Achievement(s): Where He At Doe?, Quick Finisher, Blitzkrieg
Replay/Screenshot: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-713001405
Replay/Screenshot: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-713001405
The OU ladder has gotten super inflated over the generation. Right now the top 10 players sit at or above 2100 ELO and the entire top 500 is above 1730, so 1650 for a silver achievement really isn't too much imo. The name "leaving low ladder" is maybe a bit misleading, but that's just what they happened to choose when they started this thread like 2 gens ago. The silver achievement is what actually counts. 1650 is solid mid-ladder and any 1400 player most likely knows what he's doing.Low ladder is 1650 and "up and coming" is 1400? That's setting the bar really high, IMHO.
Yeah, but it's just really disheartening for me when I've only ever broken 1300 once. Almost like I shouldn't bother trying because everyone else is so far ahead. I don't even know what I need to ask for help with. I just know I'm not good enough to even think about making my own teams.The OU ladder has gotten super inflated over the generation. Right now the top 10 players sit at or above 2100 ELO and the entire top 500 is above 1730, so 1650 for a silver achievement really isn't too much imo. The name "leaving low ladder" is maybe a bit misleading, but that's just what they happened to choose when they started this thread like 2 gens ago. The silver achievement is what actually counts. 1650 is solid mid-ladder and any 1400 player most likely knows what he's doing.
Actually, if anything, the threshold should be raised now when you compare current ladder and the ladder from a year ago
I can only speak from my own experience (and I don't consider myself an autority or anything), but when I started playing competitive 'mons like 7 years ago, I just played a lot of random battles and generally didn't know anything about teambuilding or any of that stuff.Yeah, but it's just really disheartening for me when I've only ever broken 1300 once. Almost like I shouldn't bother trying because everyone else is so far ahead. I don't even know what I need to ask for help with. I just know I'm not good enough to even think about making my own teams.
I have a hard time getting anything from watching my own battles. I already played through it once and did what I thought was best...how the heck am I supposed to get anything from it post mortem? Watching it again isn't going to tell me anything that I didn't immediately realize after I paid for my mistake (example: oh fuck, it's Noivern2, why the hell did I moonblast with Lele when I had psychic terrain down?!)I can only speak from my own experience (and I don't consider myself an autority or anything), but when I started playing competitive 'mons like 7 years ago, I just played a lot of random battles and generally didn't know anything about teambuilding or any of that stuff.
Watching replays helps a lot imo, especially of your own battles so you can figure out why you won/lost. Smogon also has a lot of great resources like articles on win conditions and battle plans, or the roles different 'mons can perform on a team. And to succeed in a certain meta or tier, it's important to have some knowledge of the game you're playing (what are popular 'mons, what are their roles, speed tiers, ...), which generally means just playing a lot until you get a feel for it.
I guess that's the most important one: just keep on playing a lot and you'll get better eventually.
But that's just my 5 cents ;-)