I'm an old CSGO player and I shifted to valorant 3-4 months ago , I climbed up to diamond and still going up. I used to be an LEM so the lower ranks were easier for me to clear my first calibration was gold3 and now I'm a diamond 2 but one of my friends who was a supreme in CSGO was stuck in silver. His only words were "Silver is hell". I had never played in the silver lobby and I wanted to have an experience.of it. So, I decided to make an account and play in silver for a while to understand what's happening there and why everyone keeps blaming the rank and call it as "Elo hell". Here are a few things that I realised while playing in silver (solo queue)

1. Silvers never split push any site, they don't have a plan about what they are gonna do in the next 30 seconds

2. Most of them, they don't understand the importance of buying certain guns in certain rounds (say, round 3 is the rifle round, if your economy is down, buy a half shield or no shield at all and play safe. It's much better than buying a spectre with full shield and dying stupidly to an AK one tap)

3.A lot of them go to pick up the gun skin. Please understand that a plain vandal/phantom is much better than a singularity spectre.

4. Use your utility when needed by you and your teammates. You are given your abilities for you to use them when the time comes. Saving them (except for your ult) isn't gonna help you in any way.

5. Team play never happens. Whenever your entry frag enters the site his support is supposed to watch his back while your entry Fragger takes out the players from opposition and clear the site for you. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE STANDING 67 MILES AWAY AND GUIDING YOUR DUELIST WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO.

6. There are no picks according to the map or agent pool in the team.Try going for the good picks, having a scout, a sentinel and a flank watch is much better than having 4 duelists in your team. People say this is similar to CSGO , to which I agree but you have abilities in this game which makes it different and if you use the abilities/ your kit right, there is no way that you are gonna lose those fights.

7. People never shoot the things that they should. Example : They hide from the Reyna flashes every time even though breaking it may only add to your advantage over your fight with Reyna. But They will shoot the sova's recon when they are not in the scanning range. Don't shoot the dart if it can't scan you , just hide. Let the stupid scout think that there is no one around him and when he comes give him a good surprise with those bullets in his head.

8. There is exactly 0 mini map observation in this rank. Look at your mini map, make it a habit . It will help you with knowing about the positions of your enemies and your allies .

9. Backseat gaming. When you die please let the other players know about the position of the enemy who killed you and please never guide teammates about what they must do and what they shouldn't while you are dead

10. Lastly, you never use the smart ping. If you are not sure where the enemy might be but you wanna peek a certain angle and you don't have an exact idea about where the door/angle exactly is, just press M use your cursor to mark it and then pre-fire the angle. You will learn over time about the angles.

If anyone from silver rank is reading this, please don't stress yourself out. You are gonna get better. Relax and chill, enjoy the game and moments in the game , that is more important.

P.S. My supreme friend from CSGO is up to diamond now, he just needed a teammate .