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Climbing as Silver (High Rated Help?)

InfernoFøx·6/28/2017, 11:53:09 PM·1 votes·399 views

Hi guys, I am currently Silver 4 in Solo and Silver 3 in Flex (I solo queue in flex (S3 right out of placements)) and I have been having issues with a bunch of things that I believe I can further myself on so I can climb. Any higher Elo help would be great and nothing simple like "dont die" . I need true and honest answers. But, first I will list some of the skills that I believe I am good at or good enough to not worry.

  • Map Awareness (laning phase)
  • Mechanics (Fairly good for Elo Bracket)
  • Game Knowledge (Timers, Build Pathing, and Shot calling (to an extent))
  • Theory Crafting (Theoretical Builds, Comps, and other things like that)

So those are some of the things that I feel like I am proficient at. But after I play a bunch of games in ranked and using all of my knowledge to my abilities, I cant seem to press advantages. I watch my own (not as much) and LCS matches to get a feel for some of the things that I could possibly do differently via shot calling or other things but sometimes I am just unsure of a situation and end up making bad calls.

I will list the things that I BELIEVE I need to work on (I am up for criticism and other things I could work on).

  • CSing (its Okay, but could be a LOT better)
  • Map Awareness (Mid-Late Game)
  • Getting myself too KEEP WARDING
  • Decision Making (When to roam, split, and group/teamfight)
  • Engaging? (Conceptually I understand, but physically is different)
  • Pressing Advantages
  • Come back from a lost lane (others losing too)
  • Recover from a bad shot call

So with all of these flaws, I feel like I cannot seem to carry, ESPECIALLY when im behind. When im ahead, it is (of course) a lot easier. So, I just wanted some feedback on things I can do to help fix these flaws (besides CSing). I have a good amount of game knowledge but I feel I am unable to use that knowledge to the utmost.

I know that I am not the best, and I probably give myself too much credit. Hell, I am probably the worst player in this Subreddit. I know I am bad. But that makes me want to try even harder to get better and to earn my Gold+ rating.

If you guys could give me some suggestions on anything I can do or HMU in Discord and play with me and yell at me to get my crap together and how I am playing like I am role-playing as Lee Sin, that would be amazing. I really want to climb, but be the reason why I climb. I know it is good to rely on others instead of the "I HAVE TO CARRY OR NOBODY ELSE WILL" mentality. I just want to climb. That is basically it...

Feel free to check me out in op.gg (summoner name: InfernoFøx) or HMU with a friend request to yell at how trash I am.

Thanks a lot for taking the time out of your day to read this!

9 Comments

SnakDatSmilesBak6/29/2017, 12:00:39 AM1 votes

Stop using parentheses as a crutch. Watch their jungler like a fat kid looks at cake. ward baron at 20 hit level 2 first learn how to control waves

SnakDatSmilesBak6/29/2017, 12:03:05 AM1 votes

TRINKETS

And look up builds on probuilds or something

SwiftKitten886/29/2017, 12:12:08 AM1 votes

i am also stuck in silver ( although that probably has more to do with me not playing ranked) and i am also looking to improve...

i am good mechanics (for the few champs i play) i have incredible game knowledge.. (i am normally the person doing the shotcalling) i am very good at warding and very good at map awareness i have VERY good decision making skills.

but i also suffer from some of thee issues the OP has

in fact the biggest issue i have is my teammates... i play jungle as support... and it seems every game i get into is decided before the match even starts based on the teammates i get.

the attitude and their willingness to work as a team decides the game more than thier skill does. i can do the shotcalling.. i can see the oppoents mistakes... i know when to do a 1/3/1 and when to baron call. i ward the map and i ping my teammtes stop stop chasing blind into thier jungle..

and when they LISTEN.. we usally win... and when they dont... we lose

in fact i would almost certainly be a much better COACH than i am a player.. because i know what to do... i just cant always do it. (let alone get my teammates to)

outside of teammates doing stupid shit and trying to turn the game into a TDM and to hell with the objectives.. the biggest issue i have is team-fights.. i cant keep track of everything going on at once..

PrismalDawn6/29/2017, 12:57:32 AM1 votes

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I know it is good to rely on others instead of the "I HAVE TO CARRY OR NOBODY ELSE WILL" mentality.

No, just no. This right here, it's total bullshit. I'm sorry pal, if you have an ADC that is 0-8-0 and still want to help them no. Cast them out.

Play to your advantages. If your advantages are your 10-0 top lane and you as a jungle but your other lanes fed, it's going to be a 3v5 from there on out (your support shouldn't be useless in most cases.)

You can't rely on others to do what you want. If you can, play around it. 99% of the time though, that's not the case.

This isn't a communism, sadly if it was, your team would get rewarded if you were ahead and they were down, but they don't.