It only gets slightly better as you go up. It’s ranked as a whole.
Strange that he can handle 1800 on the way up, yet on the way down see impossible games full of horrible teammates.
Meaning that 1800 is not the same all of the time for every player, as it should be. Instead, it’s harder when you’re the designated carry thanks to the matchmaker trying to force some kind of even match.
He did NOT reach his peak. He can plainly see that he’s getting horrible teammates all the sudden, at a rank that he just shot past before the matchmaker decided otherwise for him.
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Mate, i’m not even high plat, but if i drop to gold i’ll get out of in no time with no problems. Even 2600 is still gold (atleast i don’t see much difference)
So i’m def above that, but still not good enough to be diamond. 2800 is my real struggle (on both my accounts)
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2600 its not gold, its plat 
every rank is different but its not that visible close to borders
I meant it more of a if you legit climbed to 2400 you can easly climb to 2600, cuz only after that did i see games be played a bit different, still a mess sometimes but super different, in terms of you have 6 players in voice and people think about when to ult, and you start to see regroups.
This
20 char limit…
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Every rank is the real Elo hell for someone, because Elo hell is a state of mind. We aren’t in Elo hell, we ARE Elo Hell.
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Really it’s just people get to a mechanical ceiling, reach their limit in understanding of the game, reach an intelligence limit and get outplayed, etc. The rank you belong at is ELO hell.
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The rank you belong is not elo hell
Its basicly ok place where you will get average results, wins and losses. Just your skill level so you should enjoy the games usualy.
Elo hell is only in heads of people blaming anything but them.
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gold is weird.
some of the most stubborn dps players I’ve seen are here. i remember a game wherein we had a carry soldier on Lijiang tower, switched to McCree next round and just fed so we lost that round. then switched to roadhog final round and carried again.
i could at least breathe a sigh of relief when the spawn door opens and we have a main tank. i know it will not be a steamroll loss at least.
high plat is worse
Elo hell is a figment of the imagination, wherever one’s skill is no longer above those around them.
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I’ve played in everything but Masters and each rank is better and worse at some things.
Low Elo’s like Bronze and Silver are kinda fun. You can play almost anything and people know they ain’t great so people are less likely to get toxic.
Gold/Plat are kind of a toss up between awesome games or horrible games.
Diamond is awesome game wise. Good comps, ppl communicating, and stuff. The main issue is I guess the pressure of seeing Masters really makes a ton of ppl edgy and toxic. Intentional or not.
Self ana nades are either the sign of a bad Ana or one with bad habits due to not trusting healer #2 to have their back.
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Yup, it also might be a force of habit, maybe the player is shifting from other healers. Another sign is a ‘new’ ana is being focused passive healing, the infamous “I healed you why didn’t you win?” mindset.
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I know this is an old/dead thread but you are mistaken, I solo queued up to 2400 on tank within hours from 2200, but I have been stuck there ever since no matter how good I play. In my opinion mid gold is easy to get through but low and high gold are the real problem areas.
Low gold because I constantly get bronze and silver teammates who just installed the game, and high gold because I for some reason get put in high plat/low diamond games when I’m there, and on console there is the problem of terrible balancing and smurfs.
On PC you meed to buy another copy of the game to make a smurf, but on console you can make 20+ smurfs within an hour or two, and I know people who have done this. Also, the Overwatch team neglects console players when balancing the game, as in, Pharah is pretty bad on PC but oppressive on console, and they just buff her on both platforms. My point is basically that maybe it’s a bit different on PC, but on console gold is definitely ELO Hell.
2 YEARS LATER
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18 months = 2 years
#BlizzLogix
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I was stuck at 1600 sr for months. However, after mastering ball, I climbed with a nearly 90 percent winrate to gold. Yes, the last 50 sr was a bit tough, but that is the case for all border ranks. Today I climbed over 100 sr more and am at 2.14k. I don’t know what place you’re talking about, but it wasn’t that bad and my dps were fine. Most didn’t even use comms!