This is so true and you also get teammates who are completely afk for the first goal whether its ours or the opponents and then they suddenly wake up and want to play. I dont understand why you would do that but go off
@Alexis Doll that’s what we call a smurf. I garentee if someone can do that they have played long enough to naturally be better than plat. Also if you spend that much time on air control, your mechanics alone will bring you to diamond and through it.
it's like this even up in diamond. d3 peak here. some players are hitting dts and flip resets, others like me have absurdly good air dribbles, and then some manage to score goals while managing to be as consistent as a bronze. positioning really only helps in 3s. in 2s and 1s, you can just sit back :/
@@Reaper-qo8tn c1 here who was stuck in diamond for a while, I promise your air dribbles are not as good as you think. Turning off unlimited boost in freeplay and training did wonders for me.
@@firedemon4051 U dont need mechanics for reach diamond, practice dribble, powershots,see replays and practice fly, u see how u gonna get diamond. Good luck😉
@@firedemon4051 Coming from a diamond 2 division 3 in 2s and diamond 1 division 4 in 1s Don't practice the flashy air stuff. But definitely use air roll- Only mechanics. Once you get good at one mechanic, may it be powershots, ceiling shots, flicks, etc. Always try to do another one until you're good enough to hit diamond 3. Hitting champion is only a great milestone if you can hold your own in champion. Think of it like that.
@@Jxjdheheve Actually Gold 3 - Plat 1 is average. At least for S2 rank distribution: www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/ms8d7p/season_2_rank_distribution/
Man, platinum is strange, i am platinum and every match either i play against some people who can air drible, flip reset and a lot of mechanical stuff or i play against a silver who knows how to rotate
going to be honest, champ 3 here, my entire time playing rocket league for maybe 1800 hours or so, i've seen a player with that level of raw mechanical skill maybe 5 or 6 times. usually air dribbles and flip resets even around my rank end up rolling in or barely passing as something intentional.
Actually, I think the best way to describe Platinum is to say that it is a transitory period where people try their hardest at things that they can't do properly, or with huge mistakes. They start to try aerials with air rolls, they try to dribble, air dribble, wall plays and so on. But as they only experiment these (and so try their hardest to do it on every little occasion, making them ballchasers btw) they do it very badly, as we can see at the beginning of the video at around 1:40 . Hope that my comment will be read, and if you don"t think i'm right i will be pleasured to hear about your opinions.
This is pretty spot on aside from some people not ball chasing. I and my brother do our best to play rotations with our 3rd and work with our teammate. Plat is definitely the place where I started to actually dribble and try to fly off walls and the occasional ceiling.
Ok ig seems loke like plats back then when he was playing the plats in that match weren’t performing ariels and maybe now almost all plats are now getting better with their air dribbles so there has been a change in my opinion
I see platinums as players who are quite skilled, but in pursuit of mimicing Champions or Grand Champions they completely neglect basics. To put it simply a typical Platinum player is someone who will most of the time miss the ball in the air, miss simple balls, overcommitment and have no idea where teammates are on the field, but ocassionally given time are able to do super skilled stuff.
The reason that us plats randomly leave balls after we lose them is that we're used to having teammates breathing directly down our necks waiting for an opportunity to swoop in and take the ball for themselves. They are like vultures circling their dying prey
This annoys the shit out of me, honestly. Players who, for some reason, feel the need to play 'backup' by sitting in your shadow and huffing your exhaust fumes. Then as soon as you've made a single touch on the ball they swoop in like "my turn now" to brainlessly pelt it into the general direction of the opponent's net, regardless of where they are on the map. Like, for fuck sake, just let me make an actual play. You don't need to sit behind me 'incase I miss it'. Just go somewhere else and give me some space so I can pass the ball to you properly.
Omfg I swear just was in a tournament finals series tied 1-1bout to win but my t8 left our net area to come up as I'm wall dribbling towards the open opponents net smack me out mid air with a full boost shot of the opponents wall and flew right into ours 🙃🙃 we
Ummm not sure if i understood what u r saying correctly. But, as a D3 player when my mate have the ball i will stay in good position for a pass or to get back in defense. But, if my mate lost control of the ball by any kind (fail dribble/air dribble, or missed) and the opponents r far enough i wont hesitate to take over the ball for my self
Dude plat is so unpredictable. just got queued against a kid who could ceiling shot stall flip reset and score. and my tm8 could barely make contact with the ball 💀☠️
I'm in plat 2 and I swear every single teammate I have chases the ball and double-commits. So I just try to sit back and play defensively while they chase the ball around like kindergarten soccer.
@And-Nonymous I'm not though. I play based on rotation and positioning. But if I can't even dribble the ball up the wall for a good pass without getting rammed in the back from a teammate.
@@danalley6376 sammmeeeee but everyone never believes us cause we are plat lmao every time I get a bad teammate that ball chases I just stay back and even then they literally bump me and shit when I’m about to save it and I’m also a little mechanical but if I even go for a dribble most teammates just knock the ball off my car and then no one believes it’s not my fault we lose because I’m plat but I do believe if I had a diamond and maybe even champ teammate I could get up to diamond
Title is 100% true, I’m in diamond and occasionally I get a plat teammate and literally nothing but chasing and they don’t even try to take control of the ball
Diamond does get better though, well at least for me Especially in ones, if people do use chat it’s for saying lol or something when something funny happens
@Tiberiu-Andrei To get out of plat, I stopped trying to learn air dribble and stuff, and I learned positioning (I learned positioning by experience) and dribbling and flicks(A few videos but mostly trial and error).
I hope the POS that what a saved me 50 times a few hours ago sees this. It's not my fault you straight up whiffed and I couldn't clean up your mess 4 fucking times.
@@microwave5127 except when you use your brain: Apparently this: ua-cam.com/video/zh-sPoc9MTs/v-deo.html (bronze gameplay) Is better than this: ua-cam.com/video/mlMuaENW9kE/v-deo.html (plat gameplay). If u dont trust the link just go to 2:37. I even play better than all of them anyway ("the plats") AND the title claims plat is the worst rank when EVIDENTLY ^^^^^^^^ BRONZE IS. get a grip
Yes I dont understane how Wayton is suprissed that it took 18 seconds to get in the goal and that it was easily saved. That Platinium did not immediately react, when exepected opponent to challenge him and then Plats are not so experinced in the game to do so impressive mechnical stuff, so he just tried, while it was easily saved. By support of team Plats could do more impressive goals and in 1v1 Plats just need to get through that one opponent player and then there is nobody to defend the goal, so its free goal then.
how the fuck does this guy even know they're plats? Also, its casuals. Also, they maybe thought they were getting trolled because their opponents were just giving them the ball over and over again
The problem in plat is that we(I am one myself) are extremely inconsistent in our plays and the skill is indeed unbalanced. If I were in a position like the guys in the first game I'd also kinda suck at attacking because my plays come from improvising - If the ball is in the air in front of the net I go for it, but I'd not be able to set up such an shot
As a platinum player myself i do agree with this and admit to commiting some of these mistakes myself however i have encountered these mistakes in diamond (my peak rank)... so as much as i agree with this i dont believe this is a platinum problem by itself.
I couldn't agree more. However, still part of the problem... But if I may... As a plat, these games happen maybe 1 out of 7 times, in 3's at least. And furthermore, this is moreso a shining example of the teammates I get. I'm not saying that I don't belong where I am, just saying I wish the whole plat rank was a bit more devoted to the game, and hungry for wins. The worst thing is when a team goes up by 2, even if it's only a minute and a half into the game, at least 1 teammate immediately wants to forfeit. It's pretty disheartening. Regardless though, he's not wrong... The truth is just a bit painful.
Came to the comments section to say this. Wayton's playstyle against these plats in the first half of the vid would have been interpreted as odd or even trolling, just constantly giving them a ball, zero offense, and having the entire team stay in net... That's probably why the enemy team gave the ball back to Wayton at one point, it's a way of communicating "c'mon let's just play the game". It is true that at Platinum most players don't understand the concept of maintaining possession of the ball. Most games consist of clears, centers, and shots.
yyou're absolutely right about that. plats dont know what to do with the ball when they are given space. I've been ranking up 3 divs from plat 1 to 3 just by playing slow and fake challenging. they can only chase!
@@tinasthemeyay I don't think its so much that they are asking them to play. Rather, I think it's just that plats score off of counter attacks a lot, often taking advantage of their opponents poor positioning. You can see why when you look at the shot the plats generated in the first clip. They failed the dribble and the shot. Quite clearly, these plats didn't have enough mechanical skill to generate a good shot without having a real counter attack.
I’ve been mainly training dribbling for this reason - I notice we have space, so I go for a dribble and I can’t set up my flick fast enough. That, or my teammate hits it off of my car
This probably happens way more often in low plat. When you reach plat 2 div 3+ u notice how everyone plays smarter and better. Probably because the high plats are closer to diamond lvl skill and lower plats are closer to gold lvl skill (especially with the mmr increase).Now even in high plat people sometimes make mistakes but it's not as often as it might be in low plat.
Definitely agree. I’ve plateaued in plat for a while now going up and down the levels and there is a huge difference between low plats and high plats. It’s almost night and day different
Yeah in Diamond this strategy definetily wont work. Especially in mid to high Diamond. Im really shocked that Plat players play like that... I know im stuck for like a half a Year in Diamond, but i didnt know Plats play that bad...
Bro, I’m so glad I came across this video. I was just fuming about how platinum rank seems to be a random mix of noobs and gods. It’s got to be the hardest rank to get out of. This video literally confirmed my thoughts, lol. Great work with the in-depth explanation too. 👍🏿
@@amelsalkic2998 my default go-to game mode is solo queue casual 3s. I've gotten really good at adapting my style to my teammates. And I've won tourneys with my boys too cuz we have good chemistry. Like I said, my mechanics are trash but I consider myself a team player
@@phily3190 that's definitely a problem with the ranking system around that level, you're getting carried, or you're lying. i'm sorry but that makes no sense. i like to give the benefit of the doubt though.
@@scubasteve6175 how many plat tourneys have you done? Sometimes you match up against diamonds doing double taps and fast aerials, other times you face golds with a good history in tourneys, leading to a high MMR for them. I just recently got back to diamond MMR, and I 100% get carried in diamond tourneys cuz I'm still only plat 2
Not only that but in the process revealed flaws in the plat strategy: - not pushing when you have an advantage - rolling the ball towards the net when attacking instead of giving it some height and speed - not using your teammate - overcommiting when going for more mechanical plays - being out of position To get into diamond I began working on centering the ball for my tm8 to score (even setting up self goals by the defense), patrolling mid field, and sniping shot after shot from midfield. It's impressive how something that simple can get you so far.
In plat, the winning strategy is to just take as many on target shots as you can. They don't have to be good shots, but if you just lob the ball at the goal, you'll probably win because people aren't good enough to rotate properly or consistently make saves.
As I've played for 1 year and I'm still in plat, thanks for finally showing how insane plat lobby's really are. Its truly gonna be crazy in a few years just watch.
The reason this happens is because most plats can’t dribble or flick so they just flip at the ball hoping it goes in. I learnt a bit of dribbling and I went from plat 1 to plat 3 over the weekend now I am trying to learn flicks and reach diamond
Plat is so frustrating because people are good enough mechanically on offense kind of but nobody understands rotation and it's so hard to predict your teammates because every game is so unpredictable and solo queue is a mess
I pretty much instantly got out of plat once I started getting more consistent, in good moments they have the mechanics of a diamond but you need to do training packs until you aren’t letting in as many easy saves and missing as many aerials
as a plat, I cannot tell you how inconsistent everyone is. It confuses me so much, like are they going to hit the ball or miss completely??? Conclusion: Plat is W E I R D
It drives me absolutely crazy when I'm the third, and the second man puts NO PRESSURE on the other team, on the ball or off the ball. What a saves me when it goes in, even though I'm 1 v 3'ing on the defense. Just wild really, simply astounding.
@@crackiee. Lmao ye good idea, although it'll be a while before we get our season rewards. I actually got to plat 3 in 1s, but intentionally deranked to gold to play tournys w/o dying
I'm a plat 1 and my mechanics are exactly as they should be for my rank, no overkill but also not Bad. I'm properly rotating and all that. I only found myself stuck because teammates won't rotate or because of my faulty Decision making and consistency in shots. The problem with that as my consistency and decisions become better is that I can't make up for mates missing rotations. I've had everything of teammates from taking the ball from me while dribbling to sitting in the net the whole match. 😂
I'm plat and everytime I watch plats on youtube I always think "why the fuck I get matched against tryhards doing a flip reset meanwhile plats in the vids are just...that"
i 100% agree with this shit, it is so annoying, like, everyone is so dedicated to get out of plat that they just focus so much on the game they actually become stupid and toxic, i hate this
okay when i finally got plat i was like “wow, i’m so good now” and then you explained why plats are bad and lemme just say- it. makes. so. much. sense. 💀
Payton - “Platinum is the worst rank” Champ players - “hold my beer” I thought Diamond was the most frustrating rank, holy shit Champ is fighting right up there imo.
@@osmark86 I do have to look back and say yes, it’s kinda wacky in Plat and it looks insanely funny. But broooo, Champ has players with Platinum level mechanics and game sense and then they peak with the most insane touches and you’re left baffled 😮. Idk why, I’m more tilted at losing in Champ than when I was Plat.
All right so here’s my theory, I’ve been in plat for a while I just recently got over into diamond im about mid diamond now, whenever I play casual I am like high Plat low diamond roughly, And I noticed the players who are platinum is different than the players who are diamond because platinum players play in this play style where they just wait for you to give them the ball back when you’re on defense so every platinum player plays basically the same since most of the time a plat won’t be concerned with how the other teams play to change their play style and so when you decide to use the space that they give you nine times out of 10 the game works out for you. If there’s Any tips to be given to a platinum player in the comments it’s learn how to dribble and get ball control and that will get you out of plat definitively
I'm a champ and I smurf sometimes to let off steam. Compared to diamond and champ your teammates are not only bad but also mess you up. The way to solo in plat is to play mad passive and wait for the ball. If I play aggressive in plat, doesn't matter how good my mechanics are ill lose every time. Easy way to win, just camp net and streak across field but rarely go past half. This won't work in diamond tho
Wayton, you've ever heard about smurfs? Plat is overwhelmed by smurfs atm. Being a new player, once you reach plat, you meet eaither gold1 begginers, or diamond smurfs with 100 games played only.
I think this shows how different ranks require different strategies. Bronze: just actually hit it Silver: Just actually hit it towards the goal Gold: Save on occasion and boom in a shot from half field Plat: (Fast) shots with height. Diamond: Let you know if I get there. :-D But at these low ranks, you do get so much value from just being able to save. In 3s, sometimes I realise I have to just stay back, make all the saves, and hope my team score on the basis of probability - because they will not save it on the counter.
playing as a solo, climbing through plat, in my opinion in some cases it was easier for me to give the ball than fighting for it in their corner. it was just easier and more secure for me to block the attack.
the tm8 that touch me are the worst in the universe, they hit the ball in a terrible position, but when it comes to saving her they fail her like never before in her life
Platinum is such a frustrating rank, I'm not the most mechanical player but I have good game sense and I'm constantly screaming at my tv for someone to challenge. The amount of times I see people in plat either not go the ball at all or just send it down the field to the opponents as some kind of hail mary pass is just absurd
i was hardstuck in gold 3 for 4 months straight, then finally reached plat 1 after my 3rd most stressful game defense-wise, and then watched this video ☠
Plat is a weird rank to be in. I'm currently in Plat III after taking a break and falling from Diamond II. But the hardest thing in Plat is that the player skill and knowledge varies hugely. In Gold and Diamond you know what to expect. Not so in Plat. One match you have guys rotating well, doing air dribbles, wall shots, defending back post etc. Then the next match your teammate is ball chasing, driving literally right behind or on top of you, leaving the mid field AND net open, or even hitting you to take the ball when you already have it. It's frustrating to the point of not wanting to play to get back to Diamond.
Fun vid, needed more explanation of why you think plat is the worst rank imo. Felt like it was just a throwaway comment that players can climb to plat with a multitude of skills, with other areas significantly lacking. As a high rated player I can see that you can climb to plat with 0 mechanics and decent positioning, or 0 positioning with decent mechanics, but I think it would've improved the vid to have that explained in greater depth. Keep up the good work :)
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No u said my rank was the worst ;( look at my frickin clips and I’m plat
Watching this while being play LOL
However I'm not nearly that bad. I can flick somewhat consistent and can hit powershot's. I don't have good mechanics so I'm not a higher rank yet.
When you're a plat, ranked is against Helen Keller, or God. No inbetween.
I confirm
Same
Ah NeatMike reference
@@davidlundmark9359 ? I came to the statement I'm my own accord, but I'm sure similar comparisons have been made
This is so true and you also get teammates who are completely afk for the first goal whether its ours or the opponents and then they suddenly wake up and want to play. I dont understand why you would do that but go off
I have never been so offended with something I 100% agree with
ah yes i saw this sentence 10 times now
@@beary3067 32 for me
same
@@microwave5127 1 for me cause this is the only one İ saw haha
Reported: I’m in this photo and I don’t like it
Wayton: “Platinum is the worst rank.”
Plat Player: “FAKING”
i feel this one xd
bronze player: "Playing Dodgeball In game"
Like this is so stupid.
plat player after whiffing a block and losing the game: FAKING
“Plat is the worst rank”
Diamond 1s: *signature look of superiority*
Some plat in my game hit a triple flip reset in my game diamond 1 its no match
@Alexis Doll that’s what we call a smurf. I garentee if someone can do that they have played long enough to naturally be better than plat. Also if you spend that much time on air control, your mechanics alone will bring you to diamond and through it.
Yes.
@@berry__________ But the guy in the video said he was reacting to every ranks the best freestyle and he said he was an actual plat
@@alexisdoll1873 so before it was your game and now it was in a video by someone else? Your story isn't matching up
The inconsistency of plats really shows when climbing through plat 1s
Some games feel like im up against a bronze and others feel like d2
this is actually so accurate wtf
it's like this even up in diamond. d3 peak here. some players are hitting dts and flip resets, others like me have absurdly good air dribbles, and then some manage to score goals while managing to be as consistent as a bronze. positioning really only helps in 3s. in 2s and 1s, you can just sit back :/
Same
I have bad news for you my man .. it doesn't really change in D1 and D2
@@Reaper-qo8tn c1 here who was stuck in diamond for a while, I promise your air dribbles are not as good as you think. Turning off unlimited boost in freeplay and training did wonders for me.
"Plat is the worst rank"
Me on my div 4 game to get to plat 1: Guess I need to lose.
Oh no I'm plat 1 LOL but I not that bad. The reason I not diamond is because I don't have good mechanics.
I just got plat 2..
I now plat 3 in 2's still plat 1 in 3's. I hoping I can get to diamond.
@@firedemon4051 U dont need mechanics for reach diamond, practice dribble, powershots,see replays and practice fly, u see how u gonna get diamond.
Good luck😉
@@firedemon4051 Coming from a diamond 2 division 3 in 2s and diamond 1 division 4 in 1s
Don't practice the flashy air stuff. But definitely use air roll-
Only mechanics. Once you get good at one mechanic, may it be powershots, ceiling shots, flicks, etc. Always try to do another one until you're good enough to hit diamond 3. Hitting champion is only a great milestone if you can hold your own in champion. Think of it like that.
*sample size = 4 people*
wayton: “wooo it works!”
In non competitive mode.
Did you know? Most of the Rocket League Player base is in platinum.
NOTE: ONLY IN ONES.
how..
Plat 3 average me who just hit diamond 1 in 2v2: *i don't even know who your are*
@@Jxjdheheve Same lol
That's only true in solos, whereas in 2s and 3s, the highest percentage of the player base falls in Gold.
@@Jxjdheheve
Actually Gold 3 - Plat 1 is average.
At least for S2 rank distribution: www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/ms8d7p/season_2_rank_distribution/
Plats : *misses a goal*
Plat teamate : "Nice shot!" "What a save!"
What a save!
What a save!
What a save!
What a save!
Close one!
Nah
Nowadays it would be
Plat : *misses a goal*
Plat teamate :
@@uselessguy1 have you even played recently?
“Platinum is the worst rank”
I’ve been grinding hard to get out of gold😂😂
Good luck you'll get there
Platinum felt easier than gold for some reason, I was stuck in gold for so long and when I hit plat I just instantly went to diamond
Plat is ez but when you get diamond youll never get out of there
Dude same 😅
@@svenzq lmao I've been diamond 1 for 3 seasons
Man, platinum is strange, i am platinum and every match either i play against some people who can air drible, flip reset and a lot of mechanical stuff or i play against a silver who knows how to rotate
And most of the time the silver is the only teammate I can win with😂
going to be honest, champ 3 here, my entire time playing rocket league for maybe 1800 hours or so, i've seen a player with that level of raw mechanical skill maybe 5 or 6 times. usually air dribbles and flip resets even around my rank end up rolling in or barely passing as something intentional.
Man I'm a D3 but I feel like I'm that silver u talking about D:
Im the silver that can rotate lmao
This just sums up my plat experience, the same teammate not only whiffs the easiest balls but also does insane ceiling shots
WOW
Hahaha sounds like me 😂
Lol 😂 had that plenty
I literally just got to platinum, exited out of rocket league, and saw this
Feels bad man
Pro tip sit at goal
It's gonna be a long road. You can do good and still get F'd outta a win cos of ragequitting. Platinum life my friend
Same lol
@@MarloSoBalJr idk man plat was pretty ez for me I’m D3 now hoping to get to champ this season
That one guy who's been grinding for 3 months to get out of gold: 👁👄👁
Thats me
How do you know me
@@notaura1843 I used to be you...
damn i got a stalker
lol
Actually, I think the best way to describe Platinum is to say that it is a transitory period where people try their hardest at things that they can't do properly, or with huge mistakes. They start to try aerials with air rolls, they try to dribble, air dribble, wall plays and so on. But as they only experiment these (and so try their hardest to do it on every little occasion, making them ballchasers btw) they do it very badly, as we can see at the beginning of the video at around 1:40 .
Hope that my comment will be read, and if you don"t think i'm right i will be pleasured to hear about your opinions.
This is pretty spot on aside from some people not ball chasing. I and my brother do our best to play rotations with our 3rd and work with our teammate. Plat is definitely the place where I started to actually dribble and try to fly off walls and the occasional ceiling.
Ok ig seems loke like plats back then when he was playing the plats in that match weren’t performing ariels and maybe now almost all plats are now getting better with their air dribbles so there has been a change in my opinion
@@sargentbrawleryt9788 Yes, that’s what I’ve seen recently too
not all plats suck like me I'm a plat and I can flick and air dribble
I see platinums as players who are quite skilled, but in pursuit of mimicing Champions or Grand Champions they completely neglect basics. To put it simply a typical Platinum player is someone who will most of the time miss the ball in the air, miss simple balls, overcommitment and have no idea where teammates are on the field, but ocassionally given time are able to do super skilled stuff.
The reason that us plats randomly leave balls after we lose them is that we're used to having teammates breathing directly down our necks waiting for an opportunity to swoop in and take the ball for themselves. They are like vultures circling their dying prey
This annoys the shit out of me, honestly.
Players who, for some reason, feel the need to play 'backup' by sitting in your shadow and huffing your exhaust fumes. Then as soon as you've made a single touch on the ball they swoop in like "my turn now" to brainlessly pelt it into the general direction of the opponent's net, regardless of where they are on the map.
Like, for fuck sake, just let me make an actual play. You don't need to sit behind me 'incase I miss it'. Just go somewhere else and give me some space so I can pass the ball to you properly.
This
Omfg I swear just was in a tournament finals series tied 1-1bout to win but my t8 left our net area to come up as I'm wall dribbling towards the open opponents net smack me out mid air with a full boost shot of the opponents wall and flew right into ours 🙃🙃 we
Not only this, but also there's probably nobody taking care of the back of the field so you gotta rotate even if it's your turn to be ahead
Ummm not sure if i understood what u r saying correctly. But, as a D3 player when my mate have the ball i will stay in good position for a pass or to get back in defense. But, if my mate lost control of the ball by any kind (fail dribble/air dribble, or missed) and the opponents r far enough i wont hesitate to take over the ball for my self
Plat is probably the most bullied rank in rocket league
Lol definitely every UA-camr jokes about plats being ass and I can't even be mad because they're speaking straight facts.
True
No the champ 2's are
Gold is the 2
@@robinelzinga8772 Plats are still worse than champ 2s tho
Dude plat is so unpredictable. just got queued against a kid who could ceiling shot stall flip reset and score. and my tm8 could barely make contact with the ball 💀☠️
I'm in plat 2 and I swear every single teammate I have chases the ball and double-commits. So I just try to sit back and play defensively while they chase the ball around like kindergarten soccer.
@And-Nonymous I'm not though. I play based on rotation and positioning. But if I can't even dribble the ball up the wall for a good pass without getting rammed in the back from a teammate.
@@danalley6376 sammmeeeee but everyone never believes us cause we are plat lmao every time I get a bad teammate that ball chases I just stay back and even then they literally bump me and shit when I’m about to save it and I’m also a little mechanical but if I even go for a dribble most teammates just knock the ball off my car and then no one believes it’s not my fault we lose because I’m plat but I do believe if I had a diamond and maybe even champ teammate I could get up to diamond
Yeah he's probably not a plat
@@BawlBag who me?
This feels personal between me and Wayton
Im sorry I cant like your comment. It's at 69
Agreed
Ya think its with everyone
@@sugwh Now its at 96... eciN
Hi
Golds when they rank up to plat: we are evolving but backwards
Actual facts bro. I’ve witnessed more wiffs in plat than I did in gold.
We have to make 2 steps backward to walk 1 step forward
Bruh facts, I'm gold but the only reason I don't rank up is because I don't wanna be called a Plat 😔
@@huskizebra8267 dude. I thought the game play would get better being in plat and it got worse.
@@X9xTheReaperx8X that's a rip my dude
Title is 100% true, I’m in diamond and occasionally I get a plat teammate and literally nothing but chasing and they don’t even try to take control of the ball
I am in plat and i agree everyone is toxic and just cant say it is their fault
Diamond does get better though, well at least for me
Especially in ones, if people do use chat it’s for saying lol or something when something funny happens
It's the ooposite here in diamond-champ, most of the people admit their mistake and say sorry.
I’m plat and I know I’m trash
@Tiberiu-Andrei To get out of plat, I stopped trying to learn air dribble and stuff, and I learned positioning (I learned positioning by experience) and dribbling and flicks(A few videos but mostly trial and error).
I hope the POS that what a saved me 50 times a few hours ago sees this. It's not my fault you straight up whiffed and I couldn't clean up your mess 4 fucking times.
Wayton: "Plat is the worst rank."
Everyone above Plat: *condescending laugh*
Everyone lower than Plat:
Lmao
Everyone in Plat: 😠
Everyone who just got out of plat a couple matches ago:
@@SirYerrin since I did it my reaction is a sigh
Walton: plats are bad, they don’t help me get video clips!
As a plat who just saw the title.
You make a fair point and I completely agree with you.
It’s hard to make a good argument against it
@@microwave5127 except when you use your brain:
Apparently this: ua-cam.com/video/zh-sPoc9MTs/v-deo.html (bronze gameplay)
Is better than this: ua-cam.com/video/mlMuaENW9kE/v-deo.html (plat gameplay). If u dont trust the link just go to 2:37.
I even play better than all of them anyway ("the plats") AND the title claims plat is the worst rank when EVIDENTLY ^^^^^^^^ BRONZE IS. get a grip
@@anqeicreations8005 and I guess it’s hard for you to take a joke
Alternate title: How to play when your teammates a ballchaser.
So true
Yes I dont understane how Wayton is suprissed that it took 18 seconds to get in the goal and that it was easily saved. That Platinium did not immediately react, when exepected opponent to challenge him and then Plats are not so experinced in the game to do so impressive mechnical stuff, so he just tried, while it was easily saved. By support of team Plats could do more impressive goals and in 1v1 Plats just need to get through that one opponent player and then there is nobody to defend the goal, so its free goal then.
He was with his friend his friend was his teammate
"Plats can airdribble now, I didn't know that"
Plats in 2022:
"Plat is the worst rank"
Me who's finally about to get out of gold: **gulp**
Just don't be toxic nor respond to toxicity and you'll be fine cos your teammates ragequitting gonna cost you a lot of games & relegation
@@MarloSoBalJr yes and try to defend more as plats love going up and not coming down
yeah learn ground dribbling and shooting consistently
Don't keavs
@@darkmedos8452 I got to diamond by only playing defense
I recently hit plat and everyone is so damn toxic like I missed a shot early in a game and my tm8 left when it was only 1 minute in 😡
IKRRRRRRR
That happens to me in gold 3, so I start practicing 1v3 with bots
Plenty of toxic nerds with no life playing this game
I know it happens all the time!
idk what's worse. When this happens or when your team mate misses a save and immediately leaves even though you didn't say anything.
Alternative tittle: I forgot I was playing casual and I found people trying to do mechanics instead of winning
how the fuck does this guy even know they're plats? Also, its casuals. Also, they maybe thought they were getting trolled because their opponents were just giving them the ball over and over again
I love Waytons content, but I was certainly thinking the same thing.
@@Burgerbeast101 by looking at their mmr probably via bakkes mod and no, people in champ also do this shit.
As a certified Plat, this happens in ranked far more than casual. It's sad
Nah it's not that bad in ranked. And when he does get actual Plats he imposes strategy on them.
The problem in plat is that we(I am one myself) are extremely inconsistent in our plays and the skill is indeed unbalanced. If I were in a position like the guys in the first game I'd also kinda suck at attacking because my plays come from improvising - If the ball is in the air in front of the net I go for it, but I'd not be able to set up such an shot
that's just you, but im plat and im better.. that's THE THING.
At such a low rank you don't need to setup shots. Just let them give you the ball, open nets are everywhere in plat.
@@anqeicreations8005 that's what they all say
No problem bro, focus on the fun
Bruh cause u suck doesn't mean we (I'm a plat) all suck
As a platinum player myself i do agree with this and admit to commiting some of these mistakes myself however i have encountered these mistakes in diamond (my peak rank)... so as much as i agree with this i dont believe this is a platinum problem by itself.
*Looks at title*
"And I took that personally."
And you know, it's funny because probably the most subscribers are gold and platinum, considering Phyonix's statistics
Bro am plat and its correct I used to have so much fun playing when gold now i basically dont play plat is just annoying
feels like wayton just shot me in the heart
Lol I'm cardboard 2
Lol I’m platic 3
Lol I'm grass 3
Lol I'm rock 3
Me too! May be I have to unsubscribe!
Honestly, it's just that lots of people in the rank are little kids (literally), and most of the time, they are toxic and dont have any game sense.
still remember the platinum days. bad times
lol
same🤣
Me too 😔
I was stuck there for 3 months 😎
True dark times indeed. Everyone ball chasing all the fing time for no fing reason, just remembering it makes me upset all over again 😡
Everyone else: is mad that he’s insulting plats
Me: agrees even though I was part of the example
You the real one 💯
I couldn't agree more. However, still part of the problem... But if I may... As a plat, these games happen maybe 1 out of 7 times, in 3's at least. And furthermore, this is moreso a shining example of the teammates I get. I'm not saying that I don't belong where I am, just saying I wish the whole plat rank was a bit more devoted to the game, and hungry for wins. The worst thing is when a team goes up by 2, even if it's only a minute and a half into the game, at least 1 teammate immediately wants to forfeit. It's pretty disheartening. Regardless though, he's not wrong... The truth is just a bit painful.
@@mimmkey whats your discord im d2 and im sweaty, could help
"This is why Plat is the worst rank": me trying my best for plat💀
"this strategy would never work at higher ranks"
Musty did a video trying this and winning 5/5 games, including one vs pros :O (1 year ago xDDDDD)
Yeah I don't get why he's acting like this is an exclusively platinum thing.
They’re probably very confused over the fact that you didn’t hit the ball at any given chance
Came to the comments section to say this. Wayton's playstyle against these plats in the first half of the vid would have been interpreted as odd or even trolling, just constantly giving them a ball, zero offense, and having the entire team stay in net... That's probably why the enemy team gave the ball back to Wayton at one point, it's a way of communicating "c'mon let's just play the game". It is true that at Platinum most players don't understand the concept of maintaining possession of the ball. Most games consist of clears, centers, and shots.
yyou're absolutely right about that. plats dont know what to do with the ball when they are given space. I've been ranking up 3 divs from plat 1 to 3 just by playing slow and fake challenging. they can only chase!
@@tinasthemeyay I don't think its so much that they are asking them to play. Rather, I think it's just that plats score off of counter attacks a lot, often taking advantage of their opponents poor positioning. You can see why when you look at the shot the plats generated in the first clip. They failed the dribble and the shot. Quite clearly, these plats didn't have enough mechanical skill to generate a good shot without having a real counter attack.
I feel like diamond is much worse purely because half of my diamond 3 2v2 games are against a Smurf and a plat.
I’ve been mainly training dribbling for this reason - I notice we have space, so I go for a dribble and I can’t set up my flick fast enough. That, or my teammate hits it off of my car
Same I notice the space and try to make something happen but my mechanics are trash , been in the lab working on this
… “That, or my teammate hits it off my car” Every. Fucking. Time.
For real, whenever I am trying to get my “saves” challenge completed I just camp in goal in casual, and they can’t even put it on target 😂
The shots are always so bad they all count as clears
Can we please understand not every one is as good as SSL's or any high rank, we should respect our different skill levels
Yes
This probably happens way more often in low plat. When you reach plat 2 div 3+ u notice how everyone plays smarter and better. Probably because the high plats are closer to diamond lvl skill and lower plats are closer to gold lvl skill (especially with the mmr increase).Now even in high plat people sometimes make mistakes but it's not as often as it might be in low plat.
Definitely agree. I’ve plateaued in plat for a while now going up and down the levels and there is a huge difference between low plats and high plats. It’s almost night and day different
Yeah in Diamond this strategy definetily wont work. Especially in mid to high Diamond.
Im really shocked that Plat players play like that... I know im stuck for like a half a Year in Diamond, but i didnt know Plats play that bad...
@@rolandbrun3120 he showed casual gameplay at the beginning not ranked plat
@@rolandbrun3120 literally find the right plats not golds that just got into plats. So Idk why your still agreeing with this video.
Thats pretty placcurate..
"mechanical player" and "platinum" in the same sentence...
Bro, I’m so glad I came across this video. I was just fuming about how platinum rank seems to be a random mix of noobs and gods. It’s got to be the hardest rank to get out of. This video literally confirmed my thoughts, lol. Great work with the in-depth explanation too. 👍🏿
Anytime a “plat tournament winner” shows up in ranked or casual, i know im gettin the dub
Lol I've won 3 plat tourneys, now in diamond tourney MMR. My rank? Plat 1 with gold 2 mechanics. Ez dubs for my opponents
@@phily3190 If you won 3 plat tourneys, unless your getting carried by a champ you are a high plat/low diamond.
@@amelsalkic2998 my default go-to game mode is solo queue casual 3s. I've gotten really good at adapting my style to my teammates. And I've won tourneys with my boys too cuz we have good chemistry. Like I said, my mechanics are trash but I consider myself a team player
@@phily3190 that's definitely a problem with the ranking system around that level, you're getting carried, or you're lying. i'm sorry but that makes no sense. i like to give the benefit of the doubt though.
@@scubasteve6175 how many plat tourneys have you done? Sometimes you match up against diamonds doing double taps and fast aerials, other times you face golds with a good history in tourneys, leading to a high MMR for them. I just recently got back to diamond MMR, and I 100% get carried in diamond tourneys cuz I'm still only plat 2
Everybodys like "I hate Wayton now" or stuff, but he just gave us a new strategie
Not only that but in the process revealed flaws in the plat strategy:
- not pushing when you have an advantage
- rolling the ball towards the net when attacking instead of giving it some height and speed
- not using your teammate
- overcommiting when going for more mechanical plays
- being out of position
To get into diamond I began working on centering the ball for my tm8 to score (even setting up self goals by the defense), patrolling mid field, and sniping shot after shot from midfield. It's impressive how something that simple can get you so far.
@@Pelusteriano yes
@@Pelusteriano same
Please don't use this strat, it will drive diamonds insane when you get there. Just keep rotating and pressuring plays.
In plat, the winning strategy is to just take as many on target shots as you can. They don't have to be good shots, but if you just lob the ball at the goal, you'll probably win because people aren't good enough to rotate properly or consistently make saves.
Me as a plat: “I’m just here so I can get out of Gold.”
As I've played for 1 year and I'm still in plat, thanks for finally showing how insane plat lobby's really are. Its truly gonna be crazy in a few years just watch.
The reason this happens is because most plats can’t dribble or flick so they just flip at the ball hoping it goes in. I learnt a bit of dribbling and I went from plat 1 to plat 3 over the weekend now I am trying to learn flicks and reach diamond
Plat is so frustrating because people are good enough mechanically on offense kind of but nobody understands rotation and it's so hard to predict your teammates because every game is so unpredictable and solo queue is a mess
Just be passive, everybody ball chases
lol just fake challenge
@@xplosionsscuffness6036 and shadow
@@Name-fe4fk true they just throw away the ball most of the time
I pretty much instantly got out of plat once I started getting more consistent, in good moments they have the mechanics of a diamond but you need to do training packs until you aren’t letting in as many easy saves and missing as many aerials
The moment you realize this is your rank
its not my rank since it is yikes
Diamond in 2s lol
@@afootballplayer848 in any category really
Im platinum😭
Im bronze 😀
5:06 LITERALLY HOW ME AND MY FRIEND PLAYS EVERY GAME
“Platinum is the worst rank”
every minute 60 seconds pass
no
Fax
1 fact and 1 truth
as a plat, I cannot tell you how inconsistent everyone is. It confuses me so much, like are they going to hit the ball or miss completely???
Conclusion: Plat is W E I R D
Yeah I had a reverse aerial save a while back, and sometimes I still choke on easy plays
Agreed, inconsistent is the right word for us. Give us some space, we know what we're meant to be doing, it just doesn't always end well
Im convinced that once people get plat their brains turn off until they reach diamond
The reboot time varies which makes diamond the most random rank
*diamond 3
D3 and c1 are the only difference d2 and 1 are plat lol
@@reubenkimber champ 2*
The brains never get turned back on
Wayton: "platinum is the *worst* rank in Rocket league"
Me in silver: "what is platinum?
It drives me absolutely crazy when I'm the third, and the second man puts NO PRESSURE on the other team, on the ball or off the ball. What a saves me when it goes in, even though I'm 1 v 3'ing on the defense. Just wild really, simply astounding.
fun fact: mechanical plats watch more flip resets and air dribble videos than they have actually practiced
That is a falsehood. I'm a mechanical plat, but I've only watched more dribbling than I've practiced.
@Purple Leaf i did,I was being sarcastic
lol
I just got to plat 2 days ago and this is perfect timing
I'm trying to get to plat but now I think I'll take a break
@@sasdagreat8052 get the plat reward then come back to silver lmao AND I got carried in plat so I could get the rewards
@@crackiee. Lmao ye good idea, although it'll be a while before we get our season rewards. I actually got to plat 3 in 1s, but intentionally deranked to gold to play tournys w/o dying
@@crackiee. *scoffs in champ rewards*
@@Bleeglesplotch alright don’t flex now
I'm a plat 1 and my mechanics are exactly as they should be for my rank, no overkill but also not Bad. I'm properly rotating and all that. I only found myself stuck because teammates won't rotate or because of my faulty Decision making and consistency in shots. The problem with that as my consistency and decisions become better is that I can't make up for mates missing rotations. I've had everything of teammates from taking the ball from me while dribbling to sitting in the net the whole match. 😂
are you still plat ??
Yep, pretty accurate plat gameplay. Looks like my games where theres legit a mechanical god and the kid who legit cant aerial
I'm plat and everytime I watch plats on youtube I always think "why the fuck I get matched against tryhards doing a flip reset meanwhile plats in the vids are just...that"
I felt this comment, I’m now stuck in gold 3 and get quene with plats and there all sweats
@@kiddwrld6630 plats 1 and 2 are not that good, plats 3 are the sweats.
i 100% agree with this shit, it is so annoying, like, everyone is so dedicated to get out of plat that they just focus so much on the game they actually become stupid and toxic, i hate this
Bru, im plat and i feel disrespected. I expected something more from plats tho.
Just by reading the title
i started crying
okay when i finally got plat i was like “wow, i’m so good now” and then you explained why plats are bad and lemme just say-
it. makes. so. much. sense. 💀
Me being a plat for 2 seasons straight - I either hit shots like a GC or miss them like a bronze. There is no in between.
The title: *offends me immediately*
Me: *clicks video knowing I may get offended*
Also Me: Comments before watching the video.
Payton - “Platinum is the worst rank”
Champ players - “hold my beer”
I thought Diamond was the most frustrating rank, holy shit Champ is fighting right up there imo.
Lol same I hit champ and just keep going from d3 div 4 to champ and whenever I lose i just don’t want to play
Champ was the most fun rank for me
@@RlFz-zi5qi i'm D1 and play against champs in causal
some baffling touches and decision-making even in champ agreed. still a lot better than plat though, let's be real. think back man XD.
@@osmark86 I do have to look back and say yes, it’s kinda wacky in Plat and it looks insanely funny. But broooo, Champ has players with Platinum level mechanics and game sense and then they peak with the most insane touches and you’re left baffled 😮. Idk why, I’m more tilted at losing in Champ than when I was Plat.
5:39 "why this would never work at a high rank"
also wayton a few videos later (in GC): "omg this strat works so well!"
In plat you wait in net, that is the key to getting out of gold and getting through plat. If that means we're bad then so be it
As a plat, this is so accurate it hurts
Me as a diamond 1 listening to wayton: mhm yes good video magnificent fantastic.
Some dude: thats basically pla-
Me: shut up let me have fun
7:15
Plat: scores a ceiling shot
Wayton: this is why platinum is the worst rank
it was a very bad ceiling shot tho
As if he meant to do that
All right so here’s my theory, I’ve been in plat for a while I just recently got over into diamond im about mid diamond now, whenever I play casual I am like high Plat low diamond roughly, And I noticed the players who are platinum is different than the players who are diamond because platinum players play in this play style where they just wait for you to give them the ball back when you’re on defense so every platinum player plays basically the same since most of the time a plat won’t be concerned with how the other teams play to change their play style and so when you decide to use the space that they give you nine times out of 10 the game works out for you. If there’s Any tips to be given to a platinum player in the comments it’s learn how to dribble and get ball control and that will get you out of plat definitively
I'm a champ and I smurf sometimes to let off steam. Compared to diamond and champ your teammates are not only bad but also mess you up. The way to solo in plat is to play mad passive and wait for the ball. If I play aggressive in plat, doesn't matter how good my mechanics are ill lose every time. Easy way to win, just camp net and streak across field but rarely go past half. This won't work in diamond tho
@@amelsalkic2998 imagine smurfing. Sooo inexcusable Lmao
Wayton, you've ever heard about smurfs?
Plat is overwhelmed by smurfs atm.
Being a new player, once you reach plat, you meet eaither gold1 begginers, or diamond smurfs with 100 games played only.
Dont wanna insult you, but Diamonds still suck, especially after the season 3 mmr reset
@@CabbageLunatic every rank sucks from the point of view of higher ranks, obviously. But thats not the problem bro.
Me who’s been stuck in plat for a year:”yeah I know”
I’m sending this video to all my plat friends to make them mad 🤣😂
Plat : is the worst rank
Champ 2: Allow myself to introduce myself
Nobody:
Really nobody:
Not even a bronze player:
Wayton: GO BACKPOST!!!!!!!
Me who’s trying to get into platinum: bruh
Edit: just got plat 2 in the extra modes, now time to grind and get it in the core modes as well
I think this shows how different ranks require different strategies.
Bronze: just actually hit it
Silver: Just actually hit it towards the goal
Gold: Save on occasion and boom in a shot from half field
Plat: (Fast) shots with height.
Diamond: Let you know if I get there. :-D
But at these low ranks, you do get so much value from just being able to save. In 3s, sometimes I realise I have to just stay back, make all the saves, and hope my team score on the basis of probability - because they will not save it on the counter.
I clicked faster then my mom can say put that Phone away..
Plat and D1/D2 since the new MMR change
Ayo leave the diamonds outta this
You say I'm bad I can flip rest and double tap
What I learned: Wayton stages his example clips
6:03 correction wayton. “Above” average mechanics.
playing as a solo, climbing through plat, in my opinion in some cases it was easier for me to give the ball than fighting for it in their corner. it was just easier and more secure for me to block the attack.
Me: About to get a full boost pad
My plat opponent: Hippity Hoppity your boost is now my property
I’m only a low diamond but I completely agree. They’re all too confident and think they’re better than they are and do pointless things
the tm8 that touch me are the worst in the universe, they hit the ball in a terrible position, but when it comes to saving her they fail her like never before in her life
Wayton the kind of guy to start playing casual and immediately makes fun of the other team for being bad lmao
Platinum is such a frustrating rank, I'm not the most mechanical player but I have good game sense and I'm constantly screaming at my tv for someone to challenge. The amount of times I see people in plat either not go the ball at all or just send it down the field to the opponents as some kind of hail mary pass is just absurd
i was hardstuck in gold 3 for 4 months straight, then finally reached plat 1 after my 3rd most stressful game defense-wise, and then watched this video ☠
Plat is a weird rank to be in. I'm currently in Plat III after taking a break and falling from Diamond II. But the hardest thing in Plat is that the player skill and knowledge varies hugely. In Gold and Diamond you know what to expect. Not so in Plat. One match you have guys rotating well, doing air dribbles, wall shots, defending back post etc. Then the next match your teammate is ball chasing, driving literally right behind or on top of you, leaving the mid field AND net open, or even hitting you to take the ball when you already have it. It's frustrating to the point of not wanting to play to get back to Diamond.
Fun vid, needed more explanation of why you think plat is the worst rank imo. Felt like it was just a throwaway comment that players can climb to plat with a multitude of skills, with other areas significantly lacking. As a high rated player I can see that you can climb to plat with 0 mechanics and decent positioning, or 0 positioning with decent mechanics, but I think it would've improved the vid to have that explained in greater depth. Keep up the good work :)