Beginning Ranked Question

Generous Player·Jan 11, 2016·2 votes·743 views

Hello,
I've been playing league for about three months now. I have around 350 wins in normals, and have improved rather quickly, at least according to my friends. I am considering starting ranked just to get a rank... Should I do it now, or wait for season 6 to start? Also, what can I expect going into ranked for the first time?

Thanks in advance!

22 Comments

NoPaxtJan 11, 20163 votes

I made a mistake and started ranked too early and now pay for it in the elo hell that is bronze... My recommendations are this;

Have a champion pool of 4-5 that you are good/comfortable with for each lane.
Practice your CS. Getting kills and assists in normals is fine, but your ability to CS is more important.
Stay patient, don't tilt yourself or allow others to tilt you. (especially your own teammates)
Build smart based upon team composition, yours and theirs. Stay away from the mobafire-glass cannon sited
IT IS EVERYONE'S JOB TO WARD

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 11, 20162 votes

you didnt start ranked too early and there is no elo hell. you simply suck extremely hard at the game and thats why you only play with suckers (no offense bro) but thats how it is and if you can accept yourself,you can become better. gl.

64851012DEL1Jan 11, 20161 votes

Actually there is an elo hell. It's every rank below Master, ask anyone from Bronze to Diamond V lol.

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 11, 20161 votes

thats just to make it easier for yourself. in reality, you are where you belong and it just hurts to accept it. no matter in what elo, there are always better players and worse players in the same elo. there are challengers who are a complete joke and there are diamonds who are fucking good. its just how the world works.

64851012DEL1Jan 11, 20161 votes

You just contradicted yourself lol. And elo hell is not some sort of joke. The term represents the very large player base in Bronze-Diamond that consistently feed, afk, troll, or are just plainly stupid, and consistently cost you wins in ranked. Even pro players talk about elo hell, why can't you accept it.

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 11, 20161 votes

where did i contradict myself? and also, as i said before, even in challenger people suck and feed. its natural that no game can be matched perfectly and one player will most likely be better than another and if the constellation is right, your toplaner goes 0/5 because he fucking sucks compared to his opposing laner even if he could go 30:0 in silver. it happens at EVERY ELO and even to progamers in soloQ.

NoPaxtJan 11, 20161 votes

No I sucked, because I didn't do those things...

I only had one ADC that I played and no junglers. I tried to get by with only top/mid/sup.
I though pushing lane was most important, but lost CS because I couldn't trade effectively under the enemy tower and lost CS to my minions and retreating from ganks
I played too aggressively and tilted my self with the I'll show you attitude.
I built for me not for the team and wasn't effective enough after laning phase.
I never warded beyond my lane bushes.

Now that I have figured it out, and changed my ways, I'm stuck with people who haven't and refuse to change their train of thought and behavior. This is my punishment for not being prepared enough to begin ranked...

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 11, 20161 votes

if you are better now, you would instantly climb out of your elo. INSTANTLY in one week or so. if you are not climbing, it means you are not better yet. but to get better, normals wont suffice.

NoPaxtJan 11, 20161 votes

Unfortunately it's a team game, so 2 people playing well won't counter 2-3 people playing poorly.

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 11, 20161 votes

yes ofcourse lol. i play duoQ with a friend mostly and we hypercarry this shit elo.

NoPaxtJan 11, 20161 votes

Carry me please...

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 11, 20161 votes

grow up

NoPaxtJan 11, 20161 votes

Was just a joke. I will eventually be fine on my own...

Itadaki SeiekiJan 11, 20161 votes

You can use Mobafire, but don't let it be your go-to if you don't know a champion. If you don't know a champion you can look at a guide and see what they know and use it, but don't be like " THIS GUY SAID TO GO Q W E W E Q R AS GAREN. "

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 11, 20162 votes

the sooner you play ranked, the better. from every ranked match you will learn more han from a non-ranked so to get better, playing ranked is required.

Rocky2Jan 11, 20161 votes

I would go ahead and play the 10 games to get ranked now (even though it'll be reset in less than a month). It will give you a chance to see how people can play differently in ranked sometimes. You'll be able to see what the popular bans are (if you haven't been playing draft mode).

I have also heard that your ranked MMR at the reset can determine your placement for next season, after you complete the 10 matches again..

RayCastleJan 11, 20161 votes

Well the new season is going to take a while. So its better if u want to play now

The Bearded BardJan 11, 20161 votes

Now's actually a good time to test the waters with ranked considering they reset ranks once the season starts.

As for what you can expect, pretty much just more of the same. People playing stupidly, feeding, raging, trolling, etc.

WeatheredJan 11, 20161 votes

s6 starts in like 2 days, so just wait a little bit ^.^

Melee FormJan 11, 20161 votes

S6 will start very soon, but the first couple weeks/month of the ranked season are hard. At the beginning of the season everyones rank gets reset and there are a lot of different skill levels mixed together. I belong in high silver/low gold, but last year I was struggling in silver V at the start of the season because of all the golds dumped into silver.