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My conclusion on why I don't win games.

resteel·10/12/2016, 10:04:59 AM·1 votes·613 views

Opening statement: So I have been thinking for the past months why exactly I lose games ofc my first thought was the normal "My teams fault i'm 24/5 but we still lose." but I don't think that is it at all after all my thinking my problem is humility.

Problem 1: Say its laning phase I am in a good lane aka I have the advantage say there jg is someone likeNocturne or Rengar and is not gonna be much of a threat till lvl 6 and my early game is stronger than the enemy say i'm Yasuo and they are a Akali lvl 6 they will tear me a new one so the smart thing to do is to get ahead before then well sure sounds easy enough just be aggressive and try for a post 6 kill / tons of farm denial however say this Nocturne / Rengar or even the bot lane goes into my lane for a bit at say lvl 2 and does some damage to me or the Akali goes really aggressive onto me and manages to out trade me (just as example I don't ever see that happening xD) well for some reason despite knowing I shouldn't I back off and start playing passively for the rest of the laning phase as I get scared it will happen again even if I know it won't... Ofc even if I do play passive and not feed the Akali will still head bot or top and get some kills despite my pings (Ya know how it is.) well that there costs me the game as the Akali is too fed to be stopped.

Problem 2: Or say I win laning phase hard 5/0 to 0/4 then I push and take first tower I never go for the second tower even if I see 4 people bot lane miles away from me cause for some reason i'm scared they will magically get back and kill me shutting me down and taking the lead... So I go and I group with my teammates and just sit in a stand still waiting for them to make plays (even though chances are they will never make em...) because I don't wanna not be there if they get in a teamfight and lose 4 v 4 then blame me (as they do.) even though I know for fact I could be doing so much more... Which ends up being a toss up to which randomly build team is better (I don't want that I want to win games not flip a coin and hope my luck is good...)

The biggest problem: But the worse thing of all is when I am not ahead but not behind and I am like 4/4 I DO NOTHING. I am so scared to fed that I do NOTHING until I pick up one more kill. This is my WORSE problem and makes me sooo bad at the game... I am scared to fed I am scared to have a bad game... I know its normal to have a bad game or two i'm not faker I can't shrek house every game (xD) but still... I still DO NOTHING. Which is why I think I need to learn humility I need to fed not int but fed some games I need to try my best even if we are losing and if I end up with a negative score I should proudly say to people who question it "I tried my hardest with the skill I have and the team I was given but in the end I couldn't win." NOT "My fucking bot lane went 0/22 in 20 minutes and the draven was completely unstoppable so I just hid in the corner like a lil bitch till the game ended."

The question: So the whole point of this post is to ask you guys the community what your thoughts are and if you have any tips and trick I could do to learn some humility / Improve my play or if you don't think humility is even my problem.

**Extra info: ** I am silver 5 have been for the last 50 ranked games (Not gonna be leaving it this season) I'd go to 80 lp back down to 16 lp or whatever. (So I pretty much belong.) As I said before I don't go negative in 95% of my games but I lose over 50%. I would prefer creative criticism or just nice replies no "Oh you are complete shit blah blah blah" kinda thing... Also I didn't know rather to go to General discussion for this , Gameplay or Help and Support I choose Gameplay because it has to do with my personal Gameplay experience and a question on how I could improve it. (But if I needa move it I will. Ofc) I tried to put this together the best and easiest way to understand / read but if I need to clarify anything let me know.

3 Comments

SGT Dingle Berry10/12/2016, 11:09:35 AM1 votes

Honestly bro your kda isn't what's gonna get you out of silver 5, its decision and play making. As long as you're not feeding and not allowing your lane to roam freely you're ahead. From there it's all about making plays, roaming yourself or pressuring your own lane, pinging objectives to pull your team from tunnel vision to secure dragon, towers and so on. Try to help your lanes by calling out roams and junglers, you'd be surprised how many people ignore the mini map.

Work on these points of the game and you'll move up. Ignore toxic people and auto mute when you feel yourself getting angry or annoyed and don't further tilt someone who is having a bad game. Most of all stop dwelling on being bad, the mind is a powerful thing and if you tell yourself you're bad then you'll play bad.

I hope some of this helps, I climbed from bronze to plat once I started working on my team work and play making. Obviously I'm not a fantastic player being plat but I do know what it's like to play low elo and what your teammates will lack. Best of luck sir!

Simpumba10/12/2016, 11:44:52 AM1 votes

Don't worry about dying, go ahead and die if you think it's worth it, can you blow up their carry, but have to die? Do it. Thats the way I play talon. I was fiora a few games ago and I had 15 deaths, but I got my team 7 turrets, dying almost every time for one.

TheHappyReaperz10/12/2016, 1:01:34 PM1 votes

If you doing well, but end up being unable to carry your games, try going more for objectives. Or, try supporting the rest of your team. Its almost always better to have your mid and adc 2/0 instead of just your top being 4/0.