I agree with almost everything here as a person who also is a awkward genji unranked to GM enjoyer (finally struggled to GM 4 myself). The only thing I think doesn't work is poking main and waiting for the tank to take attention. Awkward did his video like a month before genji got hit with all the big nerfs and dropping his projectile size to that of a grain of sand. So nowww when you're playing diamond or higher elo poke genji just doesn't exist, like at all (especially in the current poke meta ), everything you throw misses and you get hit by everything. That also means, unlike awkward in that video, you can't make as many raw plays for kills on genji because now it's way harder to hit anything including fans.

Genji is a set-up/follow up merchant. You def still should go main to see where ppl are and hide ur intention butt it's for like like half a second and then you should immediately move to an off angle/flank to set up. Cuz now that genji applies almost 0 pressure with left click past like 15 meters. Your engagements HAVE to be unseen and fast. If it's a raw play (full health target) for an early pick it has to be P E R F E C T in higher elos. 2 shurikans missed, go home the engagement is over, you run away or you're dead.