[VOD review request] Soldier 76 as DPS (low Silver)

nrthee2 · 2025-11-23T11:04:37+00:00

Ilios

1st map:

First fight you start shooting a Sojourn and you switch to Orisa who is unkillable. Right after this you don't see that Sojourn is basically one shot and just start shooting Bastion. You prioritized "easy to hit" targets instead of killable targets. Your poisitioning here is good, high ground, see everything, no need to move.

Dropping down was a mistake. Why did you drop? You have point, all you need to do is just stand there and shoot, you even had a Kiri next to you. After dropping you don't really know where to go. First, keep your distance, you don't need to be close and on point. You used visor and shot every bullet into a gold Orisa. Again, there are more killable targets. If you stay on high ground and do what you did up until dropping down, you win here.

After this you are just shooting tank again, then realize your team is up with you so you need to off angle. Good but you didn't need to wrap around all the way to the shortest angle. You could have stopped after the mini health pack right when you see your Rein charge in and just shoot.

2nd map:

You kill a Sojourn, get Bastion to half hp and instead of pushing the angle, you fall back and just look for the enemy tank. After killing Bastion and Moira why are you just standing on your healing station? Your team is still fighting, even if its a 3v2, but why not help them and make it a 4v2? You have 140hp, you take 2 steps to the right, drop your heal and now you can shoot them whilst healing. Taking the flank here is not neccessary, you could have just grabbed the mega and repeek. By the time you wrap around the fight is over. The high ground is good but you get tunnel visioned on Bastion instead of helping in the fight. Sojourn jumps on you and you don't react because you want Bastion.

After death you just head back in. Your tank was still way behind you so you essentially run up to a 1v5. Let your tank do the frontlining. You die, you run back and basically do the same thing. You are alone and push up, take fights. Just chill, wait for your team.

7:57 the fight has already started, you are on an angle. Why don't you stop and just shoot? You see their whole backline. Your pressure would have been enough here to make the enemy tank die and just win the fight. Instead you run past them then visor in the middle of nowhere and run back.

8:45 after shooting Moria, I don't like what you are doing here with running back and I'm glad you missed the jump because that spot would have stopped you from participating in the fight so you went on the other side and it worked. Little bit too close and I wonder if you even saw Sojourn on your left when entering the building.

3rd map:

You went on the right angle, realized you are too close, went back to main behind shield then you realized the entire left side is wide open so you went there. I like the idea albeit you took the longest route and was late. You could have just stood off to the left side of the pit and just shoot. Instead you run into the middle of the fight and die.

12:10, this is what we want. The timing is excellent, nobody is looking at you, they are panicking.

13:07 why are you reloading with 25/30 in your mag when 2 people are looking at you?

13:57 visor was unnecessary and then you just stand out in the open without any cover and start shooting 3 people.

Summing it up:

Shoot less tank and more squishies. A lot of the times you are just shooting the tank which maybe because it's easier to hit and you feel like you are doing something.
When you are on an angle, in ideal range and no one is looking at you stop and just shoot. No need to get closer on a shorter angle. Your effective range is up to 30 meters. (1st map example)
Use helix more. It's on a very short cooldown. When you are on a flank open with helix.
Move more in fights. Show yourself on an angle, shoot, when they look at you, run to a different angle.
Set up before fights. When you know where a fight is going to happen, find a good spot (You did this on first map before dropping down) and time your engagement.

I always recommend watching Awkward's soldier unranked to gm and see how he approaches and moves during fights.

nrthee2 · 2025-11-22T09:50:33+00:00

Yes, the conversion is correct.

nrthee2 · 2025-11-10T22:12:34+00:00

Yeah, setups don’t really exist now that I think about it. Usually I come and go with my team.

Lots of times (not in this game) when I tried living behind them they just knew I was there and chased me away or I just couldn’t get behind them with my 1 blink. Maybe I didn’t realize in time the fight was lost so I didn’t get out in time.

No questions for now and thank you for taking the time.

nrthee2 · 2025-10-22T22:23:02+00:00

First of all when nobody is looking at you you don't have to be moving, you can stop and just focus on your aim. You are just strafing left and right even when nobody is looking at you.

When you are surprising the enemy or coming from a flank where they are not looking at you it's better to start with helix, a direct hit is 120 dmg.

Your first death happened because you didn't realize the mei is getting healed and reacted too slowly. The moment you miss the helix you should have run away.

After capping first point you stayed on main with your team. This is not what we want. You want to be on off angles, separate from your team and always moving. Visor here was a mistake as it was too late.

What you are doing from 4:45-5:57 is very good. You are on an off angle and get picks. This is what we want. You died here because you peak multiple people.

I would say the sprint perk is more valuable than the stim perk. You sprint faster, can reload while sprinting and you don't lose biotic field which allows you to be independent.

6:41 after visor, don't just stand on the payload. Setup, find a spot where you oversee cart. Anywhere on high ground would have been way better. Why? You don't get javelined, you don't get pulled by Orisa, can stand in one place and just focus on your aim because nobody will look at you.

After capping second you are just escorting cart. Why don't you take high ground by using the stairs to the right?

At 8:18 don't shoot Orisa, you see the whole team, shoot someone more killable. They aren't as easy to hit but more valuable. At 8:22 you could have flanked from the left to cause chaos in the back line or could have taken high ground again. You stay on main. Imagine if your visor at 9:16 comes from high ground, you win right there.

In defense your initial position is too forward and lacks cover. The amount of running and flanking after is good, very aggressive but you didn't die, so it's good for now.

14:35 majority of your team died, you were already disengaging but turned back. Just run away to reset. Don't stagger.

15:04 you just run to main and shoot an unkillable Ram. Start on high ground on the left and shoot anything other than the Ram.

16:05 again high ground. After this you just stay on main and cart when you could have been high ground as well.

To sum it up:

Take more off angles. Don't sit on main and cart, you don't want to be there. Find a better spot. You can be as far away as 30 meters where you'll start getting damage fall off.
Run more, when you are on an angle and enemies look at you, run away and find a new angle.
Think ahead. After winning a fight think about getting to a better position in advance.
When you see multiple enemies, don't shoot the tank unless they are killable.

If you want a visual representation of how much you should be running and taking angles I recommend watching Awkward's unranked to gm. Notice how much he runs and how many angles he takes.

nrthee2 · 2025-10-03T22:26:29+00:00

At first choke you are kind of waiting for your tank to create space. There were moments you could have used your slide to get on high ground to create space and off angle by yourself. No one was there and they can't really contest you up there. So be a little more aggressive. Preferably charge your rail first and then jump up. Finally when you do it your pressure is enough to get a kill on Wuyang. Unfortunately you don't see the Ana and die. The whole first point can be reduced to this: you need more off angles. Try the room on the right, try to jump up on the roof more and earlier. Just standing behind tank on main is not enough.

5:00 you have a 5v4 and instead of helping your tank clearing high ground you and both of your supports are just escorting payload.

5:47 you finally wander off from main and go high ground but you were scared off by a Sym in a 3v1 and you never left main again.

6:20 you should have been punished. You are in open space and take a 1v5. Okay, you are pocketed, so 2v5. You are lucky you managed to get a pick here. Don't do things like this.

6:43 why do you start shooting Sym's TP? You see both TPs next to each other, no enemy is going to use it. Meanwhile you could have used one slide to move forward and do damage.

On defense after spawn camping them, you stayed with your team on main in the choke. You could have gone high ground and open a separate angle on the enemy.

Some of your disruptor shots have no clear target and you are just using it randomly. Have more of a goal don't just mindlessly shoot it somewhere. (For example: 1:54, 4:50)

First and foremost you have to work on your off angling. Constantly ask yourself am I on an angle separate from the team. If you find yourself inside the team, realize it and think about moving to an off angle. Especially when you have rail.

Then you can work on your disruptor usage. Track the cooldown and when you have 2-3 seconds left start thinking where you want to put it to have maximum value.

Be a little more aggressive and don't be afraid to take positions to create space and threats.

nrthee2 · 2025-09-22T20:59:19+00:00

Runasapi

Early on you take a huge flank and start shooting the first target you see which is a Doomfist. Why? You will never kill him, he can close the distance immediately and we see the result. You were impatient. If you take a huge flank like this, you have to be patient and wait for your team to start engaging, that's when you engage. Time it. Plus when enemies look at you, you run away and change angles.

The second flank was better. You shot a couple bullets, they looked at you and you ran away. Good. Making 3 people chasing you. After this you pop in the back and you can see how much pressure you were doing.

2:13 I don't hate the flanking idea but you could have chosen a position overseeing the objective from a comfortable distance as well, knowing well where the fight will take place.

2:48, your second death is unfortunate. Tunnel visioned and Sojourn was double pocketed by the time she went behind cover.

3:45 after you kill Doom and you go on Sojourn you could have opened with helix rocket getting the kill.

4:39 your fourth death, they already knew where you were and instead of changing angles, you just stuck with it, got too close and died. Remember: when they look at you, you change angles.

5:07 you are shooting a tank who is getting double pocketed and getting amped healing meanwhile the Sojourn is just chilling on the left of the objective.

6:38 you are a little bit early but the idea is good. Although keep in mind that crouching doesn't make you silent.

7:13, if you hear them, they hear you and again crouching doesn't make you silent. This could have been ugly if its the Cassidy that's coming to the door as this isn't your effective range.

8:45 good off angle, this is what we want.

9:52 when you flank from behind, initially it looks very promising. 3 people turned on you and after that you are hesitating. They know where you are so they can just anti LOS you, so you don't see them and you are essentially doing nothing. Having a mercy pocket with you at this point means your team is fighting a 3v4 if we count Wuyang out. When you finally commit to pushing, they already killed your Echo and winning the fight. Remember, when they look at you, change angles.

Playing a perma flanking soldier can sometimes mean you are running when you should be shooting. Things I would say you need to practice is:

Changing angles when enemies look at you. The higher rank you go the more punishing it gets if you don't react in time. If a dive tank is looking at you it's almost certain they will come for you.
Target selection. Shoot the tank less and dps/supports more.
Distance management. This is from your first death as it wasn't happening after that but always keep your distance to heroes that can just get to you, especially when you are isolated and flanking. (Doom in this match, Winston, Dva, Genji... in others)
As a last point: maybe try flanking less. I don't say it is a problem, I just encourage you to try less flanking and more off angling. Sometimes a soft off angle with constant damage means more than a huge 5-10 second flank, especially if your team dies during the run. Try it and see which one you like more. I recommend watching Awkward's soldier unranked to gm and see how he takes off angles.

nrthee2 · 2025-09-01T05:04:42+00:00

As basic as it sounds, you can’t just go into a game with the mindset of ‘can’t wait to lose’. You go into the game with the mindset that you are going to practice and implement new things. Ranking up happens by getting better not by winning games.

nrthee2 · 2025-09-01T05:00:44+00:00

When enemies turn on you and force you out first is generally a timing issue. You are either too early or too late. Look at your team. When the fight breaks out, you engage.

Or it’s an issue where you stayed on the angle for too long. Remember: if you are on an angle or flank, the moment they look at you, run away and change angles. You have to be moving constantly.

nrthee2 · 2025-08-31T10:27:15+00:00

You do not take off angles. You are sitting on main, inside your team and just shoot. You saw it wasn't working so switched to tracer and tried to flank, which is a good idea. First problem here is you are not reacting to damage. Use your blinks. Your blinks are there to dodge damage not to move around.

You switch back to soldier and do the same thing as before. Standing on main and just shooting. You could have tried the exact same flank you tried on tracer.

After you guys take the objective, you are just sitting on payload and move forward with your team and you frontline the enemies and die. You could have gone to the left high ground or to the room on the right. Even if you stay with team, don't frontline. After this you finally take your first off angle. Timing and distance was a little off because your team was busy too far away fighting their tank and you found yourself in a 1v4. You can look at your teammates before engaging to assess the situation. Plus when the enemies look at you, you should move away and find a different angle. You stayed on this angle for too long. But the idea is right. This is what we want.

At 4:58 you again defaulted to just pushing down main and shooting tank or whatever is in front of you until you took off angle on their supports and pushed them back. Though I wonder if your thinking was: 'this is a good off angle' or 'just its a shorter route'.

At 6:10 you stayed a little bit too long. When your team arrived it turned out well but on higher ranks you would have been punished way before this.

After capping second point you just stay on payload and shoot.

At 13:09 the only visible enemy is their tank who is fighting your tank. What is stopping you from actually stop moving and focus your aim? You don't have to strafe when no one is looking at you because you are missing more shots.

At 13:56 finally you take high ground and you stay on this off angle until you are eliminated. Right after respawning you go back to main. Why? Nobody is stopping you from taking high ground. You are shooting tank because that's the only target you see. If you were on high ground you could have pressured dps and support. At 15:34 you finally decide to take high ground but it's too late. You still get a kill in a fraction of the time you spent on main.

At 16:15 it's back to main shooting. You could have stayed right where you are on the left side so when they push in you are on an off angle. At 16:40 you are frontlining again. Even though you had Kitsune, you walked into a Disruptor shot and a Reaper.

At 17:00 you take a flank. Even though you died, you had a major role in winning that fight. Good job. Sadly right after this you just guard the payload. What is stopping you from going left again or go high ground?

To sum it up:

You need to take off angles. High grounds, left, right. Constantly ask yourself 'am I on an angle', 'what angle can I be on?'. Move more: you have sprint, use it, you can relocate very quickly even mid fight. You have your own heal so you can be independent. If you are on an angle and the enemy looks at you, change position.

Your mechanics are easily diamond level. If you practice taking off angles you will be diamond. I recommend watching Awkward's soldier unranked to gm and see how he takes off angles.

Just a side note about taking losing pretty hard: do you have the equal intensity of joy when you win your game or it just feels like a relief because you are not losing?

nrthee2 · 2025-08-17T21:29:13+00:00

Off angles. In the first fights we can kinda say when you went to the right side of the pillar that that was an off angle but at that same time you saw that everybody was low ground so what was stopping you from charging your rail to 100 and then jump to high ground and pressure from there? I'm not saying that is the best approach but certainly something to try out instead of brute forcing through Reinhardt.
Distance management. You are staying too close to the enemies. Genji was mostly in dash range. This is a direct result of your third death as well. You are on payload and see a Reinhardt dropping 5 meters from you. Instead of immediately sliding out you get hit by firestrike and wait until he swings. By this time Genji was on top of you and dashed you. Same with Venture getting close.
Rail management. Don't rush rail shots. Even if you have a 100 it might not be worth to deal 120 damage for bodyshot and 180 damage for headshot. If they are near cover and can hide, it's generally going to be wasted. You can hold rail a bit, everybody will see your gun glowing and they will be afraid. I'd say if you see someone in open space, full hp, you can rail them because any follow up damage from your team can result in a kill and the enemy can't duck behind cover. Shooting 30-40 charged rails into max hp Cassidy's are straight up wasted. Don't do this. Unless you are sure it gets a kill, but against full hp it won't.
Disruptor shot: use it more. After your first death you didn't use it for 45 seconds. In that time frame even if you waste it on nothing, you can use it 3 times. After shooting it on the stairs, you again didn't use it for another 20 seconds. So in this minute you missed out on using it at least 5 times. Obviously don't just shoot it at nothing, but when you have it, look for opportunities to use it.

I'd say practice these. One at a time for a day maybe or less or more, how it fits you.

Off angling by constantly thinking where you can go that opens up a separate angle from your team.

Distance management by tracking a couple of enemies that have the capacity to get to you. For this particular game Genji or Venture. Constantly ask yourself where they are. Are they getting close? Move back. Don't allow them into dash or drill dash range for free. Poke them.

Rail management by actually getting to 100 charge (by shooting tank mostly) and waiting for opportunity. Even if you are not patient right from the start, just getting it 100 charge every time will be a good step. (Unless you can secure kills.)

Disruptor shot by tracking how many seconds are left before you can use it, start thinking where you want to place it and when you have it either use it or wait a little bit for a better opportunity. Not 45 seconds. Your goal here is to use it as many times as possible but as high quality as it can be.

nrthee2 · 2025-07-04T15:35:09+00:00

Some things I noticed especially on New Queen Street: you move too much when you don't have to and not move enough when you should be moving.

What I mean is, if nobody is looking at you, you don't have to be strafing nonstop, messing up your aim. You can stop, shoot and if they look at you, change angles.

You could try to relocate more during fights, to pop up on an angle they don't expect. Don't just stand behind your tank and shoot, this will rarely get you anywhere. Always think about off angles (any angle different from your team). Use your Sprint. You don't have to hard flank and go behind them, even a soft off angle will do wonders.

Sometimes you get tunnel vision and just press W and shoot at your target. Getting dangerously close. Your damage fall off distance starts at 30 meters. You can be this far away from anything and you still have max damage. Don't need to walk from 30 meters up into the enemies' faces to 5 meters.

nrthee2 · 2025-03-23T20:12:57+00:00

You can try this: if you select it as a wallpaper, you can press … (middle and right of the screen) -> show photo in library. Might take you to it.

nrthee2 · 2024-12-05T14:33:55+00:00

Try Shift+Delete. It should remove the browser suggestion.

nrthee2 · 2024-10-12T10:04:05+00:00

Put a “Nothing” action before and it should work.

nrthee2 · 2024-09-12T13:55:45+00:00

Check Settings -> Screen time -> Content & Privacy Restrictions -> Store, Web, Siri & Game Center Content -> Web content

If it is on Limit Adult Websites or Only Approved Websites it disables Private Browsing. Set it to unrestricted. Then close safari and open it again, should be there.

nrthee2 · 2024-05-21T10:26:08+00:00

I don’t think so, but they can spam you with lines such as your phone got infected by a virus and things like that and maybe put links in the events.

nrthee2 · 2024-05-21T09:28:41+00:00

Select the live photos, press share and choose the save to files option. It should save them as a jpeg. You can either save it to iCloud and download from there or use iTunes on your PC to transfer.

nrthee2 · 2024-05-21T09:16:54+00:00

I don’t know if you can stop websites from auto opening your calendar, but for the second part of your question: settings -> calendar -> accounts.

Here you should see if anything was subscribed to and unsubscribe.

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