any suggestions for how to rank?

ive tried:
heavy IGL comming,
asmr hot goth mommy reassurance,
solo q,
duo q,
tri q,
duelist insta lock,
senti insta lock,
initator insta lock(kind of worked but mostly got shot in the back or entried most times),
controller insta lock,
background music motivation,
background video motivation,
full screen stretch mode,
no stretch mode,
1200dpi and .12 sens,
1200dpi and .155 sens
800dpi and .22 sens,
800dpi and .14 sens
dot crosshair,
T crosshair,
square crosshair,
opping most rounds,
vandal most rounds,
turning off comms,

some things im trying:
bought 8k polling rate dongle,
debating on buying a wooting keyboard
getting a gf to try and help with mental side
trying more protein based food to help with reaction time(fish, chicken, eggs and some bread, snacks in between like pbj or nutella bread)
buying skins

have you tried not trying

Sounds like what you're missing might just be consistency
Sticking to one sens, crosshair, agent etc as oppose to constantly trying to find the best one so to speak

chillandblue [#2]

have you tried not trying

yes want to see? https://imgur.com/a/9IfStuZ

this is usually me after losing a game and just tilt queueing not caring and i just lose even more

JawXG [#3]

Sounds like what you're missing might just be consistency
Sticking to one sens, crosshair, agent etc as oppose to constantly trying to find the best one so to speak

im not really looking for help on like mechanics level, i just need to know how to rank up. i have very good aim and mechanics and game sense

Play for fun with your homies and you'll rank up in no time trust me

Realm3098 [#6]

Play for fun with your homies and you'll rank up in no time trust me

born to play val with friends, forced to play academy football with friends; basically i have no friends that play val except a new friend i made that isnt timezone though

kalayav_n [#7]

born to play val with friends, forced to play academy football with friends; basically i have no friends that play val except a new friend i made that isnt timezone though

I started playing val like 3 months ago. I was gold last month and right now I'm d1. I learned cypher setups from yt and kept playing cypher every game. Trust me gold players don't know how to play against a good cypher. You'll easily get flank and lurk kills and kill trips..
https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/meow%20nya%20purr%2300000/overview
This is my tracker for reference

kalayav_n [#5]

im not really looking for help on like mechanics level, i just need to know how to rank up. i have very good aim and mechanics and game sense

well if ur struggling to rank up, then ur mechanics and/or gamesense suck ass

"getting a gf to try and help with mental side"
...uhm... ^^'

Realm3098 [#8]

I started playing val like 3 months ago. I was gold last month and right now I'm d1. I learned cypher setups from yt and kept playing cypher every game. Trust me gold players don't know how to play against a good cypher. You'll easily get flank and lurk kills and kill trips..
https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/meow%20nya%20purr%2300000/overview
This is my tracker for reference

not everyone is born talented like you
ur either on an alt or u have a lot of previous experience in fps games

I finally ranked back up yesterday by instalocking jett and awp crutching and just dry swinging things

Realm3098 [#8]

I started playing val like 3 months ago. I was gold last month and right now I'm d1. I learned cypher setups from yt and kept playing cypher every game. Trust me gold players don't know how to play against a good cypher. You'll easily get flank and lurk kills and kill trips..
https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/meow%20nya%20purr%2300000/overview
This is my tracker for reference

i am a baiter when i lurk, also i have better stats tbh compared to you; id have a 1.5kd if i didnt lose mental but yeah i see what u mean jsut very hard to win bro

lxolotl [#9]

well if ur struggling to rank up, then ur mechanics and/or gamesense suck ass

i beg to differ https://streamable.com/9fc4n9

Try chewing gum while playing it helped me. When I focus on the game too much I play worse, but when I listen to LIGHT music/video in the background or chew gum while playing, I am less stressed out and like dissociate and play better, it helps take the pressure off.

Kyronnn [#15]

Try chewing gum while playing it helped me. When I focus on the game too much I play worse, but when I listen to LIGHT music/video in the background or chew gum while playing, I am less stressed out and like dissociate and play better, it helps take the pressure off.

tried the latter but i will try gum

lxolotl [#11]

not everyone is born talented like you
ur either on an alt or u have a lot of previous experience in fps games

yeah I used to play apex and cs

delete the game its chinese spyware xi jiping knows your home address

ash_knuckles [#18]

delete the game its chinese spyware xi jiping knows your home address

my neighbor's know where i live, i really dont give a fuck

kalayav_n [#19]

my neighbor's know where i live, i really dont give a fuck

damn so sigma....

kalayav_n [#14]

i beg to differ https://streamable.com/9fc4n9

ok, stay hardstuck my friend

kalayav_n [#13]

i am a baiter when i lurk, also i have better stats tbh compared to you; id have a 1.5kd if i didnt lose mental but yeah i see what u mean jsut very hard to win bro

u cant say u have 1.5K/D if u dont lose mental LMFAOOO
u an excuse goat

Realm3098 [#17]

yeah I used to play apex and cs

makes sense, how many hours?

Instant lock sova clove chamber and jett

lxolotl [#23]

makes sense, how many hours?

1.5k on cs. Not much on apex around 500 maybe

Realm3098 [#25]

1.5k on cs. Not much on apex around 500 maybe

makes sense

lxolotl [#22]

u cant say u have 1.5K/D if u dont lose mental LMFAOOO
u an excuse goat

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/smerti%234747/overview this is the acc i took srs for like a couple of months but i also didnt do that well 💀 cypher is a good agent but when you have a bad duelist or initator it just makes it 100x worse

play ranked while watching marved stream

femboyenjoyer [#28]

play ranked while watching marved stream

if i see marved and stream in the same sentence again i just might change your name from enjoyer to previous

kalayav_n [#27]

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/smerti%234747/overview this is the acc i took srs for like a couple of months but i also didnt do that well 💀 cypher is a good agent but when you have a bad duelist or initator it just makes it 100x worse

holy shit ur a baiter bro, how do you have 1.34 k/d but none of ur other stats are elite tier
W baiting bro ur him for that

looking at your replies on this thread, its 100% a mental and mindset issue. if you dont stop making excuses such as "i have good mechs already but i lose" "my team throw" "if i dont tilt im the goat" YOU WILL STAY HARDSTUCK.
Get an improvement mindset, stop tilting, stop crying and you will climb.
If your mechanics were significantly better than your rank, you'd be at least ascendant. If your game sense was good too, you'd be immortal, even solo qing. All the excuses will keep you stuck. Look at each aspect of your gameplay and fix them one by one, compare yourself to pro players, don't be delusional and cope.

Mental is the most important thing in ranked, if you tilt and make bad decisions because of it, you will stay hardstuck.

Masa [#31]

looking at your replies on this thread, its 100% a mental and mindset issue. if you dont stop making excuses such as "i have good mechs already but i lose" "my team throw" "if i dont tilt im the goat" YOU WILL STAY HARDSTUCK.
Get an improvement mindset, stop tilting, stop crying and you will climb.
If your mechanics were significantly better than your rank, you'd be at least ascendant. If your game sense was good too, you'd be immortal, even solo qing. All the excuses will keep you stuck. Look at each aspect of your gameplay and fix them one by one, compare yourself to pro players, don't be delusional and cope.

Mental is the most important thing in ranked, if you tilt and make bad decisions because of it, you will stay hardstuck.

okay i will improve my mechanics, im going to record a full game of a ranked game and improve it against a game after 1 week and etc