I kinda find Ranked more frustrating this season and I need some help.

Theiki Kayle··1 votes·220 views

Last season I got from Bronze to Gold maining support (Nami) and jungle (Diana Sejuani Amumu). It wasn't easy, but I feel like it's less annoying than this season.

My current main is AurelionSol and even though I consistently do decently with him (go about even in lane most of the time, even if I lose I have a good teamfight presence etc) I end up losing games more often than I win (hence my current 44% win rate with 4.29:1 KDA). And so I'm stuck in Silver 4 most of the time, with the odd promo to Silver 3 (played that one like 6-7 times). It just always seems like my teammates either struggle with laning phase more (people snowball more often) or make a crucial mistake in lategame (our full build MF splitting instead of teamfighting, thus losing us the game). And I think people listen to pings less and are generally quicker to rage and flame etc.

  1. Anybody else notice this?
  2. Any advice? I'm not saying I deserve Platinum+ or something (I don't, I'm not good at all), but I know I can at least get to Gold again with AurelionSol (since I get good teamfight presence, I got a grasp on positioning requirements, good farm for Silver/Gold, outdamage almost everyone in many games). So, what should I do, just grind Ranked and bear out the frustration until I climb? Or is there something I'm missing (that is more specific than "get better")?

I'd appreciate it if I got a decent response and not flame.

1 Comments

RookPusher1 votes

Assuming "what should I do" meant "in order to climb" then here's my two cents:

  1. Riot pushed everyone into ranked by removing other game modes and then didn't do a damn thing about quality control. "More people are playing ranked now that never before" doesn't say anything about their skill. And they've still done nothing to address trolls.

  2. Stop playing A.Sol. If you want to climb in this game, you really need to play the champs equipped to win. While that changes, he isn't a champ to pick right now.

  3. Only play ranked in your first game of the day.

  4. Take the the summoners that benefit you most in the laning phase. I used to take teleport all the time for map control and tower pushing, but I swapped it out for flash and I've won more games.

  5. Hope Riot does something.

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