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I Honestly Need Some Ranked Help...

Peachy Zoef·3/25/2016, 6:09:01 AM·1 votes·718 views

Quick Info: Placement Rank: Bronze II Current Rank: Bronze III (Just got demoted today...) Been Playing Since: On and off since Ekko's release Normal games teammates: Often paired with high silvers and occasional golds Help Needed: What to do in regards to ranked?

Okay, so now that that is out of the way, let me explain. As a college student, I've been a somewhat casual player since I've started playing. It took me a while to even hit 30 and I probably only rushed to it because a friend in college was passing my level very quickly. All in all, I've been picking up league again for the past few months a bit less casually. For the past few weeks, I'm playing on average 6+ games a day, if not more, whenever I can. I play during the weekends and I'm honestly always trying to improve.

So, it got to the point where my normals were just... not all that different. I'm always striving for improvement and honestly, I want to be an amazing player, possibly even getting past Gold this season. I figured that I would learn better in ranked games because people take things more seriously and there, I can be encouraged to get even better. I'm always practicing my CSing, my map awareness, my warding, my skills, my champs, my decisions, and just about everything. I figured that going ranked, where people supposedly take things seriously, would help me get even better.

That's... Not the case. I went 3w-7l for my placements and got Bronze II. I've made it to my promos once, and when that happened, we got an extremely salty lux that fed mid and jungler, and the other one we got a toxic Jarvan who kind of afked for a long time and only started being productive after 20 minutes in the game. Somehow, no matter how hard I try in my ranked games, something always happens to make my day worse. I'm constantly trying to communicate, be positive, encouraging, etc. but I still find myself... stuck at Bronze II...

Why is this a problem? Well, first, I want to get out of Bronze. Second, my bad luck (I admit I'm not always a God in game. I make some mistakes.) is making me have a rather extremely bad winrate. Today I actually had someone call me a feeder in lobby because of my 25% winrate with a champ. I don't even have a horrible KDA with this champ. It's not great, but I have at least one kill for every death plus a bunch of assists. This person left because they were "tired of playing with feeders" and just dipped out.

Now the help. What in the world do I do? I have gold and plat friends that have offered to help "carry me out" but I also want to feel like I am doing my best to carry myself out. I even went 17/4(mabe it was 7?)/14 once with Quinn and still managed to lose the game...

What do I do, even? My normals are usually amazing so I don't think playing more normals will help.

10 Comments

hh the thinker3/25/2016, 6:40:02 AM1 votes

just keep improving and fixing any mistakes you see. re-watch your games if you need to, or get someone else to so you can see what can be improved. little things can make a very big difference.

AwesomeChad3/25/2016, 7:12:24 AM1 votes

You should practice in normals tbh. You will face either equally skilled or even better players in normals which in turn, is a better environment to improve in when you're trying to get better while having fun. And trust me, going forward, you want to have the mentality of "I'm going to focus on improving my own gameplay and stay positive throughout the process". I've been playing ranked for the past 5 years and this ideology has kept me going in the right path, facilitating my own growth as a player and allowing me to climb up the ladder. Also, make use of replay programs (replay.gg is a free site that will record most of ur games and won't require any downloads) to re-watch ur games and go over your mistakes if that is your preferred method to improve.

Since you seem like a new player, I will tell you that right now, the most important things you need under your belt are more experience (play more games) and knowledge (knowing what abilities each champion has, timers on neutral monsters, etc). Good luck and keep using the boards to your advantage. If u have a question or need advice,then ask.

Also for future reference, please be more detailed on what you want to improve on. I'm an Marksman/Jungle coach and I always encourage anyone seeking help to be very detailed on what they need help on so not only me but the other people who want to help you may give you a better answer.

EmollientNut03/25/2016, 9:02:01 AM1 votes

Hate to say it, but the main lesson dynamic queue taught me is more friends = more wins. I won't even touch ranked without a premade now.