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Stratwatch Analysis Series

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RaptorZOW

Introduction

Startwatch is analysis I do every week/bi-weekly, breaking down strategies, tactics, and concepts used by professional players to better their opponents. I hope break into their logic and thoughts, and bring them to aspiring competitors or current competitive players.

I want to improve this series through-out the summer and beyond. I really enjoy analyzing and breaking down competitive play. If you have feedback about the ideas or logic within any of the episodes, or thoughts on content in general, please let me know.

List of Episodes

Stratwatch 1: Protect the President

Stratwatch 2: Goggles and Glasses

Stratwatch 3: Hollywood Defense

Stratwatch 4: Importance of Individual plays in Strategies

Stratwatch 5: C9's Gibraltar Defense

Stratwatch 6: Shutting out the Offense (GFE's Hold against TL at Agents Rising

Stratwatch 7: King of the Hill in 1 Hero Limit

Stratwatch 8: How to improve Individually: Part One

Stratwatch 9: Kings Row: Defending Point A and Streets Phase

Stratwatch 10: Gibraltar Offense: Breakdown of OGInvitational and Alienware Monthly

Stratwatch 11: How to Improve Individually (Part 2: Positioning)

Summary: This episode will continue the series Improving Individually and look at the core mechanics of First Person Shooters that you will need to work on mastering to improve your game. This episode in the series will focus on positioning, what is it? What is good positioning versus bad? What does having good positioning do for you? And how do you improve your positioning? The series of How to improve Individually will continue alone with other episodes of Stratwatch, and I will be covering Tempo next.

Stratwatch 12: Numbani Analysis

Summary: This episode is the first one to look at Numbani. The focus of this episode is on the current comps most commonly seen on Numbani, how to defend on Numbani, and how to break Point A. This episode is a bit more informal, and a lot of the ideas and concepts covered in this episode can be applied to other maps!.

Stratwatch 13: How to Improve Individually (Part Three: Situational Awareness)

Summary: In part 3 of the self-improvement series we take a loot at the idea of situational awareness. What is it? What does good situational awareness provide to a player? and how can one improve their situational awareness? This episode aims to answer these questions and provide insight about game sense/situational awareness.

Stratwatch 14: 2CP (Assault) Map Analysis - Temple of Anubis

Summary: We finally take a look at 2CP maps (assault game type) in Stratwatch. These maps have been a contentious subject in the community due to the quick swings of tempo. But with the addition of the time-bank setup, teams have started to pick them more in competitive events. I hope this episode helps shed some light on the theories of the map, the compositions reunited to defend and attack, as well as why these maps can feel imbalanced.

Stratwatch 15: Ana in the Current Meta: 3 Support Composition

Summary: In a recent match from the recording Evoks ran a pocket Ana strategy that I wanted to look at through the lens of the current meta. In this episode I hope to cover the idea of why the 2/2/2 meta is so galvanized, where Ana could fit in the current meta, and analyze a high skill competitive match that used Ana. I hope this episode helps shed some light on these topics as the format this time around was a bit more informal.

Stratwatch 16: Mei on Kings Row: Analysis of Team Liquid and OhNo from the Atlantic Showdown

Summary: In the NA Regionals of the Atlantic Showdown there was plenty of different heroes picks seen. There was a revival of the Pharamercy combo, there was play of Junkrat and - most importantly for this episode - Mei was a seen in multiple games on Kings Row. In this episode I hope to breakdown what makes Mei a good pick on Kings Row point A, how to effectively use her, what it looks like in contrast to the standard defense, and how to deal with Mei.

Stratwatch 17: Ultimate Management

Summary: In this Stratwatch I tried to tackle the concept of Ultimate Management. There are many layers to this, and the goal was to at least cover the following parts of it: What are the categories of Ultimates, what is good Ultimate Management, how does this effect the individual, how does this effect the team, and how is Ultimate Management different for the offense and defense (with the latter logic sometimes applying to King of the Hill). I hope this episode helps drive more discussion and analysis into Ultimate Management as I strong feel this is a core layer to strong Overwatch play!

Stratwatch 19: Forced and Unforced Errors

Summary: This episode looks at errors and what types of errors exist. Specifically focusing on the difference between forced and unforced errors, this episode follows Dallas Fuel through their match vs LA Valiant and evaluates what kind of mistakes were made. This episode will answer what Forced and Unforced errors look like, how to identify them, and how to avoid them in your own individual play or teamplay.

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yaug
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Good job man, keep up the good work!

#3
RaptorZOW
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Thank you! Glad these are useful/insightful. I will definitely try to, and hopefully improve the editing/rambling!

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hellowalls
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These have been extremely helpful thanks a lot!

#5
RaptorZOW
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It is my pleasure. I really do enjoy trying to figure this stuff out and I am glad they are beneficial watches. I am always open to topic suggestions, or any kind of feedback!

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Episode 6 is added to the episode list. Release this morning.

#7
Avast
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Will this series be switching to strategies revolving around a 1 hero limit since that's where the meta is currently trending towards

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RaptorZOW
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I think that effects a few of the topics I cover but not all of them. When it comes to strategy dissections themselves (which this last one is kinda of that, but more so geared towards the conceptual side of mechanics on defense), it will have to be noted. The Goggles and Glasses video, for example, will be 100% out-dated strategy content wise if that does become the standard. However some concepts I think could still be extracted, like once you have won fights in KoTH setting up soft contains, is something that should always be good to know.

I hope this ramble above answers your question. If it didn't ill try to tl;dr : Yes on the content and analysis strictly related to hero choice, but concepts will still be useful to know from the "2x hero meta", if that's where the scene moves from and we never have 2x heroes again.

Thank you for your time and question. I hadn't directly milled over this in my head till now.

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Besides some minor speech delivery issues, I really enjoyed your breakdowns :) Thanks for making them!

#10
RaptorZOW
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I really appreciate the feedback! I think I need to start doing more practice runs than I already do, or just something to have my ideas more clear as I start recording. Either way the more things I have to think about to improve on the better, so cheers!

Also I really enjoy thinking about how people play games, or why they do what they do. I have a lot of fun with series specifically and it is nice to know they are enjoyable to watch! :D

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Episode 7 added to the list!

#12
CHEERISS
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Hi Raptor. Recently found your series on a discord channel I am in (didn't see this post previously). But definitely appreciate your series. It's nice to see the analysis and thoughts of differing compositions. And how certain lineups complement certain play styles ("tools" as you say it in several videos).

Look forward to watching more.

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RaptorZOW
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Thank you for your time! I really enjoy breaking down Overwatch, and glad the series is useful! :D

I am very excited to continue it. Also cannot wait for the replay client! Please blizz gif demo client.

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Episode 8 released.

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Episode 9 is released.

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Episode 10 is released and added

#17
beelthazus
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Do you think that the OG Invitational NGR Vs. C9 match would be worth making a video about?

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RaptorZOW
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Most likely. I watched the series off and on while editing the video, but it was a very tense and good series. I am sure there is something to extract. I especially recall the Numbani push by NGR being very cutthrout and effective. But off the top of my head I do not know what I would highlight in specific. I will be studying the games today, I will start with this one! ;)

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Episode 11 is out! Another how to improve individually episode focusing on positioning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg90deRYc0I

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Episode 12 is out. First look at Numbani in the series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-he3R0uBA

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Episode 13 is out!

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Episode 14 is out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCFuHv7clo4&feature=youtu.be

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Episode 15 is out - more informal episode looking at the current meta, supports and of course Ana!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI4UJNDNUfU

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Episode 16 is out! Looking at Mei on Kings Row from OhNo and Team Liquid in the Atlantic Showdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXVspHwJfYg

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Bump - Just released Stratwatch 17! This one is taking a look at Ultimate Management

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUS5yMf7D4A

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Started making new Stratwatch episodes analyzing the Overwatch League. Episode 18 was a bit more of a VoD review than a real Stratwatch, so I will only be posting Stratwatch 19 as the newest episode here!

Stratwatch 19: Forced and Unforced Errors

Summary: This episode looks at errors and what types of errors exist. Specifically focusing on the difference between forced and unforced errors, this episode follows Dallas Fuel through their match vs LA Valiant and evaluates what kind of mistakes were made. This episode will answer what Forced and Unforced errors look like, how to identify them, and how to avoid them in your own individual play or teamplay.

#27
poi98
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Raptor back to OW pogchamp!

#28
RaptorZOW
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:D Thanks! OWL has been so hype, and the matches have been great to watch. Really enjoying analyzing these matches.

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