"If you are hard-stuck in Hero rank, playing solo forces you to learn boost gasping and shield skipping. You can't learn that while hiding behind a Support main."

However, if you have hit a plateau, dedicating ten custom matches to the "Solo" rule set will sharpen your reflexes like nothing else. You will learn to watch radar pips like a hawk. You will memorize cooldown timers. You will stop blaming your healer.

However, a new term has begun circulating on Reddit, Discord, and Twitch chat: Is it an insult? A tactical command? Or the secret to breaking out of a losing streak when your teammates have abandoned you?