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State of Ranked

Shino Amakusa··2 votes·1,082 views

Before I begin, I would like to say that in no way I am raging or crying about any of the matters in Ranked ladder in League of Legends ...

Now, as a historical note I have been almost Gold level in ranked during Season 2, but have been dropped and been bouncing between Bronze V and I ever since Season 3 and the new ladder mmr system.

In old terms of ELO: Bronze ( or ELO Hell as some called it) has been anywhere below 800 mark whereas "Pro" players have been around 1800+ mark during Season 2. Ever since Season 3, the Bronze has stayed at same 800, but the leagues above it have moved up in ELO/MMR ratings, highest being like 3000 mark nowadays.

Splitting each ranking tier into 5 divisions was a bad idea from the start. If you model the ladder system from Starcraft then why would you make it even more complicated and create a huge ocean gap between lower ranks and so-called "pro" players.

Ranked games are now like a lottery gamble (especially in lower tiers) as one would hope that you will get to play on one side with people who realize that the game is about objectives and not kills, that controlling buffs such as Dragon is vital to success, people who will not troll during champ select or go afk during the game, fail at lane matchups and not ask for help in case they are outmatched.

We all have good and bad games, but even if things turn for bad that doesn't mean they have to be annoying and rageful for the people one plays with. I main ADC role, but can do other ones to various degrees of success. I main Jinx, Varus, Miss Fortune, Graves and some other ADCs and by no means I am on par with the LCS level, but it is very frustrating and that frustration leads to anger and ruins the gameplay time when I try out of my skin to play the game and win only to be reminded that it was all in vain and a waste of time ...

Objectives win the game, trolls kill the players ...

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Sena2 votes

Yeah, at low ranks it's all a coinflip unless you are able to 1v5 consistently. Most people tell me until you hit high Platinum people still have no idea that it's towers/dragons/inhibs/barons that mostly win the game. People just chase for kills relentlessly and throw the game.

Also agreed on the 5 divisions per tier, it's realllllly dumb. The old ELO system showing your ELO was much more easy to understand and makes a lot of sense. To me, the most dumb thing is getting to 100 LP and then having to play a BO3/5 series with random people I never even met. Sounds like a great idea huehue.

Morpheel1 votes

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Yeah, at low ranks it's all a coinflip unless you are able to 1v5 consistently. Most people tell me until you hit high Platinum people still have no idea that it's towers/dragons/inhibs/barons that mostly win the game. People just chase for kills relentlessly and throw the game.

Also agreed on the 5 divisions per tier, it's realllllly dumb. The old ELO system showing your ELO was much more easy to understand and makes a lot of sense. To me, the most dumb thing is getting to 100 LP and then having to play a BO3/5 series with random people I never even met. Sounds like a great idea huehue.

Even in high Plat things are awful, so... maybe high Diamond?

ezAction1 votes

So check this out. I landed in Bronze V in Season 3 (for good reason), then proceeded to claw my way to Gold V right before it ended. Season 4 I went 8-2 in placements got placed in Gold V. Then got demoted 4 times to Silver IV. Then climbed back to Gold V before the season ended. This season I placed Bronze 1 after going 4-6 in placements.

**I will be gold by the end of this season. (Aiming for higher)

The moral of this story is you should take a long hard look at your own game play. And be honest about it. What do you do well and what can be improved. These are the things you CAN control and they are: Creep Score, Itemization, Map Awareness, Champion Positioning. I guarantee you probably need help with all 4 of those if you consistently get stuck in lower ELOs.

The only evil I see in ranked play are the meta champs. Every lane has 1-3 champions that way out shine others. You should look into those if you are struggling. I used Fiddlesticks to carry me last season.

Sena1 votes

There are definitely things everyone can improve on, even at the highest level of play and no one is saying otherwise.

The point of the OP's thread I believe is the frustration of "Solo" Queue in a "Team-based" competitive game. Which one cannot discredit the blatant irony. Fact of the matter is, in Solo Queue luck does play a huge deal. You can carry and get to late game, but if one person gets caught at that mark, it's usually an instant rush to nexus. You have no control over all the variables - your team mates. I've won some games I should never have won, I've lost some games I never should have lost. My own skill or the lack thereof had something to do with those, but largely it was beyond my own control. Enemy team decides to hard throw? I'll take the free win. My team decides to hard throw? Nothing in the world can stop them from doing so. I'm not the greatest player, I can't 1v5 every game.

You know how you can be as polite as you can possibly be, but just say one thing and instantly get the "f*** off *****" in Solo? Yeah. Don't count out the large portion of 12 year olds on this game. You can't do anything about that. There are a lot of situations where it's just impossibly hopeless. Your team will not listen and it's not because you are an ass. A lot of times I just very lightly try to suggest something and get the instant flipoff. Why do I even want to bother anymore? Just turn off all chat and ignore your team mates in Solo. Yet, this leads to the paradox that is "Solo Queue vs. Team-based play." I'm basically forced to ignore my team mates more often than not, and yet this is definitely a team game. Note that I state "more often than not." I do get decent human beings as my team mates at times, but it's very rare and that is the problem.

I think it's a fair argument both ways. Do improve yourself, but just gotta ignore the bulls*** that happens in Ranked.

Shino Amakusa1 votes

I had few games where my own Support and/or Jungler would be like "Our ADC sucks ... hate bronze noobs" and the enemy reply would be "well Jinx took out 6 of our turrets, stole 3 drakes from our own noses and yes she is 0/6, but she played the game whereas rest of you played Counter Strike"

How many times in champ select you seen people go "We got this, I am pro [place champ name here]" just to be obliterated in game and rage and quit? I switched roles many times ... started as Mid then Jungle, Support, Top, Support again then finally settled on ADC ...

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