Can't Win to Save My Life

TheToadSage·4/3/2016, 4:16:52 PM·3 votes·612 views

So I was climbing super hard for a while. I started in Bronze 5 and in a matter of about 35 or 40 games i made it to Bronze 2. Then it all fell apart. I started feeding on the regular, losing super hard and couldn't tell you why. I tried going to normals to gather my wits and regain some skill I might have lost, but that hasn't worked either. My confidence in my skill at this point is so low I don't even dare play ranked. Just wondering if anyone had any tips or if anyone had gone through the same struggle.

6 Comments

Dukues4/3/2016, 6:00:54 PM2 votes

Were you playing a bunch of games the same day and losing? Losing streaks usually last longer if you keep playing more & more games while losing without a break. Tilt is real and even if you not mad your confidence will be shaken and you will make more mistakes. It has happened to me a lot. Best thing to do is take a break, go back to the basics and figure out what role/champs you were playing when you were winning and go back to them.

The other thing could be your true elo is lower than bronze 2 and you got on a lucky winning streak but now you dropping back down to your actual elo. Either way best thing to do is take a break and think about what you could do in those games to increase your chances in winning. Then basically play, practice, improve. Don't get too stressed out as climbing the ladder is annoying as hell. Don't let it get you down or then it wins. You have to persevere.

My story is pretty lame so a better story of how you can see tilt being real is with challenger player Anniebot. That dude always plays Annie and a lot of games a day. I have checked his past record in the past say on a Monday (I was really into playing Annie last season) and he would be like challenger rank 190. Then I would like like 7-10 days later and he would have hardly any lp in Master. Then you look a couple more weeks later and he would be back in challenger.

The grind is tough but don't let tilt make it harder. If i lose two ranked games in a row I stop for awhile (unless playing with friends then sometimes I will keep playing). It has helped me a lot and helped avoid those large 8-10 game losing streaks.

Jbels4/3/2016, 4:19:31 PM1 votes

The only way to get better is to practice. Go into customs and practice last hitting, go into normals and practice champiom mechanics, go into ARAMS and practice teamfighting, you can get back what you lost

Valexfor4/3/2016, 4:20:35 PM1 votes

Look at your recent games and try to see what you did wrong, sometimes bad habits are hard to get rid of since you're too used to them and don't nitoce them in that instant, but become quite clear when looking at them after a bit.

Jasęn4/3/2016, 4:29:44 PM1 votes

if you need confidence do a few bot games. shit stomp the bots mercilessly while making sure your mechanics are fantastic. that means no risky dives basically if you die in a bot game you have to ff and try again. and play with friends. then once you're confident, take to blind pick. do stupid shit. go annie malzahar bot lane and jhin jungle. just make sure you're having fun. and play with friends. and go into each match with one goal. don't die. you'll improve and if you don't you'll at least have a great time. also play with friends.

ff4sk4/3/2016, 4:35:31 PM1 votes

Dealt with the same issue. Lower higher bronze-silver is pretty much full of smurfs/boosters help their bronze friends get out of bronze. The reason you started losing so much is because you didn't stop at one loss and continued going which resulted in tanking whatever mmr you had. So now you will have to carry trolls, afkers, newbies, etc til you regain your mmr and my biggest advice to you is just to do it. You will lose a lot, you will get frustrated, you will hate this game. but you will climb eventually once you reach a decent mmr where you stop being matched with shit players.

You can do that or queue up with a smurf and get boosted

cyphris414/3/2016, 4:39:44 PM1 votes

add me ill play with you! as long as you are not toxic