2200 in shuffle as spriest but getting absolutely shit on at 1600 in 3s. -help

So yeah I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out why and think of things that could help me succeed more in 3s? I’ve just been playing with randoms from lfg and climbing has been painful.

It’s weird because I’ve been a chronic 2100-2300 on many classes in 3s, so I thought picking up a new spec I would be better at 3s than in shuffle? Like I just did a 5-1 and made some good plays in shuffle to solo win rounds at 2200. But over the past few days playing 3s I just get railed and it’s hard to find people to play more than a couple of games with. This is with trying all kinds of comps too.

Im thinking maybe it’s because my defensive play is better than my offensive play and just not dying goes a lot further in shuffle than 3s? Especially since dampening comes up faster I feel like I can get kills on my own easier… and maybe this mentality of live until dampening and then try to solo kill someone is conditioning me to suck ass in traditional 3v3.

So maybe I need to focus more on setups and playing with my partners to succeed outside of shuffle? Any thoughts would be nice. Also if it helps I only picked up spriest last week so I am really new to it, but I’ve really been trying to get better and analyze my play every game and research stuff online to get better at the spec.

Thanks in advance fellow nerds