I been playing 7k for almost half a year (with 3 month break within the half a year). I have also played plenty of 4k in the past. I'm currently at 6-7* range with 90-98% acc on most (ranked) songs. However, some question I have gathered up that have not seem to be an answer somewhere on the internet (to my knowledge) is:

1. How do you improve accuracy from 98% to 99% (increase ratio).
   
   Playing more is obviously going to help but there are going to be more effective ways (like HR or OD11). What are some of the ways top player use to refine their accuracy?

1. How do you improve in rice maps?
   
   Many have suggested playing more/pattern recognition. However, I find playing with a variety of maps helps learning pattern faster than others. What are other methods people use to learn pattern (or recognize pattern faste)?

1. Where to get maps?
   
   Ranked and Loved are obviously good map (99% of the time) but they are limited in quantity. Converts are fine but many are more mapped for their equipment button setup (IIDX/BMS) and not keyboard. Where are places where you can easily find high quality map mapped for keybaord to practice on?

With the amount of guides I'm seeing about 7k (and mania in general), there seem to be a lot of beginners guides but not a lot for intermediate/advance player that needed help/guidance towards improving a speific skill set.

Any additional tip for how to improve at any skill in 7k(jacks/speed(delay)/brackets/ln/etc) would be appreciated.

PS: "Play more" not a helpful tip. While playing the game more is definitly going to make you better, there are many ways to achieve the same result faster. If you don't have a specific method you used, just say you developed it over time/you didn't know any method for it. Thank you!



Guides
Maps:
5ynt3ck's modern 7K O2Jam (DMJam + O2EZ) converts (O2Jam charts (LNs))
Doorknob bms converts (BMS but taken scratch lane (instead of convert))

General:
Play stuff with practice that can S rank
Play easier chart occasionally to take break and improve accuracy (3+:1 MA)
Relax arms and focus on pattern execution

Reading:
Lower scroll speed to train reading skills.

Accuracy:
Play with HR, OD11

Jacks:
Hit lighter after first note for mini jacks
Bounce your hand for chordjacks

Speed:
Tense fingers to minimize movement. Possibly use a bit of wrist

Bracket:
Wrist rotations

Washed up 7k player here, not much for me to say.

community/forums/topics/1831975?n=1 quite alotta o2jam charts here. Haven't tried it myself but it should be good. O2jam is infamous for their LN's.

From memory you can get bms converts that get rid of the scratch lane, so its 7k. They godly for everything rice. Doorknob bms converts or something like that.

There was also an osu!standard tip I saw. Don't know how well it transfers to mania, I reckon it'll be useful because its about improving your reading. Do HR for the high OD. Lower the scrollspeed for the Low AR.

The tip in spoiler box below. Read it for the details.

5.3 star 6k main here and i have some advice

1) play map packs, idk about 7k but on 6k map packs are VERY helpful. there are very many 6k map packs for whatever reason so, if you wanna, you can try play those 6k map packs. 6k map packs have patterns not often seen in ranked, which helps improvement

2) for improvement, at minimum only play stuff you CAN s rank. if you play stuff where with some practice you can 95% then that is good

2.5) also play some charts on OD11. im pretty sure lazer marvs scale with OD, so OD11 can help ALOT. i set it as a custom mod in the custom mod thing and use it

3) for rice, i find that minimizing movement helps most. from what ive heard most ppl say lighter taps help but from my experience hitting as i usually do in terms of strength but with less movement is cool

4) play some easier stuff occasionally for like a few days or a week. playing easier stuff can give you a break while still improving, aim for high accuracy. try to relax arms and focus on pattern execution, and go for a high MA ratio (stuff like 3+:1 MA). playing OD11 here prob wont help

for minijacks, i hit a little lighter than usual after first note. for longjacks, my hand goes boing boing boing a little. for chordjack, same as longjacks where your hamds sorta bouncy bouncy but you also minimize finger moving as much as possible. tense arms aswell

for speed, as i said earlier just tense your finger as it minimizes movement. maybe use a little bit of wrist

idek what a bracket is but if its where collumns alternate (1357,246 etc etc) then i use wrist rotations

for LN, idfk bro 6k has very few LN charts besides inverse. id say just play hybrid and both inverse and non inverse LN and pray it works

Thanks for the posts guys, I will update the forum to create a list of tips people listed here