How to ACTUALLY Climb Out of Low Elo | A Top500's Guide for Improving

Anybody can rank-up, you just have to know how.

I've been through every single rank and have slowly managed to work my way up to Top 100 after years of grinding. Overwatch was my very first fps so if I can climb from the depths of Bronze all the way up to the Top 100 players in the region, anybody can.
Brand new channel so support means a lot!

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[Shalopai-pugm]

Thanks for this! I was heartbroken, when I dropped from high plat back to silver when I decided to get back to Overwatch. But my road to reach diamond is still on.

Hope your channel will have a good future

[RedForceProductions]

Man, I didnt even think this could be someone's first video until you said it at the end. You're very well-articulated and you seem to know damn well what you're talking about. I hope you make it big, my guy!

[godthemself.]

as someone who climbed all the way from bronze to masters (trying for gm lol), this is by far the best advice anyone can give on this subject and i hope everyone listens and writes this all down! this is exactly what helped me climb!

[SirStrikeFreedom]

0:01 I don't even know this guy and he's already insulting me

[antarctic]

Big tip to rank up: Don't use chat. If you don't use the chat (text and coms) you have a statistically higher chance for teammates to not throw. Not huge odds, just 4x the likelihood your teammates don't sell. In inverse is true, don't start talking, if you do you will have 4x more bad teammates
Edit: Overall this guy has good advice, the only thing to add that nobody talks about is how long it will take to rank up. Each rank is a learning experience so don't worry about anything other than being a better player

[owejjts]

THANK I climbed from Bronze 5 to Gold, and now I'll use this to get to Plat or Diamond!

[windthugness]

There’s a HUGE issue in low ranks that you didn’t hit on. Something I’ve noticed in plat and below is people hold ults for 5-10 minutes or never use it the WHOLE game (I’ve seen that so much). Another thing they do with ults is they stack all the ults, and when one person ults then EVERYONE ults. These aren’t things I see happening once in a while it’s every single match. So many winnable games and team fights are lost because people just hold their ults, which can make it hard to rank up. I remember what helped me get to diamond back in OW1 was watching top 500 streamers and I noticed they would ult as soon as they were able to get value out of it. I used to play a lot of Zarya and enjoyed watching Harbleu. What I noticed was as soon as he got grav he would immediately chuck it and get kills. I implemented this into my gameplay and noticed that you can create an aggressive perpetual ult cycle where you do lots of damage/get kills, build ult, use it, and do it again (or using support ults to save someone or the whole team) Not saying that as soon as your ult hits 100% you should use it, but you should use it right away if you can secure at least 1 kill, bait out an ult, create space, etc. It’s pretty situational but you shouldn’t be holding ults the whole match, always try to use them as soon as you can.

[fareclipsinq]

Thank you for this! I've only been playing "fps" games for about a year now, and have only been playing Overwatch for 3-4 months. I've been wanting to try out Ranked, but the tip videos and misery I've seen of it keeps psyching me out of even trying. This is way more motivational than any other video on the topic I've ever seen.

[annesavisaboochuy]

actually the best video ever, instead of being told the same things, im told that it's MY fault and I have to do something about it. thanks dude

[grandmasteryado]

Honestly, great video. Earned a sub.

Can’t stand all these people who have been top of the leaderboards since the beginning of OW1 (who the comp system basically just carries from season to season) basically just insulting lower ranks with no help to improve.

[insmatthew]

Yo I always liked consuming educational Overwatch content so I've known mostly everything you've gone over but these are by far the MOST important and useful tips I've gathered!
Fire video man.

[Heartz]

You helped me so much more then you think I’ve been struggling so hard and my mentality kept going down the shitter thank you❤

[bureiz]

Fire video, some actual advice I feel confident I can apply. I can’t wait to improve off of this tips!

[Darth_Romans]

My anxiety prevents me from playing comp a lot but I managed to place on all three rolls. My best roll currently is silver 1 tank and I'm about 2 games away from hitting gold 5 but man I'm trying to get back in there to play more but I'm terrified to disappoint my team! Sorry for the rant and getting personal but I wanted to share my experiences and I plan on playing comp tonight using these tips! Awesome video and I can't wait to see more! Keep it up, I've got the bell on :D

[valgrey]

This video needs more recognition; Keep up the good work bro!

[Stargazer_ow]

Genuinely the best rank-up video I have seen on YouTube. I myself am working on making it to high masters low gm. I started around the same time you did and was hard stuck bronze for my first year. Overtime I have improved peaking at masters 4 and working my way towards GM. I have also shared my experiences on YouTube and methods I've used throughout climbing through every rank below masters, NONE of which are as good as this video. I look forward to seeing more of your content in the future!

[jimjimsauce]

it’s been about a week since i saw this video. right after i did i changed my dpi and sense settings and at first it did seem really slow, but even as a lucio main i had someone on the other team say “is the lucio exploiting?” yesterday while i was on 20-2 tear on Numbani. MY AIM IS SO GOOD NOW THANK

[ForestGoblinJo]

I'm bronze 4 and will come back in two weeks. Thank you for the video.

[efro]

I wish, that you get everything good in this life this is the first video about ranking i see that is finally helpfull. Thank you!

[pentapunkk]

Unrelated but this is a really good first YouTube video, ! Good tips, good pacing, and good sectioning.