Flex plat player on PC looking to rank up (ive hit diamond). I main tanks and i feel i can play main and off tank with ease. Dva main from console but i can play every other tank except for hog, and right now i feel Winston is my best character.
This season i had a huge losing streak playing tanks (i had healing problems with moira mains mostly) so i started to play healer and went up from 2200 to 2600 playing mostly Ana, Lucio, Brig, Mercy and now Bap. I watch a lot of streams so i think ive got some game sense as i know how to switch characters as the games requires, if there’s room for a pharah i play mercy, if i get 3 dps i play orisa and tell them to go bunker, if i am getting dove as ana, i switch to brig. These switches usually work but there are games where i feel useless. And now i’m stuck in 2500-2600.
As my mechanics are not my best attribute, I decided to make a dps only account (playing soldier, reaper, torb, mei, ana, lucio and zen) and i placed on plat.
This made me wonder if role locking is better for ranking up, as when i flex, there might be times that i displace a healer main or a tank main to a role they are not quite used to. I really feel i’ve been having too many random games where people don’t fill for their roles, if i play tank, i get a dps moira and i lose, and if i heal, there are times i don’t have a main tank main so i struggle on fights (and i dont have to talk about bad dps players). Any thoughts on that?
Anyways, any tip or advice will be welcomed. I’m also looking forward to play with flex players to rank up if you wanna add me Etson#11516, i usually duo or 3 stack pretty good with main tanks, flex healers or flex dps players.
Serious advice, don’t flex unless you absolutely have to. In plat and above you need to start specializing, pick 1 role that you want to focus on and a few heroes from that role to specialize in. From there you want to also have about 1 or 2 heroes from the other roles that you can flex comfortably to if needed.
You want to specialize because it makes it easier to improve the small details and mistakes in your play that are needed to get better, your flex heroes are only there as a fallback plan if your role is taken.
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Specialize in a role, but make sure you’re good on all the heroes that fill that role. If you are a main tank, you need to have Rein, Orissa, and Winston down. Playing consistently in a role type helps you a lot.
I played Dva only for awhile and had big SR swings. I started to get Dva, Zarya, and Roadhog down for each map and comp type that they worked well in. I now am very stable with my SR and slowly climbing getting new career highs each week (as I improve in the new hero areas).
Playing DPS, support, or MT, I have to get back into the habit (positioning, counter playing, using my skills correctly, etc…). Basically, flex heroes, but try not to flex roles. Especially since tanks are still very strong, even if there are 2 others, it can still work.
play winston and don’t die.
it doesnt matter what you do you wont rank up. doesnt matter if you are a god at dps the game will force you into elo hell. dont even try to rank up, waste of time.
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Don’t feed the troll, it only makes him stronger, just flag as trolling and ignore.
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lol doesn’t look like trolling, probably frustrated for having bad games, i’ve felt the same way.
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No this guy is 100% a troll, been on here all day just telling people they’re wrong because they say so, just go look at their other replies. Ive seen them on here a few weeks back too doing the same thing, Im guessing they got timed out. They literally only call people stupid and try to start arguments.
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you’re right, just saw him on other forums lol, hes having a really bad day
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i have plenty of evidence of elo hell (my stats) that you just decide to ignore. but no im the troll. 
Your stats would suggest you’re throwing games, considering all your stats per 10 minutes are at 0 for your most played character.
Play as badly as you can with a hero you don’t want to play later. Lose a lot of SR until you arrive in silver. Then you have to play as good as you can in every match. Preferably only with one Hero.
There is no MMR reset, but if a certain amount of uncertainty has been detected, your play will be re-evaluated.
Of course, I just made that up.