General tips for silver?

1 800 MID LANE·Jan 22, 2016·1 votes·544 views

Right. Since tips is gone, here's where I thought this fit best. I'm looking for tips to improve my late game. I know you folks can't really give tips for me specifically due to a lack of seeing my actual gameplay, but I'm sure there are some general mistakes that a lot of people make in my rank. I know CS is important, but as of now, I've been getting around 80 CS by 10 minutes on average. Sometimes 100. Sometimes 50. It's pretty dependent of how the lane goes, of course. I play a LOT of Azir, so I'm kind of assuming I'm hindering myself while also helping myself because mistakes are so much easier to exploit on such a champion. So what do you guys think are the most common mistakes made late game by silver players? Or could someone direct me to a video of some sort that would help?

15 Comments

RysophageJan 22, 20163 votes

Ward. Don't help people getting caught you'll just end up dying too. mute the enemy team.

1 800 MID LANEJan 22, 20161 votes

Yeah...I've learned this the hard way all too many times.

The Poetic ZedJan 22, 20162 votes

I think one of the major problems silver/bronze and even gold have is that they don't capitalize on their advantages, not pushing when they should, and ignoring important objectives in favour of team fighting. For example, if you see two or even three enemies top, or kill their jungler, and bot lane is pushed up, take the dragon. If you win a team fight, push the lanes and try to take a tower or two. I see a lot of teams win a crucial team fight, then go back to base because they think they're too low, rather than getting those turrets.

1st MovementJan 22, 20162 votes

Silver players usually have bad lane phase they tend to like to harass more then trading and Csing

Furthermore choose champion that fit with your team never spam azir just Becuase you are godly with him

Generally pick a champ that fits your team comp

Roam and camp after shoving wave Get objectives and don't overstay

Just remember when u last hit don't go for cs that might put u in a slight disadvantage

1 800 MID LANEJan 22, 20161 votes

Could you clarify what you mean by trading? I understand the importance of CS to a degree, but wouldn't harass be the same concept as trading?

1st MovementJan 22, 20162 votes

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Could you clarify what you mean by trading? I understand the importance of CS to a degree, but wouldn't harass be the same concept as trading?

Harass doesn't mean verbal abuse lol

I mean Punish the enemy for being out of position or Csing

If enemy is close to your minion fight back Bc once he fights you all your minions will aggro and slap him

Ex: I'm playing a ranged top laner most silver like to stand around the minion wave Csing instead of backing off

I proc thunderlords and 3 autos

That's what I mean by trading :)

1 800 MID LANEJan 22, 20161 votes

Ah okay. Well put. Thanks much!

1st MovementJan 22, 20162 votes

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Glhf

1 800 MID LANEJan 22, 20161 votes

Can do!

The DeckownerJan 22, 20162 votes

if u play azir try go aggressive in lane because silver people dont understand the aa range of azir's soldiers. one or two good poke with thunderlord can chunk ur lane opponent to below half hp and they will need to camp turret for days.

and late game just tell ur team not to initiate, with azir mid ur team need to give u room to poke down the enemy before actually fighting.

1 800 MID LANEJan 22, 20161 votes

I do so with the laning part. Late game, telling your team to cooperate is a joke in Bronze/Silver and I'm sure even a little higher.

EDIT: The late game thing is part of why I said it was hindering me. The current mid lane meta being assassins and control mages combined with having a relatively weak laning phase has helped me with learning how to play around my opponent cooldowns better, though. Hence the helpfulness aspect of it.

The DeckownerJan 22, 20161 votes

then dont play azir, he is a team champ.

1 800 MID LANEJan 22, 20161 votes

I'm fully aware of why I "shouldn't," but I win more than I lose, so hell with it.