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CaramelTech·6/5/2018, 1:47:29 PM·3 votes·3,196 views

I have lost 3 promos in a row. 3!

I just don't know what to do. I am doing everything I can to get promoted. I ward. I heal. I peel. I shield. I avoid dying as much as I can. But I just can't get to the next division. It is just tiring and exhausting to play for 30 min in a row and get jack s**t in return. Every promo it is the same. My jungler plays horribly by trying to gank and gifting them the kills and I, along with my ADC, am left to salvage it. This game has some of the worst matchmaking I have ever seen. Oh you have been playing well have you? Got a decent winrate? Well here are some terrible teammates and its back to bronze with you.

And I am not the only one who is getting screwed over. The games that my team has stomped, many of the enemy team players have been in their promos. Sometimes I think this game actively tries to make sure lower elo players stay at low elo.

I am very, very, VERY close to quitting it. Players trying out new builds in ranked, new champs in ranked. WHy does autofill exist in ranked makes no sense. Riot needs to improve their matchmaking. But hey I am fking silver V trash. What do I know? After all I have been fked over thrice in a row because how dare I try to get promoted

27 Comments

DemonBoneJangles6/5/2018, 2:02:39 PM2 votes

sounds like a lot of the issue is the role YOU are playing, from the post itself it seems that you are playing support a lot and in personal experience you are playing a role that is almost entirely dependent on the jungle and adc to function, so that being said you have a limited area to blame your adc and jungle but at the same time you have to look at what you can do as a support to prevent bad ganks or bad engages (you cant stop them just prevent them from becoming bad) you cant fix an adc who misread engages or a jungle who doesn't ping before diving the enemy, all you can do is watch the health and mana of your team and decide if support is the role for you in promos and ranked in general

HalcyonDweller6/5/2018, 4:09:03 PM2 votes

I feel for you, it's a pain to feel stuck on the climb in this game. Part of why you feel so bad about it is probably that you're on the defensive, constantly trying to avoid things going wrong. This will be stressful for anybody.

My recommendation is to try doing good things instead of avoiding doing bad things. You can avoid dying all you like but if you don't do anything with the advantage you gain from being alive all the time then you won't succeed. And I know that you do already try to do some good things (like ward and stuff), but there are probably a few more you could try if you like.

I recommend finding out how to be the playmaker for the team. The shot-caller. If you gain the map awareness needed to be able to track the enemy jungler and call mias for your teammates when their lane opponents disappear then you take that variable into your own hands and you have better control over the outcome of the game.

Similarly, if you can keep team morale high, people will be less likely to tilt and burn out and wind up losing the game for you. So by treating teammates kindly, and complimenting them for plays that go well (something you will be able to notice with your superior map awareness) you will win their trust.

Once you have their trust, you can make calls and people will listen. For example, "Group mid," or, "take tower, then back off to dragon." And that level of strategy will help you keep thinking in the future tense.

As long as you have a purpose instead of just trying to fend off an overwhelming sense of loss, you will find more success and fun while playing league.

I Love Thresh6/5/2018, 4:25:26 PM2 votes

Pay very close attention to what you build. IE I see you always take item 3158 on Nami while also building item 3092 , item 3107 , item 3504 and item 3190 . In that case you already have 40% CDR and don't want anymore. On Nami (and really, any support), you'd want to build item 3117 (only exceptions being: You're building a lot of AP and want pen item 3020 , you're against an AA reliant team item 3047 , or don't actually hit the 40% CDR cap, but that last case is really rare especially when you support.)

Also, don't forget to roam.

Sometimes it take a lot of promos to actually climb. And if you don't manage to climb after hundreds of games, then you are where you belong.

Quiet Dude6/5/2018, 1:53:10 PM2 votes

I see a lot of blaming of team mates in this post. TBH breh, the attitude that separates the bronzoids from the silvies and the goldeens is attitude.

Stop blaming others.

Power Cosmic6/5/2018, 4:02:20 PM1 votes

Try to stay happy.

LetMeCarry19836/6/2018, 3:01:31 AM1 votes

I think it's very possible in this game to reach a cap. Some people cap out at Platinum or Diamond, some Gold and others can't get past Bronze. I don't think any of us can improve past a certain point. It took me two years to come to that conclusion. No matter what you do, or how hard you try, there will be a point where you just can't get any better. There is no such thing as ELO hell, we just aren't good enough to get past whatever rank it is we're stuck at and perhaps we can never be without pouring every essence of our soul into the game which most of us cannot afford to do.

I'll leave you with a quote of something I said in another thread:-

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I recently stopped caring about ranking up and just play what I find fun, whether it's garbage or I'm garbage at it. I still play ranked exclusively, but I no longer actively think about climbing. I was trying to reach Gold but decided that Silver is the best I can ever do. Interestingly the game is more enjoyable with that mindset. Try it. If you climb, you climb, if not, at least you're having fun.

Just try to have fun and stop thinking about climbing. Games are not supposed to be frustrating.

Asamas6/5/2018, 2:02:54 PM1 votes

Well in the last 20 games I have 11 loses in a row. And I still play. Put some pants on and be a man.

HommeGoujon6/5/2018, 2:15:44 PM1 votes

you can still win your next promo!! or is op.gg not accurrate and you just lost it? http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=CaramelTech

Madsin256/5/2018, 3:37:49 PM1 votes

I climbed out of bronze with janna.

However in silver my ADCS were just 100% trash so I had to stop playing supp and switch to a role I could actually carry in.