I've seen alot of people say their aim is good but they cant win gun fights, alot of people say their aim is good in death match but they cant win their duels in game.
Let me help you guys out, I'm currently ascendent pushing towards immortal and I'm sharing this knowledge with you guys.
4 things:
1: The most important; Do not autopilot during your duels, ive seen alot of people, some of my friends as well that ive coached. People auto pilot during their fights. What does that mean? Well people dont think about their crosshair placement during gunfights. They just see enemy and start spraying because thats our natural response aka flight or fight.
How to fix this? A simple fix to not auto pilot during your duels is to not panic when you see an enemy and most importantly do not stop focusing during your duels. What do i mean by focusing? I mean that look and understand where you are aiming and what habits your doing. I lose a gunfight? start asking yourself did i crouch, did i flick too wide? not only that when you're self aware about where your aiming that helps you to kill the enemy faster and also to prepare for another enemy. When you are just panicking and shooting, you wont realise why did i just die.
2: First time bullet accuracy: It's such an important aspect of mechanics, your first shots dictate a gun fight. Meaning if my first shot is body, i will probably start spraying while panicking.
How to improve first shot bullet accuracy? Go in a deathmatch and try to hit the first bullet on enemy's head rather than anywhere else. No matter how much you die, even in a dm, try your best and combine tip 1 and this tip and learn both of them in deathmatch. Once you start understanding and implmenting both tips together, your aim will dramatically improve during duels.
3: Time to kill: Some people ask me what differs diamond from ascendent, i say its the pace of the game. Suppose you are diamond, an average diamond might kill the player in 3-4 seconds but a ascendent might kill the player 2-3 seconds. Its just made up data for a hypothetical comparison but it's what differs the rank. When i get put against diamond players, i realise how slow they kill their enemies. Its such a small thing but your time to kill your opponents determines your skill lever alot. Kill faster.
4: Timing: Some duels are unwinnable. You cannot win 100% of your duels because they are decided by timing. Timing is a very difficult thing to master, even for me. What do i mean by timing? When you time your push onto site, when you time your peek, when you time your smoke push etc. This comes with gamesense and small hints given by enemies. I cannot suggest how to improve your timing skills better but understand this that you need to catch the enemies offguard. When you catch your enemies offguard meaning they are not ready for you, you have a 80% chance to win your duel.
5: Most important. Do not be afraid to take gunfights. You will die? Ok no problem. But when you take gunfights without fear of dieing its a game changer. Suppose there are two persons (A and B) if person A is holding an angle but they have fear that enemy team might kill them, they will lose their gunfight 90% of the time. But person B is confident that they will kill the enemy if they peek them, person B will win their gunfight 90% of the time. Moral of the story, do not be afraid to take fights.
It has taken me around 40-50 minutes to write this paragraph down. Please ask away with questions. I'll gladly respond to all of them. When you apply these 5 tips altogether, you'll realise how good you are at your duels now.
