The difference between Season 8 and season 9 for me in solo Q

Hey guys I am a support main, I've mained these champs in season9 This season I've been able to climb higher than have in any of the other past 3 Seasons in league of legends . Prior to season 9 the highest I reached was gold 1 91lp , I could never seem to make it to plat. I've played ranked in league in seasons 2,4,8 and now season 9 Getting to platinum was always my goal and earlier this week I was able to achieve that goal. I spent about 250-275 games to get from silver 2 to plat. I feel like the combination of ADC's getting their power back , making my main champ pool 3 champions , and changing my ban every game from morgana to thresh especially has made my climb alot easier to climb this season. And since I've made it to plat the climb to diamond has been fairly easy thus far and I'm quite surprised. I feel like my quality of ADC mains that I get in solo q this season has improved dramatically between platinum and gold. They just respect the hard matchups , and mechanically and macro wise are alot better than the gold ADC's.

Here are a few tips from me to you that I really advise from a fellow support player to the rest of you to help you reach your goal rank this season that really helped me.

1. Go on league of graphs after about 50 games and look at your matchups on each on your 2 main champions see what champion you have the highest loss rate against , and determine what champion you lose against the most. For me this was thresh , Once I began perma banning him I climbed extremely fast gold 2 0lp to where I am now Plat 3 48lp

2. Prioritize those close games , give yourself a mindset in these games that you HAVE to win. For about the 1/10 games you get a troll or a hard inter in your games , these close games could be the sheer difference between you climbing and being stuck. You need to play as flawless in these games as possible to keep your lp gains moving forward. We've all had that game where we threw the game because of an individual performance

3.Be humble and get carried. If you're getting ganked by the enemy jungler and you and your adc are 1/4 combined at 15 minutes but your top laner is 5/0 and has top side priority . play back , make safe plays and play around your fed top laner to carry the game . You don't always have to be the one to carry but playing around your team if they are ahead will help you win more games. You don't have to be the MVP every game

4.If you're on a win streak , don't stop playing until you lose a game then call it a day. Same with if you lose like 3 games in a row take a break , tomorrows a new day.

5. Watch your own replays and see what mistakes you're making and focus on what you need to do to improve. Watching someone play your champions in a higher elo also helps alot as well , seeing the difference between how you play and yourself.

6.BE CONFIDENT , just because you're playing against higher elo players doesn't mean that you arn't going to win the lane and you have to play passively . always respect your enemy but don't ever let that get into your head to change your mentality and play style. If you see an opportunity to make a play , make it happen

7. There has been one last support minded thing that I've also changed in my support playstyle from this season to last. Last season I would ward constantly in the Mid late game , and alot of times neglect being by my ADC. But this season unless my ADC is pretty much in a safe part of the map , I've sacrificed a little more of my vision control to stay closer to my carry. Not a huge difference in my vision impact but just being closer to my team if a fight breaks out or if my ADC is getting caught.