Looking for advice on handling toxic players

WebWeaver·10/23/2017, 12:22:21 AM·1 votes·416 views

I just had a game where my adc kept blaming me for him dieing. I would ping I was heading mid to help prevent a gank then got mad I was not in lane. There was also a situation where I pinged I was gonna ward deep because we were getting camped. He went on to duel and lose to their adc. Then flamed me for it. I just muted him after a small squabble because I realized it was not gonna help the team as a whole. But what is the right way to handle it. After that the adc refused to help in any team fights and would take our jg farms. This lead to an entire game loss simply because of numbers in team fights. I was hoping that by ignoring him or her it would end but clearly it didn't. What is the best way to handle these kinds of situations?

5 Comments

Kuronii Lumiira10/23/2017, 12:27:13 AM3 votes

You did the right thing. You did what you could to communicate with your team and muted a person who was hell-bent on being angry. The sad part is is that you won't be able to control the person who's tilted. If you can manage to get you and that person into a situation where you can congratulate them on playing well (i.e: getting a kill or escaping a gank), then you can try to raise their spirits, but most of the time, they simply won't care about the game anymore. The only thing to do is to manage your own emotions and expectations for the game by understanding that not every game is winnable.

WebWeaver10/23/2017, 1:27:25 AM1 votes

its just such a tough spot to be in. win or lose its just super toxic and not all that fun to be in a game with.

Metal Janna10/23/2017, 3:36:04 PM1 votes

Shit ADCs man. They don't realize how much they need their support. All you can do is warn when you're leaving but they'll often get overconfident anyway. Maybe find a partner to duo with?

Xurreal10/23/2017, 4:09:54 PM1 votes

You did the right thing.

You never know, might be a bad day. Sometimes its better to just focus on you.