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Should I ignore my team in low elo?

Raeden··2 votes·632 views

I main ADC/Mid and constantly struggle with my teams in low ELO. I find that my other lanes either feed early, which then allows the enemy team to camp me, or they just don't communicate well. If I'm in a losing lane, is it just better for me to ignore the rest of my team and farm under tower until I get a far enough lead?

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Mr Dik Hertz2 votes

quick answer, no. try to give them instruction on how to play better. dont ignore them or you will most likely lose.

Cowgirl Ed2 votes

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quick answer, no. try to give them instruction on how to play better. dont ignore them or you will most likely lose.

sure, try to tell them how to play better. 1 out of 10 will listen, 5 will ignore you, 3 will insult and report you and 1 will make a personal crusade against you ruining your game and your life

Raeden1 votes

One of the biggest hurdles I'm trying to overcome is explaining to people the inherit terrible idea it is to chase a kill blindly into their jungle and why I back off.

Ixoziel2 votes

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One of the biggest hurdles I'm trying to overcome is explaining to people the inherit terrible idea it is to chase a kill blindly into their jungle and why I back off.

Give up trying to help them improve. You will never play with them again so it's not worth your effort. Most will ignore your advice and become tilted. Just pretend like they're NPCs. Remember that as bad as they are, the enemy team is just as bad. Exploit that.

While you're typing to your team you could instead be thinking about your next move or how to utilize your team as bait.

Raeden1 votes

And if they don't listen or have their own instructions? I've had team mates that yell at me for being behind on cs (because I'm being camped or my support is useless) and then complain when I don't join team fights or go farm up or do more damage or etc.

AlterEvil1 votes

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And if they don't listen or have their own instructions? I've had team mates that yell at me for being behind on cs (because I'm being camped or my support is useless) and then complain when I don't join team fights or go farm up or do more damage or etc.

Honestly I thought things might have changed after being mostly gone for 5 seasons but honestly they haven't. I would just ignore the team. Don't mute them but don't really listen to them and really weigh it out. I am starting to figure things out after about 300 games played because the plants and runes are new to me as well as the minions and turret damage. There are a few other things I don't quite get yet but I know that if I ignored my team most games I would definitely still be climbing more. For example, I had a Yi who linked a discord. I would tell him things he should do and instructed him on not to fight etc. but he would literally flash into turrets and basically die for nothing. We became slightly behind but baron would have put us at an advantage so we start it. We have it about half way done when he decides to flash over the wall to "kill lux", who he didn't kill btw. At that point we had lost baron and I told him that we really need to fight under turrets from now on if we want a chance at winning. He did not listen and continued to try to fight outside of turrets while they had baron. Yes they would get Elder, but they have baron so they're already stronger considering we weren't winning fights without it apparently. So yes, my advice is to ignore these idiots because most of them dk wtf they're doing. Take their farm, and use it to win the game because your team will basically feed it away.

abca981 votes

Yeah because people tend to listen to advice so much LOL.

Bobloser35551 votes

no matter how bad they are dont ignore them in the past for example when someone would ping me back when enemy is approaching i would often not listen and stay in lane but Ive learned to go back when they ping me, chances are they are right even if they are wrong some of the time.

Raeden1 votes

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no matter how bad they are dont ignore them in the past for example when someone would ping me back when enemy is approaching i would often not listen and stay in lane but Ive learned to go back when they ping me, chances are they are right even if they are wrong some of the time.

Oh, I'll usually listen to pings for enemies nearby, missing, etc. But I'll let them die if they don't listen or do something stupid.

Azure Hamster1 votes

If you're not rude to them, it helps to give advice. "Hey mid, if your lane opponent roams bottom, try following them."

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Ranmaru1 votes

DONT LISTENING TO THEM go an end game monster like yi and just farm/split push

Raeden1 votes

So then the next question is, what are some good self sufficient mids/adcs that can stand their own? I mainly play twitch and tristana right now as adc, and they both have weak early games unless you can rely on your team.

13900 Essence1 votes

Best thing you can do at any elo is shotcall aggressively. Spam ping objectives you want to do soon and if you die / are recalling safely lay out some game plans for the next few minutes. Giving them advice on microplay won't help because that is more individual-based and learned over time.

People feed often in every elo, so ignoring them won't help.

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