i used to turn my back and try to run away when dps attack me as an ana. after watching your ana videos and practiced, i increased my winning rate dueling against dps. i used to be a silver now i am almost masters. thank you for the valuable videos!

Awkward: "peek when she isn't looking at you. She won't just be staring at a wall." Me: *laughs in platinum*

Yo I need more Awkward - more videos like this... more videos about anything really. Another tip: Her walls last for 15 seconds, so as soon as you hear her ult immediately look at the clock and calculate how long you have. If she has walls up and you're in a precarious situation, you can fake jiggle-peak out of cover to waste some of her time.

Wake up Awkward dropped

Your Moira U2GM got me from silver to high plat (almost diamond now). Super good and simple advice!

Dang it, Awkward... how am I supposed to rank up if you're helping everyone improve so much. 🙈😅😝 Another great video here!!

I started doing more dmg on Ana and my dps duo that I usually queue with legit stopped playing with me because I'm "not doing enough healing". Even though my win rate and rank has gone above his (low plat to high diamond), he refuses to believe its the correct way to play. He says I should just play dps instead of trying to get kills on support. Awkward has shown me that some people are just destined to stay low rank and will never take accountability for their poor gameplay.

Thanks man this vid is only 7 mins long but it really opened my eyes, as ana i pretty much just hide in a corner healing against widow hoping my dps will try to dive her, im gonna start trying to contest her myself if shes rolling my team

EXACTLY. Widows have some of the most atrocious counter-strafing in the game, it feels so funny when I take a few seconds to find an off angle, and 2-shot her with Mei icicles from across the map and the Widow swaps off.

lol 5:10 had me dead 😂😂 of course it would be Junkrat. Great tips!! I used to be scared of Widow until I started playing more Kiriko.. now I find myself winning more Widow duels than I ever imagined. Kiriko flank and headshot potential is unmatched!

Widow’s used to freak me out, but after learning from you, I’ve come to notice just how easy they can be to outmaneuver and take out. Love your content Awkward.

my boy trying out a different approach to expand I like it

As a kiriko main i love playing against widow

The fact that this guide is free is unbelievable..

God you make some good content, nice work.... love the timer at the top left on each step!

Thank you Awkward and editing team!!!

And here’s my fucking team standing in the open challenging the fucking widow with walls and me watching them get picked off one by one

My number 1 tip is: -„Open Settings“ -„Leave Game“ Works like a charm

Sick video as always man

i love awkwards choice of music

Did you hire someone for this? Solid energy, great message. Banger once again, Awkward!

This was significantly less condescending than usual and great tips

Me as main widow, hoping it would be widow unranked2gm: 😞

I love your content because I play competitive Splatoon and you and the rest of the Overwatch tubers have so much advice that the educational Splatoon scene hasn’t tapped into yet. I play a support sniper (there’s no heals in Splatoon but the buff on this is meta defining right now) and I just tell myself “stay in the back by natural cover and look for damage” I think I’ve doubled my damage output

Deconstructing the fear of an impossible to beat widow put on a pedestal, with simple fundamentals that matter and are equally simple to learn and apply - is what this video does, and it does it well! Must watch if you're lost over what to do vs Widow - Another banger!

Some of these things make sense in a lot of cases but sometimes it won’t matter no matter what. In those cases one of your DPS HAS to play widow. One thing about and enemy widow vs countering widow is the enemy will be looking for picks while YOU are looking for HER and not looking for picks. Sometimes you have to know who she’s looking at and you have to capitalize fast enough when she’s focused on someone else. Communication is something that greatly helps when you should capitalize “hey widow looking at me” should be enough for you to peak and take her out of the game. It’s a team based game having teammates to give you feedback DOES HAVE A FACTOR ON THE OUTCOME OF A GAME. You can’t just say skill issue to everything when communication is one of the biggest things that can swing a game

Let's gooo, I knew all 5 from watching your other content! I try and practise these to improve every time I play OW2. It's what brings the most enjoyment, seeing those small improvements over time.

Yo I need more Awkward - more videos like this... more videos about anything really.

I have killed many Widowmakers as Zenyatta. I sneak up on her from the side or behind. The player cannot hear me. She dies. Sometimes I shoot at her front, best with a right-click to get some orbs, then I release at her as soon as I face her. Either she runs away or she dies.

After listening to your advice and trying to apply it more, my win % as zen in comp went from 50 to about 75%. I still need to work hard and grind out on competitive, but I went from hard-stuck low silver to high gold in support. Thank you awkward.

FUCKING THANK YOU! OMG. People always bitch about "I hate getting one tapped by widow" when all they gotta do is address her properly. Just like every other character. Strafe, close distance, SHOOT BACK AT HER, counter pick for someone hard for widow to deal with, and so on, are the ways to deal with her. Jesus.

I would love you to create more content on yt more often

This video was nicely done

As a widow player who's praised a lot for good aim, I'd like to mention that even flicking partly needs predicting where a target is moving. I've noticed that I instinctually move the reticle slightly towards where the target is moving during a flick. The larger the flick the more time it takes to execute, and the target will have moved a bit by then, thus the need for the prediction. If they move side by side fast it's harder to flick but I would switch to a different aiming technique which is to position the reticle stationary in between the target's strokes and wait for the right moment to shoot. If they stroke unpredictably, changing stroke distance and stroke start/end point, that's where it can get hard to hit shots. A combination of tracking and microflicks is probably the most reliable at that point, but it'll take more time to line up the shot and shooting back can put a lot of pressure on me at that point. Also I can confirm jumping sideways is very easy to hit. It's funny when they think they're evading bullets lol. They're helplessly in the air during jumps, I can flick with good prediction or line up the shot where they land. They can actually change direction during a jump which is an efficient technique on sojourn and baptiste (surprisingly hard to hit) but the trajectory can still be predicted and tracked upon changing direction, unlike sharp turns on the ground behind a cover.

You make some of the most useful OW content. Even me as a mercy main. Ty awkward keep it up

Tip: have a kiriko contest her when in sight

Counter-Strafing is another issue with Overwatch's lack of intuitive design, counter-strafing doesn't feel nearly as powerful as it is... Some characters disgustingly snap at practically 30 degrees when you spam, counterstrafing is just so, so powerful. Compare with a friend, stand in front of someone and strafe together as the same hero. It's wild.

Made it to masters 5 tonight after watching your Moira unranked to gm, huge difference in how I used to play, super useful info throughout the whole vid as well, thank you!

Let’s goooo new awkward to start the week is the best thing

Ah, so the thumbnail meant attack the widow, don't run and hide.

The last tip is the most important one imo. Coming from a halo background, a lot of the tips he gives in his videos is stuff I already know. Sometimes using knowledge you know from other games can help out in others. One thing I do in dead by daylight with tracer is running into the enemy then away very quickly using blinks in a 1v1. This tends to confuse players giving me an easy kill without much effort.

As a widow main, everything awkward just said is true, with all of widows nerfs she isnt strong at all you probably have the upper hand most fights, one hit on a widow will make them run from that angle!! Usually lol what a great video!

I like to make widows higher up on my target priority list. The pressure will free up the map, unless they are really good they often start missing shots and often switch when they're not just getting free kills with no one to contest them.

me, a widow main, watching this to make sure you guys keep losing to widowmakers

It’s a good day to exist when Awkward uploads 😎

i watched ur zen U2GM and went from low silver to high plat in a week... i am now diamond ty awkward

You know when awkward posts you're about to get some advice that'll blow your world

Can you make a series of this for each hero?

I see all widowmaker mains taking notes right now :D

Keep up the good content ❤

I am Kiriko main but I love when opponent has a Widowmaker (inspired by Frogger). I will crawl and stealth to reach her as near as possible and pick her.

wathcing your support videos got me from silver 4 to master 3 in one season much thanks

😅 Kiriko tought me to shoot back. It's just way to fun, and the kunais have just the right rate of fire for a good dodge movement. Hanzo, Ash, Ana takes me to long to aim, any "full-auto" gun is too fast and does not chip off enough health per hit. When you still want to walk and not fight the Window, look at the floor while running. If she does not have the high-ground she can barely see your head.

Tipp 3 is really important! Widow is a easy target because she almost stands still and is easy to hit. So many times I killed her with Phara because I know she isn't looking at my corner right know. But here is a secret (dirty) tipp: Play Tank, go Winton and bully her until she switches :)

awkward u should make a unranked to gm on lucio

Really well made video and guide

I just hit Diamond for the first time ever from a former bronze terribad and I did it all following your videos! Ty for the content!!! 😄

i just had a game against a widow as tracer, and i got dominated... every time i turned a corner or got behind her, she destroyed me. felt nearly unstoppable

All Plat and below players hear from everything in this video is "Duel the Widow" lol

Great points Awkward! Thank you.

Thank you for the valuable information Awkward

All the widow maker mains are furious with awkward rn

This is probably the only video I don't need from awkward. Sombra Mains rarely struggle with a Widowmaker. Now Hanzo on the other hand can be a pain.

As a Tank player. What I usually tell my team is "If you see widow, then you are playing the game wrong." I say that so I can get some time to deal with her.

Thank you - I will try to implement this.

Love your content Awkward, would love to see a video like this on Phara/Mercy

My problem is that I, or the widow, walk around the corner and I get capped in the head within a second.

Thanks for your U2GM, im now a OT torb master and support master. I would like to see you do a Sourjorn U2GM in the future, im having a bad time learning her 😅

it's acceptable to turn around to a widow, however, the key point is to look downward, it's good for dodging headshots. I would only really do this as a tank though, Kraandop does this against widow like a second nature, turning his back around while taking space

widow is such an easy duel to take but so many do it wrong thanks for sharing this valuable info!

1) put the player up for adoption 2) hope a father adopts the player so she can get off widow

Because we need to follow these tips, widow can make the largest space of entire heroes.

Thank you, sensei.

finally a decent video from you where you kinda go straight to the point and dont repeat yourself TOO much, but obviously far too much; i'd say this video could probably be about 10 seconds or so if you actually went straight to the points and was very clear; at least they aint 8 hours! keep it up and I'm rooting for you

Another point while peeking is to not peek were her cross hair is, to juggle between 2-3 options. This is true esp for hanzo genji kiriko

as zen i do sometimes jump but its usually just to get 1 extra shot against the enemy when they're super low and sometimes that 1 extra shot works and I'm only barely peaking cover. this might not work in higher ranks but fast peaking should be a better alternative 🙏

Sweetie wake up! Awkward released a new video

I used to hard focus the widows and that made be easy target for the rest of her team, after watching U2GM Soldier I focus the neccessary and now I see less widows than before because most of them swap to soldier, genji or reaper

as a bap player, I really need this, thank you 😆

Echo has always been my best counter against her. Figure out where she is and hit her with stickys from a side, and finish with right click. Or poke her out of good positioning.

Value content right here!

My comp teammates need this

is there any hero you are not gm level with? love your educational content :)

Going to see a lot of players shooting at widow with erratic strafe in game from now on.

How do you deal with the dragon brother spamming tree trunk sized arrows from spawn? Hanzo is more annoying in my opinion.

Can you make a video about Advice that applys to all heroes suff like position abilities tracking when to dive how to deal with counters who to focus ext at times I don't know what to do and just fill lost cause I don't see the problem and but I know there's a awnser.

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Hey Awkward, i think a funny and educational series: unranked to GM on switch

All of these tips are great for widow herself as well

ur the best man thank you so much, $20 as promised

As a mercy, I counter widows all the time lol. They don't see it coming until suddenly they're half health with a mercy in their face lmao

Really like this won against a good widow 1vs1 as ana

Awkward, heres a video suggestion: getting gm on console’s it would be another way to show how is not only your aim or mechanical skills that got you there

Awkward, as a tracer main how do I deal with a pocketed hit scan?

OW2 with 5 players, i see a lot of Spawn camping. There are only so-many exits that are guarded. How do you get out of spawn? (assuming your tank is ignoring the widow)

ok but can u make a video explaining how to beat everyone else as widowmaker. us widow mains are suffering more than ram with the nerfs and now this video 😂😭

Junkrat next? I have a hard time dealing with his corner spam, it seems every time I find a new angle on him he’s spamming it before I get there…. Not to mention the 1 shot combo he has

as a dps lucio i don't need any of those, onward my friends

pretty basic but good tips, especially the confidence one, it changed my gameplay a lot when i realized it some time ago. I just had a funny thought tho, when you apply those tips, actually become better at the game, then you will face even better widows that know all these tricks, have even faster reaction time and better aim, its never ending "issue" but i hate going against hanzo more anyways

I main Genji and Doom so i never really have trouble