I thought about this earlier because my friend is in celestial and he was duo queuing with another and they’re both tank mains. I see and hear them struggling. It made me wonder which roles are the most difficult to duo with.

Assume that the duo isn’t in game chat, being in game chat is more than Ideal but some people just don’t want to deal with game chat.

I think having a support is better overall than a duo without a support because imo I think supports have to make the most important callouts.

I think the worst is unironically double strategist though, while you can patty cake, you can only do so much on strategist, you know.

I don’t know though what do you guys think?

I started playing in season 1 on console. Peaked C1 80% before dropping to C3 in season 1.5. I know that’s the most “boosted season” but hey man I think it counts.

After that I kind of stopped playing for a couple of months and came back on pc. My first season playing the game, I hit gm1 two games off c3 but just couldn’t win and it was the last day of the season so I gave up and went to bed.

I’ve just been at gm3 since and can’t climb any higher mainly because I stopped trying to. Once again I try to hit c3, and get to gm1 on my main. I’m not at -29% at gm1 1 loss away from gm2 knowing full and well I won’t be able to get back to gm1.

I ended up playing on my alt which was gm3, and fell to diamond 1, almost diamond 2. I climbed back to gm3 today but by luck. I’ve lost more than 20 games these past 3-4 days and have only won like less than 10. I actually don’t know what to do. I want to hit eternity but I can’t even hit celestial. I have no clue what I’m doing wrong and it pains me. My mental has also been horrible. I’ve begun crap talking my teammates 10x more than usual. Every game I complain and it’s like I lose focus on improving and just keep getting worse. How I went from losing in gm1 to losing in diamond is beyond me.

I don’t know if I should queue on my main or just give it up.
I’ve tried posting vod reviews but nobody in this sub watches them so there’s no point to that.

I'm watching the Rivals Playoffs, and see the best DPS Players are Hitscan players like Terra, SparkR, and Energy but the think I don't understand is what makes them better than other Pros, since at this level I feel like most Pros have good aim, positioning, and target priority so why aren't other Pros as good as Terra. I always watch these matches and never see what they do so much better than other Hitscan Pros.

been watching a little bit of pro play lately wanted to ask why people play / ban him so much this season?

The age old question, I know. I just wanted to ask specific to me. This is my first hero shooter, I mainly played FPS before.

• My past seasons peaks in order have been S3 (S1), D3 (s2), GM3 (s3), GM3 (s4), C3 (s5), C3, (s6), GM1 (s7), GM2 (s8).
• Currently I'm Diamond 3, after hitting GM2. But I'm a support main, so it's so hard to climb. I can pour my heals into people, but I, myself, can only do so much. My skill on DPS is Gold level and my skill on Tanking is Plat level.
• I play in scrims with users who are Cel-OAA, but every time a team has me, I lose. I'm definitely not Cel+ material yet. I average GM rank and I'm the lowest there. I enjoy being coached mid-game but don't want to spend for it. Scrims are my opportunity to learn, I don't know what else I haven't noticed that I'm missing.
• When scrimming, I notice higher ranks comm a LOT (Enemy CDs, Ult Ending, Ult Planning, Healer LOS) so I try that, but it's not enough. My positioning isn't the best but it sustains me in Diamond rank and up to at least GM2 well, but I still try to improve. It helps, but not enough to climb.
• I used to be GM level skill, now I can't hold GM. I've been lucky to hit C3 but I don't think I'm C3 skill yet. I've played consistently, at least a few hours day until my skill depletes (I'm a college kid on break lol). I maintain level headedness, I'm not much of a rager, so no throwing.

I want to do what I can as a support and learn, but I feel so limited. Any ideas how to climb as a support? This season seems much harder and I feel at a loss.

I saw somebody asking why do high elo players say Jeff is good and I wanna make a post about it, if somebody wants to ads things go ahead.

1. Survability, jeff can barely die if its a good jeff, I think the highest self healing out of all the supports.

2. Insane with dive - can heal/dmg across the map or not even this, can live in your backline with your divers and make your backline hate their life.

3. Now a reason why it is hated in low elo lobbies.

Thats because in low elo lobbies, people dont know what the S button on their keyboard does ( I am sorry if I am too harsh ). They dont know or understand how to kite a support or a dps ult, they dont know how to survive so they need a good support ult to stay alive or they simply die because they cannot press back or use the walls for cover or even help each other stay alive.

4. How to play if you have a Jeff?

Ult tracking, very important. Do they have a dps ult coming? Yes.

Do you have anything to counter it? If they have a starlord ult, do you have a mag ult for it? An emma ult? The other support does have ult or not?

If not, play back. Give space, play to survive, use walls for cover, help your supports stay alive and they will help you stay alive as well.

Its fine if you give some space, not the end of the world as long as you live.

There are tutorials made on youtube about ult tracking if you dont know how to do it and you want to improve on it. This is one of if not the most important things in the game and if you learn to do this, your positioning will be a lot better, the jeff pick your teammate made wont matter as much because you already know how to play the next fight before it even begins.

The game is about stalling/contesting the point so staying alive is the most important thing

If anyone wants to add anything/any other tips/information, please feel free to do it.

Platform: PC Name: BumFarto305 Code: 10357093083

Was trying to comm and ask my team what i could fix, they kept saying cap and i didn't deal with him well. I usually don't comm bc i feel like no one listens. I have the dumbest deaths with rogue because if i can't get to the supports i feel useless. My success on rogue depends on if i can get pocketed in the enemies backline and I'm trying to get more versatile.

I’ve been running into trip support comps more often In ranked and It’s really tough to break through with winter when there’s also two tanks.

QP sucks for training and comp I practically throw if I'm not on Tank.

Edit: realised I should've specified which DPS I'm talking about. it's Dive DPS, mainly Spidey, DD and Starlord.

In Game Name: CheekenTendies

Platform: PC

Game Code(s): 30731912348/30679515502/30679515190

I am a flex player that plays whatever the team needs + switch to counter the opponent lineup if things are not working well (If enemy is playing poke I will switch to shield tank etc). I have been grinding rank for awhile now and it's a nightmare dealing with people that only blame teammates and don't even comms in game. I feel like I am talking to the team myself every single game and done my best but still lost the game.

Also, time to time I get comments from some teammate that I am dying too much? (I feel that the opponents are just full on targeting me when I am ulti-ing as punisher etc). Kindly give me pointers on anything I can do to lead the team to victory and get to GM? Thank you.

So I started playing rivals seriously in season 7 and usually solo queue comp till I hit celestial. I don’t consider myself to be someone who has insane mechanical skill and I work a 9-5 so I can’t grind the game super hard. I wanna share some things I wish I knew when I started for anyone who’s trying to climb up.

# 1. You can’t control your teammates (keep your mental)

If you have any presence in this community you’re aware of the age old memes of throwers and poor teammates. Whether that’s due to boosted ranks or the rivals matchmaking system I’ll leave to you, but what’s most important is you don’t let it affect your mental. Even if your teammates are underperforming there are still ways in which you can improve your own game. It’s more productive to stay cool and focus on those. Unfortunately part of solo queuing in this game is accepting you might be throwing elo in the trash can depending on the matchup. I recommend you go in just seeing how you can play better and don’t get overly emotional about elo and you will have a much better experience.

# 2. Have a flexible hero pool

This is **THE** most important part of climbing solo. As you get higher up in ranks understanding team comps and being able to fill for your OTP teammates becomes extremely important. I’m a champion Rogue main with a 60-70% win rate on the character. Part of the reason why it’s positive is because I know when to put her away. There are games where the enemy team will be playing counters (Thing, peni, heavy poke) and I know a melee character is generally gonna eat dirt there, so I swap. You should be able to react to enemy team comps on the fly.

# 3. Synergize with your team

There are also games where your team may not be aligned with your personal play style. I like to play rogue as a brawl/dive tank to disrupt back lines and take space. But some teammates that I run into don’t know how to coordinate a dive and fill the space I’m making, so I’m getting no value from my play style. If that’s the case I also switch to a more traditional front to back tank. You don’t have to know the whole roster, but at least 3 characters from each role that can be used in different situations (dive, sustain, anti-dive, ect) to **synergize** with your team is very important. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been on a team with a rogue/mag combo and gambit slips through the ban phase but nobody goes gambit for the most broken team up in the game. Or if you are on dps and see your magik needs someone to dive with her to finish off kills. Being able to flex to different roles/characters to enable your teammates is key in having more success.

# 4. If you swap, swap early

This is a mistake I still see in celestial lobbies. People will be getting rolled and won’t try changing the comp until the last minute of the game. At which point you lose ult charge and aren’t coordinated for the last fight. If there’s a cap constantly in your backline go white fox. If there’s a Dino eating the frontline go Emma. These swaps should be made immediately not after you’ve lost 2 points.

# 5. Game sense

The previous 3 points roll into this one but game sense also heavily revolves around ult usage. Rivals more than any other hero shooter is an ult based game. As you climb, matches will often be decided by who gets more value out of their ults. There are several ways to use ults intelligently. The first is kiting (falling back while the enemy team dumps support ults/cds) and then responding with your own once they are out to gain an advantage. Another point is realizing not every ult has to directly result in elims. For example using Jeff ult to swallow white fox ult, or Emma’s ult to mind control starlord out of his. Kiting and using ults defensively don’t show up on the scoreboard but make massive differences in winning and losing team fights. Also, you can get away with double support ulting in metal ranks but after that those kinds of mistakes will cost you.

# 6. Realize it’s just a game

It’s no secret the rivals community is filled with toxicity. It only gets worse as you climb and sometimes I find high celestial/low eternity to be insane in that regard. Part of the reason why I’m nearing the end of my time on the game is because it takes a lot to deal with it day in day out after a full day of work. Not to mention the balancing of the game is done towards the casual player, so it can feel silly getting hyper competitive over such a poorly balanced product. Ultimately, I try my best to be uplifting in chat because I refuse to let someone on the game ruin my mood. I also don’t want to be the reason for ruining theirs. Just rmr it’s important to be kind :).

Feel free to DM me if you’d like to ask any specific questions or want more. I’d be happy to share! Godspeed.

In Game Name: JosieWosie99

Platform: PC

Game Code(s): 10689992045

I know this isn't my greatest game, and I would like some help in identifying my biggest issues, my profile is public, so you guys can also look at my other games to see any issues and what I should be working on.

i feel like since the nerf he's been at an okay level, very vulnerable to poke and easy to charge ult and abilities off of, but i still see him banned so much in my gm lobbies. i wanted go ask, is he actually worth banning right now?

I am tank main and I do genuinely like this role in any game, but I also got the drive to really improve mechanically, especially with aim, so I made another account where I only play (hitscan) dps. Right now it’s still only QP games since it’s not quite lv15 yet.

Anyway, with Cyclops it’s just straight up lobby domination almost every game I get. Aim feels crisp. Never afraid of 1v1's.

Since the idea was to improve, I also picked Phoenix a couple of games and the difference is abysmal. I am talking like 35-45% accuracy.

Now I know it’s likely because of the way the primary fire works on these characters, as I believe the Clops shoots 2 or 3 very instances of damage, a little like a pulse rifle, while Phoenix is one single hitscan projectile.

I still do not understand how crazy the difference feels. I do feel like my aim with Cassidy in OW is decent in comparison.

Anyone got the same issue?

I’m Diamond 3 and I don’t understand the Jeff love, I’m a huge enjoyer of the “immortality” support ults.

I recently had a game where an enemy team banned every type of counter to dive, and they picked a heavy dive comp and we couldn’t do anything about it. The tanks were pretty much useless the whole match because the healers were too busy pattycakeing whole time just to stay alive.
I’m not even blaming anyone. I just genuinely don’t know what to do in that situation.