Tips! What I have learned while climbing from Bronze to Gold on 5 smurfs in the past 3 months
So in the past 3 months I have gotten 5 accounts from Bronze to Gold. So to start I can assure you there is NO such thing as ELO hell for those that think it's impossible to climb out of Bronze because I have done it 5 times. If you are in Bronze or Silver it is because that is where you belong. Stop blaming others and fix your own gameplay. Yes, sometimes games are not winnable but in every game I guarantee you can look back and see something you did incorrect that could have helped.
Things I have noticed in Bronze/Silver that keep them there. Some of these happen in higher ELO's too but nothing close to what I see in Bronze/Silver.
1.) They play WAY to many champs and have not mastered any. I have looked up many players and find they have played 50+ different champs. Stick with a handful of your VERY best if you want to climb. You won't climb playing every champ in the game. You are NOT a PRO!
2.) They take a brand new champ into ranked that they have never played before. This is totally dumb. You are almost 100% gonna lose the game.
3.) People are TERRIBLE when it comes to cs'ing. Many times only have 1/4-1/2 the farm they should. This is so important and I CANNOT stress it enough!
4.) People play either way to passive or way to aggressive in lane (they can't find a balance)
5.) When behind in lane they continue to start fights and die over and over!
6.) Towers are often lost within 10min because they fight and die too much. (If you are behind, sit back and farm under tower!) STOP FIGHTING!
7.) People chase for days and die for it over and over
8.) Some people have pretty good mechanics but fail to win because they can't close out a game after laning phase ends.
9.) People split push when they should group push and vice-versa (situational)
10.) HAPPENS A LOT People will port back to base after winning a team fight to buy their shiny new item instead of taking an objective (tower, dragon, baron, OPEN INHIB) even when the ACE was right in front of the objective. Have had many times where we could have ended the game but people leave instead of attacking the nexus.
11.) They don't push and win when they have a HUGE lead. They just wonder around and let the enemy team catch up.
12.) They constantly push a lane alone with no vision and get caught over and over again.
13.) They have the most retarded builds. Stop trying something new. Go to probuilds.net or solomid.net to find current top builds. Stay away from mobafire!
14.) They don't itemize against their opponents. I see people build armor when they should build MR and MR when they should build armor. Pay attention to who you are facing and who is fed. You don't need to stack armor against the 0/8 Ashe when they have a 9/0 Ahri.
15.) They NEVER ward. You have a trinket. Use it. Also BUY pinks!
There are many other things but hopefully people in Bronze/Silver can look at this list and it will help them.
