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The Climb is a MYTH

Miirik·1/17/2018, 5:09:59 PM·5 votes·643 views

There is no climb, you will be forever stuck where you are.

Take it from me, I been silver for 6-7 seasons. I know I gotten better, I make far better decisions, I started being consistent with my roles instead of being all over the place. But it means nothing because this is a team game and you have to rely on other people to not be terrible.

Do I have an off game? Sure, everyone does. But if your support keeps face walking into bushes to get smashed, even after telling them to stop, that's something as an ADC I CAN'T FIX, because it's not me. I can't fix someone else's stupidity and guess what, neither can you.

People AFK'ing, people leaving and ragequitting games, these will cause you to have to win another game just to get back where you started.

What do you need to secure a place in gold or higher? An actual team of people to play with regularly that will take actual constructive criticism and use it to better themselves.

Lol you doing solo Q? Enjoy going nowhere, buddy.

Take it from this 2009 veteran, I know how this works, and after so long I know where I'll end up unless I get a team.

14 Comments

chipndip11/17/2018, 5:40:26 PM4 votes

If you've been silver season after season, I got bad news for you: You didn't improve jack shit. You just think you did.

Dr Dog1/17/2018, 5:23:55 PM4 votes

or maybe your not improving and dont know how this works?

bywords701/17/2018, 6:05:04 PM3 votes

you're hard stuck

H1 H0w are Ya1/17/2018, 5:23:24 PM2 votes

I'll say the same thing I say to everybody who posts this.

If you can't carry your games you dont deserve higher elo. I make smurfs constantly and takes me like 1-2 days to slam my way through bronze and silver and gold, including this account. If you are unable to carry then you most likely belong where you are

Dukarg1/17/2018, 6:22:09 PM2 votes

The real answer to this is that the game basically isn't worth playing unless you have a full team. Thats being 100% honest. I win FAR more with friends playing in a group than solo games.

La Belle Sauvage1/17/2018, 5:52:59 PM1 votes

A lot of these kind of posts from my fellow low elo players. Here is the issue, you are not winning at a high enough % to play less than 400 games.

After eyeballing your season 7 matches it appears you played less than 400 games.

Tip one, if you like the game enough to grind, you have the correct attitude, and time to invest than shot for double or triple the amount of ranked games played.

Between flex and Solo I played exactly 600 games and held a 52% win rate.

In solo I climbed from B5 and Peaked at S4 and ended S5.

So the climb is not a myth.

Anyway, good luck in Season 8 and hang in there.

redniwediS1/17/2018, 5:34:37 PM1 votes

You correct if you're saying you can't just grind out games and go up in rank.

You're incorrect in saying there is no way to go up in rank and you will forever be whatever rank you are now.

Climbing the ranked ladder is not about grinding out the games, it's about improving as a player, and most importantly of all it's about adapting to the way League changes over time. I'm better now than I was in season 1, but if I still played based on season 1 strategy I'd be a solid bronze 5.

If you've been "stuck" in silver you are doing something wrong if your goal is gold or higher.

skoulker1/17/2018, 6:14:30 PM1 votes

When I started playing league around the end of season 6, I got placed silver 5. Ending in Preseason 8 I hit plat for the first time after being hardstuck gold. I understand how hard it can be to see your mistakes, but I would recommend looking at your games with someone who is higher elo than you to see your mistakes. I'm sure someone on the boards would do it for free. Honestly you could probably see some mistakes you make just watching it by yourself, that's one of the main things I did. After every ranked loss I rewatch the game and make note of everything ONLY I did wrong. You're right you can't control others, but if you make yourself see your mistakes you have less factors that contribute to you losing games.

Fanekinha2/7/2019, 1:10:26 AM1 votes

It is a myth because RIOT supports smurrfing .... it is impossible to have balanced games when high ELO players decide to show their friends monkeys how good they are lol or boosting .... so sad to see ppl smurffing and running away from their true ELO ... .SAD see RIOT doing nothing against smurff ... most of the games are constantly fighting to end up with multiple accounts ... RIOT does not understand why the game is in decline .. 1- free runes , problem: create a level 30 account for ranks much faster 2 - the new pages of runes will bring a giant problem in the balance of the champions 3- impossible to rise in rank alone, there is no Q made only with SOLO players. The result of all this: troll feed insult..because you can simply create another account. Question, what is the difference between a 5 year account with a 1 year account? you turned a 40-minute game into a 5-minute game just to please the 5-minute players, now they were all for the fortnite and your old players got this game turned into shit If you want to hire me call me ... you still have time ...

Miirik1/17/2018, 7:37:40 PM1 votes

OH LOOK ANOTHER PLAYER THAT HASN'T A GOD DAMN CLUE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THANKS FOR FEEDING THEN LETTING THE FED LANER KILL EVERY OTHER LANE WITH EASE. WE LOVE YOU TOO!

DemainaNyx1/18/2018, 3:37:24 AM1 votes

Git Gud.

Seriously though, if you are skilled enough, you will climb. You may get unlucky, but you might also not be able to carry. If you can't carry, duo with someone who can and help them. It's entirely possible to climb if you put in the effort.

Miirik1/17/2018, 5:44:02 PM1 votes

before i even read any of the comments, as I type this I ALREADY got a top lane fiora on my team that both inted on purpose, fed 8 kills running down mid lane over and over then left

SO TELL ME IM WRONG, THIS SHIT HAPPENS FAR MORE OFTEN THAN IT EVER SHOULD