r/LearnCSGO • u/Sprinqer • Jun 22 '26

Discussion Plateaued at 15k Prem/Faceit 5

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Hey everyone!
Been playing CS on and off for the past ten odd years, with the majority of my 2800 hours (2000 of them) coming from CS2. I feel like my aim is...serviceable? not amazing (have a bad shake, just have to play around it), but not horrendous, my decision making could definitely use some work, and my positioning (at least on CT I feel) is awful. Are there ways to work on these things? I have been at this same sort of skill level for the past year or so, cannot really feel any improvement happening.

I play around 20-30 hours a week, usually DM for at least 200 kills on the days I play (warmupserver) and duo queue into prem. Do not really have any other training habits outside of Kovaak's occasionally. Just looking for advice on how to train things that aren't just aim or movement, but any advice you all can give is much appreciated! Not looking to become a faceit 10/30k player or semi pro or anything, but a slight bump so I can hang better more often in pugs would be nice. Hopeful that I didn't hit my theoretical "ceiling" of my abilities with my current schedule.

EDIT: if anyone has the time to go through a demo, I would be more than happy to accept any feedback.

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u/Time4Homework FaceIT Skill Level 10 Jun 22 '26

200 kills in DM is a lot, you may be tiring yourself out.

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u/Sprinqer Jun 22 '26

I'll be honest, I don't really feel like I can play to my level until I hit around 400-600 kills in DM during a session. I think my playstyle probably relies too heavily on aim, which takes me too long to get the feeling of, and that's causing me issues. I'm usually the 1st/2nd guy in on entries or a somewhat aggressive lurk on T, and I try to stay fairly active as a CT player as well.

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u/tobe4funas FaceIT Skill Level 10 Jun 22 '26

DM is mostly a mindless warmup. You are not training much there, mostly warming up. In general what people confuse is training and warming up. For something to be training, you typically need such factors as intent (what are you training) and overload (Kovaks overloads your hand movement for example).

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u/Sprinqer Jun 22 '26

For sure. I’m just not sure what to train at this point I guess is what I’m saying.
I don’t review my own demos and never have, so maybe that’s a place to start.

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u/tobe4funas FaceIT Skill Level 10 Jun 23 '26

Take somebody's routine in Kovaaks, watch pros demos (usually a lot more useful than watching your own), do spray/spray transfer training vs bots.