I Watched 100 Diamond Replays - Top 10 Tips for Diamond Players

[@Virge]

Like this if you have a big brain 😏

[@jackpostkun4372]

i have big brian

[@Aya-uc8ff]

champ next????????????????????????????????????????????

[@jackpostkun4372]

@@Aya-uc8ff what

[@FriskyGoldfish]

Awesome video man. Been needing this one for a couple years now 😂

[@everjan66]

Gc3 next?

[@mistadude]

This type of video would be great for C1-C2

[@Skorpien.]

Actually, half of this still applies to them.

[@throwaway3645]

@@Skorpien.agreed. I’m at the upper end of c2 and I got a lot out of this video.

[@donnieji4825]

Still. I want a C2/C3 vid

[@mistadude]

@@donnieji4825 that would also be great.

[@jubz2163]

Yes I would be willing to send replays ^^

[@M_brooo]

Everything you said is accurate. The problem is GC and down players rarely make decisions well. Either they always stick around without boost, control every ball in front of net in a 1 v 2 or push another of these ideas to an extreme. I would love to see more content about players being honest with their capabilities and just letting the opponents make mistakes. Bc they will almost all throw if you bang it over their heads and let them try to make the 1/10 perfect play. This is how my old man hands gets GC in multiple playlists every season.

[@jimsagubigula7337]

Yes, because rocket league is a situational game. You must be able to recognize what the best play is according to your situation, which realistically, comes after thousands of hours of gaming.

[@signedupfordoconly4275]

I have like 4k hours in game and still can’t decide correctly. And I don’t know why. IFK how to tell what my mental block is. IDK if I’m OVERESTIMATING my abilities and playing too aggressive, or underestimating and too passive. But it’s probably both of those in any given game

[@DKOILive]

I do not think it is a "problem", it is a part of learning curve. Step 1 - don't miss the ball when you don't mean to Step 2 - do not hit the ball when your teammate intends to hit it Step 3 - when you hit the ball, hit it in the direction you intend too Step 4 - when you are not hitting the ball, position yourself to follow up the play Step 5 - do all previous steps faster Step 6 - refine Step 1-5 until perfection

[@DoitiEtokNews]

I think the main thing missing from this list is where to look, which is hard to see from a replay obviously. I’m assuming that most players around my level aren’t actively watching their teammates and opponents enough to make a lot of these decisions consistently. Maybe I’m wrong though.

[@CoreyVanHevel]

Let alone watch opponents

[@roman111117]

Im trying to get out of gold, tell me about it lol​@@CoreyVanHevel

[@1yuuni]

this is why we love virge, my homie who was a diamond for years just hit gm with me last night and it's time to heavy grind

[@leadr_]

Timestamps: 0:21 - 1 - *Positioning too aggressively too often* 2:33 - 2 - *Failed wall-play attempts* 4:17 - 3 - *Challenging when you're beat* 6:36 - 4 - *Double-jumping for mid-height balls* 8:41 - 5 - *Poor dribble control* 11:12 - 6 - *Rushing your touches* 13:27 - 7 - *Taking too long to make a play* 15:28 - 8 - *Spinning too much in aerials* 17:06 - 9 - *Matching the speed of the play* 19:40- 10 - *Leaving the play for boost unnecessarily*

[@voidlzplayz4793]

11 - not getting the luckiest players alive

[@CactousMan639]

Wow, thanks hero! Timestamps were already in the description 😉

[@ZERetRet]

@@voidlzplayz4793fr the pinch it on my car every time and it shoots in 😭

[@texxrl]

That's a lot

[@josephsonger123]

its not luck, its his positioning being better than yours. diamonds w the excuses fr@@ZERetRet

[@KMACKTIME]

I swear I’ve got to have 1000+ hours in this game over 5+ years and I CAN NOT fly at all. It melts my brain. I’ve peaked at C1 and will never be higher

[@v-niftytrickster4166]

I have 2200 hours in this game and can fly great and score airdribbles on a regular basis. I have also peaked C1 so you're doing better than me

[@KMACKTIME]

@@v-niftytrickster4166 lol I’d trade you. These people are doing resets and ceiling shots like nothing these days. I just try to rotate and play D.

[@TheSpinlippy]

​@@KMACKTIMEAre you decent in training packs, never play training or feel like you can't do it at all? I think practice helps but sometimes the blocker is lack of practice, lack of application in games or it's just really hard. C1 is great for not great aerials, I can't make champ and think I'm ok. Maybe you're being too hard on yourself or maybe just build up your practice. C1 is great current season IMO, nice one!

[@KMACKTIME]

@@TheSpinlippy I wish I had the time to practice with training packs. lol I’m lucky if I get a few hours a week now with work and family. I’ve accepted I’ll never reach C2 or higher

[@Braydensgaming10]

@@KMACKTIMEI do that I’m dimond now I hit flip resets on a daily basis

[@spongmoid842]

The point about overspinning is definitely true for higher ranks as well. I am guilty of it as a gc2, hard habit to break.

[@throwaway3645]

Amazing video! This is very in depth and actually provides a solution/things to look for. A lot of videos point out the mistakes and then offer a solution of “don’t do that” rather than what we should be doing.

[@tyrodgers6170]

Tips in order and times: 00:21- Positioning too aggressively 02:35- Failed wall play attempts 04:17- Challenging when you’re beat/too early as last back 06:35- Double jumping for mid-height balls 08:42- Poor dribble control 11:11- Rushing your touches 13:26- Taking too long to make a play 15:28- Spinning too much in aerials 17:05- Matching the speed of the play 19:35- Leaving the play for boost unecessarily

[@Virge]

Goat! Thank you, I’ll paste this into the description 🙏🏼

[@tyrodgers6170]

@@Virge No problem brother I know vid’s like this get more views when they’re more convenient

[@erikjohnson9112]

This is pretty accurate. I follow a lot of these patterns and I'm low C1 when I'm playing well. Personally I'm still in the "hit the ball away" mode of a lower player, instead of "control the ball" mentality. This video is well reasoned.

[@midnightfire92]

I’d love this video for 3s as well! I know a lot of these count for 3s, but I feel there’s a bit different rules for 3s as well. Thank you for the video!

[@bloodwolf2609]

Genuienly I think the spinning too much during aerials is down to lack of control and mechanics as well. I find myself way too often randomly spinning when I take off, not because im trying to look cool or freestyle, but just because I don't understand which way the car is going to turn when I press the air roll in certain orientations, so then it comes down to guessing a direction and over-correcting in the same direction as the momentum you've already guessed. Solving this just comes down to more hours doing aerials and getting comfortable with car rotations.

[@iamthad1546]

thanks for breaking this down so well birge now i can get out of diamond once i get out of gold

[@wiserthanyesterday8025]

Dude, great video. As a 36 year old eternal diamond, I think this helped me a lot.

[@nebuchadnezzar7774]

Extremely Valid points being made here. Quality analysis I think every Diamond ranked player should see. Keep it up Virge Great JOB!!!!!!

[@webrevolution.]

I swear man, all this videos are soo useful. I was a bronze player only 2 weeks ago then climbed up to GC3 simply from watching 2 road to SSL series (leth's and flakes') and now, after seeing your video I finally got what I needed to make the final stretch to SSL. I thought that RL it's one of those games where advices don't really matter at all cause it's a fast paced game where you don't have time to remember all the single advices every one told you. So you simply have to play enough to actually improve at your own pace and any strategic and tactical advice simply can't be implemented cause somebody else told you to do it. But woow, apparently I was 100% wrong. I have to say, it's truly amazing how helpful this videos are and how they taught me to stop time and actually have as much as 4839 minutes to think about the most optimal choice in every single position. I owe my SSL rank entirely to you Virge, to Leth and Flakes. Hopefully watching this kind of videos and also some tutorials on how to half flip and double flip reset, I will become pro in about 2 weeks time. Wish me luck Virge.

[@CactousMan639]

okay hero

[@codylawson4794]

Great tips.. thank you! I'm guilty of double jumping when I don't have to and losing my flick

[@Perfumery_by_Sabin]

2:55 (opportunity for air dribble/flip reset) maybe a super basic air dribble. Not many diamonds can confidently air dribble or Flip reset

[@youssefosama1453]

The set up is kinda hard for diamond player though

[@BombBoyisRad]

As a diamond myself even before I was diamond I always spammed the wall to ari dribble training pack which noticably helps with my off the wall plays in ranked.

[@EpicTnk]

Awesome stuff as always Virge. Was just watching your video on shooting a couple of days ago, and it has helped tremendously. Keep up the quality uploads.

[@c2thewick]

Plat2 here scouting my future competition

[@etchisketch5090]

Summary of this video. Instead of making a bad play, make a good play.

[@ironyusedincorrectly]

Players are always holding each other back. I recognize all these mistakes from my own play, but so often when trying to correct positioning errors your team mate immediately starts calling you out for not making plays. Meanwhile they're going supersonic all the time, but never making meaningful contact with the ball. And before anyone says "well go play casual then", honestly the most toxic games of my life have somehow been in casual lobbies. I've no idea what they're all so mad about in there.

[@ofischial]

I would love to see a video like this for 3s. I'm a collegiate coach and I would love to share stuff like this with my team :)

[@patrickftw8464]

Pure curiosity, how did that work? Did you have to have a certain rank yourself? And are you also in college? Lol college esports is a new concept to me I'm curious how that works

[@TheSmar09]

​@@patrickftw8464I played in a local rl tourny last year and my tm8 was the coach of the team for MATC in wisconsin, he was a c2 he said so probs at least champ I'd say and wasn't a student but who knows tbh lol

[@JustinKrux]

one of my biggest gripes about RL esports is the coaches act as basically mascots...even at the higher level, pro level, what does a coach do in any other sport? they study the game, study weaknesses, devise strategy and consult the team on the best way to move forward with all this info and devise practice for specific players....this doesnt happen in RL esports as much as it needs to, no shade here, but id suggest instead of asking a youtuber like this for stuff to show your team, you should be creating it yourself to help your team individually, watching their replays, seeing their weaknesses, and devising strategy....that being said, theres absolutely no harm in getting ideas from channels like this either. Its just...in my opinion, a coach in RL esports, should literally be doing what Virge is doing.

[@McMarschmellow]

Boost over ball is definitely the worst thing up until low gc. The amount of times people don't recover on small pads or stay around low boost but rather go all the way back is mind boggling to me.

[@alexdiaz1592]

I def do that it’s cause I don’t want to be overcommitting it’s pretty hard for me to realize what’s overcommitting and what’s keeping pressure hard to balance it

[@imaginechaos]

Yeah dude, and it compounds with other mistakes too! Like the play at 1:10 with the over-aggressive position, he got into that position because he wasted all of his boost, then instead of positioning for pads, went straight for the corner boost.

[@OopsEnder]

Scuba Steve is now in d3 area! I played with him when I fell outta champ. Crazy didn't think I'd see him in a video

[@riddledrasberry6270]

Done that last one too many times… thanks for opening my eyes!

[@tyrodgers6170]

Add chapters for each tip in videos like this. That makes it really easy for the viewer and is greatly appreciated

[@Those2menoverthere]

The second clip also by positioning more neutrally, it also gives have a chance to easily collect three boost pads instead of one.

[@darylsteenkamp]

Patience is key in my opinion. . And then you get stuck with a tm8 throwing out the 'take the shot' quick chat every 2 secs, no concept of defense, because they've just passed the ball, regardless of the fact that the ball is on its way to an opponent, so I MUST take the shot. And then I whiff and it's all my fault :/ And then the OMG! / Wow! quick chat comes out immediately 😅

[@FLOG69]

Virge keep up the amazing work man!

[@i-am-mercurial]

Love the video, gonna focus the mechanics here instead of just blindly playing the game. I got to mid diamond with game sense alone and really need to bring my mechs up to speed but also will try to be mindful of the rest!

[@sayacee5813]

the too much spinning section is hilarious

[@binzyy4314]

Why are you the first person to make a video like this . Exactly the kind of stuff I need

[@Syfrox]

"Those guys don't represent my skill" - Diamond 2 player

[@seymur.halley]

19:55 What this diamond did here cracked me up so hard

[@KK-pn3kw]

Make 1 of these videos for every rank

[@machinchouette5233]

6:53, this is diamond he didnt "faked it" he just messed up his ceiling shot

[@TheJunnutin]

we need a map that is otherwise perfectly normal but is missing the big boost pads =)

[@tallguygreg]

Loved the video, bro. Just missed your intro. Best intro in Rocket League!

[@its.tranquility]

0:07 virge should apply for a job as that guy that reads the side effects of medicines

[@jossip22]

I'm d1 I recognized whats wrong and what you need to do on each of these plays and I mostly always do how its said but I still cant get out of diamond, it's really hard with bad teammates who dont know this stuff like for example its harder to win with another bad diamond against 2 good plats than it is to win against 2 good champs with a good champ, I played placement games with players higher than my rank and the teamwork is just there, the passes are actually existent and the communication with quick chat helps but in diamond the other diamonds never pass, panic, make dumb clears instead of controling the ball, and rush defense or dont defend

[@BiggGibbs]

This vid was super helpful for me rn I’m stuck between diamond 2 and 3

[@raza.y]

Top tier video 100% accurate. Would love to see similar one for champ.

[@bretoba]

Really well done, thank you. I think I do all these things

[@AlphaRG1]

TFW: being a part of a Virge replay video

[@Bakakomori]

Thanks again for another great video. when i one day will get out of diamond it's much likely because of your videos ;) Other folks say i should just drink less beer while playing rocket :D

[@spencerclark7122]

I've been champ almost champ 2 and now im hardstuck diamond 2. I've been making a lot of these mistakes and I think this video helped point them out well for me. Thanks @Virge

[@rich4444hrsm]

19:41 - Need Boost!!!! hahahahaha

[@mprism7985]

so im good when it comes to sense but ugh my mechanics were all called out this vid

[@Adeus555]

felt the same way... Tip 1 don't suck at air dribbles. Tip 2 don't suck at dribbles

[@Gazmie]

I’ve just got into diamond and this is one of the best, most informative videos. I like the way you break down the plays and what you should do in those scenarios, great stuff!

[@chip5207]

You made this comment two weeks ago. How has your rank improved in that time?

[@prodSA1NT.]

thanks for taking a lot of time to help us diamond players rank up

[@joshpean8527]

I really needed this video, been hard stuck d2-3 for the last 3 seasons. How much do you charge for coaching?

[@briandavidofficial]

Thanks for the analysis! I'm Diamond 2 and this is definitely accurate

[@lancepriester5149]

You have the best training packs. I use Mechanical Warmup nearly every session

[@rocketship1897]

Yyyoo this is the video i needed 🎉 Subbed for more content like this!

[@craigmcallister2310]

This is a really well made video. Great work!

[@soyelchamako0954]

This is great information. Thanks Virge

[@FFGamingenYT]

Good to know

[@toonturtle_]

Love the vids, I always send them to my RL group chats

[@roadtopro1123]

ur baaaackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@thisisaduck]

Yo can you watch another 100 diamond games again but for 3s?

[@rodrigoscarpel5502]

Is it the same mistakes for 3v3?

[@SixumSuave]

So glad you're back.

[@Ryan7oo]

id love you to do this with champ aswell. been stuck in mid champ for a while.

[@hugojudo123]

Most usefull Video ever for Diamond players! ❤

[@thetightties]

thank you so much dude

[@TBRGo2Sl3ep]

So good. Thank you!!!

[@Bri-tt1pj]

Looking good Virge

[@jaydenD10]

Damn poor SubaSteve got caught in 4k abit hahaha

[@7thesage853]

You said Scuba Steve and I smiled. Now I’ve gained an extra wrinkle

[@Adeus555]

Carefull, might start to look like frankenstein

[@Lorenzo-kl4nh]

Bro just summed up my mistakes

[@loftyTHEOWNER]

7:44 I think the player just mispressed the gamepad. He actually didn't want to double jump...

[@dronejunglistplatoon]

thx big bro!

[@billsmith5046]

I need this for Plat :

[@jamesgillispie-vc2dc]

Yo. We're starting a crew running the pacifist system. Fixes these problems. Adult na eas west. Lmk if interssted

[@ZeroKami86]

@5:00 He took his teammate's boost and used less than he had prior to challenge, Scubasteve almost made it back with no boost... if only he had the boost that got stolen XD

[@minnsotafats]

TY this will help me so much GG

[@banque512]

can you do the same video for plat? or is one already released?

[@SpeedCubeProRL]

It's VIRGE!!

[@tanker1425]

nice

[@tooreclined2174]

WOW IS THAT RAP GOD OR AD GOD

[@ravenoftheredsky]

Disagree with matching the speed of the play during shadowing. What's most important is getting a read on your opponent and their ball control. Closing on the ball earlier is often the best call when you are midfield and the opponent isn't in full control.

[@gsustime]

Great tips

[@FFGamingenYT]

Wall dribbel i need to test

[@FabEnPeOr2]

Virge! My Master do you have or know a training pack for shadow defense and safe your last jump? I have one shooting pack for saving your second jump but I'd love to have one for defending. Like I find myself in 1v1 committing a lot bc I have that bad habit of just wasting my second jump .

[@Roadrash429]

I dont have the code at the moment. But do a search for "why you suck shadow defense"

[@SuperMaa10]

Hey Virge could you do the same for C2 players? or like C1-C3 please!

[@throwaway3645]

A majority of their problems are diamond problems. I’m c2 and a lot of this applies. Champ just has slightly more consistency in doing the right thing, but I make and see these mistakes constantly.

[@glydebot]

can you please explain for high c3 low gc that you have to challenge a dribbler early so they can’t make the play on you because most of the time it could be a unsavable shot so you have to pre jump read it

[@rathfoks5051]

21:28 if they fail to score and the opponents take possession wouldnt that be a free goal for the other team since both of them are out of boost and at the opponents net?

[@alfonzito3164]

Im doing a lot of those mistakes :( thanks so much

[@AA12-_-X]

Hey virge would you consider doing the same for gc1s

[@addisonkirtley1691]

I resonate with like 75% of this 💀

[@DerMulwurf]

First of all, great video! I'm definitely gonna implement some of those tips into my gameplay, I'm especially looking forward to those training packs. That being said, I just wanna point out that in the situation at 14:25 it didn't seem to me like a timing issue but more like an issue of using powerslide correctly. I myself was pretty bad at powersliding a few months back and that clip really kicked up some flashbacks of the plays I messed up because of that. But maybe I'm just projecting, haha. Anyway, cheers!

[@lukeliam6614]

I’m on the VIRGE of going to champ after watching this video.

[@hms5915]

4:00 does anyone know how to get that green tint on the octane?

[@jamesmcelroy414]

Can you also do a video of this for champs?

[@slydy9494]

great video

[@GodWorksOut]

Where are these diamonds? All the diamonds I play against have c-gc banners and titles.

[@johannes7125]

pls do that for champ as well very good video

[@philholl4]

can you do same video for Champ??