Expertise in Professional Overwatch Play

eSports is a rapidly growing phenomenon in competitive gaming. Expertise an interesting topic to study relation eSports, as athletes are considered among the most highly-skilled players of their particular games. Examining expertise not only advances understanding what skills compose professional play but enables deeper learning games; before processes studied, it important detail these should produce. This examines through application thematic analysis series interviews with game, Overwatch. The goal this identify which perceived be professional-level by players. Two overarching themes were identified, game sense and mechanics. A number sub-themes identified important, including survival, anticipation / prediction, communication, thoughtfulness, aim, ability usage, movement positioning, team-based mechanical synergies.