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What to do with troll picks during promos and tilted team mates?

Mr Mosser··2 votes·1,805 views
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I just finished my first determined climb to silver. I decided to stick with the support role as I feel like it is one I play fairly well. I have also found that I feel more useful playing support in situations where my lane does not happen to win. My final push to silver included two promo series which were more stressful than I would have liked. My first series included a game where my laptop ceased to function and it went to the fifth match. This last match lasted an hour and I could feel my utility getting worse and worse until my team collapsed for the final time. I quickly got into the second set of promos where i was relieved to have a free win. This was short lived though as my top laner locked in draven with exhaust and my adc locked in sona with ignite. They did not communicate until I had 1 second left to lock in. To sum it up, I felt like I had been robbed of a promotion match. This trend continued into my next game as I was paired with a zed top and teemo mid. I did not want to loose two promos without even trying so I went for it. The troll picks actually did well enough to carry our team through an extended period of time in which our adc had disconnected. The last game was stressful due to my adc being a bit tilted as well as it potentially being my final game in bronze before getting to silver. I know I am not the only one who has had these issues, but I feel like experiencing all of this in the span of 24 hours is just...not lucky. I would be glad to receive feedback on what could help make the climb feel like less of a slot machine as well as useful tips for playing support in low elo. Thank you : )

25 Comments

Darkeus2 votes

Dude, I hate to tell you this but Silver is WORSE than Bronze. Welcome to the land of egos and tilt. Where everyone thinks they are a Platinum player and the trolling is real.

Good luck, you might miss Bronze by the time you are done in Silver.

Mr Mosser1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Darkeus Wolf,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=aMAE6Jow,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2017-02-04T13:45:43.479+0000)

Dude, I hate to tell you this but Silver is WORSE than Bronze. Welcome to the land of egos and tilt. Where everyone thinks they are a Platinum player and the trolling is real.

Good luck, you might miss Bronze by the time you are done in Silver.

I find it hard to believe that it could get worse lmao. Thanks for the heads up though!

Darkeus1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Mr Mosser,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=aMAE6Jow,comment-id=00010000,timestamp=2017-02-04T13:48:43.782+0000)

I find it hard to believe that it could get worse lmao. Thanks for the heads up though!

Let me put it this way. I went 8-2 in my placements. I was playing with Golds too. I was pretty sure I would be placed Gold V.

I placed Silver II and have only won one game since. I am 9-15 now and slowly making my way down to you, so much I quit Ranked for now.

Every match I have played contained either: An AFK, A toxic ass flamer, a ping spammer, or ALL OF THE ABOVE.

Silver is trash man. I hope you can get out to Gold.

Mr Mosser1 votes

Well..if that's the case..maybe we will play against eachother one day to see who has the most sanity left.

Thank you for the the kind wishes :)

Darkeus1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Mr Mosser,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=aMAE6Jow,comment-id=0001000000000000,timestamp=2017-02-04T13:57:24.956+0000)

Well..if that's the case..maybe we will play against eachother one day to see who has the most sanity left.

Thank you for the the kind wishes :)

You are welcome. Good luck man. :-)

And yeah, the way I am trending you will be beating me in placements to go ahead of me. Lmao

FioraWillCarry3 votes

[{quoted}](name=Darkeus Wolf,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=aMAE6Jow,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2017-02-04T13:45:43.479+0000)

Good luck, you might miss Bronze by the time you are done in Silver.

This so much. I made it to Silver last season but the joy didn't last long. I missed Bronze after spending a few months grinding in Silver. At least Bronze is carriable. It's fucking impossible to carry feeders in Silver like you could in Bronze because unlike Bronze, Silver players don't dick around in the jungle looking for kills. They take towers very quickly and end the game quite fast most times.

Silver players have 100x the ego of Bronze players and their attitude is far worse than what you'd see in Bronze.

Very Hard Engage2 votes

DODGE, you can lose your promos, but its far more important to maintain your MMR.

you may think if you dodge promos you cant rank up, but thats not true at all.

if your MMR is high enough you will outright skip over divisions without having to play promos at all. Riot will place you higher and you will get a "congrats you have been promoted to XXXXX" without entering promos.

this isn't good if you're trying to go from bronze 1 - > silver 3 for instance, but its a life saver for everyone plat+.

Mr Mosser1 votes

I will certainly keep that in mind.

SnugglePuggle942 votes

Yeah I agree with the other guy, silver isn't that much better. I finally got promoted to silver 3 this week after losing my promos multiple times. The minute I get in, my MMR drops. I win one, lose one, win one, lose one. Then I lose one game at 0 LP and get demoted. Then on top of that I lose 4 more games in Silver 4 due to a rage quitter who left after two deaths and blamed me for the tiniest mistakes I made, another game our jungler kept lagging and the top laner fed to hell, another our mid laner was an intentionally feeding troll, etc.

I'm a support main like you and bro it's not that much better.

Mr Mosser1 votes

I might have to switch lanes of that becomes a trend :o

SnugglePuggle941 votes

I even tried switching to other lanes last night. First two games with Annie mid went well, I got fed and we won. Third game Diana mid against an Irelia of all champions but I got first blood on her since she tried to AA me to death at level 1. Fast forward to a few levels later and my WW comes in to counter gank the Hecarim that's on top of me with Irelia, and he dies before we can kill Irelia, which we almost had her but I ran out of my spells and ignite was on CD. I did everything I could, and he then decided to start grief spamming pings on me and intentionally feeding just because of that one play. On top of that Irelia got fed and she and Hecarim decided to focus the hell out of me so that game was an instant loss.

Fourth game, Ahri mid- our top laner Singed fed the Yasuo to hell and was abusive to us when we called him out on it. Sucks cause I was doing so well early against Ryze and was getting fed. But when Yas starting roaming it was all over.

Fifth game Ahri mid, our jungler Xin decided to completely ignore us and while we would try to contest dragon, he was on the opposite side of the map farming when we pinged him a hundred times. And when we asked for help he decided it wasn't worth his time since he would just die anyway. -.-

Sixth game Ashe bot lane- I had a Thresh support who got autofilled and doesn't play the role. We went against a stupid Vayne Blitz combo and let's just say we lost that lane. Our jungler got fed but Thresh fed to hell and I had no peel so that was lost.

Last game I went to support Lux- and guess what? We win and stomp the enemy team. It always happens this way- any time I try to go to another lane I rarely win. I get a ton of trolls and feeders instead. Then when I go back to support we immediately stomp people. So annoying because it gets tiring playing support every damn game.

Borror2 votes

Low silver is legit worse than high bronze as it is filled with mid bronze people who got lucky in placements but don't drop down, newbies in placements who should be mid-low bronze, bronze players who finally hit silver and don't care anymore, and trolls who don't care cause it's hard to drop down a tier. High bronze usually at least has more people who try to get silver and it's easier to drop so less trolls. "Troll picks" might not always be troll picks either. they could be one trick ponies didn't get their role who are only good with that champ and have a better chance of winning with that champ or they could just be experienced with it and going off meta hoping that the enemy laner won't know how to deal with them and by knowing the match up better. Honestly, I always expect the best from people who use "troll picks". Although it's better to check them on op.gg or other sites to see if they are a one trick or just a troll and decide to dodge from there. Low silver/ high bronze is also where most of the player base is so you also get a lot of different people. You get skilled newbies who are only bad because of lack of experience, Players great at micro skills but have terrible map awarenes, just overall average people, casuals who don't understand everything, former mid Elo players on tilt, mid bronze players who just got on a lucky streak, veteran players who know a lot about the game but just have bad skills, and ect.. The point of that ramble is that it is hard to assume much of any player in each of your games. As for advise on supporting in low Elo, be sure to ward a lot and make sure to remind your teammates to ward a lot as well. Don't be afraid to check your teams items and call them out of they have 2 wards up. Don't always rush sightstone, sometimes you might be better off rushing boots if the junglers aren't going bot a lot or if you have to dodge a lot of enemy skill shots. Being faster means you can dodge better, engage better, run away better (especially from zyra plants, hate those things), and chase enemies better. And if I'm a tank support and Im against a heavy stun/snare combo bot lane, then I'm rushing merc threads 1st thing. Another thing is to know when to bully. Did the enemy blitz just miss his hook? He is useless and you can harass for free. Zyra just use up her combo? Bully. Is one enemy a good bit behind their casters while the other is behind your melee minions? Bully. Are they both low on mana? Bully. Did the support just leave to ward? Bully the adc. Did one of them just back? Bully them hard. Don't even let them get near the minions for exp. Did the tank support just go up to the cannon minion? Chances are that they are focused on the cannons health and are out of position, not willing to engage until minion is dead, not paying much attention to skill shots, and/or can't do anything if you and/or your adc auto attack them because of creep block. An important thing to know in bulling and trading is the enemies range, mana costs, and especially the enemies abilities and their cool downs. Be sure to be aware of the adcs, low Elo adcs won't always fight with you and back you up because they are paying attention to the low health minions. This applies to both sides. Wow I ranted, sorry about that.

Mr Mosser1 votes

Sorry it took me so long to reply. I read the whole rant and found quite a bit of useful information haha. I will try to keep all of that in mind and thanks.

BIackfox1 votes

Nothing since riot doesn't care about trolls, only toxic people

Mr Mosser1 votes

That will not help me sleep...but nice name.

Darkeus1 votes

Nice name, big troll lol.

That is Soraka's Tits in a nutshell.

Lauchmelder3 votes

That is bullshit

Mr Mosser1 votes

Thank you for your sympathy

Darkeus1 votes

I will say this. If you are a support main like me, stay with Brand. He is a pub stomper in low elo. Hell, in high elo too. Don't be like me who Mains Sona, Morgana and Soraka. Lol.... Can't help carry with my mains....

Mr Mosser1 votes

I always pick brand if i feel confident that it will lead to a quick tower or easy kills haha. Other wise I play safe with zilean.

Darkeus1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Mr Mosser,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=aMAE6Jow,comment-id=00030000,timestamp=2017-02-04T13:52:54.349+0000)

I always pick brand if i feel confident that it will lead to a quick tower or easy kills haha. Other wise I play safe with zilean.

Zilean is a good choice too. I own him but have not used him yet. But Brand is usually free elo down here. With the right ADC, your lane pressure is oppressive. And unless they have a tank support, you can smash their support all day. Unless they have Zyra. Lol

Mr Mosser2 votes

Yea, zyra can go die in a hole for all I care lmao.

kristopher2051 votes

I had 3 first time champ picks on my team during my promos. I won lane, went 11/3 and of course we lost due to a 1/12 jg and a 2/10 adc.

Mr Mosser1 votes

I had a first time maoki who somehow 1v2'd the enemy top and jungle. Your case sounds much worse than mine..feels bad man.

The Deckowner1 votes

I recommand you get a duo partner and gtfo of silver asap, it is the real elo hell and staying there for too long really hurts your mental.

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