I recently hit 30 (4-5 days ago) and been grinding out normals since then just wondering how many wins or what goals I should be looking to achieve before playing ranked. I also have a decently large champ pool and can play jungle and adc at least decently as well as rune pages "very basic" Ap/AD
ComeOnAndSlamJam2 votesPlay ranked the second you hit 30. There's no reason not to, as the queues are the same.
56552559_DEL2 votesNo. I just started ranked this season after playing for almost 2 years. I would suggest that you wait and make sure you understand your champs first before you do anything. I understand you said you have a large champ pool but what you really need is to be proficient at a few per role. You dont want to get into a ranked match with a large champ pool full of champs you dont play on a regular basis. You need to at least be prepared for counter picking against enemy champs with champs you are very familiar with above all else.
And considering hardly anyone plays as a team in either ranked or norms, i would suggest looking at carries for either role you want to play because despite this being a team game, the lower tiers are full of people who outright refuse to help and would rather complain.
Dukues2 votesYou going to want to play a couple hundred normal games probably. I guess "depends" is a good answer. If you want to learn the game and how ranked works then playing ranked is the best way to do that. Not that you are going to be playing with world class players or always seeing world class skills but at least in ranked everyone should want to try and win. Normal is a good way to learn champions and some matchups but a lot of players play normal to try champions out or try new strategies so they are not always playing at their "best".
It also depends on if you are planning on playing competitively and really want to climb. You are pretty much guaranteed to to placed a low ranking and are going to have to rank up. You have to realize this is ok and it is part of the game.
CudiZoned1 votesThanks for your response
MazerRackhem2 votesPlay ranked when:
you can say (at least roughly) what every champion in the game's spells are and how they work. REASON: Otherwise you're going to get into a game and be up against Illoai or something and there are going to be tentacles fricken everywhere and you won't know why the hell they keep spawning on you. You don't want to lose just because you can't say what the opponents kit is made up of.
You have at least 3 "main" champs in two "main" roles that you can play reliably and have runes/masteries for. REASON: You have to learn 2 roles because of que system. If one champ is banned in your role and one champ is picked, you're screwed if you can't play at least 3 at a good level.
(2) just takes time and focused practice. Same with (1), but with (1) you have to be more intentional. Whenever there is a champ in the free rotation you've never played a game with que up a bot game and play through it to learn his/her kit. ARAMs can also be fun low stress environments to round out your general knowledge of the champs when your owned+free champs pool is large enough.
In the end, once your ready, start playing ranked. Expect to get placed lower than you deserve at first due to the initial placement system and RNG. If you play enough games over the course of the season you'll get to where you belong. Just have a positive attitude and remember that, for every game you get stuck with a rage quitting 12 year old and lose pointlessly, there will be a game where the other team has a rage quitting 12 year old and you win without effort. The important thing is to stay positive, play your best, and to get in enough games to balance out the random fluctuations of match making.
CudiZoned1 votesJeez man I wish there was a +rep (if there is ignore this) thanks a lot for the tips man I do feel like I know most of the in meta champs but still learning about others thank you man.
Aids cuz League2 votesA few things before you can think about doing Ranked:
Do you like the taste of bleach?
Does watching other people make you lose faith in humanity?
Does playing with people who can't do their role properly, thus making you lose your games, make you want to put a toaster in the tub with you?
Do you know what a Ward is and/or does?
Do you know the muffin man?
Did you or did you not obtain cancer before or after league of legends?
If your answer is no to at least 1 of those, don't play Ranked and uninstall the game because AI Bots and ARAMs are your only safe place right now. Oh, who am I kidding, this game blows so much ball sweat right now, A Sated Yi/Jax/Xin can 1v3+ a team. The best part, only stoppable if your entire team focuses them with all the CC you have available while the rest of your team gets beaten up by everyone else. The Dynamic Queue is also straight rng crap, Hextech crafting, altho free, is also crap since keys have a chance at dropping. 27 games won, no keys, its been happening. I used to play games of League all day long, but now I play one and done. My friend got a chat ban for being non violent and told the actual trolls that if they were going to troll, he would troll. The sad part, the people actually trolled but he got the ban. Once you play Ranked, Normals matter less, but what you should be focusing on is getting a premade team so that way if you lose. You don't lose cause of randoms, you lose cause you got out played, if you trust in your pre-made teams ability to win.
P.S. I beat cancer a month ago, guess who just got it again?
disregardable1 votesWhen you've memorized most to all of the champions' kits.
LeBlanc Jameś1 votes1 year after hitting 30.... i wish I did.
ArlanKels1 votesNever. people in ranked tend to be very salty and are easily upset over the dumbest things.
ZT Xperimentor1 votesPeople over commit to ambition to the point of recklessness & abuse; it's not worth it.
Losing Patients1 votesI'd say dive right in. A lot of people view ranked climbing as a goal to attain, a badge of honor to grind towards. I however view my rating as my current skill level. I don't cheese the system or abuse mechanics to win win win, I just play the way I always play and let my rank sort itself out. No benefit in artificially inflating my rating. Just play and you'll naturally climb/get better.
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I'd say dive right in. A lot of people view ranked climbing as a goal to attain, a badge of honor to grind towards. I however view my rating as my current skill level. I don't cheese the system or abuse mechanics to win win win, I just play the way I always play and let my rank sort itself out. No benefit in artificially inflating my rating. Just play and you'll naturally climb/get better.
This ^ is a completely valid point of view as well. The real answer depends on what you want out of the game. I disagree with this poster because this method of play will not get me what I want out of the game. But there is nothing wrong with approaching ranked ques with this mindset.
I personally view ranked as a way to measure myself against everyone else when I'm at my best. So I play normals to break in/learn new champs that I want to eventually play in ranked, or when I'm feeling tired or just want to play something casually that's fun, but not great in the meta, like jungle Galio or something. I only play ranked games in my best roles with my best champs. I know I'll never make the LCS, and I'll probably never even make Diamond, but I like to only play ranked when I'm at my best and really try to push my ranking up each season, becoming a better player and trying to get into a higher percentile of the community each time.
I get a sense of accomplishment from finding out what works in the meta and finding strategies that improve my chances of winning in each patch. I think a lot of people who take ranked games "seriously" share this feeling. However, it is still a game, and unless you are one of the 700ish people out of 70 million who plans to make a living off of playing this game, your personal view of ranked games will also impact when you should start playing them.
My advice above will get you to a higher ranking than this poster's will, but that doesn't mean my view is right and his is wrong. It depends on what you personally want out of the game.
CudiZoned1 votesThank you guys so much. I've really gotten some insight into the game and honestly I'll probably play some ranked games occasionly but only when I'm playing particularly well. I'll probably end up playing quite a few more normals in between getting better at secondary champions for my two roles. Again, thanks so much for everyone's advice
Lauchmelder1 votesAt least have ONE full standard runepage. The more the better.
Otherwise dive straight in. You learn much more from rankeds if they are at similar level of skill.
Mirage Seraph1 votesSomething I personally feel you should do is wait until you feel you have Gold level mechanics. You won't be placed into gold, even if you win all 10 games, it aint happening. But doing whatever is feasible to avoid being placed in Bronze is your best bet for having some semblance of fun in ranked.
If you play at a Gold level it's rather feasible to carry low-mid Silver games, heck when I first started playing ranked seriously I got placed in Silver 5. Was in Silver 2 not 30 games later, Left S5 without a loss, lost maybe twice in S4, and just straight up skipped S3. S2 and S1 were utter hell though, hit gold at 113 games. Silver's easy to carry if you know how to carry, basically.
Bronze though.. I mean, again, when people aint screaming like children and are playing right, if you're playing at a gold level in bronze you can carry. Problem is in Bronze people are screaming like children and going full attackspeed crit Darius jungle. Not all Bronze players. Just a lot of them.
You don't have to be god, just try to avoid getting that placement. And if it happens... Well, keep moving forward. If you play well you probably won't be stuck there long regardless.
DarkLarvitar1 votesyou will know if you are decent if you get placed s3 or above then you could play more normal get better then backed to ranked and see if you've improved