Can I climb Gold playing champions I enjoy?

UniSect··2 votes·1,348 views

All these buffs and meta champions like "Inting Sion" and strong champions always come and go.

I enjoy playing adc Ashe but she isnʻt the best champion at the moment. I feel forced to climb with champions I donʻt enjoy playing as. Like it is hard for me to have fun with champions I play and win. I just want me to enjoy the game and able to win without feeling so complex in how to do it.

19 Comments

DODGEORLOSE2 votes

You can one trick literally any champion in the game to diamond. If you go to the champion statistics on op.gg, you can just click on your favorite champ then find the top players of that champ and copy what they do. Don't let anyone tell you you can't climb with a champ. If you like playing something, just fuckin do it. If you wanna get better, there's resources out there. The only one stopping you from climbing is yourself.

Khristophoros2 votes

It's just a question of how long it will take to climb on each champion.

Ashe will probably take longer than most because she's heavily team dependent and you're talking about solo queue. It would help if you had somebody playing a mid lane assassin to duo with you. Somebody who can reliably pick up kills off good Ashe ults.

saltran2 votes

Yes, I climbed last year to gold playing crit MF with no enchanter supp on the Ardent meta.

We are low elo, everyone is trash so you can play what you want.

xxxDogmanxxx2 votes

Well duh! You can climb with any champion. If you wanna climb in Gold tier with Ashe, then you just have to play Ashe at a Gold tier level. Heck, from personal experience, I know for a fact that there are Ashe players in Master tier and obviously they got there by playing at a Master tier level. If they can do it, you can too.

FioraWillCarry1 votes

Probably not. I think many high elo players would tell you to play champions strong in the meta. Either you play to enjoy the game or play to climb. I'm not sure one can do both. Climbing with anything only works in Bronze.

Minimac20001 votes

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Probably not. I think many high elo players would tell you to play champions strong in the meta. Either you play to enjoy the game or play to climb. I'm not sure one can do both. Climbing with anything only works in Bronze.

Disagreed, it takes considerably more effort but it is possible with persistence to climb to an extent without playing meta champs. Otp's demonstrate this pretty clearly plus there are singed support and ad malzahar jg mains as high as plat so.....

Get Ogre Here1 votes

Unfortunately not. Ashe usually isn't a very strong champ but she can be strong if your support is good and you get ahead. I recommend trying other stronger ADC's to see if there's anything you like, but if not then just play Ashe and try your best. If you don't climb it's whatever as long as you're having fun.

DODGEORLOSE1 votes

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Unfortunately not. Ashe usually isn't a very strong champ but she can be strong if your support is good and you get ahead. I recommend trying other stronger ADC's to see if there's anything you like, but if not then just play Ashe and try your best. If you don't climb it's whatever as long as you're having fun.

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Korean Ashe one trick in diamond with a 52% wr

Get Ogre Here1 votes

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Korean Ashe one trick in diamond with a 52% wr

I said you COULD make her work. There is also a master Soraka top player. I'm just saying it's unlikely to find a lot of success, not impossible.

SangreDeNoche1 votes

I play champs like Bard, Fiddlesticks, Urgot, and even Sion and do both.

Hexs Fortune1 votes

You can climb on any champ through gold. Non champion specific decision making is the key.

Malefic Reality1 votes

It's possible I guess. Just would probably be difficult considering there are ADCs like Kai'Sa and MF and also a million assassins that could probably also one shot you.

Baron Barian1 votes

Depends entirely how good at Ashe you are.

The Ecdysiast1 votes

It's funny to me that people who make threads like this always "enjoy" bad champions. And bad champions are often bad because they lack versatility. So the argument that their style is what's fun isn't very strong. Seems more often that what they like about the champion is that they feel a sense of superiority when they beat "meta slaves".

So if you're asking if you'll reliably beat someone with equal experience with their champion when you're playing a worse champion, odds are no.

Sorin Alucard1 votes

ashe is the bomb

Quil Evrything1 votes

Ashe top lane. fairly safe. farm up. be useful lategame, or them crossmap arrows. (drag/herald/tower siege)

Lunar Strain1 votes

If you play at a gold level, yes

Automated Riven1 votes

you can climb on any champion to low/mid diamond if you decide to improve at the game. Champion balance doesnt matter until people stop making tons of mistakes.

Myrmiron1 votes

Depends on how good you are. I can probably get to gold playing any champion as long as I try. If you're good enough gold is very easy.

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