Hey y'all, it's me again, I made a couple of posts some time back about making it to Diamond.   
I'm back with some tips again.    

1.   
Many people cower in fear of a losers queue, I thought so too but it's mostly TILT QUEUE.   
The mental energy this game takes is very high, from a neurological standpoint it takes a lot of energy, especially when playing at night/after work or on an already stressful day.    
If you take ranked seriously PACE YOURSELF.   
Take breaks often, go for a walk, relax, work out and do anything else which is not gaming to reset a bit, rest your eyes.  Log off after 3 losses, at that point you're gambling your ELO. 



2.  
Every time you die, ask yourself why and make sure to minimise that mistake, or learn from it altogether.   
Why were you there? What other route could you have taken?    

3.   
Cooldowns matter.
Game started, enemy Luna probably has ult, whoever you are playing either ult as an opportunity or a reaction.    
When you have no idea about cooldowns DO NOT ULT or ENGAGE.   
Information and value is key in this game. Once their team ulted, start keeping track. On to my next point.   


4. 
Timing.   
Now you know Luna's ult is on cd, approximately calculate the time it would take for her to have it back up, now play accordingly, around their ults.   
Punishers, Iron Men, any DPS, hold your ult for the right moment, if you have key information about the enemy team you will know when's the time.   
Statically if their healers ults are down and yours are up, 80% chance you wipe out or bait them.    


5. Get ready to flex.   


My penultimate game before GM, I went from Iron Man, to Luna, to Thor, to Punisher.   
The team was a shit show, my DPS sucked, map was bad for my whole team, had I not have had any experience in these heroes we would have lost.   
Learn at least 2/3 characters in each role.  
On my last game before Grandmaster I went from Punisher to Namor, assess situations, some maps one hero is better than the other.   
Enemy team had a great Thor, I'd rather sacrifice the team up with rocket and save my healers with Namor's antidive.   
We won the game.   

6. Ignore your teams reactions.   

Diamond is filled with monkeys claiming to be the best on earth, sometimes if they don't swap, bear with it, try your best.  
Lead on with your best hero for your second, third, fourth best role.   
All that matters is victory, and if it's gonna cost your ego, great, you're on your path to becoming good.   

That's all for now, let me know if you guys have any questions.    

IGN: SpicePrince  
Server: EU  

Main role: DPS 


Made it to Grandmaster, here's what I learned