Does anyone else cry after losing a ranked game?

Purpl3Jungl3·Dec 13, 2016·6 votes·1,719 views

I'm a girl so this might be a bit one-sided but i always have an emotional breakdown after losing a ranked game. Like seeing my LP go down after an hour-long game just aches my heart to bits to the point where I cry ;/ I know I sound emotionally unstable but im not. I guess Im normal and others aren't, because Idk... It really feels bad to Lose points after an hour of trying your best... so it kinda sucks.

If any guys wanna help me climb and tutor me.. would be gr8 <3333 don't wanna be in B5 Forever haha!

~Natasha

35 Comments

VeterenMantisDec 13, 20163 votes

well, There is just general knowledge stuff that helps a lot.

Most high elo players devalue Bronze and even silver even referring to the elo/MMR as "Retards" I could spectate one of your games and see what you are doing wrong and see what you can do to improve it.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20162 votes

thank you!!! im about to start a game now. Can you spectate pls?

VeterenMantisDec 13, 20162 votes

Sure I'll add you in game.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

im on oce servers if u dont have an oce account go on op.gg it allows u to spectate on diff servers i think

VeterenMantisDec 13, 20161 votes

The file might harm my computer, I am really protective of my computer, its my baby. Would it be ok if I made an OCE account instead?

VeterenMantisDec 13, 20161 votes

I made an account on OCE user name is "AngelBird"

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

don't u need to download the server to play

VeterenMantisDec 13, 20161 votes

Turns out that just takes a few minutes.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

weird it usually takes me hours lol

VeterenMantisDec 13, 20161 votes

No, Literally less then 10 minutes.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

added! add me back pls

VeterenMantisDec 13, 20161 votes

Added!

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

its not working its not letting me add u mby something went wrong op.gg is easier and its a trusted site lol almost everyone uses it to spectate and stuff

EtyrnaIDec 13, 20162 votes

LP can't go down Bronze 5 0 LP.

If you get to there, you won't have to cry any more.

TormentulaDec 13, 20161 votes

Don't take it too harshly, if you know you tried your best just accept that and move on. Instead of crying about how hard you worked in that game, ask why you lost, what could've been different, take that into the next game and play some trial and error until you make less mistakes. Watch videos what pros do on that role or champion and compare that, try to mix your playstyle up a bit, build different items.

Even Faker had to learn through mistakes. Losing a bronze game is step 1 to getting where he is.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

most of the time it's my team's fault so idk what i could have done better can u spectate one of my games

TormentulaDec 13, 20161 votes

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most of the time it's my team's fault so idk what i could have done better can u spectate one of my games

Unfortunately I can't due to the servers (NA vs. OCE). I'd use the words "its my team's fault" carefully cause if that were the case then everybody would be bronze. The best way to climb is to be the least lose conditions on your team and be a win condition most of the time, you'll earn more wins and gain MMR high enough over time to get a better bunch (trust me, in gold its utter cancer, its not lower elo exclusive).

I did skim through your match history on these boards, you perform well. Ok KDAs, Average CSing, and you're on point with itemization (i can't say for taliyah she's someone I never payed attention to).

The biggest concern I see is your vision control. When I scroll down I see a lot of yellow in your trinket slot, upgrade that to a blue trinket and your teams will get caught out less, and avoid facechecking more bushes. Emphasize on sightstone as a support (looking at your morg game). Be sure to also purchase a sweeping lens if you're going support, sometimes that occasional baron throw might've been your fault since it was warded and your team never knew.

Like I said, its all a learning process, just analyze what you don't do compared to others and start there. Sometimes mechanics are an issue but judging these games it doesn't seem so, your KDAs are usuallly positive.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

i think if u go on op.gg u can spectate on other servers

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

yeah u can

VeterenMantisDec 13, 20161 votes

As soon as the game starts I'll start spectating it.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

ty im joining queue now

WoonStruckDec 13, 20161 votes

Climbing is much easier than you think, especially in bronze.

However, as support it can be hard unless you play Annie, Brand, Zyra, Vel, etc and just try to hard carry.

A better option at low MMR is a support jungler like Ivern.

I'll spectate a game or two if you want. I already do it for a bunch of people in bronze/silver, but half of them don't seem to want to improve despite acknowledging the advice I offer.

Mid-lane, just play champs like Lux, Ziggs, Ahri, etc. Just farm up and take objectives and you'll carry easily.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

im starting a game now can u pls spectate? would mean a lot

WoonStruckDec 13, 20163 votes

Well, one major factor I'm already seeing is that you're playing too scared and not warding; what you want to do is ward one side of the lane so you can see the jungler coming from that side and hover around that side of the lane. You can easily back out before they can do anything. Try to ward the river bush (not the lane bush or ones leading to blue)

You also ate Karthus Qs that weren't even aimed at you. Try staying a little away from minions until you have to move forward to last hit it; try not to walk directly up to them, keep even spacing with the lane opponent (just outside of their CC/poke range) and rotate around them so you can take it safely.

You can punish the enemy laner when they go to last hit as well, since you know where they're going to be standing when they start their AA animation. Use skillshots (Tal WEQ combo for example) to make them afraid to walk up to CS. This is known as "trading stance".

Also, you got item 3191 early vs a Karthus with Teemo Jungle. You should have just rushed Morello's or even Abyssal. Going immediately defensive with itemization that won't really help you just sets you back. If Karthus would have killed you with his ult, you made a mistake and you shouldn't rely on Zhonya's to dig you out. Doing what you did is like Irelia rushing Randuin's Omen because they know they're going to make mistakes.

Finally, when USE YOUR AUTO ATTACKS MORE. There were a few times where you could have killed people if you had been auto attacking while you went in on them, but you just hovered around waiting for their potions to heal them, essentially.

I'd suggest playing champs that can more easily hard-carry through upfront damage or CC until you get more reliable teams as well. A large part of that game was Amumu feeding, so you need to be able to carry past that.

Ahri Annie Ekko Diana Cassiopeia Fizz Katarina Karma Karthus KogMaw Leblanc Lissandra Lux Malzahar Orianna Ryze Syndra TwistedFate Varus Urgot Velkoz Veigar Ziggs Zilean

Last bit of advice for that game: Farm. Ward so you can't be stopped from farming. Farm until you hit the point where you can hard carry and then do it. Low MMR players hardly farm. Doing so gives you a HUGE leg up on them, even if they're several kills ahead.

If you want a reference, you hit 2 items at around 30 minutes. I'm often full build near that time going full AP as Vlad, a horrible early game champion.

If you get set too far behind, afk push a side lane.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

i was doing fine laning phase and i was trying to cs but trundle literally ended laning phase on 1/6. Bot lane was feeding as well and not only was my jungler feeding but he didnt gank mid lane at all. I mean I ended laning phase 2/2 getting ganked a few times from amumu, and i died like 8 times after that because of vayne teemo and trynd, they kept engaging on me. Tal can't 1v1 a trynd let alone a fed one. how was i supposed to move past the fact that my whole team fed early and try to carry the team

also my jungler is a literal idiot. I think like the 2nd last time i died, I was near our red and trynd was chasing amumu so i thought we could 2v1 him since amumu's ult was up; trynd focused on me and amumu literally stood there till i died, jumped on trynd and died too. how do i climb when i have ppl like this in every game on my team

WoonStruckDec 13, 20161 votes

At low MMR, its not about your team. Its about you. You have to carry because your team is unreliable. You need to become as efficient as possible during laning because of this.

Trundle was doing fine too. Amumu fed his lane and baited him several times. Same with bot lane.

A bad jungler can make things pretty hard, but as a mid-laner, if you're decent, you can easily hard carry through that in bronze. You just have to learn how, and I'm telling you.

In fact, if you're afraid of people feeding, play jungle until you get to a decent MMR. You can influence other lanes, prevent your team from having a horrible jungler, and hard carry to the extreme from that position. And jungle is EXTREMELY easy this season once you know how, and I'm willing to teach you.

Otherwise, play someone who can easily kill multiple people mid like Lux, Brand, Vel'Koz, Syndra, etc.

Also yes, your jungler was very bad. However, mid-laners can easily carry past that if you learn how to lane more efficiently.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

thx! I dont like playing lux in my elo. when others get fed and build mr / tank, its impossible 2 burst them down & lux struggles against anyone she cant burst down

What would you say is a good amount of cs for a mid laner at 20 minutes? If im trying hard and roaming only when i need to, I reach about 100-117 cs. is that good?

WoonStruckDec 13, 20161 votes

You want around 100 CS at 10 minutes if possible. 180+ @20. Obviously higher if you can.

Take a look at my op.gg.

I've had absolutely horrible teams that fed so hard that we were losing inhibs at 15 minutes, but look at my CS still. Worse case I was the same farm as your nearly 40 minute game at 27 minutes and had almost 3 items to your 2 at the same time while my team was EXTREMELY far behind. Much further behind than yours, even. That's the power of farm, and its a very underutilized resource at low MMR.

It was by far the worst week of LoL I've experienced, and there was very little I could have done to change what happened, yet I still have significantly more CS than the game you actually could have had more control over than you thought. That's the first place I'd work at if I were you. CS is the baseline of your performance unless you rely on kills, which is too unreliable to climb unless you're significantly better in the first place...in which case you'd be able to CS anyway.

Practice laning. Don't worry about winning/losing. Worry about winning in CS, taking small advantages via trading stance, etc. Learn to outplay your lane.

Do I blame my team? For cause->effect, yes. For me getting set behind? No. That's on me barring extreme scenarios.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iko2tqmDpJQ

Watch this video, maybe even the entire series. Gives a lot of tips on how to be a better player.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

Can you tell me what a good cs number is per 5 mins till 20? For example 5 minutes : 25 cs 10 minutes : 50 cs

etc etc till 20 mins

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

Btw i wasnt scared of karthus, I just couldnt engage on him because he was playing safe & so he was way out of my range

WoonStruckDec 13, 20161 votes

You don't want to engage on him, you want to make it so he doesn't feel like he can AFK push or even fear you at all.

You want to force the other team, starting with your opposing laner, to respect your area of influence.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

Thank u soo much haha. I'm going to try farming in a custom game now, then I'm gonna have another cracked at ranked

I'm looking to buy a jg champ for bronze. VI or Lee? Was thinking vi but then I saw a bronze to diamond vis showing Lee sin jg making it outta bronze. What's the best 2 carry at my Elo?

WoonStruckDec 13, 20161 votes

Vi can carry harder in Bronze if you're a bronze-level player, I'm pretty sure.

All you have to do is start W, E lvl 2, Q lvl 3, max Q first, W second.

Warrior->trinity->sterak's (if ahead), Titanic, Deadman's. You'll easily carry most bronze games with her that way. If an AP is really fed, go either Maw or Spirit Visage. You want to go 12/0/18 with Courage of the Colossus.

Use your E as an auto-attack reset. Q to someone, auto->E->auto->E->auto, etc. When CC is thrown at you, ult so you ignore the majority of duration. Try to save your ult for as long as you can so you can catch people that try to CC you or flash away, and don't use it to engage unless you have to.

Make sure you take your jungle camps any time they spawn. Kill small raptors first, FYI.

Purpl3Jungl3Dec 13, 20161 votes

thx! u've been so much help i really do appreciate it <3

WoonStruckDec 13, 20161 votes

Just remember, farm is what carries games at low MMR. Don't let any go to waste.

If both laners in a lane die, go push it out if you're nearby. If there's a minion wave crashing into one of your towers, go take it if your laner can't get to it in time.