Does higher apm mean you're a worse player?

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Take a 2200 rated player with a 70 apm and a 2200 rated player with a 160 apm

Since they’re both the same rating would that essentially mean the higher apm player is making more gameplay mistakes, but just relying on their mechanical proficiency to make up for more things?

Obviously there’s probably a cut off where at like 2600 you have to be beyond a certain apm/class to advance. But I’m more talking about the average A or B tier player who still constantly makes mistakes and just relies on apm to cover it up

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More actions per minute in a game with a global cooldown?

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frames, off gcd, movement, camera panning, pet controls

You could argue pings and chat commands would be applicable, kind of like how original rated bgs early on everyone was like OMG NEED DK TC, and then you’d get some loser with emotes macroed to every deathgrip.

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Yeah I have no idea what ur on about. WoW doesn’t require crazy high APM most people just have an issue with dead globals where they’re able to press something but don’t.

Either schizo posting or thinking way too hard

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lol stuck in the feedback loop of global cooldowns. Really are a dead knight,

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Definitely true, there is APM cap from pure ability usage (discounting things off the GCD) but if you get a tracker you’ll see your APM is a lot higher depending on some of things the OP posted about

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I usually avg about 300ish as ele…

It should be closer to 350-400 to maximize every global.

That being said… People win games with 200.

APM depends on class/spec and everything else. It isn’t really too relevant for most.

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This player you are describing does not exist.

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Im sure some can get high apm by doing the usual wasd key spam. Rogues and ferals are the most guilty of this god knows why.

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Facing requirements probably.

It’s super annoying when they keep going through you. :joy:

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Are you using the silly weakaura that counts inputs that don’t do anything

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No, its an addon that shows just button presses (actions), not movement.

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No. And the same thing was true in SC2. Id average a little over 100apm and regularly beat 150-200 apm players.

If you can absorb the information, you don’t need to measure that with additional actions, especially with a global cooldown in place.

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Which one lol

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If the lower APM player had a higher rating, then yes, they are a better player. The reverse would also be true.

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Running through a caster is so OP, every melee should be doing it. Its like a chance at a free shadowmeld every time they cast

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Dang I really do play the most skilled spec in the game

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some players are overly predictable with their movement though, idk if its to match spell animations but a lot of rets will like W->D when they verdict which back when they were melee made it easy to just strafe right facing them so they’d run away and delay alot of their crusader strikes.
Same thing with a lot of dh if you notice they favour one side you just feed their habit when they aren’t demon and once they go into kill mode switch it up and they’ll start overshooting their dashes.

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thats the one I have… not sure why yours is so high, mine is usually around 300 or so.

Maybe it is movement or something, not sure. Gonna delete it because it truly doesnt help anything.

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Highest apm spec plus energy drink. :dracthyr_tea:

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