Overwatch 2 tips and tricks: Get ahead in Blizzard's team shooter

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(Pocket-lint) — Overwatch 2 isn't really fully out, but the wide scale of its ongoing public beta means that absolutely loads of players are getting the chance to jump into the game and try out its multiplayer offering.

If you're heading into Overwatch 2 but don't know where to start, or if you played a lot of the first Overwatch but you're rusty after a few years out, these tips could help you get started with some less frustrating games.

Overwatch 2 has brought over the role queue system that was added to Overwatch a couple years on from its launch, which lets you queue according to which category of character you're going to use when you find a game.

As you'll quickly see, this has led to longer queues for damage and tank characters compared to support options that heal and buff their team. While it might be tempting to just pick support for your first few hours to guarantee a quick matchmaking experience, we think it's worth sticking it out in some queues.

After all, you'll only really get a sense for the game by trying out different styles of play — so stick with a queue at least a few times to give yourself that freedom.

Both while you're waiting for a game and at any other time you can hop into a practice range full of slow-moving robots to try out any character's full moveset if you want to, and we think this is a must for most new or returning players.

While you don't get the challenge of random movement and teamplay to contend with, it's a perfect and quick way to get a sense of how a character works, and how their powers function. Going into a game with a character you've never even practised with is, after all, a bit risky.

Speaking of risk, when you're actually in a match something to have in the back of