I seriously need advice on climbing to Plat

Ben SwoIo··1 votes·234 views

I need some help. I'm playing my heart out trying to get to Plat. Something is amiss. I feel like most of my matches I play very well and set us up for success, yet lately it seems like I've been cursed. I thought maybe it was just the kids out of school and chalked it up to summer time League, but I don't want to use that as an excuse. Here's what I've noticed so far in my most recent losses:

  1. People feed beyond imagination. I'm talking 10 + deaths.
  2. No one listens to pings. Whether it's for an objective, watch out for a gank, or to disengage. Pings are completely ignored.
  3. People tilt extremely easily. One death and the flame war begins. It's all downhill from here.
  4. On the death note, people will run right back into lane, re-engage, and die. Playing safe is not an option I guess.
  5. Champ select. People pick whatever they just want to play instead of for the match ups or team comps.
  6. Kill chasing. People still run around the jungle chasing kills instead of taking advantage of a lead and pushing towers.

Sometimes I feel hopeless with winning and have no clue what role to take. Seems no matter where I go, the other roles fail. I'm not prefect, I know sometimes I suck balls too and I know when that happens. What I need help with, is how to over come these burdens. There has to be some way to adapt to this. Even in the matches I feel like I play well but lose, there must be SOMETHING more I could've done to sway the tide in our favor. I was one win away from Gold 1 and now dropped to Gold 3. It's very frustrating. It's to the point that I feel like I'm going to lose every time I queue up. Nothing to do with personal confidence, I just feel like a lot of factors are always working against me more than the opposing team. I don't engage in flaming, I ward and watch the map, I take breaks and try to play with a clear mind. Maybe I just need some third party advice since I'm obviously missing something myself. I haven't improved enough I guess to reach my goal for this season. Maybe it's my macro play, who knows. Anyway, any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

5 Comments

WalkingInACircle1 votes

Are you consistently winning your matchup, being a consistent contributor in objectives and teamfights? If yes, you just need to play more to climb. If not, you probably belong where you are and should work on whatever you're not performing at.

Ben SwoIo1 votes

Most of the time I'm support. I feel like we beat the lane, but the issue comes when either my jungler, mid lane or top lane aren't doing so hot. It just turns into a derp 3 man bot lane and we get shoved out. Just falls apart from there. I'm extremely active with wards and sweeping. I usually end up with the highest vision score and I keep my death count low. I do what I can to protect my ADC, but a lot of times my pings are ignored.

Ben SwoIo1 votes

Bump. I would really like advice. The drop continues. This is my second heavy losing streak within 2 days. No matter how long I wait, every time I have logged on recently has resulted in a loss. I don't get this.

chipndip11 votes

Play your best champ and grind it out, man. If you HONESTLY know what to do, try to shot call. Make sure you build the right items, and sometimes make sure your allies build the right items, too. That's the most you can do.

Also, whenever you ping someone, ping 2-4 times. Multiple pings increases agency.

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