The COMPLETE OW2 TANK GUIDE (2024): Tips and Tricks for EVERY Hero

[@CoachSpilo]

NO ROADHOG: due to Roadhog's upcoming rework (and generally horrific state), I chose to skip Roadhog. When I review his reworked state, I will link it here. In the meantime, here's my separate In-Depth guide for current Roadhog: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laCmoIuwaayHf8k

[@shabungaloo]

isn’t the rework coming super SUPER late? like S8?

[@itachiitachi2603]

@@shabungalooshut up

[@ZachStarAttack]

​@@shabungaloo brerruh this rework gotta hurry up

[@drag0n-fru1t4]

@@ZachStarAttackit does. But apparently they making him a team based rather than a selfish tank so they’re probably changing everything

[@ZachStarAttack]

@@drag0n-fru1t4 hopefully they make him broken like orisa so she can stop countering me

[@cristiangonzalezmateo2166]

You are crazy, almost 7 hours, thanks for this content, its crazy learning love ur vids

[@ksbluecat]

What? It seems like bro just strapped his stream gameplay into a video with little to no editing. Not necessarily good content.

[@LiddleMan37]

​@@ksbluecatif people are watching a whole 7 hours of someone repeating "play cover and don't shoot the tank" then that's good content imo

[@joshschoerner20]

26:53 I plan on watching the entire thing as I have time. I’m up to the beginning of the gold doomfist replay and I have to just say thank you for what you’re doing. Your content is educational, and I love your “tough love” approach. I can hear the passion in your voice, and I wish you all the success in the world growing your channel. This is valuable content that can teach all of the newbies (not inflammatory) the solid fundamentals to build on and practice mastering. I’ve learned more in 26 minutes than 26 days. That’s value my friend.

[@inponderland]

I've played this game for years, and always played support + DPS. Tank is so much responsibility, and I hated getting diffed or letting my team down + not knowing why. So I avoided tank altogether (still do). Maybe, after watching this video's intro + hero specifics, I can try again. Thanks for this great reference. You explain things very clearly.

[@Emil-sh6sq]

I only started playing tank because of how much fun doomfist is, and it really opened my mind to why people play tank in general. It’s like really fast paced chess, and outsmarting the other team will never get old.

[@spencerfrankel414]

Incredible video Spilo. The effort and time you put into what you do is so much appreciated by this community. Learning a lot! I'm also wanting to adapt and expand my hero pool out to other tanks thanks to you. You're awesome mate, massive thanks from Australia

[@CoachSpilo]

Much appreciated!

[@arthurlucena4048]

Saw the length of the video and my jaw dropped, eventually got around to watching and wow. Amazing job explaining complex concepts and specific details per tank. This is literally 100 educational videos all put into one, thank you for your hard work!

[@jakelombardo121]

Best tank guide ever, I dropped from gm 1 to masters 2 and wanted to know what I was doing wrong, and came across the video and it’s helped me focus on those mistakes and little nuances I was messing up on, so thank you for this, truly a blessing for all tank players🙌

[@Swoljoel]

What rank are you now?

[@changuito2024]

I’ve never heard of Spilo before. I found this video about a week ago and have been watching it on my free time. I just finished it. I actually had a bit of vods from before I began this video and surprisingly I did very well following these guidelines even before starting this video. However, naturally I was inconsistent because this whole video is like a “Oh, that’s obvious and I kind of know that, but actually hearing it out loud changes everything.” I’ve been dominating plenty of games now. The “I’m gonna change the community” moment is something I really appreciate. Your work here is not unnoticed, thank you.

[@kitenlovar699]

18:23 i like how he reads this question. laughs and then moves on with the other question. he clearly knows the answer, hence the laugh, with that being said, i think this guy knows what he's doing and i am going to watch this whole video.

[@JD-fn3ni]

Bro this is crazy, I peaked GM1 on support but I struggled to play tank effectively and hovering around diamond 3, I’ve never imagine that there’s so much nuisance, great video with insane value.

[@davidlindsey5363]

Dude you sound like a church pastor and I f***ing love it lmao. This video is incredible. Well done man.

[@Louis-qb8tr]

spilo u are a genius my friend. the way u are able to break down each character and their pros/cons is masterful

[@PeaceMastah]

Spilo and A10 carrying the Overwatch educational content fr fr

[@IKEFacci]

Spilo + a10 + awkward the trifecta fr fr

[@trumpets2008]

I just wanted to say that im grateful for the knowledge you have bestowed upon us. I loved your support video and I have always wanted to improve and try to get out of my comfort zone and eliminate that fear of being a tank. Watching this and understanding how to move, create space and pressure..just what to do it's definitely inspiring me to get on the game and work on these core aspects

[@TJDOW]

Thank you, what a great video. The first 20 min is exactly what I was looking for. I feel like i generally was doing the right thing as a tank but this video helps me understand what my priorities should be. As a WoW player, tanking in this game is very different so I was definitely a little lost on what exactly my role even is if its not to soak damage lol.

[@drakedbz]

Dude I'm learning more from this than I've learned in ages, playing the game, watching streams, etc. Even just on the Doomfist portion, highlighting their engages and comparing to what they could have done.

[@retrorevival1]

love that you say you don't have to always be shooting as ball. Proven by Chazms unranked to GM on ball without shooting. only grapple and slam dmg. He got insta banned after hitting GM, but it was wild to see him do it. I always thought better aim would get me out of high masters into GM but man was I humbled watching that.

[@changuito2024]

Wait banned?? Do you know what was the reasoning behind that?

[@pibble9207]

@@changuito2024 Got reported by teammates and it does qualify as throwing technically

[@AstroTorch]

So gratifying to hear things I learnt the hard way on the long slow climb from bronze to diamond said explicitly by experts. Think it was somewhere around low plat I realised "Hey I can get these guys killed just by making them look at the big loud hamster instead of the DPS drilling them down main"

[@yusukehurameshi2021]

ABSOLUTE HARDCORE AMAZING WORK FOR THIS VIDEO, THX BRO

[@EternalChrisX]

This is actually so helpful. Thank you Spilo. Always wanted to learn tank role

[@shaneother8354]

This video turned me into a tier 3 patreon. Keep it up man.

[@nassimhaiouani3772]

I learned more with you about ball than any wrecking ball youtuber thanks man Edit: btw i was missing the crucial micro cycles i cant blieve that all those pseudo wrecking ball mains didnt emphasise on this on what they call educational video i consumed like 7 hours of those type of videos and now one did bring it evem once

[@jimbermelon]

Bro thinks, therefore he is

[@CoachSpilo]

new favorite

[@calebreissfelder8098]

If I think therefore, I am- what about other people? Do they think therefore they am? How can I tell if they're thinking therefore, they am, or am I just thinking that they think therefore they am, but actually they're not real and I'm only thinking they am?

[@alienweeb1701]

@@calebreissfelder8098 u win

[@yoooo6128]

​@@calebreissfelder8098solipsism?

[@wmichel8919]

You mean bro tanks therefore he is

[@VoidFame]

General Rules: 1) Which 1v1s do I take? 2) What targets are exhibiting high aggression? (focus killable and aggressive targets) 3) What is the value of the space I take? And overall, how good is the timing of my actions?

[@kademcdermott205]

Thanks man for the lessons really helps me I’m an ow1 tank player and everything is a lot different now really helps me understand the 5v5

[@FryEmUp]

This video has helped me improve as tank already. I'm being way more aggressive as orisa towards enemy squishies. Diamond here I come.

[@The_one_they_call_gwen]

"But congratulations, Aspen fed!" What a sentence

[@DavidJYuan]

Thank you, Spilo! Greatly appreciate this.

[@RoelofLucka]

been in gm before and this zarya guide opened my eyes, thanks alot

[@IronBassMusic]

This video is the absolute GOAT. Legend

[@hey231]

Most def subing , I did most of the tips but the timing tips helped me a lot. I played 10 games after I watched this and won 9-1. W vid thx for the help

[@NotRafx]

Great video! I just started playing overwatch and you helped me reach high plat/low diamond with just this video. Thank you for your free public coaching.

[@reifenrir]

You did an incredible job with this, so much effort and passion in your content, i hope you get more recognition:( this deserves tons of likes and subs ❤

[@notNights]

With all the ashe that's about to be played I hope the ashe section will be very thorough!!

[@alanwiseman3235]

met you after seeing kajor vids, since you guys make similar content, hope to see more of ur vids ,i recently got back to ow2, and tryna learn and play brig and bap, although i could play sigma.

[@bigboy1920]

Thanks for this Spilo. Your videos are so helpful and insightful. Appreciate the work you do

[@gjgrgaming6442]

Thanks a ton! I'll have to rewatch this a few times to really learn this all but it's super helpful

[@Caffeine_Addict_2020]

Really good tips, I learned a bunch - I had some notes on the orissa section: She's def a hardcounter to doomfist - his play style is mobility, and javelin spin and spear are amazing shutdowns. If he uses block ever in sight-line of orissa, he's dead 99% of the time because she just spears him out of it into a wall. His punch is useless against spear, spin, and fortify, it's really just a brutal matchup for him. Every time I've played orissa against doom I've rolled him or they've immediately swapped off Second point - the spin is pretty decent for CC. You see the plat orissa CC the tank into the back, which is a pretty common strat. Since she's a brawl-tank, you can usually use it to push enemies off the map at choke-points while you're fighting there. Also - part of the reason she's a decent counter to ball, the spin completely stops his forward progress. If he's swinging through to attack your backline, you can completely stop him, forcing him to sit there awkwardly until he can get enough energy to move again Also minor - you talk about it a bit, but I think one of the plats biggest mistakes is spamming cooldowns. You see her just hitting fortify when there's no one around, and using spin immediately into a spear. As you say, orissa's playstyle is based on her cooldowns, and he's never keeping them around for when he needs them Otherwise - great points. I've never considered using the spin to always move into cover, and I'll def be using her more to attack the backline

[@GriFFonRec4]

Orisa doesn't really counter Doom if the Doom is playing correctly. If the Orisa is focused on peeling, then she is taking no space and your DPS can have all the angles they want. If the enemy DPS are trying to take angles by themselves you can punish that. If they are all grouped around the Orisa then you can abuse slam and get a ton of poke/shields. She has like 2 favorable interactions but you have a great 1 too. If she spins without fortify then you cancel it which is huge. If she's using spin AND fortify then she's useless for a little while after gold wears off and doom can DEFINITELY kill her with some help (considering her mobility it shouldn't be hard to get help). As long as you avoid diving into the team (or into a small room) when Orisa has all her CDs then you can definitely win the MU. Her ult is actually useless/advantageous for you. Now that's 2 advantageous interactions for you and her. The MU is even at worse, as long as you play it correctly. BTW, what Doom wants to do is ignore the tank and attack back line and Orisa is critically weak at protecting her back line if she cannot reach them, so play style wise you win the MU too.

[@333Abs]

I’m a support one trick at the moment and I really want to start flex queueing , this was insanely helpful

[@derekwbell420]

This video is definitely worth a sub.

[@kaleohao2426]

Can you do one for DPS? This is so helpful and insightful!

[@EtonuiYoutube]

-7 hours of School- *7 hours of Spilo* 😎👍🏽

[@RoughRadioNetwork]

As a tank main this is amazing. Thank you!

[@SmaMnyamase]

For ball i am not sure if you said this but most important thing to do are the 3S Scout Set up Strike Scout check where everyone is and the enemy team compestion is Setup for a dive Then STRIKE

[@aaronsierra6306]

I’ll be waiting for the dps one next, thanks for the content

[@allanv.7519]

BROOO YOU ARE INSANE FOR THIS!!! Great video man, liked and subscribed

[@SomethingEtc10]

it took me a week but i watched the whole thing, now for the support video 😂

[@sushiburps]

Such a good guide, so much of this information clicks for me and it's really showing in my play, thank you.

[@randompersonhere4119]

Thank you man I really do mean you have my sub and respect and I will also probably be a twitch viewer I’m just… amazed at how informative this video is it is so incredibly amazing I’m perplexed at how much this help me i used to be plat now im masters in just a day with this video I learn how to play most tanks I really do like this video and I recommend others to see the whole video

[@defaultdan7923]

month later, and this guide is still a massive help. i am a relative noob to all of this, and i still have trial and error and mechanical skill to work on, but this makes it much easier

[@andreastom1755]

Can only comment as a doomfist main, but as a general guide for doomfist really solid stuff. Theres a lot of nuance that you missed in regards to how you play against certain matchups, but generally has useful stuff from bronze to top 500.

[@brightenblack207]

I don't know who you are or what your significance to OW is but you did a very good job communicating concepts and explaining things as they happen in the matches. Thank you for posting the stream onto KZbin. What is the consensus for counters with top players currently? I know a majority of the community is still very much attached to the counter philosophy, enabled by the devs and their bad balancing, but you were very clear how even the apparent counters for Winston can be played around very well. I would love to see a DPS stream like this to hear what you have to say about Widow and Pharah being so strong but still having heroes they have weaknesses playing into. I especially would like hear what you say about Junkrat who is super inconsistent with how his weapon works and has alright utility but has some of worst if not the most bad match-ups in the game. He has to be played very unconventionally to find success and it doesn't really mesh well with organized play in OWL.

[@nicholasprine9052]

This video is crazy helpful, thanks for making it.

[@alterangel]

This video, and your scripture at the bottom, made me sub. Great job!

[@HuxleysShaggyDog]

I really needed to hear to not be selfless and that's why I'm stuck, thank you.

[@Cryptodoomfist]

You remind me of my Football 🏈 College Coach ! Your Passion & u force us to think 💭 lol Ty u so much !

[@WaddyYT]

The best overwatch video i've ever seen

[@1221reyanthony]

I’ve been waiting so long for this

[@BobFudgee]

Been waiting for this, your the G.O.A.T Spilo!

[@slimemonster0381]

16:12 this is by far the hardest thing for me on tank compared to other roles (as a relatively new player). I’m so much worse at knowing what’s happening. I’ll try to implement some of these ideas, hopefully it helps me

[@Ravitas3]

It comes with practice. Personally, before a fight I take a look at my allies, and then I go on my mission. To know what's going on in real time, I rely on the sound, the scoreboard in the top right and what I see. And then I analyze the opportunities

[@Noctua8]

​@@Ravitas3 I look at my team mid fight too. Someone died? Do a 360 to collect info. Less heals all of a sudden and you had to back up? 360 to figure out wtf is going on. Not able to push? 360 spins tell u everything

[@ameratus2568]

Why I am studying this harder than a school subject, awesome content man, very educational

[@alexdahmane7025]

Because math isn’t gonna get you to top 500?!?

[@deoxxys]

Thanks I haven't gotten out of Gold since Overwatch 1. Just got to Plat 5 after watching this.

[@kitnoCC]

Soooooooo good! Thanks, man.

[@fenrur26]

this video is just awesome man, priceless.

[@SaladIsMe1]

Do you think we’ll get something like this for dps? Love the content!

[@switchblade6]

He did one for support a couple months ago so I would imagine a DPS one would be coming eventually

[@yannikakapralli]

First time watching your Content. Very nice! :)

[@StriderYGO]

What an awesome video! Huge thanks for all the effort put into it

[@darkhorse7777]

Great video, thanks

[@deoxxys]

okay subscribed

[@imnottellingyoumyname3050]

What a fucking great video. Can't wait to watch it all.

[@AB-wf2js]

28:25 he didnt miss his punch, he actually hit the tracer

[@davidquintanilla9330]

What happens in low ranks is nobody ever shoots the tank even if he's pushing into the backlines. They expect friendly tank to take care of enemy tank.

[@jesse8744]

Thanks for this work, bro.

[@jordddn]

great vid spilo!

[@stottpie]

Big thanks for this!

[@x100bullets]

Circa 3hr18min there's a water/bathroom break you could edit out, great content so far

[@Kevin.A.A]

Jesus!Best Tank guide period.

[@mef_777]

Amazing work! Thx!

[@TheBin-fc8gh]

This is amazing content!

[@fresko8358]

beautiful video well done papi

[@Overwatchskinssss]

Thank you spilo for this

[@tomh6671]

Man I hate it when content creators milk the video length to over 10m for extra adds smh

[@jbbnixon]

Hella crazy. Thanks for content

[@ForbidenXShadow]

U are a incredible coach

[@Avionnnn]

Thanks for the doomfist help

[@antonfuchs]

thanks best guidee ever soooooooooooo god level the breakdown of tank

[@Raidriar550]

I liked the part with Reinhardt - absolutely true. Lately I've softened up in terms of playing this hero, I'm playing like absolute shit now, although I'm an ardent one-trick. Every season it feels more and more like he's just a punching bag. Your analysis helped me to regain the inner fire that helped me win as this hero and enjoy the game. Thank you.

[@Boi10217]

The DPS video is going to 15 hours and I'm here for it.

[@AB-wf2js]

At low plat/high gold, I simply cannot ignore the tank and pressure squishies. Because whenever I do and I get a pick or bait CDs I turn around and everyone's dead

[@elp9733]

if you are taking the pressure off your team by putting pressure yourself on the enemy team, then your team will be in a stronger position than the enemies and should win, so most of the time the goal is just to make everything more difficult for the enemy team which would subsequently make everything easier for your team as they have less stress than the enemies during the fight. But also know that everything is relative to the context in the game and sometimes you need something completely different to give yourself and your team the best chance at winning so its always good to limit test within different scenarios and slowly build an understanding yourself on when to do things so your team docent get rolled.

[@Mmmm-lx9vb]

Thats just copium

[@AB-wf2js]

@@Mmmm-lx9vb what does coping have anything to do with what I said

[@Mmmm-lx9vb]

@@AB-wf2js Cuz ive been in that sr and as soon as i stopped doing that i climbed fast.

[@Sindoku]

Spilo uses the word “nuance” more than anyone I’ve ever met.

[@مؤيدهاشم-ح7س]

before I watch this vedio , I was gold 4 now im dimond 1 plus I will watch this video again to understaned very well thank you Spilo

[@emilysiders7144]

See and my brother said I was playing tank wrong, when as a junker queen I was getting kill after kill and making alot of space, but I was too focused on what my team was doing cause I was too busy keeping eyes on me so they can get some kills.

[@reapurrfm]

do you have a complete dps guide coming up ? I mainly play dps and i’m very curious !

[@tc_kommark]

I haven't seen a pastor as passionate preaching as this guy is when he's talking about tanks

[@killerkeks8843]

You are insane, thank you

[@lruddy8820]

spilo reminds me of adam goldberg in dazed and confused and a little bit in friends

[@nicholasbaca8065]

It took me so long to realize this.

[@tableprinterdoor]

1:01:46 unintentional callout. Now I know I gotta step up my game.

[@RedRaiRobot]

thanks coach spilo

[@lovekeego]

and now we wait for the complete dps guide, bout to clear 10 hours off the schedule 🙏🙏