Hiring a Coach?

Hey yall! I am a CS transplant and have around 600 hrs in Val. I'm looking to take the next step in my valorant 'career' and take the game a bit more seriously. Currently hover around imm2-imm3 for the past few episodes and know that there's a lot that I can improve on. My 'skill floor' has improved immensely from doing dedicated aim training (voltaic master) but know that theres a lot to learn within Valorant as I would like to start competing in the NA scene.

I'd appreciate recommendations for a coach, preferably someone with a high-level playing background. In the past, I've received coaching from individuals who haven't been active players since earlier episodes, leading to inaccuracies in ability timings and interactions. Any suggestions or referrals would be greatly appreciated!
I've watched a bit of youtubers but it tends to be for an audience that is more novice.

I appreciate it a lot! Thanks!

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i can pay you intern wages

Woohoojin is really the best option for this imo, he offers free raffle coaching or personal 1-1 coaching to content creators or pros i believe, not sure if anyone high ranked alone can get in but check it out!

Bonkbonk201 [#4]

Woohoojin is really the best option for this imo, he offers free raffle coaching or personal 1-1 coaching to content creators or pros i believe, not sure if anyone high ranked alone can get in but check it out!

I appreciate the suggestion. I'd honestly prefer to pay someone a fixed rate that can work with my schedule (weekly, every 2 weeks, etc) versus entering raffles to possibly the most popular youtube 'coach'.

This may sound hella condescending but I've played with him many times in soloQ and feel that I'd be able to "buy-in" to what their suggestions are if they are a far better player than me. Not doubting his game knowledge, but as a player hes not much better than I, which I know will lead to an unprompted bias when hes giving me feedback.

RAMTRUCKMONTH [#5]

I appreciate the suggestion. I'd honestly prefer to pay someone a fixed rate that can work with my schedule (weekly, every 2 weeks, etc) versus entering raffles to possibly the most popular youtube 'coach'.

This may sound hella condescending but I've played with him many times in soloQ and feel that I'd be able to "buy-in" to what their suggestions are if they are a far better player than me. Not doubting his game knowledge, but as a player hes not much better than I, which I know will lead to an unprompted bias when hes giving me feedback.

then your never gonna find a professional "coach" which can do that, if u want coaching it works at their schedule or u don't get it normally

Bonkbonk201 [#6]

then your never gonna find a professional "coach" which can do that, if u want coaching it works at their schedule or u don't get it normally

Maybe i wasnt clear. Woohoojin and other streamers tend to do coaching in a raffle style. Whether im a t3 supporter or a free raffler you tend to get put in a bin to have a chance. The more you pay the liklihood goes up, but still not a pay X, get Y type of model. Plus since hes quite popular, id assume getting a hold of him is a bit harder.

Id prefer to pay a coach to have an appointment based on their avaliability and could setup reoccuring sessions and know that im going to have a session versus having a shot at it. On metafy there are a ton of people with t1/t2 experience. But just was looking for a recommendation.

Look into DDK's videos for the mental game which is a big part once you get to immo+, as well as aplox's podcasts, even styko's cs videos have a lot of advice for how to develop as a future pro player.
In terms of hiring a coach, go on metafy you can find a lot of actual pro players and coaches who do personal coaching, my recommendation would be Roy Strong Legs. He played on t2, coached and is very into coaching at a high level.

RAMTRUCKMONTH [#5]

I appreciate the suggestion. I'd honestly prefer to pay someone a fixed rate that can work with my schedule (weekly, every 2 weeks, etc) versus entering raffles to possibly the most popular youtube 'coach'.

This may sound hella condescending but I've played with him many times in soloQ and feel that I'd be able to "buy-in" to what their suggestions are if they are a far better player than me. Not doubting his game knowledge, but as a player hes not much better than I, which I know will lead to an unprompted bias when hes giving me feedback.

just say that he's pretentious af bro i understand u

ex nip, guild, tundra, finest, and currently oxygen bonkar does coaching - he has an incredibly good record when it comes to youngsters so if youre serious this might be the best option out there mfy.gg/@bonkar
he's sadly not cheap anymore now that he works fulltime as a coach (his session were like 20$ an hour while he was FA on bonk iirc)

RAMTRUCKMONTH [#7]

Maybe i wasnt clear. Woohoojin and other streamers tend to do coaching in a raffle style. Whether im a t3 supporter or a free raffler you tend to get put in a bin to have a chance. The more you pay the liklihood goes up, but still not a pay X, get Y type of model. Plus since hes quite popular, id assume getting a hold of him is a bit harder.

Id prefer to pay a coach to have an appointment based on their avaliability and could setup reoccuring sessions and know that im going to have a session versus having a shot at it. On metafy there are a ton of people with t1/t2 experience. But just was looking for a recommendation.

If u want something like a reoccuring appointment with a tier 1/2 coach then it'll cost you a lot.

another thing I've thought of since the older post is the immortal roadmap program, it has Screwface (analyst of EG when they won champs) Kanpeki (of Sentinels) + others I can't remember as of rn, but it's more along the lines of 1 coach to multiple people I believe, so it might not be for you. Either way link if u wanna check it out is https://www.immortalroadmap.com

Masa [#8]

Look into DDK's videos for the mental game which is a big part once you get to immo+, as well as aplox's podcasts, even styko's cs videos have a lot of advice for how to develop as a future pro player.
In terms of hiring a coach, go on metafy you can find a lot of actual pro players and coaches who do personal coaching, my recommendation would be Roy Strong Legs. He played on t2, coached and is very into coaching at a high level.

can u link me some of these when u get time