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Solo Flex queue vs Solo queue experiment and the utter horror of low bronze (Oh the horror)

HIGHSQUEEKS·2/13/2017, 8:48:52 PM·10 votes·9,909 views

I am trying an experiment this ranked season to see the difference of playing as a solo player in flex vs solo. I placed in soloq in bronze 1, played 41 games (24-17) and have been sitting in silver 4. No problem right?

Well once I reached silver 4 (s3 last year) I decided to play some flexq, figuring the path to silver would be just as easy.

I placed in flexq in bronze 2, I have played 124 games (mostly mid/top/jng) and am now 53-71, nearly falling into bronze 4. I have honestly not changed my macro or micro game, have not flamed teammates, picked team oriented champs, not trolled, forced objectives etc etc.

Proof: https://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=HIGHSQUEEKS

Now …this is not a complaint thread or a request for tips thread--- but a factual observation that I am making from my experiences:

  1. Playing as a solo player in flex queue is like beating your head against the wall because unless you are playing hard carry champs or are tiers above your competition, it is not easy to overcome a premade team who cannot spell objective or teamwork.
  2. Playing a strategy of CS / gold / winning your lane is often irrelevant in bronze if your premade bottom lane is 0/12/1 after the first 15 minutes. Game over.
  3. I have yet to see a support Lux that was good. Or build a sightstone. I cringe when I see the support hover Lux.
  4. I witnessed a plat border EZ die 19 times in a bronze 3 game.
  5. Played with a Veigar main that builds tear every game, and consistently died 15+ times a game.
  6. My teammates often do the exact opposite that I expect them to (push objectives, fight as 5, split push, etc)
  7. I sometimes see duos and trios that have combined KDAs for all champions below 1.0 for the entire season.
  8. 2 Games that I played yesterday : I did more damage to champions than my entire team combined (of course 2 losses), how is this even possible!

I am not looking for tips or to be told how to improve.. I admit that I am now having some fun with this (playing different champs, different roles), while still trying to win. This has become the challenge of all challenges, the solo flex challenge. My hopes are so low for my teammates that if I actually get a good premade it is like a blessing from the RITO god that I will cherish for a few minutes… until I queue up for the next game of premade potatoes.

I will get to flexq silver 5 before I am done, or not.. maybe I should just play soloq again (go for gold) and cut my losses/ save my hair.

Either way, RITO – your FLEXQ solo player experience is really annoying, requires a good sense of humor, lots of patience, and is terribly unbalanced. The best premade wins frequently. The solo player(s) are stuck with this harsh reality, and I wonder why any solo player in low ELO who cares about winning would subject themselves to this punishment.

22 Comments

PhantomGG2/13/2017, 9:00:00 PM6 votes

Just to think that solo players had to experience this literally all of last year : ^ )

Also I have had the same experience, the only reason I started climbing in flex is for I started playing with some buddies who are pretty good at the game, so we simply pub stomp all the shitters.

Flex Q is always a pub stomp, you either get stomped for you made the horrid mistake to solo, or you do the stomping for you invited your most talented friends, and decided to play "lets fuck up the bronzies in all lanes"

(ex gold who was hitting plat mmr last year, friends with people around that skill range)

But yeah, Flex Q is much better today, since we have a choice if we want to take part in it or not, but fact was Riot made us endure it for a whole year and pretended nothing was wrong with it. Which is quite frankly sickening.

SNSD Sunnny2/13/2017, 9:11:02 PM1 votes

Idk i soloed a decent amount of games in flex and it seems fine.

The only thing is that you MUST have a good jungler otherwise you instantly lose, which is why i duo with somebody who can jungle.

5050BS2/13/2017, 9:11:39 PM1 votes

I only SoloQ and this is my experience as well but also in non-Flex.

For every game I get a team that has a brain I get 3-4 games of total shight

Swarmer2/13/2017, 9:15:19 PM1 votes

In flex q the matchmaking is terrible. Ive played wih full premade plat and diamond players, and we get to play against full premade bronze 5 team. Ive played with golds and silvers, and we get like 2 challengers in enemy team.

DrCyanide2/13/2017, 9:17:14 PM1 votes

I haven't played much of either, but I'm finding Flex Queue solo to be significantly easier than Solo Queue.

15 wins, 6 Losses in Flex Queue (Placed Gold 3, in promos) 8 wins, 6 losses in Solo Queue (Placed Silver 4)

Limmie2/13/2017, 9:36:23 PM1 votes

Isn't it because a lot of people play flex queue to practice/not try? Calling flex queue "ranked normals" is pretty common at least.

I'm just saying stuff at the top of my head right now based on what I see people say, not any personal experience. I haven't played Flex queue myself yet.

Moetaro2/13/2017, 10:10:17 PM1 votes

I can still enjoy this pleasure playing normals. (I refuse to play dynamicShit)

And riot still has the guts to say that dynamicQ was "the way to go". What a company, couldnt care less about their players. 1 whole year wasted, one whole year just spitting at their players' face.

Btw, this League of Legends Snowball Edition session isnt much better.

swanny12/14/2017, 4:15:03 AM1 votes

I hear you half the time in low elo's u get a afk or someome who goes 0/7/0 before their lv 6, how do u rank up when this is what ur stuck with everygame

noxus is op2/14/2017, 7:55:37 AM1 votes

im not having much trouble as a solo flex quer i made it to gold 3 relatively easily as compared to solo q i am hardstuck in s3 idk whats the difference but my success in solo q is terrible compared to flex. idk maybe its just the luck.

Hexs Fortune5/15/2017, 4:08:43 AM1 votes

I'm finding flex queue to be way tougher to solo than solo queue.

Player3Th0mas9/23/2017, 9:16:24 PM1 votes

Well looks like you got to silver 5 in flex! good job!