What Are The Three Phases of Overwatch?

In this video, I break down the concept of what I would call the 'Three Phases of Overwatch' - the grouping, initiation and combat phases. I'll be explaining what they all entail and why understanding them is important in order to understand how certain comps and engagements work in Overwatch.

[logicaltips]

Don't you mean:

Spreading out phase

1v2 phase

Blame teammates and throw phase

[gazzaa]

Fist Phase: “oh I’m feeling good today I’ll flex”

Second Phase: “3 dps is alright I can solo heal”

Last phase: “ffs genji of course you need healing when you’re trying to 1v1 Brigette”

[KaiDub]

1st phase: Look at this team... We're gonna do great! 😃
2nd phase: I'm not a miracle worker 🙄
3rd phase: Someone call the WAAAAHMBULANCE 😑

[Mah-LonCreativity]

In the lower ranks we have similar phases.

The grouping phase

The Combat phase

The Trickling phase

Once you are in the trickling phase you never come out.

[nefariousjoker]

There are 2 phases in gold. The trickling phase and the losing phase.

[jasonford]

Very important topic. Glad someone made a video about this.

[jdtug]

Thank you overwatch scholar for educating us.
I wish more people would watch content like this instead of heroic highlight reels.
It would really shift the perspective towards a much more enjoyable game (the way it's intended to be played).

[cadenlebert]

I listen to most of your videos while I work, so I love how thorough you are with explaining things. Thanks for the great videos!

[zedrico]

Could you make a video talking about role Que and your thoughts

[mrfamous]

Thank you SVB. You are a huge gift to the OW community

[nordguy]

Love your channel dude i share your videos with my friends in our overwatch group chat all the time. Keep it up dude!

[soccerburn]

1. Sadness that you have 4 DPS instalocks on you team again who refuse to switch.

2. Anger that it happened for the 4th game in a row.

3. Acceptance that you will lose again, so you join them as Mei so you can heal yourself.

[truncks]

Your channel is so underrated. Your explanations are the best of any chanels I've ever watched. I can't wait to see your vids in relation to 222!!!

[camoking]

Phase 1: Denial
Your going have a fun game with good teamates and enjoy your game

Phase 2: Anger
you're yelling at your teamates as the throw themselves on the point without plan or strategy, and they all die

Phase 3: Acceptance
You're going to lose the game because you still have 5 DPS and no one wants to play tank, there's 2 minutes left on the clock and the enemy team had already pushed to your gate

[ThePureSynergist]

Grouping phase: people spamming group up but everyone is all spread out and no one is grouping at all.

Initiation phase: tanks are flanking, DPS is running through mid, healers are already half health trying to run away.

Combat Phase: “Oh no. Oh God no. I need healing!! No, no, no!!!” *dies*

Immediately begin spamming group up again.
True OW phases...lol

[marksassenfeld]

New Symmetra will increase the Initiation phase now considering her rebuffed teleporter is like her old school one (which was an ultimate). It has farther range and doesn’t go down unless destroyed.

[AhJong]

Love this in depth stuff. I would bloody love to enter these Scrims, but alas, I’m a PS4 player.

I assume all of this relies on having comms?

[llewliet]

I thought that you would talk about the 3 phases of depression when playing soloQ in overwatch.

[Jesse_Leyk]

I think calling it staging/poke phase instead of initiation phase makes it easier to understand.

[chinesecabbagefarmer]

Hey, thanks for the video! I'm wondering if it's still up-to-date for 2021 OW?