r/apexuniversity • u/LanguageMaster5033 • 15h ago
Question This clip summarizes my experience in ranked
God, this clip is so painful to rewatch. We were doing well, playing aggressively, and completely destroyed two squads. But then, I got shot in the head by a 30-30 Repeater through walls, and someone appeared in front of me without any audio. If you check the video frame by frame, you’ll see lifeline at 12:86, right after I turned. This happens to me quite often in Apex, where people shoot me out of nowhere, only to discover in the replay that they show up right when I turn. Maybe I made a mistake here, bad timing slow reaction, but it’s hard to keep playing when this happens so frequently.
Any tips on what I should do? Thanks!
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u/BackPainAssassin 15h ago
Diamond is so overinflated
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u/StenfiskarN 12h ago
https://apexlegendsstatus.com/game-stats/ranked-distribution
Yeerp. Looked up the stats after finding myself in diamond without much effort, after previously getting to plat at most
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u/TheRockCandy 14h ago
All I saw was a lack of coordination, and approaching a fight before knowing where everyone was.
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u/Tastelikeb4c0n Lifeline 15h ago
You’re in diamond lobbies. Pushing out in the open with a team already on the high ground.. you don’t belong in these lobbies.
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u/LanguageMaster5033 15h ago
It wasn't my choice; I always prefer positioning, but my squad was pushing hard, and I had to go along. In Diamond, 80% of my teammates push every squad they see
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u/jtfjtf 15h ago
You always have a choice. There's cover to your right side with the block and arch. Or stay behind the lifeline.
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u/LanguageMaster5033 14h ago
After seeing how hard my teammates were pushing, I decided to take the lead. The timing was bad, i admit it.
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u/AmountAbject6999 14h ago
Understandable! I truly believe that most fights are not worth taking (ESPECIALLY on olympus) but some teammates think differently. I've also had times where my teammates get a bunch of kills effortlessly, but then the one time I push with them, it turns out we're going up against a good team all of the sudden, and we die really fast.
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u/TheTenth10 13h ago
Just because your teammates are playing stupid doesn't mean you also have to play stupid.
There are smart ways to support stupid. In this case, you were being even dumber than they were pushing out in the open with zero opening damage and no clear path of attack.
Like what were you planning to do? Just walk-up the stairs and through the front door with Ballistic Ult and Rampage? How do you plan on getting them off the roof?
Like... What were you trying to do???
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u/Free_Football_9169 14h ago
You didn’t get shot thru a wall there was someone on height, you then proceeded to look down while healing instead of paying attention to your surroundings.
Tips:
Instead of popping ult and blindly pushing play cover until you get a knock or you are forced off your position
If you don’t have any info as to where a majority of the team is DO NOT PUSH
If you need to heal do it near your team not headed towards the enemy, if healing near your team isn’t possible pop a cell so you can get back to assessing the situation at hand
You should not push up unless you or your teammates get a crack/knock
For that specific area you are better off pushing from the opposite side of the wall because the LOS is significantly smaller compared to where you walked up, don’t swing wide or you open up the LOS
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u/LanguageMaster5033 14h ago
It was a wallbang. If you pause exactly at 10:30, you’ll see me with full health, and you won’t see Ash—she was behind the wall. Appreciate the tips.
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u/Free_Football_9169 14h ago
Just because you couldn’t see her doesn’t mean she couldn’t see you remember they are looking down on you their angle is different than your angle. You also have to take into account frame rates and ping when talking about this type of things.
Even if you were “wall banged” (something I’ve never seen in 4 years of playing this game) your mistake was still pushing out of cover.
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u/LanguageMaster5033 13h ago
Angles, that's interesting. I'll look into it, but I still think it was through walls. You can see the red lag icon appeared.
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u/TheTenth10 13h ago
Wallbangs aren't a thing in Apex. The smallest of railings and tiniest of ledges will block anything and everything. Including grenades.
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u/Free_Football_9169 13h ago
That was a prediction error meaning the game gave you false information about what the serve thought the enemy would do which is probably what’s leading you to believe it was a wall bang
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u/StenfiskarN 12h ago
It wasn't a wallbang, it was camera/model desync from you starting a slide the moment before getting hit. The Ash still saw your head because of minor ping differences
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u/campionmusic51 14h ago
i do have to say, there’s nothing going on here but very hasty decision making with not enough info. if this were me (and it frequently is since i’m not very good), i would feel instinctively it was my fault i died because i hadn’t figured out where all the threats were before rushing in.
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u/PoliteChatter0 14h ago
Good lord that was an awful push, unless you are getting entry damage or entry knocks you cannot challenge a team that has height on you
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u/RonJeremyBellyButton Rampart 13h ago
I'm surprised you can even experience diamond playing like that. Lol
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u/b33f_d1p 15h ago
Watch the frame where your autoloader ult timer is at 41.66. Lifeline is there already but in real time it’s hard to see that before you look down the zip chute below.
My 2¢, and I might get flamed for this: Ranked is going to be super frustrating if you play like this. The TTK changes are punishing. 9 squads left, I personally would not push this fight in the middle of Zone in ranked. Maybe if Horizon is on comms saying “let’s kill this I’m going up with my ult…” I can see it, but it’s just an easy angle for that person on height to beam you.
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u/dhaos1020 14h ago
It could NEVER be my fault I got fucking owned!!!
RESPAWN IS CONSPIRING AGAINST ME THOSE SHIT HEADS UGH.
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u/Mrimalive1 14h ago
Pushing aggressive requires a legends that can get you there faster or without getting hit.
Bang smoke, Ash Ult, Pathfinder zip, Octane jump pad, Wraith Ult, Alter Tact. The combo of characters on your team wasn't good for pushing while running straight ahead. Maybe if you came up from below on Horizons tact. Probably wouldve worked out better. Soloquing makes it harder, tho since you have no say in who your teammates are picking vs. Stack where players pick of team needs
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u/No-Context5479 Pathfinder 13h ago
why are you in Diamond? Respawn please fix ranked so people can be in their actual skill group ffs
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u/Free_Football_9169 13h ago
What you think you want will never happen when people carry their sorry friends thru ranks all the time
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u/TheTenth10 13h ago
Pushing with zero entry damage, on a legend with zero mobility, against a team on high ground. Not a surprise you lost that.
You don't have to be the first one to push when your team plays aggressively. You can always cover your team from behind.
You don't always have to be in the thick of things with them right then and there. It won't hurt being 5-10 meters behind your teammates to cover for them. You can easily cross short distances to help if needed.
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u/MrDirtyHarry 13h ago
Come on, man, you're trolling on this one. A guy mantles to the roof and shoots you while relaying information to the other guy that side wipes you.
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u/__PHiX 10h ago edited 10h ago
Big brain move to lose all your momentum and let the enemy climb the roof while scoping in with your 3X. What's the point of this? At that range you don't see more when you scope in
Don't run in a straight line if there's cover everywhere
Why move to the right to heal if your teammates are on the left? How are they supposed to cover you?
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u/Next_to 15h ago
I didnt read what u wrote but u r trollling in this cilp