I'm trying to get my account to level 20 to play ranked and unrated matches are a bit rough without any sort of matchmaking. I feel like I'm missing something to help level. Thank you!

my class is hosting this secret santa game and i got my friend who's a neon main, i'm stuck on what gift i should give him originally i just wanted to give him val points but i don't think the hosts would allow it cos it's too expensive 😭...