Looking for criticism/ advice for ways to improve so i can climb to gold

BG Death·9/21/2016, 1:14:51 AM·2 votes·673 views
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Hey guys i'm a support main / jungle secondary, and sometimes I feel like i'm doing all that I can do to assure my team's victory, but it often isn't enough. I REALLY WANT GOLD before the season ends in November, so I beg my audience to point out some of my flaws so that I can improve and climb. Thank you in advance, I look forward to the potential responses!

Cheers!

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P.S. Here's my Replay.gg if anyone had the time to watch any game of mine http://www.replay.gg/search/na/bgdeath#

9 Comments

Athenes Lulu9/21/2016, 4:29:36 AM2 votes

Hmm...... I'll try. Though I'll focus more on supporting because I know it much more and that it's commonly misconceptualized.

#On item builds:

  • Don't get CDR boots unless you're planning on going for the early CDR rush and that you don't care about having less items. Because literally every support item is slapped on with CDR, that ~10% on boots is like.... overkill. I mean, you're kinda buying useless stats, and practically any other boot can replace that.
  • Things like Rabadon's on supports is pretty much a no-no, unless you're 1) super filthy rich AND 2) not dying. You don't get it on supports not because it's expensive, but because there's much better things to invest on such as defense/sustain purposes (and that alone is important on peelers) at a much lower cost, than plain numbers that scale.
  • Do not skip vision, and try not to delay building them. That's a little bit self-explanatory since people love botlane as it's pretty much "go there for free kills". Does not have to be the first thing you buy after backing for the first time, but should be built no later than after getting boots + level 2 gold item.
  • Once you have the sightstone, make sure to switch out your trinket to something else other than the yellow one unless you are camping in lane for a long time. Denying vision is just as important as providing vision, and I mean, free gold for you too!

#On general supporting tips:

I probably won't get to watch your plays but it seems like you're not dying. It's not bad, but when your teammates are dying way more often, resulting in a loss? Then that could be a problem and that you're not really peeling correctly, or ran away when you're supposed to man up a bit and do something. Sometimes it's okay to die as well, because often, enemies would use all of their important spells on YOU, and nothing left for your carries so they ended up living and carrying. As Bard/Braum/Janna, it's easy for them to pull that off and get out alive.

Though main point, you really have to decide which teammates are more important and therefore should give them peels, and that peeling the wrong targets could cost your team a lot. That "important teammate" does not have to be your ADC, if anything, even bursty mages and mobile fighters can be peel-worthy targets.

I don't know how often you roam, but it is very dependent on the team comp and even just whoever you picked. And that you have to keep it in complete under control, because a failed roam costs not only your missed EXP and therefore levels, but as well as your teammates'. If you don't know what everyone will gain/lose from you roaming, starter advice: you're better off not doing it or keeping it to a minimum.


It's kinda hard to analyze on what exactly you should improve on by just looking your match history alone, but I'm open to any more questions.

UberAffe9/21/2016, 1:54:37 AM1 votes

While you certainly can climb as a janna main, it is going to be really hard simply because janna is better at disengaging than engaging. Loading up a game right now to see if there are any specific things I can see that you could do better on.


Edit 1: Boots are good to rush but you should prioritize always having a pink even at the cost of an item. I recommend prioritizing items like this: Pink>Sight Stone>2nd tier support item>boots>first item of your core build>3rd tier support item> other items

Also depending on how you think the lane will go you might want to take Coin over Spellthiefs. Specifically in the game I watched you had a vayne adc against against a sona/cait, you weren't going to be able to poke often enough to make full use of spellthiefs and coin would have allowed you to shield more and get more gold. Not to mention that a tier 3 coin with a vayne is stupidly strong.


Edit 2: Generally it is not worth getting Ruby Sight Stone until the end of the game unless you need the passive to reduce your other item cds. I notice that you backed a couple times right after fights. That is the best time to take an objective like baron or dragon, so try to avoid backing unless there is a core/necessary item you can finish.

You also seem to use your ult and flash a bit early, and you seem to hold your exhaust until later in a fight. Remember that exhaust has a shorter cd than flash, so even if they flash away after you exhaust them that is still a good trade.