Tips for getting into Plat?

Readi·8/10/2016, 2:55:00 PM·2 votes·1,792 views

Ok so I was silver about two months ago. Went on a huge winning streak with Jinx and Yasuo and got myself up to Gold 1 promos. After losing those promos I went on a huge losing streak back to Gold 5. Then from there back to Gold 3 and now I can't make anymore progress. I feel as thought the opponents I face, especially in bot lane, understand how to control the lane better than I do, and I often find myself getting carried by the support ( I am an adc main) . Recently I have been playing support in hopes that the adc will be a good player and I can just protect them throughout the game.

Does anyone have any tips for getting past Gold? I feel like I have the potential to make it into Platinum but keep finding myself getting crushed by higher Gold players.

10 Comments

venomous frost8/10/2016, 3:12:15 PM3 votes

what got me currently in plat 4 is basically dominating the laning phase. Know your strengths and weaknesses and when to go in. When you dominate the lane, you can apply pressure on the map after the laning phase, and most gold/plat players crumble under pressure.

Also if you are a passive player, stop playing passive and learn to take risks, after a while you will know the matchups so good you can go agressive and snowball your lead.

Then again I do only play strong assassins/splitpushers like Diana Tryndamere that can easily take towers when left alone/ I dove them succesfully

QGee8/10/2016, 3:00:30 PM2 votes

Watch Phylol and Leaguecraft videos from youtube, I had been stuck in plat 5 for a while, i watch these videos often now and in 2 weeks i got to plat 2, more than anything is decision making, and lane control, besides the basic mechanics.

Haidder8/10/2016, 3:01:29 PM1 votes

1- Play few champs/roles 2- Proactive play 3- CS 4- Take breaks and don't play for too long 5- Don't play if you lose two times in a row for the rest of the day 6- Exercise and eat healthy 7- Turn off all chat and don't type 8- Dynamic que if you like to be a boosted animal 9- Have fun and don't stress

Panic4Who8/10/2016, 3:02:39 PM1 votes

Duo or playing with more player helps. Solo que's have more trolls than queing up with other players.

heckin dead8/10/2016, 3:50:48 PM1 votes

If you want to focus on farming while also being a headache for people mid/late game, play something like Caitlyn or Sivir . Their 2-3 item power spike is usually really hard for people to handle in teamfights.

redfeenix8/10/2016, 2:56:25 PM1 votes

Get good. Win more than you lose Play in a premade

Those tips should maximize your LP gains. GL

ÂzaIea8/10/2016, 6:30:00 PM1 votes

I thought I could easily get into plat, and then got stuck around Gold 2 for a really long time. Also had losing streaks and went back down to 5 for a while.

Truth was, I wasn't ready for plat yet. When I got back got gold 2 and was stuck there a while more, I actually learned a lot. I then went straight to Plat 5 and I realized how much I had changed as a player since Gold 2 and how much better I actually was since then.

My tip is step back a second, and learn the game better it will get you places.

The things I learned from Gold 2 to Plat 5 which actually got me there are:

Better map awareness.
Wave management.
EXP management.
Assassin positioning.
Better timings and openings.

Good luck mate :)

Tactileneck8/10/2016, 3:01:08 PM1 votes

Pick 1 or 2 champions, in 1 or 2 lanes, and ONLY play those champions. Pay more attention to your mini map than you otherwise would to get a better understanding of the macro aspect of the game.