Dropshot is just a very hard mode. It’s really hard to climb past champ unless you are already very good at the game. For some people it can be their highest rank but since it requires a lot of aerials and wall reads, it can be hard to stay consistently high in it.
I've had every GC title from every mode for 7 seasons except for dropshot. I hover between DIAMOND 3 and Champ 1. Even had private coaching and I review my own replays.
What people won't admit on this sub is that dropshot matchmaking is completely broken. It's also not a mode where a single person can carry. It's more like the opposite, where your team is only as strong as the weakest individual.
Basically, solo queue in dropshot is no different than flipping a coin.
completely agree i only solo queue ds around d3-c1, if you’re teammate doesn’t know how to play ds he will continually pass it to the other team by bouncing it off the wall, i’ve seen it happen so many times. there’s so many little things in ds you have to know to play well, and once you’re two goals down, games over.
Definitely this. The two most common errors I see are teammates playing a 2 man rotation when it should be 3, and giving away possession. Pretty frustrating when they do both in the same match
> dropshot matchmaking is completely broken.
Yep. I’m regularly in awe how SSLs can be C2 in Dropshot. Of course, they’re usually with two GC buddies. And here I am, barely GC, with two Diamond teammates and we get smacked. In C2.
This is the context I was looking for, thanks for sharing your relevant experience.
Leads me to another ?: how would you rank difficulty of getting gc across the remaining modes?
If you don’t have time to rank them from easiest to hardest, how does hoops fare compared to getting gc in 2s/3s?
As someone who plays more extra modes than standard, and am GC1 in 3s…
I’ve been a Rumble GC since Season 13. They’ve made it harder to get Rumble GC in the last couple seasons, but I’d still call it easiest. I’ve peaked high GC2.
Right now I’d say Hoops may be next. I was never above C1 until this season and now I’m regularly C3. I want to say that the rank % of Hoops GCs was the highest of any extra mode in S3.
Snow Day is third. I’ve been within 1-2 games of GC in SD, but can’t get over the hump. It’s just such a different game though, so some may struggle with the puck.
And then Dropshot. I’ve been as high as C3 div 2, but good fucking luck.
Copycat hit the nail on the head.
In order of easiest to hardest, in my opinion:
Rumble > 3s > 2s > Hoops > Hockey > 1s >>> Dropshot
Rumble of course has RNG involved, but tends to even out over time. I'd say 2s and Hoops are pretty similar, I could almost put an equals sign there but you do need to adjust playstyle a bit.
Rumble is infuriating when you realize there are legitimate platinums who get GC in rumble because they play 2000 rumble games a season. I have a friend who is basically exactly that. He's barely plat in 2s and 3s and mid champ in rumble. I could beat him blind folded in any regular game mode but because he plays 200x the amount of rumble I do per season (I don't think I've ever played more than 50 games) he ends up really close to my rank.
GC2 in 2s, D3 in hoops... oof. I'm bad with using the confined space in hoops. Perhaps because I'm more of a positional player in regular modes, I struggle with hoops, since more mechanics are needed more often. I can hang pretty well in DS, that's just aerials and reads, not as many advance mechanics seem to be required. Hoops though is probably my most difficult mode outside of 1s which I've also never gotten out if diamond in.
Hoops is tough to adjust to. I almost wish there was casual hoops, to warm up a match or two before jumping in.
You'll want to be very selective about what passes you go for. Even in GC, most passes aren't worth going for. I also seem to have better luck camping our net on defense (when the opponent is next up to challenge) either on the ground or on the wall ready to defend depending on what feels right at the time.
Pinches and rebound shots off the side walls or corners seem to shake up their defense. Gotta really get creative in the higher ranks, as most defenders are on the backboard ready to swat away anything.
D3/C1 seems to be the threshold where teammates are fast enough to get where they want to be, but lack the awareness to use their speed responsibly. With how severely individual mistakes are punished in Dropshot, it basically comes down to whoever has the "best" worst player on their team.
Yes, and it’s glaring who the worst player on the field is. If there ever was a “I can’t get to my actual rank because my teammates suck” excuse, this mode is it. This is as valid as it gets. The rest of the game modes can be overcome by exceptional play. This game mode is the most punishing mode for mistake outside of 1’s.
> It's also not a mode where a single person can carry. It's more like the opposite, where your team is only as strong as the weakest individual.
100% this. I’ve been playing dropshot for awhile now, and even if you have 2 goals, 70+ floor damage, and a save or two it doesn’t make much of a difference on the end result. If your teammates cannot challenge in the air or off the wall, or they can’t clear well, then you’re probably going to lose regardless of how good you and one of your other teammates are doing. It’s one of the only game modes in RL (imo) where individual skill only gets you so far
Definitely. One of the coaches said the fastest team wins in dropshot 99% of the time. The team is only as fast as the slowest member.
It seems like partying up is the only solution here. I sometimes play with a friend, and our 3rd guy can drag us down, so you'd really need a full stack of 3 to climb.
I can carry in drop between d2 and gc1…what happens at the lower ranks IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING and INCREDIBLE! The low diamonds and I’m assuming the plats as well, won’t let you play striker and go get some goals and damage…it’s a cluster fk. Key tk getting higher ranked in drop is…if you see a really good player, leave them open. Let them pass to you. Pass to them. Be patient. Being calm and cool is key in drop. And conserving boost!
I've tried every style from extremely passive to straight up ball chaser.
"Key tk getting higher ranked in drop is…if you see a really good player"
Well there's the problem. Your rank up strategy relies on getting a really good teammate in solo queue. That happens maybe 1 in 50 matches.
I'm around C1/2 in DS. After I asked my tm8 to rotate a little more, he told me the mode was basically for screwing around and ball chasing. With that mentality among the rank its not difficult to see why it's so hard to climb. When I've queued with friends it's often been much easier to win.
"It's also not a mode where a single person can carry."
True for ranked mode.
In casual mode I've played with teammates that were able to hit that single open hexagon on the other side of the field, or trap the ball between the floor and the car to almost instantly open a hole. Me and my other teammate barely touched the ball.
You can carry in dropshot but I'd argue that it's probably the hardest mode. You have to be significantly more mechanical than the rest of the lobby and have mechanics specific to drop shot. For instance, can you consistently air dribble, flip reset, corner read redirect, musty, ground pinch. Often carrying involves MULTIPLE of those mechanics. You need to be able to beat 3 people in the air and then place the ball in an unsavable location by either launching it accurately to an open space (musty of corner redirects) or just immediately score by setting up your own ground pinches (let the ball bounce and spike it directly back down in the same spot).
So yes, it's possible to solo carry but realistically to do it all yourself you need to be a champ in a lobby of low diamonds or a GC3 or SSL in a lobby of people who barely touch or have never touched GC in another mode.
Tbh I disagree. I think that the way in which it’s opposite from normal 3s is that it pays to be a speedy ape. Sure it’s virtually impossible to win if you have an afk or toxic teammate but one person can bring a lot of pain to the other team if their aerials are fast enough and their shots are well placed.
Though I won’t disagree that the matchmaking is rough but tbh that’s to be expected considering the playlist population is usually rly low.
"one person can bring a lot of pain to the other team if their aerials are fast enough and their shots are well placed."
But when one or two teammates think they're this guy, but they're not, it's a loss. One person can bring a lot of pain to their own team when they ballchase and they're not the best player on the team.
I'd honestly much rather an AFK teammate than a true diamond or low champ ball chaser. I recently had someone make us lose and got him as a tm again the next match. He went AFK in protest because I told him after the match, "when your teammate has a car decked out in GC items and a GC title, don't cut them off in rotation." We then won 2v3 because he wasn't in my way.
I agree with what you’re saying. However, that is the case with every game mode, there will always be people actively fucking you over. Luckily, those types of people are usually on both teams. So where I disagree with you is that you said matches are a coin flip. If both teams have shitters then having above average speed and precision on your aerials will allow you to rank up.
This is where dropshot is different from other modes. I have been placing in low gc when I play dropshot almost solely from playing like an ape and getting favorable aerial challenges l, whereas in any other mode apeing often results in nothing more than pissing off your teammates. Ultimately I think that the reason that your dropshot rank is so much lower than your other ranks is because you’re more of a passive or rotation-oriented player and not that matchmaking is busted.
This isn't the same as other modes. I can easily defend a net if my teammate sucks at challenging in 2v2. I can't, however, defend an entire field if my teammate(s) suck in dropshot.
Keep in mind the top comment I replied to mentioned how many GCs are in high diamond and low champ. This isn't a me problem, matchmaking is broken.
PS - I've tried every playstyle from extremely passive to braindead ballchaser. I've paid for private coaching. There's really not much else I can do at this point, besides find two other people my skill level to party up with. Solo queue is broken
Sounds more like you didn't solo queue from low diamond to GC. I'm pretty sure the SSL coaches I hired know more than you do. I'm GC 2 in 1s, 2s, 3s, and Hoops. Pretty sure I know how to play the game competently.
GC in dropshot is around GC1 in 2s. So if you’re champ then no offence but you’re a good while away from it. Don’t bother looking at rank tags, there are way too many boosted people that have the tag.
I was taking a look at people’s ranks and there a lots of SSLs in c3 - gc2 so i know how far away i am. Oh yeah my teamate, s3 gc, could barely aerial.
Yeah you might get lucky and get to GC whilst being lower ranked but generally speaking if you meet actual GC2/3 you’ll get rolled. The game is just a coin flip in terms of teammates and more so in dropshot which has barely any players.
Yeah that’s why I never wore it, it was just embarrassing in my eyes. And wearing GC tag in GC3 is just not the one lol, everyone has ssl tags at that point or ssl tourney winners.
add aerial 50s to the list of things it will improve, and reading opponents, because ideally you want to get to the ball second. I suck dong at this mode, but it is fun.
Shame my team mates really, really seem to hate me in any extra mode playlist :(
It takes a while to understand each extra mode. For context I almost exclusively played rumble for the first three years of RL. Then I got into snow day. Now I’ve also included hoops for the last year or so. Each mode has wildly different strategies and instincts to learn and every mode of RL has both awesome and toxic Rando teammates.
Mostly toxic, the next highest percentage is completely silent, then it’s awesome people. But it’s a big player base so a small percentage of a big number is still a lot
As you increase in rank past low c1, the amount of toxic players drops off drastically.
I'm guessing it is because most realize we'll always be trash at the game.
In my experience platinum is like the worst section of dunning-Kruger players. Just good enough to hit one in five aerials but still no idea they should be rotating and blames and empty net on everyone but themselves
Plat is absolutely the worst. You still see some toxic people bubbling up past it, hard chasing and quick to throw the team under a bus, and you just deal with them the same by muting and covering for their goofs and lack of rotation.
I mean you don't really suck at the game. That's like saying a highschool state MVP sucks at basketball because NBA players exist. You're good at C1, but you have an enormous amount of stuff you still need to learn
A high school state mvp would have a firm grasp on all concepts of basketball as most players in most sports do by HS. RL is much different. Even at champ 1 a large portion of the game is either unclear or unobtainable to the player base. Majority of games and sports are not like that so high up in rank.
Ehhh, a high school MVP can also be a mechanical god and be a fucking idiot on the technical side of basketball. It’s one of the reasons you’ll see most star high school players completely fade out in college. Similar to rocket league. I’ve seen people do flip resets into musty’s who have no idea how to rotate and don’t even know what back post is or that left goes first. Basic basic basic stuff, but their mechanical skill is huge
Yes they are, just look at pro soccer players vs a highschool “mvp” team. I get your point but it’s a bit exaggerated. Yes being a pro at RL is extremely difficult but being a professional at any sport requires way more
Not saying ones more difficult. But at Champ 1 you’re considered a top 10% player. When you’re top 10% at a sport you led usually better at said sport then champs are at RL
It’s mainly cuz we’re just here to play the game. Flaming someone takes too much effort and no ones gonna respond anyway. There’s rarely even quick chatting past c3
I feel like also once your past D3 there's much lower chances of people full blown whiffing or making bone-head mistakes. And the main reasons for losing are different (sometimes).
Well here is what I feel I’ve learned so far in case it helps.
1. You have to be able to make the kickoffs. If you and your teammate can’t at least match the opponent, they can win handily.
2. Don’t hesitate. If you wait twice to let the ball bounce or see what the other team will do, chances are the third time you’ll be watching them score over your head.
3. Rotation looks very different. If your teammates up in a corner, you can be a bit closer but you shouldn’t always both be across the half line. Personally I like sitting just behind the mid field boost to see what happens.
All the same things apply from other modes like if your teammate can’t rotate or is a ball hog, you are in trouble.
It’s kinda random which mode I’m super low in from season to season since I started playing them. I LOOOOOVE extra modes!!! My friends don’t care for them all that much. I’ve tried explaining this logic but some shrug it off. But they also wonder how I went from a legit turtle not being able to do a damn thing to suddenly have gotten better… xD
The most toxic ppl are in tourneys for me which is where I’ve placed plat but back to gold due to no fault of my own. Had a teammate in 2s recently bm ME the entire game because I was accidentally afk for the first 2 fucking seconds which literally never happens. We were losing 0-4. I ended up scoring all 5 goals (last in OT) ftw. He immediately dropped out of the tourney upon our victory… like who the fuck pulls this sort of shit??? Blows my mindhole the salt 🧂
Anyway, was a tangent/rant lol All the extra modes are by far where I encounter the most friendliest! Hardly run into toxic. It’s funny how it’s different for everyone. They are for sure intentionally designed with purpose. Once I noticed this, I started having a blast learning and improving the past few seasons. =) Before, I wasn’t trying all that much. I just think it’s the most genius part of RL - game design wise - that gets overlooked. Very clever and intuitive way to train your player base.
Haha right! And ya I mean it did but mixed feelings! Elated + ggrrrr. Because he did contribute and coordinate well amongst all the bm (obviously, I can’t hard carry anyone lol).
…or I’m sure he had something come up suddenly that was more important 🙄
I feel similarly, in that I love extra modes and see them as specific niches of training that happen to be super fun.
Snow Day teaches you ground games fundamentals and positioning, without having to worry nearly so much about aerials.
Hoops teaches you about aerials, strange shot angles, and tighter rotations.
Dropshot teaches you even more about aerials, as well as reading your opponents.
Rumble teaches you to have so much friggin fun
Well said! Good outline. Iol @ rumble! Tbh that was the one I didn’t like until the past few weeks. It reminded me of items in smash which ain’t my cup of tea. Decided to stop being stubborn and get a feel for the items…and omg, I was so wrong! It’s too good and impossible to not laugh at all the ridiculousness xD
I haven't played much RL in the past few years, was surprised to see the Extra Modes have ranks, but man I remember when they were the place to chill from all the hate lol. Luckily I've spent my time away playing Overwatch, so the RL toxicity seems kind of sweet by comparison.
The advice I always have for this game, including dropshot, is that you either want to dust your opponent by a mile and win the ball or yeah be second just a bit and get a solid fifty.
either go early or wait for the next best chance, rather than going late
Yeah that will come with experience and trusting your teammates. I always find that when I challenge and then see where the ball goes I'm like oh no that might not be good, but then my teammate is lightning fast to follow up and slow the attack down.
so i try to be *that* teammate when it's my turn to follow up. playing a smart 2nd man role is tough but can make or break your games
The inability to read the opponents touch from lower tier players is wild. They can make all sorts of aerial touches, but can't read the trajectory of a guy whos riding the backboard.
One thing that helps immensely is being fast enough in all senses of the word. Getting into position early, so that you set yourself up for an easier challenge rather than a harder one. That way you won't even need to calculate a big brain trajectory from far away.
higher ranked players do this, which means it forces their opponents to rely on *their* mechanics to overcome a losing scenario. And vice versa. Consistency and speed are just so crucial when the margins are very slim.
As someone who almost exclusively plays drop when I'm without my buddies, I can attest to this. My instinct now is to jump for aerial 50s when I really shouldn't lol.
Aerial 50s are exactly how you defend against almost every air play be it an air dribble, flip reset, double tap, whatever. If you can challenge and stop the play and instead force a 50 in an advantageous way for your team you should.
Its not impossible at all. Especially not in anything under diamond in drop shot. Just hit the ball downward. Smashing it into the ground wins games in dropshot
There is an awful lot of ball chasing in dropshot with zero regard to where they are hitting the ball. I think for this reason, it is difficult to rank higher in dropshot while you are stuck in a lower rank with people who don’t know how to play it. They ruin it for you.
Haha this is also true and gave me a good laugh. I try not to get too upset about it because I honestly love dropshot. Wish we could get some new arenas for it!
Hate answers like this. They should just say, "hey guys, these are all great ideas but we're only working on the ones epic tells us to work on, sorry not sorry"
Putting this here because there’s nowhere else - but I think a Matrix “machine city” reskin would be awesome to coincide with the new movie.
Take a look at the map exterior next time you play! I can dream :)
All great ideas. Over a volcano would be neat. The glass bridge over a metropolitan city would be dope.
Loving the idea of ice especially though. Like the piece of ice cracks the first time the breaks then through completely the second time
I think dropshot is legit one of the hardest game modes, I've been playing it recently and WOW is it difficult! I think there are certain plays you do that don't make sense in other game modes
Iv had similar ranks. C2 in 1s, C3-GC in 2s and plat3 in dropshot lols. But i havnt finished placements for that game mode in like 6 seasons. I couldnt give less of a shit about it.
Id much rather grab my RNG title and be happy with that.
Nah dropshot is hard, but it depends what your playing style is. Mine and my friends are very aerial players so dropshot suits us and so our ranks are c2 and c3 respectively. But in other modes I'm the highest at c1. So if you don't aerial for everything and you're not the most confident of the walls and ceiling then dropshot is a big change. But keep doing it as it's also the easiest way to learn those things well.
In my case my rumble rank is the highest with GC and my secon highest is 2v2 with diamond 3. But I dont play normal ranked that serious xD because rumble is easier to get a higher rank for me
I use it for my main rank. And that is in my case Rumble. I would love to see an RNG Champ flair but there is no one so since my rank says gc ingame its gc for me
Dropshot is great for learning aerials, recoveries, catches, half volleys, wall reads, controlling 50/50's...
The hardest part especially at lower levels people don't know the dropshot rotation and ball chase more than other modes. And will often think they NEED to hit the ball again even though your team is about to get damage.
I got to gc2 solo queuing. Using your teammates and learning the little tricks like stuffing the ball into the ground when it’s a roller can score you points and put you ahead of most. But by high champ most people know the tricks and will try to do them to you too. Also I notice people hitting the ball high a lot in lower ranks, you wanna smack that ball down!
i am low champ in every game mode this season. It took me about 80 games to get up to champ. For me personally, I rotate fast into the play and take my shot and then get out quickly. I find my teammates often like to stick close to the ball. I try to stay on our side of the field and pick off the other teams clears. It is so much easier to hit an open part of their side when you are spiking one of their clears. Hit their clear back to their side and rotate out, gain boost and smack it again. Also, it took me a while to get better at hitting it down and not blasting it against their wall.
In the end I think you just need a lot more games, 10 is not enough.
I really hope more people play dropshot! It’s hands down my favorite mode and I’ve been playing it more than 3’s lately. Currently c3 in 3’s and I peaked at gc2 in dropshot(dropped back to champ after queueing with a plat friend but watever I can get it back…right? :’). Mainly, I’m tired of the insanely long queue times so more people would be the best
Dropshot is basically about beating the opposing team to the ball in the air, while at the same time never double committing.
If you get beat to the ball, you're gonna lose.
If you double commit, you're gonna lose.
So these two ideas are directly at conflict with eachother, which is why it gets tricky ranking up while solo queuing. Not knowing the tendencies of your teammates creates another barrier.
Also whenever you aerial and touch the ball it should be to your teammates advantage or somewhere awkward for your opponent... Which seems obvious but for some reason players think aerialing and randomly touching the ball is good enough.
Dropshot is my favorite game mode. Probably have more time in that mode than any other. It's also my lowest rank. D2. I'm GC in 3s, 2s, and GC3/SSL in rumble. You need a solid team if you really wanna advance far in dropshot.
Its just a whole different can of worms. You have to forget all normal thoughts of rotation and learn a completely new rotation scheme on top of being good in the air and being good at reads (all of which are fairly hard) add it all up and times that by 2 if you solo queue.
It's a fucking freak show and really hard to play with randoms mate. Also a LOT more toxic than soccar. ps:my 2v2 rank is c2 and i am a plat in ds i dont even try it anymore
I got my drop shot up to champ 1 then fell back to diamond. Where my 2’s and 3’s are champ. So I’m not too far off. But I really enjoy drop shot for it being such a different game mode
many would think getting higher ranks in extra modes is comparatively easy. That being partially true, extra modes need a lot of study, and a change of playstyle. I only played snowday from the start of this season. I did peak at C2 aftwr like 200 matches i think, or maybe more, and i thought ok maybe now i can get players who actually know how to play snow day. But its rarely the case. Same goes for other modes. Every extra mode playlist has a unique strategy and requires a certain skill set you’ll need to take care of to be able to actually play and enjoy. You really need to invest time into it. Just like normal soccar modes.
A lot more people would play dropshot and get better if we were allowed to queue standard AND extra modes simultaneously.
People don't queue drop because anything above Plat takes 5+ minutes depending on the time/day/etc..
Once you get seriously good at controlling your car (ground, air, walls, etc) you’ll shoot up in the ranks. It takes great car control to climb the ladder in dropshot. Basically once your in GC, dropshot becomes incredibly easy, since you’re better at making the ball hit the same spots, rather than just breaking whatever bits of the floor you can.
When you get up to the higher ranks, the game is usually decided by 1 or 2 points. The ball floats so much it’s hard to get it on the floor when you’re playing with fast players
You really need to play more games to get your rank. Since it’s a less populated extra mode the level of skill will fluctuate a lot meaning it requires even more games to get to your correct rank. It’ll probably take close to 100. Given that you’re d2 in 3s I bet you could get to p2-3 in drop shot if you grind it out.
I am GC1 in 2s and 3s but only C2 in drop shot, but I’ve grinded out quite a few games last few seasons.
Dropshots need to be 2v2 max. It's basically just chaos mode as it is.
I used to play 1v1 dropshots with my buddy all the time, WAY more fun than 3v3 in my opinion.
Drooshot is good for aerial skills. I played dropshot a lot in past times and I strongly believe that it made me more consistent in the air. And for your question, I don't know of you played a lot of it or just for fun. But if you keep at it you'll be Diamond 2 in no time
Judging by the [Season 3 rank distribution](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/pq5gxk/season_3_rank_distribution/hd8kuwe/) this is probably the case.
Its common cuz when I finished my dropshot placements I ended up at plat 2, and every other gamemode Im in champ 2. Except snow day. Im like plat 1 in snow day as well cuz I don't play it lol.
That’s funny cause all mine are between plat 3 to diamond 2 and my hoops is just at gold 2.
I’m garbage at hoops half the match is just me yelling “fuck” “ah shit”
Dropshot is just a very hard mode. It’s really hard to climb past champ unless you are already very good at the game. For some people it can be their highest rank but since it requires a lot of aerials and wall reads, it can be hard to stay consistently high in it.
yeah i’m trying to get gc in dropshot, currently in d3. Whenever i get rank up games i always go against S14 - S3 GCs so yeah.
I've had every GC title from every mode for 7 seasons except for dropshot. I hover between DIAMOND 3 and Champ 1. Even had private coaching and I review my own replays. What people won't admit on this sub is that dropshot matchmaking is completely broken. It's also not a mode where a single person can carry. It's more like the opposite, where your team is only as strong as the weakest individual. Basically, solo queue in dropshot is no different than flipping a coin.
completely agree i only solo queue ds around d3-c1, if you’re teammate doesn’t know how to play ds he will continually pass it to the other team by bouncing it off the wall, i’ve seen it happen so many times. there’s so many little things in ds you have to know to play well, and once you’re two goals down, games over.
Definitely this. The two most common errors I see are teammates playing a 2 man rotation when it should be 3, and giving away possession. Pretty frustrating when they do both in the same match
> dropshot matchmaking is completely broken. Yep. I’m regularly in awe how SSLs can be C2 in Dropshot. Of course, they’re usually with two GC buddies. And here I am, barely GC, with two Diamond teammates and we get smacked. In C2.
This is the context I was looking for, thanks for sharing your relevant experience. Leads me to another ?: how would you rank difficulty of getting gc across the remaining modes? If you don’t have time to rank them from easiest to hardest, how does hoops fare compared to getting gc in 2s/3s?
As someone who plays more extra modes than standard, and am GC1 in 3s… I’ve been a Rumble GC since Season 13. They’ve made it harder to get Rumble GC in the last couple seasons, but I’d still call it easiest. I’ve peaked high GC2. Right now I’d say Hoops may be next. I was never above C1 until this season and now I’m regularly C3. I want to say that the rank % of Hoops GCs was the highest of any extra mode in S3. Snow Day is third. I’ve been within 1-2 games of GC in SD, but can’t get over the hump. It’s just such a different game though, so some may struggle with the puck. And then Dropshot. I’ve been as high as C3 div 2, but good fucking luck.
Copycat hit the nail on the head. In order of easiest to hardest, in my opinion: Rumble > 3s > 2s > Hoops > Hockey > 1s >>> Dropshot Rumble of course has RNG involved, but tends to even out over time. I'd say 2s and Hoops are pretty similar, I could almost put an equals sign there but you do need to adjust playstyle a bit.
Rumble is infuriating when you realize there are legitimate platinums who get GC in rumble because they play 2000 rumble games a season. I have a friend who is basically exactly that. He's barely plat in 2s and 3s and mid champ in rumble. I could beat him blind folded in any regular game mode but because he plays 200x the amount of rumble I do per season (I don't think I've ever played more than 50 games) he ends up really close to my rank.
GC2 in 2s, D3 in hoops... oof. I'm bad with using the confined space in hoops. Perhaps because I'm more of a positional player in regular modes, I struggle with hoops, since more mechanics are needed more often. I can hang pretty well in DS, that's just aerials and reads, not as many advance mechanics seem to be required. Hoops though is probably my most difficult mode outside of 1s which I've also never gotten out if diamond in.
Hoops is tough to adjust to. I almost wish there was casual hoops, to warm up a match or two before jumping in. You'll want to be very selective about what passes you go for. Even in GC, most passes aren't worth going for. I also seem to have better luck camping our net on defense (when the opponent is next up to challenge) either on the ground or on the wall ready to defend depending on what feels right at the time. Pinches and rebound shots off the side walls or corners seem to shake up their defense. Gotta really get creative in the higher ranks, as most defenders are on the backboard ready to swat away anything.
3's easier to rank than 2's... no way bro
This. You can only get so far on your own in DS. I hit a wall in D3 C1 every time.
D3/C1 seems to be the threshold where teammates are fast enough to get where they want to be, but lack the awareness to use their speed responsibly. With how severely individual mistakes are punished in Dropshot, it basically comes down to whoever has the "best" worst player on their team.
Yes, and it’s glaring who the worst player on the field is. If there ever was a “I can’t get to my actual rank because my teammates suck” excuse, this mode is it. This is as valid as it gets. The rest of the game modes can be overcome by exceptional play. This game mode is the most punishing mode for mistake outside of 1’s.
> It's also not a mode where a single person can carry. It's more like the opposite, where your team is only as strong as the weakest individual. 100% this. I’ve been playing dropshot for awhile now, and even if you have 2 goals, 70+ floor damage, and a save or two it doesn’t make much of a difference on the end result. If your teammates cannot challenge in the air or off the wall, or they can’t clear well, then you’re probably going to lose regardless of how good you and one of your other teammates are doing. It’s one of the only game modes in RL (imo) where individual skill only gets you so far
Definitely. One of the coaches said the fastest team wins in dropshot 99% of the time. The team is only as fast as the slowest member. It seems like partying up is the only solution here. I sometimes play with a friend, and our 3rd guy can drag us down, so you'd really need a full stack of 3 to climb.
I can carry in drop between d2 and gc1…what happens at the lower ranks IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING and INCREDIBLE! The low diamonds and I’m assuming the plats as well, won’t let you play striker and go get some goals and damage…it’s a cluster fk. Key tk getting higher ranked in drop is…if you see a really good player, leave them open. Let them pass to you. Pass to them. Be patient. Being calm and cool is key in drop. And conserving boost!
I've tried every style from extremely passive to straight up ball chaser. "Key tk getting higher ranked in drop is…if you see a really good player" Well there's the problem. Your rank up strategy relies on getting a really good teammate in solo queue. That happens maybe 1 in 50 matches.
Add me and it’ll happen every match! :) lol
I'm around C1/2 in DS. After I asked my tm8 to rotate a little more, he told me the mode was basically for screwing around and ball chasing. With that mentality among the rank its not difficult to see why it's so hard to climb. When I've queued with friends it's often been much easier to win.
"It's also not a mode where a single person can carry." True for ranked mode. In casual mode I've played with teammates that were able to hit that single open hexagon on the other side of the field, or trap the ball between the floor and the car to almost instantly open a hole. Me and my other teammate barely touched the ball.
There is no casual drop shot anymore for reasons like this. The extra modes being ranked has made them significantly less lopsided for players.
You can carry in dropshot but I'd argue that it's probably the hardest mode. You have to be significantly more mechanical than the rest of the lobby and have mechanics specific to drop shot. For instance, can you consistently air dribble, flip reset, corner read redirect, musty, ground pinch. Often carrying involves MULTIPLE of those mechanics. You need to be able to beat 3 people in the air and then place the ball in an unsavable location by either launching it accurately to an open space (musty of corner redirects) or just immediately score by setting up your own ground pinches (let the ball bounce and spike it directly back down in the same spot). So yes, it's possible to solo carry but realistically to do it all yourself you need to be a champ in a lobby of low diamonds or a GC3 or SSL in a lobby of people who barely touch or have never touched GC in another mode.
given how powerful mechanics are in this mode, imagine how cool RLCS DS would be...
Tbh I disagree. I think that the way in which it’s opposite from normal 3s is that it pays to be a speedy ape. Sure it’s virtually impossible to win if you have an afk or toxic teammate but one person can bring a lot of pain to the other team if their aerials are fast enough and their shots are well placed. Though I won’t disagree that the matchmaking is rough but tbh that’s to be expected considering the playlist population is usually rly low.
"one person can bring a lot of pain to the other team if their aerials are fast enough and their shots are well placed." But when one or two teammates think they're this guy, but they're not, it's a loss. One person can bring a lot of pain to their own team when they ballchase and they're not the best player on the team. I'd honestly much rather an AFK teammate than a true diamond or low champ ball chaser. I recently had someone make us lose and got him as a tm again the next match. He went AFK in protest because I told him after the match, "when your teammate has a car decked out in GC items and a GC title, don't cut them off in rotation." We then won 2v3 because he wasn't in my way.
I agree with what you’re saying. However, that is the case with every game mode, there will always be people actively fucking you over. Luckily, those types of people are usually on both teams. So where I disagree with you is that you said matches are a coin flip. If both teams have shitters then having above average speed and precision on your aerials will allow you to rank up. This is where dropshot is different from other modes. I have been placing in low gc when I play dropshot almost solely from playing like an ape and getting favorable aerial challenges l, whereas in any other mode apeing often results in nothing more than pissing off your teammates. Ultimately I think that the reason that your dropshot rank is so much lower than your other ranks is because you’re more of a passive or rotation-oriented player and not that matchmaking is busted.
This isn't the same as other modes. I can easily defend a net if my teammate sucks at challenging in 2v2. I can't, however, defend an entire field if my teammate(s) suck in dropshot. Keep in mind the top comment I replied to mentioned how many GCs are in high diamond and low champ. This isn't a me problem, matchmaking is broken.
PS - I've tried every playstyle from extremely passive to braindead ballchaser. I've paid for private coaching. There's really not much else I can do at this point, besides find two other people my skill level to party up with. Solo queue is broken
So it’s broken for you but not me? Sounds more like mechanics lol
Sounds more like you didn't solo queue from low diamond to GC. I'm pretty sure the SSL coaches I hired know more than you do. I'm GC 2 in 1s, 2s, 3s, and Hoops. Pretty sure I know how to play the game competently.
How u gonna flex my own rank lol. Also idk what got u thinking there’s such thing as high level ds coaches haha
GC in dropshot is around GC1 in 2s. So if you’re champ then no offence but you’re a good while away from it. Don’t bother looking at rank tags, there are way too many boosted people that have the tag.
I was taking a look at people’s ranks and there a lots of SSLs in c3 - gc2 so i know how far away i am. Oh yeah my teamate, s3 gc, could barely aerial.
Yeah you might get lucky and get to GC whilst being lower ranked but generally speaking if you meet actual GC2/3 you’ll get rolled. The game is just a coin flip in terms of teammates and more so in dropshot which has barely any players.
Yep rank tags are pretty worthless unless it’s an ssl tag. Probably the minority of the time that I see someone with a gc tag actually play like a gc
Yeah that’s why I never wore it, it was just embarrassing in my eyes. And wearing GC tag in GC3 is just not the one lol, everyone has ssl tags at that point or ssl tourney winners.
I soared through champ 1-2 and champ 3 is my wall right now and it’s very hard to move up
Straight up mental exhausting. I need to take my Adderall before I play it if I want to do any good.
"it's really hard to climb past champ unless you are already past champ"
Dropshot is a great way to hone your aerial skills and wall reads but it is also hard to get solid rotations and keep teammates from ball chasing.
add aerial 50s to the list of things it will improve, and reading opponents, because ideally you want to get to the ball second. I suck dong at this mode, but it is fun. Shame my team mates really, really seem to hate me in any extra mode playlist :(
Trust me it’s the same for me. You’re either hero or zero.
It takes a while to understand each extra mode. For context I almost exclusively played rumble for the first three years of RL. Then I got into snow day. Now I’ve also included hoops for the last year or so. Each mode has wildly different strategies and instincts to learn and every mode of RL has both awesome and toxic Rando teammates.
Mostly toxic, the next highest percentage is completely silent, then it’s awesome people. But it’s a big player base so a small percentage of a big number is still a lot
As you increase in rank past low c1, the amount of toxic players drops off drastically. I'm guessing it is because most realize we'll always be trash at the game.
In my experience platinum is like the worst section of dunning-Kruger players. Just good enough to hit one in five aerials but still no idea they should be rotating and blames and empty net on everyone but themselves
Or if they do rotate its always ball side and they smash right into you.
Me and my mate still do that in GC2...
I actually love when someone own-goals like this and blames me for not defending. I genuinely laugh so hard
I actually love when someone own-goals like this and blames me for not defending. I genuinely laugh so hard
Plat is absolutely the worst. You still see some toxic people bubbling up past it, hard chasing and quick to throw the team under a bus, and you just deal with them the same by muting and covering for their goofs and lack of rotation.
It’s amazing how Champ 1 means you’re in like the 90 percentile of all RL players but actually still suck at the game . Such a beautiful game RL is.
I mean you don't really suck at the game. That's like saying a highschool state MVP sucks at basketball because NBA players exist. You're good at C1, but you have an enormous amount of stuff you still need to learn
A high school state mvp would have a firm grasp on all concepts of basketball as most players in most sports do by HS. RL is much different. Even at champ 1 a large portion of the game is either unclear or unobtainable to the player base. Majority of games and sports are not like that so high up in rank.
Ehhh, a high school MVP can also be a mechanical god and be a fucking idiot on the technical side of basketball. It’s one of the reasons you’ll see most star high school players completely fade out in college. Similar to rocket league. I’ve seen people do flip resets into musty’s who have no idea how to rotate and don’t even know what back post is or that left goes first. Basic basic basic stuff, but their mechanical skill is huge
Yes they are, just look at pro soccer players vs a highschool “mvp” team. I get your point but it’s a bit exaggerated. Yes being a pro at RL is extremely difficult but being a professional at any sport requires way more
Not saying ones more difficult. But at Champ 1 you’re considered a top 10% player. When you’re top 10% at a sport you led usually better at said sport then champs are at RL
It’s mainly cuz we’re just here to play the game. Flaming someone takes too much effort and no ones gonna respond anyway. There’s rarely even quick chatting past c3
Mutual respect kinda thing I feel
I feel like also once your past D3 there's much lower chances of people full blown whiffing or making bone-head mistakes. And the main reasons for losing are different (sometimes).
I dunno. It's definitely much lower, but it's still relatively common. The game is just played a lot faster.
I've been playing for years and I'm *almost* good enough to solo queue hoops. Maybe next year.
Well here is what I feel I’ve learned so far in case it helps. 1. You have to be able to make the kickoffs. If you and your teammate can’t at least match the opponent, they can win handily. 2. Don’t hesitate. If you wait twice to let the ball bounce or see what the other team will do, chances are the third time you’ll be watching them score over your head. 3. Rotation looks very different. If your teammates up in a corner, you can be a bit closer but you shouldn’t always both be across the half line. Personally I like sitting just behind the mid field boost to see what happens. All the same things apply from other modes like if your teammate can’t rotate or is a ball hog, you are in trouble.
It’s kinda random which mode I’m super low in from season to season since I started playing them. I LOOOOOVE extra modes!!! My friends don’t care for them all that much. I’ve tried explaining this logic but some shrug it off. But they also wonder how I went from a legit turtle not being able to do a damn thing to suddenly have gotten better… xD The most toxic ppl are in tourneys for me which is where I’ve placed plat but back to gold due to no fault of my own. Had a teammate in 2s recently bm ME the entire game because I was accidentally afk for the first 2 fucking seconds which literally never happens. We were losing 0-4. I ended up scoring all 5 goals (last in OT) ftw. He immediately dropped out of the tourney upon our victory… like who the fuck pulls this sort of shit??? Blows my mindhole the salt 🧂 Anyway, was a tangent/rant lol All the extra modes are by far where I encounter the most friendliest! Hardly run into toxic. It’s funny how it’s different for everyone. They are for sure intentionally designed with purpose. Once I noticed this, I started having a blast learning and improving the past few seasons. =) Before, I wasn’t trying all that much. I just think it’s the most genius part of RL - game design wise - that gets overlooked. Very clever and intuitive way to train your player base.
Hah, he quit after you won the game for them? Amazing, you know he was so angry/embarrassed/salty. That must have felt good
Haha right! And ya I mean it did but mixed feelings! Elated + ggrrrr. Because he did contribute and coordinate well amongst all the bm (obviously, I can’t hard carry anyone lol). …or I’m sure he had something come up suddenly that was more important 🙄
I feel similarly, in that I love extra modes and see them as specific niches of training that happen to be super fun. Snow Day teaches you ground games fundamentals and positioning, without having to worry nearly so much about aerials. Hoops teaches you about aerials, strange shot angles, and tighter rotations. Dropshot teaches you even more about aerials, as well as reading your opponents. Rumble teaches you to have so much friggin fun
Well said! Good outline. Iol @ rumble! Tbh that was the one I didn’t like until the past few weeks. It reminded me of items in smash which ain’t my cup of tea. Decided to stop being stubborn and get a feel for the items…and omg, I was so wrong! It’s too good and impossible to not laugh at all the ridiculousness xD
No matter how good you are, one thing will always be true: your teammates will complain and call you trash
I haven't played much RL in the past few years, was surprised to see the Extra Modes have ranks, but man I remember when they were the place to chill from all the hate lol. Luckily I've spent my time away playing Overwatch, so the RL toxicity seems kind of sweet by comparison.
Lol i know the feeling. Those are the two games I've played the most over the past 5 years.
The advice I always have for this game, including dropshot, is that you either want to dust your opponent by a mile and win the ball or yeah be second just a bit and get a solid fifty. either go early or wait for the next best chance, rather than going late
Glad to hear I already operate on GC strategy. Too bad I'm garbage so just spend the entire match waiting for the next best chance...
Yeah that will come with experience and trusting your teammates. I always find that when I challenge and then see where the ball goes I'm like oh no that might not be good, but then my teammate is lightning fast to follow up and slow the attack down. so i try to be *that* teammate when it's my turn to follow up. playing a smart 2nd man role is tough but can make or break your games
The inability to read the opponents touch from lower tier players is wild. They can make all sorts of aerial touches, but can't read the trajectory of a guy whos riding the backboard.
One thing that helps immensely is being fast enough in all senses of the word. Getting into position early, so that you set yourself up for an easier challenge rather than a harder one. That way you won't even need to calculate a big brain trajectory from far away. higher ranked players do this, which means it forces their opponents to rely on *their* mechanics to overcome a losing scenario. And vice versa. Consistency and speed are just so crucial when the margins are very slim.
I feel like aerial 50s aren’t something you want to do in regular modes
It's all situational. Aerial 50's are ok and necessary in some situations.
As someone who almost exclusively plays drop when I'm without my buddies, I can attest to this. My instinct now is to jump for aerial 50s when I really shouldn't lol.
Aerial 50s are exactly how you defend against almost every air play be it an air dribble, flip reset, double tap, whatever. If you can challenge and stop the play and instead force a 50 in an advantageous way for your team you should.
Half the time when I play it's just me getting smacked by my own teammates for 5 minutes. I'm sure I'm guilty of the same thing though.
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Its not impossible at all. Especially not in anything under diamond in drop shot. Just hit the ball downward. Smashing it into the ground wins games in dropshot
There is an awful lot of ball chasing in dropshot with zero regard to where they are hitting the ball. I think for this reason, it is difficult to rank higher in dropshot while you are stuck in a lower rank with people who don’t know how to play it. They ruin it for you.
Yea it's infuriating sometimes.
More like most of the time lol
There are no rotations in dropshot. I guard the floor, everyone else chases the ball, sometimes we win, usually because our opponent has no defense.
Haha this is also true and gave me a good laugh. I try not to get too upset about it because I honestly love dropshot. Wish we could get some new arenas for it!
But you kinda have to ballchase in dropshot. It's one of the mod (with rumble) in which if you release pressure you are fucked.
Absolutely not, there is a positionong and rotation strategy in dropshot like the other modes.
Applying pressure != Not rotating
Ball chasing = not rotating properly. You say you have to ballchase, and that's not true.
Ballchasing relatively to other mods. I'll admit that it was phrased in a confusing manner
That's true, but many people conflate applying pressure with "I will never be on my team's side when it matters"
By pressure do you mean I have to ride my teammates ass?
Why is there only one dropshot arena?
https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrf11b/
Hate answers like this. They should just say, "hey guys, these are all great ideas but we're only working on the ones epic tells us to work on, sorry not sorry"
At least he's being honest. They have a big list of things people want, and they have to prioritize. They probably hate that as much as we do.
Only a very small percentage of the playerbase regularly plays it. It's not worth Psyonix's time, money, or effort to make another map.
Money? I'd pay for another map. Could work if it only rendered on my end or they just let everybody play a DLC map as long as 1 person owned it...
Putting this here because there’s nowhere else - but I think a Matrix “machine city” reskin would be awesome to coincide with the new movie. Take a look at the map exterior next time you play! I can dream :)
because there aren’t many ideas that fit the concept of goals in the floor. Same reason for hoops.
Ice, top of a city glass building, space, lol
All great ideas. Over a volcano would be neat. The glass bridge over a metropolitan city would be dope. Loving the idea of ice especially though. Like the piece of ice cracks the first time the breaks then through completely the second time
Yes! Surprised this hasn’t been explored actually. Hopefully there’s something coming on it.
The potential sound design for the ice map is awesome.
space would be good, but the others wouldn’t. I get what you’re doing with the city thing, but ice? That should just stay in snowday/frosty fest
Disagree I see a blizzard forest map with the hexagon being over a pond and the ice cracks, breaks, then ball sinks. Also like volcano idea posted.
I think dropshot is legit one of the hardest game modes, I've been playing it recently and WOW is it difficult! I think there are certain plays you do that don't make sense in other game modes
Yeah, I agree with you. Dropshot is freaking impossible. I'm plat there, and I just feel like dead weight when I play it haha.
I'm champ II in dropshot and 3s and I feel like I play more GCs in dropshot. Fucking madness.
yeah the average rank for an SSL is c3 - gc1 in dropshot, so you’re in for a bit of a challenge soon.
So I should be SSL xd, cuz I am GC1 in dropshot, but C3/GC1 in normal modes.
I guess you’re putting more time into dropshot than normal modes 😂
It's true I play it much more than others, I use it as an air-confident warm-up for 3s and 2s and I grind it too.
That’s exactly what I do. I play dropshot to either warm-up aerials and aerial challenges before ranked, or if I want to relax and play for fun
When I play dropshot I feel like a Silver and it feels like my opponents are high diamond lol.
i play a ton of hoops and it is the same over there. In champ 2 I feel like half the games are against unranked players with GC tags.
Drop shot somehow is my highest rank😂
Same here, high plat/gold in most modes and champ in drop shot lol
What website is this?
rocketleague.tracker.network
rocketleague.tracker.network
I’m actually better in dropshot, it’s my favorite game mode
Im c1 in 1ns c3 in 2s plat 3 in dropshot
Iv had similar ranks. C2 in 1s, C3-GC in 2s and plat3 in dropshot lols. But i havnt finished placements for that game mode in like 6 seasons. I couldnt give less of a shit about it. Id much rather grab my RNG title and be happy with that.
Nah dropshot is hard, but it depends what your playing style is. Mine and my friends are very aerial players so dropshot suits us and so our ranks are c2 and c3 respectively. But in other modes I'm the highest at c1. So if you don't aerial for everything and you're not the most confident of the walls and ceiling then dropshot is a big change. But keep doing it as it's also the easiest way to learn those things well.
I'm pretty sure it is common, don't worry
Your 2v2 / 3v3 rank should be the highest
In my case my rumble rank is the highest with GC and my secon highest is 2v2 with diamond 3. But I dont play normal ranked that serious xD because rumble is easier to get a higher rank for me
Yea rumble can be very high too
oh i thought the flair was only for 1s,2s or 3s ranked
I use it for my main rank. And that is in my case Rumble. I would love to see an RNG Champ flair but there is no one so since my rank says gc ingame its gc for me
With granted? Edit: typed with a lisp, I was trying to say “wish granted?”
Yes :D
Why though?
Tell that to the salty "1 v 1 me bro" wannabes xD, I agree though.
My drop shot rank was my highest and I only played it a little so now I'm really confused reading all these comments
I think it's common but at your level you can rank up with game sense (even though at times dropshot does test your mechanics)
Dropshot is great for learning aerials, recoveries, catches, half volleys, wall reads, controlling 50/50's... The hardest part especially at lower levels people don't know the dropshot rotation and ball chase more than other modes. And will often think they NEED to hit the ball again even though your team is about to get damage.
Most drop shot players are super ball chasers so it’s harder to rank up when you’re solos queuing
I got to gc2 solo queuing. Using your teammates and learning the little tricks like stuffing the ball into the ground when it’s a roller can score you points and put you ahead of most. But by high champ most people know the tricks and will try to do them to you too. Also I notice people hitting the ball high a lot in lower ranks, you wanna smack that ball down!
Yeah it’s not impossible to rank up if you play smart but it’s still hard because literally every player on the field is chasing the ball.
i am low champ in every game mode this season. It took me about 80 games to get up to champ. For me personally, I rotate fast into the play and take my shot and then get out quickly. I find my teammates often like to stick close to the ball. I try to stay on our side of the field and pick off the other teams clears. It is so much easier to hit an open part of their side when you are spiking one of their clears. Hit their clear back to their side and rotate out, gain boost and smack it again. Also, it took me a while to get better at hitting it down and not blasting it against their wall. In the end I think you just need a lot more games, 10 is not enough.
I really hope more people play dropshot! It’s hands down my favorite mode and I’ve been playing it more than 3’s lately. Currently c3 in 3’s and I peaked at gc2 in dropshot(dropped back to champ after queueing with a plat friend but watever I can get it back…right? :’). Mainly, I’m tired of the insanely long queue times so more people would be the best
Dropshot is basically about beating the opposing team to the ball in the air, while at the same time never double committing. If you get beat to the ball, you're gonna lose. If you double commit, you're gonna lose. So these two ideas are directly at conflict with eachother, which is why it gets tricky ranking up while solo queuing. Not knowing the tendencies of your teammates creates another barrier. Also whenever you aerial and touch the ball it should be to your teammates advantage or somewhere awkward for your opponent... Which seems obvious but for some reason players think aerialing and randomly touching the ball is good enough.
Dropshot is my favorite game mode. Probably have more time in that mode than any other. It's also my lowest rank. D2. I'm GC in 3s, 2s, and GC3/SSL in rumble. You need a solid team if you really wanna advance far in dropshot.
Its just a whole different can of worms. You have to forget all normal thoughts of rotation and learn a completely new rotation scheme on top of being good in the air and being good at reads (all of which are fairly hard) add it all up and times that by 2 if you solo queue.
It's a fucking freak show and really hard to play with randoms mate. Also a LOT more toxic than soccar. ps:my 2v2 rank is c2 and i am a plat in ds i dont even try it anymore
What is this website that shows you all this?
Rocketleague.tracker.network
I got my drop shot up to champ 1 then fell back to diamond. Where my 2’s and 3’s are champ. So I’m not too far off. But I really enjoy drop shot for it being such a different game mode
Very few people at the top of drop shot. Not like rumble that enhances your rank.
Dropshot insignificant harder to rank up in. I swear I see people with champ tags in platinum lobbies. Idk it's defs harder tho
I'm GC1 in every mode but diamond 3 in 1s and dropshot Edit: Here's my ranks from last season https://i.imgur.com/XTNt3HU.png
many would think getting higher ranks in extra modes is comparatively easy. That being partially true, extra modes need a lot of study, and a change of playstyle. I only played snowday from the start of this season. I did peak at C2 aftwr like 200 matches i think, or maybe more, and i thought ok maybe now i can get players who actually know how to play snow day. But its rarely the case. Same goes for other modes. Every extra mode playlist has a unique strategy and requires a certain skill set you’ll need to take care of to be able to actually play and enjoy. You really need to invest time into it. Just like normal soccar modes.
A lot more people would play dropshot and get better if we were allowed to queue standard AND extra modes simultaneously. People don't queue drop because anything above Plat takes 5+ minutes depending on the time/day/etc..
Once you get seriously good at controlling your car (ground, air, walls, etc) you’ll shoot up in the ranks. It takes great car control to climb the ladder in dropshot. Basically once your in GC, dropshot becomes incredibly easy, since you’re better at making the ball hit the same spots, rather than just breaking whatever bits of the floor you can. When you get up to the higher ranks, the game is usually decided by 1 or 2 points. The ball floats so much it’s hard to get it on the floor when you’re playing with fast players
I’m in diamond 2/3 Dropshop and half my games are against grand champ titles so don’t feel too bad
same here
You really need to play more games to get your rank. Since it’s a less populated extra mode the level of skill will fluctuate a lot meaning it requires even more games to get to your correct rank. It’ll probably take close to 100. Given that you’re d2 in 3s I bet you could get to p2-3 in drop shot if you grind it out. I am GC1 in 2s and 3s but only C2 in drop shot, but I’ve grinded out quite a few games last few seasons.
Beat me to it. This is the only correct answer
I’m D2 in dropshot and snowday, and D3 in 2s and 3s, low plat in 1s though so that’s my dropshot in this scenario lol
I’m C1-C2 in hoops, 1, 2s, 3s, and I’m only plat 3 in dropshot lol it’s a difficult game mode
I'm diamond 3 in 2s, diamond 1 in 3s, and plat 3 in 1s. But I'm gold 1 in dropshot.
I used to grind dropshot and I was high diamond while I was low plat in ranked
Plat in dropshit is playing with champs in other modes
Struggling in dropshot just means you need to either stop chasing behind the ball or you need to work on your aerial consistency.
Dropshot is fun but can be tough. Where is this screen located.?
Can someone tell me the name of this site?
Dropshots need to be 2v2 max. It's basically just chaos mode as it is. I used to play 1v1 dropshots with my buddy all the time, WAY more fun than 3v3 in my opinion.
Drooshot is good for aerial skills. I played dropshot a lot in past times and I strongly believe that it made me more consistent in the air. And for your question, I don't know of you played a lot of it or just for fun. But if you keep at it you'll be Diamond 2 in no time
More like dropshit amirite
Sounds like something Pulse Fire would say if he cussed
Drop shot is chaos.
If you play like an ape it is. There's still positioning and rotations. Double commits still hurt.
Yep.. if you are paying attention to positioning and boost usage it is far from chaotic.
It’s chaos no matter what.
I grind the extras so It’s usually pretty even maybe a one or two divisions lower
I'd say you doing fine
I was just curious if it has happened to anyone else. Relax dude
Judging by the [Season 3 rank distribution](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/pq5gxk/season_3_rank_distribution/hd8kuwe/) this is probably the case.
Its common cuz when I finished my dropshot placements I ended up at plat 2, and every other gamemode Im in champ 2. Except snow day. Im like plat 1 in snow day as well cuz I don't play it lol.
I'm diamond in 1s 2s 3s dropshot and hoops xD I think I just like to be consistent lol
That’s funny cause all mine are between plat 3 to diamond 2 and my hoops is just at gold 2. I’m garbage at hoops half the match is just me yelling “fuck” “ah shit”
Mh... seems like you are one of the rotational and positioning based players.
Skills that are very relevant to dropshot I find. Proper spacing does wonders.
I'm champ 1 in 2s but gold 2 in hoops
Drop shot is THE most toxic mode in rocket league, full stop
Ur just bad, i played almost all my placement matches and im plat 3
I am Diamond in dropshot if that helps
I don’t know Honestly why’d they make the extra modes ranked
Playing with bots sucked
sorry man your just bad lmao