My Most PAINFUL Journey To Top 500 Yet In Overwatch 2

[@doomboi789]

Blizzard decided that Rammatra's lines and voice acting were so good that every tank player must heed his advice and suffer as he has.

[@nagruk]

Playing tank is the average Sisyphus experience

[@ВадимГильманов-д6я]

Best description

[@Imaginedying434]

One must imagine rien onetricks happy

[@detective_mitch_conner]

Dude forgot 1987 Hondas exist

[@williamhenderson1739]

​@@Imaginedying434as a rein main. I wanna cry in a corner with this meta.

[@mister_meme3608]

As a doom main, nothing's more thrilling than trying to do anything and being cc'd to hell and back

[@Scott-fy4rz]

Its actually so unenjoyable by yourself, the only way to get picks as any aggressive tank is to have another player dive with you. Even then, it's outrageous. Two supports pocketing eachother are actually unkillable.

[@crancat3495]

I got to Master with a duo queue as support and we just pocketed each other with minimal other healing and it was so busted (I was high gold / low plat as solo queue and it was so miserable)

[@Scott-fy4rz]

@crancat3495 so real, been trying this but we're a little out of steam and playing with a bigger stack of friends is so much better. tired of people complaining in chat, blaming eachother, when in reality at that elo anything is winnable if you put yourself to it.

[@fettbub92]

I think playing an aggressive tank is the only way to play, and just hope your team wants to play with you. Try to comm with them, and hope they comm as well. If no comms, I'm on a mission to keep their squishies in spawn, and I ignore their tank.

[@void.guedes]

I dont know what happened this season, but appears that everyone in the game does more damage and more healing to allies and themselves, EXCEPT for tanks, we just explode in 1 second and cant kill anybody because of the healing numbers

[@jones4aqua]

100% its like you have to play super safe and perfect. The problem is, you can’t.

[@philmicrakin6088]

This season feels like there aren’t even tanks. They seem like squishies now lol

[@SecureBirch410]

I think its because dps and supports do 1 million damage per second if they hit their shots, against tank, but against other characters attention is more scattered and overall much less shots hit, so the damage is a lot lower, but their supports are still able to heal as muchbecause most healing doesn't take aim. The result is that tanks blow up, the healing numbers are pathetic compared to the damage everybody combined is able to deal, on the other hand dps and supports dont get focused, are hard to hit so healing numbers are leagues above damage.

[@snappiesnap773]

I feel like its finally balanced, or atleast, tanks are finally less good than they were

[@PerpetuusTenebris]

which is a MASSIVE problem unless theres two tanks. Sincerely, a tank main.@@snappiesnap773

[@yoshikagekira1436]

As a doom main, what happened was he hit the Brig which activated the wide range punch hitbox and sent everyone back, but if he had hit you (the charging Rein) then it would have cancelled his punch and stunned the both of you which would have probably won you the fight entirely

[@winningplayz5514]

Came here to say something similar

[@TheLeetCasualGamer]

The tank climbing experience Every opponent uses Orisa and every other role swaps to specifically counter you

[@xDjembex]

Everytime Im playing opposite an Orisa I desperately miss OW1 even more.

[@dragonize9826]

That lifeweaver play was actually really cool lmao

[@lamparo7028]

4:00 the first thing the echo does when becoming a tank is to jump Flats with their tank Flats' reaction is both sad and hilarious

[@donovan4222]

This is getting out of hand…now there are two of them!

[@chrismastrorocco4945]

Orissa could reasonably be called "SNOREissa" or "BOREissa" and the most interesting thing about her is choosing which thing to call her. Idk how she's gone from boring and static in OW1 to boring and static in OW2, but it's truly impressive given how she was given an entirely new kit to do so

[@donovan4222]

Never forget Flats thought her rework was exciting and made her fun back in the early seasons of OW2

[@jonableek9452]

@@donovan4222she is very fun. She’s just the strongest rn and lives in ur head rent free. Lol.

[@donovan4222]

@@jonableek9452 I do not think she’s a fun character and I think most players are realizing that now lol

[@Pingoz]

Overwatch on its way to having a sleep inducing meta for the umpteenth time

[@batatanna]

This will always happen while they keep orisa as boring as the is. Bro just make her function like actual cavalry instead of bastion 2.0

[@jonableek9452]

@@batatannashe is far from a bastion….??

[@batatanna]

@@jonableek9452 Both just stand there and shoot

[@keego3917]

the fact “confronting yourself” played when Flats got into the Rein mirror LMAAAOOO

[@thefunnysauce]

4:56 W song choice for the rein 1v1

[@dathobbitfrodo2133]

We finally did it chat, we found the GOOD lifeweaver

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

He's still his happiest when he can just go BigHammerMan. You love to see it.

[@Eternal-7]

Man I remember when Flat's said he's never ran into a good lifeweaver and then that last match. True character development.

[@notoriousmike3307]

I feel u bro keep up the content u legend

[@AXT1938]

0:13 insane healing and nothing dying is getting old.

[@EurekaOW]

Because healing is tuned for 6v6 they never nerfed it for 5v5. Shit got old long time ago. I can kill people easier on support than I can on DPS right now. Just play bap and out duel all the DPS with ease.

[@AXT1938]

@@EurekaOW I prefer barriers at this point. Also CC is creeping in slowly. Give it a few more heroes and it will be worse than ow1.

[@christophertidwell2422]

Ow is getting old at this point

[@私はクソな中国人です]

@@christophertidwell2422Ow is old.

[@christophertidwell2422]

@@私はクソな中国人です hope it gets dementia

[@Berebarabere]

one must imagine flats having fun on tank

[@mhz6687]

As a league player who just started playing overwatch 2, it was crazy how in such support/pocket/healer meta game, only 2 characters had anti heal(or wound) and one of em is an ult

[@TakarieZan]

I played Support and hit diamond 2 seasons ago. I hit plat for tank. Its a fun game. Plus ranked in this is way better than League. As long as you play competitively but for fun because you literally get nothing for ranked... I lied you can get a golden weapon but who cares?

[@sillybilly_16]

Flats I like watching you a lot keep up the good work man

[@AndresProductions7212]

Flats trusted a Lifeweaver and it finally worked out. There is at least one good Lifeweaver out there. 😂

[@matthewrayner571]

Wait... lifeweaver was played how he was designed?!? With repositioning potential instead of healbot? Crazy.

[@Vampauli]

Playing tank was never SO UNFUN as since Overwatch 2. I was a huge Tank Main but damn I almost stopped playing this role because it's the biggest pain in the ass ever.

[@thatoneyokai5109]

That last clip at the end was Best LifeWeaver player NA

[@ismael4458]

I feel like orisa is gonna be always like "this"

[@astupidlylongnamethatstoolong]

When every tank is worse it'll always become Orisa meta.

[@ismael4458]

@@astupidlylongnamethatstoolong fr

[@alb791]

​@@astupidlylongnamethatstoolongthe game would be so much more fun if Rein or Winston were meta

[@Thickdickdaddy420]

As long as fortify doesnt let you headshot her and she keeps every other buff yeah

[@SoloEmperor-ry8xf]

Tank is the most painful roll to play now, change my mind.

[@Ska1high]

5:15 noticed this a lot recently, a number of sticky explosives, namely bastion's bomb and illari's captive sun, will explode *around* shields rather than off them, brig basically can't block bastion bomb whatsoever because it just wraps around the shield and hits her anyway. makes absolutely no sense.

[@argotwo]

10:18 The pin connection does not go off because he contacted a teammate and the so the stun went through as flats was not the receiving target of the initial punch. :3

[@Gachatoroyah]

Yoooo I heard Confrontation Yourself in the background, peak game music

[@mitchprice3841]

That lifeweaver was going Gordon Ramsay on that Circuit Royal match 😂

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Flats when Rounds walks in:

[@joyful_yolk123]

10:15 I think the only explanation that makes sense for this is that he punches the brig, not you, therefore he didn't get stunned by the charge, since you were right behind the brig 10:38 yep

[@Kattarius1996]

Watching you is what brought me back to Overwatch. Thank you for the content!

[@kaszik_]

Whenever Flats talking about Orisa and starting to fall asleep lmao

[@darkmaster6448]

Never thought I'd hear Confronting Yourself in an Overwatch 2 video of all things

[@Potato98765]

That first ramattra ult was so painful and relatable to watch

[@o7Loki]

I play a lot of dva. So I'll either end up fighting a rein first fight and they insta swap orisa or zarya. They always go zarya. Then a support swaps to zen and my tank fun goes away and I gotta sweat. It's not fun.

[@Battleress2]

THE FITZY STRAT!! lmao the lifeweaver going over top and pulling the tank strat was started by fitzy when lw was still really new; i wanna say he first tried it even before the control change but i can't remember, i just know it has about a 50-50 chance of letting you roll the first point or you get absolutely obliterated before you even get to pull your tank 😂😂

[@benvaldes3967]

tank right now is without a doubt the WORST role supports are so strong and dps become unkillable with said strong supports each game of tank is just a back and forth of swapping between rein orisa and zarya it’s just miserable

[@stequ46]

10:15 I think what happened here is that doom hit the brig with the empowered punch and the hitbox pushed you with her

[@babybeluga3]

as a tank player i question why i still subject myself to these horrors

[@crancat3495]

As a mostly rein / winston main since launch, i have finally abandoned it and I now queue only support

[@TakarieZan]

Just que all three roles. I mained Support cause I liked Kiriko but I also played tank when I got bored. Variety is the spice of life.

[@kogantiparvathi9960]

I used to enjoy qp until season 5 as tank.

[@hallegalle7061]

No fun Was detected during the making of this video

[@STOPTIMMERTIME]

The end of the video has rare footage of a Lifeweaver ACTUALLY having good game impact

[@cameronagha1449]

Epic play by you and LW at the end there holy shit.

[@chickenslapshard1982]

This paper weight tank gameplay sure is something

[@deku5496]

1:17 accurately represents the whole ow community

[@Gabriel14366]

Watching him hold W straight into a 1V5 and then complain when he dies really is "the tank experience"

[@DangerScoops]

To be fair, we all do that sometimes lol. Doesn't matter how good a player you are, misjudgement exists.

[@Alex-yv5do]

To be fair bro do be 1v5ing at the cart though, where is everyone

[@retnuh1597]

The Rushing Heart theme at the beginning of the video??? I never expected to hear that here of all places.

[@Lusho88]

That Reaper kill OMG i felt that, cried a little too

[@Mona-wr9xl]

I did not expect Under Night music in a Flats video.

[@VexNeptune]

I love seeing people having fun with the game especially with music

[@eltar91]

Overwatch 2 turned me in to a support main. I used to flex. But I don’t wanna play tank and queuing support and dps means your just playing support xD

[@warriordinag3921]

Orisa: Too good at living, too bad at aggressing and doing stuff.

[@Jabbadabut123]

@flats the reason the doom punch hit you is the brig in front of you TECHNICALLY got hit first by the charged punch so the shockwave hit you instead of the punch which would have caused the counter pin knockdown

[@realryleu]

i've been going zarya into orisa in lower ranks and absolutely rolling. no clue if this would still work top 500, but she's a blast

[@XNSever]

He's not playing Zarya because of Bastion

[@mrkisukes]

Playing tank is so unfun, yet I do it more and more...guess I'm discovering my masochistic tendencies

[@partially8194]

Loving the Under Night music choice!

[@Zack-vn7dt]

5v5 was a fun experiment. Let's go back to 6v6 and have them balance that version of the game properly.

[@michaeljcaboose1152]

Yeah, doom’s punch beats charge due to having a much larger hitbox.

[@advancegeo2986]

bro found the only good lifeweaver

[@BloopTheNoop]

I love the Lifeweaver offensive pull idea

[@XNSever]

That Lifeweaver pulling the Fitzy strat!

[@azseal2669]

I've actually noticed lately that Reinhardt's charge no longer seems to 'counter-pin' Doom's punch this season. Is his charge so broken now that it now no longer even functions?

[@justsomeone1073]

No its just at least in the case of the video, doom's punch hit the brig and the shockwave sent everyone back. The punch did not hit the charging rein

[@azseal2669]

Nah that was his theory, doesn't mean it actually happened. I'm recounting my own experiences where the same has happened with no teammates in the way.

[@joeburch6754]

So many choices. Support, DPS, and H O R S E

[@shuzilong]

Its like with every tank playing or maining Orisa at this point, its basically, "Someone get the Defib!! We're losing them! They ODed on copium!!"

[@cordylosaurus]

Prob been said in chat but the doom punched brig and that punch hit you, since it wasnt full on pin vs punch there was no collision sadly

[@stuststicky1899]

I loved confronting yourself playing over the rein duo

[@Solo4Gecko]

The empowered punch set off the shockwave of cc to stun your charge. Similar to how if an empowered punch hits a regular doom punch the empowered punch wins

[@cookiedoodle5582]

Regarding the Doom clip: Doom's punch connected with you before your pin touched Doom's body. That's why he was able to punch you out of it.

[@zerocool7141]

Orisa v Orisa feels more like Rein v Rein with who has the better supports, in my opinion. At least more so than Zarya v Zarya does.

[@theshontman]

Tank gameplay in diamond: I pick DVA, they switch Zarya, I switch Reinhardt, they switch Orisa.... I switch Orisa... then it's just down to whose DPS switch the highest damage output to see which one of us dies first Gone are the days of making off meta tanks work in Solo queue. Orisa has no hard counters. Zarya is okay, yes. But with the prevalence of Bastion you just explode

[@williamhenderson1739]

I felt that. See if I see someone switch rein. I say let's fucking go and give em the duel as every self respecting tank main should. But yeah, nah, this seriously feels awful as tank.

[@colourfulgeode2959]

theres a reason tank is the shortest queue time

[@Slicer435]

As an aside real quick to the pain....whoever chose the music....cultured

[@jdmc9538]

Flats first encounter with a good lifeweaver

[@garden7549]

0:30 doomfist jumpscare

[@Phoofy]

im coming for you

[@xJak97x]

This was not the video I'd expect to hear Rushing Heart

[@NatsukeShift]

Was not expecting Under Night In Birth music lol

[@Delbs1]

Orisa and Zarya meta are so annyoing, I really hope Rein meta comes back soon enough Also, petition to Flats and his editors to disclose the BGM they use on their videos. Those are just fire.

[@gurinem3313]

I gotta say being a tank this season sucks, if you dont use orisa vs another orisa you lose and then everyone is using bastion, making lots of tanks unable to make plays. 💀

[@obtains]

Ya know when im in doubt i ball it out precedes to get slept, hindered, hacked, slowed, ORISAED, DISCORD ORBED, then falls over.

[@Mechanicat]

The thumbnail on this looks like dude is about to drop a sizzling RnB track then eat it.

[@samchristiansen8176]

the Liveweaver play was the nuttiest play to watch live

[@_bizmo_fungus_894]

9:22 *NEURON ACTIVATION*

[@MrNeCr01]

That LW pull onto bridge is 200IQ and belongs on OWL.

[@jordonmartin8034]

1:48 my same luck every single time a support ACTUALLY peels for me lmfao EDIT: I think Flats can no longer say there is no such thing as a good LW!

[@backbreaker925]

That Illari Ult was DIRTY! I didn't think you were gonna get the block, but then you did! and then you didn't..........

[@anotherhuman2414]

A Sonic EXE megalovania playing in an Overwatch 2 video is cursed. It's not the original Exelovania but it uses the same leitmotifs, so it's either a cover or an AU of DifferentTopic which is an AU of Undertale. If this is for DifferentTopic, then Pink Sheep is Sans, which makes this musical choice more cursed. Anyway it's a fitting song for the curse of the tank meta in OW2.

[@Azarthes]

ive done that circuit royal flank! its super fun :D

[@bragseven8719]

That Ramattra ult at the start it's the true definition of pain

[@tlkfanrwbyfan8716]

Truly suffering as he has

[@clashingimages]

This is why they should have never removed the 2nd tank. Just reduce shields instead. 2 tanks working together was more fun and took more skill than just a mega tank that everything melts.

[@Thickdickdaddy420]

Nah

[@scotttimbrell8632]

Flats - "I've never seen a good lifeweaver"

[@fiendishmia506]

I feel like Orisa is the new Hog. Whenever she’s good, this game is miserable

[@spaceforbrains]

that LW on Circuit Royale has been watching too much fitzy. GGs, congratz on t500

[@alicon852]

4:59 what’s the song that plays here it sounds dope

[@ChuloGayming]

Many times I wish I was GM/Top 500 but then I remember that's where the Metas are and I'm happy I'm just a Diamond player that can play whatever I want.

[@Archiac036]

Seems like they should nerf damage by an overall 15-20%, nerf healing by 20-30% and then somehow nerf Orisa without ruining her. That or hard nerf Illari's heal beam, maybe down to 90/sec instead of the ridiculous 120/sec.

[@RobertBlackface]

I seriously enjoyed your pain this video

[@praetorianplays]

oh man i love being forced into playing a particular tank... fun so many.... combos..?? lol Thanks for sharing your pain Flats, also I wish I had that rein skin

[@Hraesvelg]

Suggestion for Rein buff vs Orisa: Make my shield actually be able to block her ult, I hold it up, she releases, I jump up or something and my supports die.

[@GreenKnight32]

I like how he says he's gone negative for 4-5 rank resets and hes still gm1. Here I am going 5-5 once and I drop from gold 5 to silver 5, I love overwatch.