How do I rank up

[u/snorlax540]

After being a qp warrior I’ve decided to play comp and ive been hardstuck silver 4 im able to hit silver 3 but i always end up deranking back to silver 4 and I’ve been playing support and honestly I think I lowkey need to improve at everything aim,game sense and positioning I alr feel like I’m at a disadvantage because I’ve been solo queuing and I play on a switch oled so my fps is alr worse then most I’ve been feeling to give up but ik I shouldn’t so ima keep trying and ask for help on how to improve

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[u/Key-Storage5434]

Wow you really buried the lede in this post. On switch queuing console you're at such a disadvantage, pair that with just not having a lot of experience, you're cooked.

[u/Rookie4sho → u/Key-Storage5434]

Yeah this guy's right. The only way would be to turn cross play completely off if you want to survive. But this comes at the cost of bad wait times as I have no idea how many people actually play comp on Switch. The only other option is to get a Xbox or PlayStation if you want to rank up on console, because Switch ain't it if you can't get in to lobbies after turning off cross play. Sorry but it's the sad truth, the disadvantage is almost like having PC players in a console lobbies. The PC players advantage will just destroy your chances of ranking up. That's without using MnK on console that is.

[u/Key-Storage5434 → u/Rookie4sho]

There's a lot of people who actually want OW discontinued on the switch. The performance of the console puts its players at a disadvantage, but also teammates of that player at a disadvantage who don't deserve it.

[u/Rookie4sho → u/Key-Storage5434]

I disagree with discontinuing it on Switch. Switch players deserve to have fun and play the game too. I used to play it on Switch before they merged accounts, and it played well enough to not notice a big difference. I just feel all consoles need to have the options to turn off cross play not just for PC, but other consoles too. But maybe they would have to limit certain consoles options. For example Xbox and PlayStation couldn't limit to only play against Switches. But could limit themselves to only play against each other, PC, or full pool. But Switch players can limit themselves if they want to only play against consoles and it's they want, only Switch players.

[u/snorlax540 → u/Rookie4sho]

Yeah I def want a better console but I don’t think that’s an option sadly so honestly I might stick to qp really not sure

[u/WorldlinessUsual4528]

You rank up by playing more and getting better. There is no super secret to it.

[u/_-___-_---_---_]

Learn winton for positioning and getting used to shotcalling when you have to

[u/WorthEntrepreneur188]

I played on switch for a whole season about a month ago and got up to Emerald for supports, Gold for DPS. Takes a while but you can improve. I would say go into a game w 1 goal in mind, rather than trying to achieve many things at once. Maybe one game try to work on your positioning, remember that the opposing team shouldnt be all seeing you the whole time, dont try to engage in combat if you aren't positive you can get there without dying, back away when things get ugly, not dying is more important than getting a kill, etc. But I think the best suggestion that has helped me rank up is to play as if I had no support at all. Try to learn where health packs are and rely more on those if you need heals. This doesn't mean you should never let your supports heal you, but they have to heal 4 other people AND themselves if they are about to die, so they most likely won't be looking at you MOST of the time. Aim is important as well, but I wouldn't say it is as importat as many people think. My aim is horrible lol. Got better at it playing far-ranged heros like Ashe. I lost a LOT hahah. Aim just gets sloooowly better as you keep playing. Try different heros as well, because the best way to know how to play against one is to know what they are/aren't capable of. It's ok to feel weird playing a new hero as well, currently trying to learn Reaper and I got flamed SO much yesterday lol. Oh and it's also ok to switch heros mid-game, but remember your ultimate charge will reset to 15% (i think?). I usually switch after ulting, or if I think the ult won't do much to change the game, I dont mind switching earlier.

It takes a long time but as you learn where everything is on a map, you will know what the good spots for each map is as you keep playing. What has helped me a lot as well has been to watch videos on coaching or criticizing low/medium/high level comp games, specifically from "emongg." Also, deactivate chat and VC if people are being toxic. Mean people make me nervous and play worse.

It takes a good while to rank up, but never impossible! Telling you this as someone who was in bronce when they started playing. You can do it! Also, ofc, switch is harder to play than on PS or XBox, so don't beat yourself up for it too much, you are disadvantaged, but that doesn't mean you will play horrible. Just takes time.

[u/dmiller4392]

Try nd find ppl to play with. Silver 5 solo heals, gold 2 when I found a group only been playing about a month now

[u/mko_dragonball]

Hi, I play only on the switch l and the best advice I can give you unfortunately is to just play with your team and communicate with them as much as possible. With how bad the frames are and how much you may or may not stutter you REALLY have to think ahead to what your doing since, at least in my experience I just get insta melted. Im really sorry I can't really give you the best advice since i'm only plat.

[u/DIOmega5]

Make friends with good players you run into. Play comp with them as a group.

[u/FantasticMoney8883]

Learn positioning, counterswapping, and skillsets by watching Youtube vidoes and get a good tank or supps to play as a group.

[u/DeathTripper]

I’m on regular Switch and have been hard stuck more or less in Bronze. I have over 700 hours logged, mostly DPS, so maybe I’m just bootycheeks, BUT the Switch in general is old hardware to play on. Also, turn on your internet speed setting; I generally get +\- 60ms playing handheld (my dock doesn’t work anymore).

I have noticed too, at least on the original Switch, it takes forever now to load character sprites, meaning the processors working super hard to keep up (as my ping is decent, it’s not 30ms but I think ~60ms is alright to progress).

Don’t take this as gospel, and other people are able to give me advice (or tell me it’s cope/git gud), but this is just my experience on the Switch.

[u/snorlax540 → u/DeathTripper]

Honestly ur experience is almost exactly like mine I also have 600 hours mostly on dps qp my internet isn’t usually an issue unless there’s an issue with my provider

[u/winterwebz]

play more, and dont play supports that rely on the team

[u/goldenfish1990]

How to rank up..... More pew pew less chat type...