Reinhardt | The Ultimate Guide to Winning Every Game in OW2

[@lhcloudy]

The map i dont play Reinhardt in is dorado and watchpoint gibaltar

[@lPeligrol]

Why?

[@florentmusset]

@@lPeligrol these maps offer powerful high ground positions. Tank need to contest enemy DPS . I suppose Cloudy play Winston or DVA to dive them. Am I right Mister @lhcloudy ? Love your tutorial. My biggest mistake was to pill my back line crying "monkey on me... Help your support ...."

[@KingPongC327]

Personally, I love playing Rein on Dorado, but it’s just superstition because I win a lot when I play him on that map. I actually may start to change after this, thanks!

[@Chiron1010]

@@KingPongC327 I’ve found if I need to full hold on dorado I find the most success on rein bc you just camp the choke and wait for the payload to get there so you have extra cover

[@skyfeelan]

I guessed, junkertown and circuit royale lol

[@Aftershok128]

I watched this whole thing and it has transformed not just my gameplay, but my life as well. My wife loves me once again and i have found inner peace. I accept myself for who I am now. Thank you, lhcloudy 27.

[@zeroFrequency]

Excellent guide. This has transformed my play. I have reached bronze one

[@lhcloudy]

I got u happy to help

[@Chuha97]

Bronze one from? Lmao

[@dialectiks]

@@Chuha97 from Plat

[@geoffreybaldwin3108]

🤣

[@CorvoLegend1]

Bro I feel that. I was actually able too kill someone

[@pudhpreetdhillon8602]

this guide helped me so much like I literally went from barely finishing my 7 rank placements to gold 5 UPDATE hit diamond 3 with 70 hours total on rein never doubting mr. reinguy again Another update i finally hit masters on reinhardt. I am happy

[@SstylerMA]

Nice guide mate, learned a lot as a reinhardt main :D what are the 2 maps u don't like to play as rein? I would love to know

[@squidwardknows5806]

Dorado and Watchpoint Gibraltar

[@-KFAD-]

@@squidwardknows5806 I get that Gibraltar's 1st or even 2nd point are not optimal for Rein but I feel point 3 is amazing for him! Dorado...yeah Rein is not too great but not completely useless.

[@brunoandrea4846]

@@-KFAD- You realize cloudy is top 10 tank.. He's playing against the best players of overwatch. Any disadvantage is huge and he can't do anything on those maps as rein. Sure if ur bronze - diamond you can still play him on those maps

[@spiegeleifisch2982]

@@brunoandrea4846 He also played and won on gibralta. (A video on this channel) but its just way harder than most other tanks

[@aidancocking4014]

Dorado 2nd rein is just awful my god

[@prodbyredstar7627]

Thank you for giving me advice to go from gold 5 to silver 2. I feel so much better now

[@CarolynFreund-p5b]

Torphy Harbor

[@thekleanupkrew8381]

The best thing I can say about getting better as Reinhardt, you need to demand respect from the entire enemy team. You have to become a gigachad and let them know just by how you play. Just remember though, for every godly Reinhardt is an even better support lurking in the shadows

[@GoldenKirby]

Every first fight I assert dominance lmao

[@iohangoncalves989]

*piss on the floor and look in the enemy eyes to assert dominance*

[@TallnutEnjoyer]

Beat up the biggest guy on the first day

[@centipedekid9824]

@@TallnutEnjoyer The other guy has has a Mercy pocket while you have no heals at all. Now beat him. Oh yeah and he has his entire gang with him ready to jump you if you even slightly start to win.

[@iCakeMen]

@@centipedekid9824 As long as you stall the point and jump his backline, it'll be fine. If not, then you lose the game, but probably not because of your rein play.

[@derekbell5994]

The solo shatter on the soldier killed me

[@sckeeb2]

was looking for the comment- its how fucking fast he turns and he flops over

[@apextornado1]

XDDDD

[@bakfiets32]

U were that soldier?

[@SubwayLover]

Honestly a matchup guide would be so good bro and help a lot of aspiring rein idiots. Underated content

[@khaledm.1476]

You can beat everyone as rein, matchup... match these fists. P.S I am trying to channel the dumb gigachad rein energy this video preaches lol

[@Deboned_butter]

@@khaledm.1476 I’m a t500 Rein. The video is correct. A few things here and there I’dve done differently, but this is certainly a solid guide, not some ‘dumb gigachad energy guide’.

[@khaledm.1476]

@@Deboned_butter I've made this comment when I just started playing ow and this was one of the first guides I watched so I didn't know anything. In retrospect cloudy has too much respect for his teammates/enemies since he's GM. In my silver matches killing a diving tank can happen in less than 10s since there's no coordination, that winston jumping in would have got massacred so there's no need to trade backlines and instead kill him then press our numbers advantage. Similarly if I dive into the zen/reaper/bastion comp that's a gg from the start, in fact most comps obliterate me if I dive in even with my teammates. Instead what cloudy didn't explain is wait till there's a bit of chaos and they're not all clumped up. Also diving an ana successfully pinning her then cancelling is one of the dumbest decisions ever. You're giving her way too many opportunities to sleep, in fact kiriko could have suzued that pin then ana sleeps you and you get massacred. Solo shatters are also extremely stupid because you're beating everyone in a 1v1 that isn't a flying hero so why waste shatter when many times in the match you can shatter 3/4 people. I've also learned to tone down the aggression, knowing when to back away and when to attack. Learning how to yoyo around enemy cooldowns (bastion's turret form, rammatra nemesis/ult) has been a very helpful strategy. More importantly he never mentions how you should move as rein, he kinda hints towards shield hopping but playing cover is also very important

[@Deboned_butter]

@@khaledm.1476 Many things of course aren’t said, but what you are critiquing isn’t said is basically like critiquing a video on how to drive for not explaining what muscles to use to push the gas. Of course it won’t explain everything, but for what it does explain, it is very valuable. Again, he is a T500, so in most cases I would take his word for it in your shoes - since it’s clearly worked for him. And as a T500 myself, I approve this video as very valuable.

[@khaledm.1476]

@@Deboned_butter That's fine, for me he spends too much time in the start explaining the absolute basics of the abilities but then not enough time on the fundamentals of positioning and movement. But obviously everyone can have their own opinion and we can agree to disagree

[@WilliamChoochootrain]

Holy, great advice. I used to sit near my team and hold my shield till it broke. And then I kinda just threw some fire strikes here and there and not much else. Playing aggressive is so much more effective. I'm constantly keeping one or both of the enemy team's healers or dps out of the battle, and my team just melts their tank. The swing-fire strike technic is really effective too.

[@snrlx.]

you're surprisingly clear and very straightforward for someone who hasn't done much offline content at all, very good video maan. 👍

[@acbeats4447]

Had a tm8 in ranked that yelled at me for ignoring the tank and going for DPS and supports. I proceeded to explain to them that that's literally how you win the battle and they continued to dismiss me like i didn't know what i was doing lol my tm8s just shoot tank and rack up dmg and say "ooo well i got all this DMG it's tank or supports" like ofc you're gonna have a bunch of DMG when you shoot the character designed to MITIGATE dmg lol dmg don't win games elims do

[@jphanson]

Cloudy never gives up. That’s the spirit every Rein player needs to emulate!

[@willkesting4117]

Great Guide, the one thing I still sruggle with on rein is when I go onto their backline and their orisa/zarya/dva follows me and kills while my team watches me die. Maybe thats just bad situatiual awareness but let me know if you have tips for that.

[@Cursedmanplays4631]

His tips doenst work well in lower ranks for that very purpose. You go to the backline and your team accuses you of feeding instead of pushing with you, and the enemy team decide to hold hands because they got scared of your aggressivenees, so now they expect it and its gonna be a 1v5, while your team watches and do noyhing but flame you. In lower ranks, is a gamble to be aggresive. You will either disrupt the enemy team and have allies backing you up, or you throw the game. And if your mechanical skill isnt good, you'll be stuck having 50% winrate or lower.

[@chrisclark7805]

I just entered comp (I usually play arcade for most of my 500hrs that I've played, whoops) and this makes so much sense. I definitely will have to try the swing fire strike swing combo. I did not think to mix them up. Also I notice cloudy plays from behind cover alot so I'm trying to play more this way as well. Hopefully this willl help me breech Bronze hell. Update: I've been kicking so much ass and getting potg. Time to get out of bronze hell now

[@EnigmaticSpuce]

Did you get out of bronze hell?

[@chrisclark7805]

@@EnigmaticSpuce only briefly then I didn't play much comp and got slapped back down lmao but my Rein don't plaaaay. I'll get back out soon. 😊

[@EnigmaticSpuce]

@@chrisclark7805 go! Go! Go! You got this! For honor and glory!

[@mantankerous5844]

Hearing this gives me hope as a rein main! Thank you!

[@DODo-ry2ro]

So the aggressive young reinhart in the cinematic was right and Valderich was wrong...?

[@Luizfernando-dm2rf]

yes

[@kerokero9458]

They're both right, don't forget Reinhardt now shield with his shield and body

[@moatef1886]

Nah they're both right. Balderich said protect your team, but a lot of the time protecting your team IS going crazy on their backline or squishy DPS and commanding attention/making space. Rein even says this in his voicelines.

[@sheepwool]

Thanks for the guide now im bronze 5

[@forgiveness7959]

Turning your back and looking down to hide your headshot hit box is a big brain move I never thought of

[@lil10dot]

what would u have done if that zen was on high ground with sojourn? Or if zen used melee and sojourn slowed you? I get the peel/dive decision making, but the issue i have with rein is not reaching targets when they're well positioned

[@r3za_]

Got placed silver 4, first time having played tank and also competitive play in general. (Before watching video). Since watching the video I have already noticed a positive change on my gameplay. I play on Nintendo Switch with gyro controls on and it makes it not only easier to play on console but also more fun. This video has helped a lot with how I understand space and my game awareness. ❤

[@corninmyass356]

Rein has a way bigger hitbox on his swing on the sides so u can use the gyro to fling ur camera to the sides and utilize the bigger hitbox

[@aidensilva4220]

i know it has been 8 months since you posted this but i swear I thought I was the only person who used gyro on switch and now i feel i have found a friend.

[@isaacng4306]

I am a Plat Rein and I want to be aggresive but my team wants to play perfect overwatch soo they want me to be a shield bot and they blame me why am I always not shielding them.

[@SlowMovingVan]

Great guide, learned alot about Reins new play-style in ow2

[@Lornext]

This guide expect my team to also be competent though.

[@hannaringman3108]

That be the catch

[@conner5731]

i didnt watch ur video i went 0-3 in comp, i watch ur video i go 2-0 while watching

[@lukassorowka2672]

Yeah I'd love to see tank-matchup-guides especially against dva and orisa

[@makamakestutorials6356]

this video changed my entire life ever since i started getting good on tank becaus eof reinhart, i finished my morgage, my family loves me again, my divorce got canceled and now i have a family with kids of 3. i got a promotion on my job too

[@LilOlWaxy]

"Play as dumb and as agro as possible." I get yelled at for playing like that. They just want me to sit there and hold the shield up 24/7. Sooo much fuunnn

[@uncommon1313]

Thank you for making this. As an aspiring Rein player this info was invaluable. I also watch your streams.

[@leoashura8086]

So you're telling me i've been playing Rein correctly, but because of my teammates saying "What is this tank doing?" "Protect your team" "Use your shield instead of charging" made me listen and get hard stuck in gold? I end up doing exactly what you said "Defending your backline all the time means you're doing nothing".

[@inthemist8435]

Katakuri

[@arsenyskif9239]

I play aggressively and consistently defend the team, diamond 1, but sometimes I have to play extremely aggressively if my dps is absolutely useless

[@T1J]

mann i have so many games where my team just gets rocked by the enemy tank which makes me feel like i need to peel for them. you're the rein god tho i'll take your word for it lol i guess i'm just not swinging enough

[@Chiron1010]

i like how for his credentials he doesnt mention how he played for the LA gladiators and the world cup lol

[@justacursedlego286]

0.32 Ah, I see ur another Finn as well

[@hakan6449]

Dont listen to this fraud here is the real tips on Rein: 1- Spam ova there at least 15 times in one fight(Works up to GM5 but after that people just mute you) 2- Spam MTD when u diff the enemy rein(Powerful tactic messes up the enemy Reins mental) 3- Always use voicechat. 3 2 1 amp it up pump it up. 3 2 1 Ana nano me. Hard flame Ana if she doesnt nano you every fight(Up to GM2 ur fine but GM1 Anas may nano someone else if you kill 0(zero)ppl with it 3 times). 4- Dont use shield. We all know shield is for p***ys so make sure the enemy tank sees that ur MIT is 0.(Shield reduces uptime on Rein swing. use natural cover instead.) 5- Play widow hs between queues. Q for tank is at least 7 mins so just play widow hs and practice rein aim.(Kovaaks is better but it costs money and you wont have money since you used all of it on Rein skins and the battlepass) 6- Most important one. 5 stack at Korea at 4am in the morning and wintrade. Really powerful move and makes u gain SR at INSane rates(U cant 5stack at GM so just wintrade if ur GM).

[@htfcm]

Hoooolleey. Ana, nano me one time for the one time.

[@RandiOW]

Stop the people don't need to know!!!

[@OTNOVSKY]

Thanks for the comprehensive guide to be an absolute gigachad. One question, how do I answer teammates that asked me just to be a shield bot?

[@heyimmax]

Tell them to shield themselves

[@KatastrofeXD]

i have a few questions, in case of a rein vs rein its useless to match the rein? im Diamond 3, i normally win against reins doing good shatters and all that stuff, but after watching the guide im confused.

[@dianuj]

Numbah one Guide for Reinhardt Character from the CEO of Reinhardt himself Pog

[@xvillemanx4918]

I play aggressive with rien and pin the dps or the healers but when I push or try get the point, when I do this my team are behind me, but my team do follow so I die because it's 1v5. What should I do? Any tips?

[@roarbertbearatheon8565]

Which maps don’t you play rhein on? I’m low IQ so this was helpful to me. stay on point, charge away when my backline is dying, and miss firestrikes and win the game

[@Sweet_Solos]

The peeling aspect of this guide is the single most important aspect that gold players and bellow just don't get . How many times will a low elo player say "we are getting dived we need help" if you concede to this ur loosing the game most of the time .

[@guccigang9881]

Cloudy what are the two maps you don't play rein on?

[@alejandrol.b.3954]

Watchpoint Gibraltar and Dorado

[@guccigang9881]

@@alejandrol.b.3954 nice I figured Gibraltar. I thought I've seen him go rein on Dorado though. Maybe just after first point? Thanks for answering!

[@leifle6997]

Came to the same conclusion about aggressiveness climbing from Bronze to Plat. Still have a lot to learn mechanic/game knowledge wise.

[@faye3530]

I didnt win every single game in ranked. playing exactly how u told me to. Its just that my mercy is pocketing my useless pharah and my moira thinks she needs to hit rightclick for a minute everytime shes out of healing

[@sanguine_sujeethpv9132]

i used to think of rein gameplay as a mad elephant swinging its trunk right🤣🤣.glad to see cloudy agrees

[@basher92]

Ihcloudy: do dumb stuff like a gigachad Me: ha! *charge kills Ana every time with 0 MiT damage*

[@ΔημήτρηςΠατελοδήμος]

Basicly just charge in , dont shield your team and hope you have a good support to save your a$$ so you can play badass !! thanks nice advice !!

[@audahdrey]

I don’t even play rein and I suddenly have 69% wr from logging in

[@ChitChatAndChatter]

My team screams at me going "too far" even though I have ult and facing just 2 quishies...

[@NZ_MARVEL93]

Well I tried this after an hour of practice and I get a mercy whom threw my game and didn't heal me once I'm in silver one

[@Chunkyloops]

I was stuck in Silver and now I'm in gold. Now I can't wait to be stuck in Gold.

[@ZaWrldo]

I was winning alot then I started losing alot and after watching the goat i realize i was peeling for backline instead of charging for backline

[@dr.kinderman5290]

80 hours doesnt seem like a lot then i remember each game is like 5 or 10 minutes lmao so hes played tons of matches

[@maboo2008]

Thank you for this! You mentioned there are “2 maps you don’t play Reinhardt on”, could you tell us which maps please? 🙏

[@sheptorious]

Yeah, this was hilarious to me that he specified exactly two and didn't tell us which ones 😂

[@ariyanshaikh4907]

This doesn’t work in bronze; the second you leave your back line they all die

[@centipedekid9824]

Yeah this doesnt help the gameplay is completely different then what I actually see in my games.

[@88yellowjacket]

The worst is stupid healers that think you diving the backline is stupid...

[@emiliodiaz3927]

Thanks i finally got 10 wins on quickplay

[@fabeleto]

i really dont know if this was a joke video but this guide was usefull at some point

[@dontatmebitches]

I love this guide. Learnt alot even as a good rein. Plz give more guides papa cloudy

[@ziki4911]

for a second at the beginning i thought that was XQC cuz i didnt understand a single word

[@HumBug_05]

Using the payload as cover constantly makes you unkillable

[@gilgameshduchiha9529]

what are the 2 maps you don't play reinhardt on?

[@amicosayshi865]

Well; armed with new knowledge, it's time to climb out of Plat

[@Ascus33]

From Finland, you are definitely the highest person✅💨

[@blamshalam]

YES! I AM THE POINT! I AM THE OBJECTIVE! I LIVE WITH HONOR! AND I SALL DIE WITH GLORY!

[@rez9386]

Honestly, I've seen a good amount of rien video guides, but you preach about being aggressive in a way that you become more useful is a tip that isn't ingrained in my head. Ty for this.

[@Madhuntr]

A year later. Now we have mauga. *Sad Reinhardt noises*

[@notoriousmike3307]

If u need a couple pointers let me know I have 100 plus hours on rein

[@agiro01]

Need a matching dps guide like "How to not make löse when tank do game" xd

[@dogsenjoyinit7659]

Now I can beat Vestola matchmaking on the hammer shield guy

[@heimrheljar]

Bringing up the scoreboard thing every time was distracting

[@tuno_ow9010]

Cloudy please post more videos. I would love to know how to beat a hog tbh it feels like he just solo ults me on cooldown. Amazing video m8 keep being the giga chad

[@parrek1384]

Two tips: track his ult and don't shove yourself into a corner when he has ult. Also, pulse your shield and use the knockback and shield to direct yourself backwards to safety

[@imglau]

In the game at 12:00 was that chazm plaiyng ball?

[@EatThatTTV]

As a returning rein from OW1 I'm here to become a beast again

[@Jokerfromavideogame]

I just climb from bronze to plat following these rules . thanks man

[@bakicci]

aight im bronze 2 rn ill let yall know if anything changes lol

[@Xderfighter]

Could u also show on which map we shouldn't play rein? And maybe some tips for every map. thanks

[@edmondchesterton9780]

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[@McKannon]

Just started playing again after 5 years of not playing. Question: What if they have dps like Phara/genii and healers like mercy/Lucio? And they don’t have a back line? Do you just defend your back line primarily?

[@gahrdz]

what is a peel? he always say that... or am i hearing it wrong?

[@remystreichenberger1080]

What is your opinion of rein after ramatra got released?

[@GeneralCba]

I am still losing lol...Need more advanced tips and nuances. Maybe vod review of your decision making, decision making video or playing and talking through whats going through your head

[@taylorschmidt3373]

Hahaha that why I live rein just swing the hammmma

[@blgdinger3]

honestly I don't think this guide would do much for sub diamond players. Many lower tiers have these ADD players where the moment they see a big object they must attack. It's weird, because Rein in Ow2 feels clumsy to me now. All this aggressive aggro play works terribly unless you have support that can support and DPS capable of landing a god damn shot.

[@gunther3272]

I need my tanks to watch this video.

[@Memelord456]

well what do i do when my healers dont heal or follow me

[@abouttime837]

8:17 Was hilarious

[@lustucruuw]

You can headshot with shatter ? ;-; 8:10

[@loosoh4891]

glad to see that I'm not the only one who now sees rein as a dive tank. He's almost like tankey tracer

[@deco_genji]

I can't play him after the nerf I quit

[@neon8406]

Super helpful guide. What maps do you not play rein on?

[@inthemist8435]

13:58 I am in that game I am ur teams soujern😘

[@cloudyopium333]

I love how he sounds like he smokes spliffs

[@ethanfountain5696]

that poor fucking soldier

[@SmoothSmoothie127]

I get more kills as rein than any dps

[@GVQuadra]

Bro coin flipped the fuck out of his games. Rein cant play into literally every tank without problems like doom and sigma. My man have over twice the games played to get his rank compared to everyone in the same teir. Its the same as a challenger in league with 3000 games is alot worse then someone who gets there in 600 games

[@Mmmm-lx9vb]

What? First of all sigma is one of the best matchups for rein. Secondly this video was recorded when rein was WAY off meta, a legit top3 worst tank so everyone in the top10 had a favorable matchup against rein, spamming (at the time) broken Zarya every game. Id also like to add that more games played plays a significantly bigger impact when youre climbing through lower ranks but not when you are top10, afking a higher spot with little games played is often more beneficial than queuing if you want to stay in top10.

[@thomasgates6441]

noob spotted

[@GVQuadra]

@@thomasgates6441 it's literally just match up statistics in high ranks and im a masters player who has played since ow1 release. But hey disregard my comment because you assume I don't know what I'm talking about and like I'm not just paraphrasing pros.

[@tymcmurray4874]

Who’s your favourite character?

[@2tap53]

thank you, love the way you talk

[@demogaming8895]

Blizzard really nailed Rein. He's very dumb and the player also has to act dumb to play him, it's genius