The Only Gamesense Guide You Need to Rank Up in Valorant — Transcript

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1. 0:00Do you ever throw an unlosable 4-v-1?
2. 0:12I dropped 37 kills this game. We had a
3. 0:14massive lead. We're sitting on match
4. 0:16point, and still managed to let the
5. 0:18enemy team come back and beat us in
6. 0:21overtime. Why? Because clips like this
7. 0:23kept happening. One of us literally fell
8. 0:25off the map. Three of us gave isolated
9. 0:281-v-1 fights. I will I so whiffed. I got
10. 0:31vulnerable by the Viper molly, and our
11. 0:33Chamber was on a completely different
12. 0:36page. We turned an unlosable 4-v-1 into
13. 0:39a total disaster. In this video, I'm
14. 0:41breaking down the four core premises you
15. 0:44need to master game sense like an
16. 0:46immortal. Premise one, mentality. The
17. 0:48biggest killer of game sense is your
18. 0:50mental state. When you're tilted, your
19. 0:53processing speed drops, and you take ego
20. 0:5550-50s out of frustration. If you just
21. 0:58came off a brutal loss, or if your duo
22. 1:00is tilted and underperforming, stop
23. 1:03queuing immediately. Take a mandatory
24. 1:061-hour break to reset, or take a few
25. 1:08days off entirely if you're burnt out.
26. 1:11Next, drop the fear of speaking voice
27. 1:13chat. If you're worried people will
28. 1:15judge your voice, say you're in for
29. 1:17anyway, and hit mute on anyone who talks
30. 1:19trash. At the same time, master
31. 1:21artificial hype. If a teammate is bot
32. 1:23fragging, but clutches a round, hype
33. 1:26them up instantly.
34. 1:30Everything you do is about manipulating
35. 1:33win probability, not your ego. Finally,
36. 1:36win the game before it starts. Use your
37. 1:38dodges wisely on doomed or toxic
38. 1:40lobbies. While in agent select, hover
39. 1:43your agent without instantly locking, so
40. 1:45you can grab water or use the bathroom.
41. 1:47This also stops people getting tilted.
42. 1:49Pistol round is the most important
43. 1:51momentum round of the game. Do not spawn
44. 1:54in AFK. Premise two, protocols.
45. 1:57High-level game sense isn't about making
46. 1:59quick reactions mid gunfight. It's about
47. 2:02having a protocol before the round even
48. 2:04starts. During buy phase, visualize your
49. 2:07exact opening move. If you're on Sova,
50. 2:10ask yourself, am I throwing an early
51. 2:12recon to clear main, or am I droning for
52. 2:15my team? If you're droning, your
53. 2:17protocol is to immediately call out,
54. 2:20wait for my drone, don't peek yet.
55. 2:22Low elo players die because they swing
56. 2:25before utility arrives.
57. 2:27High elo players use protocols to hold
58. 2:30their teammates leashes, so nobody
59. 2:32throws before the fight even begins.
60. 2:35Crucially, you need to know who takes
61. 2:37first contact when executing.
62. 2:40Contrary to what most people think, if
63. 2:42someone is sitting on low HP, they
64. 2:45should take the first peek. Why? Because
65. 2:48an enemy fighting a one HP player still
66. 2:51has to aim for the head and commit their
67. 2:53spray, locking them into an animation.
68. 2:56That makes them an absolute sitting duck
69. 2:58for you, the full HP teammate right
70. 3:00behind them, to swing out and secure an
71. 3:03effortless trade. On top of that, if
72. 3:05Clove has their ult ready, let them go
73. 3:08first. They literally have a get out of
74. 3:10death card to force space and gather
75. 3:12free info without a permanent man
76. 3:15disadvantage. Premise three, timings.
77. 3:17When your team commits a fast rush,
78. 3:19execution speed is everything.
79. 3:21Hesitating at the choke point for even
80. 3:23two seconds leaves your entry duelists
81. 3:25isolated in at least a one v two while
82. 3:28enemy anchors lock down crossfires. To
83. 3:30scale onto site cleanly without tripping
84. 3:32over each other, follow a strict entry
85. 3:34hierarchy. First style is your entry
86. 3:36duelists,
87. 3:38followed immediately by your second
88. 3:39duelist. Next comes your sentinel, then
89. 3:41your smoker like Clove, and finally your
90. 3:44initiator, since agents casting heavy
91. 3:46utility usually enter last. If a low
92. 3:48damage molly or smoke drops as you're
93. 3:51are
94. 3:52disrespecting and tanking the damage
95. 3:54together. By stopping dead in your
96. 3:56tracks, you bait your entry duelists and
97. 3:58hence the site to the defenders.
98. 4:01>> That is not great. I can't lie.
99. 4:03>> Yeah, but my Viper the Viper Molly
100. 4:04wasn't covering anything.
101. 4:05>> Like I know you're scared of getting
102. 4:07vulnerable and stuff, but it's just a
103. 4:08Molly like Viper it's the worst Molly in
104. 4:10the game pretty much.
105. 4:12>> Is one of
106. 4:13>> Nah, just cuz it's like
107. 4:15>> Yeah, it's with the Viper like we just
108. 4:17need to help Ja.
109. 4:19>> The only exception to this scaling order
110. 4:21is if your team wants to keep the
111. 4:23sentinels location completely unknown.
112. 4:26In that scenario, your sentinel
113. 4:28shouldn't be scaling onto site at all.
114. 4:32Instead, either let the Cypher or
115. 4:34sentinel lurk on the other side of the
116. 4:36map or let the Cypher spam with a
117. 4:39phantom in for example the B main smoke
118. 4:41on a sand. This prevents the defenders
119. 4:43from knowing where every single person
120. 4:45is on the attacking team as they do not
121. 4:49hear any certain specific utility being
122. 4:52thrown out like cages.
123. 4:55Don't rotate blindly. You need to
124. 4:57understand when to over rotate and when
125. 4:59to stay on site.
126. 5:02This all depends on what the enemy team
127. 5:03has been doing. So, don't just play
128. 5:05games brainlessly and not reading the
129. 5:08opponent. You have to adapt. So, what do
130. 5:11you do?
131. 5:12Well, if you realize they keep rushing a
132. 5:14site and they don't usually fake, then
133. 5:16you can just instantly rotate like I'm
134. 5:19doing in the Cypher clip
135. 5:20>> [music]
136. 5:20>> and checking my cam, making sure they're
137. 5:22not B main. I can safely and offer my
138. 5:26information just rotate to A instantly
139. 5:28even though everyone's A already. You
140. 5:30need to be part of the action.
141. 5:35As you can see, I get two kills because
142. 5:37I rotated. This lets me actually play
143. 5:40the game rather than just waiting every
144. 5:42single round for the enemies to push me.
145. 5:44But, what What I'm not Cypher and I'm a
146. 5:46different agent without 100% certainty
147. 5:49they're not be main? Well, all you have
148. 5:51to do is have someone, yourself or your
149. 5:54teammate, listening to all your cues in
150. 5:56main. If nothing happens within the 2
151. 5:58seconds, you can safely just instantly
152. 6:01rotate through spawn to the other side.
153. 6:03However, what if they fake the other
154. 6:05side that you're not on and you're
155. 6:06already over-rotating to the other side?
156. 6:09Well, this doesn't matter as in ranked,
157. 6:11it's best to gamble sides because you
158. 6:14don't want to leave your teammates left
159. 6:16in a 2 v 5 when they're rushing them. As
160. 6:18the more people that are on site, the
161. 6:21higher the probability you're going to
162. 6:22win the round. So, you can just play
163. 6:24retake on the site you just left,
164. 6:27ensuring that you don't give them a free
165. 6:29kill by running out with knife owl or
166. 6:31even shifting back onto site as they may
167. 6:34already be on an angle holding you.
168. 6:37Finally, combine your mini-map with
169. 6:39audio cues to spot fakes. If your
170. 6:42teammates panic calm, it's C, and you
171. 6:44start rotating through spawn, look at
172. 6:46your mini-map. If there are no enemies
173. 6:49actually pushing out the main smoke and
174. 6:52only just a recon and just a few smokes,
175. 6:55then it's most likely a fake and they're
176. 6:58actually going to default or push your
177. 7:00site. Premise four, economy. As
178. 7:03mentioned earlier, pistol rounds are the
179. 7:05most critical momentum rounds in all of
180. 7:07Valorant. Even if you get a completely
181. 7:09stomped in the first half going 2 and
182. 7:1110, winning that second half pistol is
183. 7:14how you initiate an instant snowball
184. 7:16comeback. So, what do you actually buy
185. 7:18on pistol? The Sheriff is ridiculously
186. 7:21strong with its two-body short
187. 7:23lethality, but your buy must match your
188. 7:26agent role and enemy count. If you're an
189. 7:28initiator like Cypher, ask yourself, "Do
190. 7:31I really need a drone or double shock
191. 7:32darts right now?" If the enemy is
192. 7:34running a Chamber anchor, maybe you do
193. 7:37need that drone to clear him safely. But
194. 7:39if the other team has a more passive
195. 7:40sentinel, then of course get the double
196. 7:43shot guns as they'll probably have cyber
197. 7:44trips or mollies. But if your team has
198. 7:46like a Phoenix, tell him to flash main
199. 7:49so you can scale for free, freeing up
200. 7:51your credits so you can get a sheriff
201. 7:52yourself and frag out. Now, here is a
202. 7:55secret high elo rule. If you lose pistol
203. 7:58round, force buy a Bandit or a strong
204. 8:01eco option. All that means is that on
205. 8:03round three, you'll be sitting on light
206. 8:05armor with a Vandal or Phantom instead
207. 8:08of full shields. But your likelihood of
208. 8:10stealing back round two skyrockets
209. 8:13tremendously. Why stay stuck with a
210. 8:15classic in medium to long range fights
211. 8:17against their Guardians and Outlaws?
212. 8:19Break their momentum early, steal their
213. 8:22weapons, and force them onto an eco.
214. 8:25If you win pistol round, buy actual
215. 8:27guns. The amount of times I see players
216. 8:29in Ascendant or low Immortal buy zero
217. 8:32upgrades, keeping Ghosts and Classics
218. 8:34after winning pistol, only to get bonus
219. 8:37and thrifted by a five-man classic rush,
220. 8:39is insane. Buy Bulldogs, Spectres,
221. 8:41Guardians, or Outlaws. The Outlaw is
222. 8:44borderline broken on round two defaults.
223. 8:46It instantly deletes anyone on light
224. 8:48armor or half shield buys. Stop saving
225. 8:51after winning pistol. Buy at least three
226. 8:53real guns and lock down your bonus.
227. 8:56Let's say on round three, your team has
228. 8:58just been ecoed, then you can consider
229. 9:01buying a hero Vandal if you did indeed
230. 9:03save on that round two. As you didn't
231. 9:05expect your team to throw and lose that
232. 9:07round, you can reclaim it by buying a
233. 9:10hero Vandal and potentially grab back
234. 9:12that round that you just lost. But even
235. 9:14if you did win that round two round, you
236. 9:17can buy a Vandal to increase your
237. 9:19probability of winning that round, thus
238. 9:21bonusing the other team. Finally, track
239. 9:24the enemy's economy and abuse it. If the
240. 9:26enemy is forced onto light armor, pull
241. 9:28out Outlaws and body shot them to death.
242. 9:30And for the love of God, stop saving
243. 9:33your ultimates for next half. Your
244. 9:35ultimate completely vanishes when side
245. 9:37swap. Holding an old for six rounds,
246. 9:39waiting for the perfect moment means you
247. 9:42missed out on charging two or three
248. 9:44additional olds. Use your olds
249. 9:46frequently. Even if a round turns
250. 9:48chaotic, pulling the trigger gives your
251. 9:50team a significantly higher statistical
252. 9:52chance of winning the round. Even if it
253. 9:54turns bad, you at least get to practice
254. 9:58and do better olds in the future.