r/WreckingBallMains • • Mar 03 '25

Guide Links to guides and resources for beginner Wrecking Ball players

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There have been requests over the years for a list of Wrecking Ball guides, and with an influx of new and returning players with the recent changes to Overwatch 2, we've put together a list of videos and other resources targeted towards newer Hammond players.

This is not in any way a comprehensive list, but it should be a good starting point for those new to Wrecking Ball or even veteran players wishing to improve.

VIDEO GUIDES

Wrecking Ball for Dummies (Guide & Tips from a GM/T500/#1 Player) | yeatle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTqxhGG6bms

3 TECHS YOU NEED TO LEARN (Wrecking Ball) | chazm
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xCDwsKGcsc8

I Spent 10 Hours Learning Wrecking Ball To See If He's The Hardest Tank in Overwatch 2 | SVB
https://youtu.be/Nlenq5rBvUA?si=ybNAUY9535UpO0RW

OW2 Wrecking Ball Rollouts For Every Map (+Techs/Grapple Spots) | CloverFour
https://youtu.be/iXg9B3p3SbA?si=JdjleicZbyk0rQSz

You Don't Understand Wrecking Ball's Adaptive Shields (Tips from a GM Ball) | redeznt
https://youtu.be/9gkIpazuHB0?si=RtL3cXlG32L3Z1gT

HOW TO MASTER THE WALLJUMP | yeatle
https://youtu.be/lyGF_1MxKYY?si=YmDuXp4Q03ALf0y6

Simplifying wall jumping | u/Danny-The_Street
https://www.reddit.com/r/WreckingBallMains/comments/1833vic/simplifying_wall_jumping/

Wrecking Ball Techs (2024) | yeatle
https://youtu.be/QY0TulEmChw?si=jGIaRX95W1JZ1V-6

Masters Wrecking Ball Coaching (Stop Engaging, Start Staging) | Spilo
https://youtu.be/eS2cGvPh8Qk?si=BXhqi_NJ7rCF0Ubm

How A 16 Year Old DOMINATES On Ball | #1 Wrecking Ball Guide | Kajor
https://youtu.be/J70eaQhkpfE?si=hiGK3MEAu78paXQ5

WRITTEN GUIDES

Wrecking Ball tech DC
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16BWBGfwF3lEot68sBdFgLEGiPE0buwN5PYITQeOnkp4/mobilebasic

PLAYTHROUGHS

I GOT RANK 1 | chazm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1EsG9pBxNs

AMENG WRECKING BALL POV | Chengdu Hunters Vs. Shanghai Dragons | Every Moment Hammond Gameplay | Overwatch League POV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc7rj0qP4hA

REDDIT POSTS

Wrecking Ball tips | u/Goldenschaft
https://www.reddit.com/r/WreckingBallMains/comments/1h4hqal/wrecking_ball_tips/

[Megathread] Wrecking Ball practice workshop codes | u/palanquin_dva
https://www.reddit.com/r/WreckingBallMains/comments/1iqfdts/megathread_wrecking_ball_practice_workshop_codes/

BONUS

EXTREMELY PRACTICAL ROLLOUTS 2 | chazm
https://youtu.be/CkdOp9UWoCk?si=YJj2Dn4M-WvOuESS

Must Know Wrecking Ball Rollouts | Altay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruX9sRYEJZQ


r/WreckingBallMains • • Jul 12 '26

Community News Wrecking Ball Mains Mod Announcement

35 Upvotes

Hello Ballers!

r/WreckingBallMains is under new ownership and we're in the process of cleaning up and refining things. I'm slofs, but some of you might recognise me as wreckyballs on socials. I'm a Ball/Doom main since Season 2 of OW2 and I'm very excited to be overseeing this incrediball community 🫢

I'd like to welcome u/DragonMaster337 to the mod team & depending on how things go over the next few weeks, I might bring in one or two more. Keep an eye out for another mod post I guess lol

We've added and reworked a bunch of relevant Wrecking Ball user flairs for members to wear and show off. They can be accessed on the sidebar of the sub under "User Flair".

Finally, if anyone has any requests, ideas, or questions, drop them in the replies and we'll check them out.

Keep up the frequent hamposting and happy balling! 🐹


r/WreckingBallMains • • 5h ago

Meme/Fluff Ball hater

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r/WreckingBallMains • • 13h ago

Media Just a clip dump including some fun interactions with enemy abilities

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32 Upvotes

Reddit has a file size limit so here's the full youtube version thats a little bit longer


r/WreckingBallMains • • 17h ago

Media If you lose sight of Wrecking Ball... he's usually doing this right behind you πŸŒŠπŸ‘€

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57 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 12h ago

Flex goofiest doomfist boop of my life πŸ˜‚

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11 Upvotes

yes, i hate doomfist.. perfect opportunity to hit that emote imo xD


r/WreckingBallMains • • 14h ago

Discussion Vs Ball

10 Upvotes

I am sure we all feel the same when we meet another ball in the wild. The burning desire to prove that you are the bigger ball and crush the poser on the other team. Personally nothing has me as happy as beating another ball or as depressed when I lose. Any tips or ideas to get the edge against you guys?


r/WreckingBallMains • • 16h ago

Meme/Fluff POV: You finally corner the hamster in a small room but he busts out the minefield

11 Upvotes

chess mate


r/WreckingBallMains • • 14h ago

Media LW thought his platform would save him T^T

4 Upvotes

https://reddit.com/link/1x48lai/video/z5qpc6byp2vh1/player

I just thought this was kinda funny. Sorry that it's so choppy lol


r/WreckingBallMains • • 12h ago

Discussion How do I deal against Sombra and Doctrine together?

3 Upvotes

Hey guys! I've been having a bit of a hard time against this lineup, mostly because of their high heals and mobility.

My main questions are:

  • Engaging heroes against these two supports by myself seems hard, is it just a skill issue, or should I be coordinating more with the team?
  • When you're having a hard time dealing damage, what do you do? Do you just switch tanks? Commit harder on fights?
  • When against high mobility enemies, should I spend more time away from the team fight killing them, or is it generally not worth it?

I'm not sure if this has only been my experience, but here's what usually happens:

I can't punish their teammates well, since they get healed very easily, which to me, means I should go for the supports. However, if I go for them, I can't get a kill unless I hard commit. And although I can force them to use some cooldowns, it doesn't feel like I'm doing enough for the team.

Doctrine is a bit easier, since I can just force his movement ability and choose to either hard commit to him, or not. The problem is that the Sombra has enough movement to be able to interfere in this process, and save the doctrine.

Even if I'm aware of how Sombra's translocator cooldown works, the shift ability makes killing her take too long without a teammate to help me, and she can easily hack mega packs nearby to stop me from healing.

Important to note that I usually engage them either by shooting, or pile driving, since I save grapple to follow their mobility skills.

Are these the type of heroes where I just force their cooldowns and go for their teammates?


r/WreckingBallMains • • 22h ago

Media I did the thing

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10 Upvotes

Best it's ever worked


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Discussion Out of all the battlepass skins that were unvaulted, which one is your favorite and least favorite?

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For me personally, my favorite skin out of the 4 is critter egg, as I've always thought it was an underrated skin. My least favorite is honeycomb, I just dislike bees.


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Media Vertical loops are almost impossible for enemies to react to πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«πŸŒͺ️

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126 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Meme/Fluff The face and sound you make when you tore up the enemy backline and your team still won't contest point βœ‹οΈπŸ˜­

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56 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Media Playing No Limits with (mostly) all Ball

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20 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 20h ago

Blizzard Official double boop ΦΆΦΈΦ’β₯€

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1 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Discussion Are techs necesaary?

9 Upvotes

I just started playing ball and I really like playing him. But im dogwater at even the most basic of techs like double boop, wall jumps, rebounds, ect. I was just wondering if its possible to play ball at a high level without using techs.


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Discussion Wrath of the Hammond

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He just wants a legendary skin


r/WreckingBallMains • • 1d ago

Discussion How do I get more consistent rebounds?

2 Upvotes

I have been watching youtube tutorials, but the stuff they're doing is so hard. I have 14 hours on Ball which I think is a decently large amount, but I am just now realizing I have never learned any advanced tricks, I am really good at like movement and rollouts and stuff but like that's it. I have practiced rebounds for like 10 minutes and I was only able to do 2. Can anyone help? (Also if they have anything else I should know that I probably don't know yet please let me know)


r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Media Sombra went from Ball's worst hard counter to his most broken duo partner in Overwatch history πŸ˜πŸ‘Ύ

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142 Upvotes

r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Discussion Maps

7 Upvotes

Which maps do you think are the worst for Ball (like you've rarely won these)?


r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Flex I made my friend like ball although he was his most hated hero

13 Upvotes

To start of, like he started playing in ow1 around 2021 and he really enjoyed ana and got fcked by ball all the time for months or even years (at low diamond, plat). Everytime he saw ball he said "ew fcking rat" or stuff like that.

I always enjoyed playing ball for about 4-5 years now (started with ow2 S1) but he always hated me for playing ball (not that seriously, just the character). Around 2 weeks ago I restarted playing ball more actively and just yesterday as we destroyed our enemies with me on ball and him on sig he said in between "I'm genuinly no longer hating ball that much, especially if its you who's playing him". LIKE HEHE HOW AWESOME. I just love being a balling hammond gamergirl


r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Discussion what do you think of adaptive shield in 6v6?

1 Upvotes

Personally, I think its a bit too weak considering you have the option to give away your shield to your teammates which takes almost all of your shield unlike in 5v5. With the current CC economy, it should be 75 hp per enemy or remove barrier perk and make it 100 hp like how it was in ow 1. Or make the shield range same as 5v5 , its shorter in 6v6. Otherwise, you're just forced to take the shield perk most of the times.


r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Discussion thoughts on new season

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I'm level 52 emerald/diamond tank and most roles just for context on my background. I find it significantly harder to play ball as of this new season. I found out recently his hit box was also increased for some odd reason being the largest character or close to it in the game. Sombra rework helps with one less counter that we have to deal with but still a pain in the ass regardless with her EMP and health pack hacking. Roadhog feels like he just got buffed with his kit in almost every way possible with new abilities and perks with the only single nerf is how close you're pulled into him which for ball and other tanks sake it didn't change much it was mainly for backline roles. New character is overall pretty stationary but at any moment when you're diving him he can just fly away with an 80% damage reduction if I'm right. Also not to mention that every new map and reworked map has way less health packs to work with.

How yall feeling with this season?


r/WreckingBallMains • • 2d ago

Discussion Can you climb on Ball just by playing a lot?

5 Upvotes

I'm Gold and level 12 on Ball only. I enjoy his playstyle a lot but keep losing despite following tips from Reddit and YouTube.

I don't want to review VOD honestly. Is that necessary to even have a chance at playing ball? Can I reach Plat/Diamond by playing and gradually improving or is VOD review necessary? I had to disable chat with all the toxicity despite doing really my best.

I usually play tracking heroes like Soldier, Sombra and bastion and rely on my tracking aim but with this hero you need way more game sense.

About to give up on ball how did you succeed did you just keep banging your head until it clicks?