1 OBSCURE TECH for EVERY HERO

[@KarQ]

Only THUMBS THIS UP if you learned a new tech after watching this

[@A_NSF]

K love your content you made me a pro

[@Ayman-sc3fk]

the cree advice is actually sick man

[@zero13z34]

the hog jump hook is a new for me

[@pixeldot7171]

Ya the video really had some great techs I didn't knew about was suprised

[@oranges9275]

Damn, short term memory loss foils me again!

[@Flats_OW]

OH HEY THATS ME POGCHAMP

[@fl4k_drifter450]

Real

[@hijisfriend9030]

Ayo

[@justinrothertron288]

I almost had you confused with that STALF guy who plays Anna.

[@elijahvalongo9528]

Boo

[@AbrahamNixons]

The Moira tip of moving forward while healing to increase your heal rate is similar to the Pharah trick where you can increase your rate of fire if you start shooting from way up high and then start dropping down while continuing to shoot.

[@Happydoge7]

:)

[@Symphiney]

The same tip for Sym and her TP. On 1st point Volskaya defense, you can set a TP from the choke back to the sniper perch behind point. Launch an orb from the sniper perch and then TP. Launch another orb after TPing, and both orbs will hit at the same time. Instant one shot.

[@AbrahamNixons]

@@Symphiney Ha! I would curse your name if that happened to me.

[@Symphiney]

@@AbrahamNixons I’ve actually never pulled it off in a match (there’s better TP spots) but I definitely will one of these days 😂

[@frog2098]

Soldier bombing is what that's called in tf2

[@charKT-7461]

The absolute confusion in an enemy's head when you Shadow Step nowhere is hysterical.

[@GoldieTamamo]

One obscure trick for Torbjorn: Backpack tanking Whenever you need to place a turret down in a hurry in the middle of combat (within an enemy's line of sight), you can shield it from poke damage during its setup with your body by turning 'away' from the attacker while deploying the turret in front of you and strafing slightly side to side, to hide your head hitbox behind your backpack, and tank any incoming fire for your 'baby,' either with or without overload active. This can protect it from being one shot while it's gaining health during its setup phase. You can even take turns tanking hits for your turret and letting your turret tank hits for you this way, to stall out a flanker. (Just make sure whatever attack you're tanking is survivable in the first place. :) ) This also works for making repairs, so call for heals, and give your gun some soft cover against light poke damage while you top off its health, rather than just standing behind it all the time and letting it be destroyed when the incoming damage exceeds your repairs. A word of warning, however; this trick won't work effectively if the enemy has a sharp enough angle on your position from overhead, or against moves that pierce, like Rein firestrike or Moira coalescence.

[@Grumpers]

You can also self heal before getting into turret form if you don’t want to use a voice line. It makes the enemy think you’re low/vulnerable if you’re making the heal sound too.

[@jcmgaming8104]

Wow that sombra one is crazy good thank you I’ll never remember that pattern but damn that’s a good ass stall

[@americanazrael]

Same as bastion, when you teleport with reaper if you say anything in you communication circle it will cancel reaper yelling after teleporting and will only play the teleport sound effect

[@anant115]

That's broken

[@americanazrael]

@@anant115yea basically nobody will hear you unless they spent 750 dollars on a high tech gaming headset that gove surround sound

[@JordanYee]

The "health stacking" tip for Baptiste is also super useful for stacking shields on Orisa during down time or leading into a team fight. It's often even more useful for Orisa, because her shield doesn't despawn until the new one _lands_ , meaning you can time the stacking shield to land immediately after the existing shield breaks, doubling them back to back.

[@P.F_Factor]

Thx these tips will help me climb in overwatch 2 🤩. I will forgive you if some of them dont work because this was publised a very long time ago thx again KarQ.

[@JohnJohnson100]

I think the sonar thing on meis block is because it may be programmed to lose it’s hit box after have 0 velocity and has dealt damage to something and if either are met it losses it’s hitbox

[@AddisonIsley]

Me as a Physics major truly understanding the reference of the Doppler Effect. Makes me proud ngl.

[@rofuumi]

An obscure tech for D.VA Try to ult and emote (party one) at the same time What must happen is the sound of ult starts to play but emote interrupts the ult itself, therefore you just scare the enemies away

[@evelocz]

I haven’t finished the video but these techs for tanks are massive game changers

[@aurioh]

Another (far more obscure) Lucio tech: If you wall ride on the tire on Horizon Lunar Colony first point and boop it simultaneously, you can send yourself flying similar to the Brig tech from this video

[@amishtechwizard5540]

I’m actually gonna experiment with Junkrat nadejumping. Can’t believe I never thought of using that more.

[@frilent]

The reaper strat is something I do in smash Bros as Zelda. Up-B teleport but hold down and tele in the same place to confuse them

[@terrariku2010]

I've known the Soldier tech for awhile now and I love it.

[@ceene5327]

Great video! I play a lot of ball and if you want to know a really obscure tip it’s what I call and found a “no input rebound” this can be preformed most commonly on temple of Anubis first point defence side stair case where you grapple of the side of the wall wedge you self in the little triangle at the end of the stair case and as the grapple shortens you get boosted really far back.

[@NikoOverwatch]

12:20 I mean, little shit like this is why Fahzix got picked up, right? He never had insane mechanics, but every time I watch him stream he displays an incredible amount of not just gamesense but "game knowledge", if that makes sense. He knows every little trick/quirk about the characters he plays (and sometimes those he doesn't play, as evidenced by this clip), how and when these things can be used, and just a general intricacy in everything he does. Still remember getting my mind blown watching him use D.va bomb to get high ground as Zen in transcendence

[@Sanutep]

pepperidge farm remembers

[@XiasIV]

-Download OW2 -Create Custom Game - set rule "Allow 6 Players per team"

[@torresromain]

thanks for keeping up the videos KarQ, great work as always

[@AlphaM00n]

First time seeing another person using Scarlet Fire other than DankPods.

[@speedybean807]

The genji one I actually never knew

[@phredbookley183]

You know I thought I was pretty knowledgeable on this stuff but I knew like...three of them. That's it. Dang.

[@aladeen9031]

Just tried to play Overwatch after year and a half and it didn’t go well. I didn’t except, that in Casual Quickplay, I’ll get to face off against enemies with much higher skill cap and level, that only play Overwatch, because they’re not good in any other game. I couldn’t do shit against them. Do you guys have any tips on playing/catching up with these tryhards? Many thanks!

[@12ilara]

5:37 ZEN-TENNA BOIIIIIIIIIIII

[@DemonWolf9941]

I KNOW OF THOSE LEDGS THEY SAVED ME AS SOMBRA ONCE

[@petirado979]

I thought this video was posted a while ago then i heard ab the 5v5 and got scared

[@christophercole1679]

Using baby DVD you can have sym throw down a TP, then you take it, call mech, and take TP again before you get your mech back. The results are quite interesting. You get zipped across the map to the tp where your mech was called and its got me some good laughs.

[@kotablaize255]

I'M CRY LAUGHING FROM REAPER TIP

[@boysah-fook1175]

Ah the bunny hip this is where all the x Titanfall 2 players cried

[@obsiv_]

10:51 wow someone I know!

[@Sweetzerlandia]

He's not kidding. Watch that first video. Learn how to fall silently, deny or obtain extra ult charge and a bunch of other goodies. I use the info from that video ins EVERY game!

[@JustMartin2004]

You mention the tip where heroes have certain options in the settings, but then fast forwarding to echo, why don't just use hold to fly? spamming shift isn't gonna work all the time.

[@DubStepNMany]

''For the cowboy" 6:20 Hahahaha

[@ramoniak6]

I watched the Ana one a couple of times now but I'm not sure if I understand it and how to use it.

[@riley3234]

UR VIDOES ARE INSANE

[@TheLlama24680I]

SHHEEESH new video

[@bella_quinn_7724]

KarQ still carrying overwatch with these little tips.

[@treurigheid7783]

My boy is getting sponsored by the OWL themselves 💪

[@hurricanesloth7592]

he was in it

[@hurricanesloth7592]

@@nib1448 he played for team canada

[@wowitsportal5225]

@@hurricanesloth7592 he was team canada’s community leader

[@hurricanesloth7592]

@@nib1448 your wrong

[@neftaligarcia6250]

@@hurricanesloth7592 hes right your the one thats wrong

[@SpktraSK]

Here's an obscure tip for Torb: Primary fire changes the Turret's lock on. Meaning that even if its busy with that Sig shield it's been shooting for 17 seconds and somehow still hasn't destroyed, if you hit somebody with a primary fire it'll immediately target that enemy if its in LOS. That's why it effectively one shots tracer if Torb lands a headshot on her despite only dealing 140 dmg

[@SasquatchPJs]

Not really obscure; it's a staple of his kit/playstyle. I guess not too many people play him often though so maybe I'm just used to it.

[@iamgay698]

Wait fr? I didnt know that

[@SasquatchPJs]

@@iamgay698 yeah. They added it back when he got reworked.

[@shanonfrancis5071]

@@iamgay698 yes this was mentioned in the patch notes when this change was made

[@Blackhelmetdude]

As a vet im crying rn. Cause what.

[@floki2802]

2:52 holy moly, that Winston walljump on Ashe was clean af

[@marill338]

Another Obscure Sombra tip is that you can perfectly place your translocator right in the center of a torb turret and it will lock onto the translocator but can't won't shoot at it allowing for you to destroy the turret without taking any damage.

[@skeletor_118]

I remember seeing Fitzy do that, my mind was blown

[@albingrahn5576]

and here i thought sapper was one of the things that didn’t transfer from spy’s kit to sombra!

[@alexanderpalchick8012]

THANK YOU!!! I do this Zarya tech EVERY time and every single time someone in the chat is like “Uhhh… How did our Zarya kill himself?? Are you throwing??” Mean while I’m just trying to make a micro play to deny the ult charge 😭

[@angelocanassa1475]

I have hundreds of hours with Zarya and never ever thought about this technique. Now I will do it and probably get the same messages as you lol

[@hijisfriend9030]

Poor us. I did it this occasionally cuz these type of people are more stressful than dying

[@justacasualguy13]

i try to do this with sigma too, your balls have a small knockback if you hit yourself with them. you can also do it with the rock if you have time or are already in the animation.

[@skeletor_118]

I saw a video a long time ago and learned that any character that can do self damage with knockback (soldier, zarya, sigma, pharah, bastion while ulting, and maybe even sym.. Idk about if she had knockback though) can do it. Since then, I've used it every time I get booped (which isn't uncommon in plat)

[@aaro50]

Bro same feeling but when you get a tactical reset by jumping off the map if the fight is lost to deny enemy ult charge. With microplays comes their cost...

[@nebulous9280]

The Moira one seems so painfully obvious now that I think about it, but yeah. I wonder if there's a similar principle to Mei's freeze as well? Will moving towards someone freeze them faster, and vice versa?

[@NhemLee]

I think your right. When I play mei takes forever to freeze. But I was just standing there. Played against a mei and got frozen faster. With no ultimate. But she did run towards me. So I believe it does work like moira's healing.

[@TheThoerlChannel]

@@NhemLee Thing is, if she was coming at you, that also increases your freeze-time. It doesn't matter who moves, if two targets get closer to each other, the frequency for both increases and vice versa. So if you move into someone and they move into you as well, that increases the effect even more.

[@atsukana1704]

Yes but at the same time now that is something you’d only want to maybe do on squishies to prevent them from moving faster, as with tanks you want to do the freeze double icicle combo which requires you to be at nearly max rang to capitalize on the travel time

[@nebulous9280]

@@TheThoerlChannel Which also highlights that same interaction on Moira will FURTHER increase the heal speed if your target moves directly towards you while you move towards them. Potentially life saving, actually. Now we know that if we really desperately need healing, we should continue trying to move towards our Moira (if possible) to heal just that little bit faster.

[@MariaMoz]

Depends on if it's a beam or projectiles.

[@McMagicMarvOW]

Wow I never thought I'd see my name in a KarQ guide 😳 Thanks so much! Great video 👍

[@SirNeeBob]

This guys already using tech from OW2 haha

[@polar6066]

haha hanzo really representing the community with the mei interaction

[@purplewine7362]

I find hanzo much more annoying than mei. At least mei doesn't have cheap rng 1-shots

[@dulussy]

@@purplewine7362 what part of hanzo's kit is rng?

[@bonelesspizza471]

@@dulussy the hanzo part

[@harry2824]

@@dulussy have u not seen head teleporting arrows?

[@spog2782]

@@purplewine7362 what's rng?

[@Femboy_Grey]

I got one for zen that some might not know, your secondary fire can’t be stopped once you release the first orb by anything other then dying, this mean you can charge 5 shots and instantly trans and the full volly will still go off, this works with other things too like a Cree stun or an earthshatter as long as you release that first orb they’ll all go off :)

[@angelkrom1231]

Hmm

[@Sandvichman.]

you can also melee after setting it off to get in a cheeky little extra 30 damage

[@Brandon-br7tc]

Sometimes I like to charge all 5 orbs all the way and right before he releases them I press the melee button. If you time it just perfectly, this will cancel the actual orbs from being shot out, but Zen will still do the interesting animation with his hands as if he was shooting them. Not a very useful tip, I just find it kinda funny

[@matomatic4599]

There's a niche tip for torb, if you run out of ammo with your rivet gun you can still switch to your hammer and swing ~2.5 times while the rivet gun auto reloads so you can still get some dmg in if they're barrel-stuffing you.

[@Zestyb0i]

The Hanzo sonic arrow onto a frozen Mei is actually low-key helpful

[@nickspencerfishingrodd2383]

true lol

[@canid2088]

4:55 I recommend using the "hold to fly" setting for Echo if you want to be able to momentum boost the most effectively. Just tapping whatever key bind you use for Flight will activate the ability for the shortest time possible.

[@skeletor_118]

I didn't even realize that was a setting, that's pretty interesting tbh

[@raxusquin]

The ashe portion seems more tip than tech. But I still learned a lot so I'm definitely not complaining

[@alexanderpalchick8012]

Also I love the reaper tech. I use that in Valorant with Omen and it never gets old.

[@maddogct]

I laughed out loud watching that. Not only is it clever, but it fits Reapers persona.

[@Brandon-br7tc]

@@maddogct **starts evil cackling over their dead body**

[@TheYehsOfficial]

I felt like I couldn’t think of any techs for lucio while watching but then I remembered one. a tip or tech I use on Lucio is that since his fire rate is slow it’s super easy to cancel some of the latter projectiles with a melee. So when I’m challenging a Zarya, Dva, or Sig or another hero with damage blocking or absorbing abilities I will bait their abilities when I think they will use them by shooting and then meleeing to only put out one projectile before cancelling. Saves me ammo and also prevents zarya from getting charge

[@kota9168]

Surprised you didnt use the res tech from OWL where if you hold res when pocketing pharah and they die midair you can res them in the sky without going down to the flame

[@arutemisemtrai9769]

The Bap trick also works with Ana's bionade but on a different scale and super situational. I've only found use of it in bunker comps. Throwing the grenade into the air basically pockets it for around 6 seconds, if the team is dived within that window and they fail to interrupt it, it splashes everyone in range and has 4 seconds left on CD, which lets you drop another bio nade the moment the first one wears off. I botched that explanation some but I'm tired its 2am.

[@jans6271]

On torbjørn, shoot primary fire and switch weapon immediately. Gun makes no sound

[@jettfielding183]

Junkrat tip with symmetra’s teleporter. 9:00 : you can also put A concussion mine at the first teleporter and activate the mine and then teleport through the teleporter and you will gain height in the second teleporter with a ton of movement.

[@נעםנעים-ו5ט]

1:30 how to literally dive an enemy

[@wind3692]

When you run out of sponsors so you become a sponsor

[@Munchies208]

D.va tech: you can do the same thing as bastion and cancel the voiceline of call mech using any of her voicelines, not sure how useful this is but hey its an obscure tech isn't it

[@Munchies208]

Also I don't really know if you consider call mech an ult especially since she has multiple lines for it but yeah the only ult in the game with a cancelable voice line (I think)

[@GetQuakedOn]

4:32 yoooo tysm for the shoutout 😍😍😍😘😘 🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️

[@mythmage8231]

As a Sigma main, I kinda feel legally obligated to add: you can also do this with Hyperspheres, but those are more niche and significantly harder to do. The only area that I know of that you can use Hyperspheres for mobility is on Hanamura defense, point A, where you can get to the platform top-right of the choke. Also, I know for a fact they patched that Echo tech before, because I abused the everloving hell out of it before she hit live servers. For the McCree change, wasn't this an Experimental change they scrapped? How the hell is it back?

[@yasumehanhu1469]

you can do it to the high ground for first choke on Anubis point A from the pots on the ground I watched someone do it in ranked slightly faster than stairs his hyperspheres actually pull in instead of pushing out, so you're generally aiming to have them detonate in a way that allows you to pull yourself up a small ledge slightly higher than jump height niche but still useful

[@BastionMain69]

ME POGU

[@coleeisert7651]

damn almost 300 hours of Ana and I had still never seen the scope in cancel. great vid Kork!

[@INGTHING1]

Karq again thank you so much for being one of the pillars of Support for the OW community. Although you are much more nuanced and complex then just OW you are such a commodity and resource for so many OW players I still suggest you to this day to any new players. You will always be one of the OW goat

[@ayebeehbro]

I laughed when you referenced McCree as "The Cowboy" but then at the end you went and said "McCree" 😅

[@Neogears1312]

Proving that people don’t actually care and will default to mcree in all seriousness.

[@ono446]

@@Neogears1312 god you're so petty

[@LokiTheAnsuz]

When he said cowboy, I raised my eyebrows... Then he said McCree and I was assured he still has his balls 😊

[@Tomart0]

You love a homie giving credits to the finders!

[@Tsuyoku_]

The Brigitte one explains why I suddenly went from one corner to another in a comp game a few weeks back.. I was hella confused with what happened to me. Well, I guess the Zarya rightclick booped me.

[@phantommonkey26]

6:20 "The Cowboy" 6:47 "Mcree". Which one is it?

[@oscarwebb2108]

Umm, both lol

[@orangeglow57Official]

Funny how if Blizzard wasnt in such a mess right now you literally wouldnt care about how consistent he is with how he refers to the characters.

[@Golden89]

So they didn't fix Echo flight when she was released, they just toned it down a lot? hmmm

[@pepto7728]

I’ve been playing overwatch since a little bit after it came out and I still learn something new almost every time I play

[@himlolo]

For Hanzo’s tech I’m 99% sure it doesn’t do damage to anyone but mei because meis ice block doesn’t have hp and therefore doesn’t take damage. The arrow can only do damage once but shields and deployables have health. Mei’s ice block does not so the arrow can still deal damage.

[@alialdoukhi2014]

there's a symm tip which is you can actually time your turret and throw it at an ulting mccree to block his ult...for you at least.

[@amatanata]

That Mccree tech might not be around with the experimental mode soon giving him the ability to roll while jumping.

[@AYDOUGH2]

God, I miss overwatch. I started playing in 2017, stopped in 2019. Nostalgia really has gotten to me. Y'all think I should get it on pc because idk if I want to pay for it again, but the urge is strong.

[@coudouliere]

Wait Overwatch 2

[@LumaSloth]

*_[NOT MUDA]_* representing the *Brazilian Queens* here 👸💅

[@TheCsientist]

Bro. I knew about most of these, but the mccree one...holy shit!

[@vette200mph2]

I have 1100 hours on Genji and never even thought to do this. Learn something new everyday I guess.

[@Ellipsis115]

These are the examples I'm here for, using the fact it explodes off of railings and broken objects on impact to make this easier is huge. 7:25 This is a much better use of this than I normally do, I usually do it in the open but this plus being behind cover when you do it will very likely bait the enemy.

[@fliemaker6691]

Karq can you please do another 1 tip vs every hero (Lucio)

[@ag0ny2191]

DVA mech has better kill radius than Doomfist ult, has a drop-tire type feature, can kill a full health Reaper, and is a 2nd ult essentially?

[@Thr3leven]

Because it is a second ult! One you can gamble your life on anyway It really feels like something they wanted to add to OW2 but decided to push to live early to get people used to it, and it's hilarious at times.

[@MrUSPD]

Finally been waiting for more content, nice video, I appreciate all the tips. Keep us posted on OW2

[@cadenpickle8379]

can we talk about how karq’s intro music is so ridiculously good? i literally just rewind the video to hear it again

[@redcat4323]

it’s called scarlet fire if you want the song :)

[@cadenpickle8379]

thanks

[@skeletor_118]

I think the Hanzo and McCree tricks are probably the most practical. Very powerful, and not difficult to execute, particularly the air roll

[@matthewwhyatt2822]

Hey Karq could you please consider updating the lucio tips vs every hero video, maybe with someone like frogger? Love your content

[@Lethal210]

Props to my man for saying the cowboy instead of McCree. What a mess.

[@ScAr_wlvrne]

Until he said it at the end of the segment lol. Still glad he opened with cowboy though. That’s what I’ve been using

[@ManexFX]

Gotta love it when the finals start at 2 am

[@clashofacewins4036]

I'll clearly pull out the hanzo vs mei one

[@prohikikomo]

Honestly, I kinda quit overwatch, but I wanna come back for the Halloween event and try to stay. That being said I still love these videos

[@m12735]

Poor Jayne.. What happened to him?

[@tiggle5485]

Soooo is that a "NO" on making 1 Torb turret spot for every map? *DO IT YOU COWARD*

[@scoutpack1518]

I hate that they are making pro league 5v5. Screws players, and will make the game so much more boring tbh

[@mortonhearsawho]

I mean, little shit like this is why KarQ got picked up, right? He never had insane mechanics, but every time I watch him stream he displays an incredible amount of not just gamesense but "game knowledge", if that makes sense. He knows every little trick/quirk about the characters he plays (and sometimes those he doesn't play, as evidenced by this clip), how and when these things can be used, and just a general intricacy in everything he does. Still remember getting my mind blown watching him use D.va bomb to get high ground as Zen in transcendence

[@vctorbosak938]

I really need to learn that McCree trick

[@Raging_Tornado]

So why did I not receive any of the skins and sprays but only the 100 OWL Tokens?

[@oRc42]

4:50 lmao i want to be doomfist wizard too

[@rajgill7576]

8:33 discombobulate, and then you discombobulate before you discombobulate.. that one robert Downey Jr boxing fighting movie LOL

[@afriendofafriend5766]

I'm not sure if this is obscure, but with sigma, "dancing" back and forth with his shield can avoid a lot of things. Sombra hacks being one of them. You can even send your shield into the air before you ult and move back and forth in it while ulting to stop sombra from hacking you