3 Tips To Level Up On FACEIT (from PRO PLAYER)

[@birkobird]

STYKO bailing me out right before I can get back to grinding pugs again holy thank you

[@STYKO]

You got this! Good luck 🙏🏽😊

[@ginhko]

In-game attitude often reflects our attitude outside of the game. Not managing our emotions during a game can literally tighten our muscles, making it harder to aim properly. Anxiety and fear will limit your brains capacity for good decision making and lead to rash decisions. Mastering mentality is the absolute fundamental and it builds a solid ground on which we can grow as a player and as a person.

[@shoemakerjones]

well said, this is so important. i wish more people knew how to manage their focus and emotions while playing.

[@jopzecs2]

Exactly. I've been trying to learn not to tilt to random team members since I almost always soloQ, and there's alot of hateful people on who brings teammates down. If you miss a shot, get called noob etc etc you know. It has increased my winrate already.

[@Glly]

One of the best CS channels out there, keep making this up. love from czechia 🇨🇿

[@STYKO]

🤍🇨🇿

[@oldwarrior17]

I am not even a cs2 player, i play valorant and this video shifted my perspective on how to play the game, thank u for ur advice!

[@STYKO]

Glad I could help :D

[@seren451]

Thanks for mentioning slumps and how you approach them, I play a lot of Premier mm games and find myself slumping for L streaks so it's nice to how someone else sleeps gameplay slumps,

[@TrixifyHD]

This video brilliantly highlights the seamless transition from fragging to utility usage, showcasing not only good in-game details but also emphasizing how critical the mindset is in competitive play. The player’s ability to stay composed under pressure and use utility effectively demonstrates the importance of adaptability and strategic thinking. The pacing and clarity of the video make it engaging and informative, offering valuable insights for players striving to elevate their gameplay. Good job my man

[@george_venison]

Grinding silver lobbies with your knowledge 🔥

[@memoriial2630]

Gonna be Silver master soon!😂❤️

[@george_venison]

@memoriial2630 hopefully🙏

[@bardiauae999]

Your content is such high quality and amazing please never stop. These days I have 0 motivation to play cs but channels with content like yours really keeps brining me back ❤

[@tuomas2141]

this!

[@CoolDrifty]

Not gonna lie I’ve been getting to the point where I can go blow for blow in head to heads with level 9-10s in comp matches, like really leveled up my mechanics and gamesense, but I’m too scared to hit the FACEIT ladder 😭

[@STYKO]

ladder anxiety is really a thing. I had it at some points during my career and I know couple of other pro players mentioned it, too.

[@suPppCS]

Force yourself through that fear, the sooner you start the better

[@priestinc11]

Nothing to worry about. I don't mean this to sound harsh but no one cares how good or bad you are outside of your teammates for those 30 minutes and after that they aren't thinking about you

[@priestinc11]

The same goes for real life as well. Outside of a few people close to you no one thinks about you for a second so you can literally do whatever you want that doesn't harm others

[@CoolDrifty]

@@suPppCS you're right, faceit matches just seem like they half the time end up going into OT and stressing me the fuck out lol, just gotta treat it like regular pugging.

[@Luper1billion]

Evaluating the situation by rough percentages is something that actually helped me. I was imagining it like the chess evaluation bar that engines use. Also, it surprised me how many pros will spend hours in private servers by themselves just jumping around and trying random stuff. I found this true in other games as well

[@alexgrusha5903]

Thank u for the educational video. Have you ever thought about opening your own training course on how to become a successful CS esports player?

[@STYKO]

I already offer variety of coaching sessions to players of literally any level. I have coached complete beginners but also semi-pro players who reached out to me. All important links can be found in the description or on my ko-fi.com/STYKO site (it's like patreon) where you can book a session with me. Almost 100 clients in past 12 months and all of them were happy with my service, it seems, as many of them returned back for another session :)

[@PhamThaiBao95209]

I think 1 imore mportant thing is to have fun. Most of us are just players playing the game for the joy of it, having fun and actually trying enjoying the process of the game usually help to ease up the pressure of winning a lil bit.

[@GrimReaper..]

Bro casually dropped wisdom again🫂

[@KNDCHV]

I have been in a slump for a while now and I have been changing resolutions constantly. In the end of the day I returned to my original res before the slump and I simply stopped giving a shit. I was actually amazed that I was top fragger for several games plus I often times won 1v2 duels/entries. Mechanics are important but if you burn out yourself with your ambition to improve, you will be slumping and overthinking constantly. Sometimes you just need to let go and the skills will show themselves.

[@DjAmaratziOfficial]

Thank you. I needed this after being in a bad period.

[@6ali9]

the best video i have ever seen on how CS should be handled if you want to improve!

[@kaloyankolev4343]

Big thanks styko ! I just realised i heavly rely on aim to be on point to get dopamine from winning good games but when my aim fails me i get angry and i feeel like im in a swump !

[@sury_s8895]

god did, another styko video

[@STYKO]

Thanks! Hope you enjoy :)

[@pewpewgamers_]

Such awesome advice. Hopefully going to be grinding my way out of elo hell 😂

[@STYKO]

You got this! Thanks for kind words :)

[@medicsoff]

watching this mid faceit queue, maybe this will break my loss streak

[@tobiasbouma4071]

I'll send this to my team mates next game

[@pizzaiwnl]

been slumping since july, dropped from lvl 9 to lvl 6 losing 650 elo, but gonna rethink everything and stop blaming it on bad aim. i need to rework how i play and how i think

[@memoriial2630]

2025 with a fresh mindset!

[@Trickzter1337]

Thats not a slump, youre just playing bad plain and simple.

[@pizzaiwnl]

@@Trickzter1337 nah im goated trust fr

[@cyprian4869]

how can you blame it on bad aim? literally the easiest thing to practice

[@pizzaiwnl]

@@cyprian4869 i used to just be an aim only player and when aim isnt there idk wtf to do so i get mentally checked out and pissed off at myself resulting in loss after loss and my mental just down further and further

[@whoaitstiger]

The Iron Law of CS: West of Prague = Demo East of Prague = Deemo 🤣

[@STYKO]

I never know what is correct pronounciation. Same with word “data”

[@whoaitstiger]

@@STYKO English is an outrageously difficult language for pronunciation, and believe me your pronunciation is generally very good. It has so many words that simply don't make sense. Demon being "deemon" and demo being "deh-mo" is just one of countless examples. Also for that one it is "dah-tah" in England and Australia where I am from, and "day-tah" in the USA so either is fine.

[@proosee]

-rep for no NiKo clip in intro

[@hoov2373]

thx

[@bobby_au]

I'm about to play 12 hours a day (or find my Max hour burnout output and play just under it) I'm going to recorded it all raw just to prove to my self I'm not wasting time. This is my last chance 36 year old dream with unwavering determination. The mental art of poker is the book and helped alot. Thank you styko, I don't plan on editing or updating because my passion is elsewhere but if u want the footage to teach the grind I'm down. I have no copyright u can have it like open source in a Dropbox at a time everyday. I start in 48 hours my wife has given me till February cs hall pass. Been playing for 10+ years broken up by deployments. 4 months ago I locked in got experience growing a team and igl getting coached by pros and seeing the game from another light. I love this new 2sens movment meta I'm eager. I have so much to share on how to streamline growth. Your passion is teaching in 2025 and mine is playing. I give u exclusive insight 🎉 ty for beeing a pillar of the cs community

[@SaddamHussain-192]

You forgot to tell us how to stay confident cuz without it you will despite knowledge mess up your shots

[@dou3r878]

Okay, but what happens when your gameplay is affected by an external factor? The highest rank i reached in faceit was level 7 solo queueing, but then i just realized that my hardware was not at the proper level anymore, i play at the lowest of lowest graphics, trying to squeeze every frame with any cheap trick known to man and it's still not enough, i cannot react properly, frames drop from 140 to 90 in heavy load scenarios and when i see an enemy, it always messes up my aim even though i practice it a lot, and due to the crappy graphics i cannot see further than 16 meters because from there, everything looks pixelated, i have a lot of lag spikes even though i have good internet, and the list goes on. I can accept when i mess up by myself but when it's because of something you can't control or change, it becomes really frustrating at the long term, and it's sad, because i really like how Counter-Strike is played, but it's just unfair how someone can be so held back by things they can't control at all, and before someone comments "jUsT bUy nEW Pc BrO, Ez", well no shit sherlock, you just discovered america, i cannot afford it, i congratulate you to be able to afford such nice things to yourself without needing to worry about basic need things, you should feel grateful for that.

[@zbordahraje5342]

I reach level 10 in 621 matches ,solo max ELO 2061 , but right now I have realy bad days and now I lost 350 ELO , One match I carry but still lose ,another match bottomfragger everyone trashtalking me ofc , It feel faceit dont want me on this elo , still I dont understand in some things in this game after 9 years hard to play, faceit make sure sou gonna lose this match bcs from my opinion everyone needs to have atleast 50% winrate, maybe i need the brake ……😢

[@amz_cs]

i have schizophrenia and anger problems

[@patthies]

this is a must watch for 95% of the russian faceit community

[@Harleycs2]

Thanks for helping us for free sir!

[@STYKO]

it’s not for free, you have to pay. (pay attention) 😎

[@Harleycs2]

@ hahahaha i have been watching you for years now and it's always something new 🫶🫶

[@STYKO]

Glad to make these videos, support like this makes me want to upload even more often 😄

[@Flare97]

Aha, i lost 250 elo in 1 night, and you dropped this video. Coincidence? I think not. RIP 3k elo :(

[@DRiFT-oo]

I've been mainly a VALORANT player; but I could see the same concept being applied in Val and other games as well (especially counting the percentage one -- really reminds me of evaluation bars of Chess games). Very well said!

[@Midnight7Marauder]

Little kid game

[@annasashraf250]

@STYKO idk what am i doing wrong, as i am experienced player with 5k matches on faceit, just a 2k elo player, i grind daily and i play solo, can i have like demo review or something

[@STYKO]

In the description of every video there is a link for my individual coaching where I also provide Demo Review 😊 However, currently I am fully booked but once my schedule clears I will re-open the commissions. Link -> ko-fi.com/STYKO/commissions

[@mzrendy8120]

Bester Mann

[@victormg7481]

1g caffeine

[@albineg]

Process oriented thinking > goal oriented thinking

[@matik_k21]

lvl 10's lvl dropped significantly, it's way easier to hit it, just play for yourself if u have an A game, try to support more if teammates are doing the work for you :)

[@bcc1876]

Exactly this

[@njutarn8381]

STYKO im better then you in cs i have more experience and play higher sens i can make circles around you and you probably think this is not the truth because of ur ego

[@El1as--]

?

[@njutarn8381]

@ the truth