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I just don't understand....

ZealxWest·4/10/2019, 3:45:33 AM·1 votes·1,745 views

I'm struggling with this game. I have played over 400 games in the first part of Season 9's split. I have about a 50% WR and it's so frustrating. Don't get me wrong i'm an awful player and deserve to be in silver. But Some games are soooo easy, others seem like my team is full of bots. The games and matchmaking is so inconsistent. it feels like even though i have 400+ games in this season alone im still playing with people who maybe are playing their first ever ranked game. I see players type " this is my first time this champ" or "normals are boring i'd rather just play ranked". Also a lot of "who cares it's just a game." Idk, i feel like it's impossible to climb or even just see a sliver of improvement. Like i focus my cs but it gets trashed on cause my opponent would rather chase me down the entire lane over csing. and so i usually have to respect it and i end up losing all my cs and then the jungler refuses to gank me cause im quote "trash"... Please don't think im trying to say im better than the people in my elo cause im not but i don't understand how to get better when the game isn't even played correctly in this elo.

Junglers refuse to gank outa pettiness. Teams focusing the Tanks instead of the carries in team fights (my most hated) - when you die to you laner and the jungler runs in and tries to 1v1 3 lvl behind dies and rages at you. That one seriously tilts me. cause its simple a level 8 will not beat a lvl 11 with 1+kills Autofill puts bad players in roles they don't know or don't wanna play. People play champs for the first time ranked. Laners not caring about Cs and hard zoning me.. Me just being bad in general.

( i also think i have a horrible champ pool for this meta, considering all games end about 20 mins in silver elo cause it ends up being 20-4 or some ridiculous score, and my champs are late game, or just not meta. AKA Nasus, Kayle, garen... idk) any help would be appreciated.

7 Comments

YUUKI VK4/10/2019, 3:48:47 AM2 votes

this season has to be the worst out of any, its for the most part one sided shitfests. probably due to the current champ pool of "meta" being on the whole some of the most broken overloaded champs by a landslide, at this point whoever has the majortiy op flat out wins. S teir is loaded with champs that lack any meaningful counterplay

YG TheyWorshipMe4/10/2019, 4:20:03 AM1 votes

You’re from OCE, no wonder why. The playerbase here’s declined massively mate. To the point that matchmaking system sucks almost every game.

Zero Shingetsu4/10/2019, 4:58:00 AM1 votes

Sweet damn, 400 games in ONE SEASON?! That's half of what I've got since Season 3!

I think YG has the right of it here. My friend played OCE as well and had the same issue.

As for objective advice... If you wanna get the most out of champions who scale late, find ways to tip the balance. For example, I have HUGE success with AP Nasus. Stack as much AP as you can early and use your E to push the opponent back. It does a RIDICULOUS amount of damage, especially on the initial impact. My general methodology:

E Q W E E R

Then max out E, then start working on W. Sometimes I instead alternate E-W every other level, say if I'm up against Garen or someone like that who thrives on speed.

For build, I start with Nashor's Tooth. If I wanna go full AP, I grab Wit's End for sure, then whatever else feels right. Rylai's Scepter is usually a pretty good choice. If not, after the Tooth, I start building a "normal" Nasus. The great thing about AP Nasus is while his early damage is strong with his E, his Q still stacks damage just by farming it. So it'll be ready when you start building AD, and even if you go full AD, the Q will still do solid damage. Also, with some AP, his ult becomes more deadly.

The one big pitfall is mana cost. I usually alleviate this by getting a Tear early, which I can then upgrade into either an AD or AP item later if I have some spare gold. It's not a necessity, but it helps tremendously for this style of Nasus play.

... Unless you were using those as examples of champions you DON'T have, in which case, Executioner's Calling. That helps TREMENDOUSLY against meta top laners like Nasus and Garen.