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Worst ranked game I've played ever. I feel like uninstalling. Need help/advice.

DNGSkitty·12/17/2018, 11:38:43 PM·12 votes·9,584 views

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I'm extremely demoralized after the ranked game I just played.

I consider myself extremely skilled with Zyra, I've been playing her for years. ( this isn't my main account )

I usually go Zyra support, but everyone's been bragging about how great mages are these days, I figured I'd give her a whirl in mid lane after I practiced her mid in a few norms.

So I queued up for this ranked game, and it was literally the definition of hell. I faced a fizz mid, who was able to turret dive me and kill me at level 3, and walk away. I wasn't even safe at my turret because he would just dive and then do that dodge flip move where he can't be focused. His damage output was insane. While this was happening, the enemy jungle kayn came over and did the exact same thing to me, tower dove me, I summoned my plants like an idiot, kayn did the invulnerable/unfocusable skill and my plants just stood there while I get obliterated.

My team flamed me the entire game and I have never felt so worthless and bad in a single game of league of legends EVER.

So here's my question, how could I have played this differently? i'm really upset at myself for going 1/8/3. I felt completely helpless. My plants couldn't focus fizz or Kayn the entire game because they just spammed the moves where they're un-targetable. I got to the point where I couldn't even leave base.

Meanwhile the fizz on the enemy team was laughing at me saying how bad I was, and honestly, this did hurt my feelings because I take a lot of pride into the way I play zyra, and I couldn't believe how hard he was destroying me. I feel like just uninstalling the game completely right now.

39 Comments

Thunderneedle12/18/2018, 12:41:03 AM13 votes

Open start menu. Go to control panel. Then remove Installed programs. It's alphabetically sorted. But there is also a search bar.

MrFawknSunshine12/17/2018, 11:57:00 PM10 votes

there is a reason why zyra is no longer viable mid. it happen about 3 seasons ago.

Byakugon12/18/2018, 12:15:47 AM4 votes

It seems like to me you just had an off game but the way you were treated was not right at all and riot needs to do something about toxicity in games because it causes tremendous amounts of pain depending on how long you have played league for so I say you give it your all and try to ban very mobile champs while playing zyra mid. NEVER GIVE UP!!! when someone takes you down just get back up again and have a good time

Morticianjohn12/19/2018, 7:00:57 AM3 votes

Fizz needs to go away. The game would be much better without fizz

SociaI Justice12/18/2018, 11:16:46 AM2 votes

Sounds like you failed to respect a level 2 or 3 powerspike, should be standing way back when the enemy champion is one or two minions from leveling while you're still bellow that level, not that zyra mid is good or anything but you can destroy up until low dia with it for sure.

KFCeytron12/18/2018, 4:29:43 AM2 votes

That's not too bad. Last time I played Vayne in PvP I went 0/18 in 50 minutes while trying my best.

Tesladin12/18/2018, 8:05:02 AM2 votes

I take things like this as a challenge. It just means there is clearly something I havent learnt.

In this case it might be tower hugging. You can also stand behind the turret a couple of paces. I tower hug every game not just in a bad situation with Lux.

Admittedly midlane is tough. You will at least need a strategy if you are going to face it.

Give me a hug baby

WrÆth12/18/2018, 2:31:19 AM2 votes

Because you're playing against a fizz almost 2 divisions higher than you. He's just simply better. It's hard to get into specifics without watching the replay, but you win that lane by pushing and harassing the fizz before he gets 6.

Müffîñ12/18/2018, 5:37:44 AM2 votes

horrible match up for you, zyra is a squishy champ and you faced 2 assassins. they also are invulnerable from tower easily so yeah....

CakesRule12/18/2018, 6:24:46 AM2 votes

should've taken barrier or exhaust though to lower his damage. Also a lot of other things you could have done to win lane and help your teammates.

Nea10412/18/2018, 2:33:27 PM1 votes

Were the 2 teams balanced, about Elos/smurfs?

Shyvana BL0WJ0BS12/18/2018, 2:53:49 PM1 votes

Literally did this a year ago. I had a ranked game so soul crushing that I uninstalled for months. All three lanes were dead at 3 minutes, and as a JG thats basically a death sentence.

Leto GT12/18/2018, 3:47:55 PM1 votes

Need more information to help you. Specifically what you did before and post lvl3. I suspect you pushed the lane which gave him free engages a lot so he got fed and dove you. Am I right?

Malix Farwin12/18/2018, 3:48:43 PM1 votes

These days i tend to do "/mute all" at the start of the game and the games i do not i tend to do worse. First thing you need to realize in these lower elos is your teammates opinions are pretty worthless. You shouldn't feel bad for what they are saying because it isn't productive or helpful. Next i also want to point out none of your teammates did particularly well that game as well. Mute them, they will eventually stop talking to you when they realize you arent responding and you will be able to come back in games you are a bit behind in.

Teammates tilt you more then the enemy.

Malix Farwin12/18/2018, 3:52:21 PM1 votes

As far as your actual play goes, Fizz is not exactly the easiest matchup as an immobile mage. If you weren't too sure of the matchup i would of taken barrier to help through laning. Rushing a Zhonyas was a good idea but the trick to getting a lead on Fizz is you have to beat him early before 6 and if you do not have a lead on him by 6 its really hard to follow his roam. If his E is down and you have the means to burst him then thats the optimal time.

hi ìm groot12/18/2018, 4:01:09 PM1 votes

You took ignite as mage vs ap assassin. In those kinds of matchups you either want to take barrier if you want a more useful for fights type ss, or more preferably TP. Understand power spikes, and abuse your range advantage early while staying back safe. Before he hits 6 hard shove and back, buy as much of a ROA as you can, then TP back to lane. He shouldn't have kill potential with the extra hp, but I haven't played that much mid against fizz since this bullshitty season so IDK he might still. From there ur just forcing him to back, keep pressure, and make other plays, not trying to kill the fizz unless he just hands it to u. Similar situation for AD assassins except exhaust can work pretty good to.

Daddy Ants12/18/2018, 5:41:48 PM1 votes

Honestly, it's Fizz and you're Zyra mid.

There's not much you could of done in that matchup.

ModKnightsKemplar12/18/2018, 5:49:34 PM1 votes

I think you feel worse than you should. Everyone has bad games :D

The other commenters are probably about the matchup, though. Especially if you're unfamiliar in mid, Zyra is going to be hard to succeed with there. I think someone who had been maining Zyra mid for three years probably has a better handle on what to do against a Fizz in lane, but even for them that sounds like an awful matchup.

That's sort of the nature of League. If someone is popping off, there's at least one person on the other team having a sub-par game. I usually try to mitigate the bad vibes by thinking carefully about what I am going to do the next time I get stuck in that matchup. Come to lane lvl 1 with a null magic mantle, potentially. It sounds crazy, because I'm sure that start doesn't have a high pick rate, but if that's what you have to do in that specific matchup, you do it. You can't always rely on statistics.

And never feel bad about getting crushed by a matchup you've never played. Sometimes it'll happen to you, and sometimes it'll happen to your lane opponent. Just gotta roll with it in a PvP game.

Talk no Jutsu9912/18/2018, 6:22:08 PM1 votes

maybe exhaust against assassins would be better. u use item 3157 for the ult . summoner 3 him if he still goes on u. wait for fizz to use E before u use ur R so u dont miss. as long as his E is on cooldown u should be able to turn if ur hp is looking good. hes going to have a tough time blowing u up this way me thinks.

before lvl 6, as long as u land roots u should fk him up honestly. if he has to use E to get to u then he played himself. plants from ur Q combined with ur minions wont be fun for him.

Rabbi Shekelberg12/18/2018, 6:51:11 PM1 votes

Uninstall. Ranked is never worth it, the game is garbage and not fun, developers are greedy and no signs of anything changing.

AR URF12/18/2018, 7:05:09 PM1 votes

in before the "git good" comments.

i know how you feel tbh. I've playing Yasuo early season 6 and rekt mid lane with him. I took scaling runes with him. Scaling mr blues, scaling armor yellows, and scaling ad reds and quints. I didn't always win the game, but I usually won the match up. Unless they picked Talon or Zed. Then runes reforged came out and lethality and I just couldnt' play the champ anymore.

Raiyza12/18/2018, 8:54:32 PM1 votes

shrug it off. learn from your experience. now you know that fizz can time his E to dodge your stuff, kayn too. Don't take it to heart. you just need more practice in mid lane. that's all.

Sometimes Fizz12/19/2018, 1:58:55 AM1 votes

She has a tough time vs assassins as do most immobile squishy mages. In a match up vs Fizz, you have to poke him out and deny him level 3 for as long as possible. As soon as he hits 3 or 4 he outdamages you easily unless you land an E combo so you play as safe as possible. Coming from somebody who plays a lot of Fizz, it is just a tough matchup for you if they know what they are doing.

Keep your head up. We all have rough games and bad matchups. GL in your next one!!!!

Hawthorn Tree12/19/2018, 8:23:50 AM1 votes

You just didn't know the matchup at all. I can tell by how you refer to Fizz E and Kayn ult that you have absolutely 0 idea about how to properly play against those champions. You don't know their range, you don't know their damage, you don't know when they're strong/weak, and you don't even know what they want to do at any given time. You're effectively playing the game blind, so you were bound to fail. It's a simple matter of game knowledge, and you'll gain it either by playing the matchup a couple dozen times, or playing those champions yourself.

Daddy Ants12/19/2018, 10:53:37 AM1 votes

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https://imgur.com/yTUUH3t

I'm extremely demoralized after the ranked game I just played.

I consider myself extremely skilled with Zyra, I've been playing her for years. ( this isn't my main account )

I usually go Zyra support, but everyone's been bragging about how great mages are these days, I figured I'd give her a whirl in mid lane after I practiced her mid in a few norms.

So I queued up for this ranked game, and it was literally the definition of hell. I faced a fizz mid, who was able to turret dive me and kill me at level 3, and walk away. I wasn't even safe at my turret because he would just dive and then do that dodge flip move where he can't be focused. His damage output was insane. While this was happening, the enemy jungle kayn came over and did the exact same thing to me, tower dove me, I summoned my plants like an idiot, kayn did the invulnerable/unfocusable skill and my plants just stood there while I get obliterated.

My team flamed me the entire game and I have never felt so worthless and bad in a single game of league of legends EVER.

So here's my question, how could I have played this differently? i'm really upset at myself for going 1/8/3. I felt completely helpless. My plants couldn't focus fizz or Kayn the entire game because they just spammed the moves where they're un-targetable. I got to the point where I couldn't even leave base.

Meanwhile the fizz on the enemy team was laughing at me saying how bad I was, and honestly, this did hurt my feelings because I take a lot of pride into the way I play zyra, and I couldn't believe how hard he was destroying me. I feel like just uninstalling the game completely right now.

Don't take it to heart.

It's Fizz... that champ is obnoxious.

Zyra's not exactly viable in the mid lane.

Bad games happen.

Metal Janna12/18/2018, 2:16:00 AM1 votes

Untargetable is a cancerous mechanic. Vanish too, of course, since it's just untargetable with invis on top.

RougePixle12/18/2018, 2:16:21 AM1 votes

If you want to play zyra as a carry you would have better luck as adc/bot than mid tbh. There's less counters, plus zyra is much better at damaging multiple people instead of bursting one. Also that enemy team is not fun for a zyra :/

IPromiseTomorrow12/18/2018, 3:00:01 AM1 votes

Sad truth about league is that winning when behind is much much harder.

Here is My advice for any game when you're behind .

And below is my Primaryyy advice in League. IF IT WORKS IT'S TRUE IF IT DOESN'T IT ISN'T TRUE

Now I'll begin my advice. You can do them in any order but I have it in this order here to gradually teach you.

1st. Re-evaluate what your Champ can do.

Zyra has CC but not a lot of damage when behind. So Zyra should mostly cc instead of damaging champions when it's risky. And also use your cc abilities more accurately, hit them more risk them less.

2nd. How to Recover

Get gold. Use non cc/mobility abilities more for minions and save your CC or Mobility abilities incase of ganks. and be adding objectives into your win condition; like drake and Herald. Those Will help you and your team have an easier time. Winning

Increase your map checks, If you have a missing Assasin or missing champion that can kill you, Mark them as a Champ that can kill you and move away from them. Also Pink wards can help slightly.

How and when to fight back from behind

Always have the advantage in a fight. That is how

That is the main point. Below are examples, of what that it looks like.

2v1 them Have the higher Numbers Use your abilities when they waste theirs If they chase you run away, if they run into your team, let them. Poke without trading health If you're behind and can't fight, run away. If you can poke without getting hurt do it. Guard your Carry

That is all

Of course you may have mistakes while doing some of these but as you play the game you'll do these things better and do very well.

I'll even share a Greek Proverb https://drive.google.com/file/d/16gtkEgNN7vyxjOrFPWre_3s7yesqIel1/view?usp=drivesdk

P. S. Watch your levels and their Items is a good tip too ^^ Sometimes you or they can hit 6 first have the Level advantage.

Crispy0Snake12/18/2018, 4:23:27 AM1 votes

This reminds me of when I thought I was a good Varus player, I went in a normal and got matched vs a diamond duo Xayah and Rakan.

They killed me under turret like 5 times, rakan would just R W and get aftershock, take no damage from the turret, I'd die instantly. My support went to support the midlaner and I went 0 14.

You just gotta take the rough with the smooth lol

GigglesO12/18/2018, 4:38:35 AM1 votes

Try playing Morde. You will feel better after just 1 game.

Edit: Meanwhile the fizz on the enemy team was laughing at me saying how bad I was, and honestly, this did hurt my feelings because I take a lot of pride into the way I play zyra, and I couldn't believe how hard he was destroying me. I feel like just uninstalling the game completely right now.

Also, damage is too high and needs nerfing. The meta is why they destroyed you.

Falldrake48148112/18/2018, 5:59:26 AM1 votes

Yea Zyra mid hasn't been a thing for a while. Also Fizz is cancer that's just expected at this point. But the toxicity is wrong, and that shouldn't occur.

GFREEMEN12/18/2018, 10:27:44 AM1 votes

Zyra is weak vs Assassins. That being said Riot needs to fix her Plants. They need 1s of Invulnerability once spawned. Or the one where they start with 16 hps and lose like 6/s for 2s

They then need to make her Root 2s and faster

They then need to make her movement speed faster when she is around her plants or seeds by 2% per one.

Then she will maybe beable to play mid

nelogis12/18/2018, 10:34:48 AM1 votes

I feel like uninstalling

If you want to keep your sanity then I can recommend doing it but if you chose not to

Meanwhile the fizz on the enemy team was laughing at me saying how bad I was, and honestly, this did hurt my feelings because I take a lot of pride into the way I play zyra, and I couldn't believe how hard he was destroying me

I don't know jack shit about Zyra, I just know that she doesn't really work mid. Either way, when I'm biting the bullet this hard I tend to no longer give a crap after a certain point.

What I mean is, I play the game without worrying about anything

"If I push this I will prop get killed.... eeeehhh whatever let's just do it anyway" "Splitpushing right now is the dumbest thing I could do.... but it might somehow work out right?" "I cannot 1 v 1 that guy... eeeehhh let's try it and see what happens" "Would Ohmwrecker Mundo work?... sounds terrible but let's just try it"

You just completely turn your brain off and act like this is some solo-RPG game.

You can also "/fullmute all" if your team or the enemy bothers you, I tend to just joke around with the enemy since at that point they will be more fun to play with than your own team.

Also I would suggest you to grow thicker skin.

Summonah1236912/18/2018, 12:00:07 PM1 votes

I'm a Nidalee main with over 200k points and obviously mastery 7, but even I do bad sometimes though. Some time ago I went 8/17/12 on her, a bad KDA can happen no matter how good you are at the champion.