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If you're in low Elo....just don't

mr me3seeks·5/16/2017, 1:49:42 PM·3 votes·1,508 views

If you're playing ranked in Elo and playing ranked please for the love of god stop playing high risk/high skill champs, I promise if you were good at zed/Elise/shaco top -_- you would climb instead why not pick low skill champs with no way to outplay yourself, better yet who can even contribute when behind, for example I had a khazix jungle who just knew he could hard carry. Surprise he didn't, same game I have a shaco top who got absolutely destroyed.....along with Ekko mid who wasnt garbage but eventually got behind where he did nothing I'm not saying I'm a god by any means, but this game could have been an easy win if we had just had one of them played a champion that could contribute when behind(or at least scale late) such as naut/ahri/Annie etc. the only reason everyone says you have to hard carry yourself because your team won't is because of the 0/4 khazix jungle who swears he's good. This is just a rant I'm aware I'm ass too lol

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Hethalean5/16/2017, 2:08:41 PM5 votes

Personally, in low elo, main someone even if it is high skill. There are 100 reasons that you're in low Elo (me too) and only like maybe 5 of them are because you're not piloting your champion to perfection. There are so many other things to learn and master before you start ranking up. One major suggestion is to just HAVE FUN playing the game. If you're not enjoying your experience, you're not going to perform at your best.

If you have fun with the champion, focus on it. Master it. It is as much about your manipulation of the laning phase, and your knowledge of match ups as it is anything related to how you mechanically execute a particular champion.

Don't focus on how anyone will look at a single one of your games and say "you should not play X champion" because they're only focused on themselves and what other aspects out of their control can be blamed other than themselves.

Focus on your own game (you won't see that person again in a game most likely). Your own skills, and do not worry about other people's opinions on how you play, what you should play, and what you did wrong (instead of the areas that they performed under the bar). You'll eventually leave people focusing on everyone else behind in the ranks.

MysterQ5/16/2017, 2:14:10 PM1 votes

I think you are wrong. I have seen Silvers do alright with "high skill cap" champions.

Laçez5/16/2017, 2:31:03 PM1 votes

You have a point even though I may not agree with it entirely. For me personally I will never touch someone like the likes of Annie / Garen but rather just play non ranked games where I know the ins and outs of a specific champion, watching gameplay videos, exploring builds, play types and being exposed to a variety of situations before I even consider them for ranked. Mostly blind pick so it is more random and I guess more difficult ¯_(ツ)_/¯

RuFiot5/16/2017, 2:44:41 PM1 votes

What your thoughts about Vayne? She scales well late

Hallbuster5/16/2017, 3:16:22 PM1 votes

Don't understand the downvotes, this is pretty much qualified as good advice.

As a former challenger and coach put it. Playing high skill cap champions means you're spending more time learning "how to play the champion than learning how to play the game." While you can climb with, say Ryze(I never did), it will take much much longer if you opted to go with easier picks like Annie(no longer) or Vladimir.

BigBellBrute5/16/2017, 9:13:27 PM1 votes

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If you're playing ranked in Elo and playing ranked please for the love of god stop playing high risk/high skill champs, I promise if you were good at zed/Elise/shaco top -_- you would climb instead why not pick low skill champs with no way to outplay yourself, better yet who can even contribute when behind, for example I had a khazix jungle who just knew he could hard carry. Surprise he didn't, same game I have a shaco top who got absolutely destroyed.....along with Ekko mid who wasnt garbage but eventually got behind where he did nothing I'm not saying I'm a god by any means, but this game could have been an easy win if we had just had one of them played a champion that could contribute when behind(or at least scale late) such as naut/ahri/Annie etc. the only reason everyone says you have to hard carry yourself because your team won't is because of the 0/4 khazix jungle who swears he's good. This is just a rant I'm aware I'm ass too lol

How do you expect anyone to get good at something unless they play it?

PhDs Nuts5/17/2017, 1:24:03 AM1 votes

Don't avoid champs with high skillcaps. Find a champion that clicks with you, whose kit you understand and are comfortable playing.

Spam the shit out of them.