Im a top radiant

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/noxy%23100/overview

I regularly play with and against most of your favorite pros and streamers

Ask me anything

Im not gonna be an active regular on this site so nows ur chance

are you next up

Of all the T1/T2 pros you've played with, who are your favourites to have as teammates? Who are your least favourites?

You can answer the same questions but for opponents if you want

what do you do for work?

does yay clear you?

Can you give me your credit card details?

Can u replace Demon1 on NRG?

What seperates you from an immo player, like what do you do much better

shrike- [#2]

are you next up

yessir

type shit

AKIRA1988 [#8]

What seperates you from an immo player, like what do you do much better

aim, playtime, and mental are probably the biggest things

people can just autopilot decisions that immortals would have to consciously think about because you've been in similar situations hundreds of times

After that its just about shooting and not tilting

Can you ask yay to play chamber if you see him in agent select

Noxy100 [#10]

aim, playtime, and mental are probably the biggest things

people can just autopilot decisions that immortals would have to consciously think about because you've been in similar situations hundreds of times

After that its just about shooting and not tilting

A follow up: What separates you from the pros? How big of a difference is there?

how do u deal with slumps, be it in aim or mental

cloudberry [#3]

Of all the T1/T2 pros you've played with, who are your favourites to have as teammates? Who are your least favourites?

You can answer the same questions but for opponents if you want

favorite is probably zander. Some pros kinda act and look down on us random ranked guys because we obv aren't as good as guys who play as a career, but zander doesnt have an ego and is always pretty nice. He's insane too so thats nice too

worst is grim this guy genuinely trolls 7 games in a row to hit a wall clip

By worst opponent do you mean hardest to play against? Everyone is good and has good games but the ones that stand out and make me think 'this guy is different' are

Oxy - Peeking this guy is impossible you have to spray him through a smoke to kill him
Narrate - like oxy but even smarter he will also basically always win an 1v2 against you if your teammates fuck up
Tuyz - yall won't believe it but cuz he's not a huge star like oxy but this guy is so slippery. Played against him on breeze a couple times where he was viper and hes actually a fucking magician backsite B no matter what we threw at him we couldnt kill him. His movement is weird too
Eggster - hes the best yoru and its not even close

Plenty of other guys are insane too but thats just my experience, you can tell when you play with or against top pros that they're just operating on a different level from the rest of the lobby

and if you mean worst as in most unpleasant to play against:
Canezerra: He locks iso neon yoru jett every game and runs it down on you hes in your spawn pushing ct 20 secs in the round. What makes it worse is that he's insane

Why

Noxy100 [#14]

favorite is probably zander. Some pros kinda act and look down on us random ranked guys because we obv aren't as good as guys who play as a career, but zander doesnt have an ego and is always pretty nice. He's insane too so thats nice too

worst is grim this guy genuinely trolls 7 games in a row to hit a wall clip

By worst opponent do you mean hardest to play against? Everyone is good and has good games but the ones that stand out and make me think 'this guy is different' are

Oxy - Peeking this guy is impossible you have to spray him through a smoke to kill him
Narrate - like oxy but even smarter he will also basically always win an 1v2 against you if your teammates fuck up
Tuyz - yall won't believe it but cuz he's not a huge star like oxy but this guy is so slippery. Played against him on breeze a couple times where he was viper and hes actually a fucking magician backsite B no matter what we threw at him we couldnt kill him. His movement is weird too
Eggster - hes the best yoru and its not even close

Plenty of other guys are insane too but thats just my experience, you can tell when you play with or against top pros that they're just operating on a different level from the rest of the lobby

and if you mean worst as in most unpleasant to play against:
Canezerra: He locks iso neon yoru jett every game and runs it down on you hes in your spawn pushing ct 20 secs in the round. What makes it worse is that he's insane

Great answer, thank you

Laundry [#12]

A follow up: What separates you from the pros? How big of a difference is there?

Ranked theres not much difference because everybody is pretty good and will have good/bad games. Pro play is completely different, ive even played in shitter tournies that dont even show up on vlr and its another world completely. Im sure that even though I can keep up in ranked I wouldn't be close to my ranked performance in t1/t2/t3.

Purely ranked speaking its probably game to game consistency. These top guys like oxy zekken curry and whoever are going on crazy winstreaks dropping 25+ every game even in losses

Aayan [#13]

how do u deal with slumps, be it in aim or mental

mental wise you just gotta understand some games you're gonna do everything right and still get smoked 13-3. Just accept your gonna lose and get shit on even if you do everything right sometimes and just go next. If you're truly tilted get off for the day, even take a 1-2 day break if you need.

Aim wise I don't really get in huge slumps anymore like i did when i was newer. I just play a couple tdms then queue again. Honestly if you're above immortal ish aim slumps are more about confidence then actual aim. Play and peek to win, you can't play scared because you don't trust your aim and expect to do well

calImegod [#11]

Can you ask yay to play chamber if you see him in agent select

LOL

Did you ever play with/against Rb when he was in LA back in 23? if so do you have a video? if not can you write down everything he did?

who is a pro people have the wrong perception on? who is the streamer (not currently in challengers or pro play) who you think is genuinely the best at the game? what pro do you look up to, and why?

Hades_Loves_Rb [#20]

Did you ever play with/against Rb when he was in LA back in 23? if so do you have a video? if not can you write down everything he did?

You're talking about the DRX guy right? I don't think i have, sorry

How old are u

how was it like reaching radiant for the first time?

kaninv [#21]

who is a pro people have the wrong perception on? who is the streamer (not currently in challengers or pro play) who you think is genuinely the best at the game? what pro do you look up to, and why?

hard to pick one guy but curry if you count him as a streamer is probably the best. Otherwise Poppin Eggster and Roza are the next best imo

Idk if theres a guy specifically who people have the wrong perception on, but when you see people complain about stream sniping that shits a real thing they're not just malding for no reason

Noxy100 [#25]

hard to pick one guy but curry if you count him as a streamer is probably the best. Otherwise Poppin Eggster and Roza are the next best imo

Idk if theres a guy specifically who people have the wrong perception on, but when you see people complain about stream sniping that shits a real thing they're not just malding for no reason

I'd count curry as a streamer personally so that makes sense. and yeah stream sniping has been a thing in shooters forever, I've heard people make fun of pros but it's mad annoying. thanks for the response!

Gemiknight [#24]

how was it like reaching radiant for the first time?

awesome

whats ur favourite colour

kanyefan4238173 [#28]

whats ur favourite colour

19 and lilac/violet

what younger player do you genuinely see going pro in the near future

is reaction time something I can improve? I feel like I'm always slow to react why I lose my gunfights

charleser [#5]

does yay clear you?

i clear yay but not el diablo

Do u usually tap or spray? I feel like tap strafing was meta but now I see all pros spraying and mastering spray control, especially with the vandal. I'm talking mid-short range fights, for long range you tap obviously

Thoughts on TenZ and johnqt?

Also how to get better mechanically?

sentekken [#30]

what younger player do you genuinely see going pro in the near future

reduxx but hes already a pro so probably cane

from imm3 to radiant did you fill or just lock your comfort agents

nice

i already asked one but I wanna know if you had to assign an rr gap between radiant and pros what would it be

Alright its been like 2 hours im getting off

Alot of people are asking similar stuff so my final tips on if you wanna get better:

1 play alot
2 don't tilt
3 work on your mechanics by whatever works for you, its personal. some people love dm some people love aimlabs, i like tdm personally
4 work on your crosshair placement
5 if your super serious about ranking up don't solo q

sorry for not answering everything, you still might catch me lurking on this site from time to time

Noxy100 [#29]

19 and lilac/violet

whats ur star sign

Noxy100 [#39]

Alright its been like 2 hours im getting off

Alot of people are asking similar stuff so my final tips on if you wanna get better:

1 play alot
2 don't tilt
3 work on your mechanics by whatever works for you, its personal. some people love dm some people love aimlabs, i like tdm personally
4 work on your crosshair placement
5 if your super serious about ranking up don't solo q

sorry for not answering everything, you still might catch me lurking on this site from time to time

If you ever see this in the future, could you pls quickly describe what its like playing against the following:

zekken
cryo
demon1
Tenz
Sinatraa
inspire
Som
Shanks
Curry

cloudberry [#3]

Of all the T1/T2 pros you've played with, who are your favourites to have as teammates? Who are your least favourites?

You can answer the same questions but for opponents if you want

Demon1

best players rn? if u watch vct. preferably top 10 list. just based off watching them play

Very mid stats tbh, you should watch twitch.tv/sheydosvl to improve and hit 1.5 kd avg in radiant. All jokes aside, gj and glhf in pro play if you wanna pursue that path.

Have you played against Less or aspas?

Im proud of you, keep going.

Is it true that Ascendant in NA is Immortal 3+ in EU?

Azzelastia [#47]

Is it true that Ascendant in NA is Immortal 3+ in EU?

Stockholm plat=immo3+ NA tbh, proven by top 5 in Champs stats flags.

Kei8 [#31]

is reaction time something I can improve? I feel like I'm always slow to react why I lose my gunfights

i'm not op but the answer is yes and no. no because your innate reaction time is based on genetics but yes because there are a million things that influence it. the most important factors are probably hardware (monitor refresh rate, input lag, mouse click latency, etc) and the amount/quality of your sleep.

how fun are the lobbies with shanks

Who was the best AIM player you have ever fought?

what is the best advice you can give to people who are trying to rank up?

hxnW [#33]

Do u usually tap or spray? I feel like tap strafing was meta but now I see all pros spraying and mastering spray control, especially with the vandal. I'm talking mid-short range fights, for long range you tap obviously

its situational, yay and to an extent aleksandar set an unrealistic standard where they never crouched or sprayed, but they were exceptions. all the best aimers in the world go for crouch sprays (sometimes, not always) these days those guys included.

As a rule, if your first bullet hits body or is really close to the target you should tap, or if you have time to reset before you get shot back

If you swing into somebody already holding you you should crouch spray, or if you really need to confim a kill quick because you're gonna get caught in a crossfire, because you're essentially full commiting to a fight at that point

This also isn't something you should be consciously thinking about when ur fighting it should be automatic, you kinda just learn it intuitively. Hope that helps. And yeah long rage you should generally tap

KOMPOSTO [#36]

from imm3 to radiant did you fill or just lock your comfort agents

i always fill but alot of people just lock duelist to get radiant if they're stuck imm3 cuz its obv the role you can have the most impact

I think my actual rankup game i played jett but i was still just filling

sentekken [#50]

how fun are the lobbies with shanks

greatest player of all time after personally playing with him

QlQ [#51]

Who was the best AIM player you have ever fought?

probably oxy

FrostTree187 [#52]

what is the best advice you can give to people who are trying to rank up?

play alot, don't tilt, don't solo q, work on your crosshair placement

or just forget all that and learn to abuse neon cuz shes stupid broken atm

sentekken [#50]

how fun are the lobbies with shanks

when hes on your team its great hes funny asf

Azzelastia [#47]

Is it true that Ascendant in NA is Immortal 3+ in EU?

Ofc the most stupid question comes from you

Noxy100 [#14]

favorite is probably zander. Some pros kinda act and look down on us random ranked guys because we obv aren't as good as guys who play as a career, but zander doesnt have an ego and is always pretty nice. He's insane too so thats nice too

worst is grim this guy genuinely trolls 7 games in a row to hit a wall clip

By worst opponent do you mean hardest to play against? Everyone is good and has good games but the ones that stand out and make me think 'this guy is different' are

Oxy - Peeking this guy is impossible you have to spray him through a smoke to kill him
Narrate - like oxy but even smarter he will also basically always win an 1v2 against you if your teammates fuck up
Tuyz - yall won't believe it but cuz he's not a huge star like oxy but this guy is so slippery. Played against him on breeze a couple times where he was viper and hes actually a fucking magician backsite B no matter what we threw at him we couldnt kill him. His movement is weird too
Eggster - hes the best yoru and its not even close

Plenty of other guys are insane too but thats just my experience, you can tell when you play with or against top pros that they're just operating on a different level from the rest of the lobby

and if you mean worst as in most unpleasant to play against:
Canezerra: He locks iso neon yoru jett every game and runs it down on you hes in your spawn pushing ct 20 secs in the round. What makes it worse is that he's insane

Vouch

I've only been in a game with Zander twice but he defended me against the duo he was queued with when his duo tried to blame some random bullshit on me

Yuh_aye [#41]

If you ever see this in the future, could you pls quickly describe what its like playing against the following:

zekken
cryo
demon1
Tenz
Sinatraa
inspire
Som
Shanks
Curry

didnt play against all but here you go

zekken- he kinda owns you in a sneaky way you don't know your getting shit on until you hit tab and he's 15/7. I haven't played against his famous neon or raze though so its prob different
cryo - best awper i've ever played against and hes really good on pistols too
demon1 - good aim but he never did anything too crazy
tenz - hes only been in my game once that I know of, he was on my team and we got hard stream sniped but i could tell he was good
sinatraa - he comms, pings, actually tries and gets his so hes a good teammate, his sova def better than his raze tho his raze isn't that special
inspire - don't know i've played with or against him yet
Som - good aim but he has this crazy ability to always peek you at the worst(best for him) time idk how he does it or if he has a sixth sense but its so fucking annoying
Shanks - he really funny so when hes on ur team the vibes are up, when you play against him he doesn't do anything special if you didnt know it was him you couldn't tell it wasnt a random
Curry - good aim and knows how to get his every time. hes really good and he and tdawgg are the best ranked callers ive played with

zhongZHI [#43]

best players rn? if u watch vct. preferably top 10 list. just based off watching them play

i don't watch every game or anything like that but every time i watch less i feel like im watching the best player in the world. I remember watching a game vs navi i think and he was just fucking annihilating them on bind. Then he was 1v5ing prx on split. Idk how he did this year but hes an animal and hes my goat

best players i can name are kangkang less aspas zekken texture meteor riens chichoo leaf sayf forsaken mako tenz karon alfajer

i dont watch everything tho so maybe ill get flamed for this. Also not gonna order them but kangkang gotta be 1 rn

Seoc [#45]

Have you played against Less or aspas?

not yet but i really want to have the honor of getting shit on by them. Less is my goat

PooFaceCe [#60]

Vouch

I've only been in a game with Zander twice but he defended me against the duo he was queued with when his duo tried to blame some random bullshit on me

yeah zanders awesome

what are some emea pros u played against and which of them stood out
and can u give me ur short opinion abt following players:
flyuh
brawk
Runi
reduxx
verno

are you going to try yourself in Challenges and then in VCT?

nihso [#34]

Thoughts on TenZ and johnqt?

Also how to get better mechanically?

They're obv insane players they have trophies for a reason, idk what you want me to say LOL

Theres no one answer to how to get better mechanically, its all super personal. Some people really like aim trainers, some dm, some tdm. I personally like tdm but just do what works for you, i dont have your answer. the only tip i can really give is work on your crosshair placement and always play and swing with confidence your not gonna have a good game mechanically or otherwise if your playing scared

Thank you for taking your time to answer each (good) question thoughtfully. It's nice to read! Hope you have a good Radiant life!~

Huitzilopochtli [#65]

what are some emea pros u played against and which of them stood out
and can u give me ur short opinion abt following players:
flyuh
brawk
Runi
reduxx
verno

im NA so i cant answer the first

i also dont know these guys personally so i can't give you an opinion but if you wanna know what its like to play them in ranked

flyuh - don't know if i've ever played with/against him but his teammate mada is insane and clove diffed tf out of me the other day
brawk - the greatest ascent odin player of all time. the michael jordan of odin spam
runi - dont know if ive ever played with/against him
reduxx - really good aim and really good duelist and one of the best neon abusers
verno - dont know if ive ever played with/against him

Have you considered giving up academics to gamble in the pro scene

how long did it take for you to get radiant since starting val and do you have any previous experience in fps titles?

Noxy100 [#61]

didnt play against all but here you go

zekken- he kinda owns you in a sneaky way you don't know your getting shit on until you hit tab and he's 15/7. I haven't played against his famous neon or raze though so its prob different
cryo - best awper i've ever played against and hes really good on pistols too
demon1 - good aim but he never did anything too crazy
tenz - hes only been in my game once that I know of, he was on my team and we got hard stream sniped but i could tell he was good
sinatraa - he comms, pings, actually tries and gets his so hes a good teammate, his sova def better than his raze tho his raze isn't that special
inspire - don't know i've played with or against him yet
Som - good aim but he has this crazy ability to always peek you at the worst(best for him) time idk how he does it or if he has a sixth sense but its so fucking annoying
Shanks - he really funny so when hes on ur team the vibes are up, when you play against him he doesn't do anything special if you didnt know it was him you couldn't tell it wasnt a random
Curry - good aim and knows how to get his every time. hes really good and he and tdawgg are the best ranked callers ive played with

guy said shanks feels like a random LMFAO

Noxy100 [#14]

favorite is probably zander. Some pros kinda act and look down on us random ranked guys because we obv aren't as good as guys who play as a career, but zander doesnt have an ego and is always pretty nice. He's insane too so thats nice too

worst is grim this guy genuinely trolls 7 games in a row to hit a wall clip

By worst opponent do you mean hardest to play against? Everyone is good and has good games but the ones that stand out and make me think 'this guy is different' are

Oxy - Peeking this guy is impossible you have to spray him through a smoke to kill him
Narrate - like oxy but even smarter he will also basically always win an 1v2 against you if your teammates fuck up
Tuyz - yall won't believe it but cuz he's not a huge star like oxy but this guy is so slippery. Played against him on breeze a couple times where he was viper and hes actually a fucking magician backsite B no matter what we threw at him we couldnt kill him. His movement is weird too
Eggster - hes the best yoru and its not even close

Plenty of other guys are insane too but thats just my experience, you can tell when you play with or against top pros that they're just operating on a different level from the rest of the lobby

and if you mean worst as in most unpleasant to play against:
Canezerra: He locks iso neon yoru jett every game and runs it down on you hes in your spawn pushing ct 20 secs in the round. What makes it worse is that he's insane

grim isnt a pro

Noxy100 [#69]

im NA so i cant answer the first

i also dont know these guys personally so i can't give you an opinion but if you wanna know what its like to play them in ranked

flyuh - don't know if i've ever played with/against him but his teammate mada is insane and clove diffed tf out of me the other day
brawk - the greatest ascent odin player of all time. the michael jordan of odin spam
runi - dont know if ive ever played with/against him
reduxx - really good aim and really good duelist and one of the best neon abusers
verno - dont know if ive ever played with/against him

You haven't played against sinatraa?

methlover69 [#49]

i'm not op but the answer is yes and no. no because your innate reaction time is based on genetics but yes because there are a million things that influence it. the most important factors are probably hardware (monitor refresh rate, input lag, mouse click latency, etc) and the amount/quality of your sleep.

these won't "improve" your reaction time, just ways to maximize what you can do already

Regarding improvement:

• Do you think people in low elo overthink or underthink aiming? Ik from experience I could do like 8 billion range bots and DMs and go 8/22 in a ranked game.
• How much does equipment really matter? Is there anyone you met with a relatively subpar setup?
• How do you deal with teammates who bait the rest of the team? None of the guides on YT really touch on that subject.
• How often do you use aim trainers?
• Which role would you say is the best at ranking up?

Regarding your radiant experience:

• Which role do you enjoy playing the most?
• How often did you encounter other regions' pro players during Champs last year?
• Do you notice a difference in comm quality or entertainment between radiant and lower rankings?
• How close are the players in radiant? I always felt that (at least in NA) everyone knows each other at that level, whether it's pros or ranked demons.
• Why does everyone play Illinois or Texas?

how annoying is it to play against sinatraa

tuffybass [#75]

these won't "improve" your reaction time, just ways to maximize what you can do already

yeah that's what i said

has your in-game skill translated in other areas of your life? like are you now significantly better and more patient when learning something new? has your perspective and way of thought changed at all?

Hades_Loves_Rb [#20]

Did you ever play with/against Rb when he was in LA back in 23? if so do you have a video? if not can you write down everything he did?

w question

Noxy100 [#56]

probably oxy

So what was the most phenomenal thing about the shootout?

methlover69 [#78]

yeah that's what i said

he said it better ngl

_amBrian [#76]

Regarding improvement:

• Do you think people in low elo overthink or underthink aiming? Ik from experience I could do like 8 billion range bots and DMs and go 8/22 in a ranked game.
• How much does equipment really matter? Is there anyone you met with a relatively subpar setup?
• How do you deal with teammates who bait the rest of the team? None of the guides on YT really touch on that subject.
• How often do you use aim trainers?
• Which role would you say is the best at ranking up?

Regarding your radiant experience:

• Which role do you enjoy playing the most?
• How often did you encounter other regions' pro players during Champs last year?
• Do you notice a difference in comm quality or entertainment between radiant and lower rankings?
• How close are the players in radiant? I always felt that (at least in NA) everyone knows each other at that level, whether it's pros or ranked demons.
• Why does everyone play Illinois or Texas?

Probably overthink, aiming shouldn't be something that you're consciously thinking about, you should be ideally flowstating aim so you can focus on your micro/macro. I also think gamemodes where you practice against real people like tdm or dm are better than range bots/kovaaks/aimlabs, but thats a personal thing

I think if you have good fps and good internet the rest won't make a big difference, i'm not a peripheral nerd that needs the latest and greatest

If you think you can change that by talking to them do that, but some people insta-tilt for no reason when you talk to them about stuff like that so its a risk. Otherwise its just something you gotta deal with in val, just focus on your game and what you can do and accept its out of your control.

Had a little phase back when i was immortal-ish where I played them like an hour a day, but I barely touch them anymore. Personally think its more worth your time to just play the game or use in-game methods. But I know you or somebody is gonna ask anyways so the ones I played the most were : KovaaKsAcingBrightTank and KovaaKsGlidingPeachController . Don't try to speed through it like your tenz on gridshot, be accurate.

Duelist forsure, and definitely neon specifically rn she's busted. Reyna Jett and Iso are also classics. Being impactful on smokes is a good way too, clove is a good pick for that.

Don't really have a preference, but playing sova with a good team and timing a dart really well and watching them get scanned and the kill feed light up for your side is probably the most satisfying thing

I didn't but my friend got into a game with sayf and got carried by him

Immortal are kinda more tryhard and emo. in radiant people do also comm seriously but it's more chill and laid back. Depends on the lobbies ofc

definitely closer than other ranks, you can literally queue into a lobby with the same people 4-5 times in a row

because cali and west players have a reputation for being dogshit (most of the US population is also near those two servers lol)

dieforfun [#77]

how annoying is it to play against sinatraa

it aint that bad

jawn [#79]

has your in-game skill translated in other areas of your life? like are you now significantly better and more patient when learning something new? has your perspective and way of thought changed at all?

dude its a video game

If you want a serious answer maybe the importance of keeping a good mental and a positive attitude

but dude its a video game

as a former radiant peak player
do u not get bored or find this game tedious, i find this game starts to get stale and repetitive af

QlQ [#81]

So what was the most phenomenal thing about the shootout?

He's very fast and 95% of the time he 1-bursts you so you have almost no chance to shoot back. You don't really get second chances with him if you miss your initial shots.

smthlikeyou11 [#86]

as a former radiant peak player
do u not get bored or find this game tedious, i find this game starts to get stale and repetitive af

definitely feel that sometimes

would you say playtime is the biggest factor to ranking up?

how did you make your aim consistent? such as in some days i feel like i can take any duel, and other days i can barely hit someone in front of me, i feel like im super behind in my asc-imm lobbies just because i cant hit shots

Altamira [#71]

how long did it take for you to get radiant since starting val and do you have any previous experience in fps titles?

started taking the game seriously end of episode 6 when I was plat, hit rad for the first time mid episode 8. Also played a bunch across multiple accounts, especially when I was high asc - mid imm. Probably have like 1100 ish hours total if I had to guesstimate. Played a little paladins not so seriously and fortnite semi-seriously before val.

espeon [#89]

would you say playtime is the biggest factor to ranking up?

how did you make your aim consistent? such as in some days i feel like i can take any duel, and other days i can barely hit someone in front of me, i feel like im super behind in my asc-imm lobbies just because i cant hit shots

not the OP but i can give some advice

yes if u wanna reach radiant you obviously have to play a lot but not to the point where ur burnt out and just on autopilot, in that case its better to not queue at all, although i did hit radiant playing like 25 hours an act

i cant rly answer the aim consistent question because ive never had too many problems with inconsistency
mental is a huge part of it tho peek with the intention and the hunger to kill and have confidence sometimes where the aim demons just hit ridiculous shots on u it makes u scared and less confident and it can have a snowball effect

espeon [#89]

would you say playtime is the biggest factor to ranking up?

how did you make your aim consistent? such as in some days i feel like i can take any duel, and other days i can barely hit someone in front of me, i feel like im super behind in my asc-imm lobbies just because i cant hit shots

definitely, you get good at things by doing them alot, you get good at video games after playing alot.

Every jiujitsu black belt has spend countless hours on the mat, every great free throw shooter has taken hundreds of thousands of shots, and so on

idk if theres some magic answer to consistency, I haven't had big consistency issues once i hit about that rank ur in. I think a big thing though is just confidence. If you're not playing with confidence, you're just gonna make you aim issue worse. Gotta believe in every swing and duel you take. Maybe lower your sense if you're really having issues?

smthlikeyou11 [#91]

not the OP but i can give some advice

yes if u wanna reach radiant you obviously have to play a lot but not to the point where ur burnt out and just on autopilot, in that case its better to not queue at all, although i did hit radiant playing like 25 hours an act

i cant rly answer the aim consistent question because ive never had too many problems with inconsistency
mental is a huge part of it tho peek with the intention and the hunger to kill and have confidence sometimes where the aim demons just hit ridiculous shots on u it makes u scared and less confident and it can have a snowball effect

ive heard a lot that just playing a lot and slowly improving will eventually get you to radiant, just the progress between people may be slower compared to others

i think its just because i never really learned how to counter strafe or ig "aim correctly" considering this is my first fps and i came from minecaft, there are days where i hit shots and days where i whiff every time i see someone, ig it kinda just makes me more tilted when that happens and i either stop dueling or go full on running it down taking every duel i can

K4ziuHa [#73]

grim isnt a pro

he was

smthlikeyou11 [#91]

not the OP but i can give some advice

yes if u wanna reach radiant you obviously have to play a lot but not to the point where ur burnt out and just on autopilot, in that case its better to not queue at all, although i did hit radiant playing like 25 hours an act

i cant rly answer the aim consistent question because ive never had too many problems with inconsistency
mental is a huge part of it tho peek with the intention and the hunger to kill and have confidence sometimes where the aim demons just hit ridiculous shots on u it makes u scared and less confident and it can have a snowball effect

^^^ this guy gave a good answer too, we basically said the same thing about confidence. Gotta play and swing to win

How many games a day would you play when u climbed to radiant?

Noxy100 [#92]

definitely, you get good at things by doing them alot, you get good at video games after playing alot.

Every jiujitsu black belt has spend countless hours on the mat, every great free throw shooter has taken hundreds of thousands of shots, and so on

idk if theres some magic answer to consistency, I haven't had big consistency issues once i hit about that rank ur in. I think a big thing though is just confidence. If you're not playing with confidence, you're just gonna make you aim issue worse. Gotta believe in every swing and duel you take. Maybe lower your sense if you're really having issues?

makes sense, i recently only started to play the game a lot again and i kinda want to reach a new peak

i've been thinking about that, could def try it out, i think i just have problems with my movement and how i aim in general

espeon [#93]

ive heard a lot that just playing a lot and slowly improving will eventually get you to radiant, just the progress between people may be slower compared to others

i think its just because i never really learned how to counter strafe or ig "aim correctly" considering this is my first fps and i came from minecaft, there are days where i hit shots and days where i whiff every time i see someone, ig it kinda just makes me more tilted when that happens and i either stop dueling or go full on running it down taking every duel i can

i mean if u rly need advice i would prob have to see how u play to give u specific advice
tilt peeking is definitely not good and its just a downward spiral if u keep tilt peeking
do u usually warm up before games? i suggest u spend some time in the range and deathmatches/ team deathmatches before u queue into games

also counter-strafing is not really that useful in val because val has different movement mechanics than cs, although there is no harm in doing it tho
personally i dont think "counter strafing" is the problem, every fight is situational and should be natural, u should not be thinking how to counter strafe in the middle of a fight
personally when i strafe i always have either one of A or D keys pressed down permanantly and deadzone to make myself harder to hit, u dont need to let go of both keys in val

also an VERY important point is having good PREAIM is better than having good aim, if u get what i mean. if u have good crosshair placement u should just be able to click when they walk into ur crosshair, so most fights u dont actually rely on raw aim. if u have to flick like 90 degrees to get a kill chances are ur dead. being good at slicing angles and preaiming at head level is really important in winning ur fights, if ur not used to it at first just make a mental note until it becomes natural

oh and i also suggest finding a good duo that u can rely on, that definitely helps

for the deadzone thing noted(an INSANE ranked demon who shits and terrorizes pros all the time) makes a good video on this about how to strafe recently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_PaUdNxU-Y

Shiino [#96]

How many games a day would you play when u climbed to radiant?

Also how would u find a duo who wants to play a lot a lot and tips for high plat-diamond elo

Shiino [#96]

How many games a day would you play when u climbed to radiant?

I was pretty inconsistent. Some days I would get off after like 3, other times i would literally play all day until like 4-5 AM

But across all accounts I was definitely still playing alot of val

Noxy100 [#39]

Alright its been like 2 hours im getting off

Alot of people are asking similar stuff so my final tips on if you wanna get better:

1 play alot
2 don't tilt
3 work on your mechanics by whatever works for you, its personal. some people love dm some people love aimlabs, i like tdm personally
4 work on your crosshair placement
5 if your super serious about ranking up don't solo q

sorry for not answering everything, you still might catch me lurking on this site from time to time

5 if your super serious about ranking up don't solo q

can you elaborate on this?
Is it more of a mental thing? Personally I don't care about my rank, I care about improving. Which actually does make me rank up but I don't have a need for it to be ASAP. Would that advice still apply to me? I duo on my main but solo queue on my alt but if it's actually harmful to solo queue I could stop

Aayan [#101]

5 if your super serious about ranking up don't solo q

can you elaborate on this?
Is it more of a mental thing? Personally I don't care about my rank, I care about improving. Which actually does make me rank up but I don't have a need for it to be ASAP. Would that advice still apply to me? I duo on my main but solo queue on my alt but if it's actually harmful to solo queue I could stop

because solo Q means its more like RNG and random chance to rank up depending on the teammates that u get
finding a good duo MASSIVELY helps so that u dont rely on 4 randoms every game, its a extremely underrated tip that needs to be talked about more
and yes it will help u improve somewhat because if u get bad teammates a lot of the time u would have to go out of ur way to cover up for ur teammates mistakes

whats stopping you going full pro in valorant as a player?

You started in episode 6 and got significantly better every act. Good shit bro, according to your trajectory you will be #1 in no time.

Next step is to join a team, when you gonna do it ?

Noxy100 [#85]

dude its a video game

If you want a serious answer maybe the importance of keeping a good mental and a positive attitude

but dude its a video game

i mean yeah that's a pretty good answer

any sova tips?

Noxy100 [#90]

started taking the game seriously end of episode 6 when I was plat, hit rad for the first time mid episode 8. Also played a bunch across multiple accounts, especially when I was high asc - mid imm. Probably have like 1100 ish hours total if I had to guesstimate. Played a little paladins not so seriously and fortnite semi-seriously before val.

A paladins player my goat 🐐
What did u main in paladins

How is 700rr a top radiant? Top radiant is over 1k rr

SuperRoss [#107]

any sova tips?

best way to get better at any agent besides actually playing it is to find a ranked vod of a pro and study how they play. I spent a bit of time doing that for a couple agents, and definitely the most for sova.

For sova in particular alot of people get hyper obsessed with lineups and think thats the only thing that makes a good sova. Your goal in a round isn't to use some fancy lineup you saw on twitter or youtube, your goal is to play the round out and use that lineup when it may become handy.

First thing you wanna do is understand what your job is one each map. I'll give the example of ascent defense. On ascent defense you should ideally be playing towards B main on defense with a high penetration gun like an odin or ares. On ascent defense you always fight for both extremities - the omen or whatever one-ways A lobby, and the Sova plays B. The reason the sova plays B is because the sova is uniquely effective in spamming and harrassing the attack off of that space because you have a dart to spam with, shocks to bounce off the roof, a drone, you can set up an oper on that line, etc. You can also still help your team by sending support darts A or mid, which is a big part of playing sova on that map on defense, so make sure you know those lineups.

After you understand the general idea of your role on the map, look at the pro vod and pay attention to what they're doing and how they do it, not just write down lineups and call it a day:

What do they buy on pistol? Where do they play from on pistol? Where do they play from on gun rounds? When do they rotate? What path do they take when they rotate? Where do they retake from? On site hits are they the 2nd person in? or last? Do they play in or out the site during postplant? What are they playing for on postplant? etc

I'll give you two actual examples of stuff I learned from this process

first example, I watched a S0m vod on ascent where he played the defensive pistol round from market. Why did he do that? Because on pistol your not gonna be buying a sheriff (the shocks + ghost buy is pretty obviously better), so he's not gonna be playing from the spot you spam from. Instead, he plays for a high dart on the wall outside market on the B site hit, and tries to spam them through the market smoke when they get highlighted by it. Btw i saw a really cool dart lineup that's literally ideal for this on my twitter feed today, here it is https://x.com/LearnVAL/status/1838632992916299929
And then he uses the shocks for plant denial (pretty easy to do from sound on B from market)

second example, a sacy vod on icebox. A Site hit on attack. Darts the wall and drones the team in, pretty standard stuff. But what does he do after that? He's usually 3rd or 4th in so he's responsible for some trading, and on the way in he sends 1 shock for kj mollies, and either sends the other towards where someone just shot from, or bounces it on the right wall to hit rafters to hurt someone who's flooding from rafters. Why does he send both shocks like this? because you're not really gonna get any big value saving them for postplant, so might as use them. In fact, there isn't really much to play for postplant on that site as sova anyways, so after he burns all his util getting and assisting on site, he never really runs back to jail, he's on the site playing for kills the rest of the round at that point 'gladiatoring'

Aayan [#101]

5 if your super serious about ranking up don't solo q

can you elaborate on this?
Is it more of a mental thing? Personally I don't care about my rank, I care about improving. Which actually does make me rank up but I don't have a need for it to be ASAP. Would that advice still apply to me? I duo on my main but solo queue on my alt but if it's actually harmful to solo queue I could stop

if ur with a duo that means less randoms

if you only care about improving it shouldn't make much of a difference

Im not gonna be an active regular on this site so nows ur chance

nows my chance to what, ur nobody bro

lordooohyeaa [#112]

Im not gonna be an active regular on this site so nows ur chance

nows my chance to what, ur nobody bro

I could lock sage and drop 40 in any lobby you've ever been in

Noxy100 [#113]

I could lock sage and drop 40 in any lobby you've ever been in

i could afk half the game, jerk it, take a shit, go outside, come back, still drop 40, and still carry ur ass

Noxy100 [#14]

favorite is probably zander. Some pros kinda act and look down on us random ranked guys because we obv aren't as good as guys who play as a career, but zander doesnt have an ego and is always pretty nice. He's insane too so thats nice too

worst is grim this guy genuinely trolls 7 games in a row to hit a wall clip

By worst opponent do you mean hardest to play against? Everyone is good and has good games but the ones that stand out and make me think 'this guy is different' are

Oxy - Peeking this guy is impossible you have to spray him through a smoke to kill him
Narrate - like oxy but even smarter he will also basically always win an 1v2 against you if your teammates fuck up
Tuyz - yall won't believe it but cuz he's not a huge star like oxy but this guy is so slippery. Played against him on breeze a couple times where he was viper and hes actually a fucking magician backsite B no matter what we threw at him we couldnt kill him. His movement is weird too
Eggster - hes the best yoru and its not even close

Plenty of other guys are insane too but thats just my experience, you can tell when you play with or against top pros that they're just operating on a different level from the rest of the lobby

and if you mean worst as in most unpleasant to play against:
Canezerra: He locks iso neon yoru jett every game and runs it down on you hes in your spawn pushing ct 20 secs in the round. What makes it worse is that he's insane

Tuyz is so underrated. His Viper is really good but we barely seen him on it. Maybe we can see it more next season

Noxy100 [#113]

I could lock sage and drop 40 in any lobby you've ever been in

unfortunately my goat lordooohyeaa clears u

#MVGA #MAKEVLRGREATAGAIN

Noxy100 [#110]

best way to get better at any agent besides actually playing it is to find a ranked vod of a pro and study how they play. I spent a bit of time doing that for a couple agents, and definitely the most for sova.

For sova in particular alot of people get hyper obsessed with lineups and think thats the only thing that makes a good sova. Your goal in a round isn't to use some fancy lineup you saw on twitter or youtube, your goal is to play the round out and use that lineup when it may become handy.

First thing you wanna do is understand what your job is one each map. I'll give the example of ascent defense. On ascent defense you should ideally be playing towards B main on defense with a high penetration gun like an odin or ares. On ascent defense you always fight for both extremities - the omen or whatever one-ways A lobby, and the Sova plays B. The reason the sova plays B is because the sova is uniquely effective in spamming and harrassing the attack off of that space because you have a dart to spam with, shocks to bounce off the roof, a drone, you can set up an oper on that line, etc. You can also still help your team by sending support darts A or mid, which is a big part of playing sova on that map on defense, so make sure you know those lineups.

After you understand the general idea of your role on the map, look at the pro vod and pay attention to what they're doing and how they do it, not just write down lineups and call it a day:

What do they buy on pistol? Where do they play from on pistol? Where do they play from on gun rounds? When do they rotate? What path do they take when they rotate? Where do they retake from? On site hits are they the 2nd person in? or last? Do they play in or out the site during postplant? What are they playing for on postplant? etc

I'll give you two actual examples of stuff I learned from this process

first example, I watched a S0m vod on ascent where he played the defensive pistol round from market. Why did he do that? Because on pistol your not gonna be buying a sheriff (the shocks + ghost buy is pretty obviously better), so he's not gonna be playing from the spot you spam from. Instead, he plays for a high dart on the wall outside market on the B site hit, and tries to spam them through the market smoke when they get highlighted by it. Btw i saw a really cool dart lineup that's literally ideal for this on my twitter feed today, here it is https://x.com/LearnVAL/status/1838632992916299929
And then he uses the shocks for plant denial (pretty easy to do from sound on B from market)

second example, a sacy vod on icebox. A Site hit on attack. Darts the wall and drones the team in, pretty standard stuff. But what does he do after that? He's usually 3rd or 4th in so he's responsible for some trading, and on the way in he sends 1 shock for kj mollies, and either sends the other towards where someone just shot from, or bounces it on the right wall to hit rafters to hurt someone who's flooding from rafters. Why does he send both shocks like this? because you're not really gonna get any big value saving them for postplant, so might as use them. In fact, there isn't really much to play for postplant on that site as sova anyways, so after he burns all his util getting and assisting on site, he never really runs back to jail, he's on the site playing for kills the rest of the round at that point 'gladiatoring'

Thx

Noxy100 [#14]

favorite is probably zander. Some pros kinda act and look down on us random ranked guys because we obv aren't as good as guys who play as a career, but zander doesnt have an ego and is always pretty nice. He's insane too so thats nice too

worst is grim this guy genuinely trolls 7 games in a row to hit a wall clip

By worst opponent do you mean hardest to play against? Everyone is good and has good games but the ones that stand out and make me think 'this guy is different' are

Oxy - Peeking this guy is impossible you have to spray him through a smoke to kill him
Narrate - like oxy but even smarter he will also basically always win an 1v2 against you if your teammates fuck up
Tuyz - yall won't believe it but cuz he's not a huge star like oxy but this guy is so slippery. Played against him on breeze a couple times where he was viper and hes actually a fucking magician backsite B no matter what we threw at him we couldnt kill him. His movement is weird too
Eggster - hes the best yoru and its not even close

Plenty of other guys are insane too but thats just my experience, you can tell when you play with or against top pros that they're just operating on a different level from the rest of the lobby

and if you mean worst as in most unpleasant to play against:
Canezerra: He locks iso neon yoru jett every game and runs it down on you hes in your spawn pushing ct 20 secs in the round. What makes it worse is that he's insane

Have you played against tuyz more than once? If so, do you remember him playing duelist recently?

who do you think the best valorant player in the world is and why is it Felipe "Less" Basso

Which VCT IGLs did you play under and how does it feels when they com and say stuff in between rounds? Does it feel different than ranked?

Itsover [#48]

Stockholm plat=immo3+ NA tbh, proven by top 5 in Champs stats flags.

Alright man your lobbies are dominated by a guy called Lovers Rock

grisx23 [#121]

Alright man your lobbies are dominated by a guy called Lovers Rock

u know that he is a pro

lordooohyeaa [#112]

Im not gonna be an active regular on this site so nows ur chance

nows my chance to what, ur nobody bro

i mean its not everyday you can ask a radiant player questions esp if ur lower rank
personally i would want some advice from a radiant to get better but considering a lot of questions already got asked :l