Speaking as a long time Bronze player who watches a lot of videos of higher level play, I honestly don’t see gamesense coming into play until at least Platinum, and even then its a bit sketchy.
its a mix of things, they dunno what wins a teamfight, might lack cool down management, positioning and aim.
but you cant deny that braindead heros also affect their ranks, providing a power that pushes the scale of the match in a way or another without leaving much for em to do.
Bastion, Moira and Reaper are the culprits.
You can deny it, matter of fact ML7 is now doing a Moira Unranked to GM and explains his decision making. It’s anything but “brain dead” he even explains it SHOULD allow your support players to do things like ult tracking etc better since their mechanics have freed up a bit.
Your obsession with “skill heroes” clouds your judgement and muddies up your points man.
There is no need to be nasty, HANA. From what it seems, Ironhide was just trying to explain something that was on their mind while reassuring others that sometimes things are as they are through no fault of their own.
It is incredibly unfair to accuse someone of being boosted then shame them just because they have a closed profile. If everyone who has closed profiles were to not post here, the forums would be empty.
So I kindly request that you respect players a little more in future.
Personally I feel that game sense isn’t an all or nothing skill like driving, it’s something that gradually improves as the ranks go up (as in, not something which is only inherently present from a certain rank upwards).
Using that same analogy, some people can’t drive for various reasons, so they all take the bus instead. Some of those people may have disabilities that restrict them from doing so.
Everyone is different from each other in their learning patterns and thought processes which is why the playerbase is so varied in skill.
Ok I think I have misunderstood what he was trying to say but the title was very misleading anyway.
Yes, game sense has a huge role in this game. You can’t climb without it. BUT if your team doesn’t have it, you can’t do anything about it and will still lose.
No? This really displays a lack of understanding where supports are concerned. If you try to apply most of what he does in his Moira vid to Ana you’ll be out of position all game long, lost and throwing.
They have higher aim requirements, if aim is the only skill you’re concerned with you’re playing the wrong game. I’m ok with games like that, this is not one of them.
You’re screaming into the void man, the game will never be one that rewards aim and aim only. It wasn’t that game at launch, it isn’t that game now.
I think mechanical skill has to do with it as well from support perspective though from what I’ve seen. The better supports know when sh*t’s as about to go down and are able to anticipate situations and cover there teammates asses in the process leading to winning team fights. I myself wonder constantly why my team isn’t winning when I have 12k healing and gold medals and just don’t understand how to carry any harder. But I don’t think I am a high level support so that would be why.