This INSANE Aim GOLD Says He's in ELO Hell... then TOPFRAGS an ASCENDANT Lobby

[@kxnncarson]

I would absolutely love to do one of these challenges. Please let me know if you would be down to let me try. I'd call it, "Cocky Silver Player Says He Thinks He Deserves Ascendent"

[@metrik12]

everyone like this up! this man gotta be in one of eggwicks videos!!

[@kevinlu4154]

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[@wonder5685]

rsa;jlhij

[@Caspynn.]

Lol or "Can u spot the female on the team" I'd be down to do that. Maybe even does having a girl on your team affect gameplay or even better girls vs guys

[@kxnncarson]

@@Caspynn. i think hes done that before im not sure but that first idea sounds pretty funny ngl

[@siah5395]

What killed me in the first game was that the Gold’s team kept throwing post-plant when they were on attacker side. A lot of the time, all they had to do was play time and they would’ve won.

[@StormBlessedxo]

that is silver/gold lobbies, they are all just kill hungry

[@saitamisthebest4523]

@@StormBlessedxo yea but the main difference was this was a asc/rad lobby

[@SearFPS]

@@saitamisthebest4523 since when was this a rad lobby? are u stupid?

[@dickinson2204]

gold always have the mindset of not trying, if they atleast try to use their brain at least plat.​@@StormBlessedxo

[@Jazzered]

Eggwick: Okay guys, play like it’s a ranked game That one guy: Cmon guys, we need to start playing better this is my rankup/derank game

[@dakshilzalavadiya8642]

a thing people dont realize that helps you rank up is communication. Actually talking to your team and creating plays will win you most games.

[@hateme5010]

Not me ranking upto diamond 1 with 0 comms

[@mangotree4342]

but im iron no one responds and stuck in iron from episode 1

[@karimo6450]

@@mangotree4342 Delete the game💀

[@Dman_op2018]

I sound like I'm 7 so I always get instant muted so I never do anyways

[@ALuiza-pm2dp]

​@@mangotree4342 Ignore ppl who tell you delete the game if you have fun playing it. It's not a career you have to be good at or something lol people are stupid.

[@elmeri37]

The reason why I believe he probably deserves mid plat at max is because of his coordination as an initiatior with the rest of his team and especially his duelists. Many times one of his teammates died early round is because he didn’t drone or recon for early info and his teammates dry peaked and died to the operator because of it. You can’t ignore the fact that he is gold player and plays with other gold players who might not be as good and don’t know how to play as a team so it’s difficult for him to improve much and play around his team but that’s one area where he needs to work on as the initiator when attacking. Otherwise his aim is alright and there are some improvements in his play like the timing of util and how he could help his team more with the initiator role. But it’s pretty hard to say as it’s a usual pattern you see in low ranks

[@Akash-kv8up]

U should specify ur rank before giving advice

[@elmeri37]

I’m immo 2. Yeah his aim is good and he deserves a higher rank based on his aim but you gotta understand that high elo is not all about aim but on teamwork and team coordination as well. Low elo sucks because there is no team coordination and it’s hard to rank up. He deserves a higher rank for sure but there are other aspects to Valorant than aim only. Aiming is a big part of it but when you want to get to asc and higher you need teamwork as well. He played well and he has the potential to get to higher ranks based on his aim but I just felt his coordination as an initiator with the rest of the team was lacking, but otherwise he played good 👍🏻

[@najmaht.a.1314]

say it louder for the people in the back! valorant involves a lot of team play, you can’t really just rely on raw aim in higher lobbies

[@prxtryhard9683]

his recons are for site and go out when his team doesnt even have main control

[@adityanair774]

tbf its partly his teammmates fault for just raw swinging main at the start of the round but he should also comm his util at the start

[@Simp4Ahsoka.]

This is a CSGO player. I can tell by literally every thing he does. From mouse shaking to knife pulling, the fact he's gold and pulls line-ups out of his ass screams csgo too, I too struggle with ranking up in Valorant because people often don't communicate and communication is the only way to win

[@D_-_.]

CSGO Players mouse doesn't shake and they dont pull up knife like that. Unless you play in silver 1 Lol

[@mr.woofers1582]

@@D_-_. Most Cs Pros and Face It Level 10 Players be like

[@numa3071]

I've never played CS and I do that with my knife in pretty much every shooter I play lol

[@Simp4Ahsoka.]

@@D_-_. You have never played CS and it shows.

[@Okse007]

I believe implementing a cash prize of $50, with $10 awarded to each winning player, could make the game feel more like a ranked match and potentially increase their pressure. Great content as always!

[@rjor...]

nah that will only make people cheat, or hating on others for playing bad etc

[@rickross9829]

I think firmly instructing them to treat it like it's a competitive will do enough. Cash prize is always nice though. (I mostly disagree with miguelpuentepazos)

[@Hachiimane]

I bet Eggwick has considered that idea, but as rickross said, you could emulate a competitive mindset by reminding them multiple times to treat the game like ranked. Also, if he can help it, I'm sure not spending $50 per vid helps him with the frequency of his vids bc too many vids like this may be too expensive, or not enough return revenue to justify the costs, even if his viewers enjoy it.

[@AdriElizabeth]

i think if he had a consistent teammate (duo or trio) to play and communicate with, he could climb out of gold. the mechanics are there, but need refinining. it's hard to find that in gold lobbies, since gold is mostly made up of good aim, poor game sense, and by solo queueing with other golds, you arent going to find people who compliment your playstyle consistently. i urge this player to keep playing because they could definitely get to a higher rank with enough time and effort.

[@handlemoment]

You sound so delusional

[@DespondentDoomer23]

So true my brother, I peaked Diamond 3, now I play in Gold 3 because I solo que all the time

[@AxelMyGuy]

@@DespondentDoomer23I’m beg really honest right now. If you have been dia 3, I think you should be able to solo q out of gold with only match mvp’s

[@Nagatoobito]

Last act was my first time playing valorant and I was in gold for maybe a week then went straight to plat 3 . My aim was absolutely terrible , now my aim feels pretty decent and I’ve learned what agents actually do and how to utilize their abilities I’ve so far hit diamond 3 hopefully get mid ascendant by the end of this act is my goal . I feel like being stuck in gold is just an illusion lol

[@dreizenit7758]

first thing he needs to do is remap his crouch key to somewhere far away lol. cant crouch shoot a 1v2+

[@brisabelle9629]

he played well on defense. i feel like the reason he is hardstuck is because he is weak at attack. just because youre in attack half and losing doesnt mean its your duelists' fault, every teammate has to contribute to attack. also he will have to learn to communicate with teammates, tell them what he is going to do before he does it so they can coordinate, especially since he's playing initiator role where his teammates capitalize off his utility more than he does, but they cant do that if he gives them no notice or time. also round 15 he did not play well when it was 2v1 against that enemy astra. where he was holding was not a place where he could trade off his astra or vice versa. He should have just pushed gen with his astra and cornered the enemy astra.

[@stippystips9418]

attacks aren't co ordinated at all at a higher rank anyway

[@daveorias2597]

i believe not the "attack" side but how inconsistent his plays are from defense to attack side. as an initiator main, support and info utils are very much regarded to take space on any side of the map. I guess if he can work on his consistency to help his team get info or displace an enemy to his team's crosshair, that would get him past gold. (btw i'm just a diamond)

[@brisabelle9629]

@Stippy stips they should be. Whether or not they are it's still important to know this, if you want to be high rank you have to do what high rank players do, and the good ones communicate and coordinate with their team. I normally hate 5 stack comp because even if it's with friends it still feels uncoordinated, but after making a premier team with some friends we actually established good teamwork and coordination together so it's nice and fun to play together, and the work we put into playing as a team shows in our games. So the more players who do this the better teamwork will be seen in games.

[@brisabelle9629]

@Dave Orias true. I mainly said attack because I remember eggwick saying that the gold complained about his teammates not entrying, that's an issue on attack so made me wonder what he's been doing to help his team win attack rounds and if he's communicating with his teams duelists to use util to help them not only entry but also get kills. People who complain about their teammates entrying need to look at more than that. I know there are duelists who entry but then get discouraged when their teammates don't use utility to help them or they entry on site while the rest of the team is still sitting main. So as an initiator make sure you're doing all you can in your role, your utility is for your team not you, its only for you when you're by yourself.

[@abhiramyanamandra9403]

He is pretty inconsistent and is clearly panicking at taking duels

[@Dreiii]

I think his problem is being impatient... he moves so fast and forgetting to hold a good angle or even walk, he holds like 1-2 sec then run then enemy peeks last sec after he runs or turn away, you could've killed some or just get a chip damage and info. As a Initiator and a Sova main learning where and when to use the right util is the key and you also have to comm every info that you get including KJ utils, cypher trips or cam. The aim is almost there but some of your kill is a lucky shot or either baiting learning to trade is good in crucial situations. I think he deserve gold 3 or plat 1 at peak

[@TamWam_]

This is so real, I used to be impatient and died for it, as well as taking risky duels instead of being smart and holding and not going for blood. Now sometimes I have bad games but I've been doing much better recently, sometimes top dragging even w a plat in my team (and my last rank was iron 😭 tbf I played comp only when I first started and got placed iron last year, I never played since)

[@posty0401]

Low elo truly is elo hell, it’s not fake it’s all just smurfs and people with bad skills I’m one of them

[@Penguin538]

As someone in low elo, there’s always a step you can take to improve or become more consistent, you call it hell but it’s only like that for you because you might not actively be trying to improve, or giving yourself the time needed to get there. You got this, good luck

[@AwesomeStoryTime1]

as someone in high elo (asc immo) its not smurfs most of the time its just a lack of skill

[@edoyuki1030]

​@@Penguin538 I've been getting better but I don't play comp cause I know that even if I get lucky in my iron games there are a lot more smurfs in gold and bronze so I don't play comp. I'll always be hard stuck 😢

[@posty0401]

@@Penguin538 I haven’t yet reached it but I’ve seen lots of people in it

[@posty0401]

@@Penguin538 Ty though

[@zausenecz]

His aim deserves better than gold. But his movements, util usage, team comms, decisions, game sens... And apparently he warmed up his aim well before the game, but after the first half he got tired and stopped hitting

[@RisingRay]

This happens to me too, I pop off during pistol rounds and the first few and then I start doing terrible and I miss the easiest shots and sink to the bottom of the leaderboard. I have a dedicated warmup routine that I follow every time before I get on, is there any way to prevent this “fatigue” where I top frag in the first rounds and then start doing terrible?

[@wilihelm2242]

@@RisingRay Coming from high imt player here is what you can do: 1: decrease your warm up, or make it less intense. This has happened in alot of my past teams where people are just warming up for far to long. IE: you dont need 5+ deathmatches to "warm up". Or you can also make it less intense for longer, for example instead of doing hard bots like 30+ times call it a day and have your wrist dying by the end, instead do 100 bots and have very slow clean transfers to each target, do this 3-4 times. (ie: change from 10 minutes of high intensity to 15-20 minutes of low intensity) 2: increase your warm up, now this might sound counter productive because of what i said above, but basically you are focusing your body/mind to last for a longer duration. Its like when you there is an upcoming marathon race. You dont just stay on your normal routine of running 1-2 miles you have to ramp it up or else you wont be able to keep that pace. This strat ONLY WORKS if you put in the consistent effort, if you aren't doing this every day or even every other day it will hurt you instead of helping. Obviously you have to choose one or the other, but i would personally go on the side of decreasing the warm up. And in general its all about the induvial some things just dont work for certain people. 3: lastly, and most importantly stop getting into your own head, because of what you said i can already tell you are a player prone to constantly checking the scoreboard. STOP THAT, if you have to unbind your tab key. At the end of the day what matters in valorant isn't K/D, ADR, or ACS its about winning rounds. IDGAF if you have 23+ kills when half of them are on eco rounds and you lose every single clutch you are put into, or you lose every first blood leaving the team at a disadvantage. Clutch players > eco fraggers

[@RisingRay]

@@wilihelm2242 this advice is really helpful thanks a lot

[@JasonEisenberg81]

@@RisingRaythis happens to me (wayyy more than most people) and I blame my ADHD. I can’t focus for a 40 minute match. I’ve tried every med and they don’t work for me. Maybe you have ADHD and meds would help (they help most people with ADHD just not me). One of the tests my doctor gave me was measure my reaction time for 20 minutes and it was normal in the beginning but dropped off rapidly after a few minutes where 90% of people can maintain reaction time for 20 minutes. TLDR try Adderall.

[@ItsVegaSama]

@@wilihelm2242we out here giving out aim train routines like we are lifting

[@slowmanguide3262]

I'm a Gold 1 (barely) sova main just like this man. My aim is trash and so is my game sense, so I kinda feel like I dont even deserve gold 1. But even I can see that whilst this man's aim is exceptional and his game sense is above gold, his recons need a lot of work. They're landing in extremely suboptimal locations, losing out tons of value on the scan. They are also landing in locations where it's easy for someone to just shoot it before it scans them, or they can just stand behind many of the objects that the dart fails to scan around.

[@CrayRazy]

What rank are you now

[@KAB-yr2nh]

He is actually crazy he deserves way better than gold

[@posty0401]

Yeah I’d say he’s diamond, his aim is a bit lacking though

[@Dan-kc9yx]

I would say thats average silver on franktfurt

[@winnie8416]

​@@Dan-kc9yx fr eu sm harder than na in general

[@sequinmichellefootdoggy622]

I can confirm this is like gold in asia

[@ademoww]

​@@Dan-kc9yxNah frankfurt silvers are trash

[@Maniacozful]

was the ascendant on the other team, this was so fun to play in! GGs to everyone :)

[@Sumn-cz1it]

how do you join these challenges and etc?

[@astroflexx82]

what agent were you?

[@lampisfun1139]

I thought everyone in those games were ascendant except for the gold?

[@mxveesh]

@@lampisfun1139 everyone was, he's just saying he was playing as one of the ascendants on the other team.

[@grant5864]

The problem with a lot of players is that they are super inconsistent. They have moments where they play way above their current rank and carry, but the next game they will drag the team down. Just look at any player's match history who is hard stuck and you'll see what I mean. I have yet to see a player who is popping off every game but can't climb (aside from someone who is queueing with a far less skilled duo). Kills also don't tell the whole story. If you are top fragging by baiting your team every round, that's negative value.

[@StormBlessedxo]

finally someone said it, so many top fraggers in these low elo's and those kills don't even matter because they are just baiting their teammates

[@xojxstin]

inconsistency is usually due to playing against "better" players. people move differently, coordinate diff, and peek differently. which is why having insane tracking is required. if you have insane tracking youd basically never lose a evenly matched gunfight

[@chad2522]

@@xojxstin That is so wrong on so many levels. They mean inconsistency where you hit nasty shots one day and cant hit anything the next. Your enemies have 0 control of you hitting headshots.

[@urbannedbud]

@@chad2522 wrong

[@juan-rh9cm]

what have we learned? the thing thats holding a gold back is there dads raging at them

[@Zimmy5242]

Second half really showed why he was in gold. Hope this was a good learning experience for him.

[@cyclonedyt]

Bro I met a hardstuck b2 Reyna and I saw their history THEY WERE INSANE, DROPPING 30 AND 40 BOMBS AFTER Qing with them, however it really was the teammates, after Reyna was dead killing 3 of us the enemy team was actually helpless

[@LegastheNick]

steep thesis: every silver player drops 30 on reyna in bronze lobbies bc aim is all that matters there and the skillgap is huge

[@parkerwtww]

he should be playing a different agent his defense was good but on attack he was not setting up team at all then wonders why his team cant entry

[@Youngy]

10:33 Jett and Reyna walked in and just trolled him lol we heard them walk and do nothing

[@Cloikkk]

As an average gold player, he is your average hardstuck gold player that I wish I had on my team. I’m a smoke main who smokes for my team, but they rotate the moment something bad happens.

[@zane0756]

Why is silver and bronze harder than this tho

[@Cloikkk]

@@zane0756 bronze/silver is not very hard. With just good crosshair placement and basic game sense, you can rank up even if your teammates suck.

[@leejameson8419]

​@@CloikkkSame for gold to asc

[@Mystix225]

@@Cloikkk no im stuck in bronze because me and my teammates dont communicate

[@Cloikkk]

@@Mystix225 you dont need comms in bronze, trust me.

[@Starlighty16]

6:40 It really depends on what you mean by "reaction time" If you actually look at pro play they take their time to get proper crosshair placement before shooting. However they still end up faster than an ascendant who doesn't take their time, at least a lot of the time. I do think he just doesn't understand his agent to the level that higher ranks do. One final thing, I am not saying that he is bad on other maps but this IS sova's best map. I would love to see this challenge again on a different map. Edit: oh they played 2 maps. I wonder how many agents he plays/fills and on what maps.

[@Yuuzi.]

smooth is fast, fast is smooth.

[@redisred5]

i counted and it took him 50 frames after the skye bird appeared for 1 frame for him to turn around

[@frost5124]

​@@redisred5 how can u counted it?

[@Starlighty16]

@@frost5124 there are certain applications where you can take a video and frame count it. (Just take a look at speedrunning and whenever there was a need for a frame count.)

[@rarejitter8485]

​@@redisred5 50 frames? I can react in 7 frames😭

[@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh3484]

I don't understand how he cant hit a default dart on A but hits a cross site dart on B. I feel he saw a bunch of lineups but didn't think about how to apply them practically. For instance the enemy jett always aggresses with the OP, but man is darting deep into site while his teammates are getting picked off before they even reach the site entrance

[@Starlighty16]

Definitely needs a better understanding of when to use his utility. I honestly have a similar problem with my breach stuns. The drone/stun is meant to clear out long corridors occasionally with a lot of angles and that should be your first priority if you know or have a suspicion that the enemy will be holding it.

[@gemmameidia8438]

​@@Starlighty16 yess timing is also part of gamesense, someone told me

[@x1thereaperx18]

Just wanted to say I enjoy your content and its heavily inspired me to do better and get better as a player. My goal for the summer is get plat and maybe if its far fetched, ascendant. Like my aim and mechanics and util use is pretty solid, i just gotta adjust and make them slightly better especially since im in silver and i have to rely mainly on myself but thank you dude youve done amazing work so keep it up!!!!

[@ZulkSOD]

Did you achieve your goals?

[@x1thereaperx18]

​@ZulkSOD actaully, just did. Hit plat 1, deranked. Was like nah I'm not losing this. Kept up consistency with what days I aim Trained and what days I immediately got on val so I got back into plat 1 in less than two days!!

[@sato_]

I don't know which rank he deserves but ik for sure that he deserves diamond more then some of the teammates i get 😭

[@kiddho8851]

Mad Love To The Guy In Twitch Chat Who Said "EU Is So Toxic" He Speaks Facts, Especially When You have Your whole Team Making Caveman Noises Whilst Trying To Use Google Translate to Cuss Each other Out In Their Different Languages!

[@seratoninny]

eggwick's fanbase is so positive and supportive. I think that says a lot about the creator

[@Zamkuma]

Man getting +10 and -29 is SO TRUE! It honestly makes no sense at all. I’ve had it happen to me multiple times… I keep bouncing from Gold 1 and Gold 2 because of it, like WTF

[@anuragsrivastava9586]

I would love to be in a video "Silver says he deserve iron then bottomfrags"

[@ethanlim3481]

I have been stuck in gold for an episode or two because i stopped playing for a long time, always thought i deserved higher all it took was playing the game more than once a week, i have similar aim and am now plat 2 but honestly i can bet that solo queuing is one of the problems because i find that i win way more in gold when queuing with other reliable teammates

[@zihuatenejo]

His gamesense is what is holding him back. I could win on attack side even if my duelist cant entry by just reading the game u could still rotate, lurk and finding a good timing to catch them offguard and that opens a site for you.

[@YAMIKATTT]

I also think I deserve a higher rank, simply because as a mid silver player, I got into a gold/plat game and match MVPed because my team mates actually knew how to play their roles compared to silver where they don't have any idea usually. Also my tracker is rlly good, idk why I am so low ranked tbh

[@ChromaAqui]

15:22 AYOOO-! ..always those Jetts, man.. 😂

[@DrunkMonk867]

Even as a bronze sova main suffering from constant disconnecting teammates , I think he should play more with teammates and not try to use cool lineups rather efficient ones

[@phantasm6786]

Your mic cutting out at 18:20 was hilarious XD

[@clumsybolt1372]

3:08 CHEATER DETTECTED

[@Redss_i]

Wdym

[@nottheactivist]

"i would've droned there" its a 300 credit ability in a 4v1 when they already know where the last guy is. smh eggwick.

[@rimuruniku3930]

4:33 Isn't he cheating there? Sick flicks seems just him activating and deactivating his aimbot

[@_angeflow]

he is cheating lmao, he was locking onto people through wall all game and it’s obvious

[@titocar1o]

Where he lacks and doesn't deserve a higher elo is his decision making, especially in clutch or late round situations when his team crumbles and they are left in a deficit. AIM and reaction is purely natural based on how often you play the game because at some point you will recognize player patterns and timings. But top fragging in a custom "ascendant" lobby doesn't really prove anything because to deserve a higher elo is you have to be consistently playing well.

[@dualxchaosgod5242]

Elo hell is absolutely real I went from plat 3 to gold 1 💀

[@qoih4189]

11:46 with high detail the bushes cover up and go slightly higher so you cant see the dart at all

[@sigmalife773]

I used to be immortal currently asc3 but gold and plat were the hardest ranks to get out of even while consistently top frag every game

[@RisingRay]

Same bruh same if u take a look at my career almost every game is match or team MVP and I’m still hardstuck. I also have this problem where I completely pop off early off in the game and then do terrible and miss all my shots for the rest of the game. It feels like a sort of fatigue, and so as an experienced player do u have any advice to get rid of this?

[@JasonEisenberg81]

@@RisingRayafter a couple rounds do you send an all chat that says “my team sucks”? I find a a lot of good players stuck in my low elo are toxic, not good leaders, and act like their too good to play with us mediocre players. Try being nice to your teammates, be a good leader, communicate, and bring out the best in them. There is a big difference to the match if the bottom frag gets 1 vs 8 kills.

[@RisingRay]

@@JasonEisenberg81 I do try and hype up the team but more often than not not a single person talks or gives a crap

[@flzemerald]

The smokes were really strange when he played Omen and the blindes were pointless

[@mohamedelwakil69]

10:29 thats what she said 😂

[@ricoanimation99]

I think he thought the review would be Very nice with compliments but I can tell he'd be disappointed as he didn't get the review he wanted

[@yourselfboiii]

i thnk i deserve a higher rank

[@benedictlim1275]

You know, I kinda want to see you guys give him an ascendant account and a team of four other ascendants then actually fight in a real competitive game. Now that would be so interesting.

[@syedsoul111]

this guy is surely wallhacking and pretending really bad , watch him everytime he saw an enemy he switches his gun to his abilities , watch his drone, he wont clear any other angles only clears the angle with a player there

[@Divosligo]

Yeah i think so too, the first thing in my mind was that he's surely stream sniping

[@syedsoul111]

@@Divosligo yes he surely is wall hack

[@cyclonedyt]

One thing I see is that so a doesn’t swing to trade his teammates, as shown in: 9:41

[@myducksonquack5149]

you can tell that he's legit cheating from his crosshair placement and some of his last second decisions where he knows too much

[@kevindan-z6w]

ik these ppl are so dumb, you can jus tell from one kill.

[@vibesmagma8451]

You can tell that he’s not legit cheating from his crosshair placement and some of his last second decisions where he didn’t know too much. See no real evidence. “You can tell” nah explain it fully

[@toastonryepodcast]

Something that's obvious is that he's much more comfortable on Initiator rather than Controller

[@horizononyx5345]

i love when people say low rank players dont have the knowledge, there are a lot of people who learn different from others, my mechanics of this game are really bad but i am always watching things or talking to people who have played for hundreds or thousands of hours and trying to learn whatever i can, aim is progressive but i love learning about characters and different angles and ways to use abilities

[@gpfhantom1890]

No way, that's gotta be the twin of the stray that my friend found on Apex Legends. Our cracker also used to play Sova a lot and was stuck plat or something

[@johnmullaney-j2r]

Gru narrating gameplay is something I didn't know I needed

[@Szystedt]

His Sova was pretty good, but aaaahh the Omen? Yeah that’s gold. He didn’t even use his non-ult tp once! And I believe his flash was only played off of once, and the smokes were pretty meh

[@DaddyDuck1233]

12:40 the legend reminded me to like the video

[@funwithtalkingtom_official]

I'm Asc 3 on main n I can tell with experience with a lot of my friends in gold and plat and silver that Higher Silver and Golds are the best aimers in the game. Ascendants dont even come close. What they lack is the basic understanding of the game, team play, and just overall confidence. In a duel, a Gold is as good if not better than any Ascendant IMO. A clear example of briandead play that they usually make is at 24:45. They always smoke whatever they are pushing. It's not even for the push usually. It's just that they play on auto-mode, never stop to think what the purpose of a smoke is and if it helps or doesn't help if you do a particular smoke. They just do it, automatically. IMO the true skill of any player comes out in Valo when they play controllers. If you are bad at winning spaces and controlling them, you are a low elo player and vice-versa. The omen play clearly showed us why he is gold - he lacks the brains.

[@Marcpowerful]

The omen smokes are not fully covering the whole entry bc of a "bug". In the shadow realm it coves the whole entry but in the "normal" world ot doesn't

[@michaelcloss565]

It's an incredibly real thing honestly. The problem for players like this guy is they practice, study, and practice some more, but what they are learning isn't very valuable for their current situation. You can know everything to do and still struggle because you play as if you were Ascendant+ because that's who you watch and read guides by, but in your silver games those strategies don't really work as well. It is SO much easier to play with high ranked players because you know what the optimal strategy is and they will abide by it for the most part, where with silvers its just kekw as everyone runs around like a chicken with its head cut off just trying to top frag rather than win. The best thing you can do to improve is to learn to play optimally at your CURRENT rank. Play like the rank you are and enjoy the game :)

[@epicfaaail]

i was GE in CS GO and now dia in valo after 2 months and i never had above average aim in either game, losing straight up gun fights to gold players 50/50, but i never had a problem to climb. communication and decision making is key, you dont want 50/50 gun fights, you always want a gun fight that you are in advantage. people from gold onwards all have good aim, the diff there is not that big between players.

[@xsnep.]

22:00 "it's up to huh" *dies* "huh"

[@Lunarheheha]

for the people in his chat saying hes smurfing because he has lineups or cheating. if he has been hardstuck gold he would learn lineups because thats what he would think that would get him out of his hardstuck rank.

[@bilalmalik5002]

you can see in the first round how his square monitor is screwing him over. he would've seen KJ there.

[@deandreinigo7390]

ARE YOU SUCKING???!!! Got me rolling on the floor😂

[@StarkWolf]

Eggwick: "its up to huh" Kj: "huh" *dies*

[@tomwebb3016]

At 22:15, KJ is stream sniping, you can see her walk towards a, stop moving for 10-15 seconds, then comes back and instantly goes to hit C instead with the team following after

[@benjaminchen4367]

Proves that decision making is more important than pure aim once you're higher than silver

[@mollysandera991]

Flash tp? As someone who is trying Omen and barely using tp, this is new to me, thanks for opening my eyes eggwick!

[@maiitoVA]

climbing from silver/gold elo sucks because you can't just be good enough to do your part, you have to be good enough to carry the teammates who don't do their part. And you gotta be consistent enough to do that every game, or at least more than 50% of games

[@stevenhafeez871]

Elo hell is indeed real. I actually gain 10, and lost 30. I'm a consistent silver player, but droped to iron 2, and was stuck in iron 2 for almost 2 months, and when I got to bronze 1 50 rr, I played against silvers and gold, and did poorly since I was stuck in iron for a long time, so I would gain 10, but lose 30+. Also when ever I get a silver + on my time 9/10 times they are shit to make .atyer worse.

[@snow_singularity]

I personally think his sova is great, I don’t think his omen was good shots are good but as a controller main. Smoking and gaining space with your smokes is needed. I’m a gold omen main so I could be wrong, but he doesn’t utilize omens abilities to the best but that’s why focusing on a few agents helps the climb.

[@thegodssin]

Its the consistency that matters

[@nottheactivist]

27:13 he should not smoke there because that is his teams stacked site. If the enemies get smoked off they are more likely to rotate and your team once again is spread thin. The reason trades always favor attackers is because defenders are usually spread thin. That rule would not have applied had he not smoked. Controller mains always think knowing to smoke chokes that might get pushed is all it takes to play the role lol.

[@Pindsvinet12]

the guy who said i like men in the chat got me laughing 24:36

[@nichlqs]

7:41 yes this is true, i have a friend who was iron and is now bronze 1 has kay/o and viper lineups.

[@BigSources]

There is no way he "disconnected". His father turned off the internet router.

[@Eliteplayer1988]

There is a way out of elo hell: Except that you have alot to learn and focus on those things. Win your duels and clutches. You will quickly notice that your rank points go up.

[@MediaMaestr0]

As soon as he said that it’s the AP server I was no longer surprised by the gameplay because Asia’s golds could probably match up with EUs and NAs higher elos. But then again, there might be those who were boosted.

[@JohnC-j8h]

7:04 at 0.25x speed is insane. i mean i know were aware astra is there, but still just sees a leg and boom prefiring

[@TheSchaef47]

Ah, yes, the old fire a dart into main and spray the attackers with Odin. My constant companion.

[@TheSchaef47]

And the pizza dart from behind the catwalk. I like that one

[@pakuro64]

Sova went from an initiator to a sentinel lol

[@DewieWZ]

sometimes im in elo heaven and sometimes im in elo hell. a lot of times ill lose one game and lose like 8 rr, the next game i win and i get like 20. then there are other times where I win the first game and get like 10-12 rr but lose the next game and lose like 18-22 rr. It is so painful cuz it fucks up the time it takes for me to rank up. I'm currently 22/100 rr to plat 1. I have been on and off with elo hell and my rr gains/losses have been so bad. Also today I played a ranked game and it was full gold with a single silver 3. The most cracked golds i've seen. Amazing crosshair placement, great awareness, good use of util, good at trading, good at holding off angles, but the only bad part was basically no comms on my team (none needed since we still won and had good team coordination with good info).

[@happypants555]

Imo a very underrated reason for being hard stuck is mentality. If this guy thinks he's better than everyone, then he probably gets frustrated fast. And if he gets frustrated in round 3 and starts hating on his teammates, the game is basically lost.

[@jaeger9544]

As a hardstyck bronze soba main, it was like seeing an entire video of my gameplay, I have the same lineups and play just like this guy 😂

[@w0uffv379]

I agree this elo is elohell i just started valorant and placed gold 3 and its like if i dont do 5 kill per round i lose the round. Glad that reyna exist

[@HC-qe8ii]

The hidden RR is creating ELO hell, one over performs is all you need to take you into lobby where real smurfs are playing.

[@Acceos]

He watched a lot of Sova lineup tutorials to do this and thinks he deserves a higher rank. He need to use common sense to, if he want to reach Higher Elos For example: 17:40 He used his ult on the spike after he planted and saw that no one was on it. (This is the moment, where you have to think, if the last Enemie pushing you, or if he just moved out of your Ult to avoid getting hit) He should stop his ult there and be ready to fight the peeking KJ, but he didn´t stoped his Ult and got peeked to death. If i had to cut this game into 4 types of gameplay.(Putting some examples to everything) I would say Aim 30% ( Even without having good aim, you can still do a lot of damage or getting information, that your Team needs Team play 30%(On defense 1 Player flash, second player peeks with the flash OR on attack1 Player clearing the close corners with ability use, the second player smoking of the enemies, the third player flashing side to blind everyone on side and then the Team might be able to take the side) Lineups/util usage 20% (Using Lineups on Spike might stall the enemies from defusing, but you still could bait your whole team by not holding down the side with them) Common sense 20% (You know your team was watching Full A side and Mid and they saw no other players there = the last Players playing close to B and you should go A with them to plant on attack, or on defense be ready to retake B side together)

[@michimuelo]

Ascendants are overhyped as well. Its a combination of everything why most players (including me) have a hard time ranking like inconsistency, bad teammates, bad matchmaking, etc. My peak rank is Diamond 2 and Im in Plat 3 rn and cant just get to diamond. I'm stuck in lobbies outfragging ascendants but losing bc there's a gold, 2 plats and 1 diamond while in the other team there is 2 ascendant, 1 diamond and 2 Plats. It ruins such much my mental losing like that after outfragging everyone that the next match that I play just bottomfrags to a Plat 1

[@Cruiff014]

'Ascendants who deserve gold' this need to be the Title

[@AshGaming-zz4yq]

Twitch chat judging everything is so funny to me especially since most of them are probably under even diamond 😂

[@reptile6059]

his darts are for niche situations like he want enemies to be where he darts rather than darting where enemies might be . Well it common for many self made darts that r not common. His drones are gr8 , like i don't even use much drones as sova main

[@christianmonty4020]

He's really good defending with sova in ascend and average on attack. He's terrible with omen in lotus. I don't know if it's the map, the agent or the combination of both but in ascend he looked like an ascendant and in lotus like a silver. Maybe he's suffering inconsitency and that's why he's in gold

[@Phantasmen]

Ascent is an incredible sova map, as soon as I saw hes sova on ascent defending first I was like: "well this isnt gonna give conclusive evidence" (Sova otp here btw, Im s3-g1, but its more thanks to my aim than anything else)

[@LilDill586]

As a sova main the double shock for b main was a lineup by average jonas 3 years ago on his ascent guide.

[@frost5124]

Is his lineups was great, I'm omen main so I don't know.

[@audible_]

Best thing for being stuck in low elo honestly either queue one game if you win queue another if you lose don't queue if you lose the first don't queue another Very effective to get out Or slam the shit out of comp and analyze your deaths and kills

[@pablodm9]

33:58 and this, ladies and gentlemen is why he is stuck at gold

[@kaosdontcare]

get me in one of these “zero experience comp player thinks he deserves radiant”

[@cyguycy]

The person at 12:48 that said to like the vid in chat made me remember to like

[@sankfps]

his issue is that he panics too much whenever he sees anyone, if he fixes that he can 100% rankup to diamond 1-3

[@Ayush-im1ll]

in lower elo, typically if u play really well like dropping 40 kills…. they just give u shit teammates and it hurts