I noticed a couple years back during your Ana series that you regularly had just enough ammo to maximize healing and damage. I thought about how I’d be one shot away from keeping my teammate alive but everytime I’d end up reloading out of bad habit causing me to panic and miss my shots. Then it hit me it was this very concept management that set me apart from improving. Great stuff 👍⭐️

This is especially true with Ana's reload. I've been in fights where I could've saved a teammate but I was reloading.

@laurencesu5176

Жыл бұрын

Same

I think part of the problem at lower ranks is not that people don't know to reload before/after team fights but that people don't register in their heads that a team fight is starting/ending. There are rarely hard engages and disengages. People in these ranks don't have the kind of awareness to realize when is (not) a good time to reload. I somewhat include myself in this. My highest rank is plat support, so I can't claim to have this all figured out. I'm certainly better off than someone in bronze/silver, but I have a lot of learning to do still.

@CashMoneyChris

Жыл бұрын

As a now diamond support on pc, one thing I've noticed with lower ranks as well is a lack of intention. There should always be a plan, play, or objective that you're trying to accomplish to satisfy the win condition of the fight. When I was in silver/gold, too many people played Overwatch like Call of Duty in the sense that they just run around aimlessly and shoot what they see until they win the game. Especially as an Ana/Zen main, it's important that I think about what tools in my kit can either make a play or help someone else make a play rather than just heal botting behind a shield or playing so far back that I'm nearly useless

I have the opposite problem of most people. I reload way too much. Like, habitually. Sometimes when I don't even really need it. Shot one bullet? I reload. Constantly. It's super hard to break for me, and I can tell it causes me to have way too much downtime.

@samhhhhh

Жыл бұрын

This is much much worse than not reloading when you should have, you're giving yourself massive downtime like you said. Instead, stop reloading entirely and work your way up. Try to manually reload only a couple times a game, then 3 or 4, and so on.

@tortiboy142

Жыл бұрын

Had the same issue. I got rid of by not pressing the reload button at all, during fights. Rebinding reload could be an option. This increased my healing / damage output a lot. The next step would be, integrating the reload management, addressed in this video.

@potatoman7594

Жыл бұрын

play csgo, and you'll learn the skill

reload management? *laughs in bastion sentry mode*

I always over-reloading because i like the reloading animation and the sound effect 😭😭 but once i literally reloaded when phara easy ult in my face, i finally learned my mistake😭

i have an awful habit of reloading unnecessarily but playing ana ive been realizing when to reload before fights & everything so thank you for this video

Thank you for another great video. I’ve been playing ow since launch and i main ana, but honestly i haven’t been paying attention to the reloads of my nano targets. Time to go work on implementing that lol

This was really insightful :D

I learned once I hear ana's 1st click click for mag and chuck a grenade, it finishes the reload with the second click click for the bolt action. Then I know with that audio queue I can start quick scoping again. I try to avoid only healing nades but this helps cover the second youre not shooting then going back in you have heal assist from it, but since ana is a tank healer usually- double points when you cover your tank and the enemies during this for maximum nade potential. Ive learned so much from all these ana players lol but also just playing so much you get the feel. Especially with ana I feel like, every thing about her kit and movements has a rhythm. Her shots, her sleep travel time and the reload. Since you have to aim and scope tirelessly with her- learning the audio queues better will definitely help you as I didnt think that was very important on her before. You can nano a teammate ulting off screen faster, flick faster, and sleep faster if flanked. Ive gotten to the point where you dont look at your abilities anymore you just do it. More with sleep than nade obviously. Either itll hit or it wont but watching to see wastes precious seconds heling or damaging. You will hear the hiss of the dart if it hits. Ik most of this is obv but just stuff I learned after deciding to main

This blew my mind, this was amazing advice!!! Thank you so much ml7, I appreciate the educational tips! ❤❤

Hog and junk are perfect for training ammo management since they don't go over 5, ik about de 6th ammo in hogs changes.

mL got that Lord Farquad hair. Still cute tho

A lot of information! As a mercy main currently in plat, when a DPS character is on me, I reload when I still have a decent amount of bullets, with that downtime causing me to die. Thank you, Ml7.

@Gatooo77

Жыл бұрын

Ammo is reset when u heal with caduceus staff ❤

@z_danimals

Жыл бұрын

@@Gatooo77 honestly it might be faster to switch out than reload as mercy

Thanks ML7, gonna use my reload time more effectively to get more out of those seconds of doing nothing. I'll be pressing tab each time to check the scoreboard to see which of my teammates I gotta be flaming XD

ok cool, but when the hell am i supposed to reload as ashe Guys it’s a joke I know when dw

@jxfighter

Жыл бұрын

All of the time.

@JayCee253

Жыл бұрын

yes

@anonymall

Жыл бұрын

Whenever you're not shooting. There is not really any downside to reloading outside of fights, cause you can just reload one or two bullets.

@weebz3409

Жыл бұрын

There's different stages of a fight. Prefight, Early Fight, MidFight, End/Clean up, Repeat. During certain times of repositioning (i.e moving high ground or falling you can take small moments to reload like 2-3 bullets, or before your next peak when dynamite is almost ready, reload an extra shot or two. It mostly comes down to gamesense, gameknowledge and character experience.

@nemebliss

Жыл бұрын

You ONLY reload as Ashe

*Jay3 triggered watching you reloading every 3 shots in this video*

Man, I learn a lot from you.

Thanks ML7, as a doom/sigma main I really need this

I think of reload management like dogs having to poop, they are at the most vulnerable and they don't want to be stared at

You Da Man ML& - EyUp :)

Haven’t played overwatch in awhile but from what I can remember from a video I watched maybe 4 years ago, it was tested and proven that soldier can cancel his reload with his melee and it is the only one that SLIGHTLY decreases reload time. Idk if it’s true anymore tho

It's not the size of your reload clip, it's how you use it ;)

I play Brig how do i reload correctly on her?

I was Diamond 3 and I use to have really bad reload management. I legit would never reload. But just recently I noticed how if I actually reload at times when I wasn’t fighting, then I wouldn’t have moments where I get someone one health, but run out of ammo. Reload management applies to all heroes (except Mercy and Rein lol). Having 4 bullets instead of 15 bullets or full ammo will absolutely be the difference between an elimination or a loss fight.

@XAlpt

Жыл бұрын

Even kiiind of goes for Hanzo but then it would be pull-back management xD

You have entered full professor mode.

whats crazy is i just started to think about this yesterday.

I'm always trying ton make sure that I have full ammo before every engagement, sometimes I feel like I reload too much if I'm being honest. Even if I only let a couple Kunai or bullets fly, I'm reloading again 🤣🤣I mean why not since it's infinite ammo, can you imagine Overwatch not having infinite ammo?

As a Kiriko Main, I laugh about you reload-to-heal supports

and thank you for explaining Animation cancels perfectly is to a additional action per frame to keep your pace up in a battle sometimes u gotta do something every second i learned this from league of legends before OW was even made

Me reloading after every shot with doom

Im legit in love with how you say TikTok everytime i hear tiktok i hear ya voice! 😂

Genji gonna nano the blading ana 🤣 another reason to nerf genji!

Me who plays Hanzo: Interesting

Great video...not gonna lie, this sort of thing should be a tutorial video actually put in the game by the devs.

So reload on downtime? Fairly new OW player here

What’s reloading ? I play dva

Ive started to notice in my gameplay that i am over reloading, especially on Ana i think. Oh they are about to engage ill have 9 bullets left so i will reload but my team are still taking damage, think a few times its gotten a team mate killed, learning to not compulsive reload is something to think about for sure

Thank you mL7!

*laughs in brig*

I manage reloading theres plenty of times i think should i reload now or am i okay

Reload management is equally as important as cooldown management. I usually rarely have to reload in the worst moments possible but sometimes it happens to the best of us, especially if I play Zen. No idea why lol (or Ashe 😅)

@kibi_112

Жыл бұрын

It's the worst on Ashe 😭 those 12 bullets take forever and it's always right when you take the 1v1

Woweehoh your hair

That new haircut really got me off guard, damn

I play reinhardt and sigma

I wish to inform you all of a niche use for the ana melee reload cancel. You can use it along with scoping in to skip the scope animation to save half a second

Hello from stream. Was there at the making of this video

Okay but when do I reload as dva?

(To the tune of Paper Planes by MIA) All I wanna do *cash register noises* Is reload ma ammo. I needed this. This is something I need to remember so I don't go unga bunga into a fight with no ammo only to be surprised when I have to reload like immediately after engaging a fight.

Wait.... you guys reload?

Notes Start team fights with full ammo Minimize downtime outside of reload Use reload downtime to manage resources Play cover

Sigma mains watching this like 🗿🗿🗿

That you can faster reload, was at the start of overwatch. Especially Reaper got a lot of time out of it.

Omg bro what's with your hair though???

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Zen, lucio, Moira, and Bap are the biggest ones kiriko reload is so fast that it really doesn’t matter.

Ml7 notices things that noone else cares about. That's why he's #1

What are thoughts on telling your team when you are reloading? Especially as a support

@mL7support

Жыл бұрын

I do it all the time on Ana and Bap

@kazsoup1296

Жыл бұрын

@@mL7support thank you !!

I like the hair

I’ve been having this problem and I’ve been trying to fix it but now I can understand some in depth things about it

Who needs ammo when you play Moira ;)

Wake up babe ml7 just posted

I really enjoy educational content but I am so depressed by my ow sessions, I wonder why do I even bother with it. I'll never be good at this game, no matter what. Don't wanna do a long paragraph of whining, just needed to vent for a bit. Thank you ml7 for the quality content.

Reloading as ana banana is painful

i think i have a problem with reloading too much

just play hanzo

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@Aerodox3984

Жыл бұрын

😱

Your hair has a lot of volume today

@camp3rsc214

Жыл бұрын

Lord farquad

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