How Can I Get Out of Bronze?

Embrace Eternity·10/5/2016, 3:38:10 PM·5 votes·1,436 views

Hey all,

I'm a support main (Thresh/Soraka). With Thresh, I land 90% of my hooks. But, about .01% of the time, the adc clicks the lantern. I can get 20+ or even 30 assists with Thresh and Soraka.

I can't stand getting flamed for being "useless." I'm supposed to have little to no kills, some deaths, and a lot of assists. I guess no one in bronze recognizes the importance of support players.

Anyway, how can I get out of bronze even though I'm a support player? Should I try switching to jungling, my second queue choice?

Thanks

51 Comments

S0kaX10/5/2016, 3:38:47 PM10 votes

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five oh tree 10/5/2016, 7:40:27 PM4 votes

If you're really hitting 90% of your hooks, you wouldn't be bronze. Simple as that. If, for some reason, you really are the poor support player with nasty teams who are always at fault, pick up blitzcrank. If you can really hit 90% of thresh hooks, you should hit even more of his. And hitting > 90% of blitzcrank hooks will carry you far. I clicked on a game in your match history at random, and you have 17 wards placed in a 33 minute game. Bring that number up. Your kill participation on most games is absurdly low for soraka, or thresh which you hit 90% of your hooks on.

If you really are far better than your teammates, as this post implies, play a mage support like brand, zyra, or veigar. If you lose these games, stop blaming your teammates and evaluate your own play. It is almost never correct to blame a teammate for a loss, the obvious exception being when someone ragequits.

LitAF10/5/2016, 3:40:30 PM4 votes

Stop playing support

awdaf10/5/2016, 3:50:08 PM4 votes

Just work on mechanics, mechanics are everything.

Linna Excel10/5/2016, 3:50:04 PM3 votes

First is don't play thresh in bronze because the ADC probably won't click the lantern. That's a lot of power in his kit and if your ADCs aren't making use of it, it's going to waste. Now keep practicing him in normals as he is one of the better supports to know and you need a lot of games on him to fully use him. If you are that good with his hooks (and I really hate to say this) but have you tried blitz?

Second, Soraka is fine and you might also want to pick up Janna and Sona in case Soraka is banned or picked.

Third, look into someone like Annie or Zyra. These are carry supports who can really help the team out and turn into off-mages.

Finally, remember you can climb out of bronze as a support main. If your ADC isn't doing well by mid-game, then ditch him and support whoever is hard-carrying your team. Remember to ward because you are probably going to be the only one to do it, but never ward alone. Use pings and map awareness to help your team. After you finish your eyestone, boots, and any item that might be core to your support, look into damage items as sometimes more damage on anyone (even AP soraka) is good enough for bronze.

Edgy Katana Man10/5/2016, 7:37:14 PM3 votes

What I did is switch from top/mid to playing jungle Shaco You don't need a leash (your laners can be in lane and getting experience earlier, you have good invades and early ganks (just be careful about pink wards) I know bunches of people say he falls off completely, not true. He just becomes a split pusher. Playing support in low bronze and silver is just a bad idea if you're trying to carry unless you're playing: Morgana Veigar Zyra Blitzcrank All of those champs are good "carry supports"

Mimy10/5/2016, 3:40:04 PM3 votes

Go a carry role, Pick very easy to learn champions.. Get fed, get called a no skill, profit?

GhostOfTsushima10/5/2016, 3:42:41 PM3 votes

You should know that in Bronze, no one can carry you if you can't carry yourself

Not unless you can get a "Smurf" to carry you LMAO

AdeBug10/5/2016, 3:46:46 PM3 votes

wait, so the problem is you're not winning? or that you're being flamed? or that you get tilted when you're flamed (in which case just mute) resulting in a loss?

GULAG 4 U10/5/2016, 7:55:18 PM2 votes

Don't play support.

Joseph Gladstone10/5/2016, 6:17:53 PM2 votes

being a support main means you have to rely on your team to do all damage, which in bronze is not verniorebgvuuuuuutrl

69469238DEL110/5/2016, 7:59:16 PM2 votes

you'll never escape Bronze as support. you know why? because supporting trash is bad.

Aptest10/5/2016, 4:29:12 PM2 votes

Hi.

There are three things I notice happen a lot in your Elo range.

Players in bronze 4-5 do not react properly to AA/skillshot harass during early laning. They either get cowed super easy and get pushed off the creeps and into their tower (tell your ADC to not push hard when it happens and you can zone them). Or they take too long to return harass and try to all in you when they are too low so you get free kills on them. Or they just don't respond properly at all and you just get free kills. So harass, harass, harass.
Most bronze 4 players do not use their exhaust properly in lane (they pop it too early and you can back off, they dont use it), and they do not use it outside of lane. Use yours. Every time you fight and it's off CD. It's the single most potent combat summoner. If you use it and the other guy does not, guess what happens?
Players in bronze 4 run like headless chickens. So you gotta tell them to do stuff that counts towards winning the game. Like, specific stuff. Like taking a tower. or coming to team fight. Or anything really. EDIT: if your tongue ain't the color brown you're not doing it properly.
Bronze 4 and below, nobody uses trinket. Buying red one is waste of resources you're not gonna sweep anything. get the yellow or the blue and USE THEM. Also buy pinks.
Your ADC's back time. How many dragons i lose because bronze 2-3-4 want their "just one more wave" and back at bad time and opposing jungler just free dragon. Tell him to back and also tell him why because if you don't explain he'll ignore.
I've yet to see a bronze 4 supports using any "combat" item actives. Are you using yours?

FioraWillCarry10/5/2016, 4:35:59 PM2 votes

You can get out of Bronze with Thresh. I had a friend that made the climb from Bronze to Gold playing Thresh support almost exclusively.

Support players should play supports like Thresh, Leona, Nautilaus, Blitz with a single goal in mind, getting your ADC fed. Play supports like Annie, Zyra and Brand with two goals, getting your ADC fed or getting yourself fed if your ADC is stupid.

Bronze is about getting fed and killing everything. That's how I got out. Forget all that complex stuff like macro play and wave management, objective control. Bronze players are too stupid to even understand how to play the game like that. Play to kill every thing or help you allies kill everything and your team can take objectives that way.

EpicMusic10/6/2016, 12:04:11 AM1 votes

You dont

Levantern10/5/2016, 4:35:18 PM1 votes

Well I'm a ( Thresh )supp main myself, as well in bronze (for now)

i started from bronze 4 and started ranking again around august now i'm in bronze 1 (it's been hell)

**In my opinion **I feel like you can't really climb the latter (in bronze) as a support main unless you duo bot because half of the time you'll get a random adc who can't really "adc" and it's just not the greatest. Supporting in bronze, you pretty much rely on your adc/team to win so unless you really want to win, maybe another role such as mid has a better chance of a win since you don't rely on your adc.

I don't know maybe i'm wrong but it works for me I always duo with a friend/friends that are at least in the same skill level as me i either duo bot with a friend (support) or mid and my friend is the jg. Since I've been doing that I've come close to silver, It's worked for me at least maybe it will for you too.[slayer-jinx-catface]

MunchCrunchLunch10/5/2016, 5:25:26 PM1 votes

work on decision making. decision making is everything

kasfas10/5/2016, 5:30:52 PM1 votes

Don't play support. But if you need to, play with a friend. It's much easier to win if you have a good friend to voice chat with so you can inform them of your cool downs and when you want to go in.

Zenthon Prime10/5/2016, 5:31:16 PM1 votes

First problem: you're not using /mute all enough. That crap is the only thing that keeps me from tilting off the face of the planet.

Secondly: you're in Bronze IV. Thresh is a champion that gets better as your teammates do. Right now, your teammates are utter trash. I'd play him in norms to maintain your skill on him, but right now he isn't exactly the best choice. Mage supports like Zyra or Brand lack the absurd banrate of Blitzcrank (who is honestly freelo down there) and are probably your best choice for just straight-up carrying. Morg is equally busted, although she doesn't do as much damage. If you do get a competent ADC, you can either choose to snowball them or roam mid if you're confident they won't die.

Thirdly: Thresh isn't even your most played champion, Zac is, and you have a way better winrate on Zac. If you already have the skills jungle may be a better option here.

Ruin Lance10/5/2016, 5:45:09 PM1 votes

i suggest either NOT supporting in bronze or picking a support that can carry/deal lots of damage ( Zyra Velkoz ) since i personally haven't been bronze, i tried supporting in bronze 2 elo on my smurf and it is absolute hell if you are playing a support that heavily relies off of your team. the thing is, even if you get your adc fed in bronze, a lot of them are too incompetent to actually keep their lead and not just get blown up by the darius or get caught out frequently.

Anotherherolost10/5/2016, 5:56:37 PM1 votes

You know what to do: farm more, take objectives and don't chase people into dark jungles. Look at the mini map and shit.

Most importantly be a shepherd, all us bronzies need is guidance. Tell people what to do as a group, don't be a dick about it just be a leader. If at any point you don't know what to do next just focus the next objective.

But yea play a carry, don't rely on other peoples skills before the match even starts.

420 grams10/5/2016, 6:08:40 PM1 votes

I'd say switch to jungle or top or mid. It's hard to climb, especially at low elos, in a position that's so dependent on others.

Hrd2H1t10/5/2016, 9:57:54 PM1 votes

A lot of people say "work on mechanics." However, its not mechanics that matter. Sure being able to 1v5 Pentakill with Soraka due to your pure mechanical skill is impressive, but having better game knowledge, map awareness, shot-calling ability, and a positive attitude is WAY more helpful.

Meep Man10/5/2016, 9:59:16 PM1 votes

You play

UnboundCreator10/5/2016, 11:21:10 PM1 votes

The cold hard truth is that anyone who is stuck in bronze just needs to get good at the game. There is really no other reason to be stuck there.