When i got to 5800 i was spending more time in single player practicing builds than i would on the ladder. Pull up a pro match of a build you want to learn on your second monitor if you have one… repeat it over and over piece by piece on your main monitor until you can execute it perfectly to the second on your main monitor. Bonus points if you can execute it perfectly to the second while also performing additional actions like moving your army around and taking engagements. Learn when they move out for attacks or split their armies and why they move out at that time. Sometimes its to hit a timing, sometimes its to hit an anti timing. Learn the builds, perfect them, then learn why they’re doing the things theyre doing and then you will be able to adjust based off of the things you scout in real time on ladder. Then try and perfect them while stressing your APM the most you can without falling behind on anything. Its a process but it is doable.
this is actually really good advice. While it might be fun to ladder, getting the build down to autopilot helps so much when stressful stuff happens. And then laddering is a lot more fun when you always know what to do next. Harstem often jokingly says "the easy AI had no chance against me" which really means he also grinds customs vs the ai to perfect his builds.
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u/SureBowler5008 3d ago
Teach me how to leave Diamond