Omnic Lab: A Strategic Overwatch Podcast

In the Lab today we sit down and talk with FCTFCTN (Fact Fiction) from team FaZe, talk some Reinhardt with him, and also chat about the world cup! *Also thanks to our brand new Patrons this week: MaBMaN & John B!! Platinum level Scientist check out the VoD submission guide to submit your videos for review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_xRlnr_wpo *Aiming Links & World Cup Discussion: *LooseArrowBoy: Aiming: https://youtu.be/kqBfpq8k7cQ  *Taimou from EnVy: Practice Range: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VysgMqzU3Qk  *Taimou from EnVy: Pixel Skipping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcjfPKftJBQ  *TechQuickie: Understanding DPI/CPI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAEb9a-dltk  Helpful Links of the Week: *How to Mercy Guide by OasisonOverwatch: https://youtu.be/Djww8uOAv7c  *Mercy positioning by Animetic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPAs5xZIyI  *Mercy 1v1 Guide by Animetic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBvaMHKGkzk  You can find the Omnic Lab on: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmnicLab  *Fa

In the Lab today we sit down and talk through what’s hitting the PTR and have a shorter show this week, but we have a great post from Scott Mercer about MMR. Additionally we have a really big surprise for you all with a console top 500 player interview! Console Interview: Jake Uselman (Top 500 on PS4 Overwatch) *Gaming Background *Questions from listeners *Console Meta *Communication during games *Joystick Sensitivity *Button Remapping *Improving Aim *Controller Modifications *Climbing Tips *PS4 - Account: NotSeagull *NEWS: General PTR October: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20335231  *Scott Mercer - What’s the Deal with MMR: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20749737390#post-3 *Helpful Link of the Week: How to Build a Dive Composition by Your Overwatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhUaQyQ4zsk   You can find the Omnic Lab on: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmnicLab  *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omniclab  *Discord: discord.me/omniclab  *Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com *iTunes:

In the Lab today we discuss everything about getting into the new Halloween Event, Hard mode and Perfect score strats, and even weave in some team strategies we’ve come across this week. NEWS & PATCH NOTES: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20749875377  *Loot box contents *Favorites of the event *Brawl Achievements *Also thanks to our brand new Patrons this week: Ryan K, R. Peplinski, Paul B, Terry F! Reminder to existing patrons and potential supporters that the format has CHANGED, so please edit your pledges! *Halloween Brawl: Junkenstein's Revenge Perfect Door and Hard Mode Guide *Placement for each hero *Ultimate use tips *Guide for Times from Reddit user inO_Nazka: https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/574o1w/junkensteins_revenge_a_guide_to_hard_mode/?ref=search_posts  *Boss Guide *Last Fight setup *How to play each Hero   Emails and iTunes reviews: Thanks Chenlembec and AlpineFire for the iTunes reviews and Dev P. for the email this week! *Special Spreadshirt Coupon Code: JUST4Y

In the Lab today we dive deep on Reaper strategies, gameplay, mastering, and even a special Beyblade Strategy for ranked! NEWS & PATCH NOTES *Halloween Event Coming this week? Comic #9 Spanish Leak. *Sombra Leak/Teaser Special Thanks: Patrons! *Also thanks to our brand new Patrons this week: Matt B. and Highnoon Podcast!! TOPIC:  Going Deep: Reaper - http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Reaper  *Role: Reaper is there to drive the front-line forward.  *Thanks to his kit and high health pool he is able to jump in and out of enemy lines with relative ease.  *Able to deal incredible amounts of damage at short range reaper can be a driving force in the front-line.  *Tanky main damage dealer, Tank Buster, Short range flanker. *The Beyblade Strategy: Core Heroes:Reaper, Ana, Zarya, Lucio *Main Strategy: Farm Death Blossom and Nano-Boost. Next, Speed Boost and Zarya Shield Death Blossoming Reaper into the middle of the enemy team, creating a hurricane of destruction and beautiful colors.  *Advanced Tips: Playing around

In the Lab today we talk about some changes on the PTR and Andres going to the grand finals viewing the Overwatch Open in Atlanta! We discuss strats he saw there and we try to bring some of them to the average players! NEWS & PATCH NOTES *15 Million copies sold:https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/55es0r/overwatch_has_sold_15_million_copies_on_pc/  *Paying to Change your Battle Tag:http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20285860  *Pricing for Battle Tag Name Change:https://us.battle.net/shop/en/product/battle-tag-name-change  *PTR LINK: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20294485  *Widow Scope faster. Now 0.3s to scope. Was 0.5s *Junkrat Tire Activation Speed Increased *Ana Ultimate Charge increased 20% & her Biotic Grenade Radius now 4m (was 3m) Special Thanks to our  Patrons and new Patrons this week: Jeremy B, Nathan C, Thai N, Eric W, Trevor G, and Terry F!! Thanks to Tim S for the epic email as well as Ballistik006 and Fend hens for their iTunes reviews this week!   TOPIC: The Overwatch

In the Lab today we’re going to chit chat about Duo Queue and some tips and tricks! We’re also making some important changes coming soon to Patreon and wanted to let you all know about it as well as some new stuff going on in our Discord lately! *By Skyline “Aiming Exercises and Fundamentals” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie5446fSvcY)  NEWS & PATCH NOTES: Frodan shares Twitch most viewed in Aug. 2016:https://twitter.com/Frodan/status/778516119959113729    Special Thanks to our brand new Patrons this week: Dave H, Switchfox, & Wrecktangle!! Also to our iTunes Reviewers this week: Ozymandias#1624, Keith T, Kilhoffb, Chriskruz, Sgt Scallywag, Hatespaywall, Patrick C, Parker0615 Duo Que Tips: *Have different Hero Pools that compliment and syergize with each other. *Be the two most flexible people on the team for switches and who to play. *Be aware that you can call out your partner on misplays. *Be constructive with critiques. *Communicate lots, but only what is necessary *Follow through with the team

In the Lab today we’re going deep yet again, that’s right we featuring yet another hero to really dive deep. Our Lucio episode got such great feedback we’re doing it again, this time with the Russian Body Builder, Zarya! What We’re Testing: *Rob:  Testing Competitive: Hitting a wall *Andres: Testing Competitive - Lucio and Zenyatta. Special Thanks: Scientist Level Patrons! *Also thanks to our brand new Patrons this week: Mike M, Michael M, and Racsuache!! TOPIC: *Going Deep - Zarya Gameplay: *Role - Support Tank *Frontline pusher// high DPS & protective capabilities. *Able to shield allied targets that are being focused. *One of the strongest CC abilities in the game. *Able to quickly regenerate while out of combat. *Good short and long-range attacks (channeled and projectiled based) *Why pick Zarya? *Versatility, Off-Tank + DPS, Carry Capability, Attack Specialist, KOTH Carry, Reactive for Defense, Ultimate ability for Initiation Abilities: *Particle Cannon: 1) Particle Beam (Primary Fire/ LMB) 2) Explos

News: *Sombra projections *No new patch this week for Live servers: NOT ready yet *DDOS this week on Overwatch AND Legion launch for WoW. PTR Patch Notes:  *Adjustments to the formulas that are used to calculate Skill Rating, ensure fair matches, and accurately place players in the appropriate tier Special Thanks: Scientist Level Patrons! *Eric S & Brian K. thanks again for your generous pledges for the Scientist Level of support, when your payment clears we’ll get started on your perks! *Also thanks to our brand new Patrons this week: Matt M. & Boombat!! *Improving your Hit-Scan aim: >Create a Custom Game--Set to Skirmish--Select the map--Add 6 Ana bots--Set to head-shots only (Alternatively, set damage multiplier to 150%) *15-30 minutes of practice to build up muscle memory! >For: Hanzo, McCree, Widow, Soldier, Tracer,  >Also for: Mei (alternate fire), Zenyatta, Genji *Recording and watching your games: Use tools like OBS or shadowplay (if Nvidia graphics card), even the new blizzard streaming ca

In the Lab today we want to break down the new update to PTR, discuss the changes coming for Season 2, and challenge how supports are rewarded in Ranked Play! News: *New Map set in Germany: Eichenwalde (Hybrid Map) *Two new Reinhardt Legendary skins (inspired by Eichenwalde): ***Source:http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20748476172#post-12  ***Sample for Pristine Version: https://pvplive.net/c/new-legendary-skin-revealed-for-reinhardt  *Console Patch for bug fixes:http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20748475719  *PTR Patch Notes: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20243886#patchnotes *(Thanks Force Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGytrJSSi6k) Special Thanks: Scientist Level Patrons! *Eric S, and Blackbyrd thanks again for your generous pledges for the Scientist Level of support, when your payment clears we’ll get started on your perks! *Thanks to Brian K for sending Andres a BRAND SPANKING NEW MIC! *Also thanks to our brand new Patrons this week: Ken M, LordDay, & Chri

In the Lab today we want to approach how to have a mindset switch when playing on attack and defense as a main point and we have a great relevant email from RyanRaze! *Rob Testing: Ana, DVa, & Zenyatta Practicing Lucio and Pharah some more *Andres Testing: Tons of competitive! Solo Q to full group and everything in between! Attitude check and the importance of team spirit.   News & Patch Notes: *7500 accounts hit with the ban hammer again! (https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4x2zy3/7500_more_accounts_permanently_banned_for_cheating/) *Updates for Season 2 and Competitive Updates coming next week:http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20748414915#post-10  *Replay system bumped for high bandwidth server technology, Season 2 updates and matchmaking improvements, and work on allowing players to save highlights:http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20748414915#post-3  *Probably Mei and Zenyatta changes coming:https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/4x

In the Lab today we talk about how the game has been this week, some sweet update we received this week on a Patch, and talk a bit personal about Rob’s trip to Japan. News & Patch Notes: *PC Patch Notes July 27: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20747615932 *Ana & McCree with changes. Special Thanks: Scientist Level Patrons! Brian K, Eric S, and Blackbyrd thanks again for your generous pledges for the Scientist Level of support, when your payment clears we’ll get started on your perks! Also thank you to Ryanraze for his email, 02 Eph & Schuey10 for their awesome and kind iTunes reviews, and YOU for listening!   Helpful Links of the Week: *Blue Watch: Cynical Nerds covering a ton of Forum News:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naEi8x1CUCM   Content Creators’ Shoutouts:  *Overwatch Central: McCree/Ana Changes break down:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EENGiLWzZYQ   You can find the Omnic Lab on: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmnicLab  *Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/omniclab  *Disc

This week we go in-depth into our beloved Brazilian hero, Lucio! Tune in to hear everything we've been learning about him. News & Patch Notes: *PS4 Patch Notes: July 21: blizz.ly/2adonYm  *PS4 Issues Addressed: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20747724597 *Developer Update Video on Ana Patch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evghkilg2eQ  *PC Patch Notes July 19: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20747185139 Special Thanks: Scientist Level Patrons! *Brian K, Eric S, and Blackbyrd thanks again for your generous pledges for the Scientist Level of support, when your payment clears we’ll get started on your perks! GOING DEEP: Lucio *Overview *Abilities & Pressuring Enemies *Dodging Tools: *Being in the center of battle also comes with advantages *Amp It Up! & Switching between your Crossfade *Weaknesses *Matchups   *Also thanks to our other iTunes reviews from: SenorBumFace, Affiance   Helpful Links of the Week: *Kaplan Talking about Overtime:http://us.battle.net/forums/en/ov

In the Lab today we cover the new Hero Ana Amari and then we have a TON of new Patch notes for the PTR that launched this week! **News & Patch Notes: *NEW OVERWATCH HERO Ana Amari! Skills, Style of Play, & Lore (for details please check the google drive link at the bottom. *Links: Overwatch: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/ana/ & Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/blizzard-announces-overwatchs-next-hero-ana-1783522232?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow  *PATCH NOTES:  https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20178523  *Experience Update & Bug Fixing rolling out: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745646508?page=26#post-502  PTR for Competitive with Scott Mercer: https://esports.yahoo.com/overwatch-patch-notes-competitive-character-170000549.html  *Hero limitations on Competitive *Self-healing abilities charge ultimates (adjusted ultimate costs) *McCree Main Fire damage fall off starts after 35m (closer to S76) *Soldier 76

This week Andres and Rob discuss the importance of making hero swaps and adjusting to the battle. News & Patch Notes: *Teaser Photo for new Support? https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/750736158624215040 *Reconnection Patch soon: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745636360#post-5 *PATCH NOTES: Sudden Death Times Adjusted by map to be shorter Misc. Bug fixes with Zarya’s damage, Reaper’s Shadowstep, Winston’s Melee during Ulti, etc. Top 500 Icon randomly showing up no longer happens If you rejoin/reconnect to a game you left in competitive, you no longer automatically receive a loss. (Note: you must rejoin before the match concludes) You won’t get a leaver penalty for rejoining maps after disconnecting. If you disconnect/leave a match more than 3 times, you’ll be receive the leaver penalty regardless. NOTHING on receiving drastically less XP when opponents leave still. Kaplan did say this is an issue.http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745596258#post-3 *Time

In the Lab today we cover our top 3 picks for solo que and some more news from blue posts! We have Xbox receiving Competitive, and we share our reasoning for the top solo que picks. News & Patch Notes: *Torbjorn Console Nerf: 30% Damage Reduction on Turret shots PS4 & Xbox One only *Competitive Play: PC - June 28 || Consoles - July 4 - 8 http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745685202  *Competitive Summer Season: June 28 - August 18th (Abbreviated, starting sooner next summer) *Competitive Fall Season: appx. Sept. 6th (two week break) *In-Client Details: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20167051  *Basketball Cheers when you make it:https://oddshot.tv/shot/AnneMunition/UzoS7oxoS7pF8aD7WA1myBh5  *Xbox One Patchnotes: Widow, McCree Changes, Gamepad improved, new Legacy Gamepad feature, Competitive mode.http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745755041 Brian K, Eric S, and Blackbyrd thanks again for your generous pledges for the Scientist Level of support, when your payment clea

In the Lab today we want to discuss playing your advantage inside your Overwatch games. Additionally, we have A LOT of updates coming straight from Jeff Kaplan, so let’s start with the scientific method of what we’re testing & playing. News & Patch Notes: *Kaplan Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/GAOaXSVZVTM  *Overwatch PTR: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20157263  *Patch Notes: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745404489 *Geoff Goodman Commenting on Widow changes: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745186024?page=3#post-42  *Jeff Kaplan on Matchmaking: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745504371#post-3  *Jeff Kaplan Competitive Feedback: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745604460  Special Thanks: Scientist Level Patrons! *Brian K, Eric S, and Blackbyrd thanks again for your generous pledges for the Scientist Level of support, when your payment clears we’ll get started on your perks! Playing the Advantage: *Absolute Map Understanding:

In the Lab today we have TONS to chat about. We’re going to talk about the newest patch notes,  balance changes, a big Blue Post from O Captain, My Captain Jeff Kaplan, and the main strategies for playing offense and putting on pressure! What We’re Testing: *Rob: finally found a main character! MERCY BOYZ. Testing: Mercy, Pharah, Torbjorn, & Junkrat on defense for damage boosts. Also testing: Mercy, DVa, Genji, Widowmaker/Soldier 76, Bastion/Pharah, Roadhog/Zarya (Comp we ran at the LAN) *Andres: Testing out the new McCree changes & alternating to soldier 76...Practicing a lot of Genji! News & Patch Notes: *10 Million Players in Overwatch! (June 14) https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/742761244159942656  *Patch Notes: --McCree Fan the Hammer - 45 dmg (was 70)//0.3s (was 0.75s) --Widowmaker Ultimate charge 10% longer to charge//scope animation must finish before rescoping//base damage - 12 (was 15) (MAX 120 - was 150)//headshot ratio increased to 2.5x (was 2.0x) --Misc. Bug fixes:  *Cynical N

In the Lab today we break into an open conversation about the competitive scene within Overwatch! We’ve got a special guest D3athbl0w from the High Noon Podcast that dedicates their whole show to competitive Overwatch coverage to help us out. With that, let’s introduce our guest and find out a bit about him! News & Patch Notes: *OW has 7 Million players! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM_pdzYbPps  *Manchester United gets into a bidding war with Fnatic over a Pro EU Overwatch team: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sop8cc  *Overwatch Team looking into changes Euro Gamer: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-07-overwatch-blizzard-answers-the-big-questions  *Competitive Changes = End of June *Balance Changes section **DVa: 1) Effective Damage - close-range combat (may change) 2) Survivability (may change instead of damage)  **Widowmaker: 1) On Blizzard’s Radar - testing changes internally Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnGHEd78K3M  The Competitive Scene in Overwatch: *What does the competiti

In the Lab today we break into strategizing about defense! We’re going to talk about compositions, rough positioning, and concepts for how to set-up a team strategy for defense. We’ll even cover map-specifics to the best of our ability for the audio-only listeners! News & Patch Notes: *Overwatch Tweaks coming for D.Va, Reaper, and McCree: http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/01/overwatch-tweaks-coming-for-mccree-dva-and-reaper  *Blizzard drops the Ban Hammer again on cheaters: http://kotaku.com/thousands-of-overwatch-players-have-already-been-banned-1780109893 What We’re Testing: *Rob: Practicing a lot of Soldier 76, Symmetra, Mercy, Zarya, and McCree. **Cool Team Composition: Soldier 76, Tracer, McCree, Reinhardt, Mercy/Lucio, Flex Spot. *Andres: Finally started a competitive team! Practicing as Support/Flex (Lucio, Symmetra, Winston, McCree) **Composition we are practicing as Team: Reinhardt, Mercy, Lucio, McCree, Widowmaker, Flex (Zarya, McCree, Winston, Torbjorn)   Playing Defense in Overwatch: Playi

In the Lab today we are covering the top heroes from the closed beta for top levels of play in the meta! We also want to break down how you gain experience in Overwatch, and discuss a brief interview with Jeff Kaplan about competitive play coming to Overwatch as well! *News & Patch Notes:  *Kaplan had a pre-launch Q&A with a few key statements: The Overwatch team is currently looking to implement  a system similar to Diablo's Clans and WoW's Guilds. *Competitive mode is hopefully arriving in Overwatch sometime around June as the first big content update after launch. *Competitive Play will be shifting to about 3 month seasons with 2 or so weeks off between seasons **Previous iteration in closed beta was testing community’s opinion on 1 month seasons. *Cynical Nerds - Top Heroes from Pro Play in Closed Beta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL9lKnUZkQE Experience & The Progression System: *4.01 xp per second played in a match. **About 240 xp per minute played *Medals earned bonus XP: Whichever level