I'm no pro player, but here is how i got where i am
Oi m8s,
Beginning of season 4, i ranked bronze 3. Angry with the result i use to claim is was worthy of much more than bronze. Fact is that i now laugh at my former self. I totally deserved to be in Bronze. I afked alot. I was toxic. I blamed others for my stupid mistakes and I was pretty much downright bad at the game.
Came mid season. I sat down and looked a couple of tutorials on YT only to realise i lacked so much knowledge... Last hitting properly, zoning, vision control and overall macro uderstanding. So i practiced all of these and also got into learning how to play new champs for mid and support, since adc was the only thing I thought myself capable of.
And i made it to Silver 4 before the end. It took alot of introspection, you really have to lean upon yourself and figure what it is you are doing wrong. Had to learn to be patient with those who were hateful or had even lesser skills.
Then Season 5 started. And i ranked Bronze 3 again. And I was angry again. But made it to Silver in a flash using the same method I used in the previous season.
And then i was stuck at Silver 5 for months. Couldn't go either up or down.
And that is where I explain how to reach gold, or how I did anyway.
The first thing i did was learn how to play jungle and top, the only 2 positions i had barely ever tried. Then I took a piece of paper and wrote down 3 champs I liked playing for each postition. A total of 15 champs right? After that I put 3 little boxes beside every champion name.
I played all of these champs in norms and would check a box beside their name every time I had a 2.5 KDA or above, and had to play a total of 10 games with each before I would set foot in ranked queues again.
A month later or so when i had finally finished my little challenge, I queued for ranks. 2 weeks later i was Gold. got from Silver 5 0LP to silver 3 in one day. Then Silver 3 to 1 in a week. Had to do my Gold promos 5 times, but hell i got in there.
Anyway, as i said in the title I'm not a pro player or anything, but if that trick I used can help someone pull through I think I'm ok with that.
I just remember being ''stuck in bronze/silver'' and I would have liked to have some players give me hints back then. I have my eyes set on plat for next season. Maybe Diamond :)
Cheers!