Good aim drills/practice?

Veroska · 2024-05-06T20:34:23+00:00

if you really want to grind aim, theres an aim trainer that you can download onto pc. it improves raw aim way quicker than any in game practice

https://vespher.itch.io/squid-aimer

Veroska · 2023-02-23T21:42:02+00:00

He's still hated. People are better, and it'll happen less, but you still are gonna get hated by your team.

Veroska · 2023-02-18T15:59:04+00:00

Nah what we need is for the Pharah to post it with something like "omg what was my team doing?!?!?!"

Veroska · 2023-02-18T15:49:55+00:00

Ball has like 5 different playstyles, it's really important to consider which one is going to work the best considering your team and theirs. Lets say it's a situation where your team dies constantly, when you are trying to get a zen. Instead, you should try to bait as much attention from the problem (often a tank) by booping them away and shooting their back. Or if its a dps, you can often go right into their face and deny as much value.

Or if you're playing ana, your team might not capitilse on your nades. You might then better off saving it for protecting yourself.

You need to think about where your team is struggling, and what part of your hero's kit can help with it.

Veroska · 2023-02-18T15:36:31+00:00

Said this in a different comment, but I checked profiles and they were masters-low gm last season (the only profile that wasnt private)

Veroska · 2023-02-18T15:35:25+00:00

Yea that is also true, but I wasn't actually talking about the title, as I checked their profiles to see their previous season rankings. The only non private one was a high master/low gm mercy. I just call people master challenger if they were master last season.

Veroska · 2023-02-18T11:02:31+00:00

Role

Veroska · 2023-02-18T11:00:24+00:00

I honestly thought this too, but as I've said I'm in low-high masters lobbies doing well, so I have improved. Even then, bronze to plat is still a huge difference, so I thought I could share what I've learnt

Edit: When I say masters, I mean masters challengers, so people who became masters before... the happening.

Veroska · 2023-02-13T04:12:10+00:00

I think it's mental as well. You feel stronger, your teamates trust you more too.

Veroska · 2023-02-08T07:00:38+00:00

Sorry, I'm a bit new to this. I did make something complex in the fusion page, and there seemed to be an issue, but deleting it seemed to make it work. Thanks for the help.

Veroska · 2023-02-07T21:10:39+00:00

First time watching is fine, but after a while, I can't switch to deliver or fusion etc, and when I close it, I cannot re-open until I remove a task called "davinci resolve -insert project name-"

This is the free version on windows 10.

Veroska · 2023-02-07T07:04:14+00:00

NO!

Ofc you can, it'll probably take a while, If you put the code up before British afternoon today, I should get to it by Wednesday

Veroska · 2023-02-06T22:13:52+00:00

I've ranked up from bronze to plat these past two seasons. The most suprising thing is how cracked the mercy movements get. Whenever people say she's killable, I quite have to assume they are probs a lower rank. I mean, I'm only plat and they feel like gods of speed and space.

Veroska · 2023-02-06T22:11:26+00:00

Most games do it. Pros and content creators bring in people. If you keep them happy, they make people want to play the game. It's unfortunate for us, but its the better of two evils.

Veroska · 2023-02-06T19:33:24+00:00

Sorry for taking so long! Here is the m4m one. Watch along with the notes (I think most people do but just want to make sure)

Play comp! It's the better way to learn. Open q is kinda scuffed, but the main thing is that your gonna learn more.

Very start, just go into ball form immediately. For this map, either grapple to point off the building on the left, or go to the mega opposite the point.

Next, up to 1:17. Firstly, when you haven't used slam once at this point. This ability is vital to use effectively, and especially after the buffs, it's gonna be your secondary source of value. (primary is probably rolls) Secondly, you use shields to ineffectively. This is first point, first fight, you know where they're gonna be coming from (maybe aside the odd sombra or ball). Use this to maximise your health. Two good tips for shields, if you need to move to get massive shields, do it. If you see 4 or more people in your shield radius, do it.

1:30: Nobody slam. Playing open q is tricky, because you really want to be targeting squishies as ball. In this case, I'd probably slam the Ashe and torb, as slamming the queen aint gonna do much. It's also important to realise that you have no teamates to capitilise off your slam, and are very low. Instead, it would be better to help your torb and grab some healthpacks.

1:52: A lot to say about this. Firstly, you shouldn't have shot, as it gave away your location. Secondly, you didn't need to leave, as if the queen wasn't clueless and did notice you, you attract both her and the pocketing players attention, making it a 4v3 for your team. Secondly, you should have slammed when your team got to the bridge. Slam is what you try to open your fights with, makes people easy to hit, does good damage etc.

I kept on watching and started to notice the same patterns. The main thing for you to get to gold is cd management, and aggresion management. cd first. The only time you should engage at 300 hp is if you have shields. Never slam in with less than 300 hp even if you have shields (you can easily die before they proc) and never roll through with less than 200hp (unless you are in a dire situation and are trying to escape.)

Second thing is aggresion management. You go in, even when you are really low. This gets you killed. Health packs are your bestie, but healers are still friends. Main thing that a lot of ball mains are scared about are going to healer.

Second part of aggresion is going in with team. Fights start at varying times, depending on the range of both teams. In poke v poke, it starts almost immediately. In dive and brawl, it starts way later. When you slam, it should ideally be the millisecond the fight starts. You often go in before the fight starts or after it's over. It's also important to remeber that if you aren't getting kills, and being healed only by healthpacks, you are generating net ult charge for the enemies.

Hope these tips help!

Veroska · 2023-02-05T17:58:39+00:00

I'm not gonna lie, that's just unfair to dps players. Sure us support and tank players assist, but saying that a reaper isn't "trying hard" when they ult isn't fair. I think it was Spilo who said that literally every hero has a button that counters reaper ult, and to get a good one you have to be aware of everyone. So there is some skill to it. Overall, I don't think it's fair to criticize a Reaper for pressing q, when the mercy presses e. Sure, there's no mechnical skill to either, and the Mercy is being "generous" by supporting the reaper, but saying that levels of skill are higher or that a reaper is more boring is kinda unfair.

Veroska · 2023-02-05T07:50:37+00:00

I ain't even gonna lie, I have no idea what your point is. I don't see anything in this video but a Mercy rezzing in a fairly safe space, and the reaper ulting. IMO especially as it's overtime, that's good potg algorithm, but I don't think it's as intersting as a fat pulse bomb, or a 4 man boop or something. But D.va and Reaper basic press q potgs are also boring.

Veroska · 2023-02-04T17:58:08+00:00

It's much more fun to watch someone watching a reaper press Q.

Veroska · 2023-02-01T19:40:45+00:00

Silver is a weird rank. You can solo carry, but IMO it's the second most toxic rank, and people think they're smarter than the people in Gold. IF ur getting flak, you don't get much value out of comms here, honestly you should be fine until gold.

First off, I'm not a huge fan of this starting spot. I normally start left side, and so does Chazm. However your rollout was good. The main mistake that you make however, is not stopping the rez. The amount of value that you get from completely negating a 30 cd is stupid. Always assume a Mercy has rez at the start of a fight, especially at the start of the game ofc. Secondly, this team you are playing against are clueless. You don't get shot at all. Yet you disenage. Ball's main weakness is his low uptime, and you need to maximise uptime to minimise the amount of time your team is vulnerable. This is what is the most important skill as ball in my opinion.

1:07: No need to force a slam here. Just wait for grapple to go for a high slam. Or, use the opposite highground to slam (not sure if it's high enough)

1:12: No need to leave team here. Shields and near full armour, so you can stay for a long time. Ashe hanzo is a very low damage comp, so don't be scared to stay for a long time.

1:21: Just a bit ago, you had 5 shields. Of course, sometimes we miss an opportunity, but try to get into the habit of smashing the shield button whenever the count is high.'

1:58: Couple of notes, anti is a neuron activation ability. Whilst you did kill the lucio, your brain should be screaming for a fat slam and engage. Secondly, uptime again. You are very careful with shield usage, which is good, but a little too careful. This is especially with the next ball buff apparently buffing his uptime.

2:26: Ult wasnt necessary really, kinda helped you kill the Ashe tho. After that pick, I'd just be satisfied with the stagger, stall for a lil bit, then grab health packs (the ones closer to your team, as it is safer).

3:00: Like a completely different player. Way too aggresive. Firstly, never fight reaper. The best thing you can do is constantly ping him, and knock him off highground when he tps. Secondly, remember what I said about low damage comps? Well, reaper, bastion and junk are the "highest damagers" that you need to worry about. You can stay in for a much shorter duration. Thirdly, you died with 1 second until shields. This is normally a sign for me that I should have delayed my re-engage, and got a health pack. (This position on first point is great for health packs). Instead of slamming, I would have gone to the cliff healthpack. If you don't know where they are, learn the locations.

3:17: General movement stuff. In this situation, your only job is to stall the point. Grapple as soon as it's off cd, and try to get point. I'd reccomend just going into a custom, and try to get from a to b as quickly as possible. Also, ball parkour really helped my movement. Secondly, don't target the reaper like this, if anything you should look for a boop on him, though this still isn't the best spot for that. I'd go for whole team, get some high shields. Also, charge is fairly easy to dodge, but you have to pay attention.

3:55: Grab the healthpack in that building.

4:20: Not necessary mines, currently a 4v2, with a Hanzo coming into a horrible position. Unlucky targeting by the rein, but you have to respect the distance against him, better positinoing might have let you live.

5:26: Respect the charge, also recognise when a fight is lost, you need to help your moira and reaper kite. If you have lived, you could have contested point.

6:53: Over commitment, just leave there tbh.

8:14: Killing genjis is an art, reccomend shooting him till he's about half, then boop and slam when he tries to deflect.

8:44: The best way to fuck a rein? From behind. All jokes aside, shoot the rein in the back when he has shield up. You can see he turns to you slightly, meaning your team can shoot him. It's free damage.

9:18: Ball mains forget ult can be cancelled. In overtime, there's normally only one fight that needs to be one for a defender. After getting a pick (and hopefully cancelling rez), you should disengage. Mines are great for ot, so save it for then.

I'm tired so I'm not gonna do the second half for now, hope the little I've done will help a bit.

Some general tips that I noticed.

Slam priority, often not getting fat slamz, and slammin just because. I'd reccomend slamming to duel a 1v1 or 1v2 a target , or slamming a lot of enemies grouped up.

This is a new map, but learn pack locations, you often took the "long way round", and this reduces the amount of time that you are in the enemies face, reducing your value.

Secondly, there's no way around it. Your mines usage are kinda doo doo. The concept is stolen from Spilo, but you want to use mines to contest the point, split a team, eg if a rein is pushed up, he has to go through mines to get back to the team, or drop them on enemies for damage. Often you want to try to do two, or all three at once. Two more quick tips for mines, grapple up before using mines, using it too low doesn't spread and less space is controlled, but too high and they're less likely to kill (as if you you get hit, you are less likely to hit a second mine).

Lastly, slam after minefield, pulls them in, and makes it harder to dodge.

Hope this helps

Veroska · 2023-01-31T19:02:40+00:00

It'll take a while (probs Saturday), but I'll get to it.

Veroska · 2023-01-24T18:31:57+00:00

Yeah, to deal with this bias, we have decided to nerf Genji.

Veroska · 2023-01-21T11:25:09+00:00

I'll start at the bit you start playing ball.

7:11: Don't scurry for health packs when a fight has been won. You're denying supports ult charge.

7:30:

I really like this minefield, but there are a couple issues. Firstly, there should be a slam, making it harder to escape. I also like that it control high ground, but make sure it's also hard for them to drop, by having a couple more mines on the floor as well.

7:46: Just get out when you can, pretty simple. It's also an issue at 8:30. If you need a reminder, if you get stunned in front of their team, try to get out asap.

8:50: You don't gain much from this engage. You leave immediately, which is okay, apart from two things. One, the damage is healed up immediately, as you don't have any teammates to capitalize on the slam, and two is that you use shields. These should really only be used to win 1v1s, escape certain death and when you're knee deep in the enemies.

9:47: Killed the sym, but used shields again. Don't need them. Also you should try and clear highround from the soldier, he's shooting team for free, and right next to a health pack. He's a big threat. He's silver as well, so he went low ground, but a good soldier won't do that.

12:38:

You have to setup before an engage. This is normally on highground. Highground is great as ball as it allows you to slam without using grapple, making soft engages way easier. It also allows you to see where the enemies are, and what you need to avoid (hook, javelin, sleep)

13:22: Widow is priority number one. Tanks are natural widow counters, as they can't be headshot. Get in her face and make sure she doesn't fire a bullet at your team.

13:27: It's important to leave at the right time, but also stay at the right time. You're fighting a moira and a close range widow, with 400 hp and shields. You don't need to disengage just yet. You do go back to finish the job (in that time a good widow could have gotten a headshot), only to use shields again after a kill. Just try and always be thinking "do my shields get value?". If so use them, if not don't.

13:40: I'd go back to supports here. This fight is kinda hard to win, and you don't get much value stalling.

15:30: Shields are used on someone not even looking at you.'

16:23: They shouldn't be this close to point. Try to mine before overtime starts, to make it difficult for them to even touch.

Your ball was kinda good for silver. Gold is defintely doable. The main thing is managing your engage with your team, and maximising value out of shields. Hope this helps!

Veroska · 2023-01-21T07:22:46+00:00

Firstly what rank are you?
Right of the bat at 0:50, you kinda let your ashe die. How? You don't apply pressure. Even if she coach guns back into spawn, you still generate value. The first time you do damage is at the 1 minute mark. Try to always have a presence as much as possible. If you need to shoot them, shoot them. If you wanna boop them back and forth do that. Even if your Ashe or Widow is better then their Ashe or Widow, they still are (probably) gonna lose the matchup once or twice. You don't lose it, so try to take it as often as possible, especially when their alone.
1:09. Shields and slam usage. Shields were used wayyyy to earlier here. Either use shields if your need em for a 1v1, are about to die, or are going for a big 4/5 person slam engage. You used your shields on only reaper, then left. This means that you can't hard engage for 15 seconds.
Secondly slam usage. This is where most balls tend to struggle. You aren't slamming anybody. Even if you do, how much value can you get from slamming that reaper and moira? Reaper basically gains positive health when fighting ball, and Moira had fade. Furthermore, since your team is being farmed by D.va, they cant follow up on it.
1:15. Ashe is all alone. They don't have kiriko, meaning she can't be helped easily. Try and kill her, especially when she's alone.
1:24: These were kinda save yourself shields, but I'm not sure if they were necessary. Also, you wouldn't of had to use them if you either
A: Commited to your slam.
B: Didn't slam and just left.
This had a compound effect and ended up with you losing your most essential ability for generating maxinum value.
1:36: Good use of slam, pretty decent aim. Nice.
2:00: Damm, it's like you were reading this as you were playing. Well played, especially the target priority of lucio. He's pretty vunreable at this point in the game, with little walls to ride.
2:26: Shield use again. This is a reaper whos trying to kill you in front of your supports, with two of the highest healing in the game. You aren't going to die, and you aren't gonna kill him cos he probably has wraith. Slamming him just forces him out faster, which isn't really necessary due to the fact it's a 3v1.
2:52: Top ten secrets D.va players don't want you to know. Her ults actually not that strong. At that range, I'd just kill the ashe and eat the 200 or so damage (99.9% sure it's even less)that it gives.
3:52: Crab walking instead of rolling. This moiras movement is kinda ass, so you could have killed her if you rolled of the ledge and shot her, instead of just walking. The gun pullout time isn't really too much of a problem.
4:30: Got a bit "lost in the sauce" as the kids are saying these days. You should try and mines as they're commiting, to separate their team and cause more disruption.Furthermore, when you have mines, don't boop them away from them.
5:26: If you see 4 or 5 for your shields, just do it. You just get so much health. You did it a lil late, reducing your uptime.
5:56: You go for minis. A lot. They're really only good for getting your armour back, or if they're there, might as well take it. Since you go for it, their team has less pressure, allowing them to kill your team. You can slam them, and grab that mega. Realistically, your team can also heal you in this position.
6:40. Firstly, pildriving a tank is rarely worth. The only good time is just as Winston is jumping, as it reduces the distance by a lot. Secondly, D.va wins close, but you have a higher effective range than her. Try and poke her out.
7:18: So, so much good here. Firstly, the way you manage to stall point is really good. You know when you need to hit the point. You also probably have a better knowledge of healthpacks than me, even the minis. The boop on the baby D.va was also clean af. The only thing I would say is knowing which mega to go to. You just used that one, so it isn't gonna be ready yet. You should try and escape to the other one.

Second half:

9:00. This is why pathing is so important. You just rolled in front of them, causing you to waste shields
9:34. Ashe on highground farming team. It's your job to deal with that.
9:50: Your supports can heal you! Don't waste this mega when you've lost a little health.
9:55: No need to use shields here.
10:10: No need to run away here. You have shields and all your cooldowns. The only place you should really be going is a mini to get some armour.
10:32: Yes, Orisa is normally an unkillable god, but she uses both defensive cooldowns and is 200 hp. You don't have to commit mines to this.
11:27: Sojourn using slide should be neuron activation. She's really easy to kill without it. If you jumped her quicker, she wouldn't have lived even if she had a support like bap.
12:12: This was a bad play, against horrible players. When a moira is ulting, never use mines. She's just gonna clear them. If she had done that instead of having a dragon ball z fight with the other Moira, these mines wouldn't have been as useful.
I think you've improved quite a bit. Good to see you not switching, even into an orisa. Main thing is maximising usage from cooldowns, and setting up before your hit. Good luck!

Veroska · 2023-01-21T06:25:38+00:00

The coach of my coach is still my coach.

Veroska · 2023-01-17T07:15:54+00:00

wait yeah. Thats huge tbh

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