magic shared tips on gaining ELO on the FACEIT platform from players on her main CS2 roster
Members of the magic team posted a collaborative guide on the club’s official Telegram channel on how to effectively improve individual ratings on FACEIT. Svyatoslav “MaSvAl” Masko, Nikita “tenzy” Kochenyuk, Vitaly “sFade8” Marushka, Andrey “AW” Anisimov, and Abdurakhim “mo0N” Isa provided a detailed breakdown of communication in the lobby, mental preparation, dueling tactics, and training formats.
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tenzy was the first to share his vision of a successful match. The esports player emphasized the importance of team play and the proper distribution of responsibilities among teammates on the server:
— To boost your ELO, it’s enough to play as a duo. Once you’ve found a lobby, focus on the spots where the game is most often decided for CT.
— And on the T side, you just need to clearly explain to each random player in the lobby what they should do, because not everyone understands your game plan for the round.
— And make sure to follow through on plays until the very end—every little detail matters.
Next, mo0N provided basic recommendations for selecting teammates based on a player’s current competitive level. He identified a specific rating threshold beyond which you need to change your approach to finding matches:
— If you have a low ELO (under 2500), it’s better to put together a 5-person squad and play together often. Once you’re past 2500, I think you should play solo or in a duo in Premier.
MaSvAl also emphasized the importance of in-game coordination. Rifler noted that having a clear plan makes it much easier to secure a victory on any map:
— To gain ELO faster, you need to push lanes; when the team plays with a strategy, it’s easier to win. Alternatively, you can carry the game by dominating the lanes, but that’s harder and doesn’t always work out
AW kept his comments as concise as possible. The esports player highlighted two key factors that he considers the main steps toward improving individual performance:
— Play more than others
— Always play with someone
The final set of recommendations was presented by sFade8. Despite a long hiatus from playing on this platform, the esports player laid out a detailed plan of action for improving individual shooting and highlighted a training routine to follow between competitive matches:
There’s a straightforward guide on FACEIT (I haven’t played it in about 2.5 years). Different players have different goals. I’ll just explain how I see it:
— You just go to a contact spot and try to win the first duel, and then you simply pick off the rest of the players. As you move around the map, you confidently take on duels, practice a lot, and try to win them.
— Let’s take Mirage as an example: at A, there’s a pit. You take out the “heads”—you know, the support player—then you move in, take out the mid-lane player if you’ve been spotted, and so on.
— You evaluate every 1v1: where you could’ve played better, killed better, closed the gap, and so on.
— You try to objectively evaluate what you’re doing. You don’t flatter yourself or whine.
— Play DM after FACEIT or between matches, and play against bots between matches.
That’s it.
Your ELO will go up on its own.
Earlier, representatives from the FACEIT platform extended the availability of the general voice chat between teams during side changes until the end of the ninth competitive season, adding a console command to disable it completely.
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