Am I dying too much?

SciFi Scrivener·May 19, 2017·1 votes·372 views

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In my last 12 ranked games, all in bronze, I played Brand support 11 times. My KDA average line is 3.73 / 6.73 / 13.18 = 2.51

Because Brand does good damage, even as a support, and I find myself going for kills more than I would on other supports. This does put me in harms way more often. Do I need to cut down on the number of deaths? Or, are my number of deaths acceptable because I'm dying in place of my ADC, or other carry, because I jump into chase mobs to try and cc them?

I try my best to avoid solo deaths. I would say 90% of my deaths are in team fights or a sacrificial death to protect a carry. But is that hindering my team? Should I keep running away with the carry hoping we get away?

Any advice is appreciated as I climb out of bronze and reach for my goal of gold this season.

3 Comments

PoppystarMay 19, 20172 votes

Yes. I know its fun and exciting to get a lot of kills as a support but ultimately, avoid dying as much as possible. Just poking in lane and getting damage off is good enough. You don't have to kill them to get them behind, but if you get their hp low enough they will be forced to back and miss cs.

Sit back and poke with brand because you have no mobility and you can get a lot of damage off for your adc to get ahead

Kirius DarkMay 19, 20172 votes

The only time dying is acceptable is if it allows someone else to live if they can accomplish something with your death, win out in trades AKA only you die for 2+ kills, or if you gives an upper hand in objectives and all of these are by choice.

Dying for a single kill is never worth it. Should aim to cut your deaths at least by half

Also no point in picking up tank items when you arent a tank. Picking up a tank item to front line damage does not help. Get more damage to kill people or pick up utility items to save/shield/buff others

TEA Nietzsche May 19, 20171 votes

Never die. Especially not with Brand/Soraka, with Brand you want to deal as much damage as possible without dying, with Soraka you want to heal as much as possible without dying. Think of it like this: you are the MVP of this game, nobody is worth as much as you are. Neither your opponents nor your allies. Then go from there and be as useful as possible.