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A few questions for high elo players to help me improve

Medúsa··1 votes·914 views

so im torn between roles atm, playing too many diff ones need to lock in a main, i have a few questions, which lane would you guys recommend i play and get good at to climb, i mainly mained adc and peaked at gold 3 with it, im currently s5 after placements, but im not feeling adc anymore,

  1. how important is free cam, tbh i started this game years ago on a laptop with a keypad and used locked cam and i still do, but it seems so hard to learn free cam, i go from having confidence to sucking. but i know i need to learn it, im noticing how bad i am.
  2. any tips to improve on executing your knowledge, i know the game so well, but it seems like my decision making is poor, i have above average mechanics, but feel i need to do a lot to improve. i dont even know if im a good gold player sometimes from the terrible decisions.
  3. is any high elo players, roughly diamond or high plat willing to play and help me out, i want to actually improve, im not asking to be boosted, normals are fine, i just want some help to make decision making become memory and natural

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PhantomGG1 votes

Ignore my elo, this is simply a smurf where i devoted a lot of time on

1-It completely depends on the champion you are playing and where on the map you are playing.

For example a champion with long range skill shots, with lots of mobility such as Nidalee will depend on free cam way more than a simple adc such asCaitlyn where your primary job is to focus on yourself and keeping yourself alive. Free cam serves the purpose to allow you to see more to keep yourself safe and be more map aware.

2-Honestly Climbing is mostly about mentality and self awareness. A lot of people are aware they are making mistakes but the moment they enter the game they enter the "auto pilot zone".

What is the auto pilot zone? The auto pilot is where you subconsciously play at your current limits and only at your current limits. You rely on your muscle memory to play for you. Because of this you aren't thinking about what you are doing wrong, nor are you thinking about the game itself, you are simply in this self trance like state where you are playing, and not playing at the same time. Many high elo players will talk about this in their videos.

So how does one break auto pilot? My biggest suggestion is to turn off all forms of music while you play, but keep on the sound effects, music is distracting, and while it is a good tool to keep you calm it is also a self destructive tool that "over calms" you. We must remember fear and panicking is not a good thing, those are natural body behavior reactions that tells us "something is wrong, fix it now". Try playing a few games with no forms of music, and focus souly on your game, you will notice so much more.

3-Good luck finding a diamond if you aren't a hot looking girl. And even if you did find one, I can tell you right now, they are just human like you and I. Also playing with a player does nothing to improve yourself. If you want to improve while receiving advice from someone your best option is to find what I call a "spotter".

Someone who is knowledgeable, good at finding mistakes , and is willing to watch your recorded games to make full actual notes on what you are doing wrong and is capable of giving you corrections with constructive criticism. Also you don't need to be high elo to be a coach. Some of the best LOL coaches in the world barely even hit plat.

Example Deilor from Fnatic.

Medúsa1 votes

thank you for this very detailed and helpful reply, it is very detailed and just what i needed, i will definitely try my best to become more aware of my decisions and think a lot more until it molds into muscle memory and overcomes the current auto pilot, i will take into account everything you said, thanks for the help, and i do agree with what you said also about the good coaches dont need high ranks, tbh i feel like i know this game like the back of my hand its just i need to break the poor mentality state im in with the game

PhantomGG1 votes

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thank you for this very detailed and helpful reply, it is very detailed and just what i needed, i will definitely try my best to become more aware of my decisions and think a lot more until it molds into muscle memory and overcomes the current auto pilot, i will take into account everything you said, thanks for the help, and i do agree with what you said also about the good coaches dont need high ranks, tbh i feel like i know this game like the back of my hand its just i need to break the poor mentality state im in with the game

Honestly the job of a coach is to know how to get player to admit he fucked, to understand how he fucked up, and how they can improve on it. I promise you NBA coaches who don't know shit about league of legends would be far better coaches than just about every diamond in the world.

Being a coach is knowing how to get the athlete from point A to point B while keeping him in a positive state of mind.

Medúsa1 votes

i think my biggest problem is i have unhealthy self criticism, i am one to say, "that was all my fault i misplayed that so bad, i keep doing these stupid things etc.." rather then doing the healthy way which would be what streamers do and maintain positivity while saying what they did wrong, i think i end up silently tilting myself which affects the decisions non intentionally

Corporal B1 votes

I'll help you with the first question. The utmost. It's vital to information gain among other things. It's not impossible to play with locked mode, that's just it. You're locked in to that view.

For the second one knowledge isn't everything. It's about applying that knowledge. For example if you're a jungler and you spot out the enemy jungler jumping your top laner, what should you do? You know he's there, but what now? If you're down botside jungle you can either do a gank down there or a possibly better move would be to counterjungle. If you're top side and near you can go assist or cleanup.

Knowing when to trade is important (damage in lane). Watch some streamers to see what they do.

Setting up an attack move command is a nice feature (I use the a key).

Medúsa1 votes

any suggestions on how to learn free cam a bit easier? and yes i agree with everything you said, i need to execute the information

Corporal B1 votes

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any suggestions on how to learn free cam a bit easier? and yes i agree with everything you said, i need to execute the information

Try playing ziggs in some bot matches. He's pretty free camera dependent (ulting, etc). I got no real answers for you on this one sorry. I would honestly just switch to it and don't look back. It will take some time to get used too, but once you do it will do all the wonders.

Kaisa is Hot1 votes

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so im torn between roles atm, playing too many diff ones need to lock in a main, i have a few questions, which lane would you guys recommend i play and get good at to climb, i mainly mained adc and peaked at gold 3 with it, im currently s5 after placements, but im not feeling adc anymore,

  1. how important is free cam, tbh i started this game years ago on a laptop with a keypad and used locked cam and i still do, but it seems so hard to learn free cam, i go from having confidence to sucking. but i know i need to learn it, im noticing how bad i am.
  2. any tips to improve on executing your knowledge, i know the game so well, but it seems like my decision making is poor, i have above average mechanics, but feel i need to do a lot to improve. i dont even know if im a good gold player sometimes from the terrible decisions.
  3. is any high elo players, roughly diamond or high plat willing to play and help me out, i want to actually improve, im not asking to be boosted, normals are fine, i just want some help to make decision making become memory and natural

I'm no High Elo Player but I can give you some advice, I ended Gold 2 on my old account. Now with auto-fill activated across the board in all divisions, a good role that you can carry with is Jungle. The chances you will get auto-filled when picking Jungle is slimmer than Mid or Top. I personally main mid and can tell you that I've been auto-filled quite a bit. I was placed in Bronze 3 and the climb is slow but that's only cause I haven't been sticking to my champion pool. I suggest you get 2 champions you like and are good at, but also that are kind of able to carry. Some really good examples, god help me are Lee Sin, Hecarim, Vi. Chances that all 3 of these are banned in 1 game are pretty small too. I don't think Lee sin is healthy for the game, nor do I think Vi or Hec are, but they are what's out there atm and what can carry. Hell even Amumu isn't a bad choice.

TL;DR: Bottom line pick 1-2 champs you are good at in each role and don't stray away from them unless you ever hit like Diamond.

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