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Aadil Saqib
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So guys, this is the 5th account that I've gotten to Diamond. I know a lot of us question the consistency of the SR system and many think you can climb or drop based on lucky/unlucky win streaks and loss streaks. But this experience has proven (to me at least) that you will end up at the rank where you belong regardless of teammates or luck. (Provided you play regularly)
My highest SR ever is 3400 tho I consider myself a mid diamond player at best (3200ish). This was actually supposed to be a practice account where I practiced my shitty soldier, abysmal hog, trash widow and meh Mercy. The account started at 2200 (after placements. Last season rank was 1900) and I Tracer'd (who I already one trick) my way to get to around 2700 SR. This is where I majorly practiced my heroes tho I would occasionally use Tracer if I felt the game was too one sided and our team couldn't do much and was getting pissed. I would never be the sole reason my team lost so I used Tracer to help my team if they were too helpless (I have a 70% win rate with her over 4 hours of play)
Even with me playing heroes I was crap at, I still managed to get around diamond without actually trying to climb. Try-harding was never my goal, practicing was. Even then, I still managed to win enough games to end up at my original rank.
So I concluded from this that players who use comp for practice, don't take it seriously or whatever will still be at a rank they belong. If you fall from a rank and can't maintain it, it has nothing to do with teammates or bad luck. I have managed to secure diamond on several accounts after the first time I managed it. And even when I'm not trying my best, the game still felt too easy with my worst heroes at any lower SR and I did manage to win enough to get back to diamond.
So next time you think you should be "x" rank but you're being held back. Trust me, you're not. The only person who can help you climb, is you. And winning comes naturally when you have a certain level of feel for the game, regardless of what you play.
My highest SR ever is 3400 tho I consider myself a mid diamond player at best (3200ish). This was actually supposed to be a practice account where I practiced my shitty soldier, abysmal hog, trash widow and meh Mercy. The account started at 2200 (after placements. Last season rank was 1900) and I Tracer'd (who I already one trick) my way to get to around 2700 SR. This is where I majorly practiced my heroes tho I would occasionally use Tracer if I felt the game was too one sided and our team couldn't do much and was getting pissed. I would never be the sole reason my team lost so I used Tracer to help my team if they were too helpless (I have a 70% win rate with her over 4 hours of play)
Even with me playing heroes I was crap at, I still managed to get around diamond without actually trying to climb. Try-harding was never my goal, practicing was. Even then, I still managed to win enough games to end up at my original rank.
So I concluded from this that players who use comp for practice, don't take it seriously or whatever will still be at a rank they belong. If you fall from a rank and can't maintain it, it has nothing to do with teammates or bad luck. I have managed to secure diamond on several accounts after the first time I managed it. And even when I'm not trying my best, the game still felt too easy with my worst heroes at any lower SR and I did manage to win enough to get back to diamond.
So next time you think you should be "x" rank but you're being held back. Trust me, you're not. The only person who can help you climb, is you. And winning comes naturally when you have a certain level of feel for the game, regardless of what you play.