Overwatch: Aim Drills are NOT the fastest way to improve

Aim Drills are a waste of time, and I go into why that is in this video. Also theres a GIVEAWAY!
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[@ioStux]

Make sure to enter the giveaway over on iostux.com/ at the bottom of the page! Simply put in your E-Mail Adress and Name(You can also login via other sites if you want to), click your way through the options and increase your odds of winning! After that simply join this Discord and I will contact you if you won! discord.gg/xWbtaVF Also to clarify. THIS IS REFERRING TO AIM "PRACTICE". You can keep using things like Aim Hero for warmup, this is about actually improving your aim!

[@pyokim977]

boii

[@farhatu1542]

ioStux Coaching | Overwatch I want to thank you so very much as this video had open my eyes to a whole new understanding of overwatch and how I can get better at it.

[@Saskaruto16]

Hey ioStux, I could use a bit of help if you don't mind. So I have a bit of an issue that even my top 500 friend hasn't been able to help with. I seem to get stuck in plat at around 2800-2900. My main account was stuck there for multiple seasons even playing with my brother all the time who was also stuck there. This season though playing tripple stack with my brother and friend we were able to climb out, and now I'm near master and playing duo or tripple I play fine with a 60-70% win rate, and playing as a six stack with close friends where I am most comfortable, my friends (including my top 500 friend) said I was the second best on our team (even though I was the second lowest ranked) and my six stack group wins pretty much all of our games and I love it. I made a second account just to get more practice when my friends were not online, and I only play solo queue. Ranking up I was playing with all master and GM players but I had a few bad loses when getting ranked and ended up again at the top of plat. But then on a particularly bad day with lots of leavers and quite a few toxic jumping off the map building turret in spawn kind of throwers (14 out of 30 matches that day. Really should have stopped sooner.) I fell down to 2600. I've gotten back up playing on that account but I can't seem to escape plat on this account despite playing in diamond and master games on my other account and winning just fine. My top 500 friend said it's because I don't know how to work with platinum players but he never played in plat so he couldn't help me with that. I play DVA, Tracer, Rein, Pharah, Roaghog, Reaper, and Mercy or Zen if I have to heal. You've said before you've gotten out of gold and plat easily before and I would like to know what I am doing wrong here. Sorry this is so long. Keep up the great content.

[@gautierbonjour]

ioStux Coaching | Overwatch Hey io!! I m trying to get better at the game thanks to your videos That oppened my eyes. I play a lot of soldier in ranked, and i was asking myself about my Target priority. I watched pros playing soldier while trying to see Who They focus but i m not sure if i understood it Well. What i saw was That the pro soldier focus the dps first, but sometime they start focusing the flanker and sometime They start the fight focusing the hitscan. Also should i be focusing the tanks to get my ult faster Instead of trying to kill tracer That Will waste me a lot of Time, While i won T charge my ult by a lot. Sorry for the bad grammar, i m not english :/. Hope you ll answer

[@LewdVideos]

I've been lied to. How else am i suppose to land those sick flicks with Winston

[@cokespritewhatever]

Lewd bro get on my level. My healing aim accuracy with Mercy is 100%.

[@VB-92]

I doubt that mate, do you know how often that beam locks onto people you aren't aiming at just because they're one pixel closer to you.

[@kasaiicarus2234]

Skynet That’s actually a good point...

[@CanisoGaming]

flick punch needs a LOT of practice, good luck ma douude

[@VTuber_Clipp3r]

the equations don't even account for team work, quake is not a team based game and countstrike no one gels as a team, this if you don't you fail or switch to characters that the opposition has problems dealing with, you can master all of this in the video and still fail as team composition, helpfulness is not controllable

[@eldingdong]

The shitty car analogy was eye opening, really made me understand the importance on other aspects of gameplay. You're a fantastic teacher man, keep up the amazing work!

[@pyokim977]

boii

[@benjaminsymon5165]

Nah, with enough arguments anyone can say the same inverting the roles .

[@shotz_o]

Your metaphors are literally next level, concerning the creativity and the way you actually manage to portray problems xD

[@shotz_o]

Leo Kal thank you very much, i knew metaphors wasnt quite the right expression but i couldnt find a better one at that time :D

[@russellhassan7773]

Man, your "high level bad player" anecdote made me realize something and it really hit the nail on the head. While I'm not a super high level in Overwatch (350ish), I've been playing FPS games since I was 12, but until recently always considered myself to be somewhat of a scrub. I started with TF2, and mained Scout, Soldier, and Sniper. I mostly stuck to public servers, and I could win games by just aiming at the vast crowds of pub server noobs. I later got into Counter-Strike, and in that game I focused on my aim in aim practice maps a lot since I had internet issues that prevented me from reliably playing online. I wanted to get good at the game, but since I only practiced aim (and watched those 5 minute Strat and Tips videos that meant nothing without first-hand game knowledge), I couldn't climb past Master Guardian. When I started playing Overwatch, I expected to place well due to my good aim from previous FPS experience. I hit level 25, then did my placements and got... 1730. I played a lot of Ana and even though I could hit shots I didn't know when to Nano or Nade, or how to position to not die. This was a wake up call to me that I needed to learn not just how to play an FPS, but a Strategic Game. I had ignored that aspect of pretty much every game before. I started to think about angles. Not just copying angles that pros used like I did in CS:GO, but distinctly thinking about where I had to stand, what kind of impact my positioning had, and where I was vulnerable from. I learned to not be cocky and overextend, but still be decisive when I saw an exposed target. Thanks to thinking more about this stuff, I quickly climbed from my mid-Silver to Diamond in one season. I've been stuck there for the past 2 seasons, but I attribute that to not having as much time to play because of School and also some unlucky tilt/loss streaks. I still think my positioning and gamesense could use a lot more work. I play much better on DPS than I do on Support and Tank, and that's likely because I still kinda play Ana and Zarya with the mindset of "hit your shots and you'll be golden". With Tracer and McCree, I've gotten much better at identifying when it's safe for me to fight, and knowing when to ult and how to play around a counter. My aim is still by far my strongest suit (and I still play aim practice because I find it fun), which is why I like to stick to hitscan heroes like the ones mentioned above, but as I've improved at the game I've started to enjoy more gamesense/positioning based heroes like Winston, Genji (mechanically difficult but proper patience is also extremely important), and Lucio. This video is really important to pay attention to. I spent years seeing these "gamesense is more important than aim" videos and dismissed them as clickbait, but it's really true.

[@ioStux]

Holy moly, thanks for the great comment

[@lBioHaZarDl]

2+2 is 4 quick maths

[@makk41]

got E - for Excellent

[@sourcesymbiosismetamorphis2228]

lBioHaZarDl math's not hot

[@mo_riz]

lBioHaZarDl mafs*

[@guitarninja416]

wrong, minus 1 thats 3, now thats quick mafs

[@TheBiggestBlue]

Torbjorn is 4 ft 4

[@SinisterSi718113]

I'm absolutely loving the more frequent uploads.

[@tiredrom]

Thanks ioStux!! I was placed in bronze (1400) 3 seasons ago and with the help of your vids i got to plat last week

[@benelicious9333]

now?

[@benelicious9333]

now?

[@corwinschuerch6691]

This is SO TRUE. I am a flex main in mid-gold that ends up playing Rien 90%+ of the time, and 90%+ of the time at least one of the DPS stands right in front of my shield, no matter where it is, and die over and over, then flame the team for being bad.

[@lt3880]

(sitting in my extreme gaming chair smearing shit on myself while playing aim hero) ah a new iostux video

[@innactiveaccount4038]

bro?

[@rednaxofficial]

I totally agree. My aim with McCree is very unreliable. Especially much worse than most other plat/diamonds. However one thing I have learnt to do very good is use my three abilities and position myself well. By just focusing on that I went from being a silver McCree to just outside diamond ATM. Getting one well planned flashbang and adding maybe even just one deadeye kill is a teamfight win. If you execute this after getting a successful kill the "normal" way there is almost no way you can lose a 6v3 and the fight. Small things like this is what makes you climb, even on arguably the most aim reliant hero in the game.

[@ioStux]

+Machina No he won't. Your aim won't help you if the enemy McCree lurks behind a corner and flashbangs you. Cant really use your aim if you're stunned.

[@ChickbewProductions]

Machina but it doesn’t matter if their one player is greater than you, there is always going to be matches where that’s true. Even Sinatraa gets outplayed. You have to help your team out it’s a TEAM game.

[@OneOxone]

The one thing I really love about your videos is that you dont care if you offend anyone. Truth can be hard sometimes but shit talking doesnt help anyone. And if you really wann improve you have to work. There are no shortcuts like the perfect mouse sensitivity that magically gets you better out of no where. Keep up the great work ioStux.

[@lenny6695]

3:53 - 1 thats 3 quick maths

[@lenny6695]

xXgamerXryan123 lmao

[@lenny6695]

xXgamerXryan123 idgaf lmao

[@lenny6695]

xXgamerXryan123 i use correct grammar

[@BigGingerJake]

I've watched a lot of your content, and this video has one of the most profound messages for me (a McCree main that hits everything but is stuck in mid-high diamond and is very guilty of the aforementioned folly). *Thank you* for your concerted effort to helped us all improve, and I vow to pay for your services when I can afford them.

[@eashw4r]

this video is truly amazing. currently i have been in bronze for 2 seasons now and practice my aim every day. i used to wonder why i was stuck at such a low rank, and now it has dawned on me. Ty for making this video. im going to start to record my gameplay and watch it back to recognise my mistakes and why i die at certain points in the matches. However, i will still practise my aim just for my own satisfaction as i am a tracer/mccree/soldier main. But i will be focusing on my positioning a lot more. That analogy about he car opened my eyes and helped me understand your point, so once again, thank you for making this video

[@ioStux]

[@pyokim977]

boii

[@eashw4r]

3 weeks later: got another account, and focused on my positioning more. got placed at 2471 and now at 2395 after about 15 games. I can truly understand how much positioning can affect your gameplay. Thanks again

[@jimirio4191]

Awesome job Init!

[@freedrick5206]

InItForTheKillz sweet

[@quiring2549]

Holy shit Dafran gameplay in the back and ioStux explaining OW cant get any better !

[@Nomorehero07]

As kind of a car guy, I love your analogy!

[@kurioman]

man, im not even a overwatch player, but this video help me to improve more than any other 'guide/coaching" video i look till now.. wow thanks

[@FirebladeXXL]

i have always argued with people how overwatch is more of a first person moba than a real shooter, because the way the maps are built and the teamfights dont often involve cover and are determined more by ults and cooldown management then raw aiming and shooting... ty for being on board with this line of reasoning

[@DokuDoki]

The thing I love most about Overwatch is how I can still feel impactful and useful in every game despite my aim being a potato tier. Some heroes even literally CAN'T aim, like Winston or Junkrat! My favourite for a long time now has been Mercy, even though many people seem to hate her nowadays. There's just something so beautiful about winning matches without having to fire a single shot and evading death while being top priority target.

[@ishaboy5090]

DokuDoki you're boosted

[@JamesLee-yn4wj]

DokuDoki you’re boosted

[@DokuDoki]

Joke's on you, I don't play competitive so I can't be boosted

[@Marcynus92]

Junk actually requires a fair bit of aim unless you're playing against people that constantly walk into the slowest projectile in the game that youre firing from across the map in QP

[@donovangunther4538]

Marcynus Junkrat no doubt is the most complex hero mechanically in MIDRANGE. In the long range Junkrat’s primary fire is fundamentally determined by gamesense more than aim. In the close range Junkrat works off CD management and fast crosshair placement. Because of this you will typically see a good Junkrat avoiding midrange engagements, even Chro who is by far the best Junkrat mechanically and gamesense wise avoids midrange engagements because the majority of OW heroes can deal better damage easier in that range.

[@benelicious9333]

When I watched this I was master, now I'm 4415. Iostux is coaching Jesus

[@antigon1369]

Benelicious Eu or Na?

[@benelicious9333]

Wasupmynibba Eu Peaked at #19 Eu, now stuck at 4.2-4.3k

[@ThirdKultureKidd]

3:53 that's some quick maths right there

[@hanzofactory]

I thought that too xD Was about to comment it...

[@painy6588]

EFFECTS clean exhaust examined by iostux, more next week

[@NibelungJ]

This piece pairs well with the hardware one. Its kinda the same thing: Most players can't extract the full power of a cheap PC, and wouldn't get better by buying the most expensive Razor mouse in the store, or the hardware to reach 300 FPS in a 144 hz monitor.

[@Zerosixious]

Not going to lie, this really hit me hard. On console I was in the top 1 percent of a lot of stats, and even had an extremely high survival rate. I plateaued in low master, and stayed there. I continued to aim drill and thought I had just capped out skill wise. I had all kinds of notes to that I used to practice when it came to positioning and gamesense. I stopped working on them when I got to the higher tiers. I stopped watching my own vods and thinking about decisions. I realize now that I was somewhat doing what you are saying. I think it is time I put the aim back on the bottom of my list and really go back to my basics. I just started over again on pc, and I have noticed the aim is coming fast. The tracking and aim related drills seem to be transferring well to kbm. Looks like I will be doing a lot of vod review before next season starts, and I do my first pc placements. Great video! Also defran might be a bad choice to highlight. Many pros say he is lopsided. He has unmatched mechanical skill, and middling positioning/gamesense (of pro players.) His mechanical skill carries him into being considered a best of the best contender of hitscan players. This is the opposite of what you are trying to highlight, but I get your points. Using a freak of nature player as a backdrop seems odd.

[@fengwang2407]

Chris Beaty dafran positioning is god tier my dude, he even taught jake how to position as soldier etc.

[@ioStux]

He is known for his aim, but his Positioning and Gamesense are top notch as well! But don't worry, I get what you mean =)

[@Zerosixious]

Feng Wang not exactly what I mean. Defran is literally "known" for his ridiculous mechanical skill. All of the tier 1 pros have god tier positioning. Defran is in the middle of the pack there imo. He is still a literal ocean of skill above the rest of us. I was just pointing out that he may not be the best option to highlight IoStux point. Watching him stream headshot dinks on to ulting Genjis from close range has shown me that literal aim bots do exist.

[@revamp2017]

You are a life saver, I was about to start doing Aim practice for 2 hours per day. Instead, I'll do vod reviews.

[@vaporwave4207]

Revamp you can still do aim practice, I wouldn't recommend listening to this guy, all good players know that mechanical skill is just as important as game sense, the pro players are where they are because they are the best at using both of those things in tandem. Even if you're not playing an aim reliant character mechanical skill will give you an advantage over someome who does not have the same mechanical skill. Don't fall into a line of thinking like "oh even if I'm not that good of a mechanical player, I'm still good with game sense, so it's ok" because mechanical skill is just as important. As he said in the video, counters exist, but it's not impossible to get around them with pure mechanical knowledge, a junkrat can still jump up to a pharah with his mine get her with a grenade mine combo even though pharah is supposed to be one of the hardest counters to him. Do you see what I'm saying?

[@jimirio4191]

The point of the video is not to completely dismiss aim, it's to explain how the other aspects are simply more important and are important to climb ranks. Also, the Junkrat explanation you gave isn't an example of aim, it's an example proper ability sequence and game sense. Using Junk as an example for aim is kind of hilarious.

[@SalehBayahya]

No aim just SAUCE

[@UniQue1992]

Raw aim

[@Kappanoname]

I'm fucking tired of these clown ass youtubers lying to lower ranks that aim is everything, a lot of players i know that want to climb think they're magically going to rank up once they "work on their aim" and "upgrade their macbook". Thanks for telling the truth respect.

[@esatakan3076]

What an incredible video.. thank you iostux, you have - in an incredibly short time might i add - have become one of my favorite OW coaching/education channels... kudos brother, hope you blow up soon! :D

[@ioStux]

[@Rrg45451]

After 20 min of searching i found the piano at 07:00 its "Por una Cabeza (Piano)"

[@doesntmatter4136]

Dennissj thank you!

[@x1FaTaLIx]

I know you posted this 3 years ago but I absolutely needed this video as someone who wants to get good at FPS games. I’ve been aim training for months but still suck and it’s because I have zero game sense lol

[@thecataclysmforeseer]

Yup. This was eye opening. I'm one of those people who only tries to improve aim. Here i have been in plat for like a year now wondering why i'm not improving lmao

[@machiavelli8087]

This is the first ever really impactful video I've stumbled upon. Until now I would've tried to search for every educational video on YT there is possible on trying to improve my aim, totally forgetting and ignoring the minor facts about the game heavily relying on others mechanics than just aim. Really good video.

[@matthewtaillon2618]

Car analogy + analytical breakdown earned you a sub!

[@M43NG]

You’re absolutely right. I came from CS:GO, and I found out that in overwatch, aim is nothing if you don’t have the experience in-game. It’s much better to just keep playing overwatch instead of practicing aim on bots, aim hero, etc. Aim is something that comes in time, and in overwatch, with the exception of widow or such, you don’t need insane flick shots or godlike aim to win. Training aim can help, but overwatch is not a game like CS:GO where it’s mainly aim dependent.

[@WarrickRanger]

Literally the last line of this video was telling me to take a shower, and that’s what I was going to do when I finished watching the video. Eerie.

[@kr-dl9yu]

Came here to become better at overwatch, ended up better at math. Fuck

[@hbm1030]

Interesting video. I personally cannot stand coaching channels because I cannot stand getting told by people what i'm doing wrong and right. Everyone has their own playstyle and its completely different based on you so watching a clip of how good this guys positioning was doesn't give me the slighest clue. This video was on the good side of coaching videos because you aren't telling me how to play the game nor are you showing me how to improve it. You are telling me to critique myself because that is the best way to learn. Good video.

[@ApostleOW]

I'd like to throw in my two cents worth, and say that mystery heroes is really good for this. In a mode where getting ults and simply surviving can be so beneficial, it does a great job of teaching game sense, survivability, ult management, and prioritizing.

[@guentherrogg7414]

Thank you very much for your response. This helped me a lot. It is a lot of work but I think it is worth it. Maybe I can post it when I am finish if someone is interested.

[@maxrubin2284]

Iostux great videos as normal! As a note to everyone, a great way to work on gamesense is ffa deathmatch. Record the gameplay, then analyze how you take engagements and your positioning. This is of course in addition to looking at your comp gameplay. Death match is also helpful because it’s all about outplaying the enemy and the rounds are shorter and therefore easier to get through/analyze. In doing this, I went from diamond (3172) to 3897 where I am now, all in this season. Good luck with your games everyone!

[@TheMagnay]

I kinda disagree with that, deathmatch is more mechanical skill then positioning. it definitely does contain positioning but there is no rein to stand behind and there are no healers to keep an eye on and making sure you are not out of line of sight. the best way to practice positioning is playing comp. it can help you work on noticing more and predicting the enemy but a lot of it is about hitting those sweat headshots.

[@dorbenyaakov4755]

I actually saw plenty of gold portraits who couldn't hit water if they fell out a boat.

[@jcrawlox109]

I think every person that plays overwatch and isn't gm needs to watch this video 800 times in a row.

[@megadbow7379]

Problem is - if i cant hit a roadhog thats sitting in front of me im pretty sure i need to train my aim more than my position, especially if i am a winston hiding in a small bush

[@bigice7184]

Congrats. You just leveled up again. (Me: McCree main with GM like aim down in plat crying in corner) I mean I had a feeling aim is sort of worthless, I just didn't want to accept it.

[@suspiciousturtle6249]

Big Ice If you have gm aim even if your positioning was garbage you wouldn’t be in play. Maybe diamond aim. But good luck climbing

[@bigice7184]

My assumption is that my aim could really get me to diamond (and potentionally above) if I would play more. Seriously.. I have 56 hours total in comp across all seasons (from 1 to current). In some seasons I could barely get back the "season entry SR setback".

[@ioStux]

+Big Ice Yeah thats really not a lot =(

[@bigice7184]

There are a couple of reasons for my low contribution to competetive play. There is so much getting in the way between me and screentime that the hassle just isn't worth the grind. :-/

[@420HazeN]

Big Ice if you had GM aim you wouldn't be in Plat. I played only widow and got to masters and I have no brain at all in Overwatch. This guide isn't that true. Dafran, probably the best soldier/tracer player in the game atm said that Overwatch only requires aim and that his brain is the size of a peanut and he doesnt think at all in game. If you're aim was truely at GM level you would be in GM.

[@morriganos]

I originally played mercy for about 300 hours, Ana, Zen, and Lucio for about 70 - 80 each. My aim never really improved, and when I had to pick up Sombra for my team, I started off prioritizing aim, as my friends always mentioned it. For a month or so, I've been prioritizing getting really good at aim; I see Codey win because of it, and I see how much he can do off it. I sometimes have games where I position like a 76, but my good days are when I'm abusing positioning. I'm working on my positioning again so my game sense can be full potential; I pride myself in mind games and game understanding.

[@BlackFistZephyr]

Couldn't agree more with this video. I watch streams for learning and applied them. I was plat since season 4 -6 and I considered my soldier aim to be higher than plat but after realising that it isn't aim that's important but why I die and what I could have done to make sure our team won the fight. This helped me climb from low/mid plat to mid diamond.

[@nicholaspannes6899]

great video, keep up the good work! Hope you have good luck in the coaching scene

[@iLiKeEnRiX]

Hi dude, just wanted to say that I'm new to your channel, this is the first video that I see. I've been playing Overwatch since a lot of time, and I've always been Gold trying to get to Plat. I never managed to, not even to this day. But I always saw Overwatch like an FPS game and I always tried to improve at aiming only... This video kinda opened my mind, I'll definitely try to rethink on my actions in the future, and not my aiming skills. I'll keep an eye on your other videos! Cheers

[@gusnd]

After I improved my aim, fixed pixel skipping, and pushed my training as McCree I was able ti climb. i still have positioning issues but is because how Overwatch makes easier if you focus on just one character, but muscle memory plays a major role in your performance, I was able to capitalize more opportunities

[@creeperstkoed6282]

So for people who still don't get I'll all give you a perfect example, I used to play Halo 5's swat game mode all the time, I put almost a month's worth of time into the damn game, I got to the point where my best game was like 21 kills and 1 death, I was deadly and I never really missed a shot, I stopped playing because I was interested in other games, and I eventually came back to playing it for a while before I got over watch, when I switched over I played a lot of Junkrat at first until I realized that I played Zenyatta better and boi did I get a lot of crits but despite that I placed in silver in my first season (5 btw) and it got so bad that this season I placed at 1238 SR, positioning is far more important than aim which is something I have learned as I was climbing out of bronze, I'm currently sitting at 1501 SR and I'm not playing anymore competative so I don't lose SR and drop back into bronze.

[@paxcaster]

thanks so much for everything you do, it's seriously making my experience of getting better so much more pleasant and understandable

[@TheAsylumchild]

This is awesome advice! I love Widowmaker. I watched Kephrii play on KZbin and noticed that he got some good head shots in, but he missed his shots almost as much as I did. My accuracy is only about 47% on a good day with Widowmaker.

[@LambdaTheos]

When someone asked to Dafran "Why you didnt went pro in CS:GO" he answered "Because i have a peanut brain, CS:GO require brain while Overwatch require only aim".

[@ninjalacoon]

Until recently this notion about overwatch being a shooter was still alive and well in my head, but now I know better. There are times you get destroyed by stuff in this game and there was nothing you could do about it. Most games are decided at the hero pick screen.

[@gaetaboss_mattj3047]

You explained the issue of lower div players really well, props to you!!

[@slurpmonkey]

I’m gm nearly top 500 and although my aim is “good” in general, it is very bad when compared to other gm players. I never worried about aim. I always told myself “That will come in time”. I may still have a long way to go, but it has improved dramatically. The things you need to actively practice and focus on are your gamesense and positioning. Basically, just your general knowledge of how the game works and what you should be doing at any given time. Understanding these things doesn’t come naturally to you over time the way that aim does. You actually have to take the time to think about it in order to understand it. The best way that I improved my gamesense and positioning is by thinking not just about what is happening in the game but exactly why things happen the way that they did. I would always ask myself after every team fight what went wrong and what went right. What could we have done better. And every time I die I ask myself what I did wrong. Sometimes it’s as simple as I didn’t aim well enough. Sometimes I was pushed up too far. Sometimes I wasn’t pushed up far enough. But whatever the reason is it is important to recognize what you did wrong. But of course these things are sometimes very hard to recognize considering the quick pace of the game, so it is also important to record your gameplay and watch it later and ask yourself those same questions a second time while also noticing new things that you should have done that you didn’t do. This is how you truly improve your knowledge of the game(or at least how I did it) good luck.

[@AndyMacster]

Thank you for reminding me of the majesty of Por Una Cabeza. The video was once again fantastic too. Great content!!

[@ioStux]

ITS SUCH A GOOD PIECE, ITS BEEN STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR WEEKS NOW ARGHHHH :D

[@pj2345-v4x]

Counterargument: The basis of improvement comes from building a strong structure and having direction. What is and isn't good positioning is often impacted by what you are capable of at that time. A tracer can have god tier positioning and is limited because being proactive is only rewarded if you can gain a reward that parallels or overturns the risk. Say I aim like a gold player, and they have a rein and hog on a hanamura point 1 choke for their attack. My positioning with that aim is mostly based around baiting abilities, diverting attention, and farming ult charge moreso than diving backlines and trying to 1 clip heroes. When my ult is farmed I have more options and can go for a pic on an easy target like rein and open my team up to win the whole fight, so right off the bat that's my primary objective. But if I aim like a diamond, I have more options from the start, I can go for riskier plays, I can try to 1 clip characters, I can exhaust more blinks aggressively because there is a higher chance I'll get a reward out of it. Mechanical skill is a foundation for the rest of your gameplay. The car analogy doesn't hold up because the shiny coating isn't your mechanical skill, the motor is. As for actual approach to improvement, people who want to improve fast will look at this and say "yeah, that's true, if my aim improves over time rapidly, I'll get better as a result if I focus on other things" This is true to a degree. But what really makes this video great is it highlights the REAL issue, which isn't that players shouldn't focus on skill mechanically, but that they are *extremely* lacking in the self review department. Players focus on aim because it's not abstract, they know where to improve there, and at the end of the day that is a fantastic reason to dump a reasonable amount of time to doing it correctly. The best way to improve is to target the edge of your skill level and intensively test yourself, attempting to set ONE goal, *maybe* two, and just try to fix then alone. Short of being so bad at positioning you die too much and don't get the chance to practice aim, you should basically practice aim a lot. But when you do decide to peer review your vods and see a flaw, then you focus on that. Because it's not abstract anymore, you know what to improve on. Like if I am playing winston and I notice I don't land close enough to my targets or melee low to the ground after I jump somebody then I focus on that until the good habit is engrained in me. Maybe after that's done I notice my positioning isn't being centered around my ana's sight lines so when I get into a game with an ana my main focus that game is to always know where she is so I can tell if she can heal me and if she's being jumped. You can't just generalize and say people need to focus on shit like gamesense when in reality they just need to focus on 1 thing at a time and actually review themselves. That's how people learn. And for everyone who watched this and doesn't know why they can't track, I'd say make sure you have good enough hardware for a consistent frame rate and no variation in input lag, then focus on being stone cold in stressful situations like 1 on 1 gun fights. If you miss shots because you are panicking, admit you have a nerve problem and focus on that. It's the most important thing, you can't learn anything if your head isn't clear.

[@ioStux]

You misunderstood the video. "Say I aim like a gold player, and they have a rein and hog on a hanamura point 1 choke for their attack. My positioning with that aim is mostly based around baiting abilities, diverting attention, and farming ult charge moreso than diving backlines and trying to 1 clip heroes. When my ult is farmed I have more options and can go for a pic on an easy target like rein and open my team up to win the whole fight, so right off the bat that's my primary objective. But if I aim like a diamond, I have more options from the start, I can go for riskier plays, I can try to 1 clip characters, I can exhaust more blinks aggressively because there is a higher chance I'll get a reward out of it. " That is not a point that I am going against. What I am saying is that if you aim like a gold player, you shouldnt try to dive backlines and 1clip heroes, you should try to bait abilities, divert attention and farm ult. That is what gamesense is. Knowing what you can and can't do. The problem that a lot of players have is that they try to 1clip heroes and dive the backline, realize that doesn't work and come to the conclusion "If I had better aim that would've worked! So I should go practice my aim!". What I am saying instead, that it's going to take waaay too long to actually get your aim to a level where you can 1clip people and dive the backline, so instead of trying to work on your aim until your positioning is good, you should simply go to a different position and play in a different way thats suited to your current level of aim. Someone who realizes that he should instead focus on farming ult charge, divert attention and bait abilities is going to find success a lot faster than someone who drills his aim for hours a day hoping that 1 day he will be able to 1 clip. And the player that focusses on his gamesense and positioning is going to improve his aim too just by playing, so over time he will be able to adjust his playstyle to stay up to date with his progress in aim, so he will see more consistent improvement, whereas the player who is focussing on his aim will play just as bad as he did in the start until he reaches that breaking point where his aim is at a level where he can get away with his initial playstyle of 1clipping and diving people. I hope that made sense! People are saying that you should practice your aim until its good enough for the playstyle you want to have. I am saying that you should change your playstyle (Aka use different positioning and different gamesense) until your aim is good enough for a different playstyle, because that way you will see immediate results and climb, which will put you up against better opponents and thus allow you to improve even faster! Let me know if you want me to elaborate on any of that =)

[@pj2345-v4x]

Naw I understand that all, and don't really disagree. But it doesn't address that finding a playstyle is a far more diverse concept and not one you can figure out on your own in most cases. From a coaching standpoint it's easier to get a perception of the learning process because you've both taken part in it yourself as well as realized that process for others. But knowing you need to focus on "game sense" doesn't really give you an understanding of game sense. When teaching a new player, if they don't find themselves with something more specific to improve on they get stifled. That's why as a coach it's usually important to closely monitor them and remind them both to keep their head in the game (like motivationally) as well as what their actual goal for that round is, specifically. A new player might see their gameplay and be able to patch up a big overarching issue like constantly diving when they shouldn't be, but they won't understand how it applies to a ton of games without somebody to correlate why it's important for A or B situation. Like with the tracer example, you can say it's better for them to farm ult, to bait abilities, to play passive, to avoid aggressive dives, but in game if they try to focus on all of those, they are going to be just as useless and probably more frustated than before because they are changing all the instinctual play they've built so far. Learning has to based on the hierarchy of competence. Every individual thing you improve on goes through the 4 major phases of unaware mistakes, incorrect analysis, correct analysis, then unaware success. You can't apply the learning process to several things or a broad subject. I think by far my biggest issue is that you are doing a huge favor for the community just by bringing more attention to self review and adaptation, but that you don't give a good insight into how you figure out if you made a mistake, how to find out how to properly fix mistakes you've made, and how you can ingrain the analysis into subconscious and good play in a way that isn't overwhelming or unnatural to the player. As a personal coach for a team it's straight forward, you can keep taking it on a case by case basis until it sticks thoroughly. Players in plat aren't going to be smart enough to do that whole schtick alone without a serious amount of time or finding other sources of learning like the inner game of tennis to help guide them. Also being put up against better people isn't necessarily better unless you are silver or below, improving your SR is a side effect of improving yourself, not the other way around, so I always tell people who say things like "my goal is to get masters this season" that they are making the wrong goals and to get more specific. The only reason I really focused on aim as a foundation is because A player who is seeing their mechanical skill go up will notice when they start to be more likely to land things like 1 clips, and naturally through positive reinforcement start doing them more until their play style evolves around how effective they are. It's how nearly every player has learned to play FPS games since it's just a natural series of events. If you die all the time to zenny as tracer you dive them less because it feels bad to die. You start aiming better and you get picks more often in the duel, you dive more, your style evolves. In that way aim will always be what people feels sets their limits. I'm rambling too much at this point, but you get the general jist I hope. I'm almost positive I get the actual message of the video, since the way it's being received is mostly people saying it "opened their eyes". I can't deny letting people know that it's important to think critically about your decisions and watching your own gameplay is the correct course of action and I'm just being picky. And I know that what makes people not do that is often a fixation on mechanical skill, so telling them to worry way less about aim and more about everything else is clearly going to put them on the right path. I actually do enjoy your content a lot, I hope in the future you release parts of the series that focus moreso on the process of finding your mistakes, brainstorming how to solve them, checking with higher level players to see if that's what they do as reference, testing them, focusing on one thing at a time; you know, a series about how people learn in general and why it's so important you apply it to overwatch like any other game with deep strategies like this.

[@OverwatchLimbo]

I don't know if anyone pointed it out already but mathematically, saying that positioning and game sense are more important is inaccurate. For example, if all three skills are each of 20% high and you can improve only one, no matter wich one you choose, the final number of opportunities you can execute is the same. What matters is focusing on improving the skill that is the lowest first. All three skills are more or less important depending on the ranks and games so people should have higher skills in all of them. The problem is how to accurately assess your skill level and decide which one is the lowest. Also, as previously said in the comments, mechanical skills will make players execute opportunities even without knowing that they might be ones. Which would tend to confirm that mechanical skills are more valuable than game sense.

[@DerFliegendeMocca]

I WOULD LOVE YOUR ANSWER :) Interesting video. Actually, aim hero (the program effect used by the way) showed me what kind of mechanicals i lack. My flicks are quite good (for my rank, and im really not that good), but my tracking is AWFUL. I came to the conclusion to practice tracking, because in the heat of the battle i really didnt realize that i am constantly trying to exchange my lack of tracking skills with my pretty good flicking skills. but you can only get that many shots with huge ass flicks, especially when enemies are moving at plat level and you choose a hit scan type of hero. My gamesense is not too bad actually. Sure, i bet if i hired an personal coach for my overwatch practice, he would have at least 10 missed opportunities per match. But your calculation is a little bit misleading: opportunities come with skill. I for example came to realize that my ashe or tracer flanks are pretty well planned, also my escape and survive options are pretty solid. my problem is tracking. i simply cant get that many consistant headshots to make the most of my strategy. so it would be wiser in my current state to play more passively, which just eliminates a couple of heros from my option list (and since i am not pro, i honestly dont want to miss out on ashe/widow/tracer fun from time to time, btw. sure i flex in competitive and only play what my team needs and what i can consistantly deliver). Take widowmaker as a prime example. If you get two squeeshes every team fight, you most likely win every match. taking highground, placing your mine, knowing which enemies are your priority does not kill them: you need their head, before the winston gets you, before you lost 1-2 team mates etc. you need aim. Aim is the key. Without aim, you simply have NO opportunity to play this hero rightfully. Also the time spent alive is not the best indicator in my opinion for a base statistic: In my (low) rank, people tend to either play superaggressively (see genjis for example) or way to passively (mccrees in mid/end row, widows camping way back, tracers not flanking). Just "staying alive longer" doesnt win a team fight. actually i would even argue, that your trading your live in for the live of another player that is trying to win. Hopefully, you get more out of your passively saved live than that tank or your healer did before he died. a quick retreat, 3-4 kills without deaths wont win a match. And coming back to gamesense/meta knowledge: the current meta is so broken, i actually agree with you. you dont need a high mechanical skill to win the fights. wrecking ball and brigitte are the way to go, moira for heal. just generally know how to aim and you will be fine. the wisest thing would be to then team comp around those heros and fill the gaps acordingling. call me foolish, but i play for fun. the game offers me a lot of heros, and i really dont want to flex every single game. especially, i find a mini op reinhardt and A FCKING HAMSTER not appealing ! I want to play one of the many other heros, and a game should not be doomed, as soon as you dont have a brig when the other team has one. Its just a little unbalanced. Honestly i dont even care to much about winning but want to feel a sense of accomplishment when i play, i want to have fun, to look back to 1-2 fights and think "Damn, that was nice". In the current meta, team comp is too important and therefore it limits your choices how to play the game drastically. again you have three options: take the heros you dont like and maybe win, take other heros and probably lose or get your aim way up, that you overadvantage the other team.

[@xeri4697]

Thanks for the video!!! i was hard stuck gold all my life because i trained aim hero, now i stopped it and i got top500!!! THANK YOU

[@benjamindavidson992]

i love the coding reference with the does not equal unless its used for something else that i am unaware of

[@ioStux]

I actually didn't even think about it being a comparator in programming. I started studying computer science before I went to coaching fulltime, but it is an unintentional reference =)

[@-John-Doe-]

tldr: 20+ year old games were so primitive, that the only communication between player and game was rolling a mouse ball. The margin of error was so large, that investing time and money into your peripherals solved the game, regardless of any decision making... and so Aimbots became godmode. Fast forward 5 years, and smart coding would interpret user input, game context, etc, and correctly interface to fire at the intended target at the moment of that decision. From then on, aiming was a seamless as moving, reloading, etc... The games were determined by so many tactical factors and split decisions, that an aimbot no longer solved the game. And so every CS player would forever stay on CS, not realizing that the advantage of finally overcoming the input device, disappeared among any competitive peers, rendering the entire concept arbitrary. They could finally move on to playing a game that wasn't determined by rolling a mouse ball.

[@ItsKryptick]

What game was effect playing in the background Kappa

[@ahmedgoba1944]

you got the point of this video xD

[@davidmendez7312]

Aim hero

[@ItsKryptick]

david mendez Ik I was joking lol

[@ItsKryptick]

ahmed goba I was joking lol that's why I Kappa'd

[@ahmedgoba1944]

me too man that's why i said that Kappa xD

[@Craffunky]

And then i go to your channel and a video starts named " Aim Secrets: How long does good Aim take ?" and under that 5 other videos of "AIM SECRETS" :thinking:

[@ANoNiM0us3]

Actively practicing purposefully on aiming and game sense is the secret to getting better faster.

[@aboody8618]

When Dafran was asked why he didn't enter the CSGO pro scene, Dafran said: "CS takes brain, Overwatch takes aim." that's from the best soldier in the world btw. Now that's telling.

[@kenim]

I have experienced this unexpectedly. Hadn’t touched the game for almost two months but have been watching a LOT of Pro VODS(Apex, Contenders, Super Cup) and the OWL League pre-season, followed by expert analisys on team strategy highlights. I have been subconciously growing game sense and positioning knowledge. I went back to competitive a week ago and even with my aim a bit rusty I was having sooo much more success than before it was astonishing. I have always been a flex player and now I grew my hero pool and skill overall. BTW I’m just platinum but now I feel I can reach diamond

[@mazenlewaa8260]

Why does it feel like I'm watching vsauce

[@ioStux]

Because I only upload once in a blue moon =(?

[@mazenlewaa8260]

ioStux Coaching | Overwatch no because of the style of the video lol Im new here I just subbed so I wouldn't know

[@ioStux]

Hehe

[@burnwolfember729]

To simplify this: even if your able to make baskets in basketball you can't win if you don't know how to dribble.

[@LukaRyuu]

As someone who's mechanical skill (most notably aiming) is not fantastic, and might never be due to some personal issues, this is something i've already tried to use as a guideline. I might not land every shot, but holding the right positions and being aware of where enemies are, how they move, and what they'll try to do tends to do half the work for you, I find. Sometimes their mechanical skill wins out, but more often than not, a good position and sense of the game can really tip the balance in your favour, atleast enough of the time.

[@tariqtariq5429]

I've felt this way for so long, thank you for putting everything into words and making this videp

[@AcePotato_]

So to keep the car analogy going: you first need to know the rules of traffic before you can even learn to drive.

[@bestboy897]

Excellent video

[@ZinedinePrime]

Not really he's talking crap

[@ayushsharma06]

Nice video but I think this is more applicable to 3000+ SR. You can easily climb to diamond based on just great aim alone because your opponents are pretty bad at positioning and gamesense too and you can exploit that with your superior aim . After diamond it gets a bit tough as everyone has great aim and you need to rely on positioning and gamesense to win.The car analogy was great but I think I have a better one. I would say that great aim is like having a high powered engine in your car and game sense is like great handling. Your objective is to win the race, so even if you have the engine outputting more power but the handling sucks you will crash into the tire wall on the first corner. The thing is though till diamond the race is like a nascar track( a simple oval) so even if your handling is not that great but your car has a lot more power you will win a lot of races. Above at higher SR (3100+) suddenly you are racing at a F1 track with hairpin bends and twisty corners, here your high power and bad handling will cause you to crash on the first challenging corner, but a driver with a less powerful car but phenomenal handling will beat you easily because he can handle these corners easily. The trick is to find the right balance between power and handling.

[@Joetime90]

This video is quite eye opening. Thank you so much!

[@TheZodh]

One of the videos worth watching once every year.

[@LostSquire]

Out of every hero in Overwatch, I can only consistently hit shots with 4. Out of Mech D.va. Mercy (Pistol), Orisa, and Winston. Something about the strangely similar travel time between the two pistols and Orisa really puts me in a good spot. Hell, I hit more targets with those three than I do with Winston. I find it easier to just run around with a giant shield in front of my face, or to fly from ally to ally with streams of bullets chasing after me. I make a good dive tank, and I make a real good support. Don't ever ask me to shoot, and I will help you live, so you can do the shooting. (Low 3000s to high 2000s is my general SR. I don't play comp much either)

[@kavilt]

Finally... A gamer who can do math

[@Legato2400]

I'm Impressed man... this really tells people why they are stuck at whatever SR they are at, great work man.

[@mapopi-mm]

Another great video! Climbed to Diamond this season, aiming for masters in the next one. Thanks coach! :D

[@Ryutix]

Im a 2900 dps player and I genuinnly walk away from the majority if my losses like an idiot thinking "god damn it! I legitamately could have won that game if my mechanics were better" over everything else and it frustrates the absolute hell out of me

[@Xoneris]

What the fuck do you mean, i just took a shower like 6 Hours ago.

[@goofistmcnutty3280]

Although you really put a science behind this in a way that I didn't understand, I did already understand the general principle of all this. Been maining tanks now cause they are needed and use those skill sets far more then aim. However I am still a sharpshooter at heart, or a wannabe of one. When I can't land shots that I feel like I should, mostly because of the simplicity of aiming (put your cross hair on the face, an click), it drives me up a wall an tilts me faster then anything ever can. That goes for any shooter game. I wanna be good an all, but I am addicted to head shots....

[@HeroRaze]

2:08 "firefights are fair in CS" shows eco round

[@hydraulichydra8363]

Before watching this, I always wondered how I could go up against seemingly god-tier hitscans in deathmatch as a silver. Now I know, their aim is fine, their gamesense is bad, but in Dm gamesense doesn't matter because you can die almost as much as you want.

[@kha0sv4ktor72]

my aim decreased. i was a good tracer at release of ow...and now i cant kill one junkrat

[@therealamayan]

This was honestly a confidence builder and very helpful, thanks!!!

[@rk9515]

I have problem with not knowing if I'm positioned well. I try to position myself based on where my team is, I main Zen. I do feel like I do need to work on my aim only hitting 18% of my shots.

[@AdrianGarcia57]

my aim improved dramatically from literally just playing the game

[@MAAZ_Music]

You have opened my eyes

[@Orionyx]

I practise on aim hero for 30 minutes a day, and it improved my aim so much, and just bc of my aim, i'm 20 times better at the game and win more games in comp.

[@kingarth0r]

But I can't aim because my pc runs overwatch at 18 fps.

[@user-oq9js2tj1f]

I feel weird all the video 'cuz i thought that i was in the school. Thx for the Christmas gift!

[@dume85]

i mostly agree however there are some people who look like they are trying to aim with a track pads and those people still need to work on aim or play a hero that doesn't need aim.

[@krismeda8041]

Overwatch was my first "FPS" so i reeeally sucked at aiming when i started (and still kinda do) but got to master in season 3. And I got there by playing Rein, Road, D.Va and Zen. So no, I am NOT a Mercy main who "got carried".

[@ahbraveconscript997]

but i don't want the fast car! speed restrictions are everywhere these days and don't get me started on finding spare parts. i'll get a ford focus or smth ty. :)

[@hourglass4208]

Thank you your content is absolutely incredible!

[@thef.b.i2705]

3:55, 2+2 is 4 minis 1 dats 3 quick mafs!