Alright excuse me while I be critical:
I know to all of the high Elo players in this game this is gonna be a typical bronze thing to say because we are bad at the game. But I literally cannot climb out.
Start off by getting out of this mentality. You are not climbing out of a sinkhole, your job right now is to make yourself a better player. Your goal today should be to do better than you did yesterday. Ignore the climb, you can do this mentally by ignoring it or literally by just playing normals or using the practice tool a lot. Your focus is you. Only you, and how you're going to be a good player.
I do not flame
Is your all chat on? If so, turn it off. Maybe you're not flaming but the enemy team may something off that tilts you ever so slightly, and it will be all downhill from there. Besides that, there is literally no purpose in all chat that doesn't sound incredibly silly in the context of improving yourself as a player.
From there, make sure that anything you say to your teammates is constructive and inclusive. Some people don't consider it flaming but there is no point in saying something silly like "don't die". Tell them HOW not to die, or ask if they need help. Furthermore, never single somebody out. Every time you say something to anybody in particular, you should never be talking to them in particular if it has even a chance of getting misinterpreted. "You should build armor" after somebody died to a Talon carries a much different message than "We should build armor". Don't forget to ping your teammates always. Especially in low intensity lanes, you can watch the entire map and focus on more than just mias in your own lane.
Finally, do not be afraid to use the mute button. Don't just mute somebody at the first bad thing they say (or do, just be careful of unnecessary communication errors), but if somebody clearly is not going to be saying anything useful to you, don't let them. There is no point in communicating with players that will only bring you down.
I focus objectives and try to make the smart choices
How.
Do you know how to snowball and turn one kill or objective into many kills or objectives? Are you good at watching enemy movement through the Jungle and predicting where they'll be so you can ambush or countergank them? Does your build reflect the job you provide for clearing objectives? Can you immediately spot which champions on your team are good for what job (tower damage, dragon damage, ganking, zoning, waveclear)? Can you immediately tell which teammates are actually going to work together with the rest of the team?
Another thing I feel like people don't realize when they say "I focus on objectives" is that they start to ignore the enemy team. Yeah, ignore the Singed that's laughing and pulling you away from the nearest tower while the rest of his team is dead. But if you don't know how to kill somebody strategically, you will not be able to:
- Get free damage on towers
- Shut down hypercarries and neutralize lane bullies
- Win lane
- Force 4v5s
- Eliminate Smite
And that list just keeps going. I'm not telling you to take every fight you can, but learning how to pick and choose fights and turn them into objectives is the next step after "focus objectives".
I cs somewhat well
But can you cs better?
Do you know how to abuse the trading stance?
Do you use abilities to farm or do you use auto attack to clear minions? Furthermore, if the enemy laner cses with abilities, do you use this as a go signal to start a trade or all in?
and I buy wards
But can you do more?
Do you sweep wards when you can? Do you know where to ward, especially advanced warding for hyper mobile Junglers?
Also tiny tip: Vision is good for defense, vision denial is good for offense. They're not mutually exclusive, but shutting down wards is a fun way to snowball. Furthermore, vision denial works up until you start auto attacking the ward. If you ignore the ward it can't see you, hit it and you reveal the area immediately around you.
I realize that in some way it is my fault and I always try my best to build properly and use proper masteries. I look at probuilds for the basic build and then adapt the build for the in-game circumstances.
Good.
If you're tilting, stop playing.
Just focus on getting better every game. Aim just a little higher than you did before every game.
