I can't figure out how to rank up in Silver

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In my ELO (mid silver) I struggle to rank up because every game I play, some/body either leaves or throws on my team, and I loose like 40 SR every game. Help??

EDIT: I’m plat :))

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It’s not every game. Get a recording of a relatively close game and we can point out some basic mistakes that you’re not noticing. I’m a mid master tank main so if you post a tank vod I could do a review for you.

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Mid master tank main? Tell me the secrets of my Dva? I must know as I enjoy tanking and switched from Rein to Dva not that long a go.

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Post a vod and I’ll try my best to help. But really just play her like Tracer when you’re not protecting your teammates - isolate a squishy, burst them down as best you can, then run away. DM anything you want to stop (hint: DM on enemy Ana is huge in this meta).

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If you are losing 40 SR in a game then you playing very badly and the problem is likely you.

Trolls and leavers don’t help but these are certainly not every game.

Post a VOD and let’s see what we could help you with on your own gameplay.

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Next time you get smurfed, ask them how many hours they put in getting that good.

Then ask if they can show you some stuff, and you would be happy to run support for them while they show you… Get the team invite.

Boom instant ride to gold.

Just remember to be nice to them.

Works a treat to get out of bronze as well

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I do get leavers occasionally but it is not a majority of the time.
Most often, I get incompetency.
I feel that many silver and bronze players do not know the basics fundamentals of the game.

I am writing this waiting to queue up after a game where my Reinhardt shifted off point and c9’d on Hanamura…

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If you want i can review a vod of a comp game of yours and point out small things that can help you improve :slight_smile: Just PM me a vod and we can discuss. Im high-masters-low GM

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Ok, I’ll post a vod later. It know the problem isn’t me because I usually have gold damage. I play a lot of Tracer and Genji, but I mainly flex.

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Oh man, no buddy, I’m sorry, but medals mean nothing when it comes to winning. All gold damage on a losing team means is you didn’t notice where to focus that damage to get the elims that matter to get the objective. Tell us how many deaths you have.

You have a 60% win rate on Reinhardt, you have a 40% win rate on Genji. Seems you perform better as a tank.

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I wish they never took the FB medal out. It was honestly the most useful medal.

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That’s why they are in silver and bronze. The same with the enemy team too. You need to take advantage.

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easy answer, kill them 4head

slightly less easy answer. improve aim and play consistant aim intensive heroes, bronze/silver/gold suffer from high levels of inconsistancy across the players ability to kill stuff. if your the one shining light of consistant dmg/kills you’ll climb no problem

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And everybody else thinks this, hence 4-6 dps instalocks per team…

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losing 40sr a game means you are under performing rather badly. I’m no pro myself and just climbed out of silver on my other account this week but I gain 25-35 for wins and lose 20-25 on losses

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well it works even in 4-6 dps teams, what matters more then anything is that the people are playing heroes theyre “good” with.

that being said, the amount of teams that actually go 3-6 dps is pretty rare. when it happens mid match though, its because of tilt. which doesnt happen when your good enough to climb, because your team is winning so they rarely if ever tilt xd

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Well, maybe if you’re good enough to dps your way up…

When I’m playing a support (Lucio) and I’ve got gold elims, heals, obj kills and gold obj time and my team decides to trickle 1-3 v 6 onto the point, not heckuva lot more I can do…

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1: I doubt you get near that many throwers/leavers/trolls.
2: If you’re losing 40 SR a match then the matchmaker is going Egad! this player is nowhere near this good and I need to fix that ASAP! Your average loss should be like half that.
3: You might be currently inflated/recently atrophied skills and the matchmaker is doing point 2. You’ll land where you win and lose roughly equally assuming SR gains and losses are roughly equal. If you’re losing more then you need to hit that equalizing point.

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And yourself*
To the person you quoted. People point out others’ incompetency yet are blind to their own. Odds are you make equally bad decisions regularly. Or your mechanical skills are abaolute trash and your game sense is what keeps you where you are.

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well medals mean actually nothing.

the guy who carries isnt always the guy with 900 golds. sometimes its the guy who gets the 1-2 kills on key targets just as his/her team pushes

even in low elo this can work, now obviously sometimes you do infact have to solo wipe a team. but generally speaking, its about WHO you kill not how many.

this is why medals mean nothing, its possible for instance for a lets say hanzo, too have gold elims and dmg. maybe even 15,000 dmg and 35 elims. do the math on that and he did 428 dmg PER kill. in short, he fed

this is why its dumb to brag about having gold dmg, or any medals for that matter. the only time id actually say it matters is when you have a moira/ana and somehow a lucio/zen are gold heals. otherwise its just a matter of knowing who to kill, how to kill them and then being able to do it

then ez rank up. this just so happens to be easier as a dps