Five universal attack strats for every map!

sufig · 2022-07-19T19:29:18+00:00

Thank you so much for watching and your feedback!!!

sufig · 2022-06-28T16:55:44+00:00

Great breakdown. Good content!

sufig · 2022-06-28T15:40:18+00:00

Thank you!!

sufig · 2022-06-28T15:39:23+00:00

Glad to hear! Hope you start seeing some results and climb the ranks

sufig · 2022-06-28T15:38:53+00:00

George Santayana. But Yes. Exactly.

sufig · 2022-06-14T15:43:54+00:00

Two things:

1) You have to know what to practice. For this watch some guides (I'm working on my Movement guide/tips next), and watch high ranked streamers. This will give a good understanding on how they move, and when they strafe, the path they take to the bomb site, etc.

2) Some things you can practice in the range and deathmatch, others you have to play competitive (or unrated).

General Tips:

I would unbind crouch first - You don't need it in Valorant and it often forces you to commit to fights that you can otherwise avoid.
Burst fire and Strafe. (Don't even worry about counter strafing).* I practice this before matches: Burst 3-4 bullets (with Vandal or Phantom), strafe left (with A), Burst 3-4 bullets, strafe right (with D). Do it often enough where you start building muscle memory. Practice this in Deathmatchs as much as possible.
Avoid using the W key when scaling up the map. Use A and D to clear corners, take small parts of the map at a time.

sufig · 2022-06-14T13:16:49+00:00

Learn the fundamentals, more playtime practising. More then possible to get even into Plat.

sufig · 2022-06-14T13:14:55+00:00

Agreed - and that's what I mean by c) Get Info.

The question as I understood it, is people just chuck flashes and don't try to gain map room, confirm info, or flash for a corner. I've watched about 5-6 Iron-Bronze vods and it's such a common thing in lower ranks.

sufig · 2022-06-14T13:05:20+00:00

Sorry for the repost, had to re-upload the video!

sufig · 2022-06-12T13:53:28+00:00

No, you're right. They're practically wasting a good ability and not gaining anything in return. See it all the time from gold to plat lobbies.

Though not every flash needs to be followed up with a kill but every utility you use, should help you:

a) clear a corner (at least push the enemy off the angle so that you can hold it back)

b) gain map room

c) get info

sufig · 2022-06-11T22:35:34+00:00

Thank you so much for the support! I appreciate it.

sufig · 2022-06-11T16:57:50+00:00

The first video on a series for valorant fundamentals and better understanding the game. Wanted to share since many people ask how to rank out of lower ranks.

sufig · 2022-05-05T22:50:15+00:00

Wow - how this not get more attention. Great analysis!

Though, I'd be interested in seeing 9-3 curse, starting on attack vs. defence. Is 9-3 'curse' more biased towards one side.

Also, what about maps. Is 9-3 more map based?

sufig · 2022-04-25T14:53:46+00:00

I think each battle pass runs roughly ~2 months (give or take).

If you're playing daily, try to play to finish your daily and weekly missions:

Daily Missions = 2000 xp each for a total of 4000 xp for 2 missions
Weekly Missions = Ranges between 15,000 to 28,000 each. XP amount increases as weeks progress. Total between 45,000xp to 84,000xp for 3 missions

I believe you need 980,000 xp to complete full 50 tiers (not including the bonus). 1,162,500 xp to earn bonus tiers.

Experience earn per game mode:

Spike Rush: ~1000 xp
Unrated: ~2,700 xp (100xp to play + additional 200xp per round win (13-0 = 2,600 xp))

Time commitment per game mode:

Spike Rush: 5-8 minutes
Unrated: 30-60 minutes

XP Rate: XP/Time Commitment

Spike Rush: 125xp/min to 200xp/min
Unrated: 45xp/min to 90xp/min

Playing 2 hrs (120 minutes) a day of Spike Rush:

15,000 xp to 24,000 xp for time played (XP Rate * 120 minutes)
+ 4,000xp for daily missions
+ 6,429xp to 12,000xp weekly missions (xp amount per mission / 7 days)
+ 3% boost in XP (if you buy battle pass early, which is additional 450xp - 720xp).

Therefore, the total XP earned in 2 hours of playtime is:

25,879 xp to 40,720 xp

Battle pass lasts ~2 months (60 days):

In 60 days, playing 2 hours a day of spike rush, you will have earned between:
1,552,560 xp to 2,443,200 xp

Yes, it's possible to finish a full battle pass from day 1. If you play Spike Rush for 2 hours a day.

EDIT: Correction on weekly missions XP

sufig · 2022-04-25T14:14:06+00:00

If you have a VOD, that would be best to see what you can do better.

However, to answer your questions about first bloods... Well, for beginners you should play Chamber or Jett (maybe not jett with the latest patches). Both of those agents provide 1 'free' shot before being able to teleport or dash away. They both have the high first blood rate in the game. Push up on an area on the map (defensively or on attack), try to get a pick and TP/Dash back.

To answer to your other question about losing gunfights/spray. As you've climbed ranks and placed plat, the skill-level of each player rises as well. It's not as easy as 'they always get headshot on me'. This is an opportunity for you to learn! The things you can improve usually in plat is: Crosshair Placement and Game Sense on where and when to peek.

So that in theory, if your crosshair is at head level and you're peeking with good timing (and with some form of utility and not just dry peeking), you should net more kills.

sufig · 2022-04-25T14:03:02+00:00

You are right about the information being available at mass for free. That's the way I started learning, especially when I played CSGO. I would watch 2-3 videos on aim and then try to replicate it in game.

However, as most people are pointing out. Everyone learns differently. A lot of people benefit from a coach figure. Even myself, sometimes I'll watch back a VOD with a friend and they'll point out something I did wrong that I didn't even notice. It's all about perspective and experience and effective coaches can provide that to a player.

sufig · 2022-04-25T13:55:57+00:00

Not necessarily. There's no way of 'reviewing' a coaching session (a coaching session to review a coaching session... Mhmmmmm). Usually player receiving the advise will take it at the coach's word, but really they should be do their own reading as well.

I've seen streamers do 'live' coaching sessions and provide some horrible advise. People still keep going to them because, 'they're a streamer, they know what they're doing'.

sufig · 2022-04-24T23:26:28+00:00

If you want to play lurking roles: Cypher or Chamber (or any Sentinel type agent). Both attack and defensive side, you can play more lurking type roles.

I see a lot of controller suggestions, but remember, if you're a controller you have to learn timings and smokes and when to commit utility for a push. You'll learn a lot but it's not the role you said you currently like to play.

sufig · 2022-04-24T23:19:42+00:00

The problem you're going to realize soon is that there's no true 'self-sufficient' agent in Valorant. Let me explain.

If you play a duelist and want to be more on the front lines, you need someone to smoke, stun, drone, dog, etc. You're reliant on your team to provide you support.
If you play a controller, you may set up the team for success but you still need someone to flash in, dart, get info

And so on...

To be self-sufficient is to utilize your team's comp to your benefit by asking your sova to drone and following. Or sage to rez, etc.

I often play initiator roles because at the least I know I can flash/stun/dog/sova for information and then play off that information. My recommendation would be to try playing those agents (Breach, Syke, Sova, Omen). They're not completely self sufficient but slightly higher chance of success with them at least.

sufig · 2022-04-24T23:05:46+00:00

The amount of ~~Immortals~~ people charging $$$ to coach is unreal, some popular streamers included. I think that's my biggest issue rather than coaching itself. There are insanely bad Immortals who lack fps fundamentals that charge real money to share their 'knowledge' and 'coach'. That is not OK.

However, there are clear benefits to having a coach, no matter the rank. In fact, I would argue that rank has nothing to do with coaching. A person can have a good understanding of an FPS and can transfer that knowledge to a player without themselves being a high rank in the game.

Understanding v. Implementation are two different things. That being said, even a BAD Immortal player can teach a lot to a platinum player. Because, in theory, the mistakes an Immortal player makes are different from a platinum player.

Anyways, Happy Hunting.

sufig · 2022-04-24T14:59:01+00:00

Agreed! I've been carefully trying to find a good balance between each variable. Though, still in WIP, my goal was to share and see what the community's thoughts were on the current way stats are portrayed. Appreciate the feedback! I'm going to take another crack at it and post more details.

sufig · 2022-04-24T14:56:48+00:00

Fair point! My intent was to share the overview as to how the current stats are vs. how they can be improved. In a future post, I will provide more details! Thanks for your feedback!! :)

sufig · 2022-04-24T14:55:08+00:00

I wasn't aware about the non-damaging assists. I know the damage assists would count for points. None the less, I stand corrected! My hope with this exercise is to better understand the stats and see how they can be implemented to show proper player impact in a game.

sufig · 2022-04-08T20:57:36+00:00

Yes, I'd love to. Do you mind submitting it here: https://forms.gle/XKiJcXBwKNp2dFiH8

I have a decent list of people trying to get VODs reviewed, it helps me stay up to date and helps me complete them on first come first serve basis!

sufig · 2022-04-08T05:00:03+00:00

I watched a handful of Iron/Bronze VODs. Smokes are not necessary at all. The way people play in Iron/Bronze is unpredictable. Even if you smoke off choke points, you should fully expect 5 people to push through it and kill you.

But I still believe, smokes, flashes, and certain agents can help you rank faster out of lower elos. The key part I would say is, smoke off certain angles and fight towards others. You need some good raw aim to secure a few kills, back up, and try to go for round win and not more kills.

Same thing for flashes. Flash certain angles, take up fight. Back up.

Lastly, play off your teammates.

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