Should i just play champions strong in low elo or full on meta slave

d4rkshock·8/22/2019, 8:51:57 AM·1 votes·2,350 views

Ive been stuck in bronze for years. I recently had a lot of success with Yorick and when i picked him up, it didnt take long for me to go from b4 to b2. About half way to b1, i started losing almost every single game and almost dropped into b4. I then picked up Volibear jg and made it back to b3 75 lp. I also picked up MasterYi but he's banned too much for me to play him a lot. I also played Evelynn who is strong right now but apparently one of she's worst low elo champions. She's not weak. Just bad in my elo. I love playing her too. Should i just go full mata slave or follow the low elo meta.

P.s if anyone says im trash in game (they have to say the word trash), my response will be: im not trash. Im recycled.

17 Comments

Cräfty8/22/2019, 9:53:05 AM3 votes

If you've been stuck in bronze for years, like you said, I don't think picking a " ** low elo champion** " will help you out that much. It seems to me that the more urgent problem, here, is your game knowledge and decision making.

Not that I know you, or know anything about you, but if you stay in bronze for years, that means, for me at least, that you don't have the fundamentals right. It doesn't matter what " low elo champ " you pick in bronze, if your decision making is bad, you will get stuck in there.

I know that for some players, in low elo, it's hard to climb since most of your teammates are as bad as you, or even worse. But your enemy team will be as bad as you and that's exactly where game knowledge and decision making can give you the upper hand. Almost everyone in low elo plays those " low elo champions " because they have a very low skill cap. So what's gonna make or break your game is not the champions you pick there, but what you do macro wise.

Macroplay is the easiest way to win in low elo. Here is some tips to help you climb out of bronze:

  • Stick to your gameplan: If you're playing Yorick, stick to split pushing. That's his forte! If you do it correctly, by getting vision around your side of the map and having vision on enemy team at all times, you can soak pressure off of your teammates, get objectives and stall out the game until you, and your team, get enough items to win the fights.

  • Never get baited by your teammates bad decision making. If you see a fight is about to happen, or someone got caught, don't get baited into fighting. Just walk away, go farm that huge minion wave stacking up in the side lanes or go pressure those turrets.

  • Objectives! That's the name of the game here. Always prioritize objectives over anything else! If your whole team dies foolishly mid but you took out that top inhib, for example, it's always worth it. Because the enemy will split up, in lower elo, and send some people to stop you from hitting the Nexus turrets while others will try to push for turrets... They will not commit or anything, which is bad for them and good for you.

  • Play the laning phase to your strengths. If you're a poke heavy champ, poke the hell out of your enemy and concentrate of farming. If you're sustain based champ, look for extended trades and establish dominance. If you're a tank and get poked easily, look to farm safely.

  • Give up cs! I can't stress this enough. So many low elo players lose lane and lose the game because they don't recognize that they need to give up cs in early game if their champ is weak or if they did an oopsy and gave up their lead early game. If you're in a losing match up, give up some cs and keep your health up at all times! That's gonna help you in the long run when you finally see that opportunity to go all in, or your jungler came to gank for you, and get a kill on the enemy laner. That wouldn't be possible if you had 20% HP in lane because you got poked out of lane when you tried to last hit those canon or ranged minions. Also, getting poked to low HP for trying to cs is the easiest way for the enemy team to dive you, whether solo or gangbang style.

  • Don't flame! Especially in low elo, flaming is counter productive and people will go AFK and rage quit on you. Some will even int your games. Just /mute all for your own sake and play the game.

  • Accept defeat and move on. Sometimes, you will do everything, or most of it, properly but still lose. That happens. Don't tilt or rage on your teammates. Just accept defeat, take a breath, and move on. take a break if you think you're not in mood to play right after that loss. Don't rush things, play to your own pace. You're not in a hurry, ranked is running nowhere. League is going nowhere.

preternatural8/22/2019, 9:54:57 AM2 votes

just play anything you want to play lol.

Teh Song8/22/2019, 10:58:56 AM1 votes

You're throwing me through a loop here. The question you asked us is "Should I follow the meta, or should I follow the meta?" So... I guess you should follow the meta, since that's the only choice you offered?

I suppose you meant something like "should I follow the meta at my elo or the pro meta?" In that case the only meta that matters is the one that corresponds to the elo you're at and the skill level you have. If you aren't a pro the pro meta means nothing for you.

FioraWillCarry8/22/2019, 1:10:12 PM1 votes

Bronze is not really about playing the meta. You're giving Bronze players far too much credit. It's not about the champion. Just play with common sense. Oh and stop fuckin typing so goddamn much. Bronze players talk way too fucking much. You can't play effectively if you're practicing being a lawyer in the chat.

Pika Fox8/22/2019, 3:27:55 PM1 votes

Pick anything, whatever you like and enjoy, and focus on that and getting better at that. Ideally one champion per roll, with 2 or 3 for your main/secondary roles.

You can get to masters being a one trick support katarina main. Youre not in bronze because youre picking bad champions, youre in bronze because your skills somewhere are fundementally subpar for climbing, which would require someone much higher elo to watch your gameplay to tell you exactly what youd need to change and work on on a specific level. (And i mean this in the least insulting way possible, you need improvement on something is all being bronze means)

Daddy Ants8/22/2019, 9:16:08 AM1 votes

Pick the low elo stompers.

Annie Darius Garen Illaoi Jax Lux Jinx Kaisa Kayn MasterYi Malzahar MissFortune Morgana Mordekaiser Nasus Nautilus Sivir Sona Soraka Tristana Teemo Talon Tryndamere Udyr Vi Warwick Volibear XinZhao Yorick Zed

Toplaner Jayce8/22/2019, 6:53:12 PM1 votes

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Ive been stuck in bronze for years. I recently had a lot of success with Yorick and when i picked him up, it didnt take long for me to go from b4 to b2. About half way to b1, i started losing almost every single game and almost dropped into b4. I then picked up Volibear jg and made it back to b3 75 lp. I also picked up MasterYi but he's banned too much for me to play him a lot. I also played Evelynn who is strong right now but apparently one of she's worst low elo champions. She's not weak. Just bad in my elo. I love playing her too. Should i just go full mata slave or follow the low elo meta.

P.s if anyone says im trash in game (they have to say the word trash), my response will be: im not trash. Im recycled.

try picking up yorick again follow This Guide and you will climb

Miles The Man8/22/2019, 9:53:17 AM1 votes

As cliche as it may seem. In lower elos most of the time you should just play characters that you know well for that role.