Silver really is hell

Kitsuné Rose·Feb 1, 2018·7 votes·1,447 views

So im in silver obviously. now im not gonna say im the like best silver out there but i can at least hold my own and my kda each game is pretty decent usually pretty decent with the exception of a few pretty bad games. Up until this point I never really believed all those post saying how silver was the worst elo (or gold) because I just never had experienced the extreme level of toxicity and unfair matchups untl now. by unfair matchups, I mean when teammates troll or when someone goes afk, or ints. Now im a simple boy, I just want to rank up, however, I now see that ranking up is going to become extremely difficult; not due to my own skill but due to the lack of punishment put on players who seem to enjoy ruining the game for others. If I was stuck in silver because of my own lack of skill then that would be totally fine, and im sure to some extent it is, but I find it increasingly frustrating that it is so difficult to climb due to no one else's fault than my own teammates. I recently played against a team whos support Nunu was feeding our team; I couldn't help but feel bad for making them surrender cause in actuality had they had a non-trolling support they probably would have won because their Tristana was significantly better than our jinx but because they had no real support backing her up it was easy to pick her off.

The point of this post is mostly just to let off steam and rant but I do find it a serious issue with this game. It becomes hard to enjoy this game when other people ruin it for you. Being in low elo means that the 'meta' doesnt feel like it applies much so i cant find a reason yet to blame the current hatred for this game on the champion imbalance, but as a silver player the thing that deters me from playing this game is the other people who play this game, not the game itself. I really hope riot does something to fix this issue. Im not gonna say im going to stop playing as id be lying to myself, but I would be much happier if i can go into a rank game without worry that one of my teammates will drop out or feed and proceed to rage.

23 Comments

spaghëttiFeb 1, 20185 votes

silver is a fiesta more tank/cc = win clearing minions and actually pushing? doesn't exist [slayer-jinx-unamused]

Kitsuné RoseFeb 2, 20181 votes

Yea. Im certainly guilty myself of having bad minion control, something I definitely need to work on. Tanks tho r a pain, i usually play mages so im not usually much of a tank buster, but when i see there are many tanks i atleast try to build accordingly, but it feels that if your entire team doesnt do this than the tanks are overbearing.

MãmbãFeb 1, 20183 votes

I have heard alot of High ELO streamers/youtube reference Platinum 1 to Diamond 4 as the worst ELO to be in terms of game quality and difficulty to climb from. Though I will agree that unless you are spamming champions that can carry an entire game consistently (at silver ELO not sure about higher tiers) like Nasus/Shyvana/Brand you are SOL, and it will take quite a while even performing well the majority of your games.

Kitsuné RoseFeb 1, 20181 votes

Ah then Im probably wrong about the hardest elo part. Now that i think about it, the people who probably say its the hardest elo are probably the people who themselves arent good enough to get out of the elo/ took a very long time to get out.

General Esdeath Feb 1, 20183 votes

Bronze 2 wasn't this bad, Silver is ass, gold is OK until gold 2/gold 1. Silver is hell, especially since Riot won't permaban people who admit to trolling/going afk.

MollessFeb 1, 20182 votes

My problem with Low Elo is they dont know how to win and like to believe there good.

I have been told by many players this season that i play like a bronze and in one game i laughed because they even looked me up and the draven asked why am I high silver and he didn't understand, his words.

The plays i do are designed to end the game by 15 - 20 mins and if my team cant keep up i know there shit. However i still win majority of my games.

Just exploit how weak towers are and dont be afraid to tower dive at lvl 4 if you prep correctly.

Also the most favorite word everyone uses now is arrogant. Sorry for wanting to win.

SangreDeNocheFeb 1, 20181 votes

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My problem with Low Elo is they dont know how to win and like to believe there good.

I have been told by many players this season that i play like a bronze and in one game i laughed because they even looked me up and the draven asked why am I high silver and he didn't understand, his words.

I still get told I'm an idiot for saying a tower/inhib is worth more than a kill or getting a bunch of towers and other objectives is worth more than a shiny kda. I even get told I'm feeding when I have 0-2 deaths because these people are too dumb to even look at the scoreboard. I get told to ward more when playing support in games where I have 4 out of 4 of the wards on the map at any given time. I really lowered my expectations of the IQ displayed by allies in this game.

Kitsuné RoseFeb 1, 20183 votes

Yea i relate. I just feel like in my cutrent elo its more about being flashy than playing to win. Iv lost multiple games due to having an early game team comp while the enemy had a more late game team comp, however me team refused to realize this and dragged out the games until we could no longer win a team fight with their over stacked Nasus.

It just feels difficult to win games when it feels like your team lacks the basic game knowledge to win the game and instead only know that being fed is what win people games when in actuality its working as a team to complete objectives while simultaneously killing the enemy team when they try and stop you.

MollessFeb 1, 20183 votes

I have even been called a troll by a top lane ezreal player because i refused to listen to him and purchase Spirit Visage vs a Full AD team. Survival wasn't an issue either. Damage was.

IfnethFeb 1, 20182 votes

I like Silver better than I do Bronze. It has its own problems, for sure, usually relating to ego, aggression, and emotional instability. Ego is a really scary one because it’s the hardest to fix in-game: being spiteful and easily slighted make it hard to advise someone or change their minds. Aggression at the micro and macro levels is another issue but responds well to calm, clear, firm shot-calling. Emotional instability is a wildcard: you have to catch and address it before it becomes tilt.

I definitely get the impression that lots of Silver players are former Bronze players who decided to climb. Not all of these players are bad or bad people, but the ones that are have unhealthy playstyles and expectations. They want to get fed, snowball, and carry the game, and when they can’t, they collapse in one way or another. Giving up, feeding, or ignoring the team, they can throw winnable games just because they’re not personally winning them. It’s one of the most frustrating and disappointing ways to lose.

nm1010Feb 1, 20181 votes

Silver is a test of how good your macro is, really if you are making good rotations and not feeding it is not too difficult.

Kitsuné RoseFeb 1, 20182 votes

I agree but the thing is the entire team (or atleast the majority) has to have the same macro you do. I consider myself to be decentky knowledgable about the game. Like actual skill wise im probably iffy, but i do enjoy studying up on what the best ways to manage your wards are and when the proper time to leave lane is and all that stuff. But even if i know what im doing, if my team mates dont theres not much i can do about it. Of course i can always attempt to carry but that doesnt always work out and sometimes i myself am the one who needs carrying. Ig my point is that even if i have decent macro, if my team doesnt it can drag me down and to an extent i feel as if some of climbing comes with getting lucky with good team mates.

nm1010Feb 1, 20181 votes

I mean just from a quick look at your op.gg I thought that your laning was above average and macro was what needed a bit of a bump. You typically go even or win lane in 80% of games as Ahri. Your cs is a little low, but I know how fiesta-y games can get in silver so that isn't horrible.

How high do you want to climb this season?

Kitsuné RoseFeb 2, 20181 votes

Yea i really need to work on my cs, i get mad at myself alot cause i tend to miss cs that would have been easy to get had i waited one more second to auto, so frustrating but cant blame anyone than myself.

I just want to get to gold, i mean higher would of course be great but like gold is good enough for me. So assuming that i get to gold before like the middle of this year i guess ill aim for platnium by the end of this season.

AnateraFeb 1, 20181 votes

If silver is hell, what is bronze?

General Esdeath Feb 1, 20185 votes

Not as bad to be honest

Hexs FortuneFeb 1, 20181 votes

It is better to vent on the boards in a constructive manner, than to rage in game

Maybe the devs were on to something about reasons why people post here

Kitsuné RoseFeb 2, 20181 votes

Yea i usually try to keep my cool in games. Unless someone personally attacks me, then i go off. But unless you inniciate the toxicity and attack me i will always do my best to either not say anything in game or attempt to motivate my team. Its nice to have the boards to be able to vent to because all the stress of the game really does build up and i think not voicing your aggression and issues is one of the things that gets people so angry with this game.

SDhrekFeb 1, 20181 votes

Silver is okay, at least compared to higher elo, gold is the nicest I would say.

But the worst elo by far is plat 1- dai 4, it's actually rare to get a team that is not toxic, winning or losing, you have to take plenty of breaks in it not to stress out to much. People going afk is another thing that happens more commonly then in other elo as well.

I want back in lower rank but I end up climbing, that might not seem like a problem, but it just adds so much stress.

Lios AshenbladeFeb 1, 20181 votes

I got demoted back down to S5 lol lost 3 matches in a row after promoting there, 2 afks, and a taric mid

LiberalWithFactsFeb 1, 20181 votes

Just got out of silver was gold 1 last season it's not hell when you get to a point you are better then most people you go up against

Bob the ToastrFeb 1, 20181 votes

I feel you. Last season, I bounced between silver 2 and silver 3 about 5 times. Usually because of an AFK or really bad players. So glad I started in gold this season.