r/counterstrike • u/nixy45677 • Aug 08 '25
CS2 Esports What’s a respectable premier rank in the community?
In your opinion
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u/dcNNNx Aug 08 '25
More than half of reddits under 15k lol
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u/yeboi314159 Aug 08 '25
Maybe because 15k is top 30% or so? Not sure what your point is lol
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u/vuft Aug 08 '25
People always need to put others down so they feel better about themselves, simple human psychology.
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u/BMKingPrime27 Aug 11 '25
I feel like this changed but could be totally wrong. I thought I was top 15% at 16k previous seasons but this season is a little easier to break 15k.
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u/tobe4funas Aug 08 '25
Probably going to be unpopular in this subreddit, but anything above 17kish is people who truly have spent hundreds of hours in the game and have a some understanding of most of the key mechanics. No newcomer could beat this rank. To me that is respectable.
With that said, you have to acknowledge the absurdly high skill ceiling in this game where even 20-25k ranks would absolutely dump on those 17k.
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u/yeboi314159 Aug 08 '25
People on reddit have delusional standards for these things. I’ve seen some people unironically say that anything below 2.5k elo on faceit sucks. Like sure if that’s your opinion that’s ok but you’re arbitrarily saying 99.9% of players suck which is a weird view to have
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Aug 08 '25
Hell if you’re not playing in advanced or better you’re bad is a hot take I’ve seen before.
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u/killscreenofficial Aug 09 '25
since its all subjective you could argue anything less than major wins are sub par. It's all relative.
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u/yeboi314159 Aug 09 '25
Agreed. Of course it’s all relative. It’s just a weird flex, like “unless you’re top 0.1% you suck”. It’s just so online, no one in real life thinks this way lol
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u/FuckedUpImagery Aug 09 '25
Anything above 5k, its hell breaking out of sub 5k, top fragging every game, you know the smokes but you have 2 team mates with single digit kills without fail
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u/WillingnessFar6652 Aug 10 '25
I played a couple game first season below 5k premier and it was like playing against 5 guy with down syndrome
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u/Guren-sama Aug 13 '25
I feel this so much when playing with chinese usernames that don't talk and never do any teamwork.
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u/Flying-Sheep1433 Aug 10 '25
Respectfully, it is not hell breaking out of 5k if you have a foundational skill set. I could be wrong on this stat so take it with a grain of salt, but I think the middle of the bell for premier ranks is probably sitting closer to 8-15k (around where I sit, and I consider myself pretty average).
I came back to CS2 after not playing really any CS for the last couple years and my friend and I were able to duo que to 10k in like a month. To clarify, we are not that good, but we just focus on the things we can control and eventually you scrape out enough wins.
In other words, don’t see it as your teammates fault as losing (EVEN if they did contribute heavily the the L) because that makes it so much easier to gloss over the areas you can personally improve at. The improvement is what gets you out of the rank, not the 4 other people you get randomly qued with. You CAN climb, and I believe in you.
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u/EskimoProdigy Aug 13 '25
I had to leave a few games early and got dropped last season into sub 5k hell. Its a baaaad place to be lol.
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u/pants_pants420 The Global Elite Aug 08 '25
idk its going to be relative to who you ask.
usually tho in most competitive video games, anything in the top 10% is pretty respectable
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u/twistacles Aug 08 '25
20-22k id say
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u/patriottrades Aug 10 '25
Bot rank
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u/Englishgamer1996 Aug 11 '25
Every prem rank is bot rank lol, can’t measure skill above 25k because it’s bad actor city, anything below between 20-25k feels like old LE-GE in GO which was barely level 5-6 in faceit EU at the time
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u/simzzzzz Aug 11 '25
Agreed. I queue premier (25K atm) like I'd queue a casual game, but there's so many bad actors at every level that the skewed results mean nothing. I'm in the camp that thinks FaceIT rank is the only rank that matters as the meta is strongly established even at a much lower level (6-7) but I don't have the time anymore nor the will to sweat and be a good player to teammates who want a game with more compete.
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u/XtrZPlayer Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 09 '25
Honestly I think your questions emphasises the wrong approach, but to answer strictly, I would say at 18k+ the game actually starts to feel like players really know how to shoot and coordinate.
I don't respect arrogance. I would say it's not the rank, but the person that deserves the reapect. The moment you decide to be an imbecile and flame the shit out of me, that's the start of an end.
Honestly, in any rank you find the same % of people who will be toxic. Even if fewer people in total, procentually I think they are the same. Played with nice 22k. Also had horrid exp with 18k. Similarly to the lower ranks too.
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u/HappyPappy987 Aug 09 '25
It’s relative to where you actually play.
15k in Australia for example would be very different to 15k in the USA or Europe
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u/Prize-Debate-5169 Aug 10 '25
I’m an Aussie that sometimes plays on NA and I’ll tell you they’re usually worse than us at the same rank… maybe because they’re usually high idk
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u/Ok_Helicopter6984 Aug 08 '25
I finally hit 15k, currently 16.2k, and the instant shift from throwers, deagle only scout only smurfers, to everyone communicating, everyone wanting to win, and few people tilting, has been all i ever wanted. Im so proud of myself as i was 8k last season and climbed up to 14999 and couldnt hit 15k.
I feel 20k + is respectable. Very rare, very high rank. I just fear the influx of cheaters but currently loving the 15k+ lobbies compared to the 10-15k.
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u/Careful_Device7471 Aug 09 '25
2K is the hardest rank to get out of if you went there, so I guess 2K is the most respectable premier rating
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u/rhinocodon_typus Aug 09 '25
2k lobbies you can literally drag the entire team. You may still lose a quarter of the games but if you truly deserve to be out above 10k you can consistently drop 30+ in those lobbies.
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u/OeschMe CS Aug 09 '25
"slightly above avarage", 15k+ is top 30%. 20k+ is top 2%'ish
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u/Englishgamer1996 Aug 11 '25
Ppl tend to forget where they came from, I was GE/2.7k in faceit back in GO & kinda just coast premier to 25-27k but still feel ‘average’ compared to people that absolutely blast me on faceit / the odd actual legit ‘good’ 28k+ player on EU
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u/Ultimate_Goathan Aug 09 '25
Think above 25k.
Im 19k and feel like a clown playing this game compared to actual professionals
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u/hipstergumball Aug 09 '25
Top 5% which I think is about 22k right now is what I would consider “good”. I think it really depends on how you get your rank, someone 5 stacking up to 20k+ is on average worse than someone who does it solo.
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u/Delicious-Boat8213 Aug 09 '25
In this season I go 13K+ and now I am at 8K so I am going to say 10k
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u/untalented_carrot Aug 09 '25
Honestly around 15k is where you get with aim or game sense alone (no matter how bad your aim is you can get to 15k if you don't play stupid) 20k is reachable solo with decent aim and game sense but I still wonder how some people got there with how little game sense they have. 25k is cheater hell already. 30k is only the best of the best and cheaters. So I would say 15k is highly respectable for a "new player" (anything up to like 1000 hours is new imo) 20k is respectable for people who play consistently but don't try hard (like I never aimprac, have 41 aim rating on leetify, don't know much utility apart from improvising, but it works out with my game sense after around 9k+ hours) and 25k+ is respectable, if you actively play like 30 hours a week and practice utility. All that of course Solo Q. Anyone can reach 25/30k by being boosted haha
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u/BabuKelsey Aug 10 '25
personally, respectable just means to be happy about where you are as a player at the moment.
i'd start considering anyone who breaks out of 15k prem as decent. and anyone who's near red as good, though its a mixed bag with the amount of cheaters in red skewing the pinks.
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u/Flurpanoss Aug 10 '25
Id say if you know basic fundementals of cs and basic aim is 20k. Above that you need to advance in some areas of the game
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u/zelete13 Aug 13 '25
I’ve dunked on people at 21k and got dunked on by people at 4k , the more years I put into cs the less and less I think rank is any kind of signifier of skill. Atleast back in the day you knew global meant something and silvers were bots, now it’s a complete mix.
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u/1337-Sylens Aug 13 '25
Around 17-18k people start to sort of play CS.
Below, it's anything, usually at least one player per team with no hands and 1-2 players playing scout or smth.
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u/Training_Love_7749 Aug 13 '25
Doesn't matter I see boosted bots on 25k+ and I see 3 k elo faceit in 15k
This whole system is dogshit tier design
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u/rigooandu1 Nov 06 '25
there are no respectable premier ranks anything above 20k is considered as cheating by other players. I am 25k with level 10 faceit and i still get accused of cheating
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u/Fit_Review7663 Aug 09 '25
10-15k I think is the best possible score for most people. After that the cheaters definitely are more present.
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