Omnic Lab: A Strategic Overwatch Podcast

This week Andres & Rob sit down with GM DPS main & streamer personality Fareeha to talk all about the new Hero 29: Ashe (and B.O.B.)! We were pumped to connect with Fareeha at Blizzcon a bit and want to get to know her as well! *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab

This week Andres & Rob sit down with GM DPS main & streamer personality Fareeha to talk all about the new Hero 29: Ashe (and B.O.B.)! We were pumped to connect with Fareeha at Blizzcon a bit and want to get to know her as well! Let’s Get to Know our Guest! All right, Fareeha, tell us a bit about yourself! Who are you & some of your background, tell us about your stream, and tell us your skills in the game!   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: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Going Deep Hero Breakdown: Ashe Reference Source What is the fundamentals for Ashe or what is her job in a game? 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: Healing with the Viper in and out of the scope. When do I Spam? How do I know when to pop out of scope? Let’s talk about using Dynamite and effective use. How do we set up to use it? Do we use on cool down? How do I hit the dang thing consistently? How to do we get the most out of Coach Gun? Movement tips (Don’t worry about hitting a surface with the gun) Using Offensively vs Defensively Proper timing for B.O.B. breakdown When to use, where to be, who to prioritize General Use & Setting up Communicating with Teammates How Map Dependent is Ashe? 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), Mr. Marz, JanJinkle, Terry F, DurandaL, Roger B., Britmus, Shazear, Chrisdaplaya, TragicZac, Lisome 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 Fareeha: Twitter, Twitch, YouTube

This week Andres and Rob talk all about what happened at blizzcon and include a super cool group interview we had with Michael Chu! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 11/30 - Next Game night 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 Con Before the Storm - Released in the feed Blizzcon 2018: Blizzcon Experience People and Event Ashe & Overwatch release OWWC and esports contacts Michael Chu interview News Updates: From a stream at Blizzard HQ, LA Gladiators Surefour talking with some devs on stream indicate they are working on pushing some changes to the PTR for the following heroes: DOOMFIST - Video timestamp Reverted the internal change to Rocket Punch distance (when canceled with a jump). They tried reducing the extra distance by 40%, but it felt bad during internal testing. Seismic Slam range reduced from 20 to 15 meters (max damage from 85 to 65). Enemies affected by Rising Uppercut only lose air control of their character for 0.6 seconds (essentially just during the ‘knocked up’ portion) BASTION - Video timestamp Bastion’s Recon clip size increased from 25 to 35. Bastion’s Sentry minigun gets a ‘reverse-spread’ effect: the longer he shoots, the more precise his shots become. This was specifically described as a change that “may or may not make it.” MCCREE - Video timestamp Fan the Hammer damage increased by 10 damage per shot. 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, Lisome. 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 and Rob talk all about what happened at blizzcon and include a super cool group interview we had with Michael Chu! *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab

Welcome to the Omnic Lab. A podcast that focuses on the strategies inside of the game of Overwatch. We learn through trial and error in the lab, even if things get a bit crazy and blow up sometimes! We’ll brew up team composition strategies, stir in some tips to play better, and hopefully equip listeners with the instruments they need to gain a strategic edge!

This week Andres and Rob get Blevins and DeathBlow back on from High Noon Productions to hang out and talk about all things pre-blizzcon, news, new PTR, and more! *omniclab.com *patreon.com/omniclab *discord.me/omniclab *twitch.tv/omniclab

This week Andres and Rob get Blevins and DeathBlow back on from High Noon Productions to hang out and talk about all things pre-blizzcon, news, new PTR, and more! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 10/26 - REPORT 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. Omnic Meta: (Homepage) Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Con Before the Storm - Overwatch Panel Nov. 1, 10pm-11pm (4th Floor, Anaheim Hilton) IcySorrow, Blevins, BlazzinBob, TotemlyDrunk, iPlaiGames, notrob Overwatch News: New Torb is Live in Comp to finish our season! Thoughts? Kit Refresher: Molten Core: New Ult LAVA Overload: 150 armor, faster movement & shooting/reloading 30% for 5s Deploy Turret: Lv. 2 Always, self-builds, throwable, targets enemies you shoot Rivet Gun: Single Faster Projectile & reload speed Rivet Gun: Shotgun Lower dmg but faster speed & recovery, new spread Season 12 is over!! Oct. 29th at 00:00 UTC (5:00pm PDT) Season 13 kickoff is Nov. 1 at 00:00 UTC (5:00pm PDT Oct. 31) Rewards reminders: SR 1-1499 (Bronze): 65 CP SR 1500-1999 (Silver): 125 CP SR 2000-2499 (Gold): 250 CP SR 2500-2999 (Platinum): 500 CP SR 3000-3499 (Diamond): 750 CP SR 3500-3999 (Master): 1200 CP SR 4000-5000 (Grandmaster): 1750 CP Comp Team Death-Match returns for the offseason! First to 30 kills with 4v4 teams The new Story Discussion Forum section has released, people going nuts Speculations abound: New Story mode? New events? Single-player content? World Cup Predictions UK vs USA AUS vs SKR Winners faceoff (loser to 3rd place) CN vs FIN CAN vs FR Winners faceoff (loser to 3rd place) Discussion Points: PTR 10/23/18 HERO UPDATES General - All Made jump height consistent across hero roster Mercy - Valkyrie Ultimate cost reduced 15% Healing per second increased from 50 to 60 Dev Comments: Mercy’s ultimate was charging a bit too slowly after her base healing was reduced in a previous update. These changes should restore some of her ultimate’s strength and let it build up more quickly. Reaper Hellfire Shotguns - Spread randomization reduced by 50% NOTE: This is currently a nerf, and Jeff said they’re updating PTR with an adjustment The Reaping (Passive) - Life steal increased from 20% to 30% of damage dealt Dev Comments: Reaper’s specialty is fighting at a very close range. The more consistent spread pattern and increase in healing from his passive ability will make him more capable of standing toe-to-toe with his enemies. Roadhog Chain Hook Decreased the delay before pulling a hooked target from 0.5 seconds to 0.3 seconds Now greatly reduces the target’s momentum upon being hooked Cooldown now begins immediately, instead of after the target has been pulled Scrap Gun Spread pattern adjusted for both primary and secondary fire Spread randomization reduced by 50% Whole Hog Knockback maximum velocity increased by 25% (from 8 to 10 meters per second) Horizontal recoil decreased slightly Dev Comments: Roadhog is receiving several large changes to make his abilities more consistent. His Chain Hook had issues with breaking when enemy targets jumped or fell behind environment collision. It will now slow them down in the air more when the hook lands, and wait less time before it starts reeling them in. Since Chain Hook’s cooldown now begins immediately upon use, so it no longer varies based on Roadhog’s distance to the hook target. We’ve also moved some of the projectiles closer to the center of the spread pattern on his Scrap Gun, which gives him a more consistent damage output for its primary and alternate fire. Previously, there was a long-standing bug that caused close-range targets to fly much further than expected. After this bug was fixed, we still wanted to keep some of the knockback burst it provided, so we’ve increased the overall velocity cap to maintain some of that functionality. Symmetra - Photon Projector Primary fire beam charges up 20% faster Dev Comments: It’s still difficult to use Symmetra’s Photon Projector beam effectively, even after its range was increased. By speeding up the primary fire charge rate, it takes less time to ramp up to its full damage potential and will be a stronger option when she’s presented with targets to charge up on. BUG FIXES Doomfist Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Rising Uppercut from damaging enemies Fixed a bug that prevented Doomist’s Seismic Slam from dealing damage if he hit by a knockback ability the moment he landed Orisa Fixed bug that prevented Orisa’s Fortify from canceling Doomfist’s Rising Uppercut air control effects Roadhog Fixed a bug that prevented Chain Hook from going on cooldown if it was interrupted before the chain retracted Fixed a bug that prevented Chain Hook from destroying breakable objects when pulling the target backward Fixed a bug that caused Roadhog’s Whole Hog visual effects to cover a wider area than the spread of projectiles Symmetra Fixed a bug that prevented Symmetra to charge up her primary weapon on enemy ice walls Zarya Fixed a bug that allowed heroes to charge through a Graviton Surge without getting trapped Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Anthony E., Ben K, Britmus, Chrisdaplaya, DurandaL, JanJinkle, Lisome, Mr. Marz, Roger B, Shazear, Solo PS4, Terry F, Top Score Solutions, TragicZac New Patrons this week: Anthony E. & Erik W. 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 High Noon Productions: Main Show, FOWL Play, Blackwatch Report, Twitch Blevins: Twitter, Twitch DeathBlow:Twitter

  This week Andres and Rob talk about some lore around Talon, Blackwatch, and a whole lot of speculation for what we think could be soon around the corner for us in the game! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 10/26 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 Con Before the Storm - Overwatch Panel Nov. 1, 10:00-11:00pm (4th Floor, Anaheim Hilton) Discussion Points: Overwatch Lore 2017-2018 The start of the story: “Over thirty years ago, without warning or explanation, a decommissioned set of automated megafactories re-activated themselves and launched a worldwide military campaign against all humanity dubbed the Omnic Crisis. Despite deploying new technologies including powered armour and super-soldier programs, no nation alone could stand against the growing omnic army.” The UN formed OW For 20yrs OW served as a global peacekeeping force & overall world & space betterment Controversy struck their missions & forced disgraceful retirements through failed missions and allegations plus the uncovering of Blackwatch’s covert operations surfaced The UN investigated and the OW Swiss headquarters was destroyed and Jack & Gabriel were reported dead during the investigations. The UN still decided to shut down OW & BW even with the destruction ruled as an “accident” The Petras Act declared all OW activity illegal & could be prosecuted Since then: Vishkar Corp. destroyed Calado Tower to control Rio de Janeiro Side note: Lucio’s Father worked on design & creator for sonic tech for Vishkar Lucio also is a known enemy & freedom fighter to force them out of Rio de Janeiro Satya Vaswani (Symmetra) was a high rank hard-light architect & trade agent for Vishkar Symmetra was the key in destroying Caldo Tower with Sanjay Korpal (Vishkar agent & Talon leader) who helped assist after they couldn’t negotiate a contract with the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro. Hyde Global hired 2 international criminals Junkrat & Roadhog to swindle insurance Heroes Introduced since launch: Talon: Sombra (Origin Story) Animated Short Doomfist (Origin Story) “Conflict & War is the Crucible by which we evolve.” Doomfist Smashed the airport in Numbani & OR-15 models Moira (Origin Story) Blackwatch Associations: Genji McCree Moira Overwatch & Misc: Ana - Fareeha’s (Pharah’s) Mother Lore Origin Story OW Sniper with original Overwatch Faked her death just like Jack Morrison (76) & Gabriel (Reaper) Brigitte - Torbjorn’s Daughter, Reinhardt is the Godfather Lore Origin Story Orisa (Origin Story) OR-15 modified by Effie Odele to an OR15A Wrecking Ball (Origin Story) Connected to Horizon Lunar Colony & Dr. Winston Name: Hammond -- Connections with winning a Junkertown Arena Animated Shorts: “The Last Bastion” - Bastion The only animated short with zero dialogue Shows that Bastion was abandoned in a forest in Sweden after the Omnic Crisis Ganymede somehow activated Bastion (the bird) The Omnic has PTSD from the battles in the crisis Finds some abandoned B73 models destroyed in a field & uses his repair tech to get a memory note on what happened Remembers what it’s supposed to attack in the city, but takes the bird to help understand it is in the past Apparently, Bastion met Torbjorn after this and took him under it wing & upgraded it “Infiltration” - Sombra with Widowmaker & Reaper (Guest Zarya) Talon assassination mission in Volskaya Industries (RUS) Chairman Katya Volskaya? (defender against the omnics) Sombra Blackmails her with knowledge of the Chairman using tech from Omnic technicians. (Chairman also shows her daughter) Mechs being built use Particle Beams that Zarya utilizes & Shield Arms like her barriers Zarya arrives at the end “Junkertown: The Plan” - Junkrat & Roadhog (Teaser for The Queen?) Mostly Map & World building, Character fun “Rise and Shine” - Mei & Snowball Mei & companions in Antarctica ran low on resources. Cryo-froze themselves to power down the base. Only Mei woke up from Cryo-sleep Atmospheric predictions were far worse than expected. Comms lost & they slept through the OW/Blackwatch controversy Asleep for 9 years resulting in the companions’ tanks to malfunction. On the plus side, the 9 years the base while they slept. Companions died to the Cryonics “Malfunctioning” Opara (Cryonics) - from Numbani, Africa Arrhenius (Climatologist) - from Sweden Torres (Cryonics) - from Spain Macready (Engineering) - from USA Adams (Researcher) from USA Mei sets out with the data and some snow gear to get back to Overwatch from Antarctica “Honor and Glory” - Reinhardt & Brigitte (OR-14 Orisa Model & Bastion models) Rein & Brigitte talking to avoid going back to OW Reinhardt’s young crusader days “Live with Honor, Die with Glory” Shows his arrogance and aggression while not protecting his men An OR-14 Unit gets deployed and cuts Reinhardt’s Eye open with a blade. Reinhardt’s senior officer gets a mortal wound from the same unit to rescue him Fun fact: One of the crusaders helping while Reinhardt is on his rampage is a female crusader! This means that there could be more of his unit that were female or even omnics! Reinhardt’s superior rests in Eichenwalde (or at least the armor does) Speculations? Omnics vs humans, thoughts? Lots of story retrospection, but how will they move forward? Talon, how do they come into play? Will Sanjay Korpal, Talon leadership show up? He’s also Vishkar’s CEO This guy was in the Symmetra comic (A Better World) & Masquerade Comic as well as the Moira Origin Story & sat with Moira & Maximillien when Doomfist returned. More Overwatch heroes? “Sound Quake” from the original trailer has STILL gone unmade “has chest missiles” according to punch kid Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Ben K, Britmus, Chrisdaplaya, DurandaL, JanJinkle, Lisome, Mr. Marz, Roger B, Shazear, Solo PS4, Terry F, Top Score Solutions, 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 NotesTwitter, Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres: Twitter, OWL Recap, audioblender.studio, soundcloud

This week Andres invites Switch on to sub in for Rob this week as they talk through the new Halloween Terror 2018 event and breaking down Switch’s new Omnic Meta Data to help you improve your game play! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 10/26 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 Con Before the Storm - Overwatch Panel Nov. 1, 10pm-11pm (4th Floor, Anaheim Hilton) Overwatch News: New Patch: Halloween Terror https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc Blizzcon Media badges approved - getting ready. Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Ben K, Britmus, Chrisdaplaya, DurandaL, JanJinkle, Lisome, Mr. Marz, Roger B, RickyTicky, Shazear, Solo PS4, Terry F, Timothy W, Top Score Solutions, 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 Switch: Twitter, OmnicMeta Twitter, Patreon for Website, Website  

This week Andres & Rob talk through making decisions, choosing heroes, adjusting playstyles, and learning to improve your play in ranked. ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 10/26 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) Sept. 28 - Hero Specialization Season 12 Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Con Before the Storm - Overwatch Panel Nov. 1, 10pm-11pm (4th Floor, Anaheim Hilton) Discussion Points: Hero Selection Hero Mastery How do I know when to switch? Why? DPS, Tanks, Healers Does the Comp matter? Why? Should I worry about it? Playstyles Map differences Game Type adjustments 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 top 500 player, Team Canada Community Lead, and streamer personality KarQ on his return to talk all about Ana! This time around it’s been quite awhile since our last visit with the hero so let’s drop in to update our hero guide! Let’s Get to Know our Guest! All right, KarQ, tell us a bit about yourself! Who are you & some of your background, tell us about your stream, and explain why Ana and what you played before her release! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 9/28 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) Sept. 10 - PC Meta Report Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Going Deep Content: Ana Reference Source What is the fundamentals for Ana or what is her job in a game? Basically, what is the core to the hero for Bronze to Gold (players of all SR are struggling with this, not just sub plat) to grasp for improvement How do we overcome the community’s negativity about the hero being “too easy” to play? Can we chat about positioning and how to use your position/presence and movement to maximize damage and pressure? How can we utilize high ground properly our positioning? How do you balance Self-protection and shielding allies? What do you do to balance moving with your tanks & other supports vs. staying in the back to heal from a far. Okay let’s kick things off with your bread and butter: Healing with Biotic Rifle in and out of the scope. Do I Click and hold down my fire button to hit my tanks? Who do i prioritize to heal? When do I DPS? Let’s talk about using Biotic Grenade and effective use. How do we set up to use it? What are good rules of thumb for getting good value from the grenade? How to do we get the most out of Sleep Dart? What things can we do to have a “spidey sense” on when to have it ready? How to I practice the wind up + projectile feel on this ability? Proper timing for Nano Boost breakdown When to use, where to be, who to prioritize Building Ult tips General Use & Setting up Communicating with Teammates Good Targets vs Bad Targets Community Question from Jonaqec: How has the rework of the ultimate changed the way you use it? Has it become more of a defensive tool (saving a dying tank and/or help him build his ultimate faster) or is it still mostly part of an offensive combo ultimate? How Map Dependent is Ana? 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. (How has Hammond changed the approach to positioning on Ana if any?) KarQ YouTube Resources: 1 Tip with Ana vs. all heroes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ex_yJQ8Opg Advanced Support Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AaMN1TOhj0 22 Grenade Spots for Ana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mm6I5bhx0A 5 Advanced Ana tips https://youtu.be/b049xGozjsU Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Ben K, Britmus, Chrisdaplaya, DurandaL, JanJinkle, Lisome, Mr. Marz, Roger B, RickyTicky, Shazear, Terry F, Timothy W, Top Score Solutions, 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 KarQ: Twitter, Twitch, YouTube  

  This week Andres & Rob revisit a more fireside chat style and just talk about news, PTR changes, and especially the new Torbjorn rework coming soon. ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 9/28 Report! 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) Player Stats: Link Omnic Lab Episode Spreadsheet Humble Bundle Affiliate PTR Updates Pharah Brigitte McCree Soldier 76 Orisa Mei visual Patch Notes: Sept 11th Roadhog Added Torb Rework New Kit New Ultimate Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Ben K, Britmus, Chrisdaplaya, DurandaL, JanJinkle, Lisome, Mr.Marz, Roger B., RickyTicky, Shazear, Terry F, Tim W, Top Score Solutions, 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 sit down with top 500 player Jinx to do a going deep episode on Brigitte! Not only mixed with mispronounced swedish names, but full of shield bashes and rallies we’ve got you covered this week on the guide for Brigitte! Let’s Get to Know our Guest! All right, Jinx, tell us a bit about yourself! Who are you & some of your background, tell us about your stream, and explain why Brigitte and what you played before her release! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 9/28 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) Sept. 10 - PC Meta Report Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Going Deep Hero Breakdown: What is the fundamentals for Brigitte or what is her job in a game? Basically, what is the core to the hero for Bronze to Gold (players of all SR are struggling with this, not just sub plat) to grasp for improvement How do we overcome the community’s negativity about the hero being “too easy” to play? Can we chat about positioning and how to use your position/presence and movement to maximize damage and pressure? How can we utilize the shield within our positioning? How do you balance Self-protection and shielding allies? Community Question from Jonaqec: Do you find yourself using the 3rd person view (while holding the shield) often, and if so, how do you choose your situations wisely? Community Questions from Switch: How to decide when to play aggressive (front with tanks) or defensive (back with supports)? What enemy comps or situations would make you choose one style or the other? Is Brigitte’s playstyle any different when playing with a Zarya?  How can Zarya enable you? (Assume Zarya/Rein comp) Okay let’s kick things off with your bread and butter: Healing with Armor Pack & the Passive: Inspire abilities. How do I make sure that each pack is useful? How do I ensure safely to heal the team with Inspire? Community Question from JustRecentlyL: How does armor pack interact with bionade? Is it completely blocked or can you get the overheal armor from it anyway? Let’s talk about using the Shield Bash and effective use. How do we set up to use it? Do you find yourself using it on cooldown for escape/initiation? How to do we get the most out of Whip Shot? What things can we do to land the hacks before they react? Proper timing for Rally breakdown When to use, where to be, who to prioritize Building Ult tips General Use & Setting up Communicating with Teammates How Map Dependent is Brigitte? 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. Let’s talk about Positioning. Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Ben K, Britmus, Chrisdaplaya, DurandaL, JanJinkle, Lisome, Mr. Marz, Roger B, RickyTicky, Shazear, Terry F, Timothy W, Top Score Solutions, 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 Jinx: Twitter, Twitch  

  Rob & Andres run a bit different this week to talk about a preview to Overwatch’s world cup and lines out what is coming on the horizon of the next few episodes for Omnic Lab! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 8/31 Report! 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) Aug 21 - Support Analysis Patch 1.27 Omnic Lab Episode Spreadsheet Jinx for the Sept. 14th, 2018 for 9:30pm EDT (Friday evening USA) KarQ for the Sept. 21st, 2018 for 9:30am EDT (Friday morning USA) Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Ben K, Britmus, Chrisdaplaya, DurandaL, JanJinkle, Lisome, Mr.Marz, Roger B., RickyTicky, Shazear, Terry F, Top Score Solutions, 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 NotesTwitter, Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres: Twitter, OWL Recap, audioblender.studio, soundcloud

  This week Andres & Rob try to visit a more fireside chat style and just talk about how much supports have changed over the last year of overwatch especially with the introduction to major overhauls of existing heroes over time and Brigitte’s introduction to the roster as well. ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 8/31 Report! 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) Aug 21 - Support Analysis Patch 1.27 Omnic Lab Episode Spreadsheet Supports throughout Supports in the game: Symmetra - Removed Mercy - Adjusted (medium, sustained) Moira - denied through barriers(high, sustained) Ana - slow increases (high, burst) Zenyatta - adjustment to volley & reload(low, damage) Lucio - slow increases(low, utility) Brigitte - regularly toned down(burst) Team Building & playing each hero Reasons why Hero Countering Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Ben K, Britmus, Chrisdaplaya, DurandaL, JanJinkle, Lisome, Mr.Marz, Roger B., RickyTicky, Shazear, Terry F, Top Score Solutions, 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 NotesTwitter, Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres: Twitter, OWL Recap, audioblender.studio, soundcloud