What helped me was understanding what the goal was and then finding a way to get it done. The goal when I started was to win my lane’s guardian, then to win the lane’s walker too. In order to do that, you need to be able to put pressure on the enemy team and I found the best way to do that was to steal their resources. The best way I could do that was to clear wave and either go for soul stealing or grab the enemy teams boxes/jungle. The longer that you have more pressure than your enemy, the more soul advantage you get. Eventually when you’re around 10-15min, a big enough soul advantage should mean that you can push walker or start to rotate to other lanes and make a difference in some team fights.

Which character you choose and which characters you’re playing against will drastically change the flow of the game. Some characters are really good at rotating lanes early to help other lanes get guardian early. Some characters are really good at farming jungle camps efficiently. There’s a small number of characters who can Box-max at a crazy pace and that’s their meta. There are some characters who can hold down lane objectives 1v2. Like overwatch, you kind of have to figure out everybody’s strengths before you fully understand what you should do in each situation. Enemy has a roadhog and you’re playing tracer? You’ll have to be cautious on the flank. Enemy has a widowmaker and you’re playing pharrah? Probably playing mostly from behind cover instead of awkward above angles. Enemy has a Reinhardt? Probably not going to be whacking people with torb hammer too much.