i always do so bad when i play with my friend i just keep on dying and dying every round struggling to get a single kill right now im bronze 1 and my friend is plat 1 i always bottom frag every game.

If you strugillin with frame drops and your laptop is 1+year old - clean the dust - buy a cooling pad (2-3 C save) - apply a fresh thermal paste (My temps went 20 C down) Now running smooth as butter locked on 144