I need help picking a main role

Kunii·Nov 18, 2017·1 votes·1,060 views

I'm fine playing one specific role and specific champion in that role over and over as long as I win. But the second that I lose a game I switch roles for some reason. Mainly because I think that I feel that I need to try something else to try and win. I want to get better at this game. This last season I went from bronze 5 where I was placed to silver 4 and then back to silver 5 0 lp because now I can do nothing but lose no matter how many times I take a break. My goal for season 8 is plat 5 and everybody I talk to says that I need main 1 champ if I want to climb but I just can't seem to do it because I either get bored or frustrated. Can anybody help me? Right now it feels like I'm actually just horrible at this game. I want to believe I can get better but I'm losing hope.

tl;dr: I'm bad and I want to get to plat next season but I can't main a champ cuz i get too bored or frustrated.

13 Comments

Well I Say I WinNov 19, 20172 votes

Play the champs you like to play, not the champs you think are good. And follow the 100 game rule. It takes about 100 games of playing one LoL champ before you really figure out how to really play them

Final Spark LuxNov 20, 20172 votes

I can tell you what role not to play. Don't play support. If you wanna get better, learn literally any other role, otherwise you're at the mercy of matchmaking.

Sincerely~ A Support Player ;_;

FullmuteAll playNov 21, 20171 votes

as another support main have to agree with this.

TaeseukNov 18, 20171 votes

You don't need to main a champion to climb, I know tons of people that don't main just one champion and climb just fine.

It does help however to have a steady pool of champions 3-6 if you get bored of one champion easily so that you can focus on those champions and get yourself better at them.

As for role switching why is it you feel you need to do this to win? Not that being able to play multiple roles is bad it'll just be easier for you to climb if you main role and have a secondary role that you don't change because you will learn your match ups easier and be able to perfect how you play that role.

MistaFarenheitNov 18, 20171 votes

i spammed jinx in ranked because

im comfortable with the champion, i know her strengths and weaknesses.
no matter what happens in the game i know i can carry if im ever allowed to get farm.

one of the things i noticed most is that when the people on my team were feeding their asses off id always think "fuck well this is another free loss" but id keep my cool, farm up and play my lane out like normal. those games i almost always end up winning because they focus too much attention elsewhere. i shit on my lane and end up wiping the floor with every1 else.

the same can be said for the opposite. when i get camped im obviously far more prone to tilt and making stupid plays, but as i mentioned before, if im ever allowed to get 2~3 items im going to be an issue that they will have to deal with for the rest of the game as well as the nasus theyve left unchallenged in top lane for the past 20 minutes.

tl;dr version,

pick something you love, something you know you would play well in the division you think you deserve. play that champion to the best of your ability and if everything goes wrong just try your best and remember at the end of the day you cant win them all but you can damn sure try.

KuniiNov 19, 20171 votes

I've been trying this with adc. However, I don't know what I did to my mmr but I'm gaining 8 lp per win and I think I am going to lose silver soon. I do my best to win these games but its hard when your top lane is 0/5 in 7 minutes. I don't know what to do. If I can't even hold silver I might as well just quit the game.

FullmuteAll playNov 21, 20171 votes

if you are really worried about lp then just spam draft normals till you have high win rate (which is not so easy to have). Why ? Because if you have high win rate it means you are on 1 rank higher if not 2 or more If you are worried about stagnation/regression then just go normals again and train champion till you can Carry with him , adc is one of the most carrying roles, so no need to blame toper for losing the game. You want to reasch plat 5 in season 8, but ready to quit if you can't hold silver being bronze not so long time ago ? GL in esports. Let me tell you, you need to put a hell of a work to go in plat next season ,if you barely reached silver that season. Btw, ranking up with duo way easier, just find a right support or whoever fits you.

Linna ExcelNov 19, 20171 votes

Supposedly playing trynd and split pushing will get you to diamond 3. Unfortunately you won't be good at the game, just good at doing something most players don't know how to defend.

KuniiNov 20, 20171 votes

I think that part of my issue might be that I die way to much which I do. I have upwards of 7+ deaths each game. The problem I'm having is that if I don't play super aggressive in lane then I can't get a lead by just bitch farming to help my team out. However, if I do player super aggressive I'll get shit on half the time but a jungler that camps. I'm having trouble finding a balance.

FullmuteAll playNov 21, 20171 votes

If you really want to get better watch pro players streams (idk if English speaking streamers give viewers the concepts of game and explain the actions they take, but I belive there are some) Also this is good source to start with https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeGtVfZD9LVttCJzjIJLY1 Whatever you like just don't pick support as your main role, you will regret it. I being support main trying to switch back to my offrole mid. What you are struggling with is called trading. You shouldn't prioritize trades with opponent, unless you picked champ to poke down opponent. The reason why you trade with oppenent is to keep him away from farming effectively and/or put him in risk of dying. But your main priority should be farming. There is no point in all your agressive plays if you end up with less farm than your opponent. Or if you are asassin then you main priority is too snowball the game by roaming with high chance to kill and win ASAP. Again if you roam to other lane and get no kill you just lost your farm and give your opponent free farm.

KuniiNov 21, 20171 votes

I picked adc. Seems like the second hardest role ;_;

Zone of EndlessNov 21, 20171 votes

just play w/e you enjoy and start from there. Since you're low silver close to bronze, the best i can say is work on mechanic. Mechanical skill will easily carry you to gold. This will just come from playing. Watch pro stream/advice videos on youtube. There are a lot of resources available out there that will help you get better at the game.

KuniiDec 1, 20171 votes

Is anybody else finding the preseason a giant clusterfuck where winning is basically impossible. Or is my mmr putting me with idiots that are even worse at this game then I am. I don't carry. I don't win lane. I don't win games. I don't know how to do any of this... and I'm seriously doubting I'll ever learn.