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Should I try Ranked Again

p3h9WLfqFQ··1 votes·753 views

Hi guys! This is my first ever post onto forums so I will try to make this short.

I started this game in August of 2013 so it has been a long journey for me. I hit level 30 on Halloween night of that year. (It was like 11pm at night.)

The point is that I have been anxious to start ranked because last season I was Bronze V. Last season I was Bronze I and just fell through the ground into Bronze V halfway through the season. (Of course this was the first time I ever did ranked before.) I mean in season 4, I had one rune page and barely had any useful mastery pages. But I changed... I changed my name, bought 20 rune pages, and have 20 mastery pages, but my win loss ratio in normals is kinda icky. I've been playing a lot of draft pick just to mimic the ranked solo que. (Not a whole lot of people support and they are bronze elo mostly.) I just hope that if I started ranked I'd get into a high silver division ... gold is where I really want to end up this year. Anyone care to help a gamer out here?!?! Maybe friend me on League to do some shit together?!

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Schmeeet1 votes

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Hi guys! This is my first ever post onto forums so I will try to make this short.

I started this game in August of 2013 so it has been a long journey for me. I hit level 30 on Halloween night of that year. (It was like 11pm at night.)

The point is that I have been anxious to start ranked because last season I was Bronze V. Last season I was Bronze I and just fell through the ground into Bronze V halfway through the season. (Of course this was the first time I ever did ranked before.) I mean in season 4, I had one rune page and barely had any useful mastery pages. But I changed... I changed my name, bought 20 rune pages, and have 20 mastery pages, but my win loss ratio in normals is kinda icky. I've been playing a lot of draft pick just to mimic the ranked solo que. (Not a whole lot of people support and they are bronze elo mostly.) I just hope that if I started ranked I'd get into a high silver division ... gold is where I really want to end up this year. Anyone care to help a gamer out here?!?! Maybe friend me on League to do some shit together?!

If you want to go into a queue full of trolls and feeders and most of all afkers, go ahead! If you don't mind having a game more often than not, go for it. You might even enjoy winning your lane while everyone else is feeding!

p3h9WLfqFQ1 votes

All I can say is damn because someone replied quickly! Wait what?!?!

You must be having some shitty games dude!

The Chin1 votes

You'll likely be placed in low bronze because placements are heavily influenced by last seasons standings, but that's okay! Just accept that it's where you're at and start working on the climb.

Once you get the core fundamentals of league down it's actually easy to climb out of bronze

I started playing in october 2013 was originally placed in bronze as well, now sitting happily at gold :)

p3h9WLfqFQ1 votes

I know that you had to work your ass off to get to gold but what experience did you gain along the way?

The Chin1 votes

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I know that you had to work your ass off to get to gold but what experience did you gain along the way?

A lot.

One thing that has consistently helped me is; every time I die, I ask myself what I could have done better/differently in that scenario. Ignoring what my teammates may or may not have done wrong because I can't control them anyways, just focus on myself. There's almost always something you could have done differently to make it out alive, or at least do more before you die. Maybe you were too far up without wards, poor teamfight positioning etc... If you keep doing this you'll start to notice patterns of things you consistently do wrong, so you'll know where you need improvements

League requires a lot more mental toughness than most other games because your attitude has a big influence on the game. Always be encouraging to your teammates, make sure anything you type in chat is either functionally useful (dragon timers) or encouraging, because the last thing you want is your own teammates to go on tilt. For the same reason you never want to play ranked when you're tired, hungry, or overly frustrated from your last game.

Also the upgraded yellow trinket is extremely strong right now, 250g for unlimited wards for the rest of the game, try and buy it as soon as you hit level 9

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