I’m still on bronze 5 but I’ve gotten my win rate from 30something to about 55% and I’m slowly ranking up and should soon hit bronze 4. I probably have about 200-300 hours on the game so I’m still pretty new but here are some things I’ve noticed as I’ve improved.

• I die way less often using cover.
• I get counter-picked waaaay more often. EG if I’m playing Dva (one of my mains) the enemy tank has more commonly picked Zarya as a response, or mirroring me when I play Orisa mid match. Feels good that they feel so threatened by me that they change the character they play bc of me specifically (sounds silly but I take it as a boost in confidence).
• I only counter pick about half the time (eg if the enemy has a Brig that halfway knows what she’s doing I’m not playing Dva) but the other half of the time it’s skill skill skill. If you can outskill the enemy then it doesn’t matter who they play (made a post on this topic prior).

Yeah just my two cents.