{"id":745,"date":"2023-04-19T16:44:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T16:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proguides.kinsta.cloud\/?p=745"},"modified":"2023-07-20T21:11:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T04:11:02","slug":"tips-i-learned-climbing-to-immortal-in-valorant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/valorant\/tips-i-learned-climbing-to-immortal-in-valorant\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Amazing Tips I Learned Climbing To Immortal In VALORANT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Climbing the ranks in VALORANT is a challenging process. It\u2019s difficult to perform consistently, hard to work together as a team, and duelist instant locks can be outright upsetting. You can save yourself some time, and a lot of frustration, by learning from those who have walked the path before you. In that spirit, I\u2019m going to share four of the best tips that I learned on my journey to Immortal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tip 1: Communication<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aimlabs.com\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fbowt1egdro69%2F3Lis2OV8XquddDK9txwV5Q%2F04d8e692b8a7c46cd1e1b15e02fd7a21%2FChrisBeaumont_studio_photo_shoot_color_photo_kodachrome_teal_ba_87ef0247-4500-4886-90fc-ade36c25de2b.png&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75\" alt=\"hero-\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to start with a valuable concept that most players underestimate in VALORANT. And it might surprise you how important it is. No, it\u2019s not your movement, peeking, positioning, or even aim. It\u2019s COMMUNICATION!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Communication is one of the most important things you can have on a VALORANT team, and one of the easiest things to implement in your game. Giving and receiving information will enable you and your teammates to perform at a much higher level, and pull off plays that would otherwise be nearly impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the best matches I\u2019ve had in VALORANT are when my whole team is communicating damage they\u2019ve dealt, reporting on enemy positions, sharing attack strategies, adjustments to our defense strategy, and more. On the flip side, the matches I enjoy the least and often lose are when no one on my team is communicating, and we\u2019re simply relying on our mechanical abilities and uncommunicated teamwork to win rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think of how demoralizing it can feel playing ranked and losing round after round with no words being said between teammates. If someone would simply crack a joke for team morale, or suggest a change in strategy, things can change drastically.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The importance of communication is deeply misunderstood, especially in lower levels of play. Unfortunately, not everyone will communicate. Whether they don\u2019t have a microphone, or they simply choose not to say anything, sometimes you\u2019ll just have a team that doesn\u2019t want to step up to the microphone. In these situations, it\u2019s important to remember this key fact:&nbsp;<strong>the only factor you can control in your ranked games is yourself.&nbsp;<\/strong>So, ultimately it falls on you to try to get communication going, and to make sure that you\u2019re communicating even if no one else is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0 seconds of 10 minutes, 25 secondsVolume 90%https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PejAiBmxsC8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Important Things to Communicate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The damage you\u2019ve dealt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enemy positions (using minimap callouts)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New attack strategies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments to your defense strategy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Utility usage. Specifically flashes and smokes before they\u2019re deployed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Giving teammates information is so valuable and sets them up for success. Simply noticing a player who\u2019s about to flank your teammate and letting them know about it, or setting up some organized team plays, can drastically change the course of your entire ranked game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key point to remember from this tip is that&nbsp;<strong>you&nbsp;<\/strong>should emphasize communication and make sure it\u2019s at the forefront of your mind going into every ranked game you play. Keep your spirits up, try to encourage your teammates to get involved in comms, and you\u2019ll find a lot more success than you would with pure radio silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tip 2: Agent Pool<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aimlabs.com\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fbowt1egdro69%2F7gfVtwfij3N4IEaYaz5ri2%2F4b3db3cf83d921e0059711f38128884c%2Fimage4.png&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75\" alt=\"agents\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another important tip for anyone looking to climb the ranked ladder in VALORANT is that you need to lock in your agent pool. What I mean by this is that you should&nbsp;<strong>not&nbsp;<\/strong>be a fill player, or a one trick, but rather find a certain mastery in two roles. In my opinion, everyone performs best when they\u2019re playing an agent and a role that they\u2019re comfortable and familiar with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why I always recommend that everyone has one main role, and one fill role that they can play exceptionally well. Don\u2019t try to be a jack of all trades, but rather be a specialized master of two roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Filling every role is dangerous because it\u2019s difficult to adapt to all the different playstyles of all the roles. Myself, even though I have thousands and thousands of hours in Valorant, I still wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m comfortable with every role. On the same note though, you shouldn\u2019t be a one-trick either. If you can only play Jett, for example, your team has to adapt around you and you will often end up with a subpar team composition as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why I recommend the approach I mentioned before. When approaching your agent pool, you should really boil it down. Think about what role you perform the best in. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/the-complete-guide-to-finding-your-valorant-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The Complete Guide to Finding Your VALORANT Role\">Whether it\u2019s duelist, controller, initiator, or sentinel, you should really iron out which role you want to&nbsp;<strong>main<\/strong><\/a><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong>After you\u2019ve thought about what role that would be, you should start carving out your&nbsp;<strong>agent pool&nbsp;<\/strong>for your role.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my case, I\u2019m a duelist main, and I have 4 duelist agents that I can play comfortably. My main go-to is Jett, but she\u2019s not great for every team comp and every map, that\u2019s what the other 3 duelist agents in my agent pool are for; covering my weaknesses. And since I have a developed agent pool, I don\u2019t have to instantly lock Jett, because I\u2019m comfortable playing other agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should try the same exercise. Most of us know the agent that we feel the most confident with, and that should be your main agent inside of your main role. But you should also try to have other agents from the same class in your agent pool because it\u2019s very rare that one agent is best for every map and every team composition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of ironing out your main role and your main agent pool, it\u2019s my opinion that you should also have&nbsp;<strong>one fill role&nbsp;<\/strong>that you\u2019re comfortable with as well. My fill role is initiator. Inside the initiator role, I try to play agents that cover up roles that my main role and agents do not. I personally play a healthy amount of Sova, Fade, and KAY\/O because they fill a different purpose than my main role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been really helpful in my ranked climb because Duelist is a very contested role, and it\u2019s very often that 2 people will instantly lock duelists. If I wasn\u2019t able to fill the initiator role, I would slot in a 3rd duelist to our team composition, and that\u2019s not necessarily optimal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To summarize this tip, I would personally recommend having one main role that you can play very comfortably with a few different agents. On top of that, I would recommend having one fill role that you\u2019re familiar with and feel confident playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tip 3: Warm Up Before You Play<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you play a ranked game, I recommend that you follow a warm-up routine to make sure you\u2019re feeling sharp and ready. Without warming up, it\u2019s more likely that your first 5 or 6 rounds will go badly, increasing the chance that you will tilt and become demoralized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few different ways to warm up. One great way that has a lot of versatility is <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/714010\/Aim_Lab\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/714010\/Aim_Lab\/\">using Aim Lab<\/a>, which offers you a variety of tools and drills to target specific parts of your aim. One of my personal favorites is grid shot precision. This gets you to move your mouse a lot and practice your micro flicks. Grid shot isn\u2019t the only effective drill, I also enjoy many of the drills from the speed category. I find myself coming into my games feeling a lot sharper when I just take 5 minutes to play grid shot in Aim Lab before queuing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aimlabs.com\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fbowt1egdro69%2F7w694MPRANAwj2JaHJFBVo%2Fce7d935ad6e46ce042ce6ed3b8bb0191%2Faimlab1.png&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75\" alt=\"alwu\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you prefer to keep your warm-ups in VALORANT, deathmatch is the most commonly used tool. This game mode gives you many encounters to practice your movement and aim against opponents in a fast-paced environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aimlabs.com\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fbowt1egdro69%2FTGjnEgsOAGbU1cFYJxjWX%2Fe1a16edb277e432d3929dd28c9eb847a%2Fdeathmatch1.png&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75\" alt=\"dmwu\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter how you choose to warm up, you should be doing it before you ever press the play button for a ranked match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tip 4: Emphasize Your Movement<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>For the final tip, I feel a need to share that you should put more emphasis on your movement! While it seems obvious that aim is very important, many players severely underestimate the importance of movement in VALORANT. The largest culprit of whiffed shots isn\u2019t generally your aim, but actually the lack of movement control before you shoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In VALORANT, your agent will stop on a dime the moment you let off your movement key. And your bullets will be inaccurate if you\u2019re moving at all while shooting. This means that before you shoot a single bullet, you should let go of your movement key, then shoot. For example, if you\u2019re moving forward holding W and then an enemy appears, rather than instinctively aiming at them and shooting, you should be ensuring you let go of W before shooting. Most of the time, whoever is faster at stopping their movement will win the gunfight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t just a tip for low-level players, either. I\u2019ve seen this mistake many times even in Diamond, Ascendant, and even Immortal. I bet if you clip yourself every time you lose a gunfight in the next game you play, and watch back the footage, you will notice that movement is a problem 60-plus percent of the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a drill that I use personally, that I made for myself a long time ago that you can use to improve your movement control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right when that bot either dies or despawns, hold only D to move to the right. The moment the bot spawns, let go of D, line up your shot, and shoot. Repeat this drill going forward, backward, left, right, and even multidirectional if you want to get more realistic with the drill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This drill will train your mind to subconsciously let go of your movement keys before shooting, and will also show you how comfortable you are with movement and shooting for a current benchmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you feel confident with this drill and want to make it more difficult, bump up the difficulty to Medium and repeat the drill until you can score 25\/30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking extra time to do drills just like this is what helps you stand out as a player and see the most rapid improvement in the movement department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Outro<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s going to do it for some of the best tips I have to share from my journey to immortal. Hopefully, you take the time to digest the information you\u2019ve learned here, and use it in your own game! Here at ProGuides, our goal is to help you not only improve your aim but also improve your game. Keep an eye out for more of our helpful articles and guides, and you\u2019ll see rapid improvement in no time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On my climb to Immortal, I learned four crucial tips such as agent pools and warming up before playing that I believe can help you achieve your VALORANT goals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valorant","tag-guide","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions\/1832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}