Deep Dive Analysis on Champion 1 in Rocket League

[@Alexander.Berglund]

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[@Kyuubiboy321]

Something that I think almost every pro seems to not account ENOUGH for when doing replay analysis is this: At low ranks, you have to count on your mate missing a large percentage of their shots/touches. This means that plays like booststeals and bumps/demos quickly become not only risky, but unfeasible in most situations. And not only because your teammate might miss the ball - but the player whom you are giving advice often has little awareness of stuff like their mate's boost, and their mate is likely preoccupied with trying to just get a good touch, they are not reading the player's bump play, so they are not likely to either recognize it or be able to keep the ball close. I recognize that thinking in this way leads to way more back rotation, but my experience is that in low ranks, it is almost doubly as important to let you teammate just know that you are behind them, so they don't have to make the perfect touch - and you do this through consistently rotating behind them rather than going in front of them for boost or bumps. It's conservative, but in my experience, you cannot discount the disability of lower ranks to hit those things that pros often become unaware that they are expecting of their mates.

[@FredMo]

Thought the same. When he switched ball cam of and waited to go for the demo, he needed to check if his mate managed to take the ball at all. Can't fully trust in these ranks. The consistency ist not perfect. Also the thing with the passes, you give up the backup if your teammate messes up just for a pass that nearly never comes in these ranks. In this situation 95% of the players go for ground to air solo.

[@guryurfur528]

Very well said. Even at GC1 this is applicable.

[@Kyuubiboy321]

@@guryurfur528 agree hard. I mean bump plays do become more feasible to some degree, but expecting your mate to make the right decision or have the precise touches and awareness is still a bit dicy.

[@lopsidedpotato]

I'm replying before seeing the play you're referring to, and you're absolutely right to an extent, but there definitely are times where its a great play (at least at champ+). High commit steals or demos I agree, but playing in a way where those plays are less committed and/or taking them opportunistically (i.e. I'm first man and end up pushing it into their corner, looking for a boost steal and a demo during your rotation out can be so huge). Edit after watching the play at 26:45, I completely agree with jack here since his teammate has the free-est possession in the world, and especially since he can see you go for the demo. Will it be a goal as often as in higher ranks, no but its still a very high percentage play, and after looking for the demo, you really should be back again before a counter. One thing I've learned from getting higher ranked in valorant, is taking good risks and trusting your teammates to an extent is essential. I'm a semi-mechy player for champ, so my rule of thumb is if I see my teammate and think -- that's free -- give them the trust and respect to do at least something productive with it while enabling them, or covering for them as best you can depending on the situation. (this all goes out the window once you realize you got one of *those* teammates)

[@Kyuubiboy321]

@@lopsidedpotato It definitely can be, it's all about doing it at the right time and along with the tempo of the play. Often, I find myself wanting to pressure in opponents corner because it's an opportunity to catch them off guard, but my mate is out in the other opponent corner getting their remaining boost. This is often a good play, but what if I miss my challenge? Then my mate is too far away, if the ball goes right through and we get scored on. If my mate had instead rotated back directly without their corner boost, we would not have been scored on, but maybe he would still be at a disadvantage. And my main point is just that rotating back directly is often the better play at my level (C3 and below, maybe sometimes GC1), simply because my mate sometimes overcommits and/or misses his touch. I wasn't referring to a very specific play btw - only that Jack is recommending getting bumps and going for corner boosts almost at the very beginning, and while these plays could be good in those specific situations that he commented on, people seem to take them as rules to do everytime, and I'm arguing that they should be the exception rather than the norm, especially for c1 players.

[@dopplr.1204]

The smile on my face when I saw this in my recommended, this series got me gc1 last year and I’m happy it’s back.

[@leadingmuscle485]

Great analysis! Would be cool to see you get a digital pen so you could mark up the screen when you’re explaining things.

[@leo-ub6nb]

Thanks for listening!!! IDK if it was my comment from a few videos ago, or just a culmination of a bunch of others mentioning they wanted AnalysisJack back (I don’t read many comments so idk), but it’s great to see this type of content ApparentlyBack!

[@lovablebutcher6265]

nice "open book" mentality. thank you for your wisdomous wisdom!

[@sanchitsreekumar8562]

I like how invested and enthusiastic jack becomes while explaining something or when some good play happens ..shows his love for the game This was very helpful thank you 👍🏼💜

[@batistabomb6997]

Just wanted to give a huge shoutout to you Jack. This video really helped me understand what's going wrong when I'm playing in C1. Leth's RTSSL videos helped a lot as a base but he holds back so much and makes perfect touches so it can be hard to learn from. I loved that you were able to breakdown a real champ player's game from a reasonable standpoint of not expecting us to just yeet it to the backwall everytime and pray or play super defensive like some youtubers try to teach.

[@bradwinter7028]

Subbed after watching, love the longer breakdown. never caught these vids before but was familiar from 1v1 vids!

[@mac150]

So good to hear you’re making more of these videos! These are absolute gems, people would pay a lot for this level of quality coaching!

[@6figuredetailer709]

I haven’t played RL in a year but I still watch rlcs and love these kinds of breakdown videos.

[@brianagler4011]

I have literally the exact same issues as Carson so i really appreciated this. I love how you also broke things down from the opponents point of view

[@lopsidedpotato]

super happy to see this come back, helped me push to high champ and touch GC (only two wins in there so I didn't get the title 😢) last year, time to start grinding again

[@silverthree7730]

Thank you for making these videos Jack, I genuinely appreciate people who are willing to share their knowledge especially in such a thoughtful way.

[@karnellstandring]

As someone stuck in diamond for the last year I think this is a helpful replay, gonna definitely check outs one more vids in this channel as my friend only recommended this to me today

The pads man, the pads! I like u give attention to it, even counting to really show the amount u can get in a short turn! I notice i'm getting way better just with that and sometimes i can be a long long time without going for a boost that's not a steal. And in this game, staying central is staying strong.

[@quentinwenda8725]

It's insane that I was thinking almost every comment you made while watching this video, but somehow I can't apply those fast enough in game as I'm still c2 xD However after watching this I trained a bit then played some ranked and I'm at c3 now. Let the grind continue! Thanks for the amazing vids! Really happy you're reviving this channel 😁

[@Vodraxia]

i watched for 8 minutes and didnt even get 20 seconds in to the replay. not complaining, crazy in depth analysis, gg

[@RyannGames]

I liked when this channel was active because it made me play my games with Jacks criticism voice in my head haha.

[@ronendvir]

I love that you go in depth. can you explain different scenarios in the corner, offensive and defensive. this was less clear in the video. especially when you return fast along the wall and it bounces from the wall near the corner or from the corner itself. how do you keep possession? usually I try to touch the ball preventing it from going mid. then it bounces to my opponent and I loose possession and get a goal.

[@blackpulser]

Glad this is back

[@b1rdbo]

As a d2 I see this video as a overstudy ( and an absolute win )

So glad to have this channel back 🎉❤

[@BirdsAreDope]

The “Terrible Challenge” had me rolling lmao

[@OtesOtesOtes]

8:29 "when u have balls that are comin" - AppJack I skipped to that randomly I've watched less than 20 seconds of this video

[@anthonylaiferrario]

You make the best analysis content for mid-level players like us! Love it man

[@romanshagiev9205]

Found some gems here. Used to be mid C1 but haven't played much and now I'm D3 again, but all these mistakes are so familiar to me. Thank you!

[@mistaboombosticyt]

Lovely in depth analysis from one of NAs best.

[@yungspung3635]

I just hit diamond 3 finally and I’m glad this channel is alive

[@bobbythomusic6376]

Thank you so much for these Jack! 🙏

[@meatros4644]

Its nice watching this after breaking all these habits and knowing what they’re about to do wrong

[@fknGandalf]

10:12 was a great opportunity to take possession rather than passing to the defense

[@tal2269]

For those stuck in C1, I climbed to C 3 in a month from C1. Do these things: Work on your kickoffs(u can do that by playing ones) and second that learn when to soft touch and when to hard touch. Also boost starving works a lot and Demos too. Do these 4 things you'll get unstack. Hope This Helps

[@owfi]

Jack, one thing that may be confusing for these champ- players is stealing boost. Maybe you could talk about when it's a good time to steal boost and when it's not. A lot of it is situational, but there's still situations where you should always should or always shouldn't.

[@DoTs_Vaporized]

Great video Jack, thank you for the upload and I'm looking forward to more videos. As a diamond trying to hit champ and go farther I enjoyed the information!

[@Apparently_John]

Great vid Jack! I’m c2 and these helped me especially the 50s and fake challenges!❤

[@Knetterkoekje]

Wow I only just found this channel. This is great Jack!!

[@2_st0ned70]

Jack you are the best Teacher! love this content. maybe one day one of my replays? im hardstuck c1😂

[@mathiassorensen8463]

Finally yessss love this thx so much. Would love to see some around gc2 if possible

[@miha1807]

Im so happy that ur back with the analysis. Love ur content so much and its so educational. Thank you jack

[@loxces3906]

Bluds back, les go

[@MeegMaster]

Love this. Thank you, Jack!

[@swerverson]

I’m d1 and I’ve added more demos and bumps into my games recently. Man everyone gets sooo mad about it. Constant “What a Save!”

[@Spartan1853]

Loved it, good stuff, brother!

[@chronuid]

Wait what? I watch your videos since a long time but found this Channel just now. You should advertise it way more for sure.

[@matthewfriend294]

Woiii reviews are back absolute W

[@SjHRL]

the man the myth the legend

[@princemartinez75]

AppJack: Think ma boi, our tm8 is covering this position or at least he should be! Also AppJack: Where is he??? lmfao

[@oscardhut3294]

This is amazing, i needed something like this

[@cjstagea]

Would be good to hear you talk about controller settings eg: sensitivites and dead zones. Something like accuracy and consistency (low sens) vs speed (high sens). As a C3 player playing with low sensitivity (1.2 for both aerial and steering), moving into GC is hard when I cant turn on ground plays or aerials as quick as opponents.

[@liquidmoo619]

I have never saw this channel before but I insta subbed and I already love this channel reminds me of flakes

[@prodbytoj]

as an improving c2/c3 player one thing u failed to mention as u talk about the opponents position is learning to actually look off the ball and actually see what your opponents are doing, not the nameplate the actual car, im improving fast because of this, shoutout to i think hazo for that tip.

[@DannyPhantomRL]

I’ve played RL for one year am C2 trying to hit GC this season. I feel this video will help me hit my goal😆

[@liquidmoo619]

As a diamond 2 who got the game recently I feel like I’ve learned so much from this

[@SoggyBagelz]

ooo love this

[@spencerdavidson3537]

So informative. Thank you, jack

[@fabreasy304]

Watched this video. Followed all the tips and went 11-1 with a buddy today. I’m 18 games under my peak. We decided to do one last game after a 7 game win streak while another buddy updated and lost that going 11-2. But hey. I’ll take it! Almost C3 again

[@superslowmojoe401]

Shoutout Carson for being the first replay review participant in a year! ^^

[@HuskyMan2023]

Thanks bro

[@Rellik123]

Because he likes to play with dominus my first advice would be to weaponise that and learn flicks since dominus give so much power out of nowhere, in c1 a good flick is 80% of time goal. After the first 1 or 2 he can threat the flick and go for a pass instead... His offense would skyrocket.

[@Steamrawrler]

Yay replay review is back! (Vid seems a bit quiet compared to your main channel btw)

[@boots3372]

As a c3 I'm glad I see the mistakes before jack points them out. Obviously I don't need to tell you, but every single thing he called out was bang on correct. The biggest take away for this player is slow down when you can, and be quite a bit more aggressive.

[@tottto14f]

Of course, he is a pro. If he say something, we might do it in order to get better. 😂

[@purplebomberman]

This comment…I just cant😂

[@boots3372]

@@purplebomberman whats wrong with it?

[@ribalkhair5711]

Adding a drawing overlay would be amazing

[@angrylamb84]

Fantastic content and its around my rank so its a win

[@RL_Happy]

LETS GO!! Can we get some GC3 replay analysis or something? I need a final push to get to SSL 🙏

[@bl1zze]

Great tips in this video excited for future videos

[@EChaseWright]

Jack, do you ever think of the game in terms of one player On-The-Ball and the other player covering the Net (on defense) and then on offense, the concept or “stacking” or layering your team so that person on ball is in front and person off ball is layered slightly behind player with ball so that they can cover net?

[@paraspective]

Yes Jack keep it up!

[@Keenadian]

We're so back, huge W

[@j2hhorizon133]

this was a good video i think it cleared up alot of things in my games

[@herostatuslol]

Great video learned a bunch thank you

[@NotUnicornSZN]

i love the passion from you lmao #ForTheLoveOfTheGame

[@edgeribble]

Jack pls can u make a video on what to do when ur teammate makes a positional mistake e.g rotating front post or rotating out ball side

[@Drrobverjones]

30:35 I think he jumped, and I would have as well mostly because we have been burned so often by somehow not touching the ball. Somehow when situations like this happen, the ball just floats past my car. I think it's just reading how close the ball is to the wall that is the issue and not the jumping. It's really hard to tell exactly how close the ball is to the wall.

[@Recals]

i really like that the video is long and in depth.

[@ScrNocks]

these helped me a lot when i was grind rl

[@mark3921]

Hey Jack, any chance you can make a mod for training packs that adds a "ghost car" of the creator making a shot so we can practice matching jump timing / boosting of the creator actually hitting the shot? Could revolutionize training packs. Does that make sense?

[@jamieoneill8327]

The fact that a secondary purely educational channel already has 100 comments in under a day is ❤

[@jessestanger2650]

Could you do a c3 analysis next? I’ve been stuck c3 and want to know the next steps to getting gc.

[@m_h-h_h]

Appjack Back with the esconde Chanel gg

[@BaconManProd]

C2 as a solo Q is absolute hell lol Some people just can't read the game. It's like they hit the ball then immediately turn off ballcam and get boost. I pass the ball mid and they're in met chillin 😂

[@jaggedlines]

OMG so glad this is back.

[@bebashi8690]

It’s crazy to watch players who you perceive to be much worse (at least mechanically) be and play in the same rank as you

[@MuscleTeamOfficial]

Welcome back Jackethy

[@vani6886]

I was just watching your videos yesterday because I needed help

[@RDEMONETI]

Gran jugador, mejor persona!! Aparentemente Jacobo, un maquina! ❤ ⚽🚀

[@gregcheuvront1058]

Fr just shot up 100 mmr from this video ☠️☠️

[@Ivan.2000]

Consistent 1 video per year!!!

[@kingz3y967]

Seeing this makes me realise how many type of champ 1 players they are. I feel like they are either ones that have crazy mechanics but bad positioning or good positioning but bad mechanics. The list goes on in variation and I'm still wondering what is a average champ 1 player. I'm champ 1 div 3 and I feel like I should be champ 2 sometimes watching this video. Interesting analysis 📢

[@edgeribble]

i think being good at positioning is more important but i'm already pretty good at that. When i reach champ 1 i wantto be more mechanical than this guy.Definitely more flicks and better aerial control

[@ofischial]

I would love to know the game mode in the title or thumbnail

[@Poisontech-h]

finally he posts on this channel

[@PedroPascoaPedro]

As a c1 i feel like this is insulting.

[@owfi]

YES YES YES LOVE YOU YT RECOMMENDATIONS

[@PeerlessChad]

BOOM IM SUBSCRIBED

[@philholl4]

god only been playing for a year. fuck man. been stuck in C3 for over a year

[@russallen2011]

that's really good though and you should be proud

[@HuskyMan2023]

brother ive played a year and stuck c1 c2. Youre a beast man

[@philholl4]

@@russallen2011 oh thats my grammar being lazy. the first sentence is me responding to the video guy being reviewed. ive been playing for years haha.

[@philholl4]

@@HuskyMan2023 see my other comment i just replied. my grammar sucks.

[@mixedresolutions9405]

Great video, but my c1 to c2 lobby’s never look this bad.

[@edgeribble]

depends what region this replay is from

[@edgeribble]

also if u watch ur own replays u will see ur worse than u think

[@shixish]

Yeah this is pretty much the same as my play haha thanks Jack

[@ilqm24]

Champ 2-3 1s analysis, please Jack :)

[@phasingorange3885]

Nice I'm happy bout that

[@kayanhaider50]

I’m d3 in 1s. Don’t rlly play 2s but I’ve peaked c3, I am horrid mechanically. Can’t airdibble. I play on the ground mainly. Passing and positioning are what I’m good at. My recoveries suck. I generally play passive due to this, but I do also tend to carry my 2s games. I want to get out of diamond in 1s and out of champ in 2s. My actually question is what’s the best way to learn mechanics, I’m on pc so I have resources, but I feel if I up mechanics I’ll be able to rank up. Beyond that any other/general tips are appreciated. Thanks.

[@HuskyMan2023]

best way to learn mechanics is practice them using a method you enjoy. It boils down to time invested training

[@frenzywater6109]

The problem is people are hard stuck champ in 2s cause they play like it ones use your teammates you’ll will become such a more disciplined player and more efficient cause you actually think it threw rather then muscle memory it