Smurfs do not exist anymore ?

Garison·11/1/2016, 4:58:04 PM·1 votes·1,247 views

Am i the only smurf having so much problems geting out of silver ? So on my main account i winn/lose like every second game and so i though this was it this is as highest as i can go so i made a new account to play on and it's so hard to get out of silver so i was wondering how many people are there having same problem. I feel like silver is 80% luck division geting teammates that play passive and build tank when behind because people like that i get in like every 7-8th game. And i gotta admit how much what i see in silver is a thorn in my eye's. It's 1 thing to be bad but so hard that you can't let a smurf carry you is a new dimension for me ... So what are your opinions ?

23 Comments

Sariat111/1/2016, 5:03:19 PM3 votes

Carry harder, If you're not good enough to carry out of silver and you're smurfing, odds are you are boosted or Gold. There will always be some factor of luck, but its not as much as you think it is.

Mr Carbon11/1/2016, 5:13:05 PM2 votes

I got out of silver on my smurf from silver 4 in roughly 40 games.

Sukishoo11/1/2016, 5:18:05 PM2 votes

It's the end of the season, there's a ton of people smurfing right now, so it's gonna be harder then usual.

ForFoxSakes11/23/2016, 4:18:42 PM2 votes

I used to smurf multiple accounts so if I was having a bad day in solo/duo I could stomp or play at the level I was playing at that day being a boosted scrub. I dont see normals as counting since they dont track stats and not playing for any points.

Now rather than going on a smurf I can just do ranked 3s or flex which placed me in trash tier

Swiftstrike411/1/2016, 5:27:38 PM2 votes

Also, if you really are a platinum caliber player you should not have any trouble.

Most mid gold and low plat players just crush silver players. The games are not even close.

Swiftstrike411/1/2016, 5:16:21 PM1 votes

Smurfs still exist. I think it is pretty easy to get out of silver and I am only Gold II on my main.

Climbed 2 other accounts to Gold V or higher within a month on each. One was sitting in Silver V and the other was I think Silver III or IV.

Silver is a crapshoot sometimes, but it depends on your role and your champion. Top and Mid are the better roles to carry from in Silver.

I will say also that carrying as a support can work out well too if you are a good support and play a carry support. The bottom lane is so fragile in silver that almost always one side feeds.

If you are a good support you can "stabilize" the bottom lane so that either you ADC gets strong OR at the minimum doesn't feed.

I mostly played Leona on my main but found her and tank supports to not be that good in silver. Despite warding and protecting the ADC, their response and skill level varies so dramatically that even if you coddle a bad ADC they will still get themselves killed.

I had to switch to carry supports like Sona and Lux and A LOT of .

Brand was awesome simply because everyone groups in silver and no one understands how his kit works. I also played a split-pusher top Nasus and in low elo he can hard carry just through split-pushing or killing a fed ADC.

It just took me some time I think. I think it took me 50 games on one account and I was out of silver and on the other which was lower, it took about 80.

Around high silver is when I noticed games got a bit harder because I felt people tilted easier because they "wanted to get to gold".

EndlessSorcerer11/1/2016, 5:48:23 PM1 votes

I just grabbed waveclear/poke champions with some CC in Silver last season.

My main picks were Varus (ADC), Ziggs (Mid) and Gragas (Jungle), though I did play around with some random champions since it was far easier to learn them in ranked against Silver players.

People would just constantly group, so I stopped them from pushing anything and ensured the enemy team was chunked before any fight began.

TheEvilQueen13511/1/2016, 5:59:12 PM1 votes

i have been moving in and out of s4 and up and down s4 for the majority of the season :(

ff4sk11/1/2016, 6:04:53 PM1 votes

Silver is where players who just finished their placements end up or players who climbed out of bronze by luck and are now content that "at least they're not bronze" so they tilt, flame, and refuse to play properly because they let their ego inflate.

first time I got into silver it was a nightmare getting out because not only will people not carry they'll refuse to let anyone else carry.

I had games where my carry would throw because I ganked their lane and took the kill due to them staying back and farming minions til the last second.

I had games where my top would feed, demand ganks, refuse to follow up on said ganks, then proceed to leave lane and steal my camps as payback for not camping his lane.

Silver is a literal cesspool where only the most cancerous of players lurk.

Anybody looking to climb out of there better be prepared to grind games and carry in each and every one of them.

Chalizard11/1/2016, 6:37:49 PM1 votes

I had No problems on like 4 acc to get out of it so I doubt if it is about luck, maybe you just overestimated your skill.

FHMarshy11/1/2016, 5:19:35 PM1 votes

I smurf, I get out of silver easy. What's the problem?