I Spent 5 Hours Playing GENJI To See If He's The WORST DPS

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I Spent 5 Hours Playing GENJI To See If He's The WORST DPS

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@malachite9071 2 ай бұрын

Being on 5hp alone with a Moira orb in the room feels like a SAW experience lmao

@loeuphoria 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@shopcom 2 ай бұрын

LMAO

@h2o684 2 ай бұрын

Final Destination type of brutal 😭

@barcohen5195 2 ай бұрын

Agreee😂

@danerodriquez1358 2 ай бұрын

Or being full health and right before a fight starts it passes by you and bounces back and you go from 250 to 167hp immediately lol

@Ajguahguah 2 ай бұрын

Most common genji main line. "How is he full HP, I just dashed through him and he was at 1." The pain 🤣

@arsonne 2 ай бұрын

Tracer and Genji are two examples of the heroes that really make OW special. There’s just nothing quite like them in other games and they’re super fun.

@voltzy2156 2 ай бұрын

When you think about it, the list is so long. I agree those are the most prominent 2 though

@arsonne 2 ай бұрын

@@voltzy2156 yeah I agree the list is long. I mainly mentioned them because I play Tracer and she’s my favorite, and the video is about Genji. There’s probably like at least 20 others you could make a case for though.

@kaowoatt 2 ай бұрын

and the different is Tracer is the best dps and genji is one of the worst dps. so iconic

@isiahmikester 2 ай бұрын

paladins koga

@niqsen7578 2 ай бұрын

I ditched paladins, but Paladins Flanks are more unique thought, like Evie, Vatu, Vora

@malachite9071 2 ай бұрын

18:30 “genii you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place”, Sigma was like “SOMEONE SAY ROCK?!”

@projectzeeno 2 ай бұрын

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! - Zeeno (Editor)

@yummyyummy2777 2 ай бұрын

Cool editing bro Im fucking with it

@malachite9071 2 ай бұрын

You’re sick with it, like honestly you do great work, no criticisms🫡💕

@AntivenomOW 2 ай бұрын

7:00 clean transition

@grafil01 2 ай бұрын

For me, the music was severely distracting, not even the song choice, just the overall volume threw me off

@Htiy 2 ай бұрын

I like the pokemon music

@utk8718 2 ай бұрын

that moira orb just passing through the deflect and saying "i dont care" was hilarious lmao

@afkarezky 2 ай бұрын

one thing for sure. if you play genji, "i need healing" is the only good skill he has

@aaronwoodhead8771 2 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you did this because he has been a miserable experience since season 9 you can play perfectly and still not accomplish anything… I really don’t understand blizzards balancing rewarding easy to play heroes but making genji like this

@destructo3457 2 ай бұрын

Tracer? Sojourn? Cass? Widow? What is bro talking about 😭

@aaronwoodhead8771 2 ай бұрын

@@destructo3457 what?

@blackjesus6333 2 ай бұрын

@@aaronwoodhead8771 he's saying those are the best heroes so he's saying you're wrong about them rewarding easy to play heroes, tbh though cass is very easy

@janeearle5400 2 ай бұрын

Genji is the reason I’m taking an Overwatch break till S11… playing him feels so slow now. Not the same after the health buffs

@dantecapobianco8314 2 ай бұрын

@@destructo3457 sojourn and cass are both easy heroes to play

@AloneInTheDork 2 ай бұрын

Our Man: "Genji has worst ult." Our Man on Cass ulting: *dies alone*

@anoneemous406 2 ай бұрын

Eh at least high noon is great for zoning.

@joeschipper6465 26 күн бұрын

he face tanked an entire team standing still and still nearly got a kill lol

@AntivenomOW 2 ай бұрын

Since when do your videos include so many memes? 😂

@arsonne 2 ай бұрын

Since he could afford a good editor I guess lmao

@whyreally685 2 ай бұрын

@@arsonne "good"

@user-sx2on5bh7b 2 ай бұрын

Since genbe became an absolute joke in overwatch

@6AM96 2 ай бұрын

Its fun playing Genji until they switch to mei sym moira zarya

@Zathren 2 ай бұрын

I just keep my distance with them. And don't use deflect on them. I'm still surprised that people in Awkward's comments think hard counters are real.

@Sachock 2 ай бұрын

How symmetra counter genji? She need full charge to have a decent potential in duel

@moleedaboi 2 ай бұрын

@@Sachockfarming charge on sym has to be one of the easier things.

@wayzz8968 2 ай бұрын

@@Zathren you know if you keep your distance with the enemy team you can't do anything

@fenixspider5776 2 ай бұрын

@@Sachock I think anything that passes through his deflect is automatically considered as a counter to genji

@Narfinat0r 2 ай бұрын

Genji is in rough spot after the global hp buffs. When squishy heroes were 200hp the dash + right click + melee combo was a much bigger threat. Like Awkward said, his damage is not consistent and he has no range. This was offset by him having high burst damage and movement to get quick surprise kills and assassinations, but now that the HP buffs made the time to kill way higher, Genji's burst combo is more difficult and way less forgiving. You can still carry games if you hit all your combos and headshot right clicks, but other DPS get way more value more easily by sitting far away and clicking heads (or even bodies). Dragonblade was already a difficult ultimate that usually required nano or damage boost to get real value, but now it takes so long to kill anything that enemies have more time to react and easily counter you. I consider baiting a cooldown like lamp or suzu to be a successful blade, and getting one kill or baiting an ultimate is a really successful blade. It usually isn't even worth using sound barrier or transcendence to counter blade because it is so bad.

@Htiy 2 ай бұрын

Frequent awkward uploads is pretty sick tbh

@dannyphan1088 2 ай бұрын

You basically just experienced everything Genji mains go through on a daily basis, all in a couple of matches. If you're ever wondering why Genji mains are bitter as hell, these years of these experiences unironically damages your soul and mental state.

@joelhenderson3723 2 ай бұрын

If it gets that bad, you just need to stop playing. Seriously, a game isn't worth that kind of emotional investment.

@dannyphan1088 2 ай бұрын

@joelhenderson3723 You're not wrong, but playing Genji is like crack sometimes. His play style is so addicting, you just can't help but go back and play him. I can't name another character that plays as fluid and cleanliness as Genji. There's not a game or anyone in other games that plays similar to him IMO

@ltsReallyHim 2 ай бұрын

@@dannyphan1088Star Wars battlefront 2 pick a hero they have blade deflect and dash🤣

@joelhenderson3723 2 ай бұрын

@@dannyphan1088 As a lucio main, I kind of understand finding a unique hero that's exactly what you like playing. Still, if I ever reach the point where I have more bad feelings than good toward overwatch, I'm taking a break. There are other games, and other things to do besides gaming.

@FantasyFantasy934 2 ай бұрын

Good, middle finger to all genji mains who expect themself to 1v5 every fight

@austinhenry4092 2 ай бұрын

OMG the blade where you dashed in on like 5 ppl and then turned around and everyone was gone.... I felt that.

@ohmeh4850 2 ай бұрын

This ain’t the unranked to gm with genji BUT ILL TAKE IT ITS GENJI NONE THE LESS

@Qwmp- 2 ай бұрын

Because UR2GM Genji is unironically not possible in s10 outside of 5000 hour specialists grinding it out for weeks

@senpaicares 2 ай бұрын

This is one of the most accurate and hilarious video I've seen this year. I absolutely loved this

@RomeoHR86 2 ай бұрын

bro I have a lot of time on hanzo and watched your unranked to gm on hanzo as well but he fells so frustrating to play now , the only kill potential in 1v1 is storm arrow . imagine head shoting a soj ulting outside melee range and she gets a 5k :/

@chkensammich 2 ай бұрын

He does better damage to tanks now tho

@StarCrow77Gaming 2 ай бұрын

He is so fun to play probably not the worst but definitely not the best

@thiagoarxalmeida606 2 ай бұрын

Then who is the worst then?

@waddlez7192 2 ай бұрын

@@thiagoarxalmeida606reaper

@artorias7742 2 ай бұрын

@@thiagoarxalmeida606 Reaper for sure. He's so fucking garbage right now it's sad.

@briandunfee4326 2 ай бұрын

@@thiagoarxalmeida606 Junk

@iarrots 2 ай бұрын

@@thiagoarxalmeida606 hanzo for sure

@sausagesausagesausage 2 ай бұрын

People do not say he is the worst dps. Genji players say he is the worst dps.

@guts809 2 ай бұрын

At high ranks hes regarded as a pretty dog shit pick.

@backstabber3537 2 ай бұрын

@@guts809 not really only for genji one tricks

@bruhvenant 2 ай бұрын

Yeah no way can anyone legitimately believe that when we've got Reaper, Hanzo, Sym, Junkrat all in the dirt. They're either trolling or tryna push a narrative.

@wever4873 2 ай бұрын

@@guts809 its not. nanoblade is stil op. wanna speak about bastion ?

@meculus3966 2 ай бұрын

@wever4873 what are you yapping about lmao nanoblade is far from op now that you can't one shot

@ciach0_ 2 ай бұрын

top 3 best things to deflect as genji: - roadhog ult - bastion turret fire - Moira orb bonus: - ana sleep dart when you actually land it

@tminuswild 2 ай бұрын

Awkward has officially reached NPC status

@Pedro_eqw 2 ай бұрын

That was what I was thinking lmao

@ao8319 2 ай бұрын

Skin tier list and battle pass speculation imminent

@Cheshirechoes 2 ай бұрын

He always has been. Call others NPC is the first step.

@CasimiroPerez-eg1ty Ай бұрын

Genji sux a$s

@noturdad101 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate that u always give credit to your team where its due. Solid dude 💪

@Seissmo 2 ай бұрын

I wanna learn the cool cybernetic ninja dude too.

@kraandop 2 ай бұрын

A fellow Genji goat

@wraithmain2620 2 ай бұрын

As a genji otp we request a genji unrank to gm educational

@friskind 2 ай бұрын

Whoever the editor is the vid was actually hilarious props to the editor

@projectzeeno 2 ай бұрын

🫡

@callumtorrance9180 2 ай бұрын

I've never laughed this much watching an Awkward video. I found myself watch moments over and over. 11:36 for example

@MichaelZankel 2 ай бұрын

10:45 you should've showed the kill cam there when your doom bounced on u while he's pulsed 🤣

@idontcareaboutyouropinion7663 2 ай бұрын

this new type of edit and vibe from an awkward video was different and unexpected but I don’t mind it it felt fresh. Keep it bro

@kristopherchuckceniza7415 2 ай бұрын

This felt more like an ML7 video with all the memes, music, and cutaways. lol

@afterthought9538 2 ай бұрын

Every time I see Widow get an HS feed when I'm playing Hanzo: "wish my hero could do that".

@axel_r_ 2 ай бұрын

11:03 Imagine being the weakest Hero in the game with 175HP (Tracer) and you SURVIVE a swing from the blade by a NANO'ed Genji. Genji needs a buff on his ult. Now, some might argue that if Genji do get ult buff, it will be broken. Back to shuriken until blade, then nano blade = team kill. No, not true. This is where ABILITIES is implemented in this game. F.ex: This Tracer can blink away from the blade, but if Tracer is off CD on blinks, then she should die from a nano blade. Nano is the word. Blade is the bird...

@hone-pq7pp 2 ай бұрын

you acted like a real human beeing in this video i really liked watching it

@kaysan1360 2 ай бұрын

unranked to gm on genji???

@stormraider2635 2 ай бұрын

yessss pleaseeee

@Dankflamio 2 ай бұрын

Awkward is a true KZfaqr now with this awesome editing and the jokes! Amazing video man!! So fun to watch

@ChrisSmith-rr4ng 2 ай бұрын

Did you see when tracer came flying around the corner and he accidently killed her trying to kill a lucio? I'm that tracer, every match.

@pushthetempo3125 2 ай бұрын

2:28 - very accurate showcase of a genji main communication skills

@J.R.Swish1 2 ай бұрын

Genji isn't the worst, but he definitely lost everything that made him an enjoyable DPS to play. There's no way any hardcore genji player or any ow casuals for that matter would call playing Genji "fun" in 2024. His kit is simply too outdated and obsolete compared to new heroes like Sojourn and Kiri with OP kits and abilities. It's the same Genji from 2016, only worse in every aspect. While new heroes with OP and complex abilities are added and old heroes get reworked to better fit the current state of the game, Genji is left in the dust with a deflect that is useless against 50% of the damage incoming, and a dash. Great. One would hope that now that blade is useless with the new HP changes, they'd buff his neutral kit. 2 seasons in waiting...

@Monkchelle_Kongbama 2 ай бұрын

genji is the only reason I play this shit game so....argument thwarted?

@casull2041 2 ай бұрын

my friend do you like cbt@@Monkchelle_Kongbama

@J.R.Swish1 2 ай бұрын

@@Monkchelle_Kongbama How your brain manages to come up with the conclusion that playing Genji in 2024 is fun like playing him in 2016/17...... sure... thwart my argument, I guess. I'm not the crazy one 😂

@Monkchelle_Kongbama 2 ай бұрын

@@J.R.Swish1 how your brain manages to think that outplaying peers on a hero that has the sickest kit in the game isn't real is the crazy thing 👉👉🙆💀💯

@ivnmsqr8649 2 ай бұрын

this video remembers me of that one girl that quoted you and said that decisions should be taken not just based on Diamond and above, but mostly on metal ranks because they're "82% of the players". In metal ranks Genji is still a "noob destroyer" if played more or less correctly, but when you traspass the Diamond line it becomes truly hurtful to play. So even if you play the character correctly, in high levels you're so vulnerable, but if they buff him metal ranks will say that "blizz made him so broken". What a dichotomy.

@mikaelaakre8899 2 ай бұрын

people always say tracer is the hardest dps to play, ive always thought genji is harder bc u literally cant do 1 mistake with this hero without dying in higher ranks

@brokenbeaniegaming3263 2 ай бұрын

LENA oxton has nmore constant dmg , whislt it it can be diffcult/impsosibole to predict with primary fire on genji,

@TUX3D0S 2 ай бұрын

no one says tracer is the hardest to play, t500 players say she has the highest skill ceiling. skill floors and skill ceilings are way different. genji also has a high skill ceiling, but most t500 or OWL pros feel tracer's is higher because her gameplay is more deliberate, whereas genji is often throwing darts in the dark and seeing what sticks (literally, thats what his primary fire feels like a lot of the time. you're just guessing how the enemy will move and not deliberately aiming)

@mikaelaakre8899 2 ай бұрын

@@TUX3D0S the mechanical skill ceiling is harder to achieve on genji

@AntivenomOW 2 ай бұрын

Echo is the hardest dps

@lamarpalmer25 2 ай бұрын

@@TUX3D0Stracer is pure mechanics. That’s why. There’s do dash or double jump and her ult has to be aimed

@RyanRynoldsTwin 2 ай бұрын

The genji gameplay we have wanted 🙌🏼

@GamingLovesJohn Ай бұрын

A great summation of the Genji experience... from this video: "THEY DON'T DIE! >:("

@jedidjajanelle6935 2 ай бұрын

11:46 him giving the camera the side eye got me lmao

@tropiksa 2 ай бұрын

POV Genji: 🥷🗡💨💀☠

@A1ViiN Ай бұрын

everything he says is him just trying to make genji seem like a worse hero than he is

@silvine6151 2 ай бұрын

8:08 basicly your mid metal rank gamers my best advice is legit stand still and hammer the moira in since you arent gonna dodge and avoid backing up agaisnt her orb

@ajiskingg6729 2 ай бұрын

love the edits new vibe these vids are fresh but still love the regular content just need more - chur

@bob_uchiha0077 Ай бұрын

So good to know even a top player experiences my problems when blading

@planetary590 2 ай бұрын

Average genji experience

@wever4873 2 ай бұрын

well he did got like 2 death and 30kill each game so yeah is op

@CodyBlakeDay 2 ай бұрын

'unless i dash in and hit shuriken's nothing dies.' What else are we doing tho?

@angelalexanderarquero6665 2 ай бұрын

pokemon music in the background go me hype

@tyrenace6597 2 ай бұрын

Pretty entertaining video

@AceMK7 2 ай бұрын

Next Patch Notes: Genji ammo reduced by 25 and dmg reduced by 35

@thisguyrighthere8502 2 ай бұрын

This isn't unranked to gm Genji?

@thetimonator2036 2 ай бұрын

Love the new video style Awkward, I think if do one of these with Junkrat that would be a fun experience considering everyone was categorizing him as F Tier DPS after the health changes.

@balor561 2 ай бұрын

I’m a genji main and I hate that is blade is weaker than a wet spaghetti noodle

@Aandersson001 2 ай бұрын

I think honestly one of the most reasonable buffs to genji would be faster shuriken speed, mostly for his left clicks. It would make setting up a kill more reliable without having him one shot everything.

@Aandersson001 2 ай бұрын

And old blade back ofc..

@fwjinx 2 ай бұрын

I hate him blaming his bad blades on the ultimate itself

@mikki_dan7291 2 ай бұрын

Bro was so upset at how bad genji is that he played Cree in a genji Montage 😂😂

@void_jl 2 ай бұрын

I think a junkrat video would really strike well with the community. Especially since he is very unviable in these recent patches. Some love to him would be greatly appreciated

@sith6375 2 ай бұрын

this video is very funny thank you for the entertainment

@stevent2671 2 ай бұрын

26:15 Whoa whoa whoa....what is this counter you speak of? 😂

@S1lnuy 2 ай бұрын

Hi Awkward! Your 1 year old tracer guide is awesome. After watching, i really improved my game on tracer. Thank you and good luck

@Deron1017 2 ай бұрын

As a Genji main not being able to slash dash baby Dva is a crime against humanity

@umimintsune0058 2 ай бұрын

I feel like genji is just easily punishable compared to every other flanker.

@iwunderful3117 2 ай бұрын

25:53 Yeah but then again you don’t always have to dash in. Necros always preaches using the map to get behind without wasting a cooldown. So if you can climb over a piece of the map and land behind the enemy, then you can get some right clicks off while still having both your dash and deflect as escape options

@gc7066 2 ай бұрын

I’m jus very impressed that he can change style so quickly and still create it with amazing quality and interest.

@zero0_zz 2 ай бұрын

Tbh I agree with your opinion on genji he isnt the worse but ONE of the worse heroes in the game. Thanks for the vid I would want u to feel the Junkrat experience next u will def love it

@honestlywhatever 2 ай бұрын

the laugh at "i'm actually a genji main" got me

@Randomness662 2 ай бұрын

I bet if blade could be cancelled it would be used more often as an emergency dash reset like how Cass uses ult as an emergency reload sometimes

@dantecapobianco8314 2 ай бұрын

one big thing hes not noticing too is hes doing zero damage even though mercy pocketed him most of these games lol

@Phowkie 2 ай бұрын

its nice to see you play genji and think the same things i think when i play him, i love playing him but man sometimes i play perfectly and still nothing dies

@leroyroberts8112 2 ай бұрын

You know he bad when awkward of all people the man that says counters don't exist says "Genji just gets countered"

@braydenpalmer9838 2 ай бұрын

Hey man I just wanted to thank you I started as a silver player and reached a grandmaster level by following your concepts in less than 200 hours

@MrProdigy810 2 ай бұрын

I thought symmetra was the worst dps

@camby02 2 ай бұрын

You should do a winston unranked to GM. Everyone will believe that counter picking is not good if you do that

@farhantanvir001 Ай бұрын

br's 5h Genji is better then my whole OW carrier😭

@Dr.Pelican-bw2zs 2 ай бұрын

"Deadly melee weapon"

$@fractalelf7760$

@fractalelf7760 2 ай бұрын

The problem isn’t Genji as often it’s the Genji players who think they are the lead in some anime show and feed their brains out. Exact same issue with many Dva players.

@Lehhhx 2 ай бұрын

Dope video! I'd love to see another one of these videos focused on Illari.

@srr4460 2 ай бұрын

Watching this videos is like having a Genji therapy session 🤣as much as I think the blade swing speed buff was actually a great buff I really think his dash damage needs to be buffed to maybe 60-75 damage considering how Genji's entire playstyle is based on getting value out of dash without dying, or he needs something like the self shields that Venture gets for using their drill dash.

@anthonygoad4214 2 ай бұрын

Genji projectiles should have a bleed that stacks and stifles healing

@malachite9071 2 ай бұрын

The mercy so mad lmao. Backseat drivers of the OW community lmfao.

@Depressi0n69 2 ай бұрын

20:42, "Like he was one hp and suddenly he is full hp, while I am one hp"🤣

@Qwmp- 2 ай бұрын

Genji is in the weakest and least fun state of all time yet people are still putting him in A tier since they don't play him. Thank you for this Awkward.

@brioche496 17 күн бұрын

The way they buffed everyone’s health and damage like crazy, then left genji with a measly 27 per shuriken, tiny projectile hitboxes, no buff to dash or blade at all, AND made blade worse by “buffing” the swing speed. 💀 just take the robo ninja out back with a shotgun at this point. Cant even 1v1 a single support and live unless they are brain dead. You know with THE 1v1 hero. Nah but cass is fine two tapping everything outside of tanks playing mid range no commitment or game sense needed.

@Sindoku 2 ай бұрын

The fact that balance team hasn’t made some high skill heroes like Genji more powerful than low skill ceiling heroes just shows why OW 2 is a casual game. Skill is not rewarded thus we may as well be play Candy Crush or Subway Surfers. That said, I still love the game either way, but it’s not a very competitive game for high skilled individuals.