive unless I have it even though dont always need it). Say a payload moving I jump ahead of my team, put down a bubble attack any enemies but what it does is create a denied zone for my enemy. I found Reinhardt and Winston an excellent combo so I dont know why they aint used more? Like if me and a Reinhardt attack the enemy together we freaking melt the enemy. Due to my continuous damage (multi enemy damage) and Reinhardt heavy hits-- I also found Winston great against enemy Reinhardt murderball team because I actually made teams panic when they hiding behind a shield and either retreat or scatter and then murdered by me or the team*
*Dva and Sombra far better comparison then Reinhardt (Sombra and Winston intiating together is great Combo) Got 6 kills in primal form non environmental :D. I found though dropping the shield first against Ana sometimes because it protects me from sleep dart. If I seen a sleep dart used I drop on her and wait until bubble for her grenade. I didnt know about the melee jump combo but I do now. Winston my fav character and if I aint got a team engaging with me I will stick in the team tbh. Especially if a reaper, dva and hog about and Zen can still melt so I wait for moments with Zenny and be more weary about my jumps*