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Advanced game sense and mindset - 15.7

Moving up a tier

In one line: Each tier has a different limit: in Base it is aim and position, in Growth playing with teammates, in Advanced decisions and utility, in Expert reading opponents and consistency. You climb by working on your own tier's limit, not the next one's.

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Academy's tiers

Academy splits content into four tiers: Base, Growth, Advanced and Expert. Each tier roughly matches a group of ClutchLeague levels and in-game ranks: Base usually covers Iron and Bronze, Growth Silver and Gold, Advanced Platinum and Diamond, Expert Ascendant and above. The mapping can be changed, and it remains a suggestion: no content is locked by tier.

Each tier has a typical limit: the thing that, more than anything, keeps you from climbing. Knowing your tier's limit tells you what to work on. The chapter on the typical mistakes of each tier lists them in detail; here we look at what changes from one to the next.

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