{"id":1666,"date":"2025-08-31T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:14:27","slug":"how-good-is-luka-doncic-at-overwatch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/31\/how-good-is-luka-doncic-at-overwatch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How good is Luka Don\u010di\u0107 at Overwatch 2?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"picutre of luka doncic and overwatch character\" class=\"wp-image-204633 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lukaoverwatchesi-large.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68cad041cda25\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Don\u010di\u0107 has revealed he&#8217;s maintained his top 500 ranking in <strong>Overwatch 2<\/strong>, currently sitting at around 400th place in North America&#8217;s competitive ladder.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68cad041ce02e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The achievement places the Slovenian guard in the top percentile of players in his region. Taking into consideration all the game&#8217;s regions, Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s ranking places him among the best 1,500 Overwatch 2 players globally. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-68cad041cee59\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-190014\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/nba-take-two-new-esports-entertainment-company\">NBA and Take-Two launch new esports and entertainment company<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-204421\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/overwatch-2-persona-5-collab-details\">Overwatch 2 x Persona 5: Everything we know so far about the collab<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-204197\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/overwatch-2-season-18-battle-pass-rewards\">Overwatch 2 Season 18 battle pass: All rewards and is it worth it?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68cad041cfc9a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The Slovenian guard discussed his gaming habits during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=53wlGmTrnfI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a recent interview<\/a>, confirming he&#8217;s been playing Blizzard Entertainment&#8217;s team-based shooter for almost a decade. Despite limited playtime during the summer months spent &#8216;seaside, on the beach,&#8217; Don\u010di\u0107 expects to return to regular play when he returns in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68cad041d0327\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>&#8220;I think I&#8217;ve been playing this game since 2017, something like that,&#8221; Don\u010di\u0107 said in the interview. &#8220;So I played a lot of games to get there for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68cad041d09d7\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The NBA All-Star primarily excels in the tank role, where players are responsible for creating space and protecting teammates whilst absorbing enemy damage. Some of the heroes that he has been known to play include Roadhog, Hanzo, Zarya and Cassidy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68cad041d0fe6\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Overwatch 2 streamer &#8216;moxy&#8217; posted footage in 2023 of Don\u010di\u0107 competing in high-ranked lobbies under his in-game name &#8216;Donatello.&#8217; In the match, Don\u010di\u0107 played Zarya, a technically demanding tank. Moxy noted that the Los Angeles Lakers player was &#8216;actually not bad at Overwatch&#8217; &#8211; understated praise for someone competing at such elite levels.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68cad041d162f\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The NBA All-Star uses gaming to decompress after matches, particularly given his difficulty sleeping post-game. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68cad041d1c69\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>&#8220;I really can&#8217;t sleep after games, so I just go play video games. So I just disconnect a little bit,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-68cad041d22b3\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"partnership_with_overwatch_2-2\">Partnership with Overwatch 2<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68cad041d2923\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s passion for the game has become a formal partnership with Overwatch 2. In-game integration has been implemented into Season 18, with players able to earn exclusive Don\u010di\u0107-related rewards and access custom Stadium builds inspired by the player himself.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68cad041d2f3f\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>&#8220;Many have seen how competitive I am on the basketball court, but you may not know that I&#8217;m just as competitive when I&#8217;m playing Overwatch,&#8221; Don\u010di\u0107 stated about the partnership. &#8220;I love this game, and am excited about this partnership. It&#8217;s special to be in the game in a way that other players can be part of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/how-good-is-luka-doncic-at-overwatch-2\">How good is Luka Don\u010di\u0107 at Overwatch 2?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Don\u010di\u0107 has revealed he&#8217;s maintained his top 500 ranking in Overwatch 2, currently sitting at around 400th place in North America&#8217;s competitive ladder. The achievement places the Slovenian guard in the top percentile of players in his region. Taking into consideration all the game&#8217;s regions, Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s ranking places him among the best 1,500 Overwatch 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}