For New Bronze Players & ELO

Princess Píxie ·3/16/2017, 3:26:00 PM·1 votes·637 views

Hey guys! My names Jasmine and Im a new bronze 2 player who joined in January. I noticed how difficult it isto adapt to all these nerf patches if they are in favor of higher elo players, or "pro/plays" especially when we're still attempting to learn the individual items and keep up with all that's going on with champions nerfs/buffs. I'm not sure if it's a problem with you guys as well but sometimes we get placed with ranked higher elo trolls or people from years prior who were silver or gold and obviously have had more experience than myself and many other new bronze players. I play ranked maybe once or twice a week, maybe three times if I'm feeling daring, but could we potentially have a barrier between long term players and players who have had years of experience and still can't get out of bronze? I have friends who recently joined that do not have the privilege of having a few friends in silver or gold to tutor them either. I myself watch tutorials on YouTube or twitch or the live pro-plays but it's very difficult to relate when we're not in these golds, diamonds, plats. The ranking system is also a bit frustrating when we lose LP not based on our individual play but the mistakes of others to which our rank is threatened with demotion, which again, I've seen quite a few of my friends go down under. Keep in mind, I'm not saying they're these great and amazing players and that it should be easy for them/us but there are also some players who have played ranked games so long they do not take it very seriously or players can't even step out of base without getting mauled. Not intentionally feeding but they can't even get an assist because they don't understand the game mechanics. The toxicity is another problem, (I personally can ignore it) but when a good player has to mute the chat because one player is roasting them and they get tilted, that's pretty much game since that player who got tilted could have potentially guided their team mates to victory.

Anyway the main point is, (only if you've played ranked or play consistently) do you struggle with winning because of any of these situations?

4 Comments

Eedat3/16/2017, 3:34:03 PM1 votes

Not sure why you hopped into ranked two months after you started. That was a huge mistake because you've destroyed your MMR. You have a 30% winrate and you actually average under a 1.0 KDA which is absolutely abysmal. You really should stick to norms for now

Hayes3/16/2017, 3:37:46 PM1 votes

some of us are stuck in bronze not because of how well we play but how horrible the feeding and griefing is.

I lost 4 in a row last night, and I was the only person on my team with positive KDAs . Can't carry 4 people.

Grimspeake3/16/2017, 3:39:30 PM1 votes

If i lose its because my team is full of dumbasses and im not good enough to solo carry. However some games u just cant carry

Princess Píxie 3/24/2017, 5:27:57 AM1 votes

My personal KDA varies on who I play with. Depending on the situation I'll switch to an aggressive stance, and if I know I'm going to falter I'll play passive so that I can get past the laning phase and enter team fights. I'm not recklessly diving into battles to feed however unfortunately there are people who dive in too deep and by 10 minutes you know the games is over because you have a fed mid or top laner. If I know I can't carry the most wise and strategic thing to do (at least in my opinion) is play passive until the laning phase is over, and understand who your champ is strongest against. Again I'm aware my KDA is fairly low but I do know how to avoid being a problem for my team as I have multiple friends who are in higher elo's(Silver/Gold) teaching me progressively the basics. I play normals regularly 4-5 hrs a day and I consistently check my MMR and skill level to find my flaws. Where I falter, I try to improve, but the real question is, once you start winning normals on one specific champ and it becomes easier, and you move onto solo duo with said champ, how do you carry 4 others who haven't had a clue to do the same? @Eedat I also only solo/duo very very rarely and feel as if I can roam faster than normal to help others. I agree I should wait a bit more.