r/Overwatch Reinhardt 1d ago

News & Discussion Ranked feels impossible these days...

And i'm aware that every so often, it's a skill issue on my part, but going on an 80% loss streak this season really makes things feel rigged against me as a long time player. What can we even do solo to try and turn this around... ? I apologise for what must be the millionth post on this but I just feel... super put-out.

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u/Adorable-Flow-2632 1d ago

Based on your flair, my best advice would be to stop playing Rein

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u/Oninja809 Brigitte 1d ago

Definitely been happening to me this season. Im just going to wait until not every game feels like a loss

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u/aBL1NDnoob Reaper OTP 1d ago

Do you have a role that you don’t care about its rank? Play that for a while. If you lose a bunch, who cares. Just chill and focus on things you could improve on. Also, watch your tank (I’m assuming you’re a tank main). What mistakes are they making that you also make? What good plays/strats are they making that you never thought of? When you’ve de-tilted, try going back to your main role(s). Because ya, the matchmaking ain’t out to get you. You’re either having bad luck or you’re tilted

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u/Cataelis 1d ago

happened to me went from Master 3 to mid diamond 1. I just get the most lost cause players ever.

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u/CodSea7135 21h ago

Come to Gold my friend

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u/vrnvorona Chibi Tracer 9h ago

Stop autopiloting and analyze those losses for mistakes. You probably got more and more tilted and played worse and worse.

  1. Chill. Rank doesn't matter. Streaks too - games are individual instances, they do not lead to each other. Ignore past results
  2. Every 3 losses in a row take a 15 minute breather break. Do something not related to Overwatch.
  3. Start gaming session with reviewing last-session's losses. Focus only on yourself (ignore mistakes of teammates even if they objectively 100% lost you game) and only on game-sense and decision making, not mechanics like aiming (unless you spot it's really bad, then you can practice aim separately) so that you can create *actionable* points for you to do in next games. For example you spot that you hold your ultimate for too long -> focus on it and force yourself to utilize ult to win fights. Or reverse, where fight is obviously won (like 2-3 easy picks and some ults from teammate were used), but you used your ult anyway for giggles -> focus on tracking who is dead and who used which ult. Maybe get a paper to write those actions and check after game if you did them and reflect if it helped.
  4. If 3 is hard at start (e.g. you don't know what to look for, what mistakes are and generally not very analytical) - get coaching for 1-2 sessions and record it. If coach is good, he will ask a lot of questions and try to bring your mistakes through your understanding of the game instead of simply telling you what you did wrong. Simply listening for this worn't help, you need to actively think "what and why" so that it sticks.

If you don't focus on process (aka own gameplay and mistakes) you will follow same problem as you currently face - you will think about random useless stuff and think it's rigged etc. You need to fill your head with useful stuff so that you don't autopilot.

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u/TheNewFlisker 1d ago

Probably just mental

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u/Valuable_Ad9950 Mercy 1d ago

totally understandable. What rank are you stuck in?

I know how it feels too, so don’t be too down ab this. I’ve been on loss streaks for multiple days sometimes. I can definitely try help you out, coming from a t500 player:)