How do you win a game anymore?

Pentarina Only·Apr 10, 2016·48 votes·3,386 views

As a solo queue player?

And don't tell me to make friends, last time I did that my "friends" leaked my ip address on 4chan.

74 Comments

Zeal SeekerApr 10, 201631 votes

Loose a bunch of games and get to an elo that's way below yours, then you can start winning again.

JoquanApr 11, 20164 votes

Saying solo players have no impact on the game is just not true.

The DeckownerApr 10, 201616 votes

If I have friends I wouldnt be playing this game all day. [insert amumu and tear of goddess here]

DeloricVIApr 10, 20165 votes

Amumu item 3070

Gotchu covered

TendajiXApr 11, 20162 votes

[zombie-nunu-tears]

Hullabaloo907Apr 11, 20161 votes

This comment hit a bit close to home.

DeloricVIApr 10, 20169 votes

What you have to do is accept the fact that you're the only person that can help you climb, and play a hyper carry. I recommend one in mid or bot lane. Try to pick someone fun that you can grasp the mechanics of, and someone who's notorious for winning games single-handedly.

That doesn't mean pick up Katarina and go nuts; if you just simply can't wrap your brain around Katarina's kit or mechanics, don't play her. Try Jax, try Annie, try Lux... Keep trying "braindead easy" or "OP" champions until you find one that just seems to net you that sweet LP, and main that champion. Make sure you have a backup, especially for champions that have a high pick/ban rate in case someone steals your champion or bans them.

Right now, AD is strong, especially when you consider the sheer power you have over objectives. As an AD champion, you're going to be doing more damage to structures than AP or tanks. Champions like Jinx, Jax, and Tristana all have different ways of ripping towers to pieces, which makes them super strong when used properly, but if they don't click with you it can be just as effective to wreck your enemy mid laner as LeBlanc until you can net your team a bunch of Aces during the mid-late game. They can't kill your AD if they're dead.

I just suggest avoiding top lane and support. These roles usually have the least effectiveness on the game, as they are either too isolated or too dependent on someone else, respectively. Jungling is hard, so if you don't jungle well, stay away from it. If you are a good jungler, then give Yi, Jax, Tryndamere, or Udyr a try, since Devourer and a couple other items will essentially cause these champions to annihilate towers.

MrBuffingtonApr 10, 20163 votes

I'm pretty sure OP is a Katarina one-trick. At least their name would suggest as much

SecretlolzApr 11, 20169 votes

Become another bandwagon fuck and queue with other 4 persons so you can reach easy wins by stomping non premades.

That, or have some self respect and quit this game until they fix ranked.

La BarbotteApr 11, 20167 votes

mostly luck, sadly

MrBuffingtonApr 10, 20165 votes

Kill the nexus (◕‿◕✿)

tbh I don't think I'll touch ranked for another few months at least; I'm having fun in normals right now

TotalJerkApr 11, 20165 votes

One word: Soraka.

MAestRIOApr 11, 20161 votes

But then people have to understand they should fight around Soraka. Last two games I played Soraka, all they seemed to try to run away from me.

TotalJerkApr 11, 20161 votes

Oh my fucking god, don't remind me.

t0ad5Apr 11, 20164 votes

"How to win season 6": at log in screen, push the 'x' at the upper right hand side of the screen; proceed to save money, and win.

arcinexApr 11, 20161 votes

(hashtag)winning

KillerKellApr 12, 20161 votes

Charlie Sheen does not approve.

LatetotheRaceApr 11, 20164 votes

Find the role you're best at, and try to play as much as that as possible. Then gain the mentality that you will lose some games. If you come to terms with that fact it will be a lot harder to go on tilt. Also the mute button does wonders.

I hate my ADCApr 11, 20164 votes

Stop giving good advice please. You are on the boards right now, you should be talking about OP champions, insulting Riot or crying about boosters, scripters, AFKers and "open mid gg".

SlythionApr 11, 20161 votes

Don't forget about troll feeders, item balancing, and premades

CeexSettApr 11, 20161 votes

I think you forgot to say how Dynamic Queue sucks bro, pretty important as well.

Oh, and Riot hates mages as well.

SlythionApr 11, 20161 votes

I don't think we could ever list all of the scapegoats people use

CeexSettApr 11, 20161 votes

That's a scapegoat to not list more scapegoats.

SlythionApr 11, 20161 votes

It's funny how the community works lol

CeexSettApr 12, 20161 votes

That's the beauty of the Boards :D

KillerKellApr 12, 20161 votes

I named my Scapegoat Dolly.

I'm still on tilt that they changed Shen.

AATTRROOXXApr 10, 20163 votes

Get lucky.

SlaktarTaskenApr 11, 20163 votes

Flip a coin and pray.

[zombie-brand-mindblown]

I hate my ADCApr 11, 20163 votes

Accept the fact that you can't win them all.
Stop trying to find excuses and try to find what you can improve instead.
Pick a role, understand it and learn how to deal with every match up for the role you picked.
Help your team. Telling them that they suck or trying to tell them how to play their champions isn't helping them.
Stop using irony to hide your complaints about Dynamic Queue when posting a thread.

yaV1zNEyh0Apr 10, 20162 votes

Cross your fingers.

Wildheaven182Apr 10, 20162 votes

I tried making friends on this game, didn't work. Last time I tried, the other guy asked me what business he was of mine, and then conjectured that my mother was a prostitute.

OwltearsApr 11, 20162 votes

What I do is:

Cry a lot
Cry some more
Play a ton of games and hope that this premade isnt rude/dickish
Try to have fun, by doing your best and helping your teammates

zmmbyApr 11, 20162 votes

Well, as a SoloQ player:

ADC dosent work, since even if you do good; getting a reliable support that builds properly and knows how to lane control and behave is rare.

Jungle works, but its too reliable on the other lanes. Even if you do good with ganks, it happens often that someone feeds or cant carry properly. Jungle champs often falls back late too. (Not if you goes like something like Kindred or cancer-Graves)

Mid is impossible these days if your not yasuo or zed. Maw is currently destroying any mages so playing anything fun mid dosent even work and due to the higher queue times. You better skip it. Ahri works but has a high skillcap.

So you have two choice really; pick garen/darius/trynd and passive-farm the top lane while your teammates get destroyed. Or go something cancerous like nautilus with sunfire, zz'rot and banner and just push the shit out of it.

Or you go as a support/splitpusher. People these days underestimate the power of a good support since they can turn the game very easily. Just clean everyone's butts and pray to god that someone can AA with hurricane or something.

For me? I stopped caring really. The game is at bad state right now so i just dont care anymore. I'll get like Aurelion Support with coin and just goof around or something. Tank Supports with Zz'rot and sunfire works too, like Shen/Poppy or Tahm with exhaust is good too. Alistar is pretty good at the moment, but really boring too play. But he's easy to climb too if you like him.

Mostly any tank support works since everybody picks DPS into every lane. Nobody thinks about the team buildup and how it counters the other team. Everybody is more like: OMG I WANNA PLAY THAT CHAMP OR I FLAME so you'll have to think about adjusting to the opponents champs and buildup. If your teammates goes tanky, you go cc-support or dps, and the other way around.

DynaQ is like this: Ban 6 champs, pick the leftover broken ones and feed your ego with the idea that you did something good.

If Zed is banned, someone picks Ekko. If Ekko is banned, someone picks like Garen. If Garen is banned, someone picks Fiora. Fiora is banned? someone picks Nautilus.

and btw, Ezreal is in every game too, or Lucian. If they aren't in the game, its Lee Sin or Yasuo.

I haven't had a game for a while now when i felt that a opponent really outclassed me and my teammates with a decent balanced champ and skills. It's most like: Build tank items/pick a champ with alot of mobility and just snowball the entire game then write: "izi lol xDDD sw4g" and flame the other team.

Elwe The JunglerApr 11, 20161 votes

Pick some stupid mobile champion downright broken with high base damage or % health damage, proceed to spam "GG EZ XDDDDDDD LOLOLOLO GIT GUD YOURE SO BAD YO SUCKS XD IM SMURF" in /all chat

Pink TentaclesApr 11, 20161 votes

By not wanting to advance and only playing league for fun. You'll advance.

ZorasamaApr 11, 20161 votes

Pray to god.
Hope he exists.

WolfessApr 11, 20161 votes

You have to pick the current most broken champs and give the other team AIDS.

TufioApr 11, 20161 votes

You are not supposed to play as solo.

Only Play DariusApr 11, 20161 votes

Been saying for the past year that Riot doesn't want people to play solo, ever since double IP weekends got replaced with party IP bonuses. For Riot employees I can see why this isn't a problem, where they work everyone from the CEO to the legal team plays League, they might have no shortage of friends to premade with but I wish they would listen to the community on this

612X0dbmDSApr 11, 20161 votes

Queue up with premade with higher ELO players. It's called dynamic queue and it's not against any rules.

mack9112Apr 11, 20161 votes

Teamwork :)

Communist ToastApr 11, 20161 votes

I am a solo player and I have been on a nice win streak lately (5-6 wins before I hit 1 lose). I went from silver 4 to silver 2 the past few days, and I am 1 game away from my series to get into silver 1.

I would say just play someone you either play real well, or someone that is the "beast of the month"

I usually go top so I like to go Voli (my main I guess) or Naut (played alot in LCS for his engage abilities). I can peel and engage pretty great on Naut.

Also trying to learn Trundle

Starcraft243verApr 11, 20161 votes

I'm playing mainly soloQ and reached D5. Actually i reached D5 after i STOPPED playing in dynamicQ with my friends. (had a 40% winrate with them overall).

Maximum MordeApr 11, 20161 votes

I win by reverse psychology. I praise the enemy team in all chat to stroke their egos. Then they start playing all cocky, and before you know it, THE THROWS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED!

Truly PridefulApr 11, 20161 votes

Get really good with a few champions and try to gets leads and shotcall for your team. Most solo queue teams fail because nobody is willing to make calls so there is no coordination.

Only Play DariusApr 11, 20161 votes

Idk, last season it seemed that you could climb solo by consistently stomping your lane opponent. Doesn't seem to work now I see people get carried more often than ever

OelykApr 11, 20161 votes

best way to make friends. play solo games, compliment your teammates, encourage them, cheer for them when your dead, and if they play well and impress you, ask them to join you. rinse and repeat, all or my friends are strong players, and very few main toplane. Because thats my role.

(the rest are IRL, Hilarious, and one trick pony friends.)

Cryo00Apr 11, 20161 votes

I win by playing support. If I play support I can (for most of my games) guarantee that at least my lane will be doing well. This is assuming the worst the other lanes do is give 1 or 2 kills to the enemy. With a fed ADC, I almost always win games. If my ADC is doing poorly, I pick the next best snow-bally champion on my team and make sure they stay alive and do well.

The reason I support is because I don't trust other supports when I go ADC (at which I suck btw). Was a support main in DOTA 2.