Guess who has two thumbs and just hit Plat?

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09-15-2022, 06:54 AM
Emerik_Veitasch

Guess who has two thumbs and just hit Plat?

This guy!

https://i.imgur.com/S4BxuOF.png

It's been a long, arduous journey. There were wins. There were losses. There was plenty of that spicy gamer rage. Yet here I am, triumphant! Nothing to it but to keep battling and to make sure you learn from your mistakes.

Some things I struggled with:

1) Positioning. God knows how many times as DRG I was out of position and got obliterated for it. Especially in the first plat attempt, some diamonds really reamed me good.

2) Staying alive. Sometimes it's better to fall back a little and pot up so that you can get your MP back for the next dive.

3) Communication. Seriously, it makes a huge different, especially if you call it out. Target, mark, focus, switch as needed. As DPS, don't be afraid to leave the point to smash that pesky BLM in the back freecasting on your team.

What kinds of recommendations do you have for improvements for people? At this point, I can only keep going up, I must learn from my mistakes and improve!
09-15-2022, 06:59 AM
GordonGeeko

Oh no, you managed to hit platinum with less than 200 wins.

Prepare to be flooded by the forum trolls accusing you of wintrading and cheating.
09-15-2022, 07:01 AM
Towa-Musa

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Originally Posted by Emerik_Veitasch

This guy!

https://i.imgur.com/S4BxuOF.png

It's been a long, arduous journey. There were wins. There were losses. There was plenty of that spicy gamer rage. Yet here I am, triumphant! Nothing to it but to keep battling and to make sure you learn from your mistakes.

Some things I struggled with:

1) Positioning. God knows how many times as DRG I was out of position and got obliterated for it. Especially in the first plat attempt, some diamonds really reamed me good.

2) Staying alive. Sometimes it's better to fall back a little and pot up so that you can get your MP back for the next dive.

3) Communication. Seriously, it makes a huge different, especially if you call it out. Target, mark, focus, switch as needed. As DPS, don't be afraid to leave the point to smash that pesky BLM in the back freecasting on your team.

What kinds of recommendations do you have for improvements for people? At this point, I can only keep going up, I must learn from my mistakes and improve!

congratulations, You grinded your way to elo hell i wish you luck getting out of it.
09-15-2022, 07:02 AM
Emerik_Veitasch

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Originally Posted by GordonGeeko

Oh no, you managed to hit platinum with less than 200 wins.

Prepare to be flooded by the forum trolls accusing you of wintrading and cheating.

I can promise you, I did none of that. I had several losing streaks that made me take a break for a day or two. I also tried to focus on what I can do better after every loss. Sometimes it was my fault, poorly timed LBs that secured no kills. Not focusing the right target, or god forbid being CC'd and obliterated. That situation feels the worst. I'm curious to see how games change at the higher ranks, if they do at all.
09-15-2022, 07:08 AM
Elfidan

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Originally Posted by Emerik_Veitasch

I'm curious to see how games change at the higher ranks, if they do at all.

Every single ranking plays differently.
09-15-2022, 07:08 AM
Emerik_Veitasch

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Originally Posted by Towa-Musa

congratulations, You grinded your way to elo hell i wish you luck getting out of it.

I will take that luck and put it to good use!
09-15-2022, 07:10 AM
Emerik_Veitasch

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Originally Posted by Elfidan

Every single ranking plays differently.

I ended up with one attempt into plat with a couple of diamonds. It....felt a bit different. So much less point sitting, lots of movement. I got murdered a lot...Monk + Rogue was deadly to my life. Felt kind of bad, I'm pretty sure I was the reason we lost that match, I just got stomped. The focus-switch to me when I entered the battle caught me completely off guard, even compared to the matches up through gold.
09-15-2022, 07:39 AM
Towa-Musa

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Originally Posted by Emerik_Veitasch

I ended up with one attempt into plat with a couple of diamonds. It....felt a bit different. So much less point sitting, lots of movement. I got murdered a lot...Monk + Rogue was deadly to my life. Felt kind of bad, I'm pretty sure I was the reason we lost that match, I just got stomped. The focus-switch to me when I entered the battle caught me completely off guard, even compared to the matches up through gold.

monks can two shot you, ninjas can outright just kill you if you are below half health.
09-15-2022, 07:57 AM
Elfidan

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Originally Posted by Emerik_Veitasch

I ended up with one attempt into plat with a couple of diamonds. It....felt a bit different. So much less point sitting, lots of movement. I got murdered a lot...Monk + Rogue was deadly to my life. Felt kind of bad, I'm pretty sure I was the reason we lost that match, I just got stomped. The focus-switch to me when I entered the battle caught me completely off guard, even compared to the matches up through gold.

Yeah, each tier you kind of have to relearn the popular strategies, and then roll the job match up randomizer. There was a running joke that crystal plays like bronze during season one and it wasn't too far off to be honest. Season two was just about the same with the added joy of sometimes queueing with the same 10 people over and over.
09-15-2022, 02:54 PM
nighttimebunny

Grats! Fellow drg here, I just started ranked pvp last week and somehow hit diamond 5 I’ll just say it gets much harder once you get to diamond 5 and face top crystal players all of a sudden, lol. big difficulty curve because any silly mistakes are much more punishing. but that’s where you really learn, I think. timing LB really gets interesting later on. usually best if they all or most have guard down, are engaged already/being cc’d etc. Be careful when using it because you can die in mid air lol. getting off horrid roar after geirskogul is important too. Have fun!
09-15-2022, 08:28 PM
Ravenwatch

Congrats on getting over the hump, Gold was one of the toughest to break out of for me as well.
09-15-2022, 11:52 PM
Emerik_Veitasch

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Originally Posted by nighttimebunny

Grats! Fellow drg here, I just started ranked pvp last week and somehow hit diamond 5 I’ll just say it gets much harder once you get to diamond 5 and face top crystal players all of a sudden, lol. big difficulty curve because any silly mistakes are much more punishing. but that’s where you really learn, I think. timing LB really gets interesting later on. usually best if they all or most have guard down, are engaged already/being cc’d etc. Be careful when using it because you can die in mid air lol. getting off horrid roar after geirskogul is important too. Have fun!

I raged so hard the first time that happened. Targeted by a MCH as I hit my LB and ended up getting sniped out of the air. So frustrating. I've learned to try and be much more careful with it. Watching for shields, making sure I can actually do damage rather than have it be absorbed and, effectively, completely negated. Next goal is Diamond, but it looks like it might be a tough grind up from here.
09-15-2022, 11:52 PM
Emerik_Veitasch

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Originally Posted by Ravenwatch

Congrats on getting over the hump, Gold was one of the toughest to break out of for me as well.

Thank you, thank you. Once I started to focus on improving me, instead of worrying about others, I started to really push out of it. So I'm hoping I can do the same in Plat.
09-16-2022, 03:45 AM
nighttimebunny

Yeah try not to use it as an “oh crap” button, ever :,) really more of something to use when your whole team is working to wipe them and you’re not being focused by anyone especially a MCH hahah. You can definitely do it if I can! Losing streaks happen though which i just went on (ouch) but oh well xD