The BEST Way to CARRY on Kiriko

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[@vivid8979]

1. Engage 2. Realize your aim is dogshit 3. Try anyway 4. Try more 5. Disengage only to realize your team is already dead.

[@paganspath6174]

Literally this 😂😂😂

[@Ropewatch]

I think if you keep doing this for a week you‘ll get better at it.

[@HirasSketches]

​​@@Ropewatch can't fix your aim to get outta diamond in a week. Game sense can make up for it 65% of the time

[@MrJoe_Roblox]

@@HirasSketches why 65 so specifically

[@welder3857]

Nu-uh! 65.259% 😤

[@Faith_Rogue]

1. Miss every shot 2. Don’t heal teamates 3. Miss suzu on yourself 4. Overextend

[@cyrusstevenson880]

Fucking stoppp I’m cryinggg

[@astratea4]

i tried it now and everytime my second support is mercy who resses in front of eneimes

[@lukk.ferreira]

1. Engage 2. Miss every shot 3. You're training low sensi so you try to turn to someone to TP but you're too slow and dies 4. Disengage from your base into the fight again

[@cyrusstevenson880]

I can’t breathe!

[@valentinafuffa535]

arguably the "plan" is even stronger in higher ranks because teammates are good and always aware of what you're doing and what space and distraction you're creating, so they better capitalize on it

[@TrueOracle]

Eh, you'll diff harder in metal ranks though.

[@2anz611]

always is crazy

[@dotnet9830]

It's really not, playing for kitsune and life is much better in higher ranks.

[@DaLoserisYou]

​@@dotnet9830 dps Kiriko is the way to go if you can hit your shots like Awkward.

[@dotnet9830]

@@DaLoserisYou No it really isn't, playing for suzu and kitsune is much more valuable.

[@Whatisitlol]

Why am i even watching it, my gpu burned

[@tehJimmyy]

addiction

[@edwardmaristela5736]

I'm literally in the same situation.

[@nicholas2023]

Can get a gpu than runs ow for like $100

[@calebakinfolarin8941]

I’ve never played overwatch, nor do I play video games, but I enjoy watching too.

[@LJ-zf6us]

​@@calebakinfolarin8941 really? Why?!

[@lukeforbes2008]

Wow once you get to masters instead of teammates telling you “STOP PLAYING LIKE A DPS” they go oh shit kiri wp

[@DerVoddi]

Nahh, thats why i am not in voice :D Had a guy asking me how i wsnt to heal him when i shoot. I answered him i will not. He stands in the open, nowhere near cover. Nobody could save him 😌 he was dead half the round 😂 but oh boy was he salty 😂😂😂

[@lukeforbes2008]

@@DerVoddi that’s my favorite people spamming “I need healing” after getting headshot by widow or wide swinging a bastion turret it’s like bruh I don’t think you understand how Overwatch 2 works

[@simivalleycrew]

plat af

[@malachite9071]

@@DerVoddi I literally only type this to those people, as a support main myself, “CANT SAVE STUPID”.

[@TamWam_]

@@lukeforbes2008 lmao fr i even had a tilted tank at the start of the game already spamming i need healing before the round started

[@h2o684]

1. Damage 2. Damage 3. Damage 4. Finally hit a shot ❤

[@yomama2376]

U peel ur ana then go back to ur tank, ana doesn’t say anything as she gets dove again, then she curses at u for leaving 😭 all while u diff her dmg and healing. Metal ranks are interesting

[@lukeforbes2008]

@@yomama2376 lmaoooo way too accurate

[@Yunjuwo]

least entitled ana player pov:

[@acativ9]

tbh this is why i decided ow2 isnt worth my time. sure the game is kinda bad right now but lets be real, it always been this bad lol the reason why i quit is bcz of teammates like this, and no its not bcz im too soft or weak or i get mad, i do insult back sometimes. but no its bcz teammates like this take the fun out of the game for me. and i always find teammates like this in my game and they always flame me. sometimes not just one teammate its the whole team LOL its kinda like travelling with a guy whos super grumpy and doesnt want you to have fun and judges everything that u wanna do yk? its not fun what happens to me is exactly what happened to awkward here in this video, one game he gets flamed and then the other game he gets complemented its so ridiculous can u relate?

[@Beanpolr]

"Queen on me" He kills Queen, moves on. She says nothing else. "Kiri why did you let me die?" Like what?

[@Ahrone1586]

@@acativ9 excuses, just say you cannot carry or dont want to play anymore, but dont shift the blame into your team XD

[@user-zm6hd5ro4f]

1. Engage 2. Close distance 3. Off angle 4. Disengage when shit hits the fan

[@Rukkaasu]

I think one of the main reasons why the 4 step plan or being focused on damage with support works (and most people don’t get it) is because preventing your team from taking damage is the best “kind” of heal that you can do for your team

[@cyrusstevenson880]

The life of a Moira i fucking swear. They see the death or the fact they were at half health for more than 5 secs and get upset and what they missed is I baited out Suzu, turret form and a rein charge and now our team wins the team fight when they have no engagement tools or defensive options

[@alexcourt221]

awkward: *walks in next to team* *Gets kill* "4 step plan"

[@sindraygd7787]

Take a shot every time bro says "4-step plan"

[@malachite9071]

They’re actively pumping my stomach halfway through the vid, I’ll watch the rest in recovery

[@nerfherder1398]

*Dies of alcohol poisoning in first 3 mins*

[@ImpurestStewart]

Bro, I'm 15 minutes in and I can't see shit.

[@sawah765]

one single thing a low/avg ranked player can focus on and realistically climb pretty quickly is spatial awareness. like spend dozens of games being super focused on your small wasd movements. You're peeking enemies you don't intend to fight because you scoot 2 centimeters out of position. Or you take a duel and forget about your surroundings and turn the duel into a 1v3 by walking into other enemies. Just hug your cover and focus on your micro movements

[@Seissmo]

If Awkward ever does a Doom to GM I will explode.

[@JohnIvoryMusic]

‘Doom’ sounds like my rank

[@leoyuto4176]

14:03 ultra instinct

[@Cross-gn6fr]

that ana on the fist game 😂

[@marianne9303]

Love how time after time he shows he doesn't just win because he smurfs, yet people refuse to believe it

[@riipjosh]

For real. Dude showed games from his own lobby and these metal rank mindset players still blame his skill for his success. After trying his strategies on Baptiste, I’ve been doing much better in my games

[@marianne9303]

@@riipjosh glad to hear it man

[@padarousou]

Cause people love copium

[@criimsontale]

Dude for real, the coping is crazy with some people. Reality is that people don't like how he comes across and then in a very childish manner just refute everything he says no matter how true it is simply because they don't like him. You don't need to agree with something in order to acknowledge it

[@tristonmayes5589]

So you play kiriko the same as reaper, never thought about it that way. Neat

[@TamWam_]

and similar to moira

[@arshnoorsran9191]

As long as swift step exists, the 4 step plan will never be dead. Is an unranked to gm for doomfist on your list? Would love to see how, if at all, your play style changes from lower to higher ranks to accommodate for your team’s skill level.

[@dexxle]

drink every time he says four step plan

[@danielparent9194]

The 4 step plan does work. Even with bad aim ! I probably have the worst aim but the distraction works. Its so effective when im not on kiriro and i see the team is not being able to win fights i pick kiri and start the 4 step plan. It works at almost every time ! Then my team benefith from it.

[@TamWam_]

dude same, my aim isn't the best, but after doing the 4 step plan and getting up close my accuracy improved a ton. i used to be 29% acc with 8% crit when healbotting, now im like 36% with 25% crit. it may not seem like much, but my dmg and elims are like double than last time

[@malachite9071]

Player named Naruto on Hollywood, “report ball, trash, trash team”. Bro forgot his ninja way Fr, sad.

[@matthewroberts785]

1. A team mate throws or quits 2. A team mate won't stop feeding 3. A team mates one-trick is countered 4. The enemy smurfs or aim-bots THE PLAN IS WORKING! I KEEP LOSING JUST LIKE I PLANNED!

[@MrJoe_Roblox]

"A teammate one-trick is countered." im a lucio otp and wether they play sombra or cass, or moira or monkey or dva, it doesnt matter i dont swap and we won those

[@cyrusstevenson880]

Hard on the first two. hang on let me just 1v5 to victory as MOIRA cause my tank decides charging into bastion turret form is the play 12 times in a row, my dps can’t take cover or hit shit, and my other support has decided to pocket the tank into death or you know, we struggle for 1 team fight and someone LEAVES right before we win the next team fight

[@TamWam_]

i had the worst feeding teammates, a hog that was tilted spamming i need healing then walking off the map, and my dps who were negative kd for the first round. idfk how we won 💀sometimes, loseable games are winnable

[@mattgaleur4240]

so I just need to smurf and outaim everyone else while hoping my team doesn't walk in front of a bastion while i flank

[@megitsune714]

18:04 this is the mid ranks kiriko experience 😂

[@antonio19xy]

the issue is u say a good point to heal the teammates is when they are critical but .... they are always critical when u are in lower elos

[@smokeywings6875]

That Brig played so good That match was like Support vs Tank and everytime you both destroyed their doom. It was really good co ordination. We can clearly see the matches get more intense in GM compared to metal ranks Good video Awkward But whenever I try this 4 step plan. My team yells at me for not being with them xD

[@liamhowe4278]

Since i've subscribed & regularly watched these vids I've considerably improved in OW ngl

[@jhester23]

I always end up closing distance too far from my team and can’t TP out when things go bad

[@cyrusstevenson880]

Shoutout to the team not being aware what you’re doing and nobody staying within tp distance of literally their lifeline been there buddy

[@brandoncole5533]

​@@cyrusstevenson880 this is such a biased way to see it😭😭😭 Most people don't expect their kiri to fuck off to Narnia. And what if they can't close the distance and have to take cover because the other support can't keep them all up solo? You can't piss on someone else when you own strategy is overextending and hoping to god someone else is close This strat can work but not always and by not always I mean 60% of the time

[@TamWam_]

@@cyrusstevenson880 well tbf it would be the kiri's fault for going on a flank 5 miles away without checking for your team. i always turn around to see if im within tp distance, then proceed. well, not always, i forget and pay for it soemtimes

[@Trevelyan04]

I wonder if a reordering of the plan could be: 1. Identify an off-angle 2. Close the distance 3. Engage 4. Disengage when things go bad Is this how I should be thinking about it?

[@aldziroy1221]

Always a pleasure to watch his content. The 4 step plan does and will work with practice over time 💪

[@EmoScreamoForever]

This couldn’t have come at a better time wow. Been struggling in high Diamond and been asking myself this question constantly. Edit: Finished the video. Hopped on comp with a renewed focus on how I should be playing Kiri. Instant ten game win streak lol.

[@Celtic_Mav]

Another important thing is dont tp if nobody is looking at you, like you get 1 kill and tp out is good but if everyone is giving u their back u can just get another one or two before the tp

[@user-in6ez7sh4r]

Really liking this Awkward vid. He isn't toxic and just playing. Love it.

[@user-wy2fp4qx2s]

When there's no enemies, there's noone to damage your team 💀

[@SteveRecFPS]

is this the same editor? This is so much better when its gameplay focused and not distracting.

[@Ufi8]

12:35 they want coaching money too 😂

[@khaledm.1476]

I tend to shy away from deep flanks because unlike awkward I don't have good aim so I can't go for the same plays also when I go in my team backs away a bit and boom I have noone to tp back to. For awkward it's easy to shit on these metal rank players because he can just mechanically diff them and win, meanwhile I miss the easiest shots on kiriko because I panic way too much Edit: also I'll add what if they have dive and I go flank, they flank kill my ana/zen because I am not paying attention I tp back too late suzu the air and then they beat my ass too

[@razrv3lc]

Yeah all of this relies on mechanical skill. If you want to do this, you need to go into deathmatch and learn to hit your shots otherwise this is just going to accomplish a whole lot of nothing lol

[@khaledm.1476]

@@razrv3lc ye you just go in wave your hands miss all your shots keep tunneling die team fight lost. I don't think you need insane aim because usually the enemy team is pre-occupied fighting your team but you need to hit those shots

[@TamWam_]

i have bad-mediocre aim, my average accuracy used to be like 25% on kiriko, headshot acc was atrocious tho. til i watched this vid, and trust me hitting shots is so easy when youre up close, especially when they don't see you on the flank. you don't need to hit all of them either, since doing this creates a ton of space. it's a win-win for you, either 1. you distract all the enemies and your team is able to push, or 2. enemies don't notice, you kill everyone in the backline. ofc it does come w aim, my aim's still not perfect, but it's easier to hit consistent shots w this playstyle

[@nznagan7815]

Ok, but what do i do when my team reports me for no heal?

[@marshmallowmarshes]

1. Smurf 2. Trick dumb metal players into thinking it's gonna work for them

[@TamWam_]

nah, im only gold but i tried the 4-step plan for four games in a row and firstly i got more elims than my dps each time, a ton of damage, way higher accuracy, and a higher winrate. even if you dont kill, if you go on a flank, their tank turns around to peel, their dps turn around to kill, and their supports turn around to heal. so its a really valuable distraction. i was literally watching this vid while playing comp and i won lmfaoo

[@wolfhound146]

Thank you so much for this video. As a new player I will try to look for Kiriko playing like this. If they are not doing anything similar and just because they are healing, I will have a better idea of just how useful they are. Or rather I will have a better idea if they are throwing.

[@lucypinguim2714]

Kiriko is the best forever. Your gameplay and tips are always excellent. I can't wait for the Space Ranger to arrive. Thank you for always helping the community try to play better :)

[@SanArthur]

Can’t do this in lower ranks cause as soon as I stop healing my whole team dies 🗿

[@TheUprise]

I’m queing up as Kiriko rn after a while, i think to myself is there still a good guide out there and this guy posts one an hour before i check

[@seanhand446]

I always enjoy the music at the outro awkward. Zeeno should get a raise.

[@weakbenchkid4142]

1. Engage 2. Realize you're on console and your aim is just as bad as the meta ranks 3. Uninstall and get depressed

[@CoOcleZRL]

We love awkward

[@joshuacho6903]

Love from korea awkward! You always know what is the great content.

[@wusaint]

I've been using the 4 step plan every time I play Kiri for about 5 months. Works every single time.

[@diablosauce]

Thanks Goat 🐐

[@Wutwut1n1]

Gonna try this today 😎🤘

[@josephfeleke5162]

19:41 bro started rapping

[@Venant91182]

Does this work to consistently win in QP? It really feels like the matchmaking system just forces losses on you when you win a few games in a row.

[@agasuo2673]

now i need to learn how to counter awkward

[@Ropewatch]

Play Moira. Sneak up on him.

[@HirasSketches]

"There are no counters"

[@xdtyfails6497]

step 1: open overwatch step 2. queue into a competitive mode of your choice step 3: off angle and 3 tap everyone in the lobby step 4: play overwatch this is the optimal 4 step plan that anyone can achieve

[@LosrSquad]

dont get banned time

[@YVANV3]

In plat people get desperate if you are not healbotting them and they never take cover so you need to know when to engage, have to be effective and fast in making the 4 step plan. In masters, unlike plat, people take it more calmly and wait when they are low on life, that is my experience climbing using this 4 step plan

[@MrJoe_Roblox]

no ive done it in plat ur wrong, ur lying and thats why u wont climb. attitude is one of they key components to ranking up. if u always cry about ur team, forget that goal of reaching gm or diamond

[@padarousou]

People in Plat will also flame you if you are healbotting and not doing damage unless ur mercy or lw. U just gotta play the right way and not care about what teamates say

[@MrJoe_Roblox]

@@padarousou ur talking to me or aside me?

[@razrv3lc]

Turn off your teammate voice volume and hide text chat. That way you can make callouts but they have virtually no way to contact you. And let’s be honest, nobody in Plat is making useful callouts anyways so you’re not missing anything by not being able to hear them lmao

[@agustinbarcia3375]

This was so fun when kiriko did a little more damage

[@Obese_Brick]

Hey Awkward, I just wanted to ask what your jump is for heroes, just getting into PC OW

[@Lafret17]

can you make a 4 step plan video for cassidy? thanks bro

[@lcwangee]

Kiriko and Ball are your best heroes for content, such unique playstyle.

[@GStefanes_]

The best overwatch content creator in the internet

[@debohancock4716]

Very good advice but Guys this only works if you can HIT YOUR SHOTS lol. Above all else, WORK ON YOUR MECHANICS FIRST. My opinion on it.

[@razrv3lc]

Literally every single support player needs to go to deathmatch boot camp and learn to duel with support heroes. When you’re able to win deathmatch games as a support, then you’ll be ridiculous in a real game.

[@jonathanmarquez7631]

​@@razrv3lcdamn actually, this is the single best piece of advice ever given.

[@razrv3lc]

@@jonathanmarquez7631 I went from silver in season 4 of OW1 to peaking a game from GM in season 17 all solo queue on supports because I did this. Being able to not only survive but outduel some DPS heroes will give you free wins. Even now that I barely play comp, I’m still chilling in Masters just because I can mow down a Tracer on Ana if need be 💀

[@TamWam_]

@@razrv3lc some advice i learnt, be a quickplay warrior and practice aim that way, since dm is just a point and click adventure and you gotta translate that into actual gameplay in qp. personally when i learnt widow i only ever did in qp, went from 29% acc with 8% crit, to 55% acc with 30% crit lmao. all in qp

[@amgkv2.025]

So basically… yes.

[@calvinxu527]

Heard enough about the four step plan today

[@TreFox]

NGL i been playing kiri on support as a dps main and been carrying my teams

[@JustinAlam-z4p]

When is the uranked to gm mercy vid coming

[@LoopholeGopher]

0 SECONDS IN PREDICTING THE ANSWER TO BE "DO DAMAGE" AND/OR "DAMAGE,DAMAGE,DAMAGE"

[@LoopholeGopher]

i am now 45 seconds in realizing that this video is about how to do damage, not just that you need to do it. i'm gonna count it as a win.

[@boysenberry9226]

id love to see you play tracer again

[@jasperbennett3470]

I do think when high level coaches teach low level players (outside of gm in new season) they add unnecessary complications.

[@megitsune714]

5:27 it doesn't work because i cant hit any shots goldies move so stupidly i cant predict their smooth brain 😭

[@ppjola]

im gonna 4 step plan the widow is crazy

[@user-go6qq2mq4p]

14:40 today’s tatakae😎

[@miliardopiscrat]

This strategy won't help if you ain't good at aim or if opposite team has headshoters with sups in sync. And the last, team will receive less heal at a time of your partisant fight. But It's good when opposite time is less in number, additional dps will provide heavier push.

[@TamWam_]

it also works if the enemies are really pushed up, you go on flanks to push them back towards u and give ur team more space

[@raphakern7801]

Can u do the 4 step plan in OWL?

[@Stay6lessed]

4 Step Plan 🤝 Kiriko Mains

[@darkvidou4633]

biggest tips you can have is do not convert into sleepy dogS kiriko dps while doing the 4 step plan, if u cant protect your teamate you are useless, let the dps do the dps

[@toaster8086]

Can you please make a Baptiste one?

[@umok6243]

0:22 the only 4 step plan I know

[@GameTE0]

Can you do unranked to gm with pharah?

[@Shazamgoatee]

What’s your crosshair bro?

[@SergioSantiagoMartinez]

I try get better but i can’t pass for platinum u.u i will still try but she is so hard for my hands

[@TamWam_]

wtf? im only gold but this works so well, im constantly getting as much, if not more, elims as my dps and still getting good heals. but ofc maps w less off angles are harder for me, as well as enemies that shut me down so easily

[@zvezde3781]

i really want tips on how to ult better on kiri because i always seem to make a waste of it 😢 (i’m plat)

[@razrv3lc]

You should be getting it pretty often so just use it even if you only secure one kill with it or keep a critical ally up with it at an important time. You don’t have to get potg with it for it to be a good ult. Holding onto ults and abilities for the “right” time winds up with you never using at all lol

[@TamWam_]

flashbacks to when i was newer and would aim up with my ult, thinking if you aim over an object the fox goes over it too 😭 since i used to play neon in valorant, and her ability travels over walls if you aim above them

[@whambulance8607]

18:00 lol

[@lukasg4807]

Isn't this pretty easily punishable with a cordinated team? In my experience when kiri is doing this everyone knows she doesn't have tp and 3 people dive wherever she went

[@clonkex]

Yep. I would argue it's the same as Sombra. Try for the flanks and quick escapes as long as you can, but once they start coordinating and instantly turning on you, just play Sombra 76 (or whatever the Kiri equivalent would be) for a while. I.e. just stick with your team. When you think they've let down their guards, try for the flanks again.

[@lamarpalmer25]

This is the play style for high ranked players so no

[@saxojones5966]

your 4 step plan has ruined my ranked games. all the kirikos think they can do this

[@SantiagoPerez-yv9wu]

I went from bronze to plat playing lime this, the problem it's you.

[@saxojones5966]

@@SantiagoPerez-yv9wu I never said I can’t rank? I said a lot of kirikos think they can do this and can’t and end up feeding all game. Your comment has nothing to do with what I said

[@TamWam_]

avoid and report them

[@Yushimasu1]

14:40 for the unexpected tatakae

[@gracieadams9803]

My Aiming is awful lol

[@TamWam_]

dw it gets better w practice, become a quickplay warrior to practice aim (or use deathmatch or the custom code VAXTA)

[@My30dayjourney]

Awkward I followed your Moira video. I got 8k damage and 2.5k healing but my team threw. Thanks for the advice but apparently tips only work in comp 😅

[@mikesaanu5279]

Unranked to gm on genji 😅

[@Aboodabrahim]

درويش القم هههههههههه

[@silveraxel9882]

6:51 me killing the ana and my team run away a 3 v 5 :D

[@songjian0127]

i think healing your team at the barely minimum won't help. They will be too scared to do anything with half or lower health. From the second half of your video, I see a few times you did't heal your tank and let them die and you can't clear out the remaining enemies as there is no one to help you. Just my observation. loved your videos especially U2GM series. I'm Hanzo main and plays support a lot.

[@eMAeM]

is by being 5 ranks above the enemy, gj noodle arms

[@giantupaz4746]

Did you even watch the part where he played on his T500 account and carried? Here, I’ll timestamp it for you: 16:52

[@gentlepengu]

you were never in metal ranks. your MMR is too high off one game, they know your IP does thousands of unranked to GMS, barely ever playing in the T500 against your own skill level, and it puts you back almost instantly. your enemy team on havana even complains that a pro tank isn't carrying their game.

[@joshappelgate4047]

do uneducational ashe

[@oBLXSSXDf]

Real

[@AKettermann]

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I NEED JUNKRAT UNRAKED TO GM EDUCATIONAL BC I'M A MERCY PLAYER WHO DONT HAVE AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM

[@illarioSilva]

Making a Smurf to have lower ranked games?(easier games) not admirable