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Im thinking about starting ranked can I get some advice?

Vastaylan·6/26/2017, 1:29:38 PM·1 votes·687 views

So I have leveled a couple accounts so far to level 30 working on a smurf currently that would happen to be this account but I have played for almost two years know and I have not touched ranked and so I figured I would name some of the things I do off and asking how I can improve on them if you wouldnt mind can you give some advice? I try to keep a small champion pool and my main roles varies but I am trying to find my roles When I see summs used I ping them out and I look to time them My map awareness isn't that good but I have been trying to improve if you can give some advice on that Is it OK that I dont upgrade my trinket? I usually keep the basic one because I find there to be often not enough wards placed on the map but I know my team is at a disadvantage if we dont have a sweeper or farsight can you give me advice on this? And I tend to like Assasins or Bruisers and im attracted to melee hyper carrys if you have any recommendations let me know please. Anyways I just figured I would give a quick rundown can I get some advice before I hop into ranked?

13 Comments

AfterTheFall6/26/2017, 2:12:05 PM3 votes

Pick two roles and try to stick to them. Be able to play at least 2 champs in EVERY role at a decent level incase of autofill. Play with a small champion pool and get good with them. Trinket depends on the game. If the enemy team has traps or invisible champs then get a sweeper. Adc's and mages are best with a blue orb so they dont have to face-check bushes. Assassins are best with a sweeper so you can clear any enemy vision on your way to gank. That way they dont see you coming. When it comes to map awareness, its huge. You HAVE to know whats going on around the map, so you know how to react to it. Ranked is a whole different ball game. You'll learn what i mean pretty quick off the bat. DO NOT die 3+ times during laning phase. There is absolutely no excuse for that. If you die once or twice then play safe and farm under tower to gain xp. Ppl have really tough time understanding that concept. Playing safe is something very few ppl understand. If you can grasp how to do it and when you need to, you have a leg up on everyone.

Mysticman896/26/2017, 2:10:00 PM2 votes

Don't be discouraged if it starts off rough. It's always a somewhat sobering experience when you first ranked, since people tend to think they're at least 'ok' even if they're not great, and then end up somewhere in bronze and get either frustrated with themselves and conclude they weren't ready, or more often frustrated with their teammates and don't actually improve.

Ranked probably is the best place to improve your skills (not to learn champs, but more broadly improve), since people tend to play off-role in norms or unfamiliar champs, and in general not necessarily try as hard. Ranked by contrast people are usually all on their best champs and best roles and are keen to win, so it can be a rough transition. Keep at it though, and you'll climb up from wherever you might land at first, the key is to not get discouraged and always focus on looking for things you could have done differently.

Fuh Queue6/26/2017, 1:37:33 PM2 votes

Make sure you sacrifice a goat and prepare the blood of a virgin before clicking to queue.

No More Coal6/26/2017, 2:00:49 PM1 votes

always ban yasuo,,,,,, Why you ask?

  • Yasuo's on your team sucks cock

  • Yasuo's on enemy teams gets penta kills

OceanicEyes6/26/2017, 3:46:31 PM1 votes

How's your csing? CS is very important, especially when you end up in a lane where you can't kill your enemy laner. In lane, depending on the champ you're playing, it's perfectly okay to not win lane as long as you go even (similar score, keeping up in CS, keeping deaths down as much as possible). Even in bad matchups it's better to be behind in farm and play safe (freezing lane near your side, getting an early defensive component) than to snowball your enemy laner.

To further get into laning, be careful with how hard you push. Unless you can 1v2 (most champs who can need post level 6 to do this), pushing hard into the enemy tower can be suicide. If, however you have good vision and know you can escape, pushing some champions into their tower can be a great idea.

If people get toxic, you can either try to calm them down, or simply mute. Don't need to feel bad about muting if the player seriously deserves it. You'll get teams that can get way too heated in games, and you just have to shrug it off and keep playing. You will get some really cool players too though. So that helps balance it out.

For ranked I like to have at least a duo partner, that way you'll have one player on the team you can trust and rely on.

And finally don't get discouraged if you find yourself placed low. My first season I was placed Bronze 4. Every season after that I've climbed up to Plat. Virtually every new player starts low.

Good luck in ranked!

Micbran6/26/2017, 4:03:30 PM1 votes

Remember this: Ranked isn't for fun.

I am Pacman6/26/2017, 6:10:32 PM1 votes

Make sure your team has a bunch of different trinkets. Typically blue on adc/mid, green on top/mid, red on sup/jungle. This doesn't always apply and if your team is bad and forgets to change then I'd reccomend picking up their slack and upgrading to whatever trinket is needed. Also look up some good warding guides. Good warding and vision denial is pretty objective so its an easier thing to learn and pick up.

Overall try and be mindful of what you are doing. Make decisions and even minute movements (which side of the lane you are standing on for example) conscientiously and above all know WHY you are doing that. Read plenty of guides covering everything, how to freeze waves, zones of control, rotations, how to splitpush without getting caught etc. Slowly try and apply things you remember to your current game at hand until you can confidently say why you are farming the side lane, why you engaged, why you dove, why you decided to back now, why you went for that cs.

Don't tilt. This may sound stupid and hard to do but tilt decides games in low elo. Tilting the enemy early practically guarantees a win and tilting yourself a loss. Its hard and you will tilt but again try and be mindful about it and recognize when it starts to impact your gameplay.

Good luck