Omnic Lab: A Strategic Overwatch Podcast

This week Andres & Rob take a long look at the big news for the week. We cover the Bastet Ana event, Hero rebalances on PTR Jan. 7th, 2019, and talk all about the new Armor in the game. *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab

This week Andres & Rob start off the new year of 2019 talking about our goals for the coming year, things we want to see in overwatch, and overall just how we want the show to get better in the new year! *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab

This week Andres & Rob start off the new year of 2019 talking about our goals for the coming year, things we want to see in Overwatch, and overall just how we want the show to get better in the new year! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 12/28 Coverage SPONSOR: Top Score Solutions “Omnic Lab is presented in part by Top Score Solutions, an esports oriented community for business education, and analytics. If you want to develop a business, service, org, or just create content about gaming or esports, they're here to help! Their flagship podcast is the Esports Business Podcast, which you can find on Podbean and iTunes. Additionally, they run a blog at TopScoreSolutions.com and a regular "In Case You Missed It" brief news update. Be sure to check out their active Discord community if you have any questions for follow up or just talk more about esports and gaming! Don't forget all links are on their website at topscoresolutions.com." Omnic Meta: (Homepage) Switch Visits ATL! Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Ashe scope sensitivity Adjustments! Click this calculator link News: Suspected balance patch to come soon. Ellie controversy. YourOverwatch Main Video SecondWindGG’s TwitLonger Slasher’s Twitter coverage (first tweet) Reddit Thread coverage Aspen from C9’s Twitch Announcement Jayne’s Twitch Highlight explaining what he thinks is “why” from SW Overwatch League is preparing to start again. Goal setting: Overwatch Goals Personal Goals Podcast Goals Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Top Score Solutions, Anthony E. (SilvarLoki), Solo (PS4), JanJinkle, DurandaL, Roger B., Britmus, Shazear, Chrisdaplaya, TragicZac, Lisome, Matthew Z. Omnic Lab Links: Omnic Lab is now a Twitch Affiliate! Sub now with Twitch/Amazon Prime! Twitter,Facebook, Patreon Twitch,Youtube,MERCH Discord:discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website:http://www.omniclab.com iTunes,Google Play Music, RSS --Full Extended Show Notes Rob:Twitter,Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres:Twitter,OWL Recap, audioblender.studio, soundcloud

This week Andres & Rob sit down with TossarN, a coach and top GM player to doing a going deep on DVa. Relatively unknown, but a really great coach we found through Jayne’s Youtube channel, we’re excited to do our last show of 2018 with TossarN! *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab

This week Andres & Rob sit down with TossarN, a coach and top GM player to doing a going deep on DVa. Relatively unknown, but a really great coach we found through Jayne’s Youtube channel, we’re excited to do our last show of 2018 with TossarN! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 12/28 SPONSOR: Top Score Solutions Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Ben has a Masters in Sport Management, Finance and Data Analytics as well as experience in sales, marketing, and company development. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it. Omnic Meta: (Homepage) Ashe Stat Analysis Article Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Ashe scope sensitivity Adjustments! Click this calculator link Going Deep D.Va: D.Va Reference Source What is the fundamentals for D.Va or what is her job in a game? The core of the hero for ALL ranks. Can we chat about positioning and how to use your position/presence and movement to maximize damage and pressure? Okay let’s kick things off with your bread and butter: D.Va’s Defense Matrix and mixing it with Damage. Let’s talk about using Micro Missiles and effective use. How to do we get the most out of Rocket Boosters ? Self Destruct breakdown Baby D.Va aka Pilot Mode How Map Dependent is D.Va? Now let’s work on proper engagement and disengages. Now let’s talk synergies and matchups. What heroes do you need to be careful of for being countered and others that you really think are great/necessary for your comp. Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Top Score Solutions, Anthony E. (SilvarLoki), Solo (PS4), Lisome, JanJinkle, DurandaL, Roger B., Britmus, Shazear, Chrisdaplaya, TragicZac, Matthew Z. Omnic Lab Links: Omnic Lab is now a Twitch Affiliate! Sub now with Twitch/Amazon Prime! Twitter,Facebook, Patreon Twitch,Youtube,MERCH Discord:discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website:http://www.omniclab.com iTunes,Google Play Music, RSS --Full Extended Show Notes Rob:Twitter,Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres:Twitter,OWL Recap, audioblender.studio, soundcloud TossarN: Fiver Link, Twitter, Twitch, Discord: TossarN#5554

This week Andres & Rob have a full show for you this week talking all about Ultimate tracking! *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab

This week Andres & Rob have a full show for you this week talking all about Ultimate tracking! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 12/28 SPONSOR: Top Score Solutions Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Ben has a Masters in Sport Management, Finance and Data Analytics as well as experience in sales, marketing, and company development. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it. Omnic Meta: (Homepage) Ashe Stat Analysis Article Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Ashe scope sensitivity Adjustments! Click this calculator link Season 13 expected to finish on Dec. 28/29! Next Week DVa going deep with a Coach who was featured on Jayne’s YouTube that coached him from Fiver! Ultimate Tracking What is Ult tracking? Why is it important? How can I improve at ult tracking? What are some key indicators for when someone has an ult? Advanced Ult tracking. Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Top Score Solutions, Anthony E. (SilvarLoki), Solo (PS4), Lisome, JanJinkle, DurandaL, Roger B., Britmus, Shazear, Chrisdaplaya, TragicZac, Matthew Z. Omnic Lab Links: Omnic Lab is now a Twitch Affiliate! Sub now with Twitch/Amazon Prime! Twitter, Facebook, Patreon Twitch, Youtube, MERCH Discord: discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website: http://www.omniclab.com iTunes, Google Play Music, RSS --Full Extended Show Notes Rob:Twitter,Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres:Twitter,OWL Recap, audioblender.studio, soundcloud

This week Andres & Rob have Switch joining us to talk all about Ashe stats, new Winter Wonderland, and the brand new data about the new Brigitte Meta thus far in the new changes that hit the game. *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab

This week Andres & Rob have Switch joining us to talk all about Ashe stats, new Winter Wonderland, and the brand new data about the new Brigitte Meta thus far in the new changes that hit the game. ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 12/28 SPONSOR: Top Score Solutions Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Ben has a Masters in Sport Management, Finance and Data Analytics as well as experience in sales, marketing, and company development. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it. Omnic Meta: (Homepage) Ashe Stat Analysis Article Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Hero 29 (Ashe) has a 1.5x scope requiring sensitivity Adjustments! Click this calculator link and set the bottom to 66 & the top to your Ana/Widow scoped sensitivity to calculate! Reddit reference Winter Wonderland - Dec. 11th Winter Wonderland Skins Zarya, Widowmaker, Lucio, Symmetra, Mercy, Junkrat Ashe, Bastion, Reinhardt Emotes Torbjorn - My Babies Genji - Paper Stars Victory Toast Poses Highlight Intro for Wrecking Ball Ashe Stats Damage Per 10 Seconds Just under Hanzo, but barely 2500 higher average than McCree 2500 lower average than Junkrat Doomfist, Genji, Widow all far below (but, just in dmg, as the other heroes confirm more) Elims Per 10 Min Ashe competing with other top picks to contribute Ashe seems to have more of a curve up from Bronze to Diamond with the skill ceiling being high to play. Final Blows per 10 Min Somewhat lags behind others, but not by much (a margin of 2 at most) Hanzo and Widowmaker presenting the highest in the category Deaths per 10 min Ashe has far better survivability overall than everyone Most avg deaths remain about the same across all ranks This could have something to do with promoting a safe style of play & an ultimate that allows pressure without being in a risky position. Ashe also has a displacement to move around when she is threatened similar to Hanzo & Widowmaker who are also fairly low in deaths. Dynamite vs B.O.B. Bob’s kill secure is roughly the same as a Junkrat Tire, Pharah Barrage, or Hanzo Dragonstrike Genji’s Blade is much higher on the ultimate confirmation BOB’s function seems to also be less about securing and more to do with disruption like Hanzo’s ult and also the knock up & zoning. Dynamite is contributing to a whopping 28% of her kills in bronze and 35% in GM Pickrate vs Winrate Like any new hero, the pick rate is absurd to start off competitive in their release into the scene. Diamond picking her up in more cases than others at around 38% of games, but the average being around 30% Genji at the time is one of the most frequent picks to synergize with Ana In the DPS category, Ashe has the highest Winrate at #1 slot 53% in Plat and 56% in GM Junkrat is the only hero besides Ashe and Doomfist to hit 50% in Gold Tier Silver Tier shows Ashe, Genji, Hanzo, & Junkrat all being right around 48% with Doomfist taking the #1 slot at 50% #Rework Mercy Movement Mercy & Moira have below 10% pick rate in GM ( Mercy has 20% in Diamond Ana has over 70% in Diamond+ for pick rate Moira, Mercy, & Ana are the most picked in Bronze to Gold Moira (50-60%) Mercy (38-48%) Ana (34-40%) Moira, Mercy, & Ana have the highest healing output in order overall in all ranks Brigitte with the highest overall win rate average across all ranks Lucio & Mercy have similar data from Platinum to GM for win ratios Ana and Zenyatta soaring to the top for Diamond+ but Ana drops in winrate steeply each rank below that. Moira has a steady decline in chunks of 2% at a time, while others only differ about 0.5% Reworking Mercy? Team Rez Ult Mercy? Buff Mercy existing Kit? Leave her alone? Boring Hero? New Patch Reminders Brigitte’s Nerf (Shield Bash Dmg & Barrier blocked) Doomfist’s Nerf (Air Ctrl with Uppercut Seismic Slam Range & Meteor Strike) McCree’s Buff (Fan the Hammer) Bastion (Recon Ammo/Gun Spread in Sentry) Torbjorn (Ultimate Dmg) Soldier 76 Adjustment (Helix Rockets during ult) Omnic Lab Links: Omnic Lab is now a Twitch Affiliate! Sub now with Twitch/Amazon Prime! Twitter, Facebook, Patreon Twitch, Youtube, MERCH Discord: discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website: http://www.omniclab.com iTunes, Google Play Music, RSS --Full Extended Show Notes Rob: Twitter, Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres: Twitter, OWL Recap, audioblender.studio, soundcloud Switch: Twitter (Personal), Twitter (OM), OmnicMeta Site, Omnic Meta Stat Tracking

This week Andres & Rob meet up to talk through what they’ve been doing to play better and climb this season. We also talk a lot about what we’ve been working on for the current season and look for in gameplay to observe improving. *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab

This week Andres & Rob meet up to talk through what they’ve been doing to play better and climb this season. We also talk a lot about what we’ve been working on for the current season and look for in game play to observe improving. ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 12/28 SPONSOR: Top Score Solutions Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Ben has a Masters in Sport Management, Finance and Data Analytics as well as experience in sales, marketing, and company development. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it. Omnic Meta: (Homepage) Ashe Stat Analysis Article Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Hero 29 (Ashe) has a 1.5x scope requiring sensitivity Adjustments! Click this calculator link and set the bottom to 66 & the top to your Ana/Widow scoped sensitivity to calculate! Reddit reference Winter Wonderland - Dec. 11th Zarya & Lucio Skins announced so far Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Top Score Solutions, Anthony E. (SilvarLoki), Solo (PS4), Lisome, JanJinkle, DurandaL, Roger B., Britmus, Shazear, Chrisdaplaya, TragicZac Omnic Lab Links: Omnic Lab is now a Twitch Affiliate! Sub now with Twitch/Amazon Prime! Twitter, Facebook, Patreon Twitch, Youtube, MERCH Discord: discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website: http://www.omniclab.com iTunes, Google Play Music, RSS --Full Extended Show Notes Rob:Twitter,Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres:Twitter,OWL Recap, audioblender.studio, soundcloud

This week Andres & Rob meet up together with one of our longest community members and fresh into Top 500: Shockmaster! This week we want to spend a good chunk of the episode talking about Gibraltar in another map guide with him and then also chat about all the things he’s been up to since grinding Overwatch in the beginning. *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab

This week Andres & Rob meet up together with one of our longest community members and fresh into Top 500: Shockmaster! This week we want to spend a good chunk of the episode talking about Gibraltar in another map guide with him and then also chat about all the things he’s been up to since grinding Overwatch in the beginning. ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 11/30 SPONSOR: Top Score Solutions Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Ben has a Masters in Sport Management, Finance and Data Analytics as well as experience in sales, marketing, and company development. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it. Omnic Meta: (Homepage) Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Hero 29 (Ashe) has a 1.5x scope requiring sensitivity Adjustments! Click this calculator link and set the bottom to 66 & the top to your Ana/Widow scoped sensitivity to calculate! Reddit reference   General Tips Payload maps in general (ideal setup for attack & defense) What to consider when choosing a composition on Gibraltar How teams make composition changes based on Points A, B, & C   Point A, B, & C Map locations: Box on high ground, Stairwell, Mega Health Pack room, Stairs hallway, Catwalk, Rocks edge, Final catwalk, server room, two mini health pack spots Attacking/Defending Composition considerations Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Top Score Solutions, Anthony E. (SilvarLoki), Solo (PS4), Mr. Marz, JanJinkle, Terry F, DurandaL, Roger B., Britmus, Shazear, Chrisdaplaya, TragicZac Omnic Lab Links: Omnic Lab is now a Twitch Affiliate! Sub now with Twitch/Amazon Prime! Twitter, Facebook, Patreon Twitch, Youtube, MERCH Discord: discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website: http://www.omniclab.com iTunes, Google Play Music, RSS --Full Extended Show Notes Rob: Twitter, Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres: Twitter, OWL Recap, audioblender.studio, soundcloud Shockmaster: Twitter, Twitch

This week Andres & Rob meet up together for a super patch extravaganza! With missing 2 weeks of large patch updates for Doomfist & Brigitte along with a few other notable discussions on the state of the game spurred by Seagull’s video this week we’ve got a full show for you! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 11/30 SPONSOR: Top Score Solutions Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Ben has a Masters in Sport Management, Finance and Data Analytics as well as experience in sales, marketing, and company development. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it. Omnic Meta: (Homepage) Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Hero 29 (Ashe) has a 1.5x scope which is why there needs to be a major in-game adjustment instead of copying settings. Here's a tip I received from discord user RePeteTV sending me this Reddit link about the sensitivity adjustments For Ashe, this is the sensitivity calculator needed to make her sens like Widow's and Ana's her magnification is different so the math is different. https://www.desmos.com/calculator/1a0o5z7ova Set the top slider to your widowmaker/ana scoped sens and then the bottom bar to 66, does not matter what your sens is, this has to deal with FoV and Ashe's is arbitrarily 66. So far, we have no better method of finding our sensitivity and no surefire way to know for sure, but this calculator gave Kephrii his sens and he said it was much closer to his Widow sens than others as have I used this and believe the same. PTR Nov.14, 2018: Also included is the Build from Nov. 20, 2018 Bastion: Recon: Ammo Increased 25 - 35 Sentry: Weapon spread decreased 33% while firing (slow and slight accuracy increase) Brigitte: Shield Bash cannot go through or stun through barriers Shield Bash DMG down 50 - 5 Inspire (Passive) CD down 1.5s - 1.0s Inspire (Passive) Duration up 5s - 6s Inspire (Passive) Total healing up 80 - 100 Dev Notes: Reduces Shield Bash’s damage reduces her total stun combo damage potential while still allowing Whip Shot and her basic melee attacks to retain their full strength. Brigitte is a hybrid tank/healer, and lately we’ve been reducing her effectiveness by reducing the power of her non-healing functionality, but we want to make sure she is still a viable pick so we’re increasing the uptime of her Inspire passive to help increase her overall healing output. Doomfist: Rising Uppercut: Loss of Air control down 3s - 0.6s Seismic Slam: Max range down 20m - 15m Seismic Slam: Victims no longer lose air control when being pulled in Meteor Strike: Inner ring damage radius up 1.5m - 2.0m (still deals 300 DMG) Meteor Strike: Max DMG outside the inner ring down 300 - 200 This is where the falloff happens, still reduces the DMG down to 15 at max range Comments: Doomfist’s high mobility allows him to engage and disengage from extremely long ranges. Decreasing the range of his targeted aerial version of Seismic Slam requires him to get closer before engaging an enemy and makes it slightly harder for him to escape from combat. The loss of air control on Rising Uppercut was a frustrating mechanic for players, but it allowed Doomfist to set up combos. We’ve found a decent middle ground by limiting the time Doomfist has to line up his next move. Comments Nov. 20: The PTR Doomfist changes are all about trying to give his enemies more opportunities to effectively fight back, and these changes are no exception. The Meteor Strike changes will make it harder to secure a “free” kill on heroes without mobility such as Zenyatta or Ana, while still preserving its max potential damage when aimed well or when combined with other abilities such as Graviton Surge or Sleep Dart. McCree: Fan the Hammer DMG up 45 - 55 Reinhardt: Bug Fixed preventing Earthshatter from going over some terrain. Soldier 76: Tactical Visor: Helix Rocket no longer auto-targets enemies Torbjorn: Molten Core: DMG up 130dps - 160dps Sound Bugs: Varying sound bugs having to do with Windows volume settings have been fixed. Most notably an issue with scoping sounds on Ana. Known Issues List 11.22.18 (edited) Ashe: Coach Gun: can launch you into orbit by shooting a Genji Deflect Ashe: B.O.B. can move Sentry Bastion & cryo-freeze Mei Ashe: B.O.B. LoS is blocked if Mei cryo-freezes on top of him Ashe: B.O.B. no audio call out for nano boosting B.O.B. Winston: Jump Pack: sometimes knockbacks enemies without dealing any DMG New Bug Report Ashe: Scope for Viper: when scoping in or out it massively drops the in-game FPS down Also the current PTR is getting feedback on the same issues before live in this post Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Top Score Solutions, Anthony E. (SilvarLoki), Solo (PS4), Mr. Marz, JanJinkle, Terry F, DurandaL, Roger B., Britmus, Shazear, Chrisdaplaya, TragicZac Omnic Lab Links: Omnic Lab is now a Twitch Affiliate! Sub now with Twitch/Amazon Prime! Twitter,Facebook, Patreon Twitch,Youtube,MERCH Discord:discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website:http://www.omniclab.com iTunes,Google Play Music, RSS --Full Extended Show Notes Rob:Twitter,Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres:Twitter,OWL Recap, audioblender.studio, soundcloud

This week Andres & Rob meet up together for a super patch extravaganza! With missing 2 weeks of large patch updates for Doomfist & Brigitte along with a few other notable discussions on the state of the game spurred by Seagull’s video this week we’ve got a full show for you! *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab