The Ultimate Overwatch 2 Ana Guide

[@DevinDTV]

protip: aim legs. ana can't crit and the legs are the widest part on almost every hero. this is especially true when healing, since the healing hitbox is much larger and can't miss between the legs. also works with sleep dart which is part of the reason the ability is so oppressive, it's twice as wide as a hanzo arrow so it basically can't miss when you aim legs.

[@urielnsonde7295]

OMG i didn't know that thanks

[@DevinDTV]

@Fultonian nah. choosing where to aim on their body will help your perception and improve your ability to aim anywhere else, including the head

[@stormyzz4432]

​@@DevinDTVbut it would also develop muscle memory which is sometimes hard to shake

[@EldestZelot]

Great tip, thanks king.

[@monochromqtic6225]

Wait she can’t? Oh that makes things easier

[@arkhamprinxe]

That sleep on the Ulting Soldier was SUCH a smooth ass read.

[@ryancake42]

My guy Samito is on a different level

[@ty-xq7bl]

blue razz gg sleeves diff

[@Memetologist]

@@ty-xq7bl Wtf

[@orangeismyfavoritecolor]

THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYIN’ DAWG That was fucking _SMOOTH._ Absolutely loved it.

[@hi_may730]

Best part is that he didn't explained it through a pre recorded clip, he went into a match and explained everything live which is very rare in guide videos.

[@سعيدسعيد-ن7ث]

how you know

[@cnaizhen]

@@سعيدسعيد-ن7ث you can tell from his hand movements on the camera. When his left hand is touching his face, he's not using WASD. Same for his right hand and his mouse movements.

[@TheDiensn]

In the explanation of the nade, it's also important to note that on enemies it applies anti-heal. Kind of obvious, but just for any people who are completely new to Ana.

[@kassandraofodyssey6475]

But don’t always go for those antis on enemy groups. Use them defensively when you’re getting dived and use them for your team when in serious firefights.

[@via8345]

Yeah I thought it was quite odd he didn't mention that at all. Especially how important it can be

[@tjfkc]

strong agree on her being the most fun hero. such a well designed kit and so fun to play.

[@ADUSN]

You meant to say broken and power crept

[@copperhopper7507]

@@ADUSN what😂

[@IDGAFF999]

@@ADUSNyou are definitely plat

[@backstabber3537]

@@ADUSN Yeah supports who have to use aiming skills are broken lol

[@ADUSN]

@@backstabber3537 Ana hit boxes are like 3x the actual heroes hitboxes. You're not as good as you think you are.

[@nixflix3362]

this is probably the safest way to play ana. if you want to take the game into your own hands and have way more impact you're going to have to look for aggressive nades, sleeps, off angles and play more proactive in general.

[@honestlywhatever]

I like that they made the dart 3.5 sec cc for tanks. It's a tank afterall. A puppy won't get the same dose as a rhino and have it have the same effect

[@vivid8979]

Samito is missing something..... Damage, Damage, Damage..

[@SirBeard_]

Fellow Ana mains of culture.

[@tenjingqodh]

What’s ur rank

[@CleafKnowsVLOGS_nl]

Guess we all watched the Ana educational video, damage, damage, damage!

[@breadsalmon]

was this an awkward reference

[@ncascini01]

Lol - I love Awkward

[@dronghar5751]

i was searching for some ana tips and found this.First time i see a video of yours and i have to say i 've never seen anybody being this good at breaking down his own gameplay while playing

[@daggercatz7297]

This might be one of the best Game guides I've ever seen. It doesn't just show random specific tech but actually goes into gameplay and explains the thought process and what you should be doing in an actual match. Thank you!

[@Charley_Goji]

Been playing overwatch for 4 days now, I am hooked on Ana. I like being a participating member of the team while not fully understanding the inner workings of the game just yet. With Ana its just basic FPS rules but as a healing class and its super fun.

[@kosmosfan01]

I feel the OW2 environment made it more fun for me to play Ana because there is more freedom offered to be aggressive with not only less shields but the support passive as well.

[@enjoyinglife9853]

Your guides are amazing! They are helping us improve so much! Please make more! I really liked the Brig guide too!

[@codecraftercc]

When the team is full hp/in a safe hp range (80%+), u should most of the time try to find a position where u can put dmg out. It will help your team guaranty kills and it will put out pressure which will lead them to back up for some second so that they can't do dmg. Overall u will need to heal less with this mindset and it will create more opportunities for your team (more space). Aggressive nades will obviouly have the same value as doing dmg (they back up and they can't put out dmg = u don't need to heal as much). Just keep that in mind...

[@person7997]

This is so helpful, I can’t believe I’ve never thought about playing Ana like this. Thank you sm

[@memori2954]

AWKWARD SAYS THAT IF I I WANT TO CLIMB I NEED TO DO "DAMAGE DAMAGE DAMAGE!" NOW IM CONFUSED

[@delixrlife]

Lovely explanation Easily one of the best Anna guides I've watched Unparalleled

[@kianhardwick]

Awkward is very good

[@Crushinpotat]

@@kianhardwick awkward would flame samito for not doing more damage😂

[@kianhardwick]

@@Crushinpotat damage damage damage

[@unknown7789]

Also thanks for the huge tip of how to play more distance for ana

[@Mr_SamuelAdam]

Would love to see Samito vs Awkward Ana.

[@Spiiree]

Awkward outclasses any support player when it comes to damage imo

[@jorsk]

Awkward ez W

[@breadsalmon]

well in a 1v1 awkward would win but samito probably outheals awkward most of the time

[@camilleprice5283]

Great pointers and i loved the live commentary. Keep it up dude!!👍🏽

[@gyrospita9328]

Brig guide got me to high masters from low plat... now i can play with my friends who are both high gm on all of their accounts... Only issue is that i didnt know how to play something else than brig and zen... now with ana i can be even more viable i guess... thanks a lot!!!

[@jinxysaberk]

i come from valorant and i’ve been struggling to find a character i enjoy. i played a lot of ana in OW1 but now the games 5v5 and ive been struggling but this guide has brought to light my issues so thank you

[@Jonathan-sv2kf]

good day when samito uploads

[@vicjctanuki7344]

Looking back at this now makes me feel old in 2024

[@brittanysmith8145]

Thanks for this video! Been wanting some variety in my support play

[@Iamthealmighty]

Got about 500 hrs on Ana...love her, my fav support and I play support main :)

[@meajess9580]

thanks so much this helps a lot. I am a Kiriko main but I've been really wanting to pick up Ana and get good with her.

[@philliproach1016]

Love the Content Sam . Every video and stream love to see it

[@scarletl9081]

the way u were so happy after they c9’d is adorable

[@Wack..]

Playing Ana for a week straight wanting to get better, i can confidently say the hardest part about Ana is teammates who refuse to stand still even when behind cover

[@DetectivePikachu37347]

Thank you Sam I need this guide.

[@CrayonEater5000]

I love the tire distraction lmao, he’s just like me but actually good at the game

[@kassandraofodyssey6475]

“What hero can duel me, besides their Ana, who won’t be able to shoot me through their entire team?” And soon after, an entire tire flies out of nowhere!

[@amerhst1201]

Ana is probably the most fun support, thx for the guide. Also I would love a guide on mei some time in the future

[@Mickeyshere]

It’s out already

[@oSlig]

Nice guide! Could you give advice on what to do _against_ such Anas? For example, in your game in Junkertown, what should have the enemy team done? Should they have picked a long range dps to challenge you or maybe they could somehow push through despite you actively helping your team?

[@cosmo142]

Just like it’s the little things that sam thought about that made him hard to dive, it’s also the little things that can make her easy to dive. Widow or sig would be good, he couldnt take that open of an angle if they had widow. Sig could shield his heals off forcing him to switch to more and more unfavorable positions that can get him dove or killed. You can also do things called soft dives to bait his cooldowns where you don’t invest all your and your team’s resources on the first dive, but invest it on the second. Nade is 14 second cd for example, winston jump is what? 6? 7 seconds? Your question is pretty loaded and theres so many heroes in OW that I could make up a thousand more favorable scenarios, but the gist is to deny the ana value. They’re winning because of it, so deny it. Winston bubble blocks heals, soft dive baits nades, sig blocks heals and forces ana to go to switch to a diff position, you could opt for a genji dive and take the 1v1 (this is my personal favorite since im a fucking genji one trick god 🙏🏼). DENY her value!!!!

[@cosmo142]

And you don’t have to get her in one go. It’s chess you’re trying to lead him to a check mate dont thirst the kill as soon as you see it. For example when the enemy went sombra doom, he said the doom will have a hard time diving him up there and if the sombra goes on him he can always drop off. Sombra could bait ana to drop off then guess what? It’s no longer hard for the doom to dive him. The little things he does to make it hard to kill him can be negated by little things you do and team work until he gets to a position where you can kill him or you just deny his value

[@oSlig]

@@cosmo142, thanks for your reply! Yeah, now I see there could be many possibilities at any given moment. It takes experience to see an opportunity in every situation. But that’s why the game is so competitive and people love it!

[@TheDiensn]

Samito, how do you feel about Awkward's damage philosophy?

[@Anewlevel0091]

Was literally just gonna ask. His philosophy has been messing with me but it does work.

[@TheDiensn]

@@Anewlevel0091 What do you mean by messing with you?

[@jayy5790]

awkward teaches us how to deadlift in ranked and get out of plat i feel like this guide is more for like just doing ur job in an enviorment where you dont have to deadlift

[@TheDiensn]

@@jayy5790 I mean Awkward uses that philosophy even in his top 500 games, so I think the philosophy is applicable anywhere in ranked, and it's not like Samito's guide is made for professional players; it is for ranked play.

[@hamedyassin8329]

@@jayy5790 a lot of times in comp you can’t just play the objectively better way cause you have to pick up slack of your team

[@mr.fisher493]

Liked and subscribed. Best guide yet.

[@Jjaxu]

Good vid sam!!

[@Mempavrai]

9:20 because they will always play infront of the buildings and die and blame you for bad positioning

[@Joshuasuua]

Samito’s energy is cool and fast

[@unknown7789]

@Samito can you make another guide for Ana but in each map?

[@Summonick2]

That will not happen, but bless your heart for asking.

[@kevinb4916]

Only thing about ads is when ur on controller like me its much harder to hit close up when ads it might be a sensitivity problem but far range it feels great

[@Dr3am9553]

"don't think she's going to get picked in OWL" little did sam realize how universal her kit is now. And with brig to keep her up? You've got the some absurd utility

[@quaweeguy]

Thanks brother

[@myZtic-jx1yh]

Thank u!

[@davidg5584]

I wish the sleep dart still lasted that long. I just started playing this month (Jan 2024) and the dart on tanks doesn’t even last a full second

[@dddqb]

using anas ult always makes me anxious i feel like i’ll use it weobt

[@Quantaaa]

very educational

[@flareb99]

I like the position you should, but my tank always sets up further forward

[@mckookie2967]

That skin is so clean

[@rhod2254]

I was wondering if you have done unranked to gm on Ana yet

[@lautaroduran6914]

Here I am after I started playing overwatch and losing 10 games in a row

[@Jackson4-f4b]

Dare you to make a season 12 guide with two quick play games

[@notbesurk3326]

Please do a Bastion guide , bastion go BRRRRRRRRTTTT.

[@idoruxo]

Damage, Damage, Damage, Damage, Damage, Damage, DAMAGE, DAMAGE!!!!!

[@shezasiddiqui5459]

Do a Torb guide please, also, amazing video

[@IDGAFF999]

Hes really not that hard to play

[@ant1matterxer0]

I'm pretty sure that as long as an ally is within the triangle, you don't have to hit them with the bullet itself... Or maybe I just have really good aim lol

[@WoWbloodcrazy]

I enjoy an appreciate the video but I gotta ask… why quickplay?

[@Ziggy.r3420]

Ty sir, I learn by watching and duplicating then ad my own flare to I so thank you sir

[@PHANTOMOVERWATCH30]

i mostly play aggresive and got 29 kills with ana but its best to start with passive.

[@HogFrog]

When will you do an ultimate mercy guide?

[@MansterBear]

Hold heal except when they’re full health. Then hold dmg boost.

[@cipher2956]

@@MansterBear i swear i played with some mercies who almost never dmg boost

[@MansterBear]

@@cipher2956 yea. It’s crazy. Like I appreciate the pocket but I’m full health right now…. Lol

[@Wobez]

Every mercy one trick bum needs to watch this before playing comp

[@HugoSan432]

Me an Ana that plays randoms and is always with a teams that wobble or scatter

[@unknown7789]

@Samito do a Doom guide.

[@SharkXOmega]

What is that Ana skin? I saw someone use it in one of my games but can't find it in the Hero Gallery for some reason.

[@CaptainTed]

It was a time limited event theme in Overwatch 1 and the skin is called Cybermedic. It is absolutely one of her best and I hope it comes back again in Overwatch 2. Given they just re-released an Overwatch 1 Zen Event Skin there is hope

[@angelica_mausi]

@@CaptainTed I was wondering where the skin was from! Never seen it before . Ty for the info

[@regannealephotography]

I'm on console and my biggest issue is my accuracy, is a there a region in terms of scoped and unscoped accuracy I should aim for?

[@Sebastian-mx5dx]

Do you have aim assist and hero>Ana ally aim assist both maxed? You're supposed to do a lot of hip fire shooting according to my top500ow1 friends and the ally aim assist helps a lot

[@_J1_]

One thing, what should be the playstyle if there was a widow in the enemy team on that same map?

[@langslays1881]

Play cover.

[@shadyowr6082]

Find out where the widow is and play angles out of her line of sight for example the left high ground or the stairs near the mega

[@Summonick2]

Can play the same spot but not on top railing, instead to right of railing in cover. She has to go really far to peak you, but makes herself vulnerable to attacks, while you just slide to the left window

[@Raldorandolarandom]

why is ana icteric in this skin?

[@pow607]

omg luv it

[@YouLikeThat14]

This is great but I've tried this in plat and they just play too far forwards and don't play back to where I can heal until after they die. It's stupid

[@DjNaste]

Look up "Awkward" on KZbin and check out his ana guides instead. Sam's got good content, but this is definitely inferior advice.

[@lukelilly1572]

I can’t believe he uses a black reticle

[@PhdFloat]

Guide goes crazy if you can aim

[@cherrycotapie]

you see, your reaper and dva are actually coming out of cover to get heals from you. Everytime i go ranked my dps are always hiding somewhere expecting me to shoot threw the wall. Or my echo flying into the corner of a balcony spamming Need Healing. PEAK HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO HEAL U? i wont waste my nade on u cuz my tank needs it

[@goprodog4304]

I watched your brig guide too. Great stuff in masters world, but if you play support like this, you will not climb out of bronze, ever. Even plat is too low for this, I'm sure.

[@xx_sir_mango_xxsas8858]

Plz do winton next

[@vonovon465]

the only thing basic that you cant do with ana is break shields

[@ident1ty]

What about the Awkward "Damage Damage Damage" playstyle?

[@Summonick2]

That’s what he’s doing here. His team just kind of owns them before he can do any damage.

[@21972069450471]

Got a thumbs up from me.

[@sierra2441]

What is your crosshair?

[@XXIIXIIIXXXIXXXIX]

Top 500 😂😂😂 Man that pool must be weak, in 20 hours with Ana I feel like I do better 😂😂😂

[@Bobthebuilder-kr2dn]

Do Junker Queen plz

[@omegalulpog9052]

What skin is this

[@josephquinto5812]

Damage damage damage

[@vladallaen6221]

I can answer ALL the questions as to "WHY" Ana players are playting from too close. The other support is not doing its job properly, bruh. This only works well when everybody knows their role. So u can rely on the Brig shes not playing too aggressively in order to keep your teammates alive while you chill back close to spawn and snipe and shoot nades, THATS FUCKIN WHY. But poor Brigs only make DPS Ana stronger

[@damianxd720]

awkward: where is the damage?

[@Peacecamper]

"Damage, Damage" :p

[@mrbob1220]

sad that in low rank lobbies teammates dont know how to position and then complain about heals if every team could just stick together like this one the game wouldnt be as one sided

[@RuthGino-h9m]

good

[@Sousless]

This is a trap, only on Junkertown you can play this back, on almost all other maps you need to be closer to have any sightlines, and you will not have any good angles to do aggressive nades. Go watch SVB-side's video called "I'm GRANDMASTER But This Ana Coaching Blew My Mind" a lot better educational than this.

[@nickmarch7374]

That’s crazy I had no idea the nade allowed for 50% more healing

[@val26874]

Yeah so if both tanks are in eachother's faces you can throw it on both - instant tank diff.

[@egg8253]

Sorry but if you play there in gold your team WILL int and then die in a place you cant heal them. Everyone holds spawn on jtown till like masters +

[@robertotherrien5954]

🐐

[@yaxxydesu5776]

♥

[@MagGaming-n7s]

guys just listen to awkward guide

[@Kiba114]

stairs is 100% better

[@delixrlife]

Pls add more like to this video if you watch it

[@DMillhouse89]

Yayayaya

[@ZackMuffinMan]

:)

[@Blovmag]

This entire video makes no sense. Ana was always the most popular hero across all ranks and was very viable in high ranks and OWL after role Q came out. This video was 90% about open queue, but we all know that 5v5 was a solution to 6v6 role Q.

[@SamitoFPS]

Wat

[@emiliosalazar1368]

This "guide" is absolutely garbage.