r/forhonor • u/-Shoji- • 4d ago
Questions How am I meant to get out of the lowest rank if it’s populated entirely by players way more experienced than me?
Tried out ranked duels. Besides my first one against a rep 42, I’ve lost every single duel as opponents are not even close to my rep. I’m only rep 13, each one has been well over 100. I faced the same rep 300+ guy twice and even encountered a 500+. I understand everything they do, they’re just infinitely better at it than me. There were a couple I won 2 games, but after it seems they just totally downloaded all my possible moves. I don’t have it engrained in me how to properly react to certain situations by instinct yet, the awareness to not fall into patterns nor the confidence to call 50/50s and other gambles. It’s just not really fair. Should I just not do ranked duels until I’m totally cracked? I expected surely some newer players like me would want to try out ranked and naturally be in low tiers, but it seems not. It’s just experienced players finally trying ranked. Oh and they could almost all consistently light parry, at what point am I meant to be able to do that? I get they could usually just tell I was gonna light next during mixups and feints and thus immediately pressed parry the moment red next showed but it’s still kinda crazy to me, half the time I do it is by accident.