We duo-queued for six hours. We won nine matches. She introduced me to her guild leader, "Kaelen_Seven." Suddenly, I wasn't a solo grinder anymore. I was being scouted. No rise to the top is without controversy. At 1,450 SR (Rank #612), I was accused of cheating. The accusation? Using a "blacked visual mod" to see through the April Dawn fog mechanic. For three days, my account was under review.
I remembered the audio cue. I side-stepped left, popped my "Dawnbreaker's Grace" (a counter I had kept hidden all match), and parried his ultimate. The chat exploded. Vex_6 typed in all-chat: "Who is this guy?" blacked april dawn my rise in the ranks part 2 top
will humble you. But if you rise? It will also crown you. Stay tuned for Part 3: "The Top 20's Dirty Secret." Until then, keep grinding, keep studying, and remember—when the screen goes black, that is when true players see the light. We duo-queued for six hours
I won’t bore you with the play-by-play, but here is the moment that changed everything. With 12 seconds left on the clock, my team was down two players. Vex_6 activated his Blackout Zed. The screen went dark (the namesake "blacked" effect). In that chaos, 99% of players panic-spin. I was being scouted
And I began my climb. For those unfamiliar, the ranking system in Blacked April Dawn is brutal. Below 500 SR (Skill Rating), you are a beginner. Between 500 and 800, you are competent. But between 800 and 899? That is purgatory. That is where dreams go to die. In Part 2 of my rise, I slammed into the 900 barrier like a bird hitting a glass window.
To get there, I had to beat the gatekeeper: "Apathy." Ranked #101. He had held that spot for three months. He was famous for one thing—the "Endless Blacked" combo, a 47-input sequence that, if executed perfectly, leaves no counterplay.
I didn't.