Competitive matchmaking; 2 wins to 9 loss

[Wierotar]

I just can't seem to be able to climb the ladder at all. Never in any other game has it felt this hopeless and waste of time trying to advance rank.

Eleven games from which my side won only 2. From those 9 games lost, I was SVP for 3 games and even rest of them did all right, but it's not enough.

I just don't know how damn well you are suppose to do to get the rank up. Playing mostly Peni Parker and doing most damage in game 20+k, blocking 27k damage and healing over 4k.

And still loss after loss.

It's getting boring. And fast. Though, I've definitely gotten my share of fun for the money I spent on battle pass so no regrets, but I mean I can't be the only one feeling like this that it's time to move on, as competitive seems broken for the matchmaking and quickplay is starting to be a bit boring.

[Neutron]

Stop doing the same thing and expecting different results.

[Lunar Fang]

People mention a lot of brain dead characters and if you typed in brain dead into google, you'd see a picture of Peni Parker. Out of all the characters, she is the most brain dead to me. You literally just put mines down and that's it. There's nothing else.

You can even put them at the spawn doors and insta kill half the team if they come out together like Junkrat in overwatch.

[Shuyin178]

Change up the characters you use and the roles you play.

[Wierotar]

They are all more or less brain dead toons. :))

Of course I've used others, but result is the same. With Penni I just feel most valuable as I can lock down the are for quite a long time.

Though, the 2 wins were with Mantis. Go figure...

[Neutron]

Originally posted by Wierotar:

They are all more or less brain dead toons. :))

Of course I've used others, but result is the same. With Penni I just feel most valuable as I can lock down the are for quite a long time.

She's weak on higher ranks because better players know to destroy her mines and deployable hence most move over to Magneto and Strange.

Another problem with Peni she doesn't have a wide area protection like the above two.

[xBALOx]

theres too many cheaters in this game. It's a waste of time to play competititve. Play for fun or just don't.

[RobAlca]

skill issue

[Jim]

Your problem is you're relying too much on your stats. Role of the tank is to peel enemies that are on your squishy team members and draw as much attention to yourself as possible. If you're consistently getting the highest damage its because your DPS and healers are being harassed. If you play your role right you should have a pretty consistent 50% win rate once you hit your true rank.

[forcecomdr]

I'll just add this.

People love to blame their team, bots, cheaters, throwers, the matchmaker, what have you. What is the one constant in every match you play?

Start with yourself. Stop worrying about your team and just focus on improving your own play. The rest will follow.

As a side note though, another thing people tend to forget is that everyone has limits. They assume that if they just keep playing, eventually they'll keep climbing. Not true.

Everyone has a skill cap. Now, that doesn't mean we're currently playing at it, but it is there.
If my cap hovers roughly around mid gold, and i'm in bronze, then yes, i can climb. However once i hit mid gold, that's as far as my skill can take me.

Most people refuse to accept this and if they can't keep climbing, then it's everything's fault but theirs.

No matter how many baseballs i go outside and throw, i'll never be able to throw an accurate 98 mph fastball like a starting MLB pitcher. It's just a fact. Accept your limitations and just enjoy the game.

[Ivandagiant]

Originally posted by forcecomdr:

I'll just add this.

People love to blame their team, bots, cheaters, throwers, the matchmaker, what have you. What is the one constant in every match you play?

Start with yourself. Stop worrying about your team and just focus on improving your own play. The rest will follow.

As a side note though, another thing people tend to forget is that everyone has limits. They assume that if they just keep playing, eventually they'll keep climbing. Not true.

Everyone has a skill cap. Now, that doesn't mean we're currently playing at it, but it is there.
If my cap hovers roughly around mid gold, and i'm in bronze, then yes, i can climb. However once i hit mid gold, that's as far as my skill can take me.

Most people refuse to accept this and if they can't keep climbing, then it's everything's fault but theirs.

No matter how many baseballs i go outside and throw, i'll never be able to throw an accurate 98 mph fastball like a starting MLB pitcher. It's just a fact. Accept your limitations and just enjoy the game.

Facts. The common denominator is you. You aren't just magically getting the worst teams while you enemy gets the best teams. I mean, sure it may happen sometimes absolutely, but keep playing and you WILL climb if you are skilled enough. The enemy team will experience the same sort of team comps as you and have bad games as well

[Nelly]

Happened to me yesterday, like 10+ losses and only 3 wins,

This is just not working out, either the team mates are just... doing whatever, rushing alone and dying like flies or they blame the healers ( which i'm one of them ), not only does discourage people from keep playing, but also is just unhealthy, and making me feel useless, since everthing I try, nothing works.
It's Mental breakdown indulcing, specialy if you suffer from depression and such. ( and that's a fact )

It just doesn't feel good to play this anymore, be it Comp or QP, with friends or alone.

[Nelly]

Originally posted by Shuyin178:

Change up the characters you use and the roles you play.

That doesn't solve anything.

[Sonrangeri]

when 4 players in your team already instalock dps, and you go healer/tank, if last player doesn't go missing role, you might aswell just play 6th dps instead. Solo healer / tank simply is stupid at that point, sadly. Tank needs healer, healer needs tanks.

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Originally posted by Wierotar:

I just can't seem to be able to climb the ladder at all. Never in any other game has it felt this hopeless and waste of time trying to advance rank.

Eleven games from which my side won only 2. From those 9 games lost, I was SVP for 3 games and even rest of them did all right, but it's not enough.

I just don't know how damn well you are suppose to do to get the rank up. Playing mostly Peni Parker and doing most damage in game 20+k, blocking 27k damage and healing over 4k.

And still loss after loss.

It's getting boring. And fast. Though, I've definitely gotten my share of fun for the money I spent on battle pass so no regrets, but I mean I can't be the only one feeling like this that it's time to move on, as competitive seems broken for the matchmaking and quickplay is starting to be a bit boring.

2 solutions
Play at midnight and early morning

Learn the pattern of your account specific matchmaking
To do this
Test 1 ranked loss game with unranked games
See how many unranked games it takes for you to get good team or for you to dominate the game it's usually 3-9 games from my observation of my and friends accounts
Follow the unranked vs rank rhythm based on the experience of your good games

These should reduce the ♥♥♥♥ team by minimum 10% - 50% at max this way you can rank up against mmr grind the rest is all on your skills

[Jim]

Originally posted by Nelly:

Happened to me yesterday, like 10+ losses and only 3 wins,

This is just not working out, either the team mates are just... doing whatever, rushing alone and dying like flies or they blame the healers ( which i'm one of them ), not only does discourage people from keep playing, but also is just unhealthy, and making me feel useless, since everthing I try, nothing works.
It's Mental breakdown indulcing, specialy if you suffer from depression and such. ( and that's a fact )

It just doesn't feel good to play this anymore, be it Comp or QP, with friends or alone.

Usually when people blame the healers it's because they are unintelligent and don't realise that their job isn't to make them immortal while they run head first towards their DPS behind a wall. Now if people are specifically blaming you constantly then maybe they have valid points but if it's just the role they are blaming then ignore them. Idiots will be idiots. It's really not difficult to regroup with the healers when you're low on health. People seem to not understand that they can make healers have an easier time with positioning.