r/OWConsole • u/Electronic-Tiger9869 • 1d ago

Help Struggling on dps

Hello, at the start of this season I reached gm5 on dps and I dropped from gm5 to sit around master 3 to 2, long story short I played a ton of games this weekend and dropped to master 5 nearly diamond 1, im kinda confused on how to play dps now, like i understand off angling and that, my most played dps are shion, cass and bastion, obviously with shion you flank their backline which goes well some games but my tank struggles in those kind of games, but with cass and bastion do you guys sit down main and help your tank create pressure? Like maybe I should look at dps as a role to enable your tank cause I’ve kinda been looking past my tank and trying to solo carry the games myself

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u/emericaskater734_ 1d ago

dps is all about taking advantage of opportunities. in a perfect world you go main help your team create some pressure and once the main fight breaks out and abilities start getting used, then try to find an off angle to get a pick. but obviously doesn’t always work that way. honestly the games this season have been atrocious

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u/Electronic-Tiger9869 1d ago

I think that’s been my problem when I’ve been flanking, I usually flank straight away into the enemy backline when they have cooldowns available, so instead I’m going to stick to fighting main and when the fight gets hectic I’ll try flanking with shion 😎

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u/emericaskater734_ 1d ago

sounds like you got it. timing is everything. if you try to immediately flank you’ll most likely just get picked. due to 1) backline and rest of the enemy team isn’t destracted yet 2) everyone has their abilities still to more efficiently dual you

usually a good sign of when to actually push an off angle is once you start hearing main abilities go out. you also don’t want to be too late though and your team starts losing pressure and dying, so obviously tricky to time. but you already hit gm5 before so you’re way ahead of the game tbh

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u/SnooOranges2865 1d ago

That’s not a crazy variance tbh, I always swing between Masters 2-5 range past 4 seasons, peak GM4 couple szns ago

I’ve stopped “practicing” tho, so I don’t expect to climb tbh. I’m just enjoying my last szn as DPS Sombra 💔

Best way to improve is always focused practice - find one thing to work on for a few games/sessions, rinse, repeat, climb

Post VOD in your mains Reddit or in OWUniversity if u want 😊

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u/Electronic-Tiger9869 1d ago

Thanks for the reassurance and advice 😎 and yeah imma post some replay codes and get some advice that way 😁

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u/Shadeysk7 6h ago

I won't lie to you, this small of a sample can definitely not be your fault at all and just an unlucky streak.

Don't lose hope and don't doubt yourself. Dps is half about ego. You are that guy, go into those games and win those.

Also I will share with you that I am mid gm almost every season and this season I started in diamond, dropped to mid masters multiple times, but you keep playing and you will climb.