@Villu not really true hahaha, you can't just get to d3 with aim, because you can't carry every single game and just climb off of that. Saying that is actually a really shit attitude
To expand on #5 always ask your team's Sova/Brim/Viper (anyone with lineups) where they want the spike planted as well. They probably have some post plant lineups, but they need the spike planted in specific locations.
FINAL VIDEO OF THE YEAR! What are some things you guys have been doing to become a smarter player? Did I miss any good tips, what advice do you have for your fellow players? Tell us in the comments!
Do you think fps, ping and refresh rate has high impact on your performance? Im playing on 40-60 fps even 30 fps if its like 10 man chaos and 60hz with average 80-100 ping. I still can outplay some golds with it. Do you think those things hold back my potential?
70 ping max and 60fps min is ridiculously more playable than 80-100 ping and 40-60fps yeah. You could still be a great support player even with those crutches though.
Me, playing raze, sitting on top of the gen on ascent A site. I ask my pheonix to throw his wall. We all die because pheonix is stupid. It would have been such a great ult too...
Something I do that I never hear mentioned is saving full armor to grow economy, if the other team is outnumbered I let the 80% HP teammates hunt them down or if I've lost my full armor I'll play more aggressive - from a plat/diamond player
Just made a comeback on Split from 2-10 to 14-12. I kept thinking of all the videos you made and how I could use them to turn an almost impossible game. Thank you Dragonmar for making me a better player, and helping me find my potential in Valorant. I will always stay loyal to you and your channel, not only because you helped me, but because you are helping the whole Valorant community. I hope you have a great 2021 and you hit your goals! Happy New Year! - Mercury
I'm currently iron 2, I just ranked up then had a technical difficulty so I couldn't play for almost 3 weeks. Two days ago I tried playing with the technical difficulty (broken / missing key cap on a laptop) and on my first game I had a 37/14/7 kda. Does that mean anything?
more frags in iron doesn't make you a better player, it just means you were going against people who were either new or did not know how to counter your playing. Not to mention that not every frag is important or meaningful in valorant, there are good frags and there are frags that have no impact.
Frags basically dont mean anythinf. Sure it will give you some boost but ranking up is really based on teamwork, gamesense and proper use of utils. having good comms yet still bottom fragging but still won the game is where you get an increase on your rating. I've been there before and im iron 3 atm. i matched mvp (33/17/9) yet we lost by 4 rounds which basically didnt help me to rank up.
7:37 damn you really left your sage in a bad position, and then you spammed through smoke as your reyna was trying to push through smoke. you literally baited 2 teammates in that clip
He didn't bait Reyna, Reyna just didn't play together and that position is always bad anyways on pistols so regrouping to play retake is a better option. If Reyna asked him to peek together then the execution would've been successful.
Your examination of the clip is just awfully wrong, Sage put herself in a bad position as it's a common close corner checked and Reyna was being dumb and didn't play together. Simple.
So I actually talked about how bad that play was on stream. As I'm still learning Jett, I'm making a lot of mistakes. Holding the crossfire was the correct play, instead I chose to get aggressive with my peeks and try to stall the push by taking one out early. That is not baiting. My Reyna made a pretty terrible push while I was reloading into 3 spotted enemy players through a smoke. I actually believe my spam was a better option than her push through a smoke, and I totally disagree that I "baited" haha. Sometimes we make bad plays, I certainly do and this was an example of that!
I really appreciate all the info man. Really helps out for people like me who just started playing comp/ the game in general a few weeks ago, just hit plat1 and trying to improve. Thanks again and Happy New Year.
Hey bro! I had a question.. I am a Cypher Main but my duelist never perform well (solo queue) So should I continue Cypher or play a duelist (Hardstruck Gold)
I think that you are in a tough spot as Cypher can't generally HELP duelists the same way other agents play. If you truly feel like your duelists are struggling, often agents like Omen or even Sova can help enable them with their abilities. If you want to take on the duelist burden yourself, thats totally up to you but its a completely different playstyle than Cypher. I can't make that decision for ya tho!
hey kyle! I watch your videos a lot to try and improve but im still hardstuck platinum xD as im writing this im plat 3 kind of close to rankup but will probably still not get dia as i want. I do not think I deserve more than plat, however I play this game for multiple hours everyday and it dissapoints me that i am not able to rank up. I know you are probably quite busy with others but if you have time over and want to do a vod review of me it whould be great. My discord is ХАЗИ#8242
How to become a smarter player - Be somewhat good at maths or something, do well in school. Seems like a dumb advice but trust me, if you have more knowledge in mathematics you will have more strategies in these types of games.
Really helpful videos Dragonmar! Hope to see you next year too. Also is it just me or do you look tilted after every death or round loss in the gameplay you show in every video lol.
trust me bro, just buy a mic, u can get a decent headset for like 20 bucks and the ability to communicate is invaluable in a game like this, i can literally send you a good headset for cheap if u would like
As raze main, at split i dont really ult mid, cuz i know i rarely will get 1 or 2, its much useful to ult on retake, or in A main when i have info, mid usually has lurker, i only ult mid when i have info on all team, and i can fly in really deep to get them, so thats a point for Raze players, always ult if you have info on at least 3 people, yesterday i ulted in all 5 just from one call-out, so be passionate and think quick
hope you all have a nice week, wanted to let you know that Jesus loves you and died for you. you might think of this as annoying and you’ve seen it a lot, but it’s more than that. those who share this are happy with Christ and believe in eternal life and happiness. they want you to be a part of that too, and so do i. you can have your own opinion and i respect it and you can ignore this and that’s fine. stay safe. i believe in you. in whatever you want to do. God has not left you, and never will. again, Jesus Christ loves you so much. He is willing to heal you and anyone else no matter what they’ve done. He has died for us and proved that He is the Christ, Savior, and Protector.
Dragonmar. USE UR DASH lmao. U take lots of damage and unnecessary deaths while u still have it. Furthermore since u have dash don’t be afraid to take peaks that are otherwise stupid. It catches players off guard and u can get out safely, often with a kill. I do this all the time as Reyna and it works just as well with jett
I wanted to play smart to rank up bcs I have gay delay dat is so delay is basicly have no time to react so what to play smart and get like kills where they don’t expect me to get ez kills Edit: like my aim is pretty gud and my like sound pinpoint is gud my game sense
No. 9 = Plan your utility My teammates at defense using agents with flash, shoving their faces unto the buy phase barrier to flash peek every round: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that"
Hey man love your content! I’m b3 and I’m struggling a lot in Valorant and wanting to improve, thankfully, your videos are beginning to help me visualize my mistakes and role on the team.
Tip 2 is exclusive to valorant type maps. In csgo especially dust 2 you are supposed to do a heroic defense of B SITE , Cause that site is impossible to retake normally let alone a 5 v 5
Really nice video, but please don't put gameplay that has nothing to do with the content, I just start watching without paying attention to what you're saying! :D Good insights though thanks!
tbh somtimes i just wing it and not think of anything while in a game like not checking if i have good crosshair placement or anything lol thats probs why im litterally hardstuck iron *i am horrible*
I guess another tip that people should do is assist teammates caught on abilities. Like if theyre in a line of fire while a boom bot is approaching them, or they get caught in a tripwire, at most you should be able to shoot at em without the teammate caught looking to the tripwire and getting shot before looking back. Same goes for sova darts
Dude i mean i cant have a competive comparison like other people who watches your videos but they help so much i get more kills and getting wins are so much easier when i use theese tips
Excellent tips bro! Right now many things are holding me back even my crappy internet :( But your tips are really giving me a clear path to follow to improve
I struggled with 300 ping for years, I have BEEN there and let me tell you it was horrible. It used to take me 10 hours to upload my Overwatch videos hahaha. Wishing you the best in 2021!
@@Dragonmar we should be changing our ISP for another one with optic fiber in January and hopefully that should dramatically improve things! I didn't know you knew my pain haha! Thank you and best wishes for you too!!!
Can you give me some tips on how to deal with teammates who don't listen to your calls, or just don't comm? Like for example last game, I was telling my team to give up site and play retake, since the other team couldn't hold site very well. It worked every time we did it, but they often didn't listen and it lost us the game. Thank you.
Unfortunately you cannot ever force people to listen. Sometimes the best thing you can do is play around them, and perhaps retakes the other site and stack theirs!
STREAMUARY HAS STARTED! Join me on stream at www.twitch.tv/Dragonmar working on our Jett to Radiant series! Happy 2021 everyone!
Do u have suggestions for a crouch keybind bc ctrl is hard to reach for my pinky
the power of "nt" is strong
What does not mean?
@@rubyfire9666 nt means nice try
nt can be triggering when someone horribly whiffs and everyone is just like "nt" like it doesnt feel genuine
I’m in iron and have had sova’s shock dart spike.
Bro whyd i read 1) bait out ultimates as “bait out teamates” 🤣
The best way to become a smarter player is to stop playing and start doing your homework
I see you didn't opt for that as well. Welcome to the club
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. it is to play the fucking game
That’s for dominating earth, or the human game, not valorant lol
@@infernobuster566 seems like your pickaxe mined the joke.
@@triozoomyt4674 =))))
I hate how ive learned so many things from dragonmar but i forget it when i actually play
same...
@@KaseySendou try taking notes, really helps me lol
write it down, makes you remember it better
watching your vids literally brought me from g1 to d3 these videos are actually so helpful
Thats an incredible climb, I'll see you in my lobbies soon!
How plz explain I need all the tips
@Villu jealous?
@Villu so much salt here.... smh
@Villu not really true hahaha, you can't just get to d3 with aim, because you can't carry every single game and just climb off of that. Saying that is actually a really shit attitude
So basically, dont play for kills, play for the w.
radiant gamer AND has an economic degree. this why we love dragonmar
Thanks man you've actually helped me improve a lot in my ranked games...Looking forward to learning more from you!
Btw a Happy New Year in advance..
Happy New Year and I'm so happy to hear that!
@@Dragonmar Glad to know 😀, much love from India.
Focusing too much on my aim, nice to have a video leaning towards more mental strategies!
"10 tips to become a smarter player"
Tip #1 JUST BE SMARTER 4heed
10/10
To expand on #5 always ask your team's Sova/Brim/Viper (anyone with lineups) where they want the spike planted as well. They probably have some post plant lineups, but they need the spike planted in specific locations.
FINAL VIDEO OF THE YEAR! What are some things you guys have been doing to become a smarter player? Did I miss any good tips, what advice do you have for your fellow players? Tell us in the comments!
We'll see you next year Dragonmar. Thanks for your help in 2020
can you also show us how clutch in every round
Yes, YES YES!!!! I was just told that my game sense and positioning is lacking by one of your coaches in Discord!!
What is a good recoding Software?
I want to record me valorant gameplay
(I have no money)
Do you think fps, ping and refresh rate has high impact on your performance? Im playing on 40-60 fps even 30 fps if its like 10 man chaos and 60hz with average 80-100 ping. I still can outplay some golds with it. Do you think those things hold back my potential?
Yes
It does a huge play
70 ping max and 60fps min is ridiculously more playable than 80-100 ping and 40-60fps yeah. You could still be a great support player even with those crutches though.
Me, playing raze, sitting on top of the gen on ascent A site. I ask my pheonix to throw his wall.
We all die because pheonix is stupid. It would have been such a great ult too...
Started watching your videos around 1 month ago. Your Omen VOD reviews, strategy and aim tips helped me climb from G3 to D3. Thanks so much!
Something I do that I never hear mentioned is saving full armor to grow economy, if the other team is outnumbered I let the 80% HP teammates hunt them down or if I've lost my full armor I'll play more aggressive - from a plat/diamond player
Just made a comeback on Split from 2-10 to 14-12. I kept thinking of all the videos you made and how I could use them to turn an almost impossible game. Thank you Dragonmar for making me a better player, and helping me find my potential in Valorant. I will always stay loyal to you and your channel, not only because you helped me, but because you are helping the whole Valorant community. I hope you have a great 2021 and you hit your goals! Happy New Year!
- Mercury
So happy to hear that, and thank you so much!
No hate but arent you a radiant? Why are you not carrying in a plat-dia game?
Tbh i agree...
he’s still learning jett
This game is a 5v5 so teammates matter and radiant aim isnt too much better than diamond aim, just game sense difference
I love low elo since no one ever get the ult orbs.
I'm currently iron 2, I just ranked up then had a technical difficulty so I couldn't play for almost 3 weeks. Two days ago I tried playing with the technical difficulty (broken / missing key cap on a laptop) and on my first game I had a 37/14/7 kda. Does that mean anything?
Sounds like you should remove EVERY keycap moving forward!
more frags in iron doesn't make you a better player, it just means you were going against people who were either new or did not know how to counter your playing. Not to mention that not every frag is important or meaningful in valorant, there are good frags and there are frags that have no impact.
Frags basically dont mean anythinf. Sure it will give you some boost but ranking up is really based on teamwork, gamesense and proper use of utils. having good comms yet still bottom fragging but still won the game is where you get an increase on your rating. I've been there before and im iron 3 atm. i matched mvp (33/17/9) yet we lost by 4 rounds which basically didnt help me to rank up.
7:37 damn you really left your sage in a bad position, and then you spammed through smoke as your reyna was trying to push through smoke. you literally baited 2 teammates in that clip
He didn't bait Reyna, Reyna just didn't play together and that position is always bad anyways on pistols so regrouping to play retake is a better option. If Reyna asked him to peek together then the execution would've been successful.
Your examination of the clip is just awfully wrong, Sage put herself in a bad position as it's a common close corner checked and Reyna was being dumb and didn't play together. Simple.
there was nothing that he can do sage's death was obvious and reyna just recklessly pushed enemy's smoke
So I actually talked about how bad that play was on stream. As I'm still learning Jett, I'm making a lot of mistakes. Holding the crossfire was the correct play, instead I chose to get aggressive with my peeks and try to stall the push by taking one out early. That is not baiting.
My Reyna made a pretty terrible push while I was reloading into 3 spotted enemy players through a smoke. I actually believe my spam was a better option than her push through a smoke, and I totally disagree that I "baited" haha. Sometimes we make bad plays, I certainly do and this was an example of that!
@@potsunade exactly
I really appreciate all the info man. Really helps out for people like me who just started playing comp/ the game in general a few weeks ago, just hit plat1 and trying to improve. Thanks again and Happy New Year.
Jesus Christ you hit plat in a few weeks? Im over here stuck in iron3/bronze1😂
Hey bro! I had a question..
I am a Cypher Main but my duelist never perform well (solo queue)
So should I continue Cypher or play a duelist
(Hardstruck Gold)
I think that you are in a tough spot as Cypher can't generally HELP duelists the same way other agents play. If you truly feel like your duelists are struggling, often agents like Omen or even Sova can help enable them with their abilities. If you want to take on the duelist burden yourself, thats totally up to you but its a completely different playstyle than Cypher. I can't make that decision for ya tho!
@@Dragonmar Thx bro you are rly my guide
hey kyle! I watch your videos a lot to try and improve but im still hardstuck platinum xD as im writing this im plat 3 kind of close to rankup but will probably still not get dia as i want. I do not think I deserve more than plat, however I play this game for multiple hours everyday and it dissapoints me that i am not able to rank up. I know you are probably quite busy with others but if you have time over and want to do a vod review of me it whould be great. My discord is ХАЗИ#8242
How to become a smarter player - Be somewhat good at maths or something, do well in school. Seems like a dumb advice but trust me, if you have more knowledge in mathematics you will have more strategies in these types of games.
Thx for the tips. Happy New Year! Ty for your content in 2020
You are very welcome! Happy New Year!
*赵造"this is the thing u need" "**Vpoints.BuZz**" "There are no limits here, Am I right?”"赵造"*
*"**5:30**"*
”EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED.”
Great video man, seriously good shit. keep it up Dragonmar!
Really helpful videos Dragonmar!
Hope to see you next year too. Also is it just me or do you look tilted after every death or round loss in the gameplay you show in every video lol.
Im hard stuck gold elo, I match or team mvp every match, I don't have a mic tho, is that whats holding me back from grinding to higher elo?
trust me bro, just buy a mic, u can get a decent headset for like 20 bucks and the ability to communicate is invaluable in a game like this, i can literally send you a good headset for cheap if u would like
It is 100% worth it to have a mic, can't be totally sure if its holding you back but it will eventually!
@@evening7777 thanks for the offer bro, but I got a 250 dollar amazon card, im gonna get a good mic, I appreciate the offer
@@Dragonmar thank you for the reply Dragonmar!
@@Sid-xe3zi great man! enjoy the grind
I went from silver 3 to plat 2 thx to u
Let’s collab on a video bro (Coaching Underground rapper in valorant) I’m hard stuck plat trying to get diamond 😅😞
4:32 - WHAT?! You can *destroy* a molly before it spills??!
He's talking about Killjoy's mollies here, you can destroy her mollies
As raze main, at split i dont really ult mid, cuz i know i rarely will get 1 or 2, its much useful to ult on retake, or in A main when i have info, mid usually has lurker, i only ult mid when i have info on all team, and i can fly in really deep to get them, so thats a point for Raze players, always ult if you have info on at least 3 people, yesterday i ulted in all 5 just from one call-out, so be passionate and think quick
hope you all have a nice week, wanted to let you know that Jesus loves you and died for you. you might think of this as annoying and you’ve seen it a lot, but it’s more than that. those who share this are happy with Christ and believe in eternal life and happiness. they want you to be a part of that too, and so do i. you can have your own opinion and i respect it and you can ignore this and that’s fine. stay safe. i believe in you. in whatever you want to do. God has not left you, and never will. again, Jesus Christ loves you so much. He is willing to heal you and anyone else no matter what they’ve done. He has died for us and proved that He is the Christ, Savior, and Protector.
5:03 light shield*
YES, omg haha thank you
How am I supposed to trust your tips when you put horrible gameplay in the background?
I’m ngl every time I watch a video think Im listening to popularmmos lol (not a bad thing)
Dragonmar. USE UR DASH lmao. U take lots of damage and unnecessary deaths while u still have it. Furthermore since u have dash don’t be afraid to take peaks that are otherwise stupid. It catches players off guard and u can get out safely, often with a kill. I do this all the time as Reyna and it works just as well with jett
I wanted to play smart to rank up bcs I have gay delay dat is so delay is basicly have no time to react so what to play smart and get like kills where they don’t expect me to get ez kills Edit: like my aim is pretty gud and my like sound pinpoint is gud my game sense
Can you watch my valorant video and tell me what I can do to improve and guess what rant I am?
All solid tips, my biggest issue is remembering in the heat of the moment to apply them all.
Take one bit at a time
For e.g. focus on just one tip for one game
5:00 3300 means they can buy half shields and a phantom/vandal, not full shields
for some reason u remind me of popularmmos and i miss them so much
No. 9 = Plan your utility
My teammates at defense using agents with flash, shoving their faces unto the buy phase barrier to flash peek every round: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that"
Hey man love your content! I’m b3 and I’m struggling a lot in Valorant and wanting to improve, thankfully, your videos are beginning to help me visualize my mistakes and role on the team.
Tip 2 is exclusive to valorant type maps.
In csgo especially dust 2 you are supposed to do a heroic defense of B SITE , Cause that site is impossible to retake normally let alone a 5 v 5
Really nice video, but please don't put gameplay that has nothing to do with the content, I just start watching without paying attention to what you're saying! :D
Good insights though thanks!
I use almost all of these strats and the problem is people on my team aren't thinking the same way so they shit talk me and quit doing it.
I hope you re feeling better
"It's very heroic but you DIE" that hit a little too close to home
tbh somtimes i just wing it and not think of anything while in a game like not checking if i have good crosshair placement or anything lol thats probs why im litterally hardstuck iron
*i am horrible*
I guess another tip that people should do is assist teammates caught on abilities. Like if theyre in a line of fire while a boom bot is approaching them, or they get caught in a tripwire, at most you should be able to shoot at em without the teammate caught looking to the tripwire and getting shot before looking back. Same goes for sova darts
Your videos have turned me from g2 to being better then you 😦🤣
radiant gamer now?
@@joulesapura349 yessir
You say play for trades but you're shooting this guy at 12:22 wiith no teammates near you, why?
Dude i mean i cant have a competive comparison like other people who watches your videos but they help so much i get more kills and getting wins are so much easier when i use theese tips
Excellent tips bro! Right now many things are holding me back even my crappy internet :(
But your tips are really giving me a clear path to follow to improve
I struggled with 300 ping for years, I have BEEN there and let me tell you it was horrible. It used to take me 10 hours to upload my Overwatch videos hahaha. Wishing you the best in 2021!
@@Dragonmar we should be changing our ISP for another one with optic fiber in January and hopefully that should dramatically improve things! I didn't know you knew my pain haha! Thank you and best wishes for you too!!!
These videos help more than proguides or other coach stuff man what are they doing lol
bro can u pls talk about righthand and lefthand mode
53rd
Can you give me some tips on how to deal with teammates who don't listen to your calls, or just don't comm? Like for example last game, I was telling my team to give up site and play retake, since the other team couldn't hold site very well. It worked every time we did it, but they often didn't listen and it lost us the game. Thank you.
Unfortunately you cannot ever force people to listen. Sometimes the best thing you can do is play around them, and perhaps retakes the other site and stack theirs!
Good video! Learned a lot I hope I can put them to use!
5:03 do you mean half shield
Dragonmar killing it! these regular uploads are great.
I was Dimond 3 act 1 and 2 now I am plat 1. Idk how
Great video and happy New Year’s Eve!
Tip #5 that's the one bro thanks
hella early
I mean its noon here, not too early!
i got all of these problem is that my team doesn't XD
Just find a five stack
took fall damage as jett
Pog vid
Pog Rex
7:30 wink ;)
Sixth
First
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Second
3rdd
cap
Kapp
Dragonmar's voice: *Giving players clean comp tips*
Dragonmar's background gameplay footage: *Death Montage* Lmao
i did a 1v4 clutch my teammates started calling me a cheater xD
this truly is a tactical shooter
Can someone explain to be how 3,300 credits buys you full shield and phantom/ vandal?
He said 3,900 does and 3,300 gets u half shield