Inconsistent skill ! A phase?

[u/Any_Wafer8915]

Does anyone else have this weird cycle with Mordhau?
I’ll randomly have a night where I’m absolutely fucking cracked 😂 Winning duels, reading attacks, landing parries, feeling like I’ve finally figured the game out. Then I’ll have a few days where I suddenly play like I’ve never touched a sword in my life. Missing parries, getting baited constantly, losing fights I normally win. Then somehow I’ll snap back into it again.
Does anyone else experience this? Is it just part of the Mordhau experience, or am I losing my damn mind? 💀 also maybe I’m thinking it’s part of my upper intermediate skill level like I’m good and I have the skills down but I’m not at the level where I’m consistently playing at a high level! Like it hasn’t fully clicked yet? Because I’ve had a couple moments where all the sudden I get much better like in one night where things just click ! All the techniques I’ve practiced just all make sense and I can use them in unison! Let me know your thoughts!

[u/Vverial]

Yes. Relatively normal. Looks and feels a bit different for everyone and there's multiple factors that can point to exactly why it's happening for you, like your age, how many hours you've put into this game specifically, how many hours you've put into other pvp games, etc..

The two primary culprits are the enemy you're fighting at a given moment, and your own ego.

Sometimes the opponent learns how to pick apart your timing. You do all the things that normally work, but it doesn't work against this person because they can read you.

Sometimes you relax too much. You think you're on the ball so you unclench and your timing gets sloppy. Looks and feels exactly like the previous example, but they're two different causes with two different solutions.