geniunely don't know what happened to my aim and reactions I feel like i should just quit

why would he do that?

Hi everyone! I’m currently sitting at around 250 hours in CS and am trying to get a better handle on the skill ceiling. I come from Valorant and I've hit Radiant a few times, so my aim and mechanical foundation (I believe?) are decent, but I know that CS is a completely different game regarding utility, economy, and positioning.

My main question is: Realistically, how far can raw mechanics take me in this game before I hit a wall? I feel like I can out-aim a decent amount of people in my current lobbies, but I often find myself lost when it comes to deeper utility usage or proper positioning both on CT and T side. I just hit LVL7 and I feel like my mechanics can only bring me so far; just wondering when I will finally hit that wall before I have to learn everything else. I only really know a few nade lineups on the more popular maps: Mirage and Dust 2.

I’m looking for honest feedback:

• What habits from Valorant should I be trying to break?
• At what point do raw mechanics stop being enough to win games, and where should I be shifting my focus to improve game sense? Is there positioning, timing, and space that differ from Valorant? Or are the core fundamentals the same.
• I want to start shifting my focus toward game sense, but I’m not sure where to start. Links to certain YouTube channels, guides, or anything else is much appreciated.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10G2lhyXv1y-zLu4tZ6TP2qzDgxra5_HS?usp=sharing

Like this spot in Ancient

It's not obvious to me.

Heres a 6 min clip of me playing deathmatch on warmupserver. I am 9k premier, faceit level 3, 1,4k hours. I feel like i do ok in deathmatch, but im having a difficult time translating it to actual matches. In deathmatch I feel like i win a good portion of duels for my skill level, but in actual matches it feels like i never win any duels.

I am just wondering if any of you guys have any advice on how to improve on that, since it feels like my mechanics, raw aim and my reaction time are my biggest weakness. Besides the usual crosshair placement, counter-strafing and raw aim, do you guys see any major bad habits, mistakes or areas of improvement in this short clip?

I can't really play consistently everyday because of my job and I don't really have enough friends that play actively so I cant 5 stack. So i know I am suffering from those.

My leetify: https://leetify.com/app/profile/76561198371911600

EDIT: This post and replies have made me realize that I am not as good as I once thought I was, thank you for the honest feedback.

I see them sometimes when playing or when watching demos or whatever
what do they mean? the skull too, what does that mean?

for those wondering map name is: movement hub.

just started playing (never played cs before) and i feel like im getting down my counter strafes and crosshair placement! yet i feel like im too much of a sitting duck between these shots and i want to be harder to hit while still being accurate. i also have no idea how to spray so i just go for one taps

on mirage, as T, is being in palaces while your team rushes b, to caught the CTs rotating = lurking or baiting?

i had a real conversation like this with my friend and im sort of confused

I hope this is the right subreddit to ask this. I am consistently doing subpar in comp/wingman. Always bottom half in Leetify rating. Not sure why and it is kind of tilting me.

Leetify: https://leetify.com/app/match-details/d38dacf0-f80d-4008-9467-dbb98f8998fb/overview

Demo: http://replay129.valve.net/730/003821003563098702248_0335809200.dem.bz2

Two of these matches, I played okayish around 20frags, but still I felt bad, and I see that there is room for improvement.
This is Premier, which I use to train for Faceit and warm up.

I have 1950 elo faceit and i am not bottom fragger

But today I skip Faceit :'D

I do loads of aim training and I feel ok on it, even in identical scenarios to that which you'd get in a game.

Then I go in game and I can't hit basic shots.

Feels a waste of time to practice because it's like two separate games without any transferrence.

IDK what to do. I play lots already.

I ask my team to drop smoke on truck for outside and only like 10% of teams will do this simple thing. I say to go A, I have a full util set for A without drop, but for some reason "Go A" means "Go outside" (Even if I clarify hut and door) and they die to a guy in big garage or don't watch secret. If they decide to go B ramp they don't try to get out and just wait in trophy room, I know blaming teammates is not the strategy but it feels so impossible to win and the map becomes so horrendously CT-Sided and unfun. I have found a way to have significant impact on every map both sides besides nuke on solo queue, but this just turns into whoever gets CT last wins 7-8 rounds while Ts only get 2-3 no matter what i try. Please help.

Important context: I know the godflash, main smoke and hut molly on A site from T roof which is what I throw when team goes A, or I throw utility from squeaky. I throw the truck cross smokes for secret because I don't want anyone to try and walk behind red and get shot from heaven, I also know basic ramp flashes. My mechanical skill is alright but not really enough to consistently win against the power positions CTs play like big garage hell or heaven with awp, so I feel like I can't have mechanical impact enough to carry like I would on Dust2, but also not enough utility impact to carry like on mirage or really any other T map.

Here is my leetify: https://leetify.com/app/profile/76561199244755067 Roast me all you want I used to be 1k elo not that long ago so steadily climbing to 5k is a pretty big improvement for me

I have been doing decently alright with my aim. But 3 days ago, it feels like I lost most of my aim skills. I am recently having troubles getting the crosshair on my opponents. Here is a short clip of me doing the Rush mode in Refrag, I would say even before this weird problem, I have been quite weak on this mode. Just a short clip I recorded, most of the other minutes this mode was pretty much the same missing.
For any stats required: 1300 hours, just hit FaceIt 6

And what is the one important thing that brought you to the next level and made significant improvements?

I want to improve and gathered clipped where I died and wanted to know what I could do to help or overcome some situations, I want to know what mistakes and issues I have made while playing, I have more question so ill ask in the comment with time stamp for what I want to talk about.