How Do I Climb Out of Bronze?!?!

SylasTheVirus·Jul 19, 2016·4 votes·1,314 views

I've played countless ranked games and either I do really good or my team just doesn't cut it. Some one eventually feeds or just point bank gives up. Is there anyway I can improve my chances at winning and finally climb out of the dark deep hole of the bronze rank?

15 Comments

RandomoniumJul 19, 20168 votes

What do you mean "countless?" You've only played 33 ranked games this season. It usually takes at least 100 for someone to climb a whole division.
Your cs/min is very low. You need to go into custom games and work on it. 15 cs is equivalent gold to a kill and right now your cs is so low it's like have 5-6 less kills by the end of the game. The only time your cs/min should be less than 5 is if you are a jungler or support.
Some of your rune/mastery pages are not optimal at all. Look at champion.gg or probuilds.net to see what runes/masteries high elo players use.
You die waaaayyy too much. You should be able to get 3 kills or assists for every death you get. You should use a replay program like replay.gg or skinspotlights replay and look at how you are dying. Any time you die you should look for mistakes you made because if you die it usually means you made a mistake.

Trust me, it's possible to climb out bronze. I've done it for the past 2 seasons. Good luck.

ExtrasolarJul 19, 20163 votes

It usually takes at least 100 for someone to climb a whole division.

This. Higher ranked players (Plat and above) will usually have hundreds of ranked games (500+) played before they get to their division. I've played 119 games this season, and I'm in B1. It's a grind, but if you are skilled enough, you will climb.

SylasTheVirusAug 4, 20161 votes

Dude? You went so in depth! Thank You this helps alot!

ExtrasolarJul 19, 20163 votes

my team just doesn't cut it. Some one eventually feeds or just point bank gives up.

One thing: Blaming your team for your loss is the quickest way to stay in Bronze, because if you attribute the loss to one person, you won't be examining your mistakes or bad decisions.

SiytherJul 19, 20161 votes

sometimes it is the team sometimes you just played bad.I experience both alot lol i was a total b5 last season so far ive made it b2 this one then back down to b3 every time i get to promos guess sometimes you just hit a wall. Dont give you cant win every game. Ive also learned that if your the only one fed on ur team you will stilll probally lose unless u start spreading the wealth around you have to create advantages for ur team and not just go through the motions of playing.thats a big problem in bronze (myself included) we just play and dont think.

ExtrasolarJul 19, 20162 votes

i was a total b5 last season so far ive made it b2 this one then back down to b3 every time i get to promos guess sometimes you just hit a wall.

I've heard a Diamond player tell me that if you continuously hover around a certain rank after 100+ games played at that ranking, then you belong in that ranking. That is where your skill level is as of currently. If you want to climb past it, you have to improve.

AkeneroJul 19, 20162 votes

Use ONLY 2-3 champions per role. Learn matchups, and improve immensely.

Azure HamsterJul 19, 20162 votes

I've had to climb out of bronze every season I've played in (4, 5 and 6); provisionals in new seasons always dump me in bronze.

Randomonium gave a lot of good advice in his answer. Let me stress this additional point, and I'll note it comes from my challenger coach:

"Don't die. I know it sounds stupid, but really, it's the most important thing. If you're dead [I'm an ADC], you're not dealing damage or getting gold and XP. If you're not getting gold or XP, you're falling behind. If you're not dealing damage for your team, you're not fulfilling your role. Worse, you're giving gold and XP to the enemy team. So it's really, really important not to die."

Another important note: if your opposing botlane gets a kill or two and they're ahead, the answer is not to try to kill them to catch up. They're ahead, and will have an easier time killing you. Farm, and wait for them to get overconfident and mess up. THEN kill them. If they never get overconfident and mess up, they might be the strongest people on the opposing team. In that case, stalling them lets the better people on your team get ahead of the worse people on their team.

Caitlyn

blkh1Jul 19, 20164 votes

A big issue in bronze, and I am guilty of it as well, is not realizing that it is often times best to back and regenerate rather than stay in the battle and probably die. You always think you can just make THAT play, but in our ranking you probably can't. Is best to just head back and then come back to lane or the battle zone fully recharged rather than with 5hp. Alas, I am rather guilty of this myself.

Also, if you are bot, then remember to just back off alittle when your lane partner backs and you are 2v1.