So to summarize where I am coming from. I played beta and a bit after launch. Tried out ranked and quickly got to plat 1 which was cool. After that other stuff came up and haven't played valorant up until a few weeks ago where I felt inspired by woohoojin to try out a journey of improvement.

So I started doing competitive in the hopes of getting back into it. Decided to play brimstone as I really love his kit. First match I was shocked being placed with ascendants but thought "okay this is placement it will quickly adjust you down if you underperform". Nope, continued getting matched in high dia lobbies and in the end I placed plat 3.

My aim is not bad but mechanically its nowhere near plat 3 imo. I vod reviewed some things and quickly noticed that the game just overwhelms me atm (You know, when someone asks to be coached having less than 100 hours played and low elo where the answer is always play more)

Now the choice I find difficult to make is I either a) keep playing ranked and drop in rank losing a bunch of games where my team loses because of me or b) play unrated until I feel comfy but still running in the risk that plat 3 is still too high.