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Solo queue, you have to earn it

Crushed lil kid·9/12/2016, 5:35:17 PM·11 votes·1,331 views

So I have been playing league for a decently long time, I even remember the days before leagues and ranking was just basic elo. Back in those days in order to climb the ladder a player had to improve personal skill to dominate solo queue as back there was a real solo queue. For the majority of that time I had been fairly nooby however as I saw my skill growing I began climbing the ladder incredibly fast going from silver 1 to Plat 3 in just about a week and a half completely alone but ever since I took a break from the game and came back to dynamic queue I have been noticing game where I am constantly losing to 4-5 player premades and a large amount of my teamates in Plat elo games have silver or even bronze borders and very low elo past seasons. I'm not saying I'm amazing but I tend to do well in pretty much every game but I have found it nearly impossible to solo carry games like before. I get placed as a solo player with 2 duos against a 4 player pre-made and these things are not the same 2 duos have nowhere near the amount of communication or adaptation go each other's playstyles as a 4 or even 5 player pre-made. When Riot announced they will bring back solo queue I was ecstatic thinking I can go back to when every players individual skill took them up the ladder. Then Riot punched me right in the gut, solo queue is returning for d5 and up. Seeing how below diamond 5 and especially low Plat high gold there is an extreme amount of boosted players and massive premades it's nearly impossible to solo climb to d5. Riot pretty much told me if I want solo queue i have to earn it and to earn it you have to play how dynamic queue wants you to play. Yes I'm still going to play, yes I'm still going to try to climb, but I highly doubt I'm going to be able to get good enough to solo carry against a 4-5 player coordinated team with 4 people I have no real communication with.

9 Comments

Great Muta9/12/2016, 6:04:00 PM11 votes

All elo's deserve Solo Q.

What is happening in my games is:

  • Premades are clearly on mics and make good coordinated plays. My team only has chat and it's hard to make any calls when it would require to type instead of play.

  • They make picks that actually work with the other champs instead of stupid comps.

  • If they have a full premade they have a 0% chance of trolls, while I could have up to an 80% chance as a solo player

  • Due to the CC and ranged heavy damage meta, I have no chance to even do anything since there's usually a Lux/Anivia/MF/Jhin combo that just sits in lane and forces you to have to fight them. Tanks get shred and assassins get hard focused and up dying. The only way you can win is to out CC them.

  • The premades usually have a smurf hidden in there which makes it even worse.

  • The trolls are more powerful than ever due to this meta. You have to have the team working with you or you lose. And the premade is already working together. 1 person not wanting to roll with the team makes for a 4v5 teamfight.

  • Solo carrying is more difficult than ever with everyone doing big damage and teams just grouping up

I've never struggled in League so much like I have this season as a solo player. I'm like 60% winrate as a DQ player, but I'd rather play solo.

Mojihito6669/12/2016, 5:41:50 PM8 votes

Dynamic Queue is cancer everyone knows it , even riot but they cant admit it.

MonkeyMadness9/12/2016, 9:15:04 PM4 votes

Welcome to season 6, the one where Riot systematically eliminates all solo players from the game, then wonders why queue times are so long.

Pika Fox9/13/2016, 1:10:03 AM1 votes

Youre not supposed to be able to solo carry games. Its working as intended.

Sprid9/16/2016, 4:54:31 PM1 votes

I think the question is: Why does competitive integrity only matter for the top 1-2%?