Is Ranked Worth it?

tC0gzVJ6rF·5/18/2017, 4:48:46 PM·2 votes·2,515 views

Now before you read this, yes I am Bronze 4.

I'm not saying ranked is unfair or that I can't climb. I mostly play normals and just started ranked this season after 3 seasons of just normals.

I don't quite understand how ranked works but i have an 80-85 percent W/R and I consistently carry. You need 100 LP for a series and I only get 30 for a win so i need to win 5 in a row just to go from Bronze 4 to 3. It seems like it will take a long time so i don't know if it is worth it.

Thoughts? And feel free to look at my profile and give feedback, I'm not a puss I can take it

24 Comments

Ethan Allen5/18/2017, 4:58:07 PM2 votes

If you are getting 30 LP per win it indicates that you will likely skip divisions if you keep winning

RookPusher5/18/2017, 4:52:30 PM2 votes

No. Ranked is actually a disease. Avoid it. I played Ranked because I thought it was where people took the game seriously. Not only is it not that way, but it also demotes you on top of everyone being drunk, high, afk.

FreeVolibear5/18/2017, 4:58:14 PM1 votes

Try getting less than 20 a win and more than 20 per loss. You're in a good position to climb.

Escheton5/18/2017, 5:00:13 PM1 votes

Just play one or two games a couple of days a week. You´ll get gold and that sweet end of year reward in no time.

YokoNomi5/18/2017, 5:04:15 PM1 votes

During ranked, there's no denying that the issues with the community will become a great deal more apparent, as the stakes of your wins and losses will have a more critical meaning. Despite my hardships, I can't say I regret playing Ranked. It's what drives me to get better at the game, to experiment and excel with champions I'd normally not have played otherwise. That being said, I am a horrible jungler, but I aim to get better... eventually.

OurLestrade5/18/2017, 5:16:34 PM1 votes

Never appealed to me.

Dukues5/18/2017, 5:29:02 PM1 votes

honestly no its not

PhantomGG5/18/2017, 6:30:15 PM1 votes

I ask these 4-5 questions every time someone asks me this, or every time I notice a friend is tilted as fucked with ranked

1-Do you want to be a streamer? 2-Do you want to be a youtube content maker? 3-Do you want to compete in tornamants and win some money? 4-Do you have some big dreams of joining the LCS one day? (i will never laugh at anyone who tells me they are serious about this) 5-Do you want to become stronger, and face stronger opponents? (the competitive fighter spirit)

For the only way you can experience ANY of these things is if you are at least gold. I have never heard of a youtuber or streamer become famous who was lower than Gold. The only exception I can name is ross boom socks, but he climbed to gold so he isn't even silver anymore. If you want public respect you need to at least be gold to earn public respect. For options 1-2 you can get by just fine if you are funny, but that is only if you are very funny and consistant. But for options 3-5 you can only experience this if you do ranked and improve constantly.

If you have no desire to do any of these 5 things, excluding getting a free skin once every year (often they suck). their is zero point, or reason to do ranked. If you lack fire and ambition to become a stronger player, than all you are doing is wasting the time of your teamates in ranked, who most likely do want the five things I stated.

Nothing is wrong with doing normals though, enjoy the game, have fun with it.

PhoenixOfHeaven5/18/2017, 6:52:53 PM1 votes

I think it depends if you think the Victorious skin is worth it. Yes, then think twice. No, Then don't play Ranked. If you play ranked, you'll eventually be set as Bronze V, from playing and abandoning it, and players will likely insult you, or be cautious about bothering with you as a player. Makes the game much more dull.

I think if you like the idea of Victorious skins, then go for it. The rest of it? Not much of it is truly worth it.

KoKoboto5/18/2017, 7:18:04 PM1 votes

Just get Gold V for the skin and stop. I feel a lot of the competitive factor of the game died down around the end of season 4. Games are decided way too early, junglers have too much power, off-meta picks tend to be very very bad the higher you get.

Gold V for the skin and also to show you managed to climb out of that hell hole tooth and nail!

420 grams5/18/2017, 4:56:58 PM1 votes

You just need to play more. You probably had bad placements and just haven't played enough to climb yet. You have a great win rate and scores. Maybe stop with normals for a while and work on climbing.