Hit Immortal as an init flex by watching pros use utility — but I’ve never once reviewed my own games. Anyone else?
Solo queue init main, climbed Plat to Immortal over ~8 months. ~6 games a day, basic deathmatch warmup, no real routine. Hit a few hard plateaus along the way.
The thing that actually unlocked the climb for me wasn't mechanics or game sense generally — it was watching how pros, coaches, and high Imm/Radiant streamers use their utility. Not their aim. Their smokes, flashes, recon. Took maybe 2-3 weeks of consciously copying and trying stuff in my own games before it clicked. Suddenly I was getting info my team didn't have, and my rounds started making sense.
Here's the part I find weird though: I've never once reviewed my own VODs.
Like, I climbed by studying other people's gameplay obsessively, but never spent 20 min looking at my own. So I have no idea which of my util usages actually work and which are just habits I copied without understanding. I have no idea which maps drain my RR, which agents I'm actually good with vs which ones I just play because the team needs them. Zero data on myself.
This feels like a problem and I think it's why I plateau so often. I climb on pattern-matching from others, then when something stops working I have nothing to fall back on.
Genuinely curious:
- Init mains here — did watching utility usage unlock your climb too, or was it something else?
- Anyone actually reviews their own VODs consistently? Did it help more than watching pros?
- For the ones who flex agents like me — how do you know which agent is actually your best one vs the one you just like playing?
(Building a spreadsheet to log my own games and stop flying blind on myself. Link in bio if curious. But mostly want to hear how others handle this.)