TIP For (Low Elo) Summoners

There is a such thing as being countered! You can't overcome #EVERY# match-up with skill and game IQ.

I didn't start seeing success, winning 55% - 100% of my last 20 games played consistently until I started studying champions. http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=k54

There are 129 different kits League of Legends offers you. Memorize all 129 kits (I'm including Jhinn, even though he isn't released yet, I know his kit by heart from studying his pbe gameplay and champion reveal page).

After I learned all the kits (in 1st quarter S5), I saw incredibly improvement. http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/36441724 (scroll down to LKS graph)

Ask yourself, "What does this champ do? What are their strengths and weaknesses? How does this kit compare to this one?"

The mistakes I noticed on this account (my 1st account), is low elo confidence.

When I came back to this account and noticed champions being selected into champions they shouldn't, the response was always, "This is bronze, no such thing as a counter."

The problem with that mentality is failure to acknowledge, that you are also bronze, which means your opponent is as equally skilled as you are. Meaning, that if you pick mid into , or Wukong top into , you're going to get destroyed!

Basically, the whole point of this post is, you can start seeing 10-fold improvement by making an intelligent decision in the champion selection phase. True, there are plenty of successful one trick ponies (but they're normally junglers, marksmen or supports), but having a 55% - 80% win rating with over 30 champs (at least 10 games played each) when you are a top/mid laner, truly shows your understanding of the game. http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/36441724#ranked-stats

This doesn't mean I'm good with these champions, I can honestly say I suck with , but I understand their kits and can use to it's fullest potential when I pick them as a hard counter.

Notice that have my highest win %, but lowest KDA. It's because I suck with them, but I have a tunnel vision playstyle that plays to their strength... TOWER SIEGE!

To wrap it up, learn the champions, improve your game.