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Why am I always the worst player in the game?

gimmerockets·8/6/2018, 3:11:35 PM·16 votes·10,716 views

So I started playing lol about 6 months ago. I know I'm not supposed to be the best or whatever. But I've been playing long enough to realize that I'm always the person on my team with the worst kda and the lowest damage output. My positions I like to play are mid and bot, so I usually play high damage champs. I know I have a problem with positioning, but I've worked on that and I've gotten a bit better, but I'm still always the worst. The thing is that after a while of just being the worst player on my team, shouldn't I be placed with lower level people? This is especially true with ranked. I keep winning because I get carried or my support is really good. I started ranked at silver V, but it took forever to get demoted to bronze I, I was practically begging to be demoted because I just wasn't good enough and it took FOREVER to get demoted. They gave me so many times and "protected" me against being demoted. Bronze I is a much better fit, but I'm still always the worst player on my team. I'm really unsure of what to do. I mean, at some point riot has to be like "okay, let's give this guy some easier people to play against", but it never happens. Any advice?

31 Comments

0DESTROYERZ08/6/2018, 5:58:36 PM9 votes

after looking through your op.gg, one tip i can give you is to practice your csing more. The gold you get from last hitting minions can go a long way so try to focus on bringing that up and you will be able to buy more items sooner leading to more damage/usefullness in teamfights.

ΠΑΡΘEΝΟS8/6/2018, 3:31:47 PM7 votes

well. they start the new accs with high mmr for some reason like if you go from unranked and win all 10 games and keep winning you will get plat with 15 game total ...they hate new players for some reason :P

gimmerockets8/6/2018, 6:08:46 PM5 votes

I've read over the comments and saw a lot of things I can try out to improve my play, I really appreciate it guys!

AlienPrimate8/6/2018, 5:42:21 PM4 votes

I'm with Kelg on this one. I think you will find much better success by changing roles. I know I'm bad at this game compared to my rank (gold 1) so I avoid difficult and squishy champions. Because I know that my mechanical skill is lacking, I play champions like Taric, Nautilus, Amumu, Tahm Kench, Braum, Tryndamere, and Maokai. With champions like this, you can screw up and not instantly die for it. The biggest parts of these champions is deciding when to use high value abilities that are basically guaranteed to be effective. They are Taric ult, Nautilus ult, Amumu ult, Tahm devour, Braum shield, Tryn ult, and Maokai ult.

When you are playing a squishy mage, assassin, or adc, one misclick means your instant death. Even to this day after starting in bronze 3 back in season 3 and climbing to gold 1 now, I still can't play squishies at all. I probably play ADC at a low silver level as an almost platinum player. There is a chance that you are like me and you play at a sub-30 level on squishies and a silver level on tanks and fighters.

PhalseLogic8/6/2018, 8:45:39 PM3 votes

Make sure you weave in auto attacks in between casting your abilities. Like if youre Riven, you are trying to auto attack inbetween each Q. If you are Nasus, you auto attack before you Q

Also, play around cooldown windows, if someone wastes an ability trying to clear a minion wave, for a few seconds, you can engage on them knowing they can't use that ability on you. Same thing for champions with dashes and escape abilities. Did Blitzcrank waste his movement speed increase? Did he miss his grab? Those are high cooldown abilities. Punish him and engage off of that. Weave in your autos.

Madsin258/6/2018, 3:32:04 PM3 votes

Well...you have only played 1 ranked game in the past week so I don't have much to go by but will just give you some advice.

It is going to be extremely hard to climb with Ashe. The one shot burst meta we are in means you have to have extremely good positioning or have an amazing support. I repeat, Ashe is the worst champ you can climb with atm.

I recommend just switching to mid lane find a champ you like and master him.

Just to give you some clarity your last game was in the 1100 MMR range, you don't get much easier opponents than this.

Sona Ping8/6/2018, 3:50:14 PM3 votes

Now, that's not true. It's good not to overestimate yourself, but don't be too hard on yourself either. I looked and you have done better than some others you have matched with. Good job, keep on working at it.

Leto GT8/6/2018, 5:25:44 PM3 votes

6 months is nothing. You can find educational content on YouTube. There's a lot content related to midlane on the YouTube channel "Skill capped". This should help you understand things you may not be aware of while being important.

Raven Redeemed8/6/2018, 7:07:50 PM3 votes

I remember I was really bad for a good while when I started PvP. Hm, the best advice I can give is to stick with it. If you play regularly I can almost guarantee you will get better.

You can play a bunch of bot/custom games with you favorite champs to help you get comfortable with them; just be careful, doing so will also deny you realistic human reaction from the enemy and won't let you experience how you champ works when on equal footing with the enemy.

I personally learned a lot about the game from playing ARAM. It lets you try out new builds and runes since the games are quick, you can practice teamfights (since that's all it is), and you get to experience a bunch of new champs. Even if you don't plan on playing them in normal games, it helps to learn first-hand the strengths and weaknesses of specific champs and classes (assassin, adc, etc.).

You can also try to improve your macro play with simple things like cs'ing and focusing objectives over kills, to more advance things like map awareness ("the enemy mid disappeared. where is he going?") and wave manipulation (ex. freezing the wave when you are ahead so the enemy has to put themselves in danger to get their own farm). Macro play can be more difficult to learn because you won't necessarily learn it just by playing. You have to actively think about it and condition yourself to remember it. You can learn more about macro skills from instructional videos.

I personally like to watch pros or high elo streamers from time to time to so I can pick up on new skills. Try to figure out why they make certain decisions if they or a commentator doesn't explain it.

To end with something more tangible: buy red wards throughout the game on any champ if you have extra money (I put them at the top of item pages for my favorite champs so I don't forget), get the canon minions (they are worth far more than normal minions), and pay attention to important enemy cooldowns. For example, if I'm against a Lucian I know he is maxing his Q so if he uses it on minions I can try to pick a fight with him knowing that he won't be able to use his powerful spell in the trade. If Lux uses her Q and E I know I can fight her with any champ because I can doge her last damage spell (R) since I won't be CC'ed.

Sorry, that ended up being a little long. I hope some of it helps.

Olga Rajecka8/6/2018, 8:31:16 PM3 votes

Probably because you don't actually understand the game and it's intricacies. You might realize what's happening but anything lower than the highest level is moot to you.

In reality, unless someone sees your gameplay, there is no way of telling what the problem is.

In terms or rank and your problems with that. The reason why you're the worst player even in lower ranks might have to do with my first point. You don't really understand the game which leads to playing "the reaction game". Basically, you don't make proactive plays but rather play accordingly to your enemy which puts you one step behind in 100% of the situations.

Al The Legion8/6/2018, 10:46:19 PM3 votes

Practice Practice Practice. Don't feel demotivated by your current performance. If you look up the statistics of other players youre playing with odds are plenty have hundreds upon hundreds of games (just counting this season alone). As you play more and practice your mechanics you become better at knowing when to take trades and how to harass.

It's just a game sense you get from playing a lot. Sure you can look up guides and get advice on what to do but it's never really easy to be sure if thats how you focus on learning.

Take away is: Play for fun. Don't worry about stats. They improve gradually over time.

Dweeebles8/7/2018, 6:58:42 PM3 votes

Also I would try playing the champs that you are laning up against alot. Make sure you know their kits and then you will be able to play against them better. It really helps alot!

Morticianjohn8/8/2018, 12:48:48 AM2 votes

1st off there is play style. Some people who regularly get far ahead and have a high K/D ratio aren't great at closing out games and thus their 50% win rate is a result even in silver. They carry the game 50% of the time and 50% of the time they throw and their team loses the game. Players like this usually lose quickly if they don't get a lead from the start. High variance play style means they have high highs and low lows. If you're a more consistent player it's more difficult to notice the impact your plays are having on the game as a whole.

2nd duoing can cause this phenomena. For example when I play a lot with my brothers then I notice that I'm always the worst player on the team for the next few weeks. They are all better than me so it brings up my MMR higher than it should be.

While in your situation it sounds like the game probably placed you too highly in your ranked games this happens to me in normals where I'll go 20-30 games in a row as the worst player in the game. In ranked once you find your proper ELO then that probably won't happen but in norms it can get really bad.

Helgak Bone8/7/2018, 11:22:35 PM2 votes

the answer is in your first sentence. You only played 6 months. Chances are good that you always play vs people that have played for longer and have educated themselves more on this game. Lots of info to absorb if you started league just now. Lots of muscle memory to train. (and pray you are not muscle memoring terribly bad habits, that shit is hard to get out of your system :P) honestly im suprised there is still actual new players getting into the game, feels like by now everybody in the world who plays games should have tried and decided if they like it or not :D

The Space Cowboy8/7/2018, 2:49:45 AM2 votes

Obviously improving farm and positioning will help. Although some people are just born Bronze like me and will never learn. What helped me? Macro man! Be the best at getting turrets and wards and you won't be such a bummer to queue up with. Another thing to consider IMO, at 6 months you're practically the newest player here. Most of us are 3-6 years in. Nobody seems to be joining this game unless they all quit before they get to lvl 30.

LetMeCarry19838/7/2018, 6:32:19 AM2 votes

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I started ranked at silver V

This is why Silver is such a shitshow. I started in Season 5 and have since played thousands of games, mostly ranked and I cannot get past Silver 4. New players like yourself should be placed in Bronze 5, not Silver. 6 months is not nearly enough time to be playing at a Silver level, even though Silver is garbage.

I'm really unsure of what to do.

Just keep playing and try to have fun. You'll get the hang of it eventually. But be warned, this game has an extremely steep learning curve. Like I said, I've played thousands of games over a 3 year period and I'm still only Silver. It can take many years, close to a decade to get really good. I wouldn't worry about it. You cannot learn years worth of stuff in only a few months. Just have fun. The MMR system would eventually place you with players of your skill level. My first ever placement games put me in Bronze 1, where I certainly didn't belong and I fell to Bronze 5 where I stayed for quite some time until I was good enough to reach Silver.

oOBestEveNAOo8/6/2018, 5:43:56 PM2 votes

It can be rough going for a new player who has to compete regularly against players who have been playing for years on end, even if those players are barely average themselves. It can also be tough to find players who are capable of providing you with the knowledge and advice required to really improve at the game. The key is just trying to enjoy playing the game. As long as you find it fun to play, win or lose, then you'll naturally improve over time.

I would absolutely recommend using the Boards as a tool to improve your play and ask advice from more experienced players. You'll encounter some people who are jerks and what not, but there are plenty of fine folk around who enjoy teaching newer players as well. League isn't an easy game and it takes a lot of time, effort, and dedication to really make strides and improve your skills, so don't feel bad if things don't always go your way. Just take it one step at a time since you have to learn to crawl before you can run.

KazaJhodo8/7/2018, 7:04:23 AM2 votes

More than likely its exactly what you said, but with a balance. You were staying at silver 5 because of the safety net.

However low silver, nearly all of silver except 2 and 1, is insanely fucking random matching. The games are incredibly inconsistent. Its not hard to just go neutral and get carried every other game.... or lose 6 and then win 6. Riot tries to keep you at 50% too. I always found it would keep me about 10 games negative wins.

It is actually really difficult to get kicked out of silver 5. I've done it a couple times and then instantly got back into silver because high bronze matching is fine. The high bronze games are much much better than silver 5. MUCH MUCH MUCH BETTER. Like, getting into silver 5 feels like FALLING down the ladder into bronze 3. No joke. Its insanely bad.

Which is another perhaps piece of the puzzle. Its hard to know, but if you actually do know what you're doing- for instance do you see other players mistakes before they make them? There are a lot of monkeys in there, and many times they just make terrible decisions.

I've had sooo many times where the jungle has literally walked through wards, i've pinged out my support and i'm back at the turret, and hes still thinking i'm going to follow up on his engage. Sooooo many times.

In theory, if matching is actually equal chance per team to win... then you going even with your lane should mean you win more often than lose. Personally I feel like this is simply false. I've played way way way too many games of teams feeding their asses off to think that is remotely true.

Will the game try to keep you at a 50% winrate? Absolutely. Will the games be matched well so that you have a 50/50 chance to win, hell no. No fucking way.

More than likely you are better than you think you are, simply because you think you are bad- which means you notice your mistakes. So assuming that you learn and correct those, like you talked about, you shouldn't have an issue with climbing. However, I think if you play on one account, the system will never let you climb once you plateau.

I don't know what it is, but I know I'm far, far, far, far, far better than I was my first season- and I still can't seem to get past the fucking gatekeepers in silver. Eventually I came to the conclusion after climbing to silver 3 and then always getting a massive loss streak... that something is fucked up with matching. I consistently get games where I win 6, lose 6, I've studied and studied and studied myself. I know i'm playing consistent.

Meaning matching is fucked. I've started to see patterns in it too and talked to a lot of other players that experience the exact same fluxuations. I've tried playing lots of games, 1-2 games a day to make sure I wasn't tired or something. Doesn't matter.

Thats said, you will unquestionably improve by doing this. It just feels bad to not be in the elo where you belong, up or down.

Power Cosmic8/7/2018, 12:50:21 AM2 votes

Play mages or similar (miss fortune) to learn the game. Learn how to not overextend in lane, take safe routes, position safely, and most importantly remember how you die everytime so you do not keep making the same mistake. Die to Zed/Talon/Fizz ult early, you grab barrier and stopwatch. Cant trade well, kite, stall, and make it a farm lane.... ping MIA when/if whoever leaves, etc. Learn from mistakes to get better

Alex h87218/7/2018, 1:44:14 AM2 votes

Improving takes time, I started playing tail end of season 6 started off trying to be an adc main, overall i ended up realizing while i liked some aspects of playing marksmen overall it was probably not the best role suited to my playstyle which is more aggressive.

Season 6 i placed bronze 2 (lost 8/10 of my placements), and because i was not very good and also playing the squishy adc role I got demoted pretty fast down to bronze 4.

Season 7 i started out b5 even doing okay in placement matches (either 4-6 or 5-5 i dont really remember), but a bit into the season i realized that i wanted to play jungle and that became my main role. I ended up basically 1 tricking jax to a 58% winrate and getting to my promos for s5 but failing them before moving into season 8. I basically only played a handful of champs who's style fit w/ me, for me that was WW, Jax and Xin mainly (gapclosers burst and some form of cc, sustain was also a factor i looked at too).

As i played mainly those champs i got a better understanding of the game and a better mastery of those champs and their matchups, which is a big first step in being able to learn and familiarize yourself with other champs you might enjoy. And now in season 8 i finally made it to silver (though its really volatile at low silver so i havent broken thru to s4 yet), and the pool of champs i can play respectably and make a reasonable contribution to the team is much bigger (and i've also found many more i enjoy just as much as i did WW Jax and xin).

So that'd be my main advice, keep playing and stick to a small handful of champs that you like and fit your playstyle (since you mentioned positioning maybe trying adcs who have a repositioning ability to help them out might be worth trying Ezreal Lucian Quinn are 3 that come to mind) and try to play those champs primarily til start feeling more confident with them, maybe it wont but I'm betting it'll unlock you and you'll get more comfortable with the game over time and naturally improve.

Meep Man8/6/2018, 10:59:37 PM1 votes

You'd be surprised how much simply improving your positioning, map awareness, and ability to predict what an enemy will do will help your play. This is why wards are so important as well. Simply working on your ability to read the situation and react in a way that benefits you is key, especially in this meta where being in the wrong place essentially means near instant death if you aren't a respectable tank, and even then it might just be a slow death.

A big help is learning the exact ranges, approximate damage, and cool downs of the enemy champions you are facing. This all helps your ability to react and position accordingly. Keeping track of where the enemies are according to you (range/vision), how much damage you'd take if you entered their ranges (damage), and how often the enemy will be able to perform their outputs (cool downs) is key.

Morticianjohn8/6/2018, 4:00:44 PM1 votes

True for me also. It has to do with play style and other things like duo partners etc... if I have time later I'll more detail

Poop Jelly8/7/2018, 1:20:38 AM1 votes

There are certain things to determine really. You may be queuing up and they match you with people who are way outta your league, you may be using a champion that you don't truly know about, you may be facing smurfs, etc.

The good thing is that you notice what you're doing wrong so... Improve on them and find a breakthrough. It sounds like you're playing ADC or Bot with another support. It's one of the tougher roles out there because of its high-risk high-reward nature. Practice cs, practice kiting, learn your champs, know enemies' champions and communicate well with your team should improve your performance much better.

Good luck and don't feel too bitter.

Kelg8/6/2018, 4:33:56 PM1 votes

Just play tanky skilless champs like Garen Jax Warwick