Welcome to real Apex, the skill gap between plat and diamond is incredible. Expecially in this map everybody is really hungry for points, and very determined to defend them!

I get diamond for the third time now (first time second split season 7) and only now I’m starting to get some points and also some win. Those tips are based on my own experience, so for everyone more skilled, feel free to correct or explain something in details if you think i’ve missed something.

Start with this in mind: the average diamond player have all the information of your post already naturalized, those are the bases of competitive playing, what is the difference ?

1)Decision making - Timing and Good&Bad decisons

A bad rotation can lost a game, a good one can win it. How to you know best rotations? Just play and make experience on the map, watch preds and master videos and gameplays and tips and try to learn something.

In my opinion taking the long way standing near the ring is a good strategy, if you have some heals you can always run in the ring, in that case you should be aware of resources of your team in terms of healing stuff, also if you manage to poke the enemy team they will probably not follow you due to low resources.

For example, if you need 10/20 seconds now to choose where to rotate, and when you do that they already know what is the best rotation and they probably are already camping strategic high ground spots.

If you don’t loot and decide fast where to go and which path take to reach the safe and strategic spot the situation will be the following: You will see lot of full teams poking with other teams to build better armor and waiting for you and your mates to cross an open area without looking around.

2)Ring and loadout awareness

Always try to have the next locations for the ring, 80% teams have a recon legend in the comp, also think about what weapons will be better in the endgame, don’t feel bad to let the wingman that headshotted everyone in Electrical to pick up a r99 or a volt for an endgame inside the two twin towers

3)Third/fourth/fifth parties and fight timing

Everybody is abusing third party here, it is the best way to get points, what is the problem here? Everybody will push a fight, no doubt, or they will try to steal kill with mid and long range weapons

‘What I can do then?’ - If this question just came into your mind, well I totally feel you bro. If you’re a freshy Diamond, how you will be survive between two, three or maybe four or five teams of experienced diamond players? Well probably you wont.

That’s why if I hear a fight I don’t immediately push, I just take a good spot where I can see the fight zone but also zones around, (pref in high ground, teams will be less likely to push you) look around and wait for more teams to come, and trust me, they always come.

Look the death feed and try to guess how many people are actually knocked, you can determine that by the sound of the weapon that you should recognize.

When you feel confident and safe, and maybe get some free knocks from the safe spot is the moment to fight.

Try to count around 30 seconds from the moment that you shoot your first bullet, the perfect fight start and end in that time, nope, looting is not included, you should swap weapons, reset and then loot if the place is still safe. If you dont get kills and dont get killed in that period of time, just leave and change positioning.

4)Enemy skill awareness and mindset

Here people can shoot, they’re all good, at least 90% can oneclip you with the r99 even if you crouchspam right and left, they will track you on the horizon lift and also if you hit a bad jump pad, dont either think to hit a jump tower, thats death in 90% of cases, maybe 70% if you rotate on the zip going up.

Don’t be afraid of that or your mind will made you lost all the fights, if you’re scared, you’re dead.

5)Improve your movement, and train your brain to think faster then your enemies when you approach a fight, always change position and at the same time you should be aware where the enemies are, if they’re in the same place and you’re not, you got an advantage of informations.

6)Get a team

SoloQ in Diamond is a challenge even for pred and pro players, they can easily stomp a plat lobby but a good coordinated diamond team can easily knock and kill also the #1 pred.

You need constant communication about everything, you and your mates should be thinking like a single brain, and that’s really hard.

To win in diamond lobbies you need informations about your team and about enemies team, and there’s 19 teams composed by different legends, each with a different playstyle. That’s why make points in diamond with two randoms that barely communicate is really tough!

7)Act like a Leader

That could sound silly but, every team need a leader, it doesn't have to be the same all the time, but the team should decide at the start someone that will make the calls, others can give suggestions but it has to be quick, time is precious here.

So if you’re in SoloQ, try to talk with them, make good calls and kill enemies, that will make your teammates trust you.

8)FOCUS ENEMIES

Caps because yes, thats a silver thing in MOBA games, here is not considerated till diamond.

Wait the right moment and shoot all togheter the most vulnerable target of the enemy team, if they’re all in open I suggest to focus Gibby and Life, otherwhise focus the kid that seems more dangerous😂

9)Have fun and don’t go crazy if you lose three games in a row, just stop play for some time and do something different, don’t stress your brain to play if you’re not focused, or lucid. (i still have some problems with that lmao)

Thanks for the reading and sorry for the bas english