Free play is very needed to rank up Firstly it is good to use free play to practice. 2 if you play on PC you can use bakkas mod to pause your free play game. So in tight areas like in air dribbles you can pause in the tight areas like the carry

I am dia 3 now, and my best tip would be to work on your defense, play 1s and try to really work on defense, I would also recommend the training packs: Uncomfortable saves and Shadow defense (I’ll put code here if I find it), try to do these training packs not every time you play but just once a week, I am complete shit on attack but good on defense which is very helpful when you play with Randoms bc they are most of the time the opposite. Just try to learn rotation if you play 2s or 3s and don’t worry about your rank. I used to be champ, then dropped to dia 1 and now dia 3, and I am way better that I was when I was in champ. Also don’t forget to enjoy yourself, gl.

Based on what you have described, I would recommend three things: 1) Work on the basics. You don't need to flip reset to beat a gold, all you need is to not whiff. I recommend learning wave dashes and proper air-rolls. 2)Training packs. Lots and lots of training packs. Its tedious, i know, but it helps. Defense, aerial, shooting, wall shots, they all help you get consistent touches and hits. 3) Confidence. Every time you go for the ball, you need to know in your head "I'm gonna win this," or "this shot will score." Without the confidence, training is pointless. Some other, less important stuff that helped me improve weas learning speedflips and working on ceiling shots. I cant do a ceiling shot, but i helped me with controlling my car in the air. Lmk if you want more tips, ill be happy to help.

1, switch to controller. 2. fundamentals. 3. being smart is more important than clipping someone. 4. don’t go for high ariel shots, because if you miss the other team will take advantage and strike making it a 3v2, 2v1, or 1v0, so stay on the ground and go for power shots. 5. Keep on the grind and never give up

Ok here it goes, you don’t need to be good at this game right now… you need to be SMART at the game. Right now with well over 1k hours I rarely hit a musty flick and I’ve hit maybe 5 flip resets in game so unless you’re grinding ones learn the basics like basic aerials and basic dribbling (even then you prob won’t need that for a bit) but more importantly learn how to play smart, not “well”

My best advice would be to work on speed flips and power shots 👍

I’ve been where you’re at and I feel you, just listen to what -goose- says bc it’s really good advice. And don’t switch to controller, if you do you basically have to start over again

Thank you guys for your postivity i will try to improve as yall say,maybe switch to controller but i think theres no point if ive got 500 hhours on KBD but i give it a shot .As i saw i will do more training packs and gather more confidence through my games

Ik it migth be hard but controller is way more consistent and i think it wont take to long to make that switch. As many others said defence is most important. If you feel like your playing worse than normaly heres a thing that helped me. Try to play with a weird car (i recommend merc)

play on controller

If you work on defending, rotation, and ball control you will hit diamond easily. Remember just have fun and don’t overthink everything. I have not seen your games so this is all I can say, this helped me so I hope it will help you.

Im a champ 3 and I recommend play with a friend that is good or the same rank or play 1's or when in training do the things you like to do

One piece of advice that I haven’t seen yet is to find some teammates that you can trust. Don’t solo queue(play with randoms) because this will cause you to loose a lot more games. But yes you should play a lot of ones and mainly focus on defense and recovery mechanics like half flips and wave dashes. Focus on landing on your wheels and learn how to speed aerial. These are just some simple mechanics that will make you play a lot faster.

Switch to controller it’s just so much easier trust me

My best tip is to honestly switch to controller, it’s almost inherently easier and more effective for man mechanics in the game

What platform are you playing on?

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I was diamond last season (I've quit ranked now and idk why it says I'm plat but I'm not) and my best advice is playing with a good teammate and not solo queuing

@Zsoti i can help if u want im plat cuz i dont grind this game but if u want i can coach you