How to work your way up in ranks while dealing with trolls?

Agent VX··2 votes·857 views

There are probably a million posts out there but I will add one more to it, because I am not satisfied with what I found in other threads. I am in bronze 3 and honestly it makes me sick how I always end up with the greatest trolls. In fact they never cease to impress me. Its like each troll is unique in its own ways and has its special way of ruining the game.

----------------------------------------------------------------- Quick Question------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 1M$ question here is how on earth do I deal with people who troll really hard in ranks?


If you want the long story:

I am certainly right where I belong, in bronze, and that's not a problem. What bothers me is who I get matched with. One game i ended up with a mid AP player that just went AFK b/c bot lane "was not able to keep up". That caused the jug to afk as well and just made the game end in less then 17 min.

In another game i got a blitz that just wanted to do "touchdowns". Honestly I had no clue what a touchdown was until i saw it in action. It involves him running as far as he can towards the enemy base with the sole purpose of getting killed by that laser at enemy spawn. He started doing it after top died 3 times.

In another ranked game there was that typical "mid or feed" situation where two people lock in with a mid AP champion with flash ignite carelessly. They went duo mid till we lost.

And last but not least, I witnessed that lvl 10 XinZhao trying to solo baron ... yeah it didn't really end well. Actually that sad ending happened more then once, think I lost count to be honest.

I already asked the questions earlier but to make it clear, I am asking what can I do about it? How do you make it stop? I am really trying to work my way up in the ranks and I want to get better. But this can not be done alone, and it sure as hell can not be done when you get the real trolls.

Anybody else feel like they are facing this kind situation?

7 Comments

kikiandcoco1 votes

One way to deal with trolls: Stop giving a sht. It is what it is. No need to discourge yourself. Simple. Play passive.

OhOkYeah1 votes

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In another game i got a blitz that just wanted to do "touchdowns". Honestly I had no clue what a touchdown was until i saw it in action. It involves him running as far as he can towards the enemy base with the sole purpose of getting killed by that laser at enemy spawn. He started doing it after top died 3 times.

Lmao. Oh man I haven't done this in a while.

Gonna go do some touchdown runs in ranked now that you reminded me. Thanks bro.

Lyrxen1 votes

not really anything you can do but report after the game is done. I know, it's sad :(

ZeeDrakon1 votes

you cant win every game. it doesnt matter for your progress since you win more games due to trolls than you lose, you just need to remember that you dont need to always win. its fine to lose, just go on

Angry Monster1 votes

If i were you i would get better in normals not in ranked. I personally feel that you can not grind your way to higher elo, and that you will learn better in normal drafts. Their is a chance you can get matched with some randomly high elo player and learn something.

Practicing with troll makes it so your practice gets ruined.

Oddysseas1 votes

Simple... Raise your odds..,.

EVERYTHING in life is a matter of odds, the better the odds, the more success.

I say do all the things that raise your odds to win.

  1. Don't flame, don't chatt too much. If there is a troll, odds are they won't play better because you flame to them inchat. It will only make things worse. They will troll harder and you will end up typing more than playing.

  2. Dont assume everyone is a troll. In low elos people make mistakes. Many mistakes. This doesn't mean thye are trolls, just people who want to win but don't know how to. If you start calling them trolls, they will play even worse and ruin your odds to win.

  3. Watch your individual performance. Farm more, win your lane every time. This raises your odds even more. Feeding yourselse may sometimes counter feed the enemy and give you better odds to win.

  4. Find a duo partner that you know is a good player. This will dramatically increase your odds to win. Out of 4 potentially trolls, now there are only 3. This make your life way easier. Find a partner who can play in the roles that you don't like and that you can play the roles they don't like. This will also raise your odda of having a comfort pick.

Rand0mH3r0X1 votes

I duo'd with my bronzie friend. I set him up with other guys and he took off to silver 2. He didn't go past that though.

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