asmit10 wrote:
4.3 - 5.2 stars seems really high for your rank. Like, that's what i'm playing, and i'm having trouble FCing them. I'd recommend lowering the difficulty a bit and going for high accuracy FCs, rather than Bs and As on (relatively) high star maps.
The range of his maps is absolutely fine. Obviously he doesn't have any "good" top ranks since he's playing stuff that's very challenging for his level, meaning he will miss and rip FC / pp.
I think you are doing good. I had like 150~+ hours when I was your rank. Don't worry about FCs too much.
However, I think it's a good idea to play 4*-5,2* maps, since 4* would still be beneficial to play if you try your hardest to get extremely high acc on these. (Just to ensure you don't lose your ability to tap accurately simply because you're used to "go fast" all the time)
I got my first 2 100pp plays when I was 144k~ on 4,5*-5* maps (95~pp at 150k rank) so I don't know why people assume you shouldn't play these maps. Hard maps won't really teach you as much anymore at this point, I think your map-pool is perfect as it is.
If you want to actually get good and not just farm pp, look for maps other than TV Sizes.
Try to get a range of maps on (maybe) AR7, AR8 and variety on BPM. Jumpmaps, technical maps etc etc.
Some of the maps I frequently played at your level ( and still do )
Keep in mind to not play the 5*+ difficulties if you notice you don't really know what's going on on the map / start spamming it.
There's no point playing maps you can't remotely play yet. For maps like "Kokou no Sousei" you will, however, probably get rekt the first few times you play it. A lot of people I played with up to 30k had massive issues with it)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/12026 https://osu.ppy.sh/b/979412https://osu.ppy.sh/b/192508 (5,33*)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/785982https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1098344?m=0https://osu.ppy.sh/b/831035https://osu.ppy.sh/b/738231?m=0https://osu.ppy.sh/s/409397https://osu.ppy.sh/s/597111https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1289398?m=0 (heavy on sliders)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/504171https://osu.ppy.sh/s/92235 (AR8 145BPM streams)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1042025?m=0 (135BPM streams / triples)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/207806https://osu.ppy.sh/s/128645 (changing slider velocity)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/829336&m=0https://osu.ppy.sh/b/86324 (5*)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/357544 https://osu.ppy.sh/s/165018 (4* Marathon, mostly tapping, not hard on aiming)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/427508 (tapping)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1070639 (your average pp map)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/554519 (240BPM, nice tapping practice)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/20949 (nice tapping practice)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/127363 (5,3*) (difficulty spike, hard to read)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1248109?m=0 (tough patterns) (4,52 diff)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/297411?m=0 (jumpy) (5*)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/984299&m=0 (the 4* and 5* are mapped weird af I dunno what that is, worth to play for the variety)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/653128?m=0 (heavy on tapping)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/457257&m=0 (4* diff, jumps)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/53923 (5*, jumps)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/28705 (240BPM, good singletap practice. Both 5,4 and 4* diff)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/27712 (260BPM, good singletap practice)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/655684?m=0 (250BPM, nice tapping + singletap practice, play 4*-5,26* diff)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/123391?m=0 (230BPM Both TV Size and the full version. Nice singletap practice)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/110347&m=1 (210 BPM, again very nice to practice singletap to slowly work up to the 260BPM ones)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/59025 (280 BPM, really hard but imo worth it to improve stamina and speed, especially the 4,45* version (5* is ar10)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/137296&m=0 (280BPM)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/821336&m=0 (296BPM, really fun to play)
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/29691 (296BPM val0108, nice to play from time to time, brutally hard tho)
It's also a good idea to play DT on some 3* maps from time to time, especially if you struggle with speed / BPM. Since the patterns are very simple, you can purely focus on improving your accuracy, control and speed.
Don't get discouraged if you fail the 200+BPM maps. You're bound to do very badly on them if you never had experience with those kind of maps before.
As I said, I've seen people with twice your pp die on these, probably because they never bothered to move out of their comfort zone. Which is why (Imo) it's a good idea to face a variety of maps early on.
If you're an alternater though, maps like Kokou no Sousei will probably wreck you for months before you see improvement, with singletapping however I was able to get decent acc (97%-98%) on maps like "Kokou no Sousei" or "Call me it (500 tortures)" in a matter of around 2 weeks~
Just as important to play high BPMs is the ability to play lower ones, too. As I said, variety in everything is important. I don't have many low BPM maps, but I can guarantee you that atleast high BPM maps I put in there will be of help as long as you know what's going on there. (Maybe they'll still be too hard to begin with, in that case resort to DT 3* maps)
Don't try maps like "Asgard", vals "Dance Number" more than once per day, maybe once every 2-3 days, though. I feel like they've helped me get better, but you won't get any value out of playing them more than once every few days on your level, but its always a good idea to expose yourself to very challenging maps every once in a while, more challenging than "your average" 5* map.
4*-5* should make up the majority of your sessions. The 5,2*+ maps, I think, will make you better very fast for the little time that you'll spend playing them. (If you play all of these that's like 15min every day / every two days)