This is going to be really short, because there isn’t much to it. Most of you that say this usually are just running game after game, not looking to improve any aspect of what you are doing. Some of you might be getting those "high-quality" frags, but only because you let your team die and now you are playing clean up crew against enemies who are 10-50 health. Some of you are lurking while playing a duelist and don’t help entry site. Others just need to revisit their mechanics and game sense.

I’m not saying that any of you are bad, but most of you are doing things incorrectly for your team, no matter how many kills you get. It’s a 5v5, not a death match. I Know that many people don’t turn on their microphones in iron/bronze lobbies, so try to keep yourself informed by glancing at the minimap. You can also see where everyone is, what angles they are holding, and which enemies they see.

Next point, pick the correct character for your play style. Trying to get a pick off the enemies rotate on b while your entire team is pushing a while playing a duelist? Ofc that’s not gonna work. Playing a duelist you have the responsibility for going in and creating space so the team can push up behind you and take control of site. Don’t just run in and die either. You need to check the corners and make sure that there isn’t anything that could hinder your chance of winning. It isn’t the duelists job of getting frags. No agent has that job. If you want to be lurking and also helping your team, play a controller such as omen or brim who's util could be helpful for your team. And no-one on your team should be lurking more that twice a game. That also includes you. It get repetitive and the enemies will know what exactly you are doing.

I make the previous point especially if you are playing raze and complain that u are getting match mvp but you are still stuck in your rank. Play a deathmatch and win. You won’t? That’s what I thought. Just because you are getting kills with your util doesn’t mean you are contributing anything. It maybe that there’s that one well placed grenade or well shot rocket launcher that ends up killing half the enemy team, but that’s because they are Just bad, and not because you are good. The point of your boom bot is to clear and locate enemies. Point of the nade is to clear angles. And then your ultimate does not need to be saved for the perfect time to get an ace. Just using it and not killing anyone can save the round.

Another thing I would like the bring to light, is that you shouldn't be toxic. Just because you are top-fragging doesn't mean you should bring anyone down. Like, are you trying to lose or something? If the enemy is playing mind games with you, just don't talk to them. This still applies if you are winning 12-0.

Next, I would like to ask the audience what they think they should do on defense. in the audience "Defend?" YES DEFEND. Why Are you pushing up at every chance you get. Are you really going to go and do a 1v5 just because you are impatient? I thought so. If you are defending, just stay in your spot and use audio cues to figure out what exactly is happening around you. If there are sentinels such as cypher and killjoy on your team, ask what they are doing, because they probably have something up their sleeve. You could profit off of what they are doing and by using their util to your advantage. This doesn't mean you shouldn't be peeking them while they get on site. Your entire job is to make sure they don't get on site. Try to put smokes, mollys, trips, potatoes, or any other util that might hold them off during those crucial moments where your team needs to rotate to your site. Also. Please. Do not say that they are all on your site when you only heard one pair of footsteps or only saw one person. It might be someone who is trying to flank your team thinking they all rotated to the other site. Which means calling your team to your site will let the 4 other enemies get ahold of the other site, making you basically lose a round.

Post plant during defense is where the game gets nerve-racking. Especially when you are down in numbers. This means that you should be trading, and pushing together. Once should try to go heaven while the other pushes long. That will lead to chaos on site giving you easy picks. If you are the last one standing, go for those 1v1s in a safe environment. This is where the "aiming at the head" part saves the day, because you can one tap with a phantom or vandal at the ranges I am talking about. Bucky is also overpowered post plant. If you are dead, and someone on you team is trying to clutch, Then stay quite. Pretend like your playing instead of your teammate. If you saw a gun poking out of A nest and he didn't, tell him and become quiet again. If you hit someone 140, tell your teammate that he is one shot. Do not give him false information though, especially when you didn't hit them and say you hit them x amount.

Postplant on offense is a different story. Try to hold off-angles that are relatively safe, and make it so you can trade with your teammates (if they are competent enough). Whatever you do, do not push the defenders. It may seem like a good idea, but you are just leaving site more vulnerable. Postplant is when you need your util too. Yes, I'm looking at you. Try not to use all of your util trying to push into site. It may seem fun and exciting, but you are just making it hard for yourselves. Not using up all of your util, such as mollys, smokes, ect. can save you the round in the long run.

Next up is game mechanics. What your headshot percentage? 2%? Well it should be 0 because the only reason you get headshots is because of the recoil of the vandal. I would like to reiterate again, only getting kills with util is not what you want (Looking at you raze mains who don't know how to satchel). You want to be able to play Valorant CSGO style and still get decent frags. Play any agent that doesn't have util that does damage, and you will see a dramatic decrease in the number of kills you get. Its statistics honey, not me. Way to increase your raw mechanics is to go into deathmatch with a deagle(sherrif) and headshot the fuck out of people. Doesn't matter if you win or not, because you don't get anything out of it. Turn off your master volume and unbind your shift key too if you want to get better at reacting quickly. Run deathmatch for 2 hours or so, and you will see a good improvement. The next day you should try to use guardian. The day after that go to the vandal. Practice makes perfect people. Also, DO NOT SPRAY. I repeat, DO NOT SPRAY. If you have a vandal or phantom, just do some light bursts, because if you followed what I said, you would be hitting a headshot and a body shot.

Last thing I want to talk about is game sense. Basically, you need to know what is happening around you without being a bitch. Look at the minimap, ask teammates for updates, listen for audio clues around you. If there is a gunfight somewhere, get a safe angle and end it. Don't reveal your location. Ect. These are really imporant aspects that you need to master because your team isn't always going to be reliable in these elos. I would recommend watching raw clips from streamers in order to see how they are doing things. In definitely helps.

This is all I remember, and please feel free to add other things people that think they are stuck in "Elo Hell" are probably doing wrong.