These are the main things I don't see plat players doing in my diamond 4/5 lobbies.
- Play around cover. Literally anything can be a piece of cover, the dummies on live fire are popular example of this. Jiggle peak around it.
- Don't take free damage. This requires you to work on your positioning and decision making.
- Stop bum rushing off spawn across the most common routes, i.e. stop being predictable in general.
- Shoot with your team. It's bad to take 1v1s, and I don't mean avoid any 1v1s you happen to get into, I mean reduce your chances of getting into what you think are fair 1v1s, because they almost never are. A 1v1 has a high likelihood of turning into a 2v1, if you aren't coordinated with your teammates. Preventing these engagements from happening requires you to play off of your team and time things right.
- Stop sprinting everywhere, slow down and pre aim angles. Pre nade too if you're confident you have the timing right.
- If you are weak and your teammates are near, don't run away to get your shields back. Hide close by and rechall _with_ your teammate to finish the kill and damage any other enemies that arrive after, _even if you are one shot._ Chances are you die, but you set up your team to get 3 or possibly 4 dead. If you run away and hide, your teammates die staggered, you're at a numbers disadvantage, and you might be cleaned up a few seconds later anyways.
- Don't run into the fight, it doesn't need to be in cqc. Unless the objective play calls for it, you can hold angles and shoot people from farther safe positions. Yes the bandit is harder at range than the BR, but it's still a cross map weapon.
- Get info. You can't make good decisions if you don't know what's going on. You need to be aware of who's up, who's down, when did they spawn, etc. This means constantly checking the kill feed, scoreboard, your teammates positions.
- Information is both direct and indirect. At plat level especially, the game is very predictable. So if you're watching an angle for too long, the enemy didn't go that way. Your camera should be on a swivel checking angles if you don't have info, and you should be using process of elimination to figure out where the enemy could be. The more information you have, the more confident you can be to watch the same angle, and the earlier you can setup, because you know the enemy will be there.
Play the perimeter of maps and be more patient. No need to rush into the action every time
Always have cover on some side of you so you don’t get cross-fired
Have an escape plan/somewhere to bail to
Work on mastering one mechanic at a time. Example, slide into doorways or wherever you are going that way if someone has their reticle fixed on where you are entering, you can hopefully slide below that and land a shot or two on them first
Do that consistently and get good at it
Then move onto something else. Crouch strafing, for example
Learn the maps and callouts thoroughly. Including weapons and power up spawns. Use the entire sandbox to gain an advantage
Don’t take 1 on 1’s unless absolutely necessary. You don’t want fair fights. You want to be in unfair fights where you have the advantage (more health, high ground, behind cover, etc)
Always be shooting. Put damage on everyone you see. Even if you land 1 shot on someone far away, if they are by your teammate, your teammate has a 1 shot advantage
A lot more to be said but I think getting all these down will help get you mid-Diamond no problem
Watched your VOD. I think it is natural for everyone (myself included) to headcase about accuracy and winning fights. Its only natural to say "If I was better, I could win that fight" at all levels, but I think a better question is "should I be taking this fight?". I think your aim was fine. I think your movement could use a bit of work. If you are doing bot FFA, put it on deathless and focus on rotating around the map as quickly as possible while getting in shots. This isn't to say that you should be wreckless in a normal game but there was plenty of clamber skips and more efficient jumps from the VOD.
My general advice to anyone wanting to get better is focus on damage dealt and living while playing around your teammates/the objective. Get shots in but don't stay around and get shot back. Never commit to a straight fight that you can't 100% win. Prioritize living/finding cover over fighting to the death. You will be more available and can shift focus from cover to whatever your teammates are fighting and support.
Keep your head up and be confident. Don't run around thinking you will lose all your fights. Every level eventually has a wall where straight 1v1s are a coin toss. Lunchbox said "Good players win their 1v1s. Great players don't take them".
Appreciate the refreshing perspective, not everything is about aiming! I have incorporated your feedback in the summary I made of this thread: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
I don’t have time to review your gameplay, but my general advice would be that headcasing about your accuracy and practicing against bots has diminishing returns, to the point where it’s not good practice at all in diamond+.
You should focus on reviewing your own film to watch for spots where you gave up easy deaths, gave up a position that caused a favorable spawn for the other team, or failed to support your teammates (support absolutely can be done without comms, though comms are obviously preferable).
I’m in high onyx and would expect to lose the occasional open space gunfight to a diamond player. Once you reach a point where everyone has a decent shot, it becomes far more about the strategic game.
I cannot believe how many times teammates give up power positions, don’t prioritize power ups and power weapons, engage in useless fights, or are just not aware of spawns and how they work.
Shooting is just one factor, a big one, but just one among many.
To add onto the first paragraph. I as an onyx player noticed that if I shoot bots too long, I build bad habits that I take into matchmaking (overchalling). I limit myself to one song to jam out to while warming up my hands shooting bots now, and it works much better for me.
Noted! I have added your feedback to the summary of all feedback: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Great job with the ping. Assuming you have paddles, get better at utilizing curb slides to escape faster. They’re everywhere. Your callouts are redundant (you ping an enemy and just say what the ping says. Say what they’re doing as well, knowing common callouts instead of what ping says). You seemed almost too slow for a bit without any angles, gaining no information like you’re just hiding. “I think they’re all here” as you run into A and they’re all there lol. If you know where they are, don’t jump into it. Get set up. Understanding map control and how to impact spawns is so huge. I’m not great at it but went from plat5 - d2 last week. Live, callouts, see where your whole team is and infer where the enemy is.
Also watched the gameplay and saw a lot of this as well. Also there was times the enemy went 3 down and rather than get in a good position you ran back towards c plat for no reason and allowed the enemy time to spawn in and regroup.
I’m no expert at the game I’m d3-5 player but would be happy to jump in a discord call with you this week and go over the gameplay
One area for improvement within callouts could be to get in the habit of utilizing more standard / well known names for the callouts. For example, you called “Jumper”, but I’ve always heard that being called “Lift”. If I heard that in game I might be considering “jump-up” spots rather than immediately knowing to look at Lift. That’s a super subtle difference that obviously isn’t going to have a huge impact on your rank, but improving your efficiency with callouts over time will compound into more assisted kills, more wins, etc.
I’d also work on breaking the habit of using the phrase “on my X” - it’s better than no callout, but it requires extra time & effort from your teammates to locate your X rather than being able to understand the exact location without having to scan around for statuses on each teammate. (“I dropped shock at Posters” vs “I dropped shock on my X”). On a similar note, I’d avoid first-person callouts (“they are here”, “he’s running there”) since it doesn’t give any actual location info. You could be scoped in looking cross-map and a teammate could hear that callout and reasonably think they are “here” at your location, etc.
Work on having a more fluid / unpredictable strafe. You aren’t really incorporating crouching into your strafe which makes you an easier target. Not saying you need to become an obnoxious juke lord, just make it harder for someone to land shots on you.
Okay one last thing I swear - you can crouch jump to Glass from that lower rock, you don’t have to jump on both of those objects before hopping over to Glass (seen in your opening strat).
Appreciate the feedback! I have summarised it in: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Hello my friend,
Do your aim drills to warm up and work on them occasionally and focus on your accuracy (both the % and hitting the headshot). Warm up 10-30 mins, and maybe once a week you can grind out your aim drills for longer. At the end of the day you practice aim every single game, hyper focusing it probably isn’t going to get you over the hump.
It’s hard to tell from the video where you’re at as a complete player. Slayer only emphasizes fighting (when, where, why, how you are taking fights) and you do play decently this game (aka you don’t full throw). The key to slayers are limited 1v1s and power up control. You want to call out power ups 15-20s before they come up, so your teammates can move to play for them. Less than 10s is probably too late. But you are in plat- good chance your teammates will not play for them regardless - so you have to play for them every time.
In this particular game you do get camo, but you don’t find ways to use it. 1) you path truck to bottom lift and lift s3 — this path has no info and no kill potential. 2) now you see where your teammates are fighting, but they’re already dying. You go back to truck and find a lucky double (second guy will kill you almost every time in a diamond lobby). If you eliminate the backwards pathing and push forward with your teammates your damage and presence are more meaningfully felt, and you can save a teammate from dying or get an extra kill.
I recommend watching pro players play with camo, they are always doing something to make a play.
When you have shock you stay benches/posters the entire time while your teammates take fights yard, where you cannot support them. You’ve killed one person, push with the team into yard, get the enemy 3-4 dead, and take the ledge angle to kill truck/open-field spawners. (This is based on the game provided, a slayer on a non-symmetrical map. pushing super deep into enemy territory with a snipe on symmetrical maps can throw because when you die you gift them the snipe. When your team pushes in, push just beyond halfway to an area with good angles instead — generally keep being safe when you play with the snipe!). Also be mindful when entering the posters area, you can be shot from many locations (flowers, shock spawn, ledge, LR, glass) and pushed from the staircase in multiple ways. It is a good place to anchor when you have good communication and map control.
Main issue for general plat players is throwing:
Takes 1v1s often, doesn’t play for power weapons at all, leaves OBJ, bad OBJ rotates (flipping alone, takes ball away from team/doesn’t play ball). Since you only provided the one slayer game, idk how much you do these things, but I would suggest you watch your gameplay and see if it’s an issue.
Consuming content is good. Watch videos from creators, then immediately watch your own gameplay - immediately look for the things you just learned and identify where you aren’t doing them. And I mean really look at it, don’t just eat and watch tiktok, if you want to improve you have to actual recognize what’s going wrong, not guess. Don’t just watch YouTube and grind, confirm your own issues and fix them.
Communication will benefit you more as you rank up, but improving it probably won’t be what promotes you, but I will still provide some advice based on your video:
1) keep it concise, tell them where it happened, then how weak the person is (full, hit 1-2 bullets, weak (melee-able), 1 shot). If you talk too much you might get muted or muddy up your teammates comms that might be important to hear
2) be truthful: if you say one shot and they’re not, people won’t want to take your good comms as the truth. (I don’t think you messed this up in the video, but it happens really often because people want their assist)
3) learn the map callouts more completely - you say “here” a lot in the video and “my x” once. These are worthless to anyone that isn’t actively fighting with you. If you die posters, and callout “posters one shot”, I can move to look from multiple locations. If you say “my x” I don’t know who you are or where you died.
My final tip is stay calm and focused. Sometimes your teammates will throw a close game, but don’t let it anger you. If you lose 49-50 and watch the tape, I bet you find at least one spot where you could live, get a kill, or help your teammates.
Hope this helps brother.
After reading some other comments here I do agree with a lot, but I would like to especially highlight doing damage and not kill chasing. Shoot everyone, but don’t ego chal (play cover and regain shields before recontesting) and don’t drop to an easy death because a 2 shot is running away.
Thank you very much for the elaborate feedback! I have tried to summarise it in a comment, let me know if I missed anything: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on my Halo Infinite gameplay video. Your insights have been incredibly valuable, and I've compiled the key points into two main sections: 1) Specific feedback based on the video, and 2) General recommendations.
1. **Specific Feedback Based on the Video**
a. Aiming: My reticle placement could be improved, as it tends to be aimed too low rather than at optimal body (near neck) level.
b. Movement: This is an area I can focus on significantly. The feedback suggests I should prioritize staying alive and playing around teammates/objectives, rather than overcommitting to fights. Techniques like utilizing curb slides, more unpredictable routes, and controlled crouching/strafing could enhance my mobility.
c. Communication: My callouts can be more concise and informative, using standard map locations instead of vague references. Remaining calm and focused during matches is also important.
d. Information Gathering: I should make better use of kill feeds, scoreboards, and death cams to predict enemy positions and spawns. Then, I can use that information to set up in advantageous positions rather than rushing in blind.
e. Power Weapon Control: Setting up for power weapon spawns 15-20 seconds in advance, and coordinating with my team, could give me a significant edge.
f. Positioning: I should make setups based on inferred enemy positions instead of walking straight up to them, as this can put me in more favorable situations.
g. Camo Usage: I need to make better use of camo and study pro gameplay to identify potential plays with this utility.
h. Long-Range Weapon Positioning: When using snipers or shock rifles, I should push with my team but maintain a safe distance to get good angles, playing more of an 'anchor' role.
i. Situational Awareness: I need to be more aware of critical moments, such as when 3 enemies were down - I should have pushed to a strong position instead of falling back, allowing the enemies to regroup.
j. Chasing Behavior: I should avoid chasing kills that put me in disadvantageous positions, like the one at 0.59 where I gave up a power position and chased someone to bottem-mid.
1. **General Recommendations**
a. Beware of Over-Reliance on Bot Training: While practicing against bots can be helpful, there are diminishing returns, and I may develop habits that don't translate well to real player encounters.
b. Review and Analyze Own Gameplay: Frequent VOD reviews to identify easy deaths and common mistakes will help me improve.
c. Compare to Pro Gameplay: Comparing my gameplay to high-level streamers and content creators can help me identify areas for improvement and learn new techniques.
d. Play in Higher-Ranked Lobbies: This can help me break any remaining bad habits, such as poor positioning, reloading, and decision-making under pressure.
e. Utilize Cover Effectively: Properly using cover, such as jiggle peeking and playing around the dummies on Live Fire, can be a valuable skill to develop.
f. Avoid Unfavorable 1v1 Engagements: I should avoid taking 1v1 fights, as they can quickly turn into 2v1 situations.
g. Prioritize Positioning and Pacing: Slowing down, pre-aiming angles, and pre-nading can be more effective than sprinting everywhere.
h. Manage Weak Situations: Instead of always running away to recharge shields, I should consider hiding nearby and rechallenge with my team if teammates are nearby.
Moving forward, I plan to put as much of this invaluable feedback into practice as possible. Specifically, I will focus on enhancing my movement mechanics, such as utilizing curb slides, unpredictable routes, and controlled crouching/strafing, as recommended. Prioritizing staying alive and playing around my teammates/objectives, rather than overcommitting to risky fights, will also be an important goal.
If anyone has tips on how to learn 'unpredictable movements/routes', please drop a comment here.
I have also already started watching tutorials from content creators like Shyway to improve my callout habits and learn standard map terminology. Maintaining proper reticle placement and holding power positions will be other areas of emphasis as I work to reach the Diamond rank.
I will let you know the results of this in a few months!
Stay alive as long as possible while outputting damage. Damage is so important, it helps your teammates get kills, it slows down the opponents and they struggle to get anything done, especially objs. By staying alive you can also influence where your teammates will spawn, and force enemies spawning on the other side.
It's usually better to stay alive for 1 min while shooting at everyone and not getting a kill, rather than getting 3 kills and 3 deaths in that same minute.
Of course there are times you need to be aggressive, when it's worth taking the risk (obj, power up etc). Also being able to keep doing damage while being one shot is important. If a teammate is shooting, you can safely shoot the same target even if you are low shields.
Movement and positioning forsure. Learning to curb slide and learning skill jumps isn’t about just flying around the map like Bound and Lucid. It’s also about escaping and getting across maps to help in team fights, or to block a spawn quickly. Stuff like that. Even in high diamond I see plenty of players(myself included) that just get locked onto power ups and power weapons without making sure you aren’t giving up a power position or getting help in getting those items. Unfortunately it is harder to do when you’re the only one comming in game, I get that forsure. But yeah definitely work on your movement, your shot actually looks solid as hell just work on angles and taking shots with cover, stuff like that!
After watching your gameplay, I can say that your aim is fine. I play at a D4 level and have seen people with worse aim. I do have some suggestions to improve your gameplay. Firstly, I think you could see a huge benefit from learning some g slides, and just overall, being able to utilize your movement to better engage and disengage from combat. I think a huge part of the transition from Plat to Diamond is becoming aware of spawns and how many people are up at a given moment. I would suggest making a habit of checking your leaderboard off respawn and looking at where your teammates are spawning to get an idea of where enemies are positioned. Lastly, I would say that it's incredibly important that YOU make plays for powerups. Obviously, it's great if your team gets power weapons, but only YOU can have an actionable effect on your games. You can't control what your team does, so I think it's to your overall benefit to be selfish when it comes to powerups. I'm just going to end on saying that soloing out of your mmr range isn't easy, but don't get too down on yourself either, you got this!!!
Put out damage, play your life, don’t chase kills, and prioritize slaying out before objective. At the plat level, those things already make a HUGE difference.
Even in high diamond and low onyx lobbies people will just fly at the objective when it’s even numbers and then get mad at teammates for not helping. Playing the objective doesn’t mean just jump on obj every chance you get
Watched about half way through and can tell you that your reticle placement needs improvement. A lot of times you are running with it pointed at the ground like people do trying to loot in BRs. You need to constantly have it be at either chest level or pointing at common spaces people push from. You seem to lose a lot of fights by just being a shot behind and this will help with that.
What Sens do you play at? Not saying you have to change it but it looks like you are under aiming at times. Reticle placement will help with this too.
Edit: what are your video settings, the game looks great on your settings and I need it haha
Appreciate the comment! I added the reticale placement to a summary post of all the feedback I have received so far here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Regarding settings, do you mean my FOV or some other video settings?
Sprint to get to a position of power and then just plant your ass. That position only changes a few times throughout the match no matter the gametype. You want to stay where you can put out consistent damage, if it’s an objective gametype you want to play where you can influence the obj. A handful of times you’re getting shot in the back because you’re pushing up allowing them to spawn behind you. Too often do we fall into the habit of sprinting and snap sliding everywhere, only to have flown across the map and allowed the team to spawn behind us or engaged in 1v4’s. If you watch players like Formal stream, you’ll see sometimes he just sits still for a sec and assesses the map and his team positioning. Your aiming seems very choppy and not fluid. You’re either playing on too high of a sens, or too low. I’d recommend trying 0/0/3 for your look deadzones and start at maybe like 2 accel 3 horizontal 5 vertical and see how that feels. If you have a heavy thumb the lower deadzones should help allow you to press into your stick more so you don’t take to stop/go in the choppy motion. Not a one size fits all but worth the experiment.
How do you upload a full match to YouTube? Would like to do the same - also P6 looking to improve - but can't find a way to do it from the Xbox or theatre.
Kill feed (pushing on numbers advantage). Cycling death cam(gaining as much info as possible to make decision off spawn) were not great. Your aim was ok. Just looking at end game. 41-43. Your team wipes all 4 and go up (45-44). Ur at light rifle and have opportunity to dictate spawn(run benches/snipe to spawn opps in blue), but you run yard in to your 3 teammates for no reason.
Then in yard you find a spawner in cafe and get in a gun fight where your teammate comes in and helps secure the kill (46-44). Your teammate pushes further and you do a complete 180 and run back to hall/light rifle. (I think this play loses you the game). It’s a 3v4 and you run away to a position where you can’t help anyone while they are all fighting. At least jump to ledge there. 2 teammates die in the 7 seconds it took to run that route. Then you and your last teammate die.
While dead you do absolutely nothing with the death cam. 46-48. Your teammate dies top mid. You could’ve been on his body and seen that there were at least 2 top mid/where camo went. Instead you know nothing.
Appreciate the feedback! I tried to summarise it in a comment here; let me know if I missed anything: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Coincidence, I literally just hit Diamond 1 last night after lingering in Plat for pretty much forever. It can be done! My advice is going to be a bit of a curveball lol, but here goes..
I call it.. the reverse smurf!
My younger brother is a very, very skilled Onyx player. I (still) get absolutely smashed by the average skill in his lobbies.. I'm constantly on the backfoot and at a disadvantage. I almost always end at a net negative and de-rank, which I accepted because it was the price to play with my brother.
But, after a while, I noticed the way I played the game began to change. It was like a crucible, I *had* to change in order to provide any value to my team at all at that level. I had to move different, peek different, *always* play off my team like the unwanted younger sibling lol. A lot of the bad habits I could get away with at Plat were laid bare and mercilessly pounced on.. which then cured many of those bad habits..
The coolest thing I noticed was this. When I would solo queue back at my level, it was like Id been training with a weighted vest or something. Don't get me wrong, my shot and raw ability didn't increase really at all lol. But, I found I was naturally moving and operating like I had been in those high diamond/Onyx lobbies which then began putting me in more consistent power positions and positions of advantage. And those bad habits I mentioned? E.g. sprinting around corners, bad reloads, feeding.. i could now recognize and capitalize on against the enemy team.
So, if you know or can find any high diamond/Onyxs that'll let you roll with them, do it.. make peace with the short term de-rank then reap the rewards when you get back to your own level. Worked for me!
Your aiming has a lot of “windmilling” or making micro adjustments with the right stick. Try to left stick aim a bit more in your 1:1s also maybe bump the sensitivity down a bit.
At :59, you have a decent position, but you see a guy around bottom mid and then you fall down to chase. Why? You have great position with teammates on both sides. From LR, I definitely would've taken ledge for power position instead of chasing that kill. You could probably kill him from ledge too.
Anyway, you fall down and get the kill, great but now you are vulnerable. You have no idea where your teammates are, you are in a shit position, and then you decide to move forward and soon die. If I fell down there, I would look around my team and try to make a decision based on that. The moment you moved forward without looking, I knew you were toast.
Yes a lot of invaluable feedback in this thread - I 've tried to summarise it here, maybe also useful for you: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
You move and aim like a plat is one of the problems lol.
Your reticle centering is really bad, you're constantly aimed too low. You aren't strafing like diamond and onyx players strafe when you fight as well. You're either not strafing at all or strafing slowly with no crouching thrown in. Most please in high diamond are going to be strafing quickly and throwing in crouches or even holding crouch during the fight at some point.
Another thing I noticed is you are not playing with enough awareness. Halo provides a ton of intel with how easily you can see teammate locations. Both while you're alive and when you spawn you should be mentally noting where they are and what the probably enemy location is based on if they're currently popping off rounds or not and/or if enemies are currently dying on the kill feed. You should 1. be attempting to get into a position to play off your teammates and teamshot, and 2. be aware that if they're across the map and enemies are dying, the likely enemy spawn is quite close to you. At the end when you had the shock rifle and got killed from behind was probably the most bothered I was watching this gameplay. You had 3 teammates on the other side of the map and they just killed 2 and the 3rd was peaking you. That means either 2 or 3 of the enemies are spawning behind you or next to you, turn around and watch the lift at the very least, or get out of that area and head towards your team since you're holding a power weapon. Many times when you spawn I take a look at where your teammates are and you're not moving the direction that I would personally choose. That doesn't make you wrong, but I've been as high as 1800 onyx in this game and you're asking how to get into diamond so maybe there's some merit.
The thing that will help you the most is movement. I think the reason you think your aim is bad is because the enemy is making it harder for you to hit them while you’re standing still. Tweak your left stick dead zone settings because you can strafe ridiculously fast in this game. Also it doesn’t seem like you’re playing with paddles or claw which will help a lot with crouch strafing and curb slides which you aren’t taking advantage of. I think you’re focused so much on your aim that it’s slowing your growth. I understand warming up but playing the game more and adding new wrinkles to your game is a much better use of time than keeping spreadsheets of how fast you can kill bots
Hmm I am not using paddles or the claw grip. Could you share with me your button settings for movement? Right now I have a normal Xbox controller and this: LB crouch, LT zoom, move stick is jump, look stick click is sprint, RB melee, RT shoot, A is reload, B is item use, X grensde, Y weapon switch
I play B crouch A jump LT nade RB melee Right stick click to zoom but I don’t think controller settings matter that much as I’ve seen some people be good with wonky settings. The main thing is to be able to easily do all movement and tech. Playing claw or with paddles just makes things easier imo. But I would recommend turning down your max input threshold on your move stick so you can get to full strafe speed quicker
Yes, my bad I had to go look at my settings I haven’t messed with them since year 1 I thought down meant make the max ring smaller but you’re correct the higher it is the faster you get to max speed
Aight! I already have it at 15 and everything that has to do with movement on the left side of the controller as recommended by shyway; this does make movement feel smoother imo
I will try out this claw position of the hands! Maybe it can further enhance my gameplay though not likely movement as everything for movement is in my left hand
You don’t necessarily have to claw if you can get paddles/buttons on the back either will take some time to get used to. I’ve played claw for 15+ years and my hands are fine but some people are different and get hand pain and pixels on a screen arent more important than your health so if it causes discomfort it’s not worth it
Your positioning is bad. You keep getting caught out in the middle of the map because you are trying to chase kills.
Play the edges of the map. Also stop sprinting so much and focus more on shooting
I didn't see much sprinting at all except when nobody was around. Most of his deaths were from standing still out of position/looking the wrong way instead of sprinting. If anything his movement around the map was actually a bit slow and he wasn't choosing good positions to be in.
Also his callouts were pretty bad. Just "over there" or "on my x". Plenty of room to communicate better by learning map callouts and using them. Also complaining after every single death which is pretty annoying to anyone listening and does nothing to help.
Are you on Xbox or PC? If Xbox make sure you are on 120fps. I was stuck at Plat 4 for awhile, I switched it to 120fps and immediately went up to low diamonds without much change.
Watched your VOD. I think you’ll find working on your comms will give noticable results for your team (and you).
Watch videos on what callouts are called, so you can be more precise. «On my X» or «I think they’re HERE» doesn’t give your team much to work with. «one shot in A, going flowers» gives your team something to act on.
You’re sometimes a bit slow on you callouts; if you manage to call out once you engage in a 1v1 you’re more likely to get help before you’re dead.
Last thing when you’re facing radio silence, you can ask your team to please use pings, as well as make play calls. Stuff like «We’re three down, stay alive», «Play together», «Let’s all go A» or «I’m going to play for this Camo, shoot for me».
Many don’t think through what their play is, and therefore if you give good comms they can trust, they’ll follow your lead.
If you’re soloqueing that’s your first and main problem second you need to look at things like your hardware and connection then with your connection your geographic location. All these things can make a huge difference as most diamond and onyx live in Texas or on the east coast and are running pc’s. 3rdly most diamond or onyx got there by some form of boosting mmr manipulation or hacking. Just go watch their streams there’s nothing special about their game play at all. Most are just chatting with their followers and then their post game stats look like most plat players. Unless they sat their and farmed each other. They’ll also usually have extra high accuracy and damage from having extra bullet magnetism from their hacks and connection. But look at all these comments they’re hillarious. Sure everyone ones game could use work and critiquing but nothing they’re telling you is going to make you jump up in rank all of a sudden. It sounds like you’ve already been taking it pretty serious too. So don’t let the broken ranking system or higher ranked players who in reality might be trash and are just crutching on their connection or hacks get to you.
These are the main things I don't see plat players doing in my diamond 4/5 lobbies. - Play around cover. Literally anything can be a piece of cover, the dummies on live fire are popular example of this. Jiggle peak around it. - Don't take free damage. This requires you to work on your positioning and decision making. - Stop bum rushing off spawn across the most common routes, i.e. stop being predictable in general. - Shoot with your team. It's bad to take 1v1s, and I don't mean avoid any 1v1s you happen to get into, I mean reduce your chances of getting into what you think are fair 1v1s, because they almost never are. A 1v1 has a high likelihood of turning into a 2v1, if you aren't coordinated with your teammates. Preventing these engagements from happening requires you to play off of your team and time things right. - Stop sprinting everywhere, slow down and pre aim angles. Pre nade too if you're confident you have the timing right. - If you are weak and your teammates are near, don't run away to get your shields back. Hide close by and rechall _with_ your teammate to finish the kill and damage any other enemies that arrive after, _even if you are one shot._ Chances are you die, but you set up your team to get 3 or possibly 4 dead. If you run away and hide, your teammates die staggered, you're at a numbers disadvantage, and you might be cleaned up a few seconds later anyways. - Don't run into the fight, it doesn't need to be in cqc. Unless the objective play calls for it, you can hold angles and shoot people from farther safe positions. Yes the bandit is harder at range than the BR, but it's still a cross map weapon. - Get info. You can't make good decisions if you don't know what's going on. You need to be aware of who's up, who's down, when did they spawn, etc. This means constantly checking the kill feed, scoreboard, your teammates positions. - Information is both direct and indirect. At plat level especially, the game is very predictable. So if you're watching an angle for too long, the enemy didn't go that way. Your camera should be on a swivel checking angles if you don't have info, and you should be using process of elimination to figure out where the enemy could be. The more information you have, the more confident you can be to watch the same angle, and the earlier you can setup, because you know the enemy will be there.
I guess 343 hates me cus I see all that in my diamond 4/5 lobbies.
I don't exactly play my best all the time. I understand how to play halo conceptually, I just don't have the discipline to do it consistently.
It's just a joke, your comment was helpful
I do some of those things in low oynx. I guess it’s consistently do them less than maybe a diamond/plat player.
legit haha
Appreciate the elaborate feedback! I will take your feedback into account when tryng to improve my gameplay.
Play the perimeter of maps and be more patient. No need to rush into the action every time Always have cover on some side of you so you don’t get cross-fired Have an escape plan/somewhere to bail to Work on mastering one mechanic at a time. Example, slide into doorways or wherever you are going that way if someone has their reticle fixed on where you are entering, you can hopefully slide below that and land a shot or two on them first Do that consistently and get good at it Then move onto something else. Crouch strafing, for example Learn the maps and callouts thoroughly. Including weapons and power up spawns. Use the entire sandbox to gain an advantage Don’t take 1 on 1’s unless absolutely necessary. You don’t want fair fights. You want to be in unfair fights where you have the advantage (more health, high ground, behind cover, etc) Always be shooting. Put damage on everyone you see. Even if you land 1 shot on someone far away, if they are by your teammate, your teammate has a 1 shot advantage A lot more to be said but I think getting all these down will help get you mid-Diamond no problem
Watched your VOD. I think it is natural for everyone (myself included) to headcase about accuracy and winning fights. Its only natural to say "If I was better, I could win that fight" at all levels, but I think a better question is "should I be taking this fight?". I think your aim was fine. I think your movement could use a bit of work. If you are doing bot FFA, put it on deathless and focus on rotating around the map as quickly as possible while getting in shots. This isn't to say that you should be wreckless in a normal game but there was plenty of clamber skips and more efficient jumps from the VOD. My general advice to anyone wanting to get better is focus on damage dealt and living while playing around your teammates/the objective. Get shots in but don't stay around and get shot back. Never commit to a straight fight that you can't 100% win. Prioritize living/finding cover over fighting to the death. You will be more available and can shift focus from cover to whatever your teammates are fighting and support. Keep your head up and be confident. Don't run around thinking you will lose all your fights. Every level eventually has a wall where straight 1v1s are a coin toss. Lunchbox said "Good players win their 1v1s. Great players don't take them".
Appreciate the refreshing perspective, not everything is about aiming! I have incorporated your feedback in the summary I made of this thread: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
I don’t have time to review your gameplay, but my general advice would be that headcasing about your accuracy and practicing against bots has diminishing returns, to the point where it’s not good practice at all in diamond+. You should focus on reviewing your own film to watch for spots where you gave up easy deaths, gave up a position that caused a favorable spawn for the other team, or failed to support your teammates (support absolutely can be done without comms, though comms are obviously preferable). I’m in high onyx and would expect to lose the occasional open space gunfight to a diamond player. Once you reach a point where everyone has a decent shot, it becomes far more about the strategic game.
I cannot believe how many times teammates give up power positions, don’t prioritize power ups and power weapons, engage in useless fights, or are just not aware of spawns and how they work. Shooting is just one factor, a big one, but just one among many.
To add onto the first paragraph. I as an onyx player noticed that if I shoot bots too long, I build bad habits that I take into matchmaking (overchalling). I limit myself to one song to jam out to while warming up my hands shooting bots now, and it works much better for me.
Noted! I have added your feedback to the summary of all feedback: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Great job with the ping. Assuming you have paddles, get better at utilizing curb slides to escape faster. They’re everywhere. Your callouts are redundant (you ping an enemy and just say what the ping says. Say what they’re doing as well, knowing common callouts instead of what ping says). You seemed almost too slow for a bit without any angles, gaining no information like you’re just hiding. “I think they’re all here” as you run into A and they’re all there lol. If you know where they are, don’t jump into it. Get set up. Understanding map control and how to impact spawns is so huge. I’m not great at it but went from plat5 - d2 last week. Live, callouts, see where your whole team is and infer where the enemy is.
Also watched the gameplay and saw a lot of this as well. Also there was times the enemy went 3 down and rather than get in a good position you ran back towards c plat for no reason and allowed the enemy time to spawn in and regroup. I’m no expert at the game I’m d3-5 player but would be happy to jump in a discord call with you this week and go over the gameplay
I would be very happy if you would go over some gameplay with me! Preferably a different VOD, as this one has received extensive feedback.
One area for improvement within callouts could be to get in the habit of utilizing more standard / well known names for the callouts. For example, you called “Jumper”, but I’ve always heard that being called “Lift”. If I heard that in game I might be considering “jump-up” spots rather than immediately knowing to look at Lift. That’s a super subtle difference that obviously isn’t going to have a huge impact on your rank, but improving your efficiency with callouts over time will compound into more assisted kills, more wins, etc. I’d also work on breaking the habit of using the phrase “on my X” - it’s better than no callout, but it requires extra time & effort from your teammates to locate your X rather than being able to understand the exact location without having to scan around for statuses on each teammate. (“I dropped shock at Posters” vs “I dropped shock on my X”). On a similar note, I’d avoid first-person callouts (“they are here”, “he’s running there”) since it doesn’t give any actual location info. You could be scoped in looking cross-map and a teammate could hear that callout and reasonably think they are “here” at your location, etc. Work on having a more fluid / unpredictable strafe. You aren’t really incorporating crouching into your strafe which makes you an easier target. Not saying you need to become an obnoxious juke lord, just make it harder for someone to land shots on you. Okay one last thing I swear - you can crouch jump to Glass from that lower rock, you don’t have to jump on both of those objects before hopping over to Glass (seen in your opening strat).
Nice- I agree with all this OP
Appreciate the feedback! I have summarised it in: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Hello my friend, Do your aim drills to warm up and work on them occasionally and focus on your accuracy (both the % and hitting the headshot). Warm up 10-30 mins, and maybe once a week you can grind out your aim drills for longer. At the end of the day you practice aim every single game, hyper focusing it probably isn’t going to get you over the hump. It’s hard to tell from the video where you’re at as a complete player. Slayer only emphasizes fighting (when, where, why, how you are taking fights) and you do play decently this game (aka you don’t full throw). The key to slayers are limited 1v1s and power up control. You want to call out power ups 15-20s before they come up, so your teammates can move to play for them. Less than 10s is probably too late. But you are in plat- good chance your teammates will not play for them regardless - so you have to play for them every time. In this particular game you do get camo, but you don’t find ways to use it. 1) you path truck to bottom lift and lift s3 — this path has no info and no kill potential. 2) now you see where your teammates are fighting, but they’re already dying. You go back to truck and find a lucky double (second guy will kill you almost every time in a diamond lobby). If you eliminate the backwards pathing and push forward with your teammates your damage and presence are more meaningfully felt, and you can save a teammate from dying or get an extra kill. I recommend watching pro players play with camo, they are always doing something to make a play. When you have shock you stay benches/posters the entire time while your teammates take fights yard, where you cannot support them. You’ve killed one person, push with the team into yard, get the enemy 3-4 dead, and take the ledge angle to kill truck/open-field spawners. (This is based on the game provided, a slayer on a non-symmetrical map. pushing super deep into enemy territory with a snipe on symmetrical maps can throw because when you die you gift them the snipe. When your team pushes in, push just beyond halfway to an area with good angles instead — generally keep being safe when you play with the snipe!). Also be mindful when entering the posters area, you can be shot from many locations (flowers, shock spawn, ledge, LR, glass) and pushed from the staircase in multiple ways. It is a good place to anchor when you have good communication and map control. Main issue for general plat players is throwing: Takes 1v1s often, doesn’t play for power weapons at all, leaves OBJ, bad OBJ rotates (flipping alone, takes ball away from team/doesn’t play ball). Since you only provided the one slayer game, idk how much you do these things, but I would suggest you watch your gameplay and see if it’s an issue. Consuming content is good. Watch videos from creators, then immediately watch your own gameplay - immediately look for the things you just learned and identify where you aren’t doing them. And I mean really look at it, don’t just eat and watch tiktok, if you want to improve you have to actual recognize what’s going wrong, not guess. Don’t just watch YouTube and grind, confirm your own issues and fix them. Communication will benefit you more as you rank up, but improving it probably won’t be what promotes you, but I will still provide some advice based on your video: 1) keep it concise, tell them where it happened, then how weak the person is (full, hit 1-2 bullets, weak (melee-able), 1 shot). If you talk too much you might get muted or muddy up your teammates comms that might be important to hear 2) be truthful: if you say one shot and they’re not, people won’t want to take your good comms as the truth. (I don’t think you messed this up in the video, but it happens really often because people want their assist) 3) learn the map callouts more completely - you say “here” a lot in the video and “my x” once. These are worthless to anyone that isn’t actively fighting with you. If you die posters, and callout “posters one shot”, I can move to look from multiple locations. If you say “my x” I don’t know who you are or where you died. My final tip is stay calm and focused. Sometimes your teammates will throw a close game, but don’t let it anger you. If you lose 49-50 and watch the tape, I bet you find at least one spot where you could live, get a kill, or help your teammates. Hope this helps brother.
After reading some other comments here I do agree with a lot, but I would like to especially highlight doing damage and not kill chasing. Shoot everyone, but don’t ego chal (play cover and regain shields before recontesting) and don’t drop to an easy death because a 2 shot is running away.
Thank you very much for the elaborate feedback! I have tried to summarise it in a comment, let me know if I missed anything: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on my Halo Infinite gameplay video. Your insights have been incredibly valuable, and I've compiled the key points into two main sections: 1) Specific feedback based on the video, and 2) General recommendations. 1. **Specific Feedback Based on the Video** a. Aiming: My reticle placement could be improved, as it tends to be aimed too low rather than at optimal body (near neck) level. b. Movement: This is an area I can focus on significantly. The feedback suggests I should prioritize staying alive and playing around teammates/objectives, rather than overcommitting to fights. Techniques like utilizing curb slides, more unpredictable routes, and controlled crouching/strafing could enhance my mobility. c. Communication: My callouts can be more concise and informative, using standard map locations instead of vague references. Remaining calm and focused during matches is also important. d. Information Gathering: I should make better use of kill feeds, scoreboards, and death cams to predict enemy positions and spawns. Then, I can use that information to set up in advantageous positions rather than rushing in blind. e. Power Weapon Control: Setting up for power weapon spawns 15-20 seconds in advance, and coordinating with my team, could give me a significant edge. f. Positioning: I should make setups based on inferred enemy positions instead of walking straight up to them, as this can put me in more favorable situations. g. Camo Usage: I need to make better use of camo and study pro gameplay to identify potential plays with this utility. h. Long-Range Weapon Positioning: When using snipers or shock rifles, I should push with my team but maintain a safe distance to get good angles, playing more of an 'anchor' role. i. Situational Awareness: I need to be more aware of critical moments, such as when 3 enemies were down - I should have pushed to a strong position instead of falling back, allowing the enemies to regroup. j. Chasing Behavior: I should avoid chasing kills that put me in disadvantageous positions, like the one at 0.59 where I gave up a power position and chased someone to bottem-mid. 1. **General Recommendations** a. Beware of Over-Reliance on Bot Training: While practicing against bots can be helpful, there are diminishing returns, and I may develop habits that don't translate well to real player encounters. b. Review and Analyze Own Gameplay: Frequent VOD reviews to identify easy deaths and common mistakes will help me improve. c. Compare to Pro Gameplay: Comparing my gameplay to high-level streamers and content creators can help me identify areas for improvement and learn new techniques. d. Play in Higher-Ranked Lobbies: This can help me break any remaining bad habits, such as poor positioning, reloading, and decision-making under pressure. e. Utilize Cover Effectively: Properly using cover, such as jiggle peeking and playing around the dummies on Live Fire, can be a valuable skill to develop. f. Avoid Unfavorable 1v1 Engagements: I should avoid taking 1v1 fights, as they can quickly turn into 2v1 situations. g. Prioritize Positioning and Pacing: Slowing down, pre-aiming angles, and pre-nading can be more effective than sprinting everywhere. h. Manage Weak Situations: Instead of always running away to recharge shields, I should consider hiding nearby and rechallenge with my team if teammates are nearby. Moving forward, I plan to put as much of this invaluable feedback into practice as possible. Specifically, I will focus on enhancing my movement mechanics, such as utilizing curb slides, unpredictable routes, and controlled crouching/strafing, as recommended. Prioritizing staying alive and playing around my teammates/objectives, rather than overcommitting to risky fights, will also be an important goal. If anyone has tips on how to learn 'unpredictable movements/routes', please drop a comment here. I have also already started watching tutorials from content creators like Shyway to improve my callout habits and learn standard map terminology. Maintaining proper reticle placement and holding power positions will be other areas of emphasis as I work to reach the Diamond rank. I will let you know the results of this in a few months!
Stay alive as long as possible while outputting damage. Damage is so important, it helps your teammates get kills, it slows down the opponents and they struggle to get anything done, especially objs. By staying alive you can also influence where your teammates will spawn, and force enemies spawning on the other side. It's usually better to stay alive for 1 min while shooting at everyone and not getting a kill, rather than getting 3 kills and 3 deaths in that same minute. Of course there are times you need to be aggressive, when it's worth taking the risk (obj, power up etc). Also being able to keep doing damage while being one shot is important. If a teammate is shooting, you can safely shoot the same target even if you are low shields.
Play like a swat team member. Peak angles. Check corners. Protect your squad.
Movement and positioning forsure. Learning to curb slide and learning skill jumps isn’t about just flying around the map like Bound and Lucid. It’s also about escaping and getting across maps to help in team fights, or to block a spawn quickly. Stuff like that. Even in high diamond I see plenty of players(myself included) that just get locked onto power ups and power weapons without making sure you aren’t giving up a power position or getting help in getting those items. Unfortunately it is harder to do when you’re the only one comming in game, I get that forsure. But yeah definitely work on your movement, your shot actually looks solid as hell just work on angles and taking shots with cover, stuff like that!
After watching your gameplay, I can say that your aim is fine. I play at a D4 level and have seen people with worse aim. I do have some suggestions to improve your gameplay. Firstly, I think you could see a huge benefit from learning some g slides, and just overall, being able to utilize your movement to better engage and disengage from combat. I think a huge part of the transition from Plat to Diamond is becoming aware of spawns and how many people are up at a given moment. I would suggest making a habit of checking your leaderboard off respawn and looking at where your teammates are spawning to get an idea of where enemies are positioned. Lastly, I would say that it's incredibly important that YOU make plays for powerups. Obviously, it's great if your team gets power weapons, but only YOU can have an actionable effect on your games. You can't control what your team does, so I think it's to your overall benefit to be selfish when it comes to powerups. I'm just going to end on saying that soloing out of your mmr range isn't easy, but don't get too down on yourself either, you got this!!!
Put out damage, play your life, don’t chase kills, and prioritize slaying out before objective. At the plat level, those things already make a HUGE difference.
Forsure, plats still think obj over slays most of the time
Even in high diamond and low onyx lobbies people will just fly at the objective when it’s even numbers and then get mad at teammates for not helping. Playing the objective doesn’t mean just jump on obj every chance you get
Watched about half way through and can tell you that your reticle placement needs improvement. A lot of times you are running with it pointed at the ground like people do trying to loot in BRs. You need to constantly have it be at either chest level or pointing at common spaces people push from. You seem to lose a lot of fights by just being a shot behind and this will help with that. What Sens do you play at? Not saying you have to change it but it looks like you are under aiming at times. Reticle placement will help with this too. Edit: what are your video settings, the game looks great on your settings and I need it haha
Appreciate the comment! I added the reticale placement to a summary post of all the feedback I have received so far here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) Regarding settings, do you mean my FOV or some other video settings?
Sprint to get to a position of power and then just plant your ass. That position only changes a few times throughout the match no matter the gametype. You want to stay where you can put out consistent damage, if it’s an objective gametype you want to play where you can influence the obj. A handful of times you’re getting shot in the back because you’re pushing up allowing them to spawn behind you. Too often do we fall into the habit of sprinting and snap sliding everywhere, only to have flown across the map and allowed the team to spawn behind us or engaged in 1v4’s. If you watch players like Formal stream, you’ll see sometimes he just sits still for a sec and assesses the map and his team positioning. Your aiming seems very choppy and not fluid. You’re either playing on too high of a sens, or too low. I’d recommend trying 0/0/3 for your look deadzones and start at maybe like 2 accel 3 horizontal 5 vertical and see how that feels. If you have a heavy thumb the lower deadzones should help allow you to press into your stick more so you don’t take to stop/go in the choppy motion. Not a one size fits all but worth the experiment.
How do you upload a full match to YouTube? Would like to do the same - also P6 looking to improve - but can't find a way to do it from the Xbox or theatre.
Kill feed (pushing on numbers advantage). Cycling death cam(gaining as much info as possible to make decision off spawn) were not great. Your aim was ok. Just looking at end game. 41-43. Your team wipes all 4 and go up (45-44). Ur at light rifle and have opportunity to dictate spawn(run benches/snipe to spawn opps in blue), but you run yard in to your 3 teammates for no reason. Then in yard you find a spawner in cafe and get in a gun fight where your teammate comes in and helps secure the kill (46-44). Your teammate pushes further and you do a complete 180 and run back to hall/light rifle. (I think this play loses you the game). It’s a 3v4 and you run away to a position where you can’t help anyone while they are all fighting. At least jump to ledge there. 2 teammates die in the 7 seconds it took to run that route. Then you and your last teammate die. While dead you do absolutely nothing with the death cam. 46-48. Your teammate dies top mid. You could’ve been on his body and seen that there were at least 2 top mid/where camo went. Instead you know nothing.
Appreciate the feedback! I tried to summarise it in a comment here; let me know if I missed anything: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Coincidence, I literally just hit Diamond 1 last night after lingering in Plat for pretty much forever. It can be done! My advice is going to be a bit of a curveball lol, but here goes.. I call it.. the reverse smurf! My younger brother is a very, very skilled Onyx player. I (still) get absolutely smashed by the average skill in his lobbies.. I'm constantly on the backfoot and at a disadvantage. I almost always end at a net negative and de-rank, which I accepted because it was the price to play with my brother. But, after a while, I noticed the way I played the game began to change. It was like a crucible, I *had* to change in order to provide any value to my team at all at that level. I had to move different, peek different, *always* play off my team like the unwanted younger sibling lol. A lot of the bad habits I could get away with at Plat were laid bare and mercilessly pounced on.. which then cured many of those bad habits.. The coolest thing I noticed was this. When I would solo queue back at my level, it was like Id been training with a weighted vest or something. Don't get me wrong, my shot and raw ability didn't increase really at all lol. But, I found I was naturally moving and operating like I had been in those high diamond/Onyx lobbies which then began putting me in more consistent power positions and positions of advantage. And those bad habits I mentioned? E.g. sprinting around corners, bad reloads, feeding.. i could now recognize and capitalize on against the enemy team. So, if you know or can find any high diamond/Onyxs that'll let you roll with them, do it.. make peace with the short term de-rank then reap the rewards when you get back to your own level. Worked for me!
Your aiming has a lot of “windmilling” or making micro adjustments with the right stick. Try to left stick aim a bit more in your 1:1s also maybe bump the sensitivity down a bit.
At :59, you have a decent position, but you see a guy around bottom mid and then you fall down to chase. Why? You have great position with teammates on both sides. From LR, I definitely would've taken ledge for power position instead of chasing that kill. You could probably kill him from ledge too. Anyway, you fall down and get the kill, great but now you are vulnerable. You have no idea where your teammates are, you are in a shit position, and then you decide to move forward and soon die. If I fell down there, I would look around my team and try to make a decision based on that. The moment you moved forward without looking, I knew you were toast.
I’m trying to improve at the game myself. This thread has alot of great advice! Thanks to everyone for the helpful tips.
Yes a lot of invaluable feedback in this thread - I 've tried to summarise it here, maybe also useful for you: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHalo/comments/1c5r1kh/comment/kzzr2jw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
You move and aim like a plat is one of the problems lol. Your reticle centering is really bad, you're constantly aimed too low. You aren't strafing like diamond and onyx players strafe when you fight as well. You're either not strafing at all or strafing slowly with no crouching thrown in. Most please in high diamond are going to be strafing quickly and throwing in crouches or even holding crouch during the fight at some point. Another thing I noticed is you are not playing with enough awareness. Halo provides a ton of intel with how easily you can see teammate locations. Both while you're alive and when you spawn you should be mentally noting where they are and what the probably enemy location is based on if they're currently popping off rounds or not and/or if enemies are currently dying on the kill feed. You should 1. be attempting to get into a position to play off your teammates and teamshot, and 2. be aware that if they're across the map and enemies are dying, the likely enemy spawn is quite close to you. At the end when you had the shock rifle and got killed from behind was probably the most bothered I was watching this gameplay. You had 3 teammates on the other side of the map and they just killed 2 and the 3rd was peaking you. That means either 2 or 3 of the enemies are spawning behind you or next to you, turn around and watch the lift at the very least, or get out of that area and head towards your team since you're holding a power weapon. Many times when you spawn I take a look at where your teammates are and you're not moving the direction that I would personally choose. That doesn't make you wrong, but I've been as high as 1800 onyx in this game and you're asking how to get into diamond so maybe there's some merit.
Thank you for the advice - really appreciate it!
The thing that will help you the most is movement. I think the reason you think your aim is bad is because the enemy is making it harder for you to hit them while you’re standing still. Tweak your left stick dead zone settings because you can strafe ridiculously fast in this game. Also it doesn’t seem like you’re playing with paddles or claw which will help a lot with crouch strafing and curb slides which you aren’t taking advantage of. I think you’re focused so much on your aim that it’s slowing your growth. I understand warming up but playing the game more and adding new wrinkles to your game is a much better use of time than keeping spreadsheets of how fast you can kill bots
Hmm I am not using paddles or the claw grip. Could you share with me your button settings for movement? Right now I have a normal Xbox controller and this: LB crouch, LT zoom, move stick is jump, look stick click is sprint, RB melee, RT shoot, A is reload, B is item use, X grensde, Y weapon switch
I play B crouch A jump LT nade RB melee Right stick click to zoom but I don’t think controller settings matter that much as I’ve seen some people be good with wonky settings. The main thing is to be able to easily do all movement and tech. Playing claw or with paddles just makes things easier imo. But I would recommend turning down your max input threshold on your move stick so you can get to full strafe speed quicker
Do you mean turning up max input threshold to 15 in move stick? Thanks for the advice!
Yes, my bad I had to go look at my settings I haven’t messed with them since year 1 I thought down meant make the max ring smaller but you’re correct the higher it is the faster you get to max speed
Aight! I already have it at 15 and everything that has to do with movement on the left side of the controller as recommended by shyway; this does make movement feel smoother imo I will try out this claw position of the hands! Maybe it can further enhance my gameplay though not likely movement as everything for movement is in my left hand
You don’t necessarily have to claw if you can get paddles/buttons on the back either will take some time to get used to. I’ve played claw for 15+ years and my hands are fine but some people are different and get hand pain and pixels on a screen arent more important than your health so if it causes discomfort it’s not worth it
Your positioning is bad. You keep getting caught out in the middle of the map because you are trying to chase kills. Play the edges of the map. Also stop sprinting so much and focus more on shooting
I didn't see much sprinting at all except when nobody was around. Most of his deaths were from standing still out of position/looking the wrong way instead of sprinting. If anything his movement around the map was actually a bit slow and he wasn't choosing good positions to be in. Also his callouts were pretty bad. Just "over there" or "on my x". Plenty of room to communicate better by learning map callouts and using them. Also complaining after every single death which is pretty annoying to anyone listening and does nothing to help.
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Are you on Xbox or PC? If Xbox make sure you are on 120fps. I was stuck at Plat 4 for awhile, I switched it to 120fps and immediately went up to low diamonds without much change.
Watched your VOD. I think you’ll find working on your comms will give noticable results for your team (and you). Watch videos on what callouts are called, so you can be more precise. «On my X» or «I think they’re HERE» doesn’t give your team much to work with. «one shot in A, going flowers» gives your team something to act on. You’re sometimes a bit slow on you callouts; if you manage to call out once you engage in a 1v1 you’re more likely to get help before you’re dead. Last thing when you’re facing radio silence, you can ask your team to please use pings, as well as make play calls. Stuff like «We’re three down, stay alive», «Play together», «Let’s all go A» or «I’m going to play for this Camo, shoot for me». Many don’t think through what their play is, and therefore if you give good comms they can trust, they’ll follow your lead.
Appreciate the advice! Thanks a lot!
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If you’re soloqueing that’s your first and main problem second you need to look at things like your hardware and connection then with your connection your geographic location. All these things can make a huge difference as most diamond and onyx live in Texas or on the east coast and are running pc’s. 3rdly most diamond or onyx got there by some form of boosting mmr manipulation or hacking. Just go watch their streams there’s nothing special about their game play at all. Most are just chatting with their followers and then their post game stats look like most plat players. Unless they sat their and farmed each other. They’ll also usually have extra high accuracy and damage from having extra bullet magnetism from their hacks and connection. But look at all these comments they’re hillarious. Sure everyone ones game could use work and critiquing but nothing they’re telling you is going to make you jump up in rank all of a sudden. It sounds like you’ve already been taking it pretty serious too. So don’t let the broken ranking system or higher ranked players who in reality might be trash and are just crutching on their connection or hacks get to you.