This isn’t a reply to your question directly but I’ll suggest getting into a community league instead and test some waters.

I play Dota 2 mainly which has no pay to win mechanics and all characters are free but the game is difficult to get into. That being said there are many communities who host local tournaments/in-house league which are rank locked and you can make friends and find players to play with.

Most games have something similar on discord servers and then you can get into an actual competitive stage eventually!