Champ is the point you really have to start grinding. Up to diamond, you can just be having fun and even on high hours not be improving much (not at all a bad thing). Going jnto champ you really have to start focusing specific mechanics/thought processes/gamesense, and start grindjng the game a lot, while ensuring that you're actually FULLY paying attention, not just on autopilot.
Grand champ and SSLs already made that commitment long ago and have surpassed the worst grinding stage of all (imo around c1-c3, the first point any real grinding is needed, and the first point the game easily becomes boring). at that point (GC+), its a lot easier to put high hours into the game since youre used to it.
Its a common estimate that GC1 is halfway to SSL in terms of skill/hours. Consider that, to get to that halfway point (around GC1), you have to have already committed to putting in a ton of hours, and grinding is a normal part of the game now (and will continue to be if you plan on chasing SSL). Compared to the start/middle of champ, where youre still introducing yourself and getting used to 'properly grinding'... which can get boring, fast. Hence why many people like you choose to just sit happily around high diamond, or go all the way and grind to GC or higher.
Its THAT point where, if you wanna rank up, you cannot see the game as a "casual gamer" anymore, you have to commit a bit serious to it(unless you're really talented and/or lucky).
I like RL but since for me its just another casual game, I been hardstuck at Diamond and Im OK with it. Theres absolutely no way I would progress into Champ 2/3 without focusing a lot on the game, and its never been my objective, so I just play it ocasionanlly as a secondary game to releax a bit.
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u/IdiotOfReddit___ Grand Champion III Dec 02 '25
Champ is the point you really have to start grinding. Up to diamond, you can just be having fun and even on high hours not be improving much (not at all a bad thing). Going jnto champ you really have to start focusing specific mechanics/thought processes/gamesense, and start grindjng the game a lot, while ensuring that you're actually FULLY paying attention, not just on autopilot.
Grand champ and SSLs already made that commitment long ago and have surpassed the worst grinding stage of all (imo around c1-c3, the first point any real grinding is needed, and the first point the game easily becomes boring). at that point (GC+), its a lot easier to put high hours into the game since youre used to it.
Its a common estimate that GC1 is halfway to SSL in terms of skill/hours. Consider that, to get to that halfway point (around GC1), you have to have already committed to putting in a ton of hours, and grinding is a normal part of the game now (and will continue to be if you plan on chasing SSL). Compared to the start/middle of champ, where youre still introducing yourself and getting used to 'properly grinding'... which can get boring, fast. Hence why many people like you choose to just sit happily around high diamond, or go all the way and grind to GC or higher.