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Out of my hands?

MeBuffULongTime·7/17/2017, 1:20:17 PM·1 votes·352 views

I'm gonna preface this by saying I'm B4 and I acknowledge all of the factors that come with playing in Bronze etc. etc. But it feels like my success/chances of actually getting out of bronze is totally a numbers game. I feel like my skills or any improvements I might make to said skills make only a rather minor impact on my progression. I play maybe 2-3 games most days of the week and maybe more on the weekends. I spend most of the time jumping between 10-20LP at my lowest and then up to 67LP at my highest (can't seem to break past 67 for some reason). It feels like my only chance to succeed and get out of Bronze is to play more like 5-6 games a day and just hope the numbers are in my favor. Does anyone else feel like this? Have I just taken the helm as Captain Obvious? I just feel discouraged that as hard as I try I'm not getting very far. (I'm also a support main if that skews things)

TL;DR Bronze is depressing, halp https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_AIsLF1raZQ/maxresdefault.jpg

18 Comments

CannonLordFreed7/17/2017, 1:29:46 PM2 votes

Honestly just play Brand/Zyra support and just play thresh after that carries you to gold.

DeathBurst7/17/2017, 1:46:16 PM2 votes

Consistency is important. Try playing your first game of the day in Normals to warm up, do not play (in Ranked) if you feel tired, or if you drank alcohol/smoke weed/etc., if you lose and get tilted, don't play one more game while being tilted.

The key to your climbing is probably playing less, but in better conditions, not playing more.

Or then, maybe you're actually worth Bronze 4, which there should be no shame about, and that's why you're yo-yo'ing with a 50% winrate. In that case, you must try to improve and get better, and you don't do that by grinding games in Ranked, but by playing smart and trying to find your mistakes, focusing on a few key points at a time in Normals.

Escheton7/17/2017, 2:12:57 PM2 votes

The best way to get out of bronze is to look at the map often and ask yourself `what is close, that I/we could take?". Because thats the thing that bronze tends not to do. Even when they kill 5 people, they muck around in jungle instead of going baron or grabbing an inhib. Keep your mind on objectives, and ping them so everyone knows the plan. That should help you climb the most.

BLACK REALM GOD7/17/2017, 2:34:29 PM1 votes

want out? make a new account. you'll start in silver.

lolibus7/17/2017, 5:24:36 PM1 votes

Thresh is trash in bronze, don't play him. You have a much better time climbing out with someone like Zyra Blitzcrank