Guides
Stats-backed how-tos for Overwatch and Marvel Rivals. Counter picking, team composition, one-trick heroes, rank-by-rank advice.
Do three Duelists lose you the game? What 150,000+ Marvel Rivals matches say about line-ups
A team that starts with one Vanguard and three Duelists wins within three points of a 2-2-2, in each of the last three seasons. The line-ups that lose are mostly the ones teams change into once they a...
Is it really a tank diff? What 250,000+ Overwatch matches say about deaths, damage and the tank
A tank death costs about twice what a DPS or support death costs. But a team has two DPS and two supports, and each pair weighs about as much as the one tank. - -9.3 pts One extra tank death per 10 mi...
Best Marvel Rivals one-tricks: which heroes reward mastery
One-tricking is harder to pull off in Marvel Rivals than in most hero shooters, and the reason is team-ups. In a game where a hero's ceiling depends on whether their team-up partner is on the roster, ...
Marvel Rivals team composition guide: roles, team-ups, and coverage
A Marvel Rivals team that works is not six strong heroes thrown together. It is a lineup where the roles cover each other, the picks counter what the enemy is running, and at least one team-up is actu...
How to pick the best Marvel Rivals hero for your rank (Bronze to Eternity)
The best Marvel Rivals hero at Bronze is not always the best hero at Eternity. The forgiving, easy-to-pilot picks that carry low-rank lobbies are not always the ones that win once everyone around you ...
Expand your hero pool: what to learn next
Climbing eventually stalls if your hero pool has gaps the enemy can target. Expand hero pool is the tool for closing those gaps on purpose. It looks at what you already play and recommends the next he...
Overwatch 5V5 vs 6V6 vs Stadium: which mode has the highest win rates
Overwatch's three competitive modes play like three different games. The same hero can land S-tier in 5V5, B-tier in 6V6, and middling in Stadium. The mode filter on the tier list exists for exactly t...
One-trick heroes in Overwatch: when OTP works and when it doesn't
One-tricking works when a hero rewards mastery more than they punish swaps. It fails when the meta drifts into matchups the hero cannot win and you have no backup. The trick is knowing which heroes ar...
Overwatch ban recommendations: how to ban the right hero every match
A good Overwatch ban is not the best hero in the meta. It is the hero your specific lineup cannot beat, picked from the shortlist the enemy is most likely to run. Bans are also the one decision you ca...
Best duos: find the partner picks that actually win together
If you mostly queue with a friend, the heroes that win for you alone are not always the heroes that win for the two of you together. Best duos answers that second question. You give it your hero pool,...
How to pick the best Overwatch hero for your rank (Bronze to Grandmaster)
The best Overwatch hero at Bronze is almost never the best hero at Grandmaster. The meta more or less inverts as you climb, and a tier list that averages every rank together smooths that away. The fix...
The Counterwatch team builder: draft a winning comp before you queue
Most of your pick decisions happen in the ten seconds before a fight. The team builder is for the calmer moment before that, when you want to test a composition against what you expect to face and see...
Marvel Rivals team-up synergies: best duos and trios by win rate
Marvel Rivals rewards you for stacking heroes that share a team-up. Pick the right partners and a bonus switches on, a passive buff or a shared ability or an ult modifier that makes the anchor noticea...
Overwatch team composition guide: synergy, balance, and win rate
A team comp that works in Overwatch is not five meta heroes thrown together. It is a lineup where the roles cover each other, the archetypes fit the map, and the picks make each other more dangerous i...
Marvel Rivals counters: who beats who in every matchup
Counter-picking in Marvel Rivals is messier than in most hero shooters, because team-ups, a new hero or two every season, and loose role rules all bend the matchup picture. The counter data cuts throu...
Counter picking in Overwatch: a stats-backed guide
Counter-picking is the highest-leverage decision you make in an Overwatch match, and most players spend it on the wrong question. They obsess over what is meta right now and underthink what beats the ...
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