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This is a review of my Valorant Tracker by coach Charlatan. You can join his discord and get your own tracker review here:

https://discord.gg/AdWYvGNJDZ

My post

I’m currently on the grind to try to reach Immortal.

I’ve been trying to expand my agent pool and learn other agents that I thought would help me learn to play more tactically with util like trying out Omen and Yoru but it did not go well and I ended up just going back to Neon who is my main with which I’ve reliably been able to reach Ascendant. I think it’s in part because she works well to enable my aggressive playstyle which doesn’t always get me kills (see low K/D) but does bring value to the team by taking space and creating pressure.

I also think that my active communication and pre-round strat calling is part of why I’m able to keep climbing even with my bad stats.

So right now I’m trying to figure out where I need to focus my improvement on to most efficiently improve. If I should be making better playbooks, improving my mechanics/aim or looking somewhere else for something to improve. For that reason I’d also be curious if you think I could be a good fit for more involved coaching.

This is the tracker for my 2nd main account which I have played most of my games on this act

This is the tracker for my 2nd main account which I have played most of my games on this act

And this is the tracker for my 1st main account which I have NOT been playing on this act

ive been getting more comfortable with my broad game knowledge so I’ve been filling more, unsure if this has been a positive or negative thing

His Review

PERFORMANCE:

  • Your general playtime is usually in the range of “optimal” if we combine both of your accounts, and with this playtime you could’ve reached Immortal until now! But keep in mind that your improvement rate is not bad - it’s definitely slightly above average. When it comes to this specific Tracker review, I’m only going to focus on your second account because you played majority of your games there in the previous 2 Acts.

  • It is really good that you’re grinding on 2 accounts, but it should be a simultaneous smart grind - first game you play on your alt account, then 2 games on your main account, then fourth game on your alt account, then 1 or 2 games on your main once again.

GENERAL STATISTICS:

  • Now, when I took a look at your general statistics on both of your accounts - it’s not looking good - not good at all! Every single statistic of yours is in the range of “bad” or “below average” and you kinda need to focus on fixing everything, but 1 step at the time.

  • First thing that I would start with is implementing some kind of 15 to 20 minutes warm up, before every single gaming sessions, that is focusing on your most visible mechanical problems at this moment of time - I really can’t tell what are your core mechanical problems just by looking at your Tracker.

  • Then I’d implement some 30 minutes mechanical training routine, every single day after your gaming sessions, that is focusing once again on your core mechanical problems. Keep in mind that these problems don’t need to be specifically related to your raw aim - it can also be movement or some other problem.

  • Third thing, and most important one, that you need to focus on is reducing the amount of your deaths! After every game you need to analyze your VODs and ask yourself - if and how a certain death could’ve been prevented or how you could’ve played (or positioned) better a specific scenario. Maybe you are creating a space for your team as a duelist main, but you are definitely not doing it in a smart way. Your job is not only to create the initial space, but also to figure out how you can survive long enough in order to fight together with your teammates. It seems that you are mainly missing better plans for yourself when it comes to general pathing, executes and positioning. With this amount of deaths it’s almost impossible to escape the MEDIUM ELO and to progress faster. Also based on your KAST (which is horrible) it doesn’t really seem that you are doing that good of a job when it comes to general teamplay. Keep in mind that if you’re not alive in this ELO, you can’t control the outcome of your rounds! This is an indicator for a lot of problems in your gameplay. You are definitely taking some fights that you don’t need to take. You are maybe choosing wrong gunfights or your gunfights are never working in your favor. Your re-frag game might also be a problem, where you are not fighting enough together with your teammates and you’re picking a lot of 1v1 gunfights. As a duelist main this can also indicate that your timings might be completely off, and you need to hyper-focus on a proper timing when to do something! Your job is not necessarily to go in and take a kill. Your job is to apply pressure, take some initial space and fight together with your teammates while figuring out how to stay alive in order to control the outcome of each round. Especially if you’re able to make numbers advantage for your team - your job is done. From that moment on you simply “turtle in”, focus on proper “ranked teamplay” and focus on how you can support your allies in the best possible way in order to close out that specific round.

  • You need to value your life a bit more and focus on a better teamplay and re-frag game! The amount of kills that you get doesn’t matter at all, if those are not impactful kills or if your teammates don’t know how to capitalize on them. What is truly important in this ELO is whether or not you are controlling the outcome of your rounds - and it seems that you are leaving everything in the hands of your random allies. Keep in mind that it’s much better if you win a 13:11 game with 13 kills and 11 deaths, rather than having 25 kills and 20 deaths. Safety, awareness and smarter gameplay is what you’re mainly missing within your current playstyle and general gameplay. You need to do some level of self-reflection, because it seems that you are hitting the same wall - over and over again. Slow down a bit, pay attention on the minimap, ask yourself what type of teammates and enemies you have in a specific match - figure out some plans and protocols that you should follow before you even get in a specific match or round - you are heavily missing those better protocols and rules if you want to move forward!

  • When it comes to all of the other stats - they are also horrible for this ELO! But, the main problem is that your first fight is usually your last fight as well - essentially every fight that you take is some kind of a 50:50 duel. You are rarely fighting on your own terms and ground, while trying to outplay enemies somehow. For an example V25 Act 1 - in 160 games you had 600 first deaths and the same amount of first bloods as well. What does this tell us? You are not fighting smart! The bottom line is if we combine all of your stats - you simply need to focus more on actually outplaying enemies and using your teammates more efficiently - rather than going face forward into every fight. Obviously this topic is extremely vast and I can’t teach you all of this simply through 1 Tracker review, but that is why you have hundreds of FREE VOD Reviews on my 2nd YouTube channel in which I’ve definitely covered all of these problems for at least some of my students…

  • When it comes to other stats - I’m not gonna dive deep into them - everything is either “bad” or “below average” and you can simply take a look at other Tracker reviews that I’ve did! But, step 1 for you is making some good warm up and mechanical training routine for yourself. Step 2 is self-relfection, making some kind of a plan before your games and trying to minimize the amount of deaths while focusing on better pathing, positioning and utility usage. Step 3 is implementing better “ranked teamplay” into your core gameplay. Step 4 is valuing your life a bit more while controlling the outcome of your rounds. Step 5 is doing some external “general” training that is focusing on your most visible gameplay problems at this moment of time.

MAIN AGENTS:

  • I really believe that your main agents are not the problem - it is your core gameplay and mindset! You can probably keep rocking the duelist role as your main with higher focus on Jett & Raze. But, you need to change your general playstyle with these agents. What might be very beneficial for you is to also flex or fill with Omen for some time. He is like a proxy duelist which is probably gonna suite you well, but he will definitely make you focus more on problems that you have within your gameplay and it’s gonna be easier for you to focus yourself on fixing some of these issues. Another pick that might be good is also Chamber. When it comes to Waylay - I wouldn’t touch her. When it comes to Reyna - no need to play her if Iso suites you better. And when it comes to Neon - she is an agent that requires a lot of custom server practice, fast decision making, good mechanics and some kind of a pre-plan that you make before your games and rounds even start! So, if you are just getting into games with Neon without any real plan - that is not good at all and you won’t find a lot of the success in the future. Bottom line is that Omen & Chamber might be beneficial for you to play for a few weeks while focusing on gameplay problems that I’ve mentioned above, but your ultimate goal is to fix all of these problems so that you can stomp on your main duelists!

LOADOUTS:

  • Your weapon versatility is not that bad, but there are some weapons that you should definitely try to apply more within your gameplay. For an example you are not using Operator enough, if we consider agents that you’re playing. Outlaw is also heavily under-utilized and it is one of the best half-buy and anti-eco weapons. Generally speaking Snipers don’t exist for you, and they are basically a free elo sticks. Bulldog is also a great force-buy weapon on some maps with both long-range and close-range corridors such as Icebox. Odin is a great weapon and solution for some rounds on the maps with paper walls - such as Haven, Ascent & Lotus. Also it seems that Vandal suites you so much more than Phantom, so I don’t see a reason for you to even touch Phantom - but, you should still practice using that weapon becasue you can’t dictate what your teammates and enemies are going to buy. Overall not that bad weapon versatility, but only God knows what type of strategies, positioning and pathing you have with all of these weapons…

FINAL STATEMENT: