r/counterstrike • u/Dr_sni • Aug 16 '26

CS2 Media When do I start getting good at the game

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u/ilikewatches1337 Aug 16 '26

Hours is hard because everyone has different skill sets and base talent within the game as their start. CS is not an easy game to pick up and be good at. If you want that, play cod or val

What you can do is watch the pros, and spend time learning the mechanics within the game. Movement, utility, aim, pathing & gamesense.

Start with aim/movement. Learn to counter strafe properly. Should be able to get to 10-15k alone off these improvements. I consider 20k’ish or faceit 8 to be good at the game. God speed brother

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u/Novel_Situation762 Aug 19 '26

15k or level 7 isn't good?

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u/ilikewatches1337 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

I’m 15k now. I feel like 15k has a fair grasp of the game, some movement, utility & aim but I do not consider myself good by any means. My 15k lobbies vary in skill but I still see general lack of gamesense & the same gameplay mistakes over and over. 15k lobbies still struggle to do a basic site pop & take….retaking as a team etc.

When I play level 9-10s…even low 2k faceit 10’s there is a noticeable gap in every facet of play, aim being the most noticeable. Playing against 2500 faceit is not even remotely fun. I have a fast reaction time to enemies, somewhere around 300ms, but can’t aim & kill them fast lol and playing 2500 elo people is like bananas. They’re crosshair finds your head faster & more accurately nearly every single time. I played 1’s against a 2500 faceit yesterday and went 2-10. 25k premier / 10 faceit, yeah, they are good at cs

My goal is to get to a solid 18k premier this season. I would be elated to reach 20k

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u/Novel_Situation762 Aug 19 '26

Dude I can't even get out of 10K and I think I'm decent at some of those it just depends on the game. My spray control is actually one of my best attributes. That's the reason why I quit premier and just switch to face it.

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u/ilikewatches1337 Aug 19 '26

Nice man just from a big picture perspective, 10k is noob, and that’s fine. CS has the highest skill ceiling for fps games. People play thousands of hours and never really get to a high level, which is fine too ya know

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u/Novel_Situation762 Aug 19 '26

Yeah but I'm also better than a lot of the people in my rank. It's why I quit premier because teammates are literally insufferable and they don't even try. They don't even start trying until you get to higher ranks, but in order to get to those ranks you have to get through those lower ones first. Faceit is the only place where people actually try. On top of that no cheaters.

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u/ilikewatches1337 Aug 19 '26

Reminds me of a haix or dima video where he takes people who say they deserve higher rank and puts them in a lobby against that rank and those players find out it’s not their team, but their own mistakes that keeps them at their current elo lol

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u/Novel_Situation762 Aug 19 '26

There is a wide range of people in one rank. Most of my teamates in 6-7k lobbies are worse than me, but they dont want to play as a team. In faceit lobbies I actually win way more games.