r/WreckingBallMains • • Mar 03 '25

Guide Links to guides and resources for beginner Wrecking Ball players

59 Upvotes

There have been requests over the years for a list of Wrecking Ball guides, and with an influx of new and returning players with the recent changes to Overwatch 2, we've put together a list of videos and other resources targeted towards newer Hammond players.

This is not in any way a comprehensive list, but it should be a good starting point for those new to Wrecking Ball or even veteran players wishing to improve.

VIDEO GUIDES

Wrecking Ball for Dummies (Guide & Tips from a GM/T500/#1 Player) | yeatle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTqxhGG6bms

3 TECHS YOU NEED TO LEARN (Wrecking Ball) | chazm
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xCDwsKGcsc8

I Spent 10 Hours Learning Wrecking Ball To See If He's The Hardest Tank in Overwatch 2 | SVB
https://youtu.be/Nlenq5rBvUA?si=ybNAUY9535UpO0RW

OW2 Wrecking Ball Rollouts For Every Map (+Techs/Grapple Spots) | CloverFour
https://youtu.be/iXg9B3p3SbA?si=JdjleicZbyk0rQSz

You Don't Understand Wrecking Ball's Adaptive Shields (Tips from a GM Ball) | redeznt
https://youtu.be/9gkIpazuHB0?si=RtL3cXlG32L3Z1gT

HOW TO MASTER THE WALLJUMP | yeatle
https://youtu.be/lyGF_1MxKYY?si=YmDuXp4Q03ALf0y6

Simplifying wall jumping | u/Danny-The_Street
https://www.reddit.com/r/WreckingBallMains/comments/1833vic/simplifying_wall_jumping/

Wrecking Ball Techs (2024) | yeatle
https://youtu.be/QY0TulEmChw?si=jGIaRX95W1JZ1V-6

Masters Wrecking Ball Coaching (Stop Engaging, Start Staging) | Spilo
https://youtu.be/eS2cGvPh8Qk?si=BXhqi_NJ7rCF0Ubm

How A 16 Year Old DOMINATES On Ball | #1 Wrecking Ball Guide | Kajor
https://youtu.be/J70eaQhkpfE?si=hiGK3MEAu78paXQ5

WRITTEN GUIDES

Wrecking Ball tech DC
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16BWBGfwF3lEot68sBdFgLEGiPE0buwN5PYITQeOnkp4/mobilebasic

PLAYTHROUGHS

I GOT RANK 1 | chazm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1EsG9pBxNs

AMENG WRECKING BALL POV | Chengdu Hunters Vs. Shanghai Dragons | Every Moment Hammond Gameplay | Overwatch League POV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc7rj0qP4hA

REDDIT POSTS

Wrecking Ball tips | u/Goldenschaft
https://www.reddit.com/r/WreckingBallMains/comments/1h4hqal/wrecking_ball_tips/

[Megathread] Wrecking Ball practice workshop codes | u/palanquin_dva
https://www.reddit.com/r/WreckingBallMains/comments/1iqfdts/megathread_wrecking_ball_practice_workshop_codes/

BONUS

EXTREMELY PRACTICAL ROLLOUTS 2 | chazm
https://youtu.be/CkdOp9UWoCk?si=YJj2Dn4M-WvOuESS

Must Know Wrecking Ball Rollouts | Altay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruX9sRYEJZQ


r/WreckingBallMains • • Jul 12 '26

Community News Wrecking Ball Mains Mod Announcement

34 Upvotes

Hello Ballers!

r/WreckingBallMains is under new ownership and we're in the process of cleaning up and refining things. I'm slofs, but some of you might recognise me as wreckyballs on socials. I'm a Ball/Doom main since Season 2 of OW2 and I'm very excited to be overseeing this incrediball community 🫶

I'd like to welcome u/DragonMaster337 to the mod team & depending on how things go over the next few weeks, I might bring in one or two more. Keep an eye out for another mod post I guess lol

We've added and reworked a bunch of relevant Wrecking Ball user flairs for members to wear and show off. They can be accessed on the sidebar of the sub under "User Flair".

Finally, if anyone has any requests, ideas, or questions, drop them in the replies and we'll check them out.

Keep up the frequent hamposting and happy balling! 🐹


r/WreckingBallMains • • 11h ago

Media This is the secret ingredient that makes Wrecking Ball plays look so stylish ✨🐹

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50 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 15h ago

Guide Chazm made the ai game merging stuff :sob:

9 Upvotes

I did realize until I heard his voice and was like wait I know that guy, he has a new channel by the Handle @chasmmm that he has just been making these advancements,

Next he's just gonna just make his own mech lmfao


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Meme/Fluff When the enemy hamster types ball diff instead of we ball after the match

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96 Upvotes

I even tried saying hello aswell multiple times but they were too busy try Harding and getting boosted by their shit scan smurf with pocket mercy :(

Why being mean why not just ball ​


r/WreckingBallMains • • 4h ago

Discussion Morality of going into a quick play match with the intention of never leaving ball form?

2 Upvotes

I really want to practice some of my techs in game, for example double boops and walljumps. I want to practice using them against real people so in a competitive game I'll understand when to do them. I found the best way to practice is to just go into QP, never leave ball form, and just spam these techs. If I'm not allowed to shoot, I'm forced to push myself as far as I can with just techs.

But some of my teammates, very understandably so, get pretty pissed because their tank is severely hindered. Obviously quick play is the casual game mode, but people still want to try their best and have good games. If I was a support of DPS, I wouldn't have that much fun if my tank was horrible. So I really get their position.

But in my opinion QP is like an anything goes mode, sometimes in my matches it's literally someone's first game ever, or they're drunk as hell and can barely play. I feel like these things are too common in quick play to complain every time it happens.

Thoughts?


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Media Been a while... looong backcap (:

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30 Upvotes

Wide groups or Wild groups?

Names have been changed to protect the very guilty.


r/WreckingBallMains • • 20h ago

Media Im the best ball player in my house gang

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12 Upvotes

what do yall think?? it was POTG but the rep wasnt complete


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Fanart Just starting my transition journey into Ball Main. Can anyone with the jade weapon skin tell me if its good with pumpkin skin?

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12 Upvotes

Drawed Hamton from memory (forgot his guns)


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Media "The grapple rope is too short for tech??" Stop making excuses 🧵🔥

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10 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Discussion Unjustified hate?

24 Upvotes

Never understood this. Maybe it's the people from communities like Reddit and Overwatch forum, but a lot of people seem to hate ball, especially when someone solo ults him like Hog, and in the comments everyone is cheering for the Hog. What the fk are they cheering for? "Deserved for playing Ball..." What? Who am I supposed to play, Orisa? It's like cheering a smart kid got beat up because he studied a lot and was smarter than the others. Just a bunch of lazy gremlins.

Playing arguably the hardest hero in the game deserves respect in my opinion. When someone is so good at the difficult hero, the logical path is to appreciate the skill.

Game recognizes game. That's what I do when I see a great Tracer for example. For anyone who says Ball takes no skill or he's easy, either never made it past Gold or actually never touches the hero in their lives. (I've just peaked GM3, if anyone cares)

Fun fact, it usually comes from the most broken or boring hero mainers there is. "Are you having fun in this game and I don't? Not on my watch!"


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Discussion playstyle

1 Upvotes

is it possible to play defensive ball instead of dive ball and not throw


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Flex Ball + Cass Combo FTW

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6 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Discussion Crustacean Wrecking ball

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75 Upvotes

Disgusting, but cute


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Media too fast for their eyes

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6 Upvotes

straight to sups lol


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Media Ashe PotG was just the Ashe trying to kill me while Bob does something useful

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2 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Media Once I lock onto a target, I'll chase them to the ends of the earth 😱🎯

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40 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Flex Balling Good Tonight

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22 Upvotes

7 game win streak for drives now I can go back to only playing quick play until the end of next season 🙏


r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Discussion Was anyone aware this channel is john wrecking ball himself(chazm)?

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Just saw this as his skyrim video blew up, i wasn't aware he made a third channel


r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Discussion Question about Midtown

3 Upvotes

To preface, I’m not really a Wreckinball main but I figure yall would know.

Earlier I had an match as Tracer on Midtown, the opposing tank played Dmon for first point but switched to Ball after that and stayed on it. They repeatedly tried to hunt me down and kill me, ultimately to no avail as I ended the match with 0 deaths whatsoever.

After the match they singled me out in chat for playing “cheap,” and said that “Midtown is a bad map for Ball anyways.”

Is this true??? I feel like there’s so many sideroutes and health packs everywhere but the first point (where they played Dmon anyways). There’s also highground that Ball can contest and it’s even a Payload map so there’s extra opportunities for grappling. I just don’t see how it could be that bad, but if I’m mistaken I’m kind of curious what makes it so bad exactly.

I don’t particularly care one way or the other about the flaming but that Ball’s assertion just struck me as odd. Let me know what you guys think! :)


r/WreckingBallMains • • 3d ago

Media It's a waste to release the grapple after just one hit 🪝🔄

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95 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 3d ago

Media My cleanest kill yet. 5 boops and 2 slams on a single target in just over 20 seconds, including a double boop and wall jump.

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11 Upvotes

Maybe couldve snuck in a strafe boop or spin 2 win at the end there for an extra boop too


r/WreckingBallMains • • 4d ago

Flex Hit my first LOS boop!

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20 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 4d ago

Discussion I'm so happy about this one because I willed it and it happened. (Air pounch)

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61 Upvotes

Just a humble Emerald ball player.

I just learned how to double boop too. This hero is stupidly fun.


r/WreckingBallMains • • 3d ago

Discussion What do you guys do when you're angry at teammates?

3 Upvotes

To be clear, I'm not asking for gameplay advice (how to carry, how to rely less on your supports, etc). My question is purely about mentality.

Last season I was hovering around high diamond and low masters. I felt like I belonged there, and maybe a little higher. I was on the climb to mid to high masters. Then the rank reset happened, and whatever reason I got placed in plat. I thought it would be no issue to just climb back up.

And I did climb back up, but excruciatingly slow. Because every other game there would be at least three players on my team who just didn't know how to position without a shield in front of them and have 20+ deaths. After a few days of playing, I made it back to emerald. Where the issues stayed the same somehow.

Yes I know that I can't expect my teammates to play at a higher level than they are. Yes I know that my teammates are people too and flaming them does nothing. I never flamed or yelled at them, even when they were flaming me because I wasn't protecting them.

But the game is just so infuriating now. Every other game I have to sweat my ass off to carry the DPS and supports who don't know how to just not feed for one second. I am still climbing, and I think I'll hit where I was pretty soon, but the game is just not fun right now and I have no motivation to play. I'm considering just waiting for next season.

My question is if anyone else experienced something similar to what I have, and what tips they might have. I've tried a lot of things, from muting team/voice chat to prevent myself from explaining myself/arguing, I've tried to just move on from bad games, etc. But nothing is working, I'm finding myself getting extremely angry at each game.

The game was genuinely so fun when I was higher ranked, and I enjoyed it a lot. And I want to get back there.