Why Bronzes Aren't Climbing (In My Opinion)
Yeah I know there's already another thread on this but I wanted to specifically target Bronze. As a Bronze myself, I think these are why we can't climb (NOTE: I also do some / all of these so I'm not trying to make Bronze look bad or say that I'm better, I'm just saying what tends to happen as a whole.)
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Ranked "mindset." You have this mentality that ranked is scary and such a high-pressure test of skill when in reality it's barely more than your average normal draft game (at least in Bronze).
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"____ Syndrome" : If you're fed, you think you can 1v5 the entire team and you'll start doing just that and making dumbass mistakes. Commonly known as Yi Syndrome, Yasuo Syndrome, Jax Syndrome etc. Happens with almost every champion.
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Anger towards others. Instead of focusing on what you did wrong you'll just get mad at another player on your team because you have such an inflated ego about your gameplay. "Oh, I should be in Gold right now." No you shouldn't; if you should be you WOULD be; that's how ranked works. I go by one simple rule: ALWAYS BLAME YOURSELF. Even if the ADC was 0/20, you have to deal with your gameplay EVERY ranked game, while your ADC is different each game.
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"Potatoes". Let's face it, sometimes you get those people who have NO idea what they're doing. It happens. But see #3 for how to deal with it.
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The matchmaking. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure LoL matches you with worse people the more wins you have, to try to balance your wins/losses to 50%. It's frustrating when your MMR is really high and you can go up 2/3 divisions, and then get matched with terrible players. BUT that is testing your ability to carry the team, so I guess it's fair. Some people think it's true, some don't. Honestly doesn't matter, not a big issue.
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"Bitching". If there is ONE "broken" champion on the enemy team, everyone starts complaining in chat (including me). "Oh gg ff at 20". If a yasuo shows up (rarely b/c he's always banned) players go crazy. They subconsciously already surrendered; their mind will not be as sharp as it could because of the dread of facing an op champ (who they arbitrarily deem OP).
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This is the main reason, in my opinion, why bronzies can't climb. THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO COUNTER THESE "BROKEN" CHAMPS. If they see a Yasuo, they have absolutely no clue what to do except try to kill him before he kills you. If they see a Katarina you bet they'll be trying to dive her, and then realizing how fed she is after they're 0/3, proceed to be useless the whole game. The Bronze NEED to learn how to counter or at least PLAY against some of these champions. And there is ALWAYS one of these champs on the enemy team, so they're trapped in this state of fear and mental submission. Main "broken" champs in bronze:
. Just the community's opinion based on games. PSA: Stop banning Yasuo in every single game; he's not that bad. Use it to ban some other annoying as HELL champion (
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Now, I've done all of these things above. I used to be Bronze 5. But I've climbed to Bronze 3 in about 20 games, which I find impressive. The trick to climbing is above.
And the rule of thumb: DO NOT RAGE AT ALL. DO NOT BE SALTY. I used to be a ridiculously toxic player, yelling in chat in all caps constantly. I'm surprised I didn't get reported / chat restricted, honestly. I lost every game, and I thought it was the enemy team. I was 0/10, 0/9, maybe 1/9 if lucky, every game. Then I tried to see what I could do to improve myself. I practiced constantly in norms, and customs (CS practice). Then I went into a ranked game a month later; it seemed just like a normal. I went 5/4, and I was so excited. I won my first ranked game! I realized I didn't rage at all, even when my team made dumb mistakes. And since then, EVERY SINGLE TIME I have raged in chat, we've lost. So don't do it. Spout curses in the safety of your room, but don't waste your time typing into chat.
That's all folks. Tales of a Bronze Player (Who stopped playing Ranked until S7).
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