I NEED TIPS - On climbing in Bronze

honourable adc·10/15/2016, 7:16:44 PM·2 votes·893 views

I am Bronze III, Just demoted from Bronze II, after 2 afks, but i'm not here to talk about that, after about a 14 game win-streak coming from Bronze V - IV, I started to feel games are getting harder and i'm struggling quite abit, any advice on how to learn from my mistakes and start climbing quicker, and most of all not tilt. I main Top lane or Jungle - maining Jayce at the minute (He's not all i play though!) But what do i do when i find it alot harder to win games? And off-topic, Do counter picks matter at all in Bronze-Silver? Thanks for any responses :D

6 Comments

The Sword Saint10/15/2016, 7:27:40 PM4 votes

Pick 2 lanes and stick to them in ranked, whichever two they are doesn't matter but stop playing other lanes than those two so you can focus your experience and skillset.
You need better item builds to make more efficient use of your gold, go to websites that show what higher elo and pro players build on the champions you like to get a better idea of what good builds look like.
Pick a small handful of champions to play in ranked and only play those. This will focus your experience and skills the same as picking only two lanes and will concentrate your strengths more densely which ill help you climb over people who are generalists.
Having practice with a matchup on a champion you play alot > counterpicking for the sake of counterpicking, though it doesn't hurt to pick one of your champs who has a good matchup if possible (they should still be one of your small handful of champs you play)
take the time when the game is loading and when waiting for minions in lane to actually prepare your strategy that game. How are you going to approach the lane (passive farming, going aggressive for kills, pushing and poking under tower, pushing and roaming), what is your mid game plan as a team (are we teamfighters, are we a siege/poke comp, are we splitpushers, etc), and what is your job in late game teamfights (do we win the fight if I blow up the fed adc/mid? do we win if I peel for my own carries? Do we win if I initiate on multiple people? Do we win if I poke them down so we can take towers free? etc). Whatever your strategies are, play to them and don't get sucked into some other strat that doesn't play to your strenths.

Gary B Enkelis10/15/2016, 7:20:11 PM1 votes

Counter picks help, if you know how to play them. Otherwise it can be a problem picking a counter and not knowing how to play it.

Tilt is hard to explain. I think it's like a state of mind. If you can figure out the source of your tilt then maybe you can work towards untilting. Sometimes I get tilted for the oddest things, like doing something rude and not apologizing... If I say I'm sorry, like 20 minutes later, it may seem odd but it begins correcting my mind....

Sometimes people say the trick to climbing is sticking with something and getting good at it. I hear that's where one tricks at high ranks come from, if they exist. I'm only Silver 4, so I haven't seen much high ranked outside of streams and the leaderboard.

Axe2Handle10/15/2016, 7:20:27 PM1 votes

Want to climb? Main ADC/MID.

Randomonium10/15/2016, 7:35:01 PM1 votes

Best advice I can give you not tilt is to accept that you're never going to win 100% of your games: 20% of the time your team is going to snowball out of control and its going to be an easy win. I call these Type 1 games. 20% of the time your team is going to have a lead and you will win as long as you don't throw the game. I call these Type 2 games. 20% of the time your team is going to be even and your play will greatly influence whether your team wins or loses. I call these Type 3 games. 20% of the time your team is going to be behind and the only way you will win is if you hard carry and don't make any mistakes. I call these Type 4 games. 20% of the time your team is going to get crushed and it will be near impossible to carry. I call these Type 5 games.

You should be able to win all of your Type 1 and Type 2 games. This guarantees at least a 40% win rate. Then, as long as you win the majority of your type 3 games you will have a win rate greater than 50% and climb. The reason why people don't climb is they get tilted when they lose Type 4 and Type 5 games and they carry that anger and rage into subsequent games and lose Type 2 and Type 3 games that they should have won. If you're in a Type 4 or Type 5 game continue playing your best but accept that you are most likely going to lose. Its just one game. Even the pros lose ~40% of their solo queue games. As long as you win your Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 games you'll climb no problem.

Additionally, it is very common to plateau after climbing really fast for a bit. This is because the system is designed to keep you around a 50% win rate. If you go on a massive win streak the system will put you against harder and harder competition until your win rate stabilizes. Don't get frustrated when this happens. As long as you are getting more LP for a win then for a loss you will continue to climb even with a 50% win rate. If you feel like you're hitting a brick wall I recommend getting a coach who can help see things you are missing. There are tons of free ones on lol-coaching.com (myself included.)

Counter picks don't matter at all in low elo. Champion mastery is what matters. Play what you feel strongest with, don't try to counterpick your opponent with a champion you don't feel familiar with.

Alutrosity10/15/2016, 7:41:09 PM1 votes

Took me three years due to having absolutely no experience playing a game like League of Legends or even PC games.

I climbed out of bronze by playing three roles and having three core champions for each of those roles.

Top Lane: Malphite, Wukong, and Darius.

Jungle: Udyr, Trundle, and Kayle.

Mid Lane: Malzahar, Swain, and Galio.

Angry Monster10/15/2016, 7:45:35 PM1 votes

And off-topic, Do counter picks matter at all in Bronze-Silver?

no, at below gold i would say you can 100% out play a losing match up if you understand both sides of it. In gold it starts getting fuzzy but it starts becoming a 50/50 thing. The higher you go up the more the counter pick can dominate a lane; assuming the counter picker knows the champ.

Though the higher you go up, you also find players that understand the match up and learn how to wait for their power spikes to turn the match around.

how to learn from my mistakes and start climbing quicker, and most of all not tilt.

get someone you trust to spectate a game and give honest criticism of what you are doing. It is always easier for someone to see your mistakes that for you to see your own. Just be willing to take the advice.

But what do i do when i find it alot harder to win games?

get better? I mean if you skill capping the answer is just to improve.

Here is a random tip. Most bronze games have the meta of chasing kills and go balls to the wall. Start asking your self do you really need to chase? Where is the rest of the enemy when chasing? Is there something else that could be done? IE dragon, tower, setting wave up to slow push?

Watch a bronze game and then compare it to a gold/plat/diamond game. Do not compare mechanics but instead what they are doing about positioning and objectives. See what you and others are not doing.