need some advice

i increased my rank as high as silver 1 last time i posted needing advice. sadly, i come back here in search to do better since im stuck in bronze
i stopped playing valorant since the last act (ep 4, act 3ish) because

1. i kept getting on for like 2 games every weekday max, only to not win most of my gun fights and lose most of my games played
2. i 5 stack w friends but i feel like im their puppet since they tell me where to smoke, how to play, where to plant, etc.
3. i only play brim, and its not that he's bad, but unlike viper and omen, his smokes cant regen
4. we only play comps and we never have a plan when entering the game, we just try to figure it out as we play, which i think has been hurting us in the long run

am currently unranked since im getting tired of playing and on vacation but once i get home, i fear my friends will force me to get on, and i dont think im ready to play val for a while
i need some advice

Playing unranked, DMs, don't afraid of taking gun fights, everytime you die you learn something new.

I respect everything

but if you are and your friends are bronze you shouldnt think about this:

we only play comps and we never have a plan when entering the game, we just try to figure it out as we play, which i think has been hurting us in the long run

no need to have strats ,setcomps in bronze

js mess around in unranked for a while(bad mental has an affect take it from me)
maybe if ur only playing brim watch omen vids
depends on if u want individual performance advice or how to improve in winning w ur 5 stack

Bro your silver just focus on having fun lmao

Styling911 [#3]

I respect everything

but if you are and your friends are bronze you shouldnt think about this:

we only play comps and we never have a plan when entering the game, we just try to figure it out as we play, which i think has been hurting us in the long run

no need to have strats ,setcomps in bronze

imo i think someone should be taking on the "leader" role especially in low elo
strats arent needed, but useful to win against the other team since they prob wont have anyone w ideas n stuff
then again this is from me

Styling911 [#3]

I respect everything

but if you are and your friends are bronze you shouldnt think about this:

we only play comps and we never have a plan when entering the game, we just try to figure it out as we play, which i think has been hurting us in the long run

no need to have strats ,setcomps in bronze

me and this other friend of mine are the only bronzes, everyone is silver and gold
on top of that, we always verse silvers that demoted from gold or whatever, and we don't have any method to counter them

FNS in optic be like :

APAC_jimmy [#5]

Bro your silver just focus on having fun lmao

here's the funny part, the word "Fun" has not been used for a while since its hard to have "Fun" getting your ass whooped daily on a game mode you are forced to play in a game you actually enjoy

bigpeensheen [#7]

me and this other friend of mine are the only bronzes, everyone is silver and gold
on top of that, we always verse silvers that demoted from gold or whatever, and we don't have any method to counter them

do u or ur friend know someone from silver to plat or d?

Use YT tutorials to learn new agent tricks (try to focus to learn well one agent at time, to masterize it) use some hours in Spike Rush or Custom Game alone) to train the line-ups, etc.
TIP: Since you said that your the "worst" in your team, try to masterize Sage/Sova/Skye/Fade 1st, cause they're good to help teammates to make plays giving great support to them.

Since you want to aim better, spend some time in Range (to train gun spray, counter-strafe, etc) and Deathmatches (to train aim positioning in maps)

number1_anuj_fan [#8]

FNS in optic be like :

?????

don't play a video game you don't find fun!

try to improve your movement like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGanlMwvOVg&ab_channel=FPHValoCentral

it is not hard as you think a lot of pro do this: Look how Hiko killed Jett after he miss the first shot.
Even when he killed Sova you can see how he moves.

Take gunfights, don't rotate off contact

Bro trust me just play more games, u just need increase ur play hours