So I started playing this game a month ago. I placed gold like most people, climbed to plat using just basic teamwork, and then realized that I should probably work on my mechanics. Now in most games, the way to get better is to play competitive because you see alot of trolling and throwing and unfair mmr matchups in quickplay game modes usually. So i used that knowledge and the knowledge of me being outperformed mechanically to come to the conclusion that I needed to derank myself to get better.
Obviously this was a mistake. I deranked myself to about 1000 SR from a little over 2500 sr. Which surprisingly did not take long but thats not what this post is about lol I did indeed improve my mechanical ability a great deal while i have been playing in bronze for sure I do know that, but here is my issue: It would appear that in bronze there is little to no teamwork in 90% of the games.
So heres where the advice comes in. How do you get around that? Ive tried quite a few things in the last few weeks. Due to the quarantine I am in game quite a bit id say roughly a minimum of 40+ hours a week in competitive and qp modes.
Things ive tried so far
Playing tank and snipers to try to better understand how bronze playstyle really works by analyzing how they usually will move around the map and how they will react to situations. This helped a little bit but for the most part it would appear that they dont really stick with a certain playstyle at all and instead just do whatever they think they have to do, which usually is the wrong thing but again not why im here.
Ive tried to look for “overpowered heroes” but it would appear that this game is actually incredibly well balanced and every hero has a strength and a weakness thus making this an obselete option
I also have tried to enable my teammates by playing characters that would make it easier for them to perform in the match. examples would be playing zarya for a rein mercy comp or like a mercy pocket for a pharah, ashe, or echo. but 9 times out of 10 it would seem that they do not really understand how to play with these situations and ends up usually a waste of a pick in this sr rank.
Lastly i tried counter play, which was basically me predicting what the enemy would play and playing into that accordingly each round. This honestly has been the most effective so far, but it really doesnt solve the problem because even if i can successfully counter 1 or 2 maybe even 3 people on their team, there are still 3 more that could potentially counter my counter or the people im countering could switch off thus evening the matchup to skill making it a 50/50 chance again, and endless swapping is useless in the long run making it a failed tactic in these situations.
So im just asking for suggestions on what to do to potentially better my play to help my climb. I genuinely want to get better at the game and have taken the normal steps do so. I really dont want to hear any “well youve only been playing a month you deserve bronze right now you just need to get better haha noob XDD” thats not helpful at all in any way at all. I just want to know how, if you have, did you get to at least 1500. Im mainly talking in terms of dps, but any role im sure will help if you have tips.
