bro that's not awkward, that's confidence

Evil Awkward be like: “Healing, healing, healing! They go back I don’t go forward! They go forward I don’t go back! I’m not off-angling, I’m not using cover!”

Nah bro, Awkward turned into Straightforward ☠☠

Awkward went from saving a team fight to killing his own teammates as LW.

tbh I think whether you like LW depends on your preference. If you enjoy playing passive, he can be very fun, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Would love to see unranked to GM with Lucio- wanna see how awkward plays him- edit: bro finally made the GM to unranked with Lucio!!!!

My younger brother plays life weaver, I think he’s in masters or high diamond, but he does damage and takes one vs ones, uses petal to escape the fight. The character has really high health and decent damage at close range

I like how he says "it doesn't teach you cooldown uses" but everytime he died to Winston was because he didn't manage his cooldown on his dash/petal lol

Played lifeweaver on illios and i swear i saved my team from boops around 20 times with the grip. That was peak lifeweaver play for me hearing my teammate cheer from being saved from the infamous hole

Samito has been playing lifeweaver in gm and completely dominating. He heal bots, get's tree ridiculously quick, uses it strategically, and says life grip is a low key VERY impactful ability. He agrees the design is stupid and not all that fun. But he says it has hard carry capability.

Lifeweaver is the epitome of "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." "You can heal, save and provide high ground for your team, but you can't make them get picks and do damage."

Most players can't interpret a scoreboard intelligently. They see high heal totals on a support like LW, and think they are doing well. They don't realize the high heal totals are because 1 less player doing damage on your team allows the enemy to have a comparatively higher damage output, boosting your team's healing stats. It's meaningless healing that just prolongs an inevitable defeat the majority of the time.

Why do I have so much fun playing as Lifeweaver? It's so weird but I just love his kit. And saving a teammate from certain death is just awesome! Especially when they tell you that they appreciate it. BTW: If they just speed up his projectiles he would be insane.

4 Step LW plan: 1. Engage 2. Keep the Distance 3. Off Angle 4. Disengage with Petal Platform

Just look at the difference towards the end of the video when I play Kiriko. Night and day.

Lifeweaver is a fun hero to play in duo Q or generally in games with a lot of communication. flower can give a free high ground, put characters in places inaccessible to them naturally, pulls allows for quick repositionning/high ground and allows your mate to play extra agressive because they have a free escape plan if it goes wrong, ult is almost a "you can't die anymore" ability.

Great video awkward! You obviously know the game better than me but I do enjoy playing Lifeweaver as he is the only hero that can build an entire forest.

Was this something like: " Uneducational Grandmaster to unranked on Life weaver"

Your pull on the junkrat got interrupted when you broke LOS with his original position. So it dropped him on the last point on his trajectory that you had LOS from - which dropped him behind that wall, into Orisa ult.

I don't play shooters much..but i really got into Overwatch cause it reminded me of TF2. Lifeweaver is my favorite hero: To me seeing the "Players Saved" number is more fun/satisfying than seeing a kill counter go up. But thats just me

Lifeweaver one of those characters I enjoy playing when I just wanna chill and not sweat in some QP

Awkward: If you play fundamentally well you'll be able to carry your games Lifeweaver: We don't do that here

the only stat you can see that shows you made a diff is "players saved" 10+ players saved your making an impact. really though you must be shutting down enemy ults and pulling people to off angles and there is no stat that shows for that

"im distracting them" i love this lol, i feel like mercy has a hidden ability to bait enemies into wasting their time looking at her. like in valk, jiggle cover behind the enemy team and see if anyone is dumb enough to 180 and commit to looking at me while my team is aoe boosted shooting at them. Gotta tease them a bit to trick them into looking at me instead of a more vulnerable teammate

They made 2 charaters: 1) Lifeweawer - complitely disgusting no damage, no healing, sometimes ruin the game. Bottom tier. 2) Illary - comlitely Need-Nerfed-Widow-With-Healing-Power-Crazy-Move-Speed-Sniper-With-Ultimate-Like-Junk-Plus-Escape... Yeah... developers knew what they do it...

within a month your vids have brought me from low plat to almost gm support (i hope i get it next placement). im happy you do these educational vids, thanks

LW wasnt designed to carry with big consistent dmg like bap, zen or kiri, hes an enabler that can put your dps in strong positions that would be unorthodox, or help them reposition very quickly, 2 completely different playstyles and roles. Its like comparing an Orisa's survivability to a Doom who cant land any abilities lol

The reason Awkward isn’t having fun and sometimes carrying with Weaver is that he’s not using his petal optimally: It is the perfect option to save teammates/hard counter Orisa ult, Zarya ult, Rein ult, Mei ult, junk trapped teammates, slept teammates, etc. and it’s super satisfying to use it that way. I agree, you can’t carry with him nearly as often as some of the other supports, but if you use his platform right, he’s much more fun and extremely powerful with his skill expression. Also, using the tree to block a small doorway that the enemy team is coming through when the timer is about to hit zero is divine.

I find lifeweaver really fun... he might be meh, but he's really good at countering enemy abilities and ultimates with his abilities - which is satisfying. I'll admit the primary fire spam is pretty boring though, thats why you mix in some dps'ing.

Life works well with dive heros. Pulling them from being overwhelmed and long range sustain.

I love when you try and set up Bastian in the air for kills in turret form and they immediately come back down 😂😂

"I might have killed our junkrat....I know I killed our junkrat". I appreciate good lifeweavers. Ive been saved and killed by them; they can change your fate in an instant. I've mixed feelings about this character. RIFT had a character who could do this, and they ended up implementing a setting in the options where you could opt in or out of pulls. It was well received.

nah that prank at the start though got me for a sec you bastard

Lifeweaver has cool abilities and a cool heal ability, but like literally no damage because its so slow to switch from healing to damage

Seeing Awkward on an actual healer is hilarious. I understand his pain.

There are many ways to play him, either you go support offense and take off angles pulling a dps with you and pocket them. Or you do the offense yourself as usual and take close/mid range machinegun fights in frontline angles while you heal tank, petal out while you call all targets low for team to finish.

I think the problem with Lifeweaver is the design of the hero makes you FEEL that you have a great impact on the game. Heal a lot, saving people's lives, escaping from danger... "it's all my team's fault!"

It’s funny I feel like him being bad makes him think the character is bad

“Don’t play life weaver. Don’t be a part of the problem.” *2 seconds later* “alright we’re gonna go life weaver and we’re gonna hide”

9:00 had me dead "what is going on. i teach those stuff, what is she doing?"

They had the audacity to nerf him also lmao.

“People who try to have fun in death match disgust me.” - Awkward -

The way that pull served the junk rat up on a platter for the orisa ult 😂

Honestly, just making it so the Ammo could *Regen* instead of reload when weaving would make him a lot nicer. You could send a few shots, swap back, and theoretically have a fluid toggle to do damage whilst also avoiding the dreadfully stupid reload.

I feel like the base concept of lifeweaver is good, something that enables and allows new angles for everyone but i feel like he himself is lacking, you cant do anything playing him, you can only let others do stuff. A damage buff may work, or some increased utility on his abilitys, let people choose to get pulled to platform when they want to, or let him do something extra

In low ranks you can kind of set up your team for success. Low ranks nobody takes off angles or high ground so I used to go up there and pull people to better angles lol.

Omfg that guy at the beginning almost had me 😂😂 I was like there's NO way a haircut changes his look that much... Right?!

Can you do an unranked to gm on lucio? Would love to see how you play him

i feel that ramatra, i hate when we go double healbot, like okay we have heals but we have no support advantages, it's even worse when enemy goes ana, brig, or junker queen

Bro makes kiriko look so much fun

I feel like if they made him do a little bit less heals but his heals charged while you were dealing damage he would feel a lot better

For the first time, i completely disagree with Awkward. With everytning he said about lifeweaver. Other support like ana, zen, moira etc their utility comes from damage. Life weavers utility comes from big heals, decent survivibility, good mobility, and insane life saving potential. Awkward is genuinely playing LW terribly bad here, simply because of his narrow "Damage" mindset. -A T500 across all roles, notably specifically LW

i was thinking "wait a second awkward what happened to your hair" haha

damage damage damage vs healing healing healing *awkward dies* "but hey i was distracting!" LOL

Seeing one of the best support players struggle with lifeweaver just goes to show u how amazing dafran is for pulling off unranked to top 500 with him. Only one capable of doing the unranked to top 500 with all heroes.

Nah I get the criticism but honestly lw isn't about carrying the team with kills and distractions, it's literally about puppeting your team to play better. If you see highground that would be better for a cass, you petal them up, if you want a rein to shatter the team but can't seem to do it? Pull him to an off angle and do it. A teammate is over-extending? Pull him back. It's like being a dad taking care of your 4 kids lmao.

When you gripped the bastion from the tree I was like "Wow so mlg."

I really wanna see you do a genji u2gm it would be intresting to see what tips you would give with him

I've been having a lot of fun on LW. And have been climbing. With Zarya and Orisa being so prominent he pretty much shuts down their ults. And if you can avoid shatters you can save teammates from that too. I've been climbing on Lucio, kiri, and mercy too. I haven't started playing illari yet

“Did not enjoy a single time” I’m dead 😂😂😂😂

I unironically love lifeweaver 💓 a main support with crazy utility and survivability. Games where you constantly save your tank, heal the whole team, kill divers and counter ultimates is peak gameplay. But yeah, compared to most every other support, a good player can get more value on another hero. Wouldn’t recommend it in gm. Obviously you know way more about the game than me and are way better, but it’s kinda crazy to me to be complaining about damage output when playing a passive reactive support hero like mercy. I get you don’t like that design philosophy but there is a place in the game for characters like that. Not in the highest ranks, but there still is.

I’ve been wanting to see you do a Mercy or LW game so bad to see how the “damagedamagedamage” philosophy carries over yes!

LW against a zar, goes absolutely crazy. Petal out of grav, pull out of grav.

That beginning tripped me up so bad LMAO

I love how as he progressively got fed up playing LW he started to do more DMG instead of heals lol

Sometimes I just like to have my “I have no enemies” arc in qp and deny any pick the enemy team is close to getting

Love the soundtrack behind this entire vid! Lifeweaver is trash design. Leaving yourself to the mercy of your team and the flow of the game, with the only ability to alter is reactionary with your cooldowns. The only proactive thing he can realistically do is pull/petal people to high ground ( and just look at those bronzes struggle with that lmao) or tree early fight for the overhealth, which is an absolute shit mechanic in itself. (theres a reason brigs armor got reworked)

Yeah, but this is the one of only times I ever seen you have fun

I have a friend who hard locks Mercy/Lifeweaver every game they play. Let that sink in after watching this video.

“Smurf? Like the blue guys?” LMAOAOAO

Bro transformed. You look good my dude, I do think it suits you a little worse than previous, but you still adorable in different way

bro thats not awkward thats outgoing 💀

he's finally met his match 😂

Can u pls make an unranked to gm with sigma ? Will love it

thought he shape shifted for a second

Love the content, can you do a widowmaker video (unranked to gm/tips/other)?

I fell asleep 4 times while watching this.

Awkward I felt the same playing this hero, but my gamestyle was usually being a healbot. But thanks to you I learned to play differently, thank you. Can you do one unranked to GM with Illari?

That was actually a crazy good impression

totally agree it feels like was designed by different team lifeweaver is who i pick if i'm playing with friends and they complain "not enough heals", but i have no fun playing him at all tree feels most impact and even then it's just like a brig rally, use and forget

I played 2 games as LW in Diamond, nothing. Couldn't carry. Hated it. Had tons of healing though. 5 games as Brig, all wins. It's stupid. This video was so accurate, like all of your content. Trying to carry with heals is like asking your team to carry and trusting and hoping that they are better at the game then you. The sad truth is your whole team could never die and still lose if you don't have damage. Nothing gets done if you don't make opportunities.

Excellent video! audio is a bit rough on this one though. a lot of resonance.

12:04 !! Wtf did u do lol 😭😭

i love the paper mario soundtrack in the background

would this hero be fixed if he could damage and heal at the same time

Haircut my mom made me get before I could choose. Haha it’s fresh!

I’m gonna be totally honest Lifeweaver can definitely carry because he’s buffed like crazy and can do good damage once you get used to it he’s just badly designed and needs a passive charge on healing so it doesn’t consume so much time

Bro had to of been trolling 😭

17:34 yes if we rank down we feel that way. When you get that many losses but you still need to finish your card you just need that final win but its bittersweet to get the win iust to derank.

The kirby music background gives me nostalgic throwbacks so hard

What about the unranked to gm ball? The vod is on twitch. Will you upload here?

I think lifeweaver's greatest advantage is the utility he provides with ult cancel and evasion through his petal, and saving peoples asses with his bubble pull or whatever its called. A lot times if my tank is too aggro and solo pushes a lot, I'll switch to LW to pull them back. If they just swapped some of the healing output for damage output, it would be so much better.

You looked like you were having a blast in that bronze match 😂

Babe wake up, Awkward dropped a new vid

I think live weaver is decent if ur team puts out high damage quick. He’s not meant to carry I feel like it’s an enabler for other characters like zen, ana, pharah, bastion

LW does decent dmg up close and first 20 shots have no bloom and no fall off

I feel like i dont hide and heal tho. I usually stay behind my peeps and mostly thorn and heal when needed like i said. But use his double jump to stay dynamic

I find LW good when my team is too aggressive where my pulls can save them a lot. It's also good against enemy ulti where I could just pull teammates to safety. Felt great when I saved my whole team from a rein ulti with LW petal. Got targeted so hard after that. I try to do damage whenever possible, but yea, it's hard when I miss so much. If his shooting projectile speed was a bit faster that would be great.

As a lifeweaver main, your performance was poor. And some people who say lifeweaver is trash has never properly played him or seen a really good lifeweaver. If he were to have a lot more damage potential, people would just complain he’s a DPS character like most support heroes. He is amazing with the right team comp of course, especially on escort mode on defense I find him most useful. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t have potential or is automatically a throw pick because the purpose of his kit is to save people and cancel ults. Heal botting is not a bad thing for him. If he were to have faster healing done his team combined with more damage output, he would be unkillable, especially how his ult can already sustain a team fight. And even now people are saying he’s a slippery hero. He would be definitely a lot more broken if he were to do a lot more damage like any other over tuned support.

Bro, I actually believed he was the same guy😂