I Spent 7 Days Learning Genji To See If We Should Nerf Genji

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[@4r77y]

The face svb makes when he gets slept by ana's is priceless. It screams "so this is how it feels on the other side."

[@Anglerslime]

It was actual perfection tho. Immediately the Ana sleeps him.😂

[@liammcleod4669]

He singlehandedly makes me want to try new characters. Keep posting these!

[@rverma64.]

Same for me

[@bcpyc]

Yep. SVB had me become a Doomfist main when I never wanted to play as tank

[@POTGMACHINE]

(5:00) As a Quickplay Andy Ana main, there's nothing better than a Genji actually letting you know they're about to blade. Hopefully, more players learn to spam their ultimate if they want Nano. However, when it does happen, it makes me feel like a mama bird watching my baby leave the nest, off to destroy the world.

[@BerryStacks420]

youre weird

[@tarrabah5775]

And then they Dive headfirst in and waste it completely

[@Teaguywhodrinks]

@@tarrabah5775support players when their teammates dont play like top10

[@switchblade6]

​@@tarrabah5775it's the thought that counts

[@justwolfyalright]

Until they get headshot by a hanzo or widow

[@Real_MisterSir]

Also something to consider is, that since Genji is inherently such a fun character that truly rewards every bit of effort you put into mastering him, it means Genji "mains" in general tend to be far more dedicated to their preferred hero, than most other players in the game objectively speaking. So it's only natural that when Genji is actually in a decent state, the quantity of players proficient with him can easily make it seem like Genji as a hero is much better than he is, which isn't reflective of reality, it's just the fact that all these devoted players are now actually allowed to play their hero without getting hero diffed by default at the baseline value level. When he isn't meta, he gets medium value on average, but when Genji is neutrally viable, you see these players come into their true right and really do some damage even though they aren't overall ranked higher than everybody else. They are just that more invested in this particular hero, than pretty much anybody else is to theirs. At least that's my hypothesis of his kit that fosters great devotion because he's just so fun and rewarding from a gameplay experience perspective.

[@nathancasey7712]

Good point

[@Jimmy-vl3xk]

Remember when doom got buffed and og doom mains started to have a field day 😂 its really just devoted players making these characters look busted

[@riceyboi7069]

Fr, when OW2 released I was so happy that I could do more than what I was used to. When CC got the nerf, and not too many ppl abused Sombra at the time, Genji felt great. He was the same hero, but with the hit to CC and 1 less tank to peel, it was refreshing being able to dive backlines and not have insta stuns that got u killed.I honestly feel like if they didn't nerf him, it would've been okay. Since ppl were not yet fully adjusted to playing with flankers who weren't afraid of CC anymore. He's not the best rn, but he's the most fun to me. Popping off on Genji, knowing full well the work I had to put in just to do something others can do easier, makes me feel good. He may be easily countered by certain characters, but when you pull off insane things and play better than ppl countering you, it just makes you feel high lmao.

[@GraphiteBlimp27]

It’s crazy how Genji himself has such rewarding gameplay, yet the surrounding game hardly rewards you for your skilled. So many of his counters are the easy no skill or brain required heroes. At least everything is watered down in OW2 so you can just force him and have fun. But I remember the dark OW1 days when I wanted the hero to just be pulled out of this game and put in another since it would be so damn frustrating with all the CC and imbalance.

[@BuffGenji]

Exactly

[@shadegazelle8080]

At this point I watch you for you - your eloquence, your approach to thinking/talking about your experience, your editing. You are a top tier KZbin, I look forward to watching you learn other games

[@Yugi3844]

Highly recommend the full video SVB made with Jake, I watched the whole thing and there are a LOT of great tips Jake gives on it

[@cesarcaballero4662]

Hi SVB JK lol

[@JackeryPumpkin]

I love the perspective of playing heroes that make the game fun rather than singularly focusing on “optimal picks”. Really fun video

[@RealRiders]

No. The game was designed this way for us players find the optimal team comps and win. Individualism kills the game.

[@Fiddy.]

Overwatch 1 literally died because it was too team comp based

[@whoamI-tk3qz]

​@@RealRiders I for one prefer to have my team pick their favorites because naturally those are my our best picks and even if there is a "counter" of our heroes in the enemy team we know how to adjust against them because lets be honest ow2 is a lot less A destroy's B and a lot more if A is on board B should adjust.

[@ejonestoo]

@@RealRiders At the end of the day it's just a video game that groups a bunch of random people into a lobby to play together. Enjoy your journey even if it doesn't align with theirs.

[@Memo-yh4nc]

I spent weeks trying to learn how to play Genji before deciding that even though he can be fun and good, he just takes so much effort to play. I just want to chill and have fun. Not force myself to get super sweaty and my fingers cramped up from both his high mechanical skill needed and the game sense required. Echo works somewhat similarly to Genji but feels way easier to play for me and I have a lot of fun on her now. Perhaps a 7 day Echo learning? I’d really like to see that one day.

[@janalan6167]

Huh ppl really r different cause imo it didn't take me very long to learn genji I don't think he's harder than echo in fact I'd day echo is harder n widow is harder tracer to some extent is harder than him.

[@Fatigue1]

When you get good at genji you don’t sweat, getting 3k blades is really easy as long as you aren’t sweating, when I try hard I play a bit worse for somreason

[@sthepcorms6747]

People who are good with Genji don't sweat most of the time tough

[@natotater]

Main takeaway: Genji needs a nerf 🤷

[@TheFirebal]

Fax the sword should be a pool noodle

[@Real_MisterSir]

@@TheFirebal At least make it deal extra damage to any hero wearing a summer/swimsuit skin

[@nathancasey7712]

​@@TheFirebalit already is

[@ghassan1600]

​@Crusher c Fhcy and the last few weeks we were having a few friends and a half a dozen people who were a bit of an idiot 6th night

[@adamlangdon8781]

He has been nerfed enough

[@Aukazull]

Great video! I love this serie of learning new characters. You always do such good overwatch content, thanks!!

[@ramonvelasquez8431]

Very nice! I just started playing Genji a couple of days ago and it feels actually difficult, but with this vid I've found some nice motivation a few useful tips. Cheers!

[@solomonterrell3051]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS SO MUCH, THEYRE SO ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIONAL, PLZ KEEP DOING WHAT YOURE DOING SVB I LUV U AND YOUR CONTENT ❤❤

[@AdrianGK47]

Wow, I mean I know Jake's history but I didn't realize how smart he is with these specific focuses

[@jgriffin1993]

I love these man. I find myself spending a week on the hero’s you review its awesome!

[@EternalChrisX]

Great video man. Had the same feeling with genji and other close range characters, it feels like in the current meta with sniper maps, brawl comps with mei and unkillable supports it's tough to have a massive value on the character, so we can only hope that blizzard will nerf genji even more because of that 😂

[@ethanschuelke]

I love these videos, keep up the good work. 😊

[@Revanxbone]

Great editing! Funny music, good memes and great moments 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@MrNocturnOwl]

Great video as always SVB!

[@joewinkler3469]

im loving the 7 day hero thing your doing keep it up

[@parkyercarcass]

this might be my favorite series on youtube these days. hope you make one for every single hero.

[@Phantomshadow-kf8mo]

Svb took dafrans name for his genji run

[@poshuwog9181]

Nice improvements! Genji is my main and its nice to see that he needs a nerf

[@hekdasa]

Watching these kinds videos when trying to learn a new character is super helpful. Like after I watched the video where you spent 10 hours learning wrecking ball my winrate went from 30% to 90%.

[@SamitoFPS]

I love this series

[@montagnemeansmountain6741]

this is a great video! learned some as a person with 100ish genji hours

[@bbyowll]

Great series SVB

[@zage932]

Just finished watching. Very informative and relatable video

[@ckamo10]

I think they need to give him 30 ammo or a faster reload speed

[@thuggwaffle8825]

How do you only have 60k subs??? Your voice and energy combined with the content are all so great.. I thought I would look and you’d have 3 million easy! Keep it up and you will

[@WolfRites]

11:38 sadly, that day won't come. Blizzard, and the community, is way more focused on just doing whatever the individual wants and not actually play it as a team game. And that counts for literally all the the ingame queues, yes, even ranked. The only way to get that experience, which most of us don't have time for, is to search for a team, and play in scrims and small tournaments. And seeing as Blizzard wants to control everything, you can't just join a random LAN-Party, and play the game because .. It's not allowed.

[@i5fvrl]

Tysm you made me learn how to play genji and win more without losing any game

[@Tintin92436]

Welp, you got me to try and fall in love with both JQ and TankFist. Time to try out Genji! Can't wait for the eventual Tracer vid.

[@phoenixkizer6176]

A tip for Genji from Necros himself is to dash at peoples feet so you dont have turn around to shuriken people that you want dead

[@chocopancakez]

was waiting for this

[@corenchidori]

same

[@zc8673]

1:40 to be fair, that was the greatest blade ever in terms of entertainment value lol

[@Istiden1]

This series is very fun!

[@Adam-ui6ij]

Hey SVB can you please let me know what song you use at 0:33?? This tune has been stuck in my head for years but I never knew what it was from!

[@jerrichocross9755]

I’m hoping a Tracer one happens, I’ve learn how to pick up so many characters from this series, but I’m hoping to hone my skills a little more with my main

[@eman_1806]

I’ve been playing Genji for about a week, the only thing I absolutely struggle with is getting value with his blade, I’m on console so that makes a good difference, I either zone out or I don’t have dash

[@Fetaldareaper1414]

I need to clear something up, just because a character has an ability that Genji cant deflect that doesn't make them a Genji counter. Remember, all the other characters also can't deflect, you wouldn't say Moira counters McCree would you. Actual Genji counters are Sym, Torb, Doom, Junker Queen, Junkrat, Zarya Mei or Moira (if paired with another counter), Echo, and Bap just because of his immortality field. People also think Winston and Hog counter him, but they just end up being ult farms.

[@KAd3N777]

This video made me want to start learning genji. Its really paid off

[@Matthew-jz1tt]

Great Video, I really enjoy watching you. Nerf Genji fr.

[@mendo1738]

id love to see you play junkrat, i feel like most people dont appreciate what he can do

[@ItsTurtleHD]

your videos are amazing

[@MasterCrafterFish]

As someone who loves playing Ana, if any DPS peels for me then that DPS gets priority on my Nano.

[@user-ix7jp6cl2x]

Absolutely agree. Have NEVER understood why pick ban isnt in comp. You are expected to be able to play multiple heroes because of how prominent swapping to counter is so the idea that your hero gets banned out is just stupid.

[@mlad5274]

1:40 pretty much tells my experience with Genji.

[@333Abs]

Getting Mei and Orissa ulted at the same time cracked me up , that’s how it feels playing support sometimes 😂

[@AdrianGK47]

SVB! If you're trying to coordinate nano blade, type in chat at the beginning and say you'll use the 3,2,1 ping when you're gonna ult. Let them know they can nano at anytime during the 3 2 1. Then just ping that your ults ready and use the 3 2 1, makes a huuuge difference

[@Real_MisterSir]

It's pretty much a universal rule that when a Genji says "my ultimate is ready" it means he wants to combo in the upcoming fight. Ana players ignoring this are doing it deliberately (unless they're deaf). It happens so often that they just straight up refuse to nano the Genji, presumably out of spite? Or because they want to exclusively dictate who they give it to, regardless of the fight winning combo potential with blade. Idk, all I know is I've tried everything. I do the "ult ping", I do "3, 2, 1", I comm in voice chat... at the end of the day, many Ana players will just straight up ignore you no matter what and there's nothing you can do with a player who doesn't value teamplay synergy.

[@nikilloq3616]

I play genji because apart from the fact that it can be difficult you need to think and you can't go crazy for the enemies and each game is very different from the previous one

[@Supermariopro5]

Can you do baptiste or Kiriko next? (After apex)

[@gay4caelen]

hes definitely strong in the right hands, amazing video as always

[@carndela7032]

I like to think of genji as a distraction for supports, they won’t heal their team if they are busy with you. You don’t even need to confirm a kill most times, just making them focus on you helps

[@darthnick427]

SvB has joined the ranks of the Genji enjoyers. Welcome my friend.

[@Shadow_Play3r]

bro got better at genji in 7 days than i did in 7 years - mechanically speaking. I have not seen that many deflect kills in several years now

[@thedofflin]

Hope you try Pharah next

[@091MW2]

As a genji main the most annoying thing is that if you kill like one person a the start of the game, then their whole team switches just to counter you.

[@metsushinku]

Bro is using my favourite character, giving me some good advices, and using the best songs from one of the best game called Persona 5 🗿 what a chad

[@RosesAreReaVioletsArePurple]

nice tips

[@jacklyncraywood]

Nothing feels worse as Genji, than when you die before you even finish the blade animation

[@Yuki_ine]

3:12 background music - Beneath the Mask by Lyn. But I recommend the cover - Beneath the Mask cover by Sapphire, Velvet Lounge.

[@samanthamarino9597]

Would love to see a brig edition as she is one of the most misunderstood and hated characters!

[@fareedjaved5986]

@svb have you done Dva yet

[@Lord_Ian]

I'd like you to learn Junkrat. There's so much about him.

[@YB26690]

i mean bro when you spammed your "my ultimate is ready" button, you kinda pulled the blade at the wrong time lol

[@lip_736]

hyped for the apex video

[@neil002]

Genji is fun. I can only do it in mystery heroes since I’m so bad though. 😂

[@Mysticmm_o7]

People forget we play games to have fun… I’m genji main atm and it’s a living hell but so fun

[@Samhodder-wv2it]

What is the name of the song for the duration of day 7?

[@panickier6273]

Please please please! Try bastion, hes super fun and a very interesting character to learn!

[@PlasmaStar_]

Yo 5:40 that’s me lol

[@Raven-lg7td]

thats a great idea with Valorant and Apex! because as a veteran OW player I also tried Apex but it was just too boring after OW because its a goddamn battle royal

[@KitsukiiPlays]

I like this video because there’s many footage of Genji suffering

[@thedmdidit9842]

genuinely, Genji is fun, but he feels like the only character that is punished for people being good at him.

[@Aalligator_facts]

What Jeff did to mercy Aaron is doing to Genji

[@Sebboebbo]

Da king is back baby he neva miss

[@azure5644]

We want to see you do a video like this on Symmetra. She’s so unique it would be great to see how she’s played in less optimal situations.

[@GoldenOunk]

my biggest tip for not getting roled? celebrate a single kill. ask "who are we pointing at" one kill, many times, can be a victory over the previous fight

[@austenbrittin]

Just wait until mauga comes out and every blade gets you put in a cage match lol

[@shezasiddiqui5459]

At 1:50, he could’ve survived by wall climbing or by double jumping

[@joegarrison5911]

Symmetra next!

[@StardustZee]

This man spent one week and is playing better than i ever can with all the effort i put into console genji.

[@youraveragebronzegenji_ow3377]

as a genji who swapped from ps4 to pc, it makes a huuuuuuuge difference. it took me like 2 days of adapting until my pc genji was better than my console one where i had played more than 2 years i was barely diamond on console, got to 3400 as soon as i played comp on pc and now in ow2 with rank inflation ofc im gm2 peak hovering around low gm

[@uhKeeX]

the thumbnail bruh lmaooo

[@dimitridionissiou1000]

Yes

[@vstra5097]

Can you do mercy next? or moira

[@trenchymemes]

Bro played genji for 7 days and is already better than me

[@saffy4952]

5:31 RECOGNIZED!? AS WHO!? PAVITR PRABHAKAR!?????

[@siberian3021]

Hi SVB next can you learn orisa?

[@see2remember]

I beg you to do junkrat , i want to become the newest best junkrat , and maybe watching you learn i could get better

[@Myst1k_vico]

If your below plat you wont get nanoed when you blade because your prob gonna f it up anyways, thats why she didnt nano you

[@jaxthornton8291]

Do Hanson next

[@King-jb4mm]

Can you do junkrat?

[@GoodnotGreat88]

Genji is my favorite hero to play, but they over nerfed him and then added a bunch of counters to the game and it makes a super fun hero rather frustrating to play.

[@cameronblanchette6687]

Hes fallen to the dark side " doesnt matter playing genji :)"

[@ChinaNumber1]

genji is only weak if ur bad. I'm silver 4 and I hit consistent 0 blade kills with about 20 deaths and 5 kills in endgame. I would say he's pretty strong since when I play widow I only get 1 kill and about 30 deaths. Would say I'm pretty good on genji

[@SegelDK]

Moira coaching with Nolan next pls that would be awesome

[@DM-kk8cm]

Dedicated to the craft despite Jake wanting the swap 🙏

[@jaydentaylor7816]

Just realised I was in one of your games

[@ultradmann2367]

This video alone is about to get this hero nerfed.....again....Thanks SVB. -_-

[@NelsonBlakeII]

7 days learning Street Fighter 6. It’s launching, no better time.