PSA: You don't need to main yasuo/zed/riven to get to Gold

BananaJannana··4 votes·1,053 views

There's people in Diamond 1 who got there with only garen, warwick, and even xin shao, some of the most mechanically simple champions in the game.

There's no need to play mechanically difficult champions like yasuo/zed/riven below Gold because at that point you still need to learn about all the other aspects of the game that make a bigger difference to your win rate.

Mechanical skill probably doesn't count for even 40% of your wins. Timing, awareness, and knowledge of champion damage and limitations are what normally decide the winner.

So make life easier for yourself, play a simpler champion until you pick up the other skills I've mentioned above, and then branch into more complex champs if you feel like it.

Of course, if you play yasuo/zed/riven because you genuinely like them and aren't trying to improve your play, ignore this advice and do your thing. It's not worth playing a not-fun champion just to gain elo.

19 Comments

Surfer Ashe1 votes

B-B-but frequently banned champions = OP champions and OP champions = freelo!!!!111!1

BananaJannana6 votes

Confucius said, "It is better to be a skilled Warwick than a trash Yasuo."

Lord Boltrix1 votes

Wait, Confucious was probably that Warwick I faced the other day, he was 3/10 ten minutes in cause he spent the entire time spouting wisdom instead of actually teaching through experience i.e. kicking our asses.

ReZisT Lust1 votes

its obvious to be teemo always

BananaJannana1 votes

Yup, he's simple to play and does good work in top, though current top laners have a lot of gap closers

ReZisT Lust1 votes

justt gotta be safe and place the banner of command minion down mid lane with zzrot to help your lane push

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

nothing can wave clear like a item 3068 item 3087 item 3512 item 3060 item 3158 item 3748 Gangplank

ReZisT Lust1 votes

well duh hes got easy aoe

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

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ReZisT Lust1 votes

im not talking about pokemon mega evolutions

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

or you could just script and have a diamond 2 smurf boost you while you pay him or adopt a kid from LKS and have him play on your account. lol

LEADlNG1 votes

adopt a kid from LKS and have him play on your account. lol

LOL omg.

Dominick Destine1 votes

You can run a marathon on a broken leg, that doesn't mean it's a good idea.

Niyumi1 votes

PSA: You don't need mechanical skill to play Riven, Zed or Yasuo.

But, this is an F2P cash grab. You won't win by playing any complex or unpopular champs. If you play the more popular, lucrative champs (Ahri, Yas, Zed, Sona, Ashe, etc.), then you'll generally do better since they're favored by Riot / Tencent.

BananaJannana1 votes

There have been people getting to challenger with AP Sejuani.

FOTM players rarely, if ever, perform as well as players who choose one or two champs to main.

superhafiz411 votes

Garen is actually cancer, same with frozen/titanic hydra attk speed tank ww.

But I main vi and I'm currently at Gold 3, I went on a 61 game playing with Vi only streak and had a 75% WR, I stopped using her constantly and then my WR with her started to drop. It's still pretty good tho

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

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Garen is actually cancer, same with frozen/titanic hydra attk speed tank ww.

But I main vi and I'm currently at Gold 3, I went on a 61 game playing with Vi only streak and had a 75% WR, I stopped using her constantly and then my WR with her started to drop. It's still pretty good tho

how is garen cancer? im curious

superhafiz411 votes

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how is garen cancer? im curious

Just not a fan of going against him lol, he's not op just a stupid and annoying champ. I've seen someone who mains garen who was losing lane go full crit and damage with like 1 tank item and black cleaver and almost win the game with that lol. But then again we did beat him but he's a pain bc he can get so beefy easily

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