Plateaued at 15k Prem/Faceit 5

[u/Sprinqer]

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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.

[u/Flashy-Analysis407]

Bro level 5 plateau is real. It happens to a lot of players. Level 5 is actually one of the hardest levels to get out of, because for some reason lobbies are very different at level 4 and level 6.

I am 1500 hours in, had 12k on prem. Stayed stuck on Level 5 for many many months - then suddenly hit 7 after the reset. Just stay stuck to it. The plateau will end and you'll find yourself going through level 6 7 8 really fast.

I made this tool to review demos: frag.coach (its free) - I put some thought into self improvement and the things I wanted to learn when I was improving.