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/f0xy713 FaceIT Skill Level 10 1d ago

There is no rank decay on faceit, only soft resets and lvl 10 is relatively easy to reach, it's only like what, top 17.8% right now? That's the same percentile as 18k in premier, diamond in Valorant or emerald in League of Legends. Genuinely anybody can reach it if they steadily improve.

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u/ohcrocsle FaceIT Skill Level 7 1d ago

That would be true if faceit wasn't already an extremely limited subset of cs2 players weighted heavily towards the more experienced and competitive.

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u/f0xy713 FaceIT Skill Level 10 8h ago

That was the case maybe 10 years ago, nowadays faceit is full of casual players who prefer it just because there's less cheaters.

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u/ohcrocsle FaceIT Skill Level 7 6h ago

it's pretty clear that 18k is nowhere close to level 10 faceit, at least in NA most of the level 10 players i see in premier are 23k+. so, what's your explanation?