Educational Unranked To GM1 TRACER (100% Winrate)

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"Do you coach DPS?" - I teach everything. Tracer is the hardest hero in the game, yet I have managed to go from Unranked to GM1 without dropping a single match, all while explaining to you, the person that is going to be GM1 what fundamentals you need to practice.
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0:00 - Unranked
55:22 - Diamond
2:05:08 - Master
2:56:30 - GM1 & Stats

[@Brian-Dean]

Imagine proximity chat, every time you die you hear "...all you do is create an off-angle..." and "...why did I kill him? Because he was killable..."

[@Ghostly-00]

haha

[@Z6Dakotaz]

Lmao that would be funny

[@djsuswbsb]

"I have the high ground so what do I do?? Shoot them of course."

[@bhouri]

I would be scared shitless. Imagine giving your all to win, just to be a mouse in a lab for the enemy lessons.

[@zombievikinggaming4258]

That would be demoralising

[@grimreapurr6576]

my toxic trait is thinking i can do the exact same thing after watching these

[@lucasxavier5985]

Same thing here, but to be honest, i think it's possible, he did nothing but playing safe with his team, doing off angles, getting some places that others characters can't... Different of others players he really did a content that we can reply in our gameplays

[@lucasxavier5985]

@@thomsonmandela981 well, with practice you can get accuracy and precision with one clip! It's not impossible, but of course don't forget to have fun while you playing none of us has to be a pro player when is playing

[@kaylaisrad]

no fr i watch all this positioning tips and then run it down mid 😭 i can’t apply knowledge to the game right away takes a long time to learn from watching

[@insecticaa]

@@kaylaisrad Just work on small things at a time. also i see u in a ton of overwatch comment sections lol

[@goodoljoe7994]

@@thomsonmandela981 which I didnt see either of them things in this video.

[@aidanisdone.]

Support: out of position Awkward: you’re looking isolated and killable my guy

[@justinreynolds6318]

Support: leaves spawn Awkward: you're looking isolated and killable my guy

[@j.c8464]

Support: turns on p4 Awkward: your looking isolated and killable my guy

[@MrAngerius]

Me: going to shit Awkward: you're looking isolated and killable my guy

[@senzmaki4890]

Support: *exists* Awkward: You're looking isolated and killable my guy

[@monoorv]

Support: Awkward: you’re looking isolated and killable my guy

[@darrionrobinson8553]

“Enemies go baaack, I go forwaaard. Why??? DAAAAAMAGE!”

[@grekkkkk]

they need heal, we need damage

[@RuNZiT1]

😂

[@Dankflamio]

I love it. It makes more and more sense when you think about it. Eliminating the enemy over and over is the only consistent thing that wins games. Healing just makes the fight last longer.

[@its_lucky252]

my moira mindset

[@maksg4949]

Damage! Damage! Damage!

[@gamebuster800]

Awkward can create an unranked to GM for 2 heroes per workday

[@MantisTCO]

and 3 on the weekends 😂

[@Kevin..1]

Absolute demon

[@Atlasmoth]

I blame them decreasing matches needed for placement cuz he was going from 11hr unranked-gm to 2 hour 😭😭

[@GFTtungsten]

@@Atlasmoth the matchmaking also got better, he is no longer getting placed against gm's in plat lobbies, he used to not have 100% winrate, now he does

[@Statsmat]

@@GFTtungsten no its just rly easy to unranked to gm now its literally just go 15-0

[@techelitesareadisease8816]

Tracer feels like there's either a monster on the keyboard dominating the game that you can't land a shot on and get one clipped by or she's doing absolutely nothing and you accidentally kill her when she blinks into one of your abilities lol, no in between

[@jonthompson1068]

Tracer life 💯

[@assortedlunatics4381]

I have seen some devastatingly mid tracers.

[@ValoriYT]

@@assortedlunatics4381 You're calling me out wtf

[@Exknight2]

Yea tracer is pain, anything that 1 taps you, pocketed cree, hanzo, ashe but you can bait others or go for flank, spawn camp, or play something else if you are getting countered hard. P.s. Pulsing a pharah mid-air is extra points.

[@Exknight2]

@Fultonian Literally, you need to be on crazy apm to do stuff with tracer, act before you think, be next to their head in a second and pray you don't get 1 tapped, single out their players individually to get easier kills. You remember immortality, now you have to deal with suzu along with kiriko too.

[@soggybread3951]

40:03 once you've outplayed everyone on the enemy team, the only one left to outplay is yourself

[@aelto907]

I personally like to skip the first step

[@bengardner3408]

​@@aelto907 congratulations, you've (out)played yourself

[@Miggy19779]

epic comment :)

[@IsaacNandu81299]

​@@bengardner3408😊

[@IsaacNandu81299]

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[@Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty]

I like how you often call your teammates "friends", regardless of rank or role.

[@assortedlunatics4381]

Yea it’s pretty cute

[@Xaminn]

@@assortedlunatics4381 ?

[@bunblebie]

@Fultonian I think it’s pretty romantic

[@KidXay]

@Fultonian there askin about opinions on skins like skins matter

[@LeatherNinja]

​@Fultonian some of them sound stupid so it's deserved

[@khalidbinobaiad1826]

As Tracer, you should keep these in your mind: (The mindset of a tracer player) 1) Your main objective is to hard push isolated and/or killable targets in the enemy’s backline with your RECALL to escape "Jail free card" Note: YOU SHOULD TIME YOUR ATTACKS SO THAT RECALL CAN STILL GET YOU BACK TO AN OFF-ANGLE. This is what happens generally when you hard engage with no recall 39:30 2) If there’s no isolated and/or killable targets, pressure whomever is pressuring your team or trying to pressure you. 3) Never, NEVER stop shooting. You can and should always find something to do. (Either point 1 or 2) 4) Blinking predictability 22:58 - "think about your blink as the extension of walking and then it will be easier. if you walk predictably you blink predictably". 5) Blink management 27:23 *6) A lot of players push hard when they see 2 or more enemies in a Zarya ult 29:50, what they don't realize is that THE FIGHT IS OVER, IN OTHER WORDS HIS TEAM IS DEAD. You can still escape as tracer instead of suiciding. Also, he saved his blinks for escaping as opposed to using them recklessly. 7) Blinking around natural cover 44:40 8) Setting up pre-game thinking 46:52 (Watch until 48:15) 9) 51:57 - 52:43, Summarized advice from Awkward Games I recommend watching thoroughly: 1) 23:00 2) Excellent game (Listen thoroughly) 46:49 (Round two hits different) 3) High-level mechanics and good thinking and awareness from Awkward game 55:20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch this JakeOW Coach video of Striker’s Tracer OWL gameplay. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6uyonmsnK2SfdU

[@MER17T]

Nice

[@ranceren76]

Ayo I appreciate the time you’ve taken to do this, u also gm tracer?

[@jaywalker.]

One of the most helpful comments I've ever seen on a tutorial vid. 💖

[@Nirossen]

Underrated af comment. Genuine thanks from me

[@LovelyLynx09]

Thank you so much! these are all so helpful much appreciated

[@MichaelThomas01134]

For those of you actually looking to improve from watching this video. Take notes on the advice he gives, watch him do It a bit, then go in-game. Play until you feel as though you understand his advice on a deeper level and feel like you're doing it without as much mental effort. Finally come back to the video implement his next bit of advice. Remember you will not see the improvement you want without good enough sleep. To those who found this good luck climbing :3

[@Cheerstothewildones]

Shut uppppp

[@anyone3142]

This is BY FAR the best tracer BEGINNER guide on the internet, simply because it shows the fundementals of actually winning on tracer and applies them immediatly in game. Doesn't dive immediatly into details (Blink range, Combos, CD mangment, etc...), as important as they are, they dont win games without the fundementals. Thank you for this. It really helped much

[@RyanL94]

All the other stuff comes with experience, where this guy shows you what you NEED to know

[@lucasdutra67]

This is for beginners that never played the game, just some few matchs against Tracer to understand her gameplay

[@crongo4284]

no this is even for people that have played the game@@lucasdutra67

[@Nexahexaflexa]

U2GM show it's done correctly, which means the execution is also perfect. Your execution isn't (yet). You're constantly shooting from an off-angle? Fine. You're looking for isolated targets? Even better. But then you mess up your ability timing and die. Because you're not aware that you waste them for movement or you don't know about diagonal blinks. Or you have not enough experience in reading and predicting enemy shots. Or you even ignore the objective / spawn advantages / ult economy and all your cool plays don't matter much. And if you die over and over again, you might even subconsciously abandon the plan ending up playing "safe" which also means you're sitting with your team doing basically nothing. That's why it's worth to look at game macro and micro lessons instead of only relying on U2GM.

[@northweast5857]

Imagine the enemy team hearing the comms. “The Moira is isolated, you know what that means!” Moira: 😳

[@juanmarkrk2472]

@Awkward2 Hey ! I'm the Ana who slept the nanoblade there at 58:55. I had been watching your Ana Unranked to GM before that match and you helped me climb recently from gold to masters with a 60% winrate. Thanks for your educational content !

[@cyanisnotblue3464]

Nice climb

[@juanmarkrk2472]

Thanks!

[@theawakened4477]

you made that genji rage LMAO

[@meer7872]

Gold to masters is a big jump. How long did it take out of curiosity?

[@illestvillain1971]

thats amazing must be cool to see yourself on here, good play and keep up the successful grind!!!

[@Tuwakan]

"take off angle and be annoying" hits different. I played 10 matches as tracer today and only used that tactic. I hated tracer since day one but after today's matches I love her

[@samreach2679]

Well, I tried that but except getting any kills 😂 just blink around got no kill lol

[@Mandus_The_Mad]

I like how tracers personality matches her playstyle perfectly. She is loud and rambunctious because her role is as a distraction.

[@Hackcam]

My worst nightmare is just trying to go to sleep and then suddenly i hear someone calmly say "Isolated, very killable"

[@Leon_skennedick]

27:25 The way the cass just stood there after you took the health pack💀💀

[@pakman9232]

Awkward yet again blessing us with more helpful content. Not a game goes by where I don't learn something from the man

[@linow7074]

Do u know his keybinds by any chance? I think he blinks with shift?

[@Dankflamio]

Looks like purely default.

[@linow7074]

@@Dankflamiobut does he blinks with right click or left shift?

[@en_vy]

@@linow7074 Whenever he blinks it’s very aggressive so I assume it’s keyboard but honestly it’s personal preference

[@somerandomperson6096]

@@linow7074 left

[@jxalexan5641]

The way in which this guy can simultaneously play this well and provide helpful insights and education into how to do it is extremely impressive, earned a sub my friend.

[@ratatouille_1064]

I was a hard-stuck diamond 4 last season. The system boosts me up to Diamon 3. Then I pick up tracer (used to main 76 and bastion), play off-angle, and pick up the single-out targets, I didn't have a perfect win streak but after like 20 wins and 6 losses, I'm now master 5. Thank you for the 76 and tracer edu videos you're freaking insane man.

[@bboydojo]

its hilariously poetic that he starts the whole series dying immediately and then cookin for the rest of the medal ranks. Imagine the roller coaster of emotions running through his first team seeing that

[@hawk88884]

beautiful times when that stupid cassidy nade didn't use to lock ur cooldowns

[@Dankflamio]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!! about to watch! So excited. Thank you for these guides, Awkward!

[@linow7074]

Is good but he doesnt mention his keybinds…i think he blinks with shift

[@Dankflamio]

No it’s bound to shift and right click by default. I’m pretty sure everyone uses right click though. Tracer only has like 3 things. Shoot, blink, recall.

[@linow7074]

@@Dankflamio and melee is a very important tool in her kit…so if u want to melee while doing flashy movements u need a keybind for melee that allows u to press it without taking your fingers off (wasd) which are your movements keys..

[@jarlhenrik]

This video explains why all my QP matches this morning had a Tracer on both sides, when a few days ago I hadn't played with/against a Tracer for weeks. Awkward has a lot of EU viewers xD

[@user-rz7gv3zm7s]

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[@daisies667]

thank you

[@MVP_Easy]

so helpfull tysm

[@adeveloper6653]

Thanks

[@contagious_noob3651]

An important thing I realized that I wasn't doing is playing near my team. I would go off into the middle of no where and wonder why I kept dying and why my team wasn't capitalizing. Now that I started implementing this plus your tips I've been doing much better

[@legendarydragoon1462]

2 back to back flawless unranked to GMs on different roles is truly impressive. You are an inspiration!!

[@squall0192]

22:55 My tracer blink is super unpredictable, nobody, I mean NOBODY will know where i am going to, including myself. it's like always hit to a wall or blink out of the map from time to time. "omg there is a cliff?... what... ...wait, do i have recall? ... ... ... ...oh shit... ..."

[@YoWasupImADude-xv6hi]

Tracer is the only hero that gives you heart palpitations when you play them. You're literally 1 hp off spawn 🤣

[@bellsgg]

I got to GM this season (started season 1 in plat) thanks to your videos. support, as an Ana main is masters 3. Thanks for all the tips and guides man!

[@shtinkyboy8674]

Inflated ahhh SR system

[@linow7074]

Does he blink with shiftv

[@ChimpRevolution]

​@@shtinkyboy8674 is it inflated or did this player actually look for how to improve his gameplay and did so. There's still plenty of crap players hard stuck gold.

[@shutupMaji]

@@ChimpRevolution it's inflated, a bunch of people I know have randomly found their accounts elo to have skyrocketed without actually doing anything

[@shtinkyboy8674]

@@ChimpRevolution my alt hit gm with 10 games played last season, GM is the new diamond. It's inflated and not as rewarding as it was before

[@pol6441]

brooo I went from silver to masters using your kiriko guide and I just started playing tracer and then you upload this... you're an amazing teacher I can't wait to climb on dps too

[@aquash]

"my ball is on him i might shoot him from the side". Awkward, 2023

[@EggyB]

24:27 subtitles, my di-

[@Ekuuu]

@@EggyB HAHAHA those subtitles

[@Xaminn]

Hello, I'd like to buy an i. Can you help? Or should I ask my phone to do this for me?

[@acroissant9460]

Your guides have helped me tremendously and due to them have reached GM on both tank and supp this season! Can't wait to learn tracer and try to achieve similar results on dps! ty

[@assortedlunatics4381]

W a croissant

[@jarlhenrik]

Since we're on DPS UR2GM, I would love a video about Echo. I feel like she's the aerial version of Tracer. Equally squishy, but less unpredictable in movement.

[@PyroInferno110]

agreed. You flank more with echo too because no one can hear her footsteps like that

[@captaincaption]

Lucio for Support

[@michaelpurdy9165]

yes please do Echo!!!

[@TheWatcher420]

He posted that 3 hours ago if you haven’t already seen it

[@jarlhenrik]

@@TheWatcher420 yas! Awesome, thanks for the heads up! :D

[@SyncroLive]

Just a tip for metal rank players, you will never have aim as good as him, 1/2 of your shots will land and your plays will happen a lot slower, be patient and understand your plays will not happen as fast as presented. This also means you should not go for the same plays as quickly, you need to take more time for yourself and develop the skills over time and practice.

[@brghid]

your unranked to gm is one i actually respect because there's never a moment where you go silent to focus on the game. you're playing the game but focused on TEACHING which is what these unranked's are for! i learn so much from these videos, also with how quickly your mmr gets put into masters + it's not really a "he's just stomping metal ranks!1!1" scenario. thanks for all that you do (: edit: for everyone that says "of course you got GM you're already GM!" or "step 1. play videogames since you were a kid" do you not think hiring the best personal trainer will not get you the best advice? do you think that you'll grow the muscles overnight after one session of using that advice? OF COURSE you won't rank up to GM in two hours after this, but you are going to rank up if you keep applying what you learned. you'll never get better if you just assume it's something that can't be done.

[@slavward]

kragie has an educational unranked to gm on tracer that isn't very educational😂

[@tagadaki]

I dont know about him, but I recently realised I have a better gameplay while talking to a friend or having a debate on discord than when Im actually focus on the game. But it's personal and I think it just get out the stress of me and then its just muscular memory and I do my game like a fucking robot And thats fucking weird, I was quite surprised by myself cause I thought having my mind focus on something else would down my results.

[@BetterKeepGaming]

@@tagadakiI’m the same way. I have moments where i kindve forget i’m even playing something because i’m zoned out and my mind goes auto pilot. it’s like i’m aware but not aware at the same time of what i’m doing. it’s hard to explain. it’s like being in the zone but on crack. you just make all the right moves because no conscious unnecessary thoughts are being implied.

[@DeadKaat]

Just recently switched main roles from support to DPS as i enjoy it more and I'm so happy you made an unranked for the character I'm gonna main! Even though the vids are long(not that i mind at all) you always keep things informative and you practice what you preach. I can see your advice clearly works. Looking forward to the next one brother!

[@marioaso_0577]

I don’t know if this guy is always like this buy the way he talks to the people asking questions is mind blowing. How y’all allow him to be so disrespectful? Even if the questions are dumb. Some of y’all are hella masochistic 💀💀

[@Daltax]

yeah it's unreal

[@leith9109]

nah fr the way he gets so pissy at innocent questions is irritating lol

[@theredguy92]

Thanks for the unranked to GM awkward. You’re a great coach and make things seem so simple.

[@OleCopperbeard]

Yo man been following your unranked to gm series since the ana one you did in ow1. I've gone from plat to almost gm since then following your principles. Keep up the work man and thanks.

[@Prod.Nembutai]

watched the entire thing through. great great great advice at the end man. this video really helped me understand the fundamentals of self accountability.

[@hiiambarney4489]

I have a life is not full coping tho. I myself never had negative KD, which by nature of the game is fairly easy to achieve on most of the cast. Some people have more on their plate than you or me however. I can guarantee there are people out there Playing OW or other games that where born into a live that would've made you "off" yourself. Your attitude towards learning is exceptional, your teaching style is exceptional. Your outlook on others, emotional intelligence and all that could use some work but that is ok, because like you said, for some things, we have to accept the fact that we suck and move on. (Or from my perspective: Realizing that you suck and if you don't want that, aim to better yourself. One step at a time.)

[@itzsleazy6903]

Dude. After watching the karq ana coaching and half of this vid I went into some games and it *FINALLY* felt like I knew what to do when nothing is happening. It seems so simple to aim for damage but it's not easy to see how to maximise it while also making your own space. Anyway great content

[@MrXantrias]

In general I agree with trying to improve if you play a game and have the ambission to climb. But for some people climbing is not important, they play for fun and they prefer to pour a much bigger part of their free time into another hobby. I disagree with akward when he said that "either don't play or play good" (about 1:25:00 ish). But people that play for fun wouldn't say "I have a life...", so that guy was deeply insecure.

[@dewlemons]

kzbin.info3RFewrSpELE?feature=share “I play comp for fun” this short is for you bro. Why play competitive if you’re not trying to improve.

[@JaedenRyanW]

I love this guys attitude, learn from this guy if you’re the toxic type. Never blames teammates always just focuses on what he did wrong 👍

[@crooks1000]

Wdym? This guy is super toxic…that’s part of what makes him entertaining

[@JaedenRyanW]

@@crooks1000 I don’t really see it as toxic, he’s just real

[@JaedenRyanW]

@@crooks1000 I guess but it’s not like he’s going into voice chat and flaming them, unless they are watching the stream they aren’t gonna know he’s insulting them which means the match isn’t gonna get disrupted

[@crooks1000]

@@JaedenRyanW fair point

[@muteunmute5902]

Ye he channels all the toxicity into his viewers instead of teammates, its brilliant really, he still gets to be toxic, but wont get reported :D

[@jude7206]

9:43 How we imagine our pulse bombs will go Vs 40:03 what actually happened

[@linow7074]

Do u know his keybinds?

[@desprometido]

"Healing is not value, Damage is value" Me as a Mercy main trying to learn Tracer:

[@AarPlays]

For those wondering, healing isnt value because it's trying to undo the value the other team got. Damage is pressure, healing is not pressure. Healing can let your team DO pressure, this is extremely important for tracer and why he spams healing so often, but it doesn't impact the enemy team like damage does. This is why zen is so incredibly strong.

[@Sprixyy]

As a guy who’s been playing since launch and is top 500 consistently, I Still learn from your videos man. I don’t even play support let alone bap, I played 10 games won all of them and went from Diamond 3 to masters 1. Probably the best coach/informational player in the community rn. Keep it up, looking forward to a tank soon :)

[@voss7100]

Literally watched this and went from gold to diamond in one night as a tracer main, great video

[@TREVANDTHECREWgaming]

People say “I have a life that’s why” While they watch a video about ranking up to GM or a live stream 🤣

[@Mercienary]

You are hands down the best at these unranked to GM's. The comms, tips and gameplay are what make it entertaining!

[@tsulalongkorn71]

So much respect man for always calling out your own mistakes, it helps me recalibrate the way I think as a team player instead of blaming. You are goated

[@SlayyR6]

This video TRANSFORMED the way i play tracer, like all the other guides dont explain it like this, most helpful tracer guide ive seen

[@ihwb3005]

only been watching this for 15 mins, and as a tracer main this is unreasonably beautiful and satisfying to watch, a lot of what I’m watching is what I already do, and a lot of what I’m HEARING is what I never thought of, especially shooting all the time

[@jpmorgan6146]

I know this is a super old comment, but even being decent at tracer I don’t think I shot all the time. But I watched some awkward content before I came back this season, and one thing I realized is shooting all the time lulls people to sleep on tracer. They get used to hearing you and ignoring you and it costs them

[@MasonLandis]

love watching these videos and getting excited about using a certain character (like Tracer).. then I get in the game, and I start to realize "oh, I'm not that guy" LOL he makes it look so easy.

[@zerokid2007]

Loving the content, this has been by far the most useful channel for helping me improve. Got me from bronze/silver (lows of 1200 SR) to plat/diamond (highest is diamond 4 on support). Thank you so much.

[@Test-iv4pm]

You are the greatest live commentary educational gaming youtuber I have ever seen. There's never long periods of down time where you are silently playing. Everyone else seems to have this problem. I don't even play Overwatch, but I'm glad to have discovered you.

[@KingBLUCK]

As much as i hate smurfing, ive learned more from three of this guy's videos than I have learned since playing from beta + watching those cookie cutter "guides"

[@possumofdestruction]

Love these series you're doing. Would be awesome to see your take on Lucio unranked to gm (damage, damage, damage)

[@dumass804]

Damn after watching this and the reaper guide I've learned so much and I'm carrying on most of my games now even though my aim isn't that great just by infiltrating the backline and taking away the attention of the supports/dps. One thing i like doing as well is the workshop aim training on tracer while I'm queueing for a game so i can work on my aim at the same time as playing the game and practicing positioning and ability management. tyvm awkward for the help

[@zufaulfureinennamenkleiner5442]

22:22 lovely when a mercy complains about having a bad team but continues playing a useless hero in their situation😂😂

[@Whywhohow347]

Two videos in this short of a time?? Keep this up man! Love your videos!

[@needpit1]

One advantage that you have in comparison to another new players that want to learn tracer is that you blink calculations and movements around the map are precise. You always know where are the doors, the health packs, the hallways, etc. And that is the number one reason tracer gets killed, they blink into a wall. Can you give a tip to master this apart of just playing more?

[@Awkward2]

Go into a Custom lobby and put infinite cooldowns and start blinking around through "complicated" areas.

[@needpit1]

@@Awkward2 Thanks I have been playing soldier because of you and improved so much 💪. Also what are some tips to improve your aiming on console or tips in general that are different from PC to console. And for the last I would love to see an unranked to gm on Ramattra. Consider it please. Much love broda.

[@michaelj49]

Yeah I mean lol, this is why they can reach GM in two hours, they already been there, and done that. When you are trying to reach gm for the first time you arent given these teammates that at least know what they are doing; a tracer in gold cannot track that way ,so saying this is educational when you are starting from 0 with the mechanical ability of a gm, it is a ride in the park lol. They basically be saying: "look at what i can do, that you clearly cant because im already gm and stomping lower ranks xD"

[@sjw7345]

I think aim is also a hige difference, when you can hit double of the shots you can soend half of the time exposed

[@IIRadiance]

​@@sjw7345 well yeah but people can't really teach you to aim better. That's effort you put forth for yourself

[@user-nr2zt3jc6s]

Great video, best trainer training I've ever seen. I hope you keep releasing videos like this, they are very useful. I hope in the next roundups there will be tanks and other dps heroes, for example sombra, I think a lot of people don't understand how to play it, maybe you could explain, just like with tracer

[@XXXXXMIKIXXXXX1]

Love the video, I main tracer and this really helps me see what I do wrong and what is effective to do.

[@vadim2026]

i’ve been waiting for this

[@PhilMihaly]

This is the exact educational content I needed. I've always been a Genji main but I've recently been wanting to learn Tracer instead, it just seems like her carry potential is much higher.

[@goldenninja5039]

as a tracer main trust me genji has higher carry potential however tracer can be more consistent

[@RedorBlueDaily]

@@goldenninja5039 genji nerf to ground its tracer meta

[@mathiaschristensen1194]

@@goldenninja5039What are you on? I main tracer as well or did when actively still played and she by far had more carry potential..

[@goldenninja5039]

@@mathiaschristensen1194 tracer cannot team wipe alone genji can

[@mathiaschristensen1194]

@@goldenninja5039 Just cause Genji can team wipe with nano blade, does not mean he has more carry potential overall bro what.. Tracer has so much more uptime than Genji, along with being a much more consistent hero. I've played Tracer since release of Overwatch 1 and peaked 4300, and if you ask ANY high ranked player, they will tell you the same as me.

[@Cortxx]

bro u are so good at teaching this video got me from gold to plat in about a week! so helpful!

[@glance-at-games]

I just watched your entire Unranked to GM Video for Baptiste and everytime you say "To do what?" I wanna answer "DAMAGE!", but now I have to learn how to off angle. :D Thanks for the free education and the great uncut content!

[@ikiyou_]

"Imagine your blink as an extension of walking." Hit master for the first time in 5 years. Was it really that simple? Thank you.

[@playmakerwaye9376]

He has the same level of sarcasm as me and I fw it

[@jayalfonso7445]

Thanks for this brother! Amazing video, very informative.

[@therealdoombaby]

Became a tracer main recently. I watch this all the time lol. My cat loves your voice, he falls asleep when I put this on lol.

[@TmoneyProductions]

40:00 probably the funniest moment of the whole series lol

[@stillnotchill2560]

All I want to know is where he gets all the phone numbers for new accounts lmao

[@stupidmonkey151]

Probably buys them.

[@tehJimmyy]

torjborn bot farming

[@ecciq]

You can google for websites that give you access to phone numbers for verification things

[@Arun_Baliga]

He just buys the account, that's why they start in plat.

[@brghid]

this is the same account from his bap to grandmaster series

[@___m16]

Very informative thank you I main tracer as a returning player and helped alot .

[@whydoineedtocreateahandle]

After watching your videos I am literally apologizing to my teammates when we lose telling them I was unable to carry them but I promise if we meet again, I will be better prepared. Some dude wrote: “Hey #### I love Awkward’s videos too”. Keep them coming!!!

[@ferusky]

40:03 was my favorite moment

[@GBYrevived]

You make playing tracer look so satisfying

[@leoknights6671]

been waiting for this one, bout to buckled down for the next few hours

[@jessekappler4160]

damn bro you're really good. I think your advice of fundamentals is really good. Mechanics and awareness come with time and practice in any game.

[@denariiii]

Legend says Awkward still hasn’t stopped shooting 5:45

[@zillahstar]

Lol

[@skinnysnorlax1876]

Awkward's parents when he was a baby: "Look, he is gonna say his first word!" Awkward: "da......da..." Parents: "He's gonna say dada!" Awkward: "DAMAGE DAMAGE DAMAGE!"

[@bojangles1712]

Learned a lot from this vid thanks. Really going through it though with junkrat every game down here in the trenches.

[@nxm3162]

just getting back into the game after a year or so, and this video has helped a ton with getting better at tracer 👍

[@tea2951]

I feel like the skins take is a little silly. Most people don't tend to care about the rarity or cost, they just get the skin because they genuinely like the look of it and want to be the one to use it. I also feel the opposite it's ridiculous to find it cool to have a 10k dollar skin just because it's expensive or someone else doesn't have it.

[@thetikitony]

"I came up with the damage philosophy" Pretty sure it's just common sense that you should constantly do damage. I wouldn't attribute that to any person "coming up" with it.

[@badfrostbyte6171]

Ikr, he makes great videos that are super helpful, he just seems to be pretty egotistical. Idk, I guess we all would be if we were at his level.

[@doasitellyouu]

@@badfrostbyte6171 You say it like being that good would turn you into a more egotistical person, but rather I think it's the other way around. I believe that in order to get to that level in the first place, you need to be egotistical. Watching this guy's videos seeing how he repeats the same things over and over, even the most simple things, makes it seem more like these are things that he's been telling himself all this time working up to get as good as he is now. You need the confidence to tell yourself what is the truth and what isn't, you need the confidence to grind. You see another person, you need to say to yourself "Doesn't matter who he is, I can beat him, I just have to __" over and over again. This hurdle for improvement is a daunting task, someone who doesn't believe they're good enough (or could be good enough) to make it isn't going to continue that task to begin with. I really feel you need to be egotistical to improve at, well, any skill. But most especially competitive ones that directly compare yourself against other people.

[@xLuvAIex]

dawg you're hilarious this video was the most entertaining thing I've watched all year

[@manh-haimuller6027]

1:31:23 true! Three people on Tracer means you are doing a good job! Prioritizing the Tracer still wrong though🤣

[@Thefakezero]

I actually tried this method today and won three games in a row sadly lost one but I had great improvements. I was practically useless as a tracer before this

[@P-39_Airacobra]

Absolute insane skill. It's even more incredible that you build it simply by applying solid fundamentals. Also you're incredibly positive, which I appreciate very much

[@christophermarez1012]

Very good guide and thank you for the quality content. That’s a easy sub for me.

[@mistt1615]

it’s ridiculous streamer luck, every game i get into i get hit with the luckiest hs ever or just keep dying in the flukiest ways

[@donovanneumann3058]

Gets on ranked, gets absolutely railed by smurf’s, i hate my life.

[@sh1rom1su]

sometimes they aren't smurfs, they're just better than you

[@Tutualoe]

Maybe if u weren’t shit then smurfs wouldn’t be a problem 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@hange5755]

Why tf is he so mean to his chat 😭… like the kid just asked if you liked a skin no one gives a F if haven’t opened a single loot box in OW1 💀

[@PainOW.]

"Que times are ridiculously fast, that's what I like about DPS" - My how the times have changed xD Great video coach!

[@jamesmikayelyan3357]

I don’t know how he’s the only one who looks at it from a genuine intermediate angle and not being extremely annoying while still hammering principles into beginners, nice job 👏👏👏

[@Jakobo-rs1cg]

actually crazy, cant wait for the next one(you have to do genji next)

[@xcarrow2192]

I was a top 500 Tracer when the game peaked on OW 1. I hardly ever play anymore but my knowledge from my experience remains. Theres some points he missed on how to improve your tracer gameplay. First, dont shoot all the time. Tracer is the most fragile hero. Avoid bringing too much attention to yourself. The point is to be annoying yes but you have to focus on specific targets to annoy. Not just anybody at first. Healers are your top priority. Always try to find your way to annoy and potentially kill their support. He doesnt ever talk about it and his gameplay never actually shows it which causes him to be a little useless at times. Thats just poor target priority. Pulse bomb. Use it when you can, yes. Except when every decision matters in overtime. If they have a mercy, prioritize pulse bomb for when she tries to rez. Otherwise you risk wasting a pulse bomb on a target that gets rezed and its back to a 5v5. You wont always be able to one clip a mercy trying to rez so make it a 100% chance of stopping it by using your ult. Blinking. Something I learned is to try your best to absolutely avoid blinking down a straight path. Confusing how to word it. If an enemy is right in front of you, never blink straight backwards. Always blink off center your target. You become an easy target to hit when you blink parallel to your target. Hitbox. The smallest hitbox with the highest speed. Be that guy that spam crouches at times against hitscan. Makes you so hard to hit in the head. Positioning. Like I said, Tracer is fragile. This isnt about your positioning. He covered that. This is about enemy positioning. As any role, its important to keep track of enemy positions but as Tracer, you need to know all their positions as much as possible. Helps with recall position, avoiding stuns/hooks, getting minimal value because your target is just hard pocketed, etc. Damage range. God it was painful to watch how far this guy shoots his targets from at times. You have insane damage fall off. And insane one clip potential. Again, youre fragile, but maximizing your damage will get you out of harms way faster. Get up close and personal. Learn the maximum range you can one clip from and thats your goldilocks zone. Live in it. Now, for gods sake stop shooting the pocketed tank and GO FOR THE MERCY

[@goumigoumi9270]

Hey man, do you have discord ?

[@omarsharifi2587]

I was gonna say the same thing. I guess you want to "annoy" the enemy team. But in high ranks if you expose your flank, shoot far away, & deal minimal damage, it's almost always over for you because they will intensely focus you, be more likely peel for their teammates, & much more likely to kill you. The hardest part about tracer (besides aim) in my opinion is getting 1 feet away from the enemy and them not being able to hear or see you. Even if I walk & don't crouch for 1 second 20 ft away the enemy team will hear me and my surprise flank is exposed.

[@inponderland]

This is a quick one! Nice work!

[@fearbreazy5558]

I really enjoy watching you play, i usually play genji but as of late he’s just not a good pick I want to pick up tracer I’ve been having a blast even though I can’t aim nearly as good but it’s very helpful to see how you position and work your way to their backline