ranked que in bronze.

Sinisterbane·Dec 7, 2014·1 votes·654 views

Riot, how does one get out of the bronze downward spiral? Getting grouped with absolute &^%* is about to make me just quit. I dont know how the matchmaking is done here, but I'm sure, from my experience, it has nothing to do with skill level. Does anyone else here feel the same way? I can understand that it isnt perfect, however, there has got to be a better way. Half the time I really have to keep the reigns pulled tight just to not be a rager. The level of idiocy in some of the matches I enter, blows my mind. Maybe you should take age into consideration. I dont know what can be done, if anything at all. But I'm thinking of going back to other games. LoL is just one heartbreak after another. How can we get away from it? I see people playing in Plat, and gold doing what i do. It makes no sense that i get grouped with people with completely different concepts of how the game is played. Just help me understand.......

15 Comments

Drakzul the DarkDec 7, 20142 votes

You play better than a Bronze level. That's how you get out of Bronze.

CupkekDec 7, 20142 votes

You play better than a Bronze level. That's how you get out of Bronze.

One man an army does not make.

The issue is that you're being paired with people who play at or below Bronze level. If you're getting paired with people who play sub-par, you're going to have a sub-par match. I just recently got demoted from silver because of behavior like this.

FyshinaTuxDec 8, 20141 votes

I watched someone play Master Yi Jungle (this was before the preseason, but not by much) in Silver. His team fed for 20 minutes while he just farmed his jungle for 20 minutes. After that 20 minutes, he proceeded to leave the jungle and start wrecking the lanes, everywhere... he literally solo carried that game.

The best part about that? He did it on stream, and more than once. If that works in Silver, then the fundamental reason it works (people not understanding various things about the game) will hold true in Bronze.

SinisterbaneDec 8, 20141 votes

a very simple thornmail will shut down a yi. especially if their whole team was fed. stack armor and win.

FyshinaTuxDec 8, 20141 votes

You're talking about Bronze, the land where people don't build to the situation... Which is why people can do exactly what I just said.

SinisterbaneDec 7, 20141 votes

I dont think, sir, that you have ever played in this level. How about this.....get demoted to bronze then show me how you "play better to leave it" 1 man cannot win entire matches over and over again.

Drakzul the DarkDec 8, 20141 votes

I dont think, sir, that you have ever played in this level. How about this.....get demoted to bronze then show me how you "play better to leave it" 1 man cannot win entire matches over and over again.

I was Bronze 4 at the end of season 3 and started in Bronze 4 at the beginning of s4. I've played at that level, you can win matches over and over again. Plat+ players do streams where they go from bronze to diamond/challenger or whatever, they don't lose games in Bronze.

FyshinaTuxDec 8, 20141 votes

I was Bronze V for OVER A YEAR between Season II and Season III... I'm now Gold V. Believe me when I say, if you play better than the level of Bronze, you'll get out of Bronze.

SinisterbaneDec 8, 20141 votes

so what i need to do is play ranked repeatedly and my skill level will over ride the idiocy of bronze? if so, i'm game. but if it isnt that simple, i dont want to deal with the pure frustration of bronze level games where you cant even get a support to grab a sightstone, or a tank to build armor/mr. i have lost 4 promos in a row in one day because of afkers, and trolls. it gets rather old.

FyshinaTuxDec 8, 20141 votes

What I'm saying, is that I was in Bronze V until I started actually focusing on what I was doing wrong, and how I could improve as a player. After I started working on MYSELF, I climbed to Silver in under a month.

EpicusmaximoDec 8, 20142 votes

You play better than a Bronze level. That's how you get out of Bronze.

Except, when the other 4 feed, there's not much you can do. Making a difference personally =/= team game right?

SukishooDec 8, 20141 votes

All you can do really is keep trying.

Everything takes practice. Watch stream of much higher players often, make sure to keep up with last hitting, warding, ect. If you make mistakes, then own up to them and not blame the team.

I moved from Bronze 5 to Bronze II in season 3 and then started at Bronze 5 and moved to Gold V by the end of season 4, so it is possible.

SinisterbaneDec 8, 20141 votes

i have watched more pro games than most pros....i study matches playstyles warding patterns. believe it or not, i am an exceptional player. and i do know what i'm doing. its just hard when the players around me bring me down. this is not always the case. sometimes i have off days but i quit playing after a loss or two. sometimes its just not ur day. but i dont rage at my teammates, i try to encourage. i dont afk its not ethical, and it just isnt me. its not that i lack skill i am usually the highest farmed on my team unless i support. even in losses. like i said, i just dont know what to do...i do appreciate the advice though.

CupkekDec 8, 20141 votes

You have to also remember that it's master yi you're talking about.

The hurr-durr One-Button-Wonder of melee. Lowest skill floor champion in the game with high potential to snowball and a generic 'hard cc' weakness.

3 steps to success with Master Yi: