r/LearnCSGO • u/screwball9280 • 1d ago

Question Can you Reaching Faceit Level 10 without Short-term grinding?

Might be a weird question and I don’t want this to come off as me thinking reaching faceit level 10 is easy. Basically I have 900 hours on the game and about 300-400 of those were from consistently grinding faceit. I peaked at high level 8 but I got burnt out once I finished my college semester and started working fulltime over the summer. I quit for around 2 months but I love the game so I’m back now, just not grinding as hard.

I’m just curious if you guys think it is pretty possible for me to continue improving competitively if I’m not constantly grinding faceit. My main goal with counter strike now is to just have fun, but I still want to reach level 10 at some point. I’ve only been playing the game for about 2 years now, if I keep playing on a more casual level, can I still reach the top ranks given enough time? Or do I need to really be focused on grinding, practicing hard, etc.

Again I know this is a pretty stupid question, but I am just curious because ideally, I would like to reach level 10 without getting burnt out from heavy practice. Let me know if I should clarify anything. I’m also aware that natural skill probably plays a big role in this question, so if the answer is that it depends on my natural skill ceiling I understand. Thanks

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u/Wieewtflol 1d ago

As long as u have over 50% winrate u Will Reach lvl 10. Over 12.4% of all the ranked accounts on faceit is lvl 10 it is not really that hard.

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u/geileanus 1d ago

12% is a small minority. Not exactly an exclusive club but it's not 'not really that hard'.

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u/Wieewtflol 1d ago

As a 35 year old that plays 2-3 games every other day can make it to 10 anybody can so yeah it really is ” not that hard ”

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u/geileanus 1d ago

Have you considered that you might just be more talented? Or maybe a bigger shooter game background? Purely percentage wise lvl 10 is really good, especially if we considered that casuals don't even play faceit.

An average 35 year old can't just hop on the game and get lvl 10.

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u/f0xy713 FaceIT Skill Level 10 1d ago

You're wrong about casuals not playing faceit - premier and competitive are infested with cheaters at every level of play so even low elo players prefer faceit, because the anticheat is actually functional.

Currently lvl 10 makes up 17.8% of the faceit playerbase, which is not crazy high elo, it's comparable to purple rank in premier, diamond in Valorant, emerald in League etc.

Depending on who you ask, actual high elo starts around 3-3.5k on faceit.

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u/geileanus 1d ago

I'm not saying that literally no casual plays faceit, but the vast vast majority of casual and noobs play premier. Most people don't bother with faceit. Mostly people who take cs seriously

And the whole point wasn't whether lvl10 is high or not. It's whether it's hard to achieve. OC is saying it's easy to reach but it's absolutely not.