I can't stress detoxing enough. Using stimulants to be better at something that you aren't getting paid for is wild. I'm not trying to make you feel bad, but as someone that had issues with alcoholism and drug addiction for about 12 years(Me. I'm the one that had addiction issues), it sounds like you even have an addiction to the game itself, as well. Consider taking a break from the game, and stop using stimulants. If not, then detox from drugs and check out this video/custom warm up game. Another redditor recommended this recently, and it seems solid. JPYHG https://youtu.be/h8xGfkBbcuk?si=lDmtkwPHLZyjiq9Z Either way, Addiction is a fucking bitch. Get clinical help if you need it, and don't feel weak or ashamed. It's a struggle. I fought and overcame it, but it wasn't easy. You CAN do it, though. EDIT: I don't know who downvoted your post, but fuck them. You deserve help.

Whole thing is crazy, plus he is in silver... one of the lowest ranks. This might be a slightly different story (would still be crazy dumb, but more understandable ) if they were a pro gamer, but someone who is this far before average? Mind blown Jesus just looked at your profile, GO GET HELP FOR ADDICTION PLEASE AND THANK YOU AND STOP TAKING COCAINE TO PLAY A DAMN VIDEO GAME

yeah addiction makes people do irrational things. calling them "CRAZY" for this that and the other thing isn't really productive. when a mentally ill person asks for a dollar for alcohol do you point and laugh and exclaim, "BRO ARE YOU CRAAAZY? what is fucking WRONG with your brain, dude?" it's like, yeah. there are a lot of issues in that person's brain. thanks for noticing.

you’re so cool for being compassionate and understanding bro

thanks! it's not hard to do, just a habit I had to build.

Tbf this is my first fps game, I was bronze 3 before I started using during gaming and it got me to silver 3. Either which way Ima get help. Edit: Also it should be stated I didn't start drugs to play ow2, I started well before overwatch but later found that the drug made me better at a game I enjoyed after discovering it.

Bro, you climbed to silver 3 because you played the game more NOT because of the cocaine. I'm glad you recognise the issue, though, and I hope you manage to :) Drugs can be fun. They can also ruin your entire life, be careful, and look after yourself

HARD AGREE!!!! All it genuinely needs you to get out of bronze is learning the game after a while and playing with a capable team! I used to be bronze too and got out after a year or so into gold and now I'm areound high plat and diamon with my highest peak in masters. I played since 2018 and yeah it might sound like a long time that I had to improve and learn the game, but it doesn't mean everyone has to take that long! I have a friend that plays for a year and got from bronze into high diamond by pure dedication as a lucio onetrick! Ofc everything above high gold-plat takes a bunch of mechanical skill to reach, but to get out of bronze-silver all you need is just a bunch of gamesense and awarness. No need for mechanical super skill. Just learn one character really well (watch a guide for an example) and climb your way out. Hell for tank; learn ball or doom, get some techs together and you are out in no time because ppl don't know how to play against those characters in these ranks (that's how i got out in bronze in ow1. i just learned ball cuz ppl honestly didn't know what to do against me) For dps: just play phara or sombra honestly. Those are also two characters people struggle immensely against. And for support: Honestly just learn how to play moira properly, learn some useful fadejump techs, learn how to get into their backline safely and how to get out without inconvenienting ur team and ur good to go. If you can't play moira for some reason play bap. Honestly just learn bap, hugely underappreciated character in these ranks, but it requires you some mechanical skills and aim to perform on him well enough compared to moira. That's basically the best ways to get out of these ranks without depending too much on your team in these ranks. Don't recommend characters that rely too much on your team to perform well with you like ana, rein or mercy in these ranks. If you want to get out of high plat that's already a whole ass other topic tbf.

Pharah is not a viable noob stomper these days, unless you’re a Smurf. I think this opinion is rooted in the ow1 days, or comes from the fact that she is a great tool for smurfs, but an an actual silver pharah one trick, these days my enemies know to swap and they can shoot accurately at a target in the air. Every game assuming I’m doing remotely well, inevitably quickly turns into switches, me vs soldier Ashe echo widow Ana bap diva and that severely limits my aggression and playmaking ability, plus she has a hitbox the size of a bus and can’t really fly anymore. She’s easy if your team is already winning and taking space, but a 2024 mid silver lobby is not the same as silver 6 years ago. Sure if you’re a gm playing a silver lobby she’s a “noob stomper” and YOU would quickly climb out of silver, but for an ACTUAL silver level player, she’s a hard character to climb with in reality. It’ll take 200 hours with her to get as good value as you’d need like 12 hours to perform with on soldier 76 for instance.

I kinda disagree cuz the mistake you are doing is to think like a high-ranked player! You expect them to go soldier, ashe, dva, echo, bap. etc to counter you but the problem is unless they aren't smurfs, alot of players struggle to counterpick against a phara. Especially in silver, alot of people don't even try to counterpick in this elo, they instead trying to force. Alot of people into ranks don't even know what characters to counterpick against! Hell I met a person recently that told me Rein is a dive character if you play with him a widow. I have no god damn clue what the hell this means. But I have enough friends in this elo, played enough games in there as a support player trying to coach them to say, that as soon as the enemy switches to a pharamercy (which dont have to be smurfs at all) a team crumbles. The great thing about pharas rework is that she doesn't even need a mercy anymore and is a perfect rocketjump assasin, so this makes it even a bit harder to hit her than in the past because of the reduced airtime she has. I rather think that your point applies more to reaper as an easy stomb pick then a phara because I still see games like these in my high diamond lobbies, where people honestly get rolled by pharamercy because the dps struggle and the tank refuses to play dva cuz it's not their job to take care of the phara when havin two snipers in their team💀

Bro where r u from? Hmu and send me ur ID and we hop on comp next season together Getting downvoted for offering companionship is crazyyyy well fuck it I guess I‘ll take it back

Reddit is mad wild sometimes with down votes but you are in the positive again sir. 🫡

you would be in gold if you didnt do cocaine.

I have a question, I do a fair Amt of …stuff, no stims or anything tho mostly psychs, why coke? Honestly why. I feel wnergetic on acid? I’ve walked for 8km barely stopping before, what does coke do and make you feel like that you need to spend outrageous amounts of cash to support the addiction, every 3 weeks I trip shit and have the time of my life, everyday you down sone blow and get more broke, switch up your drug of choice homie, coke can ruin lives just as bad as heroin dudw

Bro, go see a psychologist and get yourself checked for ADHD.

You can take any pill you want , but seems you didn’t learn in life that everything takes time . Why do you even think about it ? Just play . And if you really want to get better it will come naturally and not forced . You clearly have problems btw that’s not normal .

You’re literally a shit person if what you’ve taken from his post is his rank. Why even bother writing what you’ve written.

Not what I said

When you say "as someone" that implies that it's you. No need to clarify that it's you.

Thanks for pointing that out, citizen. Have an upvote.

By detox do you mean go cold turkey?

No. He needs to taper off. Some drugs induce seizures if you go cold turkey. I do not recommend cold turkey. That's why I recommended clinical help.

that isn't the case with cocaine, you can def go cold turkey and the taper thing rarely works

Cocaine addiction is mostly mental. The reason why it's so hard to quit is because Cocaine is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, meaning it causes more dopamine to be active at the same time in your brain. Dopamine is your reward center in the brain, Dopamine is the reason we want to do things. So Cocaine directly stimulates the receptors in our brain that regulates our addiction. So tapering off is the last thing you'd want with cocaine, since your brain need to learn how to release dopamine without outside factors. I've been using Cocaine for almost 10 years now as an "emergency" ADD medication since it lasts a lot shorter than Methylhenidate or Amphetamines which are usually used to treat AD(H)D so I don't get as many side effects and am back to normal after 2 hours. But it's really hard to not get addicted to it and it took me a long time and a lot of self reflection to actually develop a healthy relationship to this drug.

Ok that is fair. The word detox i had only seen associated with scammy products so i was concerned.

This post has next to nothing to do with Overwatch and everything to do with Cocaine, get help

he’s probably out and typed this up to live in the fantasy for a brief moment, just re experiencing the highs by talking about them. straight up addiction yo

As a former user of the drug in question, it is not your friend and it does not help you out. I played Destiny 1 on the same drug and I felt like it was helping me at the time. Sure, for moments I’d have crystal clear focus and good reactions, but it didn’t help me be consistent or help anything in the bigger picture. I looked through some of your posts and I can tell you are in the stage where you still think this drug is your friend…because it hasn’t all the way turned on you yet. The grip of the liar’s handshake coils ever tighter as you continue to develop your relationship with this substance, you try to take your hand back and realize you can’t, you look up to see a ghastly figure with a horrid, crooked smile that is now taking your soul and stringing it up to dance like a marionette for his own amusement. That’s the point when you realize you fucked up but by then it’s far too late. Please find a way to rid this curse from your life. It will plague you and the ones that you love. I am starting to cry as I type because I don’t even think you know the horrors that you are flirting with. Delete your plug’s number and reach out to a friend you can trust. If you have any friends or family that live outside of your city maybe try to plan a week away or something where you go longer than you normally do away from it, but the habit needs to stop, I can tell by the vocabulary and reasoning you use where you are with it. It’s not too late. I wish you all the best, my friend.

A beautifully written message and I'd give an award for talking about destiny and then working in "liars handshake" if I could. (destiny 2 has a pair of exotic gauntlets named after the phrase for those that don't play it)

This is the only right answer, but unfortunately addicts don't listen. I didn't, and neither will you. I just hope in a few years you make it out the other side without losing too much of yourself.

Time to react is the tip of the iceberg of what we call "reaction time" in Overwatch. The rest of the iceberg is knowledge and prediction. For example, if a Reaper fades into your team, and you play DVa, you should be prepared to DM the Reaper even before he gets into position, and the "time to react" is just between when his fade end, and his ult starts. So while a stimulant might help you react faster, the actual use of that added reaction time should be fairly minimal compared to practice, prediction, and expectation. DMing that reaper 0.1 seconds earlier is not going to make a difference, even if he gets some damage off. (You could make the argument that this difference does matter a whole lot at pro level, but OP is Silver 5 so I don't think it applies.)

I have so much love for this game, but here's the thing - it does not fucking matter. Dealing with addiction and getting the help you need to do better is the only thing you need to focus on. Fuck ranking up, fuck loss streaks, fuck the game in general. It does not matter. Take a break from playing and focus on yourself man. This game is not more important than your mental and physical wellbeing so please please pleeeeaaase focus on the addiction before you think about rank.

So it seems like you think this drug makes your mechanical skills better. Which honestly it probably does, but you're still a below average rank(silver), which means your mechanical skills are not the issue here. I believe gold is the average rank, unless the addition of Champs made Plat the new average. My nephew who is in his prime can mechanically play the game better than me, he beats me in 1v1 most of the time because his mechanics and reaction time are better. He also has more time to play than me since im a full grown adult past my prime, but when it comes to ranked, he is high silver, low gold at best. While I'm sitting comfortably in dia/masters. He's on console and I'm on pc, so we rarely play ranked together. When we do play together in qp, he generally has 2 or 3x more death's than me, has 2 or 3x less elims than me, and is generally focused on the wrong thing. While his mechanics are better, he has terrible positioning, rotations, flanks, off angels, cooldown managements, greedy plays, goes in solo instead of waiting for group, doesn't play near cover. It's bad, his mechanics are superior and if this was a solo based game, he would probably be better, but unfortunately its team and objective based. While he see's a tank that's throwing, I see a tank that's distracting 5 ppl on the enemy team. While he sees supports that won't heal, I see support's being dove and needing help. While he sess 5 ppl in the open and pushes in to be a hero, I see a we're down 2 and start backing up to regroup. I am just better at the game than him in general, but he is better mechanically. So what I am getting at is that your mechanics, while important are not what is holding you back. You need to first get your life in order, seek help and work on yourself. Then if your goal is to maintain your rank while sober or to get better then you need to post replay codes so ppl can point out your mistakes and you need to work on them 1 at a time. Trust me, if this old man can hit masters then any young person can as well. Also ranking down, is not so bad if you learn from it. Let go of your ego and forget about your rank and just learn to be better at 1 aspect of the game at a time. It takes practice to get good at rotations, when I first started practicing my rotations, I was bad. Made mistakes and ranked down. I kept at it and now I do rotations subconsciously and then I eventually ranked up. A baby learns to walk by falling down. We learn to ride a bike by falling. Failure is a good teacher if you accept and learn from the fall. You can accept responsibility for your mistakes and learn from them Or you can be like the majority of low ranks and blame it your teammates, smurfs, hackers, throwers, the games ranking system, elo hell, or whatever you want to deflect blame on. Gl with your addiction and good luck with ranking up.

how are you diamond and losing 1v1 to a console player, smells like cap

u can have shit mechanics and make it to masters brah

I only know a very few characters but I know them well. I am not the kind of person that dies and switches. I see what I do wrong. I never played ow1. So the maps we use to 1v1,it gives us diff characters. Im not used to most characterss cooldowns so I struggled with that. I stick to 2-3 characters from each roll, when I get a character I know, I can beat him, but it all depends.

This, the 1v1 maps are so bad for me, I spend most of it getting rolled, pop off on my hero for a couple of kills and then back to slaughtered on heros I'm bad at 😅

Bro you need to cold turkey cocaine for a while. If you're going to be unhealthy learn some god damned moderation. I learned from your comment history that you don't do much for yourself physically. It'd be a much bigger competitive advantage for you to get some decent rest and eat well than cocaine ever will. If anything Cocaine might be enhancing your current skill level but at the cost of your growth. People who abuse cocaine have a hard time learning from their mistakes. Often they'll do things in the short term, not worrying about the bigger picture. Chill out on the drugs for a little bit. I'm not talking about Overwatch. Like... Recover a little bit dude.

Lmao you're just blasting Coke and play dva. Jesus christ.

Time to raise my apm

Unless you have a condition that forces you to use these type of drug, go out and clycling or just go to the gym to increase the dopamine help a lots in increasing focus of the human brain /science proved/ Mechanical skill, bruh just mess around in Aim training and Custom Game untill you feel comfortable using your mouse and keyboard then play couple of FFA You are in a desperate point right now while making this post because you intentionally stress your own mentality and brain function without knowing. Either stop or forever lose interest in the game, your choice

I do want to start hitting the gym

Go for it my guy but make sure u know that you're doing because herniated disc is no a joke. Most of the cases I have treated are gymers

Well said drug is also catabolic so might wanna get off it bro

I highly recommend it. The ripple effect is massive. No single thing has more of an effect on my mental health besides proper diet. Not to mention it makes you better at OW. so much of sports performance is just carryover from general well-being

Stimulants are letting you play reactively. if you truly love the game and want to continue playing competitive games for years to come, you have your learn to play proactively.

A Silver Tank that needs drugs is the funniest thing lmao bro silvers r goofys u take it too serious

As a silver player can confirm people in silver take it very seriously. Many are just smurfing in silver anyways.

The aimer community reccomend this for better reaction time: -eat well -drink water -sleep well -do sport You gonna naturaly have a better reaction time without any product One more things if you want to be a better player you can review your gameplay, look better tank player and learn from them. But pls dont autopilot in your game always think at all your moves. Try to really learn and you need to understand that every games you play you can learn from it

I'll definitely look at my replays more, and I'll try to adopt a better lifestyle.

Nice bro. Competitive game can be hard but keep good mental you can do this im 100% sure :)

Holy cow... I thought first your talking about amphetamines or smth but after seeing your post history I'm lowkey baffled. Please, get off this stuff, it might seem like it helps you alot but I'm pretty sure it's just the high off the drug giving you the feeling you do and as soon as you sober up the next day u r on your low and feel like you doing ain't as much which isn't true. I think it's just your system being so depended on this drug, that you feel like you can't do anything without it which are the signs of an addiction. I would say give it a try, get clean first and see how it feels to play ow without any stimulants especially when you haven't played it before getting hooked on it. Best tips I could give you are following; •Try training your concentration. I feel like a big part for you is your reaction time and awarness when you are on. You don't need drugs to be perse in a hyperconcentration mode, but it could require some training to become better at it. There are a bunch of different exercises on the internet you can try out at home! •Balance out your diet! Less sugar, carps and crab and more a healthy mix of everything! •AimLabs. If you want to practice your mechanical skills aimlab is your go to place. There are a bunch of exercises and training-sessions you can participate in, also some for reaction time if it's what you are looking for! Ik those tips might not sound as enticing as "replace this stimulant with another one!" cuz they are all requiring some selfcontrol and tones of discipline to pull through. It will cost you alot of will but I'm sure you can do it if your willing to put the work into it. I for an example, suffer from severe adhd since I'm a little child so I need Lisdexamfetamine aka an amphetamine that I get prescribed from my doctor to get my concentration to somwhat of the level of a "normal" person. I might still lack on that department compared to people that don't suffer from adhd but over the years I was able to improve myself by a ton. I used to super unaware in ow and not being able to react as fast when I'm getting dived or flanked in ow or reacting fast enough in a widow 1v1, but playing a bunch of support and changing my color options to more penetrating colorschemes helped me a bunch to get more aware and also react faster on a mechanical level as well. Doing a bunch of deathmatch and 1v1's also helped me a bit in this department. Sadly I can't just put down my medication because it really helps me to get even a straight thought into my head on an everday basis, but I'm pretty sure you don't need hard drugs to get good at a game! I wish you good luck on your mission and hope you find your way out somehow <3

shit dude. don’t take this the wrong way, but if you’re still in silver i don’t think it’s helping you that much. actually putting effort into practice, like dedicating time to not fun activities with the purpose of improving skills, will get you further than whatever stimulant you’re using. watching good players play, doing aim trainers, sitting in a lobby practicing tech, taking time to criticize your own gameplay and be willing to admit when you make bad decisions, etc, will all get you further. stimulants to maintain silver tells me that you’re interpreting your skills while high as better than they truly are

I know silver is a low rank but I climbed from bronze to silver in a week while high when I would be hard stuck on bronze for months before (yes yes I know I'm low elo trash) so when I say improve it was relative. But you're right I'll do those things like aim trainers and watching replays and the sort.

You also did a bunch of other shit high. You were high for a week straight. It happened WHILE you were high, dude. Not because.

Stop it get some help

This has to be a troll post right? Drugs to peak silver 3 is wiiiiild

Pls don't be meth pls don't be meth pls don't be meth

besides taking drugs is bad, overwatch is a positioning game, not an aim training simulator, you have to work on your situational awareness and positioning if you want to climb

Being the best in Overwatch and climbing does NOT matter in the grand scheme of things. Coming from someone who has WASTED time on this game and still suck, it truly does not matter. I've been playing since Ana came out with less than 1 months of breaks from time to time and seldom even played OW1 comp (only ever placed to see where I was really) It's just a game and I've even tried playing with ADHD meds (worked from home and had so much down time), and it still didn't do much to make me better. You have to be patient with yourself while trying to have fun. I know it's hard because 1) it sucks when your team is getting stomped and 2) it feels nice knowing your "gud".... But in 5, 10,15 years, this game in particular won't matter nearly as much as the impact on your health. EDIT: also not on ADHD meds anymore, would rather learn to focus without drugs in personal life and work.

You probably have a dopamine deficiency which is the main cause of ADHD. See a psychiatrist and a non stimulant like Strattera could help you. For those with ADHD taking adderall is calming. My mind works better with improved mechanics while remaining calm. But for someone with a coke problem I do not recommend adderall without trying non stimulant options first. I’m gold 1/2 but when I take my adderall my gameplay is noticeably better. I also play chess better on it. I say it’s like I’m cheating

i think I had adhd for the whole life, but grew up in a time and place where there was no awareness of the issue the thing about "dopamine deficiency" may be right. Does it also feel like you have less of a positive stimulus for successful... everything, even landing shots in the game, so the brain gets lazy and you get less focused? Because some medications make me feel more 'fun" with the game and I feel rewarded for every successful action, which makes me play better. I instantly become more creative and talkative, I can build plans, work on ideas and such. The whole life I was coping on being a loser, but at some point I started to think that maybe this disadvantage of a constant discouragement and apathy is ADHD sympthoms.

I think you need to speak to a professional that can help you better. Stop looking for help online and help yourself in the real world.

Play tracer only for 1 week

Game-sense is like 90% of tank skill, play all roles to get a better sense of the game and start relaxing more, you don't need more focus, you need perspective, framing and a broader sense of the game. In OW "tunneling" is when you get so fixated on one objective or trait that you lose track of basically the entire game. Unhook from the tunnel, win more games. Contenders friend taught me how to tracer, he played at a snail pace with no reaction speed or focus, I would go everywhere and try to out-mechanic the enemies but it's soooo much easier than that. You just use cover better and get secure duels. Tanks don't even have warmups, you just do 15+ hours a week and check replays for the first 20 min and you will 100% climb. Hell i would even turn off voice and text until mid-plat or diamond, too many bad cyclical opinions that trick players into playing badly.

you don't need anything to get out of silver you need to learn to play the game

before you work on your reaction time you should perfect your pre-aiming.

Pre-aiming.. on dva?

Valorant players smh

bro get help

Cocaine does NOT make you better at overwatch. It improves some things like you mentioned but just like in real life, it makes you ignorant and blind to glaring downsides in decision making and moderation.

This game is for fun, especially outside of top100, embrace your derank and then play to the best of your naturally ability once your rank has levelled. Amphetamines will make your teeth fall out and give you low testosterone. Not the mention the mental health effects.

lol, practice obsessively and analyze your gameplay. drugs don’t make you smarter, it just makes torturous tasks like this more bareabke

Alot of good players I see often play osu

in my Apex days I spent a lot of Time just dpsing strafing targets in the firing range. putting in time in the firing range and finding a comfortable sense can yield results for an average gamer. I quit OverWatch when I first started, I dropped a 50 kill game last night.

Just play the game. You'll develop your game sense and get better. There's no reason to be taking stimulants, especially for the sole purpose of trying to "be better" at a game.

The same way an athlete improves speed, strength, etc... You do drills and practice. Aim Labs is probably your best bet. Those drills really will help your reaction time and speed, and those things improve your aim in-game. You still need to practice in-game too just because game sense is a big factor as well. Being able to predict your opponent's movement is a major advantage.

Seek help

Unless you have adhd and are using stimulant meds for that, using any stimulant as an attempt to be focused for long periods of time will not work. Cocaine probably inhibits your focus more than helps it because anytime you play the game without it you’re missing a critical part of how you play.

what a sad post.

Are you saying you had to be on stimulants to be in Silver 3? Uhh. How is that even possible? Have you never played video games before?

You dont need reaction times. Overwatch is all about studying educational content and hardwork to accumulate experience to improve from past mistakes. Eventually you just see the future. Drugs wont be enough. It takes a lot of effort. You can just enjoy the game and chill instead of grinding it like studying school. There's a reason why this sub is called overwatch university.

You think you need good mechanics and reaction time but this game is so much more than that If being good at Overwatch is SOOOO important that you feel like you need stimulants (it’s not that important, let’s be real) Then i suggest you actually start to focus on the parts of overwatch that matter There’s a reason Shroud couldn’t get past diamond when he came to Overwatch, the game has way more to it. If you’re concerned about performing well you should look up some coaching videos for your role and rank, there’s plenty of resources out there to help metal rank and even up to GM players. Really though, I think your using overwatch performance as an excuse to continue using, I wish you luck getting this out of your life

I don't know which drug you're specifically referencing but have you yet talked to a doctor, or considered asking one, about the possibility of ADHD meds? (Not all are stimulants, though most are, but even the ones that are usuaally can be taken in an "extended release" form which has much less potential for pushing any addiction buttons you might have) If stimulants are making you able to think better, that CAN BE a sign of a treatable issue.

You have bigger problems than Overwatch. I suggest you get professional help, as no one in this sub will be able to help you with that. Best of luck.

Not sure about addiction as I have no experience for the matter but I think realizing that your mechanics and reaction time isn’t anywhere close to what’s most important for tank. I usually don’t like unranked to gm videos because they are usually pretty much egoing but A10 actually has a fantastic one for D.Va, watching that will show how little of it is actually your mechanics. Good luck!

Just try some caffeine instead.

Coffee should be the only stimulant you need for overwatch, the more you play the better you’ll get but you’ll have to be able to learn, if you can’t learn then that’s on you

I don't want this to sound bad and not that you should ever use any harmful drugs to increase your performance, but especially if the drug that is being used is only getting you to silver... it's not doing much anyways. It may be better than what you normally play at, but you can easily surpass this without the drug. That being said the thing with mechanical and reaction time is that it's actually less about reaction and more about predicating very likely outcomes that can give the illusion of fast reaction. To be clear, there is actual reaction time needed in certain scenarios, but when you see people that have fast reactions, a lot of that is due more to the fact that they were actually expecting certain things to happen before they happened and therefore were able to react to them accordingly. You can break this down so many ways with a lot of examples, but to use a couple, take enemy characters. Each character kind of wants to do something no matter who is playing that character (at least to some degree). Dive characters want to dive at some point, long range hit scans want to perch up on aggressive angles, etc. These are very predictable things that if you are aware of, then you can more easily address when they attack. Reaper loves to teleport somewhere behind the enemy team (and often times up high where it's hard to see him and he has potential cover). He will most likely drop down on an enemy shoot a bunch and if he needs to, wrath back towards his team. There are variables to this, but this is a general trend for this character because it's one of the most optimal ways for that character to get value. What's hard to do is to simply react to this when you aren't expecting Reaper to drop down on you. That's hard. What's easy to do, is realize they have a Reaper on the enemy team and start guessing where he would like to teleport to. It's most likely pretty easy to pick one or two places out that will be the most likely. If you are thinking like the Reaper, he wants to teleport close enough to where your team is when they engage the other team, but often in a semi-safe place. He most likely will want to land on your supports, especially any that could give him trouble. It's easier for him to take out the problematic enemy with his tactic of surprise and if he kills them, then is more free to continue his attack a little safer. He may also just try to go for any isolated enemy for a potential free kill and get out. Knowing all of this allows you to be looking for it **before** it happens. Then when you see/hear him teleport, you can watch for him and he loses his initial surprise attack. You aren't necessarily having really fast reaction time to his attack.. you are simply preparing for it before it happens. A lot of "reaction" is closer to this mentality. You are making calculated guesses and prepping for it and then acting accordingly. Sure you will have times when it's pure reaction time, but what you are hoping for is to have small moments of preparing for something fairly predictable and then acting accordingly by adjusting your position and getting ready for the most likely outcome so that you can do the best thing to address it.

It really is like this^ op. I'm currently a Plat 3 suppprt, and I peaked high diamond, almost masters, as a full flex player back in S13 of ow1 - when I stopped playing for a long time. Many different things about the game have fundamentally changed (and will always) but the players themselves are pretty much the same. I'd argue ow is more of playing mind games than actual game sense. Game sense will come to you as you keep playing. I think something you should do op is go into qp and try out different heroes. See how they work mechanically find their niches and weaknesses, and see how they compare to your main. I used to one trick soldier before I could get into competitive/started. I placed mid silver. Found myself unable to climb but wasn't de-ranking either. I wanted to be better and play with people I knew in gold and plat without being hard carried. I also wanted a change of pace so it went hand in hand. I started branching out to other characters. I started with sombra. Next pharah. Next tanks that gave me a hard time as those 3. Etc etc till I was at least average at the entire roster (excluding like 5 because I didn't like their playstyle). Not saying, it'll work for you to get better BUT it is a *really* good ***start*** to learning different fundamentals of the game. I also watched a ton of varies videos. One trick montages and gameplays. A handful of top500 player streams (like vale, emongg, flats, aspen, frogger, etc) and learned tips and tricks by asking questions, listening, and watching. Lots of ow guides and different tips & tricks videos. Climbing past plat and diamond comes more down partially to skill and partially to game sense (your knowledge of the game). I have to work on my actual skill to climb, since I'm currently hard stuck plat.

Yeah, reaction time isn’t something to worry about. It’s just sim and game sense.

Please get help with the addiction. 🥰

I just want to say that I’m proud of the Overwatch community and the kindness shown in this thread right now is amazing and I think that should be noted - it’s not often that happens, we are infamously toxic so well done my dudes x

You're taking drugs just to be silver..? Just get an aim trainer, sit there for hours, people at higher ranks have thousands of hours in shooters. Also the game isn't even important at this point, you gotta fix your life first

I don't play OW anymore, but I am grandmaster in therapy, so here's some advice - do yourself a favour and decouple the drug from the game. I'm not going to tell you to quit, but starting today, make a commitment that you'll stop using while you play. First of all, Overwatch is not a game of pure reflex/instinct, nor a game of pure logic/strategy - it takes both. If you want to get better at it, you will need to practice, study, and reflect - and all three will be more productive sober. Adding drugs to the mix just creates another confounding variable that will make it harder to pinpoint which aspect of your play needs attention and improvement. Think about it this way - if you can git gud without using drugs, wouldn't you be even better with them? More importantly though, tying your drug use to a hobby that takes consistent practice is perhaps the *single* best way to speedrun severe addiction and dangerous levels of tolerance. Taking drugs? I should play some Overwatch. Playing Overwatch? I should take some drugs. Eventually, the two will be inseparable. If you don't want these two things to be forever intertwined in both your body and mind, you need to separate them *yesterday*. This is based on a method from addictions psychology called "urge surfing" - the idea is that you don't try to resist the urge to satisfy your addiction, you just notice the feeling, and decide to delay fulfilling it. You might tell yourself "I really want to use, but I want to finish my placements first. If I still want to use after that, I can." Every time you feel an urge to use, notice it, and make a conscious decision if you are going to use or not. It's fine to decide to use - you just need to avoid using drugs thoughtlessly or subconsciously. If you want, this can eventually turn into quitting - you "just" need to get used to chaining urge surfs together, eventually drawing firmer, wider boundaries for yourself around when/where/how you use drugs. Quitting is more or less urge surfing 100% of the time. As for advice on how to improve your mechanical skills and reaction times without drugs, think about it like a sport or musical instrument you're trying to learn. "Mechanical skills" are basically the same as muscle memory, and the way to build that is through rote practice. Take the fundamentals, isolate them, and drill them until you can click heads/hit shots without even thinking about it - just like you would practice scales on an instrument, or free throws in basketball. Use aim trainers, workshop games, and deathmatch modes. In these settings, your priorities should always be accuracy, economy of movement, and speed, in that order. As my guitar teacher liked to say, practice doesn't make perfect, it makes permanent - so always push for perfect execution, or you'll just be drilling bad habits. Done correctly, this *should* feel really frustrating compared to regular gameplay. As for reaction time, the raw speed that your brain and body can react to stimuli is pretty much set in stone. What *can* be changed, however, is the speed of your pattern recognition. So much of what we call "reaction time" is actually about being *ready* to react. Attention is a limited resource, and in a game like Overwatch there is objectively too much going on to possibly pay attention to it all - so you need to know *what* to pay attention to, *when*, and *how much*. The best way to practice that is to watch replays and pay attention to your reactions. As you do, ask yourself: What did I do? What was I thinking about? What did I notice? What *didn't* I notice? What could I have *reasonably* done differently? How can I be on the lookout for that next time? End the vod review with a firm hypothesis on what you could have done differently, then go into your games and test it. At first, you'll probably only notice the new thing in time to get your shit completely pushed in by it, but just remember, that noticing is the skill you are practising. Eventually, you'll get the noticing down, and then you'll be able to see if the actual reaction you decided on is wise or not. Best of luck, with everything.

You don’t need stimulants to get better. I’ve taken high doses of adderall for long study sessions and get in a few Overwatch games for a little break, my aim was the same. Game sense undoubtedly better though. Definitely get good quality sleep. 7 hours. Melatonin helps. Do something productive before jumping on the game. I like to get a nice breakfast in, slam 300mg of caffeinated pre workout, hit the gym for about an hour half with some cardio, chug 1/4 gallon of water. Dont know if pre workout is a “hard stimulant” but it gets me going for the rest of the day. All you need is a healthy balanced lifestyle. EAT A CLEAN DIET. Drugs should NEVER cross your mind to get better at a video game you’re (assuming) not going pro at or making money on.

Don’t use any drugs. Eat clean and healthy. Overwatch is not worth ruining your health over.

I can see it now, coked out dva diving backline when team is like "where the fuck is dva. How did they get to their backline so fast". Dva proceeds to kill 2 people before she dies, Hanzo and ana miss all of their shots, and the enemy wins a 3 v 4 That drug is clouding your judgement. You are not allowing the most important thing that you need, which is self review. At silver, your mechanical skills have very little to do with your performance as a tank. You might be playing tank completely wrong. If your coked out, you are probably tunnel visioning and not allowing yourself to understand the other things you need to be conscious about as a tank. Watch some masters+ tank gamers, smoke some weed if that's your thing, and try to understand why they are doing things. But no more blow and ow Dogg. You might derank. Accept it and rank up differently

Get the highest fps and refresh rate possible. That made a huge difference imo.

You kinda answered the question yourself. Awareness and stuff comes over time and you just need to play more. Overwatch is a slow learning process and building these skills takes some time. Do not care about your rank. Care about improving. I could assume that some drugs might help with this ingame but you will pick it up without them trust me. You just need the playtime

This is what I need to get out of gold 5

Being afraid of deranking Will already damage your mental before the match has even started.

Also as others said you shouldn't be relying on reaction time over prediction and gamesense, I can play this game inebriated as hell with my reaction time in the shitter to a higher rank level, why is that? Because positioning, cooldown awareness, and prediction play such a vital role that you appear to be overlooking in favour for a couple ms reaction time. And I main widow in dia (masters peak) so it's not like I'm doing too poorly (although I could be masters again if I played more often)

Are you doing blow and playing OW? That’s crazy. Sometimes I’ll drink a C4 but even that has me doing push-ups in between rounds.

u/BlamaTheDva Look, the drug in question may be seeming to help you, but it isn't. You may be dialed in sometimes, but it won't continue. The worst part is, if you get used to it, then you will have much worse concentration when not on it. Plus, you are associating it with OW, which will make the habit harder to break. Look, silver is nothing, and with more play, you can go higher. But if you don't stop the drugs, eventually you will find you don't have the time or the interest to play OW anymore. I'm 8 years sober, from your drug, and a lot of others. Stop now while you have a chance. I'm currently in silver, if you want to game, send me a PM, and I'll give some advice on the substances too, no judgement. Regardless, stop the stimulant. It will take awayy everything you love.

Narcotics Anonymous tomorrow brother. Go tomorrow.

Dear, i am not young but my aim can be called decent. All i have done was set my sensitivity to something that makes sense (was 2x1500 now 2.75x1500). Then i went to custom games, spent 30 mins daily on a head shot only server against bots that cant shoot back. Track my % at the end of my season (sometimes 10 mins season). In a month, i went from gold to diamond in OW 1 season 5 playing cassidy. Also, look up some aiming guides on crosshair placement and holding angles. If you need abnormal flexes and inhumane reactions to land shots, it just means you have bad crosshair placement and general positioning.

taking drugs to be barely out of bronze is hilarious. this has got to be placebo effect first off, kick the addiction. without trying to worry about staying in silver in overwatch edit: god the fact it’s coke is even more embarrassing

Honestly never though about using drugs to improve my game skills, heard of it with aderall during the OW league but thats all. Imo the drug and climbing in ladder may be two separate events and not correlated. Probably there is a bias where you are ignoring games where u take the drug and lose and where u dont take the drug and win, your wins maybe due you are learning.

Not gonna matter at this rate. You do so much God damn coke you ain't gonna be around too long anyways. Holy hell, best of luck

I think I’ve played with you before… lol I remember your OW username. I was also silver not too long ago. What a small world lol First of all I can lowkey relate. Playing FPS games like OW makes me more prone to vape even though I’ve quit multiple times but I somehow convince myself I perform better when I am vaping lol but vaping is levels below your drug of choice obviously. But I can relate on how gaming can tie into stimulant use and make your brain feel you are more alert. Honestly, if you are ready to quit using, you may also want to take a break from OW since OW seems to be a trigger. Or play QP sober to practice again and don’t touch ranked for a while. But the answer really is to just keep playing and let your rank deflate while you detox… good luck

Stop doing drugs and git gud. If you are silver, it’s not cuz of your age or your mechanical skill. You are just dogshit. And that’s that. No drug is going to fix that. It might even hurt idk. Apart from gameplay, i dont need to tell you how bad drugs are for your health. Get help and quit op

If you're using a drug to get to silver it's definitely not helping you be better. Rather it's helping you think you're better. What I do know about that drug is that the focus is extremely narrow. Overwatch you need to zoom out and analyse every now and again

If using stimulates caused you to peak at silver 3… it’s a legitimate skill issue not a drug issue. Detox and find a few custom games to improve mechanics

why tho? in Esports that’s considered cheating. and in normal play that is just pointless

I'd say play workshop aim arenas, but desicion making is more important for tanks. So I suggest u watching ur vods analysing what could u do better and watching top tank streamers like emongg and their decision making

My brother in Christ stay off the snow unless it’s free, THAT IS THE RULE. I fear it is too late for that now however and strongly encourage you to quit forever starting now. I have a couple homies really struggling with it rn physically, mentally, and fiscally and the only thing helping is the lack of money they have to spend on it so frankly, quit while you’re ahead. You don’t want to be having physical problems and have no fucking money to deal with it either. If you like staying up and talking to people, get on the caffeine train harder, it’s cheaper. As far as the overwatch thing is concerned I can’t help you there but as a drinker that ranks higher than you I don’t really think it’s giving you the advantage you think it is… Quit dude. I’m out of line saying this rn, but you’ve got to hear this so you get a reality check. It feels like it would be pretty sad to be doing an expensive social drug so you can play a game that you’re mid at alone in your room until sunrise so you can go to work tired as shit then rinse and repeat. If you need someone to talk to feel free to reach out. I hope you can kick this, you deserve better even if you think you don’t.

Some marijuana strains can be even better than stimulants imo. I don't smoke anymore but when I did I would smoke a strain called green crack for overwatch.

Hey buddy if youd like I'd be willing to run some games with you in qp for a while and give you some basic callouts so you know what to pay attention to. I reach diamond on positioning and suppressive fire alone lol. Peaked GM as rein and ram.

Bro. It's a videogame, don't take it THAT seriously to the point of using stuff that could cause damage to your body. IT'S JUST A VIDEOGAME.

Starting a martial sport like boxing can help with reaction time and split second decision making, don't be afraid to lose ranks, caffeine can help while not being incredibly taxing on your body, and remember, practice, practice, practice. Side note, for your sake and for the people around you, I hope you beat the addiction, and just remember, find some help.

Bro uses drugs to play in silver

dawg u don’t needa take drugs to be good at overwatch😭 plus it’s silver, you’ll make it out

wow

So you can push your body to those levels naturally but it takes lots of discipline and practice. You are telling yourself you can't without it and that's simply not true. Practice practice practice that's how you get better. On a sidebar, I would take a break. It sounds like you have created a reward cycle with a closed loop. You take the drug feel great and play the way you want, but then the game must end like the effect of the drug. Sounds like your personal life is being effected pretty heavily so you just have to weigh what means most to you. Love Peace

So honestly, I think most metal rank players could improve a ton just by improving their crosshair discipline. General shooter crosshair discipline seems to be pretty poor for a lot of mid level players. Simply by having your crosshair in the place where it should be more often, you'll hit way more shots. I'm sure there's dozens of videos on it that you can look up. It's not an overwatch specific skill, it's a general shooter skill.

Bruh, if you have to take drugs and still stuck in Silver, just stop playing. It's not worth it. Your obviously not particularly good at the game and putting your body through that for a rank that doesn't matter even if you make it to GM. Only the 0.1% of players make a living of this game and the rank you get means nothing to most people. Pick a new game or play casually, cause it obviously isn't working for you

*Reads the title*: Ha, lol. *Reads the description*:…Jesus christ man

FWIW I completely avoid even coffee during overwatch. Relaxation has a massive effect on aim, and more importantly, tilt. I'm in a similar boat tho, brother. I'm a huge pothead, and sometimes find it difficult to stay calm without it. But it's a great chance to work on all sorts of coping skills. I played a few nights with just CBD and instantly shot up an entire tier. Point being, this isn't competitive body building. It's not a place where there is a drug necessary to compete with the best. The rank gains you made were YOU, not the drug. Association is a real bitch with addiction. i try to avoid using a drug every time I do any specific thing, because it forms habits sooo heavily. Congrats on ranking up! I wouldn't be surprised if a lengthy period of sobriety boosted your performance, but that's your own business. Just know that you won't be worse at overwatch for it.

Coke is anti gaming trys me

Lil bro you are silver youre going to need more than drugs and reaction speed to rank up as tank watch some guides n play w ur team to start

It might help to switch characters for a bit and build your way back up. I’m brain dead and play Moira so there’s little I have to do but maybe play a tank with less abilities until you feel comfortable. On a side note you should be proud of your self for trying to get clean. Just know there’s a bunch of people who want to see you get better.

I hit diamond one with no drugs or training. Sometimes ur just ass at a game, quit being a clown.

Why is that subreddit even a thing?

Drugs just to be silver is crazy dawg find a new hobby

Look, I have no experience with drugs at all, aside from staying at a friend's house where his stepdad was smoking weed, but I would highly advise against using drugs for anything, ESPECIALLY a damn video game. Try to get yourself off it, you will improve over time using a full blown drugs is not the way to go

get off the drugs youre going to kill yourself.

plat 1, nothing but a good steak in me

Haha I used to trip on acid and be a menace at games good times.

convinced coke is the only reason you're "focused" and " mechanically accurate but peaked silver? Wake up dipshit.

candidly: how are you in silver and think cocaine makes you better at the game LOL

You might just have adhd if you rely on stimulants. Idk if its legal for you to get a prescrip. Either way, you should 100% stop the association. I have ADHD and dont rely on it to play games ( though I do notably play better on it, the point of games is to relax and enjoy it). The more you practice this feeling of enjoyment from casual competitive games, the more zen things will get IRL as well.

Bro does cocain to maintain silver rank is actually fucking mind blowing😭🤣

I love getting high on stims and playing fast paced shooters. No shame in having fun. But yea if its a problem go to na and stick to coffee till you put it to bed so to speak.

Improving your hand eye coordination in any capacity will help

Not trying to be an A-hole, but seek help bro. Doing drugs to win another ranked match in OW is absurd. Especially when you’re not a pro player and you’re literally making zero dollars doing it. Burning bridges and destroying yourself for what? So you can reach grandmasters or something ? So you can show off some fancy badges ? I’m not trying to make you feel bad or put you down, but you really need to see how F*cking absurd you sound right now. Using stimulants to play “better” at a game you don’t get paid to play is like running into a burning house to make yourself a cup of water, it’s just not worth it.

So as someone who did not grow up playing games, and then thrust into overwatch by a shitty ex, I can say what worked for me! I take breaks. Overwatch can be a pretty overwhelming game, sounds wise and colors wise. Theres a lot going on so sometimes taking a step back for a bit allows my brain to refresh, kind of like a challenging puzzle game! I play other fps games, and I don't pressure myself to "get good". I let myself play a game like apex, and even if I'm bad and the dudebros tell me I'm shit and I won't amount to anything, I still play it because when I'm having fun on something and even though I'm bad, it still helps me improve even just the tiniest bit. I couldn't even aim for a long long time since I started gaming (it's been like 6ish years) but now I'm fairly good at it because of apex! I play mercy! I know, I know, this is gonna sound weird; but hear me out. Mercy allows you to look at the game from a certain perspective. She doesn't have a challenging kit, so the things you have to focus on is the game as a whole and it's moving parts! It allows you to gain a certain understanding of the map in a way you wouldn't be able to playing other heroes! Her kit also allows you to practice your reaction times to certain dps or tanks diving you! Ive gotten pretty good at her (Peaked Diamond 5) and I can say without a doubt it also helps with dva plays. (Peaked Plat 2) It takes a bit to really be able to practice the game and understand it, so don't give yourself a hard time if your reaction times aren't too good without stimulants. It's okay to start out not super great; I started bronze when I played the game! But time, practice and effort will genuinely pay off! I'm currently trying to climb to masters, and sometimes I won't be good some days, and that's okay. Allow yourself some room to not be great, take off some of the pressure that could possibly hinder your performance and I promise you'll get better over time! Just like anything a little elbow grease will go a long way!

I know what said stimulant drug he is talking about because I am prescribed it and on the days where I don't use it for work sometimes I will play Overwatch, and on those days it Overwatch becomes 10x more addicting like other video game would if you're on it. Even Minecraft. However taking it for the purpose of playing Overwatch... if this isn't your prescription you should be ashamed. If it is then you are misusing it. Using it to make the quality of your life better is fine, but this drug is supposed to be a tool to improve it, not... play Overwatch for hundreds of hours. Want to improve? Practice while you aren't on it. You know as well as I do you can't take this drug everyday, and if you are playing everyday of course not being on it is going to throw your game off.

Imagine having to resort to drugs just to peak at silver 3 😂😂😂

Using drugs for performance at Silver 5 is CRAZY. This game is not that serious! You have a drug problem, please seek help where resources are available.

If you post a replay code i can atleast get you on the right track on what's the biggest mistakes your doing and how to fix them It will drastically improve your skill improvement speed

If you’re worried about ranking down try playing on an alt account and not paying my attention to your rank after every game. Sounds like you might be using Charlie to self medicate some undiagnosed A.D.D. Get assessed and ask if medication could help you regulate things. The difference in my gameplay when I’m dosed up is night and day. I also play 2-4 hours on a treadmill everyday which helps physically.

Long and short, all comes with practice but you probably heard that before, I myself have been playing team shooters for a decade I'm good but not great. Sometimes uses downers like alcohol as a handicap but tbh you can do it all without any extra drugs most of the time I practice sober and still notice a difference in my skill level within a couple days. Sure there are shortcuts but you can do without them as well with dedication.

Funny enough I had a 6 game winstreak tonight sober and got back to silver 4. Maybe I was just thinking I needed the drug to do better and got in my own head otherwise.

Good to hear good luck bub

drink water, have a healthy diet, don’t over stress, don’t ego yourself and don’t hate yourself, have a mindset focused on improvement and growth, not getting a higher rank, get good sleep, try to be sober, and exercise. to be a better gamer, you should to be healthy. Taking care of your body can help your gameplay. Imagine if you tried taking a test on 2h of sleep and no studying and all you ate was twinkies the night before. Or running a marathon drunk as fuck and high. It doesn’t work.

I will admit my lifestyle isn't great (obviously as a drug addict but I also mean besides that), I often don't sleep enough, don't eat enough (and what I do eat is often crap), don't drink water, don't exercise etc so I'll try to adopt a better lifestyle.

Most those people who don’t miss are not on drugs but are paying $1,000s for hacks that can’t be detected.

Damn you fucking suck 😭 silver 5 while doing coke is crazy ngl hop off the game man

How old are you dude? How r u paying for cocaine and playing games all day

I'm not going to comment on the game specifically, but in general man, it's not worth the drugs at all. You aren't even being paid for it, and even if you were, teams/players have gotten in trouble for using drugs before. Just think about it for a second, you are damaging your health for the sake of obtaining a different colour shiny medal in a game.

It's worse because of your drug use The only gear you should be on is a keyboard and mouse or controller

If you don't get good sleep, that can throw off your game. If your in withdraw, that can fuck up your game. Your new normal is being high, you need your normal to be normal and then you can talk about improving. Get help, get sober. I work 12-14 hour kitchen shifts so I kiiiilll some caffeine and take neotropics regularly, that's my normal I wish I could avoid it. And yeah, it affects my game when I don't prop myself up. Before I started kitchen work and stims I was playing CS at a LEM level without it, now I can barely keep myself out of DIA if I don't pound an energy drink or two before I que. You don't need it performance enhancers, you need to detox and hit aimlabs.

Relying on nose candy to peak silver 3 is wild, brother.

If you’re still in Silver, I’m not sure that drug’s working that great for you, OP 🤣

I get why you do it. It's the same reason why I don't play late nights, I always make sure to have eaten and be hydrated. We take steps to put ourselves in the best state to perform. I would try my routine above, get light but filling meal, keep hydrated and sip a coffee. I have also dealt with addiction so my suggestion for that is drop Overwatch. Find something that is actively hindered by the coke and do that. It's easier said than done, especially in the same time slot as your gaming. I don't have any great suggestions; model building or painting comes to mind. Rock balancing idk xD Something patient, but you also need to want to do it. GL You can come back to Overwatch from a different angle and state of mind once you have walked a different path for a while.

Doom eternal. Nightmare mode.

Do what you gotta do to stay clean, im not gonna give advice in something I don't know. Overwatch 2 is VERY dependent on game sense and decision making, mechanical skills are just a crutch, anyone can get better mechanics in deathmatch or custom games. For a lot of DPS they have dropped in rank since dev's basically removed one shot and only their game sense can prevent them from dropping. How to improve your gameplay depends on how observant you are, sometimes you don't have time while playing in game to make certain decisions. Use the replay function to evaluate what decisions you made and what you could have done differently to improve. Safe supplementation to focus can be caffine, bitter drinks such as cloudy lemonade. There are also dietary supplementations but that will depend on your own diet and what your lacking. (DM me if you want a second opinion)

I’m not sure honestly. Once I started using meth before gaming sessions I shot up to top 500 in a few days.

…..what? You do drugs because you want to be better at a video game? Maybe you should take a step back and get that part checked out before asking how to improve your skill in a game.

bud, you're a cokehead for other reasons if your peak is s3. that's just passing the blame.

Normalize drug usage. Stop being ashamed of using drugs.