Bronze Tier - Most Difficult!!!

Ivor The Ranger·2/22/2016, 5:37:36 AM·1 votes·891 views

I have experienced terrible players / troll masters that play ranked in the (solo) Bronze Tier. This makes it probably the most difficult to ascend out of, and it's not based on the competition. I used to play the game before the rank system and LP existed, and with its existence I've noticed frequently more players who like to disrupt games for others, as though it were their hobby. I've had awful compositions, picks that didn't correspond to an assigned role, people who ban my intended pick, then steal my jungle, the list goes on. I revved up a new account upon returning to LoL, and since leveling to 30 is the only way to play ranked (which in itself is an assurance that players who play ranked aren't _completely _ new), I figured I would encounter players who wanted to win. Not in Bronze Tier. Maybe 1 of 5 games I will have a very solid team that gets it done in no time, but then there are the other 4/5 of games. Games are always dependent on your play, and everyone on the team has to contribute, but in Bronze the odds of encountering someone who wants to intentionally be stubborn or ruin your game for their own selfish reasons are much more frequent.

There have been many suggestions I've heard thrown around that intend to combat this type of player behavior. The tribunal system itself is just not enough. I would like to get on board with a "loss forgiven" system in the ranked brackets that will forgive losses incurred by players intentionally "throwing" the game on your team. I am constantly improving my play and playing roughly four to six hours a day, I simply can't get anywhere on my own, and the one thing holding me back is others at this point.

7 Comments

HEAljvLykd2/22/2016, 6:10:46 AM3 votes

Bronze don't see that they are one of the problems why they are in bronze.

Chijoku2/22/2016, 8:06:45 AM2 votes

I'll give you the same advice I've given to bottom-tier elo players. Find a really strong champion, and joy ride that mofo.

http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=Chijoku

As you can see for me personally, I have been decimating the top lane with Quinn, Malphite, and Graves. Many of those games I had a troll, an afk, or a rager. Yet I still have a 70% winrate on Quinn, 79% on Graves, and 67% on Malphite.

Hypercarry is the name of the game in low elo my friend. And you have to be consistent with it. That is what seperates Diamonds from Plats, Plats from Golds, and so forth. The same principle applies in bronze.

I have been playing since season 1, and I have been playing ranked since Season 2. Only one season have I ever placed silver, and that was season 2. Why do I never have a problem anymore? It's as I stated.

Akali alone got me gold in season 3 and 4. Vi and Hecarim got me gold in season 5. Quinn got me gold in season 6.

I placed in silver 4 this season and have already climbed up back to my promos for g3. It is doable sir.

z14GaKI7TO2/22/2016, 5:58:23 AM1 votes

I guarantee you climbing from bronze 5 to silver 5 is easier than going from diamond 2 to diamond 1.